Chapter 383 - Caught between the rock and a hard place(Part-4)

Ryuu looked down at the ballad of blades as Frost Flames sliced and diced the creature with each of her attack more and more of those creature shattered like crystal, and with each attack she grew more and more stronger as if like a fire slowly spreading and turning into an inferno, like a brush of an artist she struck her opponents tearing them and killing them, Ryuu looked at what Frost Flames claimed as her true strength along with the strange fire ability and it was really praise worthy.

'But why?' a question that ran through his mind, why did she show it to him is it because she found him trustworthy or is it because she has some form of ulterior motive Ryuu bit his lips as a couple of creature sneaked up to him but was quickly disposed of by 'Requiem', Ryuu smiled at his sword as he ran his fingers over its blade which cause the sword to vibrate slightly making him smile, to Ryuu 'Requiem' sometimes acted like a playful pet and he liked it, according to his teacher only very high level weapons, armors or treasures gain sentience but it will be only be limited to making the weapon to be used by only its owner, but as time passes by it will develop more and more like in the case of 'Requiem', it acts like dog trying to please its master in this case Ryuu, but level of sentience it was showing only meant that it was with Ryuu or the previous incarnation of Ryuu for a very very long period of time spanning over at the very least a few million years.

As if sensing his thoughts it vibrated once again in his hands making Ryuu crack a grin, "You are absolutely right 'Requiem' no matter what happens we will always be together and triumph above whatever conspiracy that might take place, but should we lend a hand?"

His sword vibrated as he caressed it gently as he spoke, "Well then let us not keep the lady waiting too much although it would be a great shame if at the end of the day she became my enemy when I just started to enjoy her company."

Frost flames was getting agitated with each passing minute she had said she would deal with it, but now she had to fight horde upon horde of those creatures and she was moving towards their leader in an incredibly slow pace and from the looks of it the leader had decided to leave and it would not be nice if she had to once again ask Ryuu for help in order to pull it out of the ground.

"Go after it, I will deal with this creatures.", Frost Flames looked at Ryuu before she gritted her teeth in anger as she spoke, "Brother Ryuu you cannot dishonor me like…"

Ryuu held up his hand in surrendering motion before he spoke with a smile, "I am not trying to dishonor you, I am simply asking you to get to the leader, we might not be as lucky as next time and might not be able to get hold of it as such go after it while I deal with the rest, I know you are incredibly strong and your powers are truly not only worthy of praise but awe inspiring as well and in normal situation I would not even bother getting in your way but I do not think our condition allows us that right? So please deal with their head honcho where as I keep of the minions of your back."

Frost Flames grunted in acknowledgement as Ryuu gave her a small bow before he swung the sword hard as it cleared a path through the various minions as Frost Flames dashed forward towards the leader, as the creature regrouped and tried to attack Frost Flames they were stopped by none other than Ryuu who gave them a grin as he spoke, "Sorry but I cannot allow you to hinder my friend anymore I will have you dead here."

The horde of creatures screamed well more like laughed in an insane manner as they dashed towards Ryuu who simply dodged sliced them apart then dodged again, each slice of his sword, poisoned them, froze them, burned them, electrocuted them but none of them were able to take a single step all those techniques he had learned from his teachers all those years ago helped him a lot, 'Omniscient Eyes', a powerful Low Rank 9 variation of the Rank 6 skill 'Divine eyes' and 'Ferocious Buddha's Mind' an upgrade to Peak Rank 8 from Rank 6 skill 'Buddha's Mind' helped to make sure that none of the creatures could blindside him he could feel even the smallest twitch of their skin their intent no matter where they were and he reacted accordingly as he danced through their carcass with each swing dozens died, it had been a while since he had let loose, he could easily feel Frost Flames who was fighting off the leader if the horde with great concentration as such she had yet to notice him but such was not the case with the leader it had perceived Ryuu as the greatest threat but alas Frost Flames stood in its path, the webs covered the sky, the ground and any other directions as it tried to ensnare Ryuu the combined might of hundred of those creatures who had already forgone their laughter like scream and were now screaming in literal sense as they tried to fight him, but it was all for naught an ethereal blue flame not only destroyed the webs but the fire retraced back to the webs source as countless died in a blink of an by now only a few dozens were left and he could already here the sound of other cultivator approaching, as such he began to lower the towering inferno surrounding them, the leader of the horde fell at last under the onslaught of Frost Flames who looked worse for wear and Ryuu did not waste any time a snap of his finger and multiple talismans flew at incredible speed towards the survivors as they touched them it detonated with great force and heat vaporizing them.

A tired Forst Flames looked up with a smile as Ryuu descended by her side as she spoke, "Thank you brother Ryuu for the help."

Ryuu simply smiled at her as he spoke, "Well you wanted to be my friend worthy of my trust well you definitely did a take a step by trusting me to watch your back."

Frost Flames simply smiled as rest of the cultivators began appearing slowly and steadily, Ryuu glanced at Frost Flames as he thought inwardly, 'Strong she is strong enough to give run to even a rank 1 Celestial, she said that she was going all out well the devastation we caused has turned at the very least a good few dozen kilometers into wasteland thankfully there were no strong beast around here, her ability with the freezing flame was nice but the range was the problem she could take multiple opponents but as they number of opponents increased so did her range and it was a rather drastic decline not to mention it seemed a bit taxing as well, it would be cool if I can copy it though.'

"Sister are you alright?", True-Spear's voice came to Frost Flames ears who simply looked at him as she spoke, "I am fine brother it was taxing and tiring but I am fine, and if it were not for brother Ryuu's help I would have been done for."

Ryuu snorted at that as he spoke, "Sister you give me too much credit we fought together watching each other's back so stop pushing me to the front."

Frost Flames gave a soft smile towards Ryuu who returned it with one of his own before he spoke with a frown, "Sister did this creature carry any …"

Frost Flames did not allow him to speak as she produced another diamond piece as others grinned upon seeing it, they were a bit closer than before, "Yes I found it though I would like to explore its caverns who knows what we might find in there."

The others nodded in agreement except Ryuu who spoke with an apologetic look on his face, "Well sorry sister but count me out for today I am extremely tired and I wish to rest."

Frost Flames nodded as she spoke, "So am I, though if any of you want to please feel free to do so."

Zywia glanced at Ryuu before she spoke, "Well both of you had a very tiring battle being in the midst of it as such if you two wish to leave well so be it, though I hope sister would not mind me accompanying her."

Frost Flames shook her head as she spoke, "I have no problem with that."

True-Spear narrowed his eyes as he looked at the dark hole in the ground from where all the creatures had crawled out with narrowed us before he spoke with a sigh, "I think we all should postpone for today, we do not know what might be down there we should rest and gather our strength before we go and check down there."

A proposition that was accepted by everyone whole heartedly making Ryuu swear inwardly his body was suddenly writhing in pain and he wanted to rest somewhere out of prying eyes and ears and but no the entire group would follow him because they were too tired to explore which was something he did not want to sudden an idea struck him, 'I will casually separate from the group as soon as possible otherwise I am taking a bathroom break would work effectively.', with a mental pat on his back for the wonderful idea Ryuu began to move.