A long time went by, Huno continued forward slowly and the old empress followed behind. Constantly watching her back for the incoming threat that she could not see, she cursed under her breath.“Move faster you idiot,” She didn’t want to get too close, but the distance between them was getting shorter as time went by. All of a sudden, Huno stopped and landed on the ground. She frowned at him but also paused and turned around.“When? When did it… ?” She didn’t know when the threat behind disappeared. It had left without a trace.“He must have noticed it. Does that mean in here his senses are better than mine?” She turned to him and found him seated cross legged on the land. She didn’t dare do that but sat down where she floated to recover.“How do I escape this place?” The old empress closed her eyes and started tending to her wounds. She had to recover to her peak state as quick as possible. A while later, she opened her eyes back and frowned.“Time is different he
She gave him the cutest smile ever. “Long time no see, Huno,” His eyes widened and he hugged her tight. “You are alive!” he said.“Well, my soul, but yeah,” she replied.“I missed you so much, Luna,” Huno cried out. His embrace got tighter, and his breathing calmer. He didn’t want to let go for any reason.It took a while for him to disengage. He smiled and looked at her. “You’ve been in here all these while?” he asked.“You didn’t know?” She tilted her head and frowned at him. “I’ve been sleeping in here, recuperating,” “Why didn’t you let me know?”“I was sleeping, how do I do that in my sleep? Besides, weren’t you the one who woke me up just now?” Huno looked at her and blinked. “Never mind. I don’t care, you are here that’s what matters,” he said.“Hehe. Why’s your soul multi colored?” “I cultivate the five elements,”“Huh? I don’t understand. By the way, what’s wrong with your body? It feels different and more importantly, it feels like it’s hurt,” “That? W
“Hmm… oh, to be honest, I forget about them when I fight,”“They are really strong techniques,” “Noted,”“Let’s get out of here,” “I’ll do that,” Huno flew forward for a while then stopped. “When all this is over I’ll look for a body for you,” he said. Luna kept quiet and Huno asked. “Is something wrong?”“Nothing,” “You sure? Your emotion just now…”“It’s just, I thought of something. I finally understand why I was locked up,” Luna said. “Don’t let that bother you,”“It will bother me. Just like for you, may be Kurai tried to take my body. I probably lost control and the people around at that time, decided to lock me up,” she said. Huno could feel the sadness in her voice. He opened his mouth to reply but closed it back. “So what about it? They weren’t your friends or family, if they were they wouldn’t call you an abomination. Don’t let it bother you because you have a true family now, and it will never call you an abomination,” he finally said.“I know.
“Not bad. Nice reaction speed,” Huno said to Kong, who had increased the distance between them. “Peak, second petal. What an inconvenience? I’m very low on energy,”“You!” Kong brought out a pair of daggers and snared at Huno. “What are you?” he yelled. A sword appeared in Huno’s hand. To Kong, it gave out an aura, one that he was very used to. One he spent half his life fighting. His gaze roamed around Huno’s body, searching for a confirmation.“You are a transformed monster, aren’t you?” “Huh?” Kong gulped and held his daggers tightly. A monster who could transform was harder to deal with. This was something he learnt from experience. One reason be a transformed monster’s realm can not easily be determined. One could be facing a third petal and wouldn’t know until they had exchanged blows. The princess frowned at Kong’s words. Monsters were known for their ferociousness. It was foolish thinking asking one for help. “I assure you, I am human,” Huno ur
~A Month Later~ Huno opened his eyes and stretched a bit. “Shin, how’s everything there?”“Shinari! And everything is good, but the energy is terribly far from being recovered,” “It will take me years to recover it,” Huno said.“You just had to go waste it. When battling in the future, be careful not to draw from here. You better manage the energy in your body. Don’t go destroying my new body,” “I’ll be more careful,” Huno voiced and stood up. “It’s time I paid that crow a visit,”“Is that a good idea? That crow is stronger than a third petal and you sensed it from afar. Doesn’t that mean it has sensed you too?” “It has. The reason I sensed it was because it sensed me,”“Huh?” “From this distance I wouldn’t have sensed it. The crow sensed me and made its presence known to me. That means it is asking for help,”“Wait, you want to free it? If it gets free won’t it kill everyone around?” “Probably,”“And you want to release it?” “I’ll do my best to make sur
The duo continued onward and made their way to a big city. From where he was, Huno could see a floating island above the city.“This is Flamerol city, the capital of the Sun kingdom,” the princess said. “I see, but I don’t really care,”“The princess!”“It really is the princess!”“The princess is back!”“Spread the words, the princess is back,”… Several people shouted as they arrived the city gate. By the time they entered, everyone below had their eyes on them. “Let’s go higher,” Huno said.“Okay,” The two flew higher into the sky and continued forward. In no time they arrived the floating island. It was huge and on it was castle. “It’s majestic,” Huno thought. In front of it was a statue, almost half the size of the castle. The statue was of a man, he had long beards and long hair. His eyes were closed and his hand stretched out. He had a sword and a shield behind him. And countless small beast statues laid on the ground around him. The princess bow
“Why is that?”“I’m sure you felt it too, the aura that descended when you were in the cave,” “Yes,”“I am not sure, but that person looked at the cave. The only thing there worth looking at for a being like that, is the Everbeast,” “May be that person was looking at me because of Kurai,” Huno thought. “But I didn’t use any dark energy back then, so it can’t be me, right?”“It’s enough now, any more and you would hurt yourself,” Golden crow said and thought. “They’ve already gotten twelve percent. Their speed is terrifying,” “Huh? Okay senior, we would attack now,”~Shriek~~Shriek~ Huno and Luna performed hand seals and two giant birds appeared behind them. They spread their wings out and wide. Immediately, all their feathers flew towards Golden crow at a terrible speed. At the same time, Golden crow spread its wings trying to break the chains.“Husband, will it work?” Luna asked. “I’m not sure but it should. I’m more worried about the energy we took. I
“Why?” Luna asked.“His strength is second only to the dragon king and phoenix queen. Of all those you saw around, only the Kirin can match his strength,” Qiong Qi closed his eyes and disappeared. Huno looked at Luna, he gave her a smile and a kiss on her forehead before disappearing too. Huno opened his eyes and exhaled. Thankfully, Qiong Qi did not attack but he still felt tired from having him in there.“Wait, you are saying he is like you?”“Yes Pi Xiu,” Qiong Qi said.“Enough chatter, get ready,” Golden crow said. Huno looked around and noticed their number had increased. More had joined their ranks. And more were descending from the sky. These were a black dog clad in fire (Huodou), one legged bull (Kui), Fan Wu, a leopard with five tails and a horn (Zheng), Bi Xi, a crane with one leg (Bi Fan), Shi Huo, a snake with two bodies (Fei Yi), Tao Tie, a golden chicken, an ox with one horn (Xiezhi), Bai Ze, a double head snake (Yan Wei), one eyed leopard (Zhu Jian)