Refining the Heavens 4 (炼天四)

Chapter 53: Opening the Gates (Part 2)

Looking at the figure hovering below the giant avatar, the White Emperor instantly attacked, "Intruder! You dare show yourself!"

A murderous glint flashed across his eyes as he made a gripping gesture at his target. The moisture in the air around the one in mid-air gathered and froze with alarming speed.

Sihala, the person who made the Winged Storm Bear avatar, found himself encased in a barrel made of pure ice. His triple S cultivation rank was useless to help him retreat, even though he had already prepared to do so right after attacking.

A shadow suddenly appeared out of nowhere, covering his head. Struggling to lift his chin up in this tight space, his eyes widened as he saw a long sharpened ice pillar right on top of him.

There wasn't time to scream as the White Emperor released the pillar to fall right onto his head.

Everyone was prepared to see a bloody scene and a few soldiers closed their eyes. Despite being experienced warriors, it is still too gruesome for them to see a person impaled this way. Just the resulting gurgling sounds are enough to turn their stomachs for days.

The personal guards of the White Emperor however, looked as though they are penning for the world greatest entertainment. They had all fought beside Reynold for centuries. If they are not likeminded it wouldn't be possible to last thus long.

However, what they are hoping for did not happen.

The next moment, the pillar slide through the barrel without slowing down and it fell through the other end and smashed into the ground, killing several more of their own.

Instantly horrific cries raised into the sky. Everyone were wide-eyed in disbelief. They couldn't find a single drop of blood from the enemy, instead more of their own are dead.

The White Emperor is furious from getting played with, but he couldn't understand what happened either. Substitute technique, Clone technique, Illusion technique, he dismissed these possibilities quickly. There was no way he will be fooled by these paltry tricks at his level and not be aware.

An invisible wisp of wind fled from the White Emperor and slowly solidified into a young man's figure in a hidden location.

Wearing the standard attire of a soldier, Sihala had a large grin on his face. He is so loved by the wind, he can turn into it for a short period of time. Wind Touched.

It is an innate ability rarely heard of and almost never seen, as expected of someone who is called 'The Chosen One'.

Kairos had borrowed Sihala from Esley exactly because he can turn into pure wind element and become nigh invincible. They know how dangerous it will be for the first person who acted, and thus the only person who can claim to fully retreat under the White Emperor's eyelid isn't Tommy with his Dharma Constitution, Kairos with Heaven Titan Physique, or Alan with his Bagua defensive arts.

Sihala's appearance in Esley's camp was a coincidence, but the three genius war strategists in the Snowdrifts will never miss such a chance.

As his Winged Storm Bear avatar grabbed everyone's attention, few noticed that there are hundreds of freshly dead lying in their own pools of blood around the camp.

These people are all high-ranking officers holding important positions that upheld the stronghold's daily operation. With them killed, the link between the top command and the lower ranked operatives will be severed, and at least for half a day their army with over a million soldiers are crippled.

More frighteningly, till now, their deaths are still largely unknown, while the ones that did the job have already moved on to their next target. These assassins are the best that the Dark Swords clan could offer. The two hundred of them are all within the top thousand assassins found on Gaia. Their mission is to take down as many officers as possible, and so far it had been a breeze.