Murim Recurve

Chapter 242 - The Carriage

The Blinded Ghost unleashed a Ghost Qi Palm Projection, sending the Yali flying away as it unleashed another attack onto the Grade 2 Firebird. It was already closely defending the messenger bird, no longer having any space to move.

That was why it couldn't simply disappear to evade the attacks of the Yali. But now, it only had enough time to unleash one Ghost Qi Palm Projection, watching its attack slam into the Grade 2 Firebird and get swallowed.

Left with no other time, it could only show its back to the Firebird in an effort to defend its shell. After all, most of its higher quality eyes were on its front, while those on its back were throw-away eyes that it had stolen just to unleash the Ghost Qi Palm Projections.

Screee!

The Blinded Ghost screeched in pain as the Fire Qi burned its body, melting most of the eyes on its back, causing its size to shrink up immediately. Despite its strength, the maximum amount of Ghost Qi it could contain was 100 units.

Though its advantage was amplified through the eyes it possessed, able to use them as the fuel for its attacks, now that the Fire Qi began to melt its eyes, it suffered significant losses. After all, it had expended a lot of Ghost Qi to obtain those eyes and lodge them in its body.

Only by using the tremendous quantity of Ghost Qi that was circulating in the auction house was it able to achieve this. And now, the loss of every eye was something that might take it days to months to recover from.

But left with no other choice, all it could do was scream while the messenger bird flapped its wings and increased its altitude. And, while it was suffering from the attack, the Yali appeared, opening its mouth to unleash a Fire Qi breath attack.

At three foundations, a Pranic Avatar was able to unleash one breath attack per element. And, because everyone from the Royal Clan was able to wield all four elements, even at three foundations, their Pranic Avatars were able to unleash four breath attacks.

The first attack it had unleashed was using Water Qi. And now that the Blinded Ghost was being damaged by Fire Qi, it too unleashed using the same, increasing the extent of its damage.

And at the same time, the Grade 1 Firebird had finished forming, joining the picture as it headed straight towards the Blinded Ghost.

If it wasn't for the fact that a Sha couldn't touch its shell, the Blinded Ghost would have taken its shell and escaped from the place easily. And now, upon seeing that it had lost more than 60 eyes in this short duration, the Blinded Ghost hurriedly used two more eyes and slammed two Ghost Qi Palm Projections, smashing the Yali's head into a pulp.

After having its head smashed, its body dissipated. Now that it was slightly freer, the Blinded Ghost proactively defended the messenger bird, tanking the Grade 1 Firebird. Even though it was damaged, it saw that the Grade 2 Firebird was still in the process of taking form.

Moreover, the beasts and birds from the swarm were beginning to fly through the place, giving it more room to hide behind.

But, upon seeing that they couldn't use their Art of the Element that freely, the Harmonisers from the Royal Clan immediately expended all their Elemental Qi to summon their Pranic Avatars, making them chase after the Blinded Ghost.

The messenger bird was tiny and hence was able to fly away through the gaps between the other birds, flying away faster now. The Blinded Ghost retreated into its shell, only appearing from time to time to defend against the attacks of the nearby beasts.

It became a dog fight now. But, the moment the numerous Yalis summoned by the Royal Clan Harmonisers joined the picture, the Blinded Ghost was placed in a pensive situation once again. If it was careless, a couple of breath attacks would immediately fly its way.

And, every time this happened, it had to unleash a Ghost Qi Palm Projection to block them or tank all the attacks using its body. No Harmoniser was near it, so it couldn't even make use of its other abilities that were effective against Pranic Arts.

And as time passed, the messenger bird did manage to leave Burfuna City as the swarm of the birds and beasts began to attack the city frantically. Through the chaos, only a couple of Yali managed to fly across and still give chase. After all, they were getting killed off one by one by the Blinded Ghost through the chaos.

As a Yali was flying in the air, chasing after the messenger bird, the Blinded Ghost materialised on its back, slamming a Ghost Qi Palm Projection on it, smashing its head into a pulp. It did suffer from a breath attack at the same time from the other Yali, vanishing from the place.

And when it reappeared above the final Yali, its opponent, the Yali exploded automatically, sending all the Elemental Qi forming it into the Blinded Ghost, damaging it severely. At present, the Blinded Ghost barely had eight eyes left on its body. And, two of them were the eyes of Re'Kha.

So, it was only left with six uses of the Ghost Qi Palm Projections, rendering it at an all-time low power. Thankfully for it, it had managed to survive that encounter and escape. As it returned into its shell, the messenger bird, though immensely tired, continued to flap its wings, heading north before spotting a carriage moving on the road.

It was a worn-down carriage, and the horses pulling it weren't in their optimal states, looking like they had to retire within a year. The messenger bird landed on the carriage and squeaked a couple of times.

Faint black mist pulsed from the Blinded Ghost's shell once when the carriage stopped. A blind girl from within opened the door and stepped out, moving as if she could still see, patting the messenger bird's head a couple of times, whispering, "You did well in bringing it here."

Then, she removed her Tikka jewellery, pocketed it, and placed her hand on the Blinded Ghost's shell. She removed it from the messenger bird's neck and wore it on her forehead, making it seem as if it was her Tikka jewellery.

"Are you okay?" Her grandfather's tired voice resounded as the girl didn't reply immediately, returning to her usual blank look as she entered the cramped carriage that began to move soon after. The sound of the grandfather's voice resounded, "I hope our life in the Settlement would be good."

As for the messenger bird, it remained perched on the carriage for some time before its demeanour changed, resembling other messenger birds as it took off to the air. The carriage continued to proceed further.