Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 313: Conflict in the waterfall peak (3)

'Why do you want to protect the girl? She is of Ermeishan.' Some of the Elders said after they finished regulating their internal energy

'She is my disciple. You want to get her? Come!' Hearing this, the crowds that follow the Abbess look at the Abbess. 

What have they involved themselves into? They thought that Arial kidnap the girl while the Abbess is glaring at Arial.

Arial has already prepared himself as his body emits a bloodthirsty aura, a killing intent so thick that some fainted as they sense this aura. 

Arial who has been in many wars and battles, of course his killing intent is higher than a person who has never killed. 

He has killed so many peoples, orcs, monsters, that even he has lost count of how many living things that he had killed. 

'If you are stubborn enough then I have no choice' the Abbess said, gritting her teeth, her heart is filled with anger. 

She unsheathes her sword from the sheathe. A shrilling sound of metal echoes around the area

She dashed forward, flying, piercing the wind with her sword to attack Arial while Arial put up one of his palm and suddenly the Abbess stopped in midair. 

'That is impossible.' The other exclaimed looking at this absurd scene.

With one hand, Arial stopped the Abbess attack, at only half a foot from him as the Abbess is stuck on midair, her sword is trying to pierce the barrier of internal energy created by Arial palm. 

'BE GONE' he shouted and a dragon roar could be heard as he executes his palm attackjosei

the Abbess is thrown back with great intensity and speed, smashing her body to one of the tree 

The impact of Arial internal energy seep deep into the Abbess bones and internal organs and the surrounding force of that internal energy seeps right into the tree.

the tree exploded from the force as barks and branches of the tree flew up high into the air before coming down in the next second.

The sight was shocking.

The Abbess coughed up blood and everyone could see that the Abbess has suffered some broken bones.

Her sword is broken to a thousand pieces; the shards injured the nearby disciple. The other parts of the sword are stuck on the hard ground

Her disciples all rushed through to go to their teacher. Xiyun on the other hand look at the battle and then she looks at her teacher. 

She felt confident. Truly her teacher is peerless. She come out of her hiding and says loudly 

'Look! My teacher is powerful and undefeated. He is unrivalled. Compared to the Abbess what is she? My teacher is the Divine Dragon. Arial the Divine Dragon. Peerless under the heaven, splitting the sea with a strike, destroying mountains with a kick' Xiyun yelled mischievously spreading his teacher name. 

Not only she promotes her teacher name, she even boasts with boasting that make anyone hearing it cringes! How shameless could she be!

But no one dares deny her.

In a way when she roams the martial art world if they heard of her teacher reputation at least people will not dare bully her. 

Xiyun growing up, watching the dark side of the martial art world understands the importance of reputation but more importantly of power. 

And her teacher just demonstrates power beyond a normal person capability. Xiyun have to admit…. she is cunning.

Mu Liyun is shocked and anger is rising from her body seeing her own sister defends Arial instead of the Abbess. 

'WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, SISTER?' She screamed. 

'The Abbess has clothed us, give us food, care for us and teach us martial arts and you want to repay her with ingratitude. '

'Yes' Xiyun said. Then she snorted

'What of it? Unlike you, I have no such feelings for her. No gratitude. To me she always had been a stinking lady and cruel old person.' Xiyun said. 

Xiyun could not yet tell her sister everything. 

She can only lead her to the truth. She can't make her believe it. She out of everyone knows how much Liyun idolize the Abbess. 

She out of everyone understands what will happen to her if she could not prove her words. She would be ridiculed and her reputation will plummet. 

The Abbess is a cunning manipulative person. She could make it like Xiyun lied and taint her reputation and her teacher reputation. 

For now, this is not yet the time or the place.

Let her view her sister as the evil one. One day the truth will come out. It will always come out.

'YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ERMEISHAN!' Liyun said and she jump trying to attack her own sister with killing intent while the other sect members scream for Liyun to stop. 

The rest of them all looked at Arial as Liyun tries to attack her sister and they all see how Arial face changes to a cold expression.

The crowd all feel something bad is about to happen which is why they wanted Liyun to stop her attack but their screams are too late.

'NO!' then suddenly like a flash of lightning Liyun vocal cord is crushed as she coughed up blood. 

'Uhuk, uhuk' Liyun coughing blood, her body almost looked lifeless with such impact on her throat, giving a shock to her entire body. 

Arial is seen choking Liyun, reaching to block her attack to Xiyun with an unbelievable speed. 

Like a dancing dragon he appeared in front of Liyun and grab her throat like a dragon biting its prey.

Liyun is writhing in pain, like an animal nearing death.

'NO!' the Abbess yelled while her hand is still holding her stomach, still feeling the pain of their last clash.

'Is she to be my opponent tomorrow? Weak' he said arrogantly, looking at Liyun like he is looking at an ant.

'YOU!' 

This is too much for Sigrid to bear. It almost looks like Liyun is about to die. Fearing this, Sigrid made a rash decision.

Sigrid jumped and this time he uses his Light of Truth Stick technique and he aim his attack at Arial spine using his stick. 

But just about an inch before it was about to strike Arial spine, suddenly the stick bend by an invisible force and then it breaks into a thousand pieces and Sigrid hand produce a cracking noise as he screamed. 

Arial concentrate Imposing Presence on his body giving him a thin layer of protection all around his body but as he focused it become a thick concentration of inner energy. 

Everyone that is seeing this spectacle all feel fear in their heart. The Abbess of Ermeishan. Monk Sigrid of Yilin. Mu Liyun of Ermeishan. 

All this reputable figures, likely winner of this tournament and an Elder of a respectable sect is dominated by one person. 

Arial stands there like an imposing mountain, could not be moved, could not be destroyed, his robe fluttered with the wind, looking at the crowd like he was a celestial being.

The Abbes is spouting blood endlessly from her mouth, while Liyun has her throat crushed, writhing in pain and Sigrid had his hand broken and whimpering in pain 

'A monster' some say. 

'Teacher' Xiyun cried. 

'Please, teacher. Don't kill my sister!' she yelled, there is a trace of worries and concern in her voice, begging him not to kill her sister. 

Of course Arial did not intend to kill Liyun. After all he knows the real reason why Xiyun want to learn from him. 

But on the other hand, in Xiyun perspective, Xiyun is worried because, even though she has told Arial all about her past, she didn't know Arial. 

To her, her teacher is an eccentric. He does what he wants, when he wants it. He does what he feels, when he feels like it. 

He doesn't care about other people opinion of him. Like a wind that could not be predicted

At least that is her opinion of him. Arial then throw Liyun back to the disciple of Ermeishan. Quickly they receive their Senior. 

The other sect Elder did not dare move. 

They have seen his power and his prowess. Many of their disciples are either unconscious or fainted. Only the Elders are still standing. 

And even then they are not confident they can defeat him. Arial looked at them and he snorted in disdain

'I will give my warning now. Do not dare presume about me. I will tell you this abbess. Make your disciples surrender tomorrow. Or I will kill her in the arena tomorrow.' 

Then from the hills, a green silhouette landed. 

'What happen here?' she said looking at the broken tree, the hundreds of unconscious man and sensing a malevolent presence standing with full authority in the middle of this crisis.

She looks at the unconscious Mu Liyun and then she said to Arial as she begins to understand the situation that just unfolds.

'Did you kill her?' 

'Kill her? No. I didn't.' 

'Huu' she sighed a relieved breath that no one is killed. If not, there will be a lot that she needs to explain. 

Arial then said. 

'All of you leave if you do not want to end up like them. And Ermeishan? Clean the blood. I don't have time to clean the blood. So you do it.' The Ermeishan disciple just meekly nodded. 

They do not dare glare at Arial…not anymore. Seeing their Abbess easily defeated, they know their own measure of abilities. 

They understand if Arial wished it he could take their life as easy as snapping a branch of a fragile tree. 

'Hehehe' Xiyun laughs at her former senior sisters. 

'Yes. Do that. Did you hear my teacher decree? You, stinky, no- brain, f-' 

'Xiyun!' Arial shouted

Startled, she reply 

'Teacher!' her face is red like she is a kid that just did something wrong. Arial look at his disciple and he only sigh

'Come in and shut the door!' 

'Yes, teacher' she said smiling and then before she got in she manages to turn around and stuck out her tongue at the others

The members of Ermeishan felt angry.

But the Elders did not look at her. Instead they look at that wide back of that lord

They all look as Arial, the Divine Dragon as he is known from that day enter his house with majestic aura, as the people watch in awe on his wake.

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