Chapter 281: Entering the Ruins
Chapter 281: Entering the Ruins
After finishing helping Leviathan make the piece of land part of it, Luan was panting. This took a little effort on his part, but soon he recovered as if he’d never made the effort. If Ingrid hadn’t seen it for herself, she wouldn’t have believed that a second ago he’d been panting with labored breathing.
“Thank you, Luan.” Ingrid kissed his face. Her eyes were passionate, and she was looking at Luan, the man she loves the most in life, her eyes able to show her thoughts.
Luan, looking into Ingrid’s gaze, smiled. His eyes had a unique sparkle, something seductive, very attractive to look at, while his parted lips were an invitation for a kiss. But before Ingrid was able to do anything, Nora could no longer stand it, and said impatiently, “We’re almost there, let’s get going.”
“Oh, yeah.” Luan came back to reality.
“…” Ingrid pouted, obviously disappointed.
It was agonizing to see this, but Nora took a deep breath. She preferred that Luan not avoid her, even if she had to see him be intimate with another woman.
“Sigh~”
Nora looked to the horizon as her thoughts became chaotic. Soon, she went back to putting on a sly look as she decided not to think about it anymore. She didn’t like being depressed. What would be, would be…
Minutes later…
“We can stop. We’re here,” Nora said as she pointed to the ground below them.
There was nothing, but Luan could tell from his senses that there was treasures close by. If he was not mistaken, it must have been buried. Nora must have hidden the entrance, he deduced.
“The entrance I hid,” she said with a smirk, “That way, we don’t need to deal with any worms.”
“Worms, right…” Ingrid looked at her as she thought about the way Nora spoke.
“What is it?” Nora raised her left eyebrow, then she smiled evilly.
Ingrid kept looking at her until she finally replied, “It’s nothing.”
“I see.” Nora laughed, not caring.
Coming out of the cloud, a pair of bat wings appeared on Nora’s back. She went to a certain location, and when she stopped, she used Qi on her hand and gently tapped the ground. Soon a formation was broken, revealing the real entrance. It was then they were able to see the underground entrance – a stairway leading deep underground.
“Let’s go.” Luan started going down using his cloud, with Ingrid riding next to him.
When she saw Luan beside her, Nora said in a serious voice, “We have to be careful, there could be a trap. This is a ruin that was built underground after all.”
“Mm.” Luan nodded.
Ingrid became serious. She didn’t want to screw anything up and be a burden.
The sound of a door being opened was heard as Nora opened the door made of adamantine metal coated with Qi Metal. Slowly descending the stone staircase, the place lacking lighting, Luan created a ball of flame that he floated in front of them.
“I see your elemental control is still great,” Nora smiled.
“I’m better than before.” Luan realized that there was no danger at that time, so he replied, “I no longer have limitations like before.”
“Hehe~ That’s great,” Nora said with a giggle that she was happy for him.
Ingrid squeezed Luan’s hand, which she held tightly. Although she wasn’t the jealous type, it was impossible to remain neutral in this situation, at least she couldn’t do that. Even she felt insecure at times, especially with someone who had such a great history with Luan. Nora knew many things about Luan that she doesn’t.
“Wait.” Luan made them stop walking. His senses warned him of danger. Even though Nora was stronger than he was these days, his senses were still a little sharper than hers.
Luan let go of Ingrid’s hand. Soon, his hands transformed into white dragon claws and his aura became more intense, increasing his bodily defense. Ingrid braced herself. She didn’t know what kind of danger it could be. Around her, Blood Qi defended her. Nora’s teeth got bigger, despite having her own charm so her Qi grew powerful, while a red aura surrounded her, creating a Qi defense.
Stepping slowly, they continued down until they reached the bottom of the stairs.
“Ihihihihihi!” A giggle echoed suddenly from an old woman with a disproportionate head, full of white hair that reached almost to the ground. Holding two butcher knives, she ran towards it, holding the knives pointed at the ground as she flailed her arms, jabbing the air. Luan was quick to appear in front of the witch, then he defended with his left hand in a crab position, while for the other hand, a white aura made wrapped his hand like claws.
*Bang!*
Strong! Luan hit the witch’s giant head, making her back up a few steps, but soon she went back to making the same gestures as she ran again towards Luan.
Nora also acted. Her eyes sparkled, then the witch stopped moving. Something had frozen the witch’s body no matter how hard she tried to move. Luan took advantage of that, and attacked the neck.
*Beng!* The defense was broken, but he was only able to pierce half the neck before he couldn’t get any deeper into his blow.
Ingrid, who had been silent until now, took her scythe. Turning the scythe in her hand, she took the rotating force, then she slashed the tip of the scythe into the witch’s head.
*Bang!*
The scythe bounced off, the witch’s head being harder than metal.
Ingrid’s look was one of pure surprise. This was one of her strongest attacks, but she wasn’t even able to scratch the witch’s head.
“Back off,” Nora said in a cold voice.
Ingrid and Luan backed off and that’s when the witch’s aura turned yellow and she started attacking forward very quickly. Luckily they got out, or else they would have been drilled to death.
Soon, the witch changed the position of the knives and held them pointed upwards. It was then she started to cut instead of piercing towards Nora, as she felt it was better to get rid of her.
“What kind of being is this?” Ingrid admitted she was a little scared.
“This is an artificial monster,” Luan said as he increased his power as soon as his draconian transformation began, “Be careful; this kind of monster is not afraid of death or pain.”
“I see.” Ingrid nodded seriously. She prepares attacks from a distance. She knew that if she was going to attack from close range, she would be an easy target and would hinder the other two rather than help.
Blood scythes were thrown towards the witch. Although some hit the witch’s body, it wasn’t enough to hurt. However, it made the witch have to use her Qi to defend herself. That in itself was of great help. Since the Qi was worn down, it would be easier to break the witch’s defense.
Nora used her strength to punch the witch.
*CRASH!*
A thunderous sound echoed as Nora’s punch slammed into the witch’s head. That’s when they saw the witch being thrown towards a ruined house.
*BOOM!* The house was almost completely destroyed in the process.
After using her vampire powers to their fullest, Nora became more physically powerful; mainly when using her Vampire Qi to increase her defensive and offensive power. Soon, her pair of wings flapped, and she flew to the edge of the ruin, which was only 10 meters high. She then started to fall like a comet with her feet towards the witch’s belly.
*BOOOOM!*
“KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!* A shrill scream echoed. The witch was on edge. She screamed, increasing her powers to the max, trying to resist.
Luan practically teleports beside the witch. With the white dragon claw he slashed her neck. The neck, which was already partially damaged, was broken. Taking a deep breath, he backed up a little.
“Done,” Nora smiled.
“Mm,” Luan nodded.
“I was right.” A happy smile appeared on Nora’s calm face as she looked up at him. “There must be good things here.”
“In fact, if not, there wouldn’t be an artificial monster protecting the place,” Luan nodded.
Nora looked at Ingrid next. “You were kind of helpful.” Coming from her, that was a huge compliment.
“Thank you, I think,” Ingrid said.
“Thanks are not necessary. I just say what I think,” Nora shrugged. Then she said with a serious look, “There might be more artificial monsters.”
“I think the same.” Luan looked at the destroyed house where the witch lay dead.
Approaching, the trio entered the ruined house. The witch had seemed to be protecting this house, so there might be something good there. The house was made of rare stone, strong enough to withstand a tornado and spanned over 100 square meters. Apart from the destroyed part, the things that were intact were aged, covered in spider webbing.
Luan created flames, and set fire to several spiders that were almost 100 cm long. It would be problematic if any of them were poisoned by such a spider.
“I think I found something.” Ingrid said excitedly.
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