Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 1903  Fury

Silence. The words were clearly heard on the outside and several had complicated expressions. The feeling that they received was the kind that could only be described by helplessness, as though none of them knew how to refute. Ryu felt the shifts and turns in Karma and Fate, the twisting lines dancing before him in a way that made one thing clear… It didn't feel like Silent Quibus thought that he was lying. Ryu didn't reply immediately, nor did his facial expression change. It was as though he was checking once, then twice, then thrice, and then starting over again to ensure that he hadn't heard wrongly or perceived anything incorrectly. All the while, Silent Quibus had no intention of attacking as though he was too lazy to. He wanted this junior to attack so that he could get this over with. He hadn't expected that a portion of his intent would be summoned here for a Throne Challenge, but that made enough sense that it was still acceptable. Suddenly, he felt a dangerous aura. It was so dangerous that his heart seized and the casual expression on his face vanished into the ether. He felt his hair stand on end, his blood run cold, and his skin prickle with goosebumps that raced across his body and jostled for position at the same time. Ryu still hadn't moved, one of his great swordstaffs being held out before him. The only change was that a light wind jostled his hair. He continued to stare forward, the depths of his eyes seemingly blank. Then, his aura began to climb so quickly that it seemed as though he was shattering the bounds of the world in a single bound. His Birthed Phenomena took shape. His Chaos Qi erupted. His Founding Dao surged. Even the White Phoenix to his back multiplied in size several times over. Silent Quibus reacted quickly and formed several hand seals in quick succession. A half dozen magic circles appeared in the skies and another half dozen appeared on the ground. Skeletons began to rip their way up from the ground below and giant, rotting palms descended from above. The stench of corpse poison filled the air and it became clear in an instant that Silent Quibus was the worst kind of Necromancer. Those that dabbled in Corpse Poison were shunned even by their own contingency. Even more shocking than that, realizing that he had underestimated Ryu's momentum too much, Silent Quibus formed another pair of hand seals and spoke lightly. "[Corpse Explosion]." BOOM! BOOM! Two pits that were being dug out by skeletal hands exploded before Ryu just as he was crossing through that distance. He was completely enveloped. At the same time, a pair of rotting hands descended from the skies and slammed down where he had been. And as though that wasn't enough, a pair of eyes appeared from two more of the sky-bound magic circles. Beams of concentrated darkness cut through the world and pierced through the location Ryu had been in as well. Everything was freely flowing, fast and sharp. It was clear that Silent Quibus was, indeed, the better combatant between himself and Emerald Vine. And what Ryu didn't know was that if not for his betrayal, Silent Quibus would likely be placed as the last line of defense for the Throne, not the second. This was because the Challengers of the Throne wouldn't face the Founders of the Sect, only the disciples they raised. Which was another reason why it was so ridiculous that Fading and Radiant Star had appeared during Ryu's second trial. Though, this was also in part their fault. This was because Fading and Radiant Star had obscured their strength to protect against being detected by the Heavens of the True Martial World. This made them even easier to manipulate. But now, there was no such thing. Just pure strength was on display. Silent Quibus had only used a fraction of the strength in his hands and Ryu was already likely to be dead. Or so it seemed. Ryu shot out from the plumes of Corpse Poison. What good was Corpse Poison against him when he had Embryonic Qi? Was there anything in this world that it was incapable of healing in a large enough quantity? The tip of Ryu's blade appeared before Silent Quibus' forehead, catching him off guard. Ryu was fast, his control over space was exceptional, and there even seemed to be hints of the underlying mystery of time layered within it. Just as Silent Quibus was about to form a hand seal, his expression changed and he quickly converted to another, reacting even faster than Ryu expected. At the same instant, Ryu's gaze flashed. "[Earth's Gate], open. [Heaven's Gate], open." Ryu's strength exploded as he used his speed to cross the gates. The power of his piercing great swordstaff increased by leaps and bounds, hundreds of fold in a single blinking instant. A pattern appeared like a spreading cancer across Silent Quibus' forehead. CLANG! Ryu's blade pierced half an inch into his skull, causing the Quibus Faerie's heart to leap into his throat. But in the end, the cancerous mark on his forehead took shape and solidified. BANG! Silent Quibus was sent flying, crashing through an array of trees and falling into the far-off distance. Ryu was about to chase, but by this point, the six figures in the skies, and the skeletons climbing out of the earth had already fully manifested. They all attacked Ryu at once, delaying his forward progress. Even when Ryu wanted to use space to directly warp toward that location, the Skeletons slammed their hands together, forming a unified formation that locked down the space in the region. In the distance, Silent Quibus slowly got up, wiping a hint of blood off the corner of his mouth and snapping his broken neck back into place. He looked forward with an indifferent expression, but there was clearly something smoldering in the depths of his eyes. He began to form several hand seals, and then something manifested that made Ryu's rage explode to the high heavens. Nemesis.