BXBX NOVEL Chapter 123: Throw
The lightning element could be felt everywhere as if the air itself was crackling with it. Twigs, leaves, branches, everything was catching fire under the constant sparks of lightning, turning the whole green forest into a burnt charred wastelands.
The duo of Ying Yue and Bai Li were still running towards the small hill, more desperate than every. Their breaths hitched in their throats and their leg's muscles felt as if they were on fire.
Nevertheless, the two of them continued to push their limits as they ran faster and faster.
Bai Li looked around and felt the tremors from the ground as he cursed.
"Damn it! What do we do now?"
Ying Yue snorted at his question.
"We'll follow the previous plan. We only have thirty minutes left and there's no way we're surviving that long if these two bastards decided to settle their accounts. If they fought, we're dead. That's why we need to bring down the big guy from the skies.
If one is gone, I'm sure we'll survive somehow."
Bai Li thought about her words for a moment before shrugging them off. It wasn't like he had any other choice, he couldn't even resign as he had already gotten that opportunity. If he didn't act, the only thing awaited him would be death.
That's why he forced himself even more and soon reached the small hill. But the slope on it was steep which made things a little harder for them. They weren't in a condition to just jump around, after all.
Before he could react, though, Ying Yue had already ran upwards, using the various rocks protruding out of the steep slope. They cracked under her legs and began to drop down on Bai Li.
'Aghh! Fuck it!'
Bai Li dodged the small rocks falling on him and began to jump around line Ying Yue. Although it was a little tougher for him considering he couldn't use his other hand, he still managed to reach halfway across the slope when he heard the even voice of Ying Yue.
"Looks like the big guy noticed us. It's coming towards us."
Bai Li clicked his tongue and increased his speed even more, feeling his feets going almost numb from all the pressure he was putting on them. The only reason they were still holding was because his technique was still active.
They soon reached the top of the hill and heard a loud screech of the Thunderclaw Roc. Fortunately for them, though, the bird was still a considerable distance away from them so they get on shotted by some random lightning strike.
Bai Li panted as he knelt on the ground one knee. The platform on the small hill wasn't that big but it was enough to give them a food view of the destruction that was happening in all of the designated zone.
Ying Yue stood beside him and muttered, her voice carrying a strange sense of humor.
"The Federation wanted to use the participants to clear out the Spiritual Creatures, right? Heh, guess we helped them a lot then."
Bai Li didn't bother to respond and stood up, albeit with difficulties. He raised his head to looked at the Thunderclaw Roc and raised his eyebrow in surprise.
The Thunderclaw Roc had actually calmed down slightly and had its yellow sleek body full on show, without any coverage of the lightning. It was only occasionally throwing some lightning around but even that stopped once it locked onto them.
"It's probably exhausted. After going Berserk in such a huge area, it's no surprise. And there's also its bleeding part, it's probably saving it's energy to heal them. We won't get a better chance than this."
Ying Yue had a wide grin plastered on her face as he looked at the Thunderclaw Roc with eyes full of excitement.
Bai Li shook his head and took out the dagger Ying Yue gave him. He had previously stuffed it into his torn clothes. He looked at it's sharp blade and then at the incoming Thunderclaw.
He took a deep breath as he began to circulate every last ounce of Qi in his body and transferred it into his hand, putting everything in this one strike. He streched his arm back, and looked right into the Thunderclaw Roc's body. His eyes turned red as he tried to ain
Bai Li tried to aim at the bleeding spot, but it wasn't easy. He wasn't in a good condition with his vision getting blurry, and targetting a small bleeding part in such a big moving object wasn't easy, not to mention that this was his only chance.
If he failed, he would be dead.
"Aghhh!!"
A loud scream filled the wasteland as Bai Li threw the dagger at the Thunderclaw Roc after putting everything in this one strike. His body dropped on the ground, unable to even remain standing up.
The dagger shot through the air, producing a sonic boom that echoed everywhere. The speed at which it was going caused the air friction to produce sparks around it's sharp blade.
The Thunderclaw Roc sensed the looming threat and even though it knew it wouldn't kill it, it wasn't willing to take risks again. It tried to shift its body but the speed it was coming was high and it couldn't change much.
Bai Li had also predicted that and aimed accordingly. That's why, the dagger swept past the Thunderclaw Roc's main body and went underneath it, hitting at the large line in the Thunderclaw Roc's belly. It was the same place Ying Yue had injured it.
And now her dagger has attacked itself into it's wounds, making them open again and causing a waterfall of dark blood. The Thunderclaw Roc screeched as it rolled in the skies because of the pain.
But it wasn't the end as a figure came out of the little dagger's shadow and instantly clung to the talons of it.