Yama Rising

Chapter 519: Duty (3)

Chapter 519: Duty (3)

Qin Ye took a deep breath and reached his hand out to the screen. And then, he suddenly paused.

But he knew he was no match for Black Yaksha.

“I can’t.” The Harken responded softly, “I’ve only been able to come to the mortal realm by borrowing the strength of the Second King Yanluo of Hell. Please be mindful that I’m still recovering from some grievous injuries, and there’s simply no way I can move about freely. I can’t even return to Hell to recover from my wounds.”

“That said… there’s someone who can help you.”

The Harken glanced at the daolord of the asura.

………………………………………….

How strong… How terrifying!

He’d thought that he was certainly dead. However… his own brother had in the moment of crisis acted with great resolution, forcibly disengaging their Susa Boy transformation so that he could escape unscathed.

Instead, the one that he hated most right now was none other than Lee Jung-sook!

He rushed away at top speed with gritted teeth. Although his brother had disengaged their Susa Boy form in the nick of time, he was still somewhat injured by the force of the Harken’s mighty attack. The fact that he was still able to escape at top speed for five full seconds was already a feat in and of itself.

BOOM! He rushed straight into the temple at once. It was decrepit. Even the statue in the heart of the temple was barely intact, with nothing more than half of its body standing. There were cobwebs everywhere. With no place left to go, Black Yaksha escaped into the temple to catch a quick breather. His chest rose and fell greatly as he panted violently.

He’s dead… Crow Tengu is dead!

“AHHHH!!!!” He clutched desperately at his chest. His wails of grief reverberated endlessly throughout the broken temple like the cries of mournful ghosts at night.

Ghosts had no tears, so it was Yin energy that poured from his eyes instead. After several moments of grieving, Black Yaksha gritted his teeth and clambered to his feet once more.

Crow Tengu has given his life for me. I can’t let him down!

His mind was in a mess, yet he continued to trudge back towards the entrance of the temple with ragged breaths. Then, just as he arrived at the door once more, he suddenly paused, and his nose twitched slightly.

And… a very familiar one at that…

Lee. Jung. Sook!

Shk! Shk! Shk! Several cold glimmers of light swept throughout the temple, and the rickety temple collapsed to the ground at once.

She bit her lips gently and tightened the grip around her gun.

Lee Jung-sook’s entire body trembled profusely. She hadn’t expected to run into Black Yaksha so quickly, especially after she had successfully made her great escape earlier.

I wonder if I’ll be able to hold on till help arrives…

“It’s because of you…”

Boom! His robes fluttered wildly as the shadows beneath his feet shuddered and trembled. Moments later, a series of scarlet eyes emerged from the shadows and pounced straight towards Lee Jung-sook like a tide of angry shadows.

“Why can’t you just sit still and behave yourself?!!”

“You deserve death… You deserve to perish right here, right now!!”

“Escape?!” Black Yaksha tossed his head into the air and laughed like a maniac, “You dare flee in front of a mighty Infernal Judge?!”

“If not for the fact that I’ve still got a use for you… you’d long have been sentenced to a fate worse than death by now!!” Black Yaksha roared as he stared intently at Lee Jung-sook’s back, “Ahh… That’s right, you don’t fear death. But… what about this--...”

At once, she made the snap decision to hand the gun over to her left hand, where she raised it to her chest without hesitation.

“Dream on.” Black Yaksha barked as another shadow bound up her left hand tightly, completely immobilizing her. Lee Jung-sook sighed deeply and shut her eyes in despair.

Is this… the limits of a mere human being?

I’m still alive?

Two figures had suddenly appeared in the sky, followed closely by a dozen or so figures standing on the ground behind them. The Yin energy in the sky was beaten back by the true energy emanating from the human being that had just surrounded the temple ruins.

This Yin spirit… is incredibly powerful!

“He’s right here.” An albatross fiddled with his phone, “We’ve got a lock on his position. He’s been rushing straight to this place since dozens of seconds ago, and… the strength of his energy signature is still growing!”

The albatross glanced back, “The target.”

Two human Judges and just over a dozen Hunters had surrounded the temple ruins on all sides. But Black Yaksha simply glanced around and chuckled contemptuously.

Mo Changhao snorted, “There’s no place for you here in the mortal realm.”

Zhou Xianlong pulled out a leaf from his pocket and waved it in front of his face, “2,000 years ago, our ancestors planted a peach tree on Greencity Mountain. After a thousand years, the peach tree withered up, but remained alive. Thereafter, two green leaves would grow on the withered peach tree with every decade that passed. All who wipe their eyes with these leaves would be bestowed with the ability to see all that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye.”

“I see…” Black Yaksha’s lips curled up with a smile. And then, his eyes suddenly opened abruptly.

BOOM!!! At once, copious amounts of Yin energy spurted out of his seven apertures. However, it was different from before - it was so powerful that it even caused the heavens and the earth to tremble wildly!

“To think that you were actually able to force my dear child to reach out to Yomi-no-Kuni to channel my might. It looks like… he was clearly being forced to a corner…” Black Yaksha interlocked his fingers and covered his lips daintily as he cackled, “The use of this ability sends its user into a deep slumber for a hundred years. It’s the final trump card hidden up their sleeves. A hundred years in exchange for fifteen minutes of power. But…”

Boom, boom, boom! Layers upon layers of overwhelming Yin energy erupted from Black Yaksha’s body, obscuring the clouds and blotting out the moon in the sky. The faces of countless humans appeared to be trapped in the clouds of Yin energy, struggling and moaning as though they were suffering in an endless living underworld!

“Abyssal Prefect?!” Mo Changhao also froze for a moment, before bellowing at the top of his voice, “Retreat!!”

Whoosh… At once, countless hands emerged from the depths of the Yin energy clouds, whistling shrilly as they grabbed at the investigators around them. The force of their approach was so intense that cracks even began to surface in the air!

“Prefect?! A Cathayan Prefect?!” The woman screamed at the top of her voice as she promptly retracted the expanding cloud of Yin energy. The investigators also froze as they turned to look at the source of the scarlet netherflames.

Qin Ye didn’t say a word as he glanced around with some measure of consternation - Why is the Special Investigations Department here?

And how is the Black Yaksha able to exhibit might in the class of an Abyssal Prefect?

A series of twists and turns that were scripted by Fate were all coming together in perfect dissonance.