Heavenly Star

A white shadow swayed, and the four of them felt dazzled. Tao BaiBai strangely broke away from their enclosure and appeared five feet away. Then he launched a counter attack using the silver sword in his hand which had soaked through the blood of murder countless times. His speed was very fast, and his body’s motions were crafty; he could be considered to be a supernatural being.

The four of them yelled in anger altogether, springing their bodies upward. As four swords evenly stretched out in an astonishingly well coordinated attack to strike at him, completely without consideration of Tao BaiBai’s attack. Tao BaiBai’s eyes shifted, his body dodged them in succession, then suddenly, as if numerous layers of white shadows appeared before them, a number of Tao BaiBai appeared before their eyes.

Zi~~

A huge curtain of swords hit most of the white shadows, the four had unleashed their true powers, and the dark grey earth had been carved with more than ten terrible sword marks around a meter deep each.

Blood. Fresh blood splattered everywhere!

Three cuts were added to Tao BaiBai’s chest, but they were merely flesh wounds, while Yue’s left arm had been cut off by Tao BaiBai during fiery lightning-like strike that spilled blood everywhere.

Meeting face to face and attacking without a care for their lives; one was lightly wounded, another one seriously hurt.

The sharp pain almost drowned Yue’s consciousness, but she stubbornly gritted her teeth and did not even groan. The other three Feng, Hua, and Xue seemed like they did not notice her injury. The four of them did not stop or slow down as they again charged for another attack at Tao BaiBai…

Ye Wuchen obviously did not plan to die when he entered the Devil’s Trap Pagoda. This Devil’s Trap Pagoda, which nobody dared to enter, might be contrary to his last attempt to preserve his life. From his probing few days ago, he came to know the reason how the imprisoned Cursed Woman was able to kill people who entered this Devil’s Trap Pagoda.

It was because of her eyes.

Ye Wuchen was absolutely convinced that her eyes could kill people. That day, her gaze only passed through his spirit and it almost took his life. If he was to directly come into contact with the woman, maybe just a single eye could easily take his life. Furthermore, his internal organs had been overturned, and his limbs had felt like they were being twisted; was it exactly the same as the feeling of his body beginning to explode? Legend said that the people who came out of the Devil’s Trap Pagoda all died from their body being exploded.

So, as long as he did not look into her eyes…

The moment he entered the Devil’s Trap Pagoda, he had closed his eyes tightly and closed the door in the dark. He quickly turned to face the stone door before he opened his eyes.

An ice-cold chilliness came from behind him, causing the hairs in Ye Wuchen’s body to all stand up. He knew that it was a pair of extremely frightening eyes directing their scary gaze at him… For the first time, Ye Wuchen knew what it was like to have one’s hair stand on end. What caused his fright was only the gaze that was aimed at his back.

The frightening Cursed Woman… He would not even attempt to see what she physically looked like, lest he die.

He had guessed correctly. The terrible gaze firmly locked on his back, yet his body still did not have any abnormal reaction. Ye Wuchen calmed his worried heart, then faintly sighed.

No matter how accurate this calculation had been, there could still be something that was missed. The world was so wide, changes happened, no one could ever calculate all the possibilities.

That Imperial Mirror of Heavens almost sealed his fate. Now, he could really rely on the four women who were following him. Ye Wuchen believed, without a doubt, that they were assigned by the Southern Empire Clan to protect him. When they learned that he had been compelled to enter the Devil’s Trap Pagoda, they would launch a nonstop attack against Tao BaiBai. Then he would run away on his own, while using the hands of the Southern Empire Clan to eliminate Tao BaiBai.

Yet his last trump needed his life to be at risk. If his prediction had been wrong, he could have died right after entering this Devil’s Trap Pagoda.

The place was completely pitch-black, without the illumination of any light source, though that did not obstruct Ye Wuchen, who was capable of the night vision. According to the legend, one died inside the Devil’s Trap Pagoda without an intact corpse, but there was strangely no smell of decay and only the air of death drifting. Ye Wuchen sat upright on the ground to try to regaining his almost empty power reserves.

A pair of eyes were still deadly fixed at his back. In the midst of darkness, the eyes flickered with surprising dark rays that contained a brutal and blood-thirsty force which people tremble with fear at, like a savage demon that desired human flesh.

Ye Wuchen could not help the shiver that went all over his body, even his teeth involuntarily chattered. No matter how hard he tried to calm his mind, he was still unable to suppress that strong feeling of fear. The eyes gazing at his back were like teeth reeking of blood that were preparing to fall upon his neck.

“Nan-er, did you see her?” Ye Wuchen asked with gritted teeth, while swaying his brain to break away the sudden surge of dizziness.

“Huh? Who?”

“That Cursed Woman who is looking at me!”

“Hey, I cannot see it. You are Nan-er’s master, Nan-er can only see the things that master is able to see. A while ago Nan-er was sleeping… Hm? What did you say, master? Cursed Woman? Is this place… Ah!”

With a slower mental reaction, Nan-er realized something, cried aloud in surprise, then lost her head out of fear, “M-Master, no wonder Nan-er felt your fear. W-what should I do, what should I do, that Cursed Woman sounds like something very awful. Ca-can she eat people? Master will you be eaten? Ah… If master is going to be eaten, then what about Nan-er? Wooooo…..”

Ye Wuchen was suddenly at a loss. “Well, your master hasn’t been eaten yet. Don’t worry, just don’t turn around, she can’t hurt me.”

Between laughter and tears at Nan-er’s words, his fear became lighter. He maintained his sitting position. He did not even look forward let alone behind him.

But the dizziness grew stronger and stronger.

Was it from nervousness and exhaustion? Ye Wuchen closed his eyes and kept thinking.

“Ah! For real? If it’s like that… En! Nan-er will not worry anymore. Master, you should not have any mishaps. That eccentric voice is telling me that only master can rescue Nan-er. Hm… Oh? This smell, is quite familiar.” Nan-er then went silent, as if she was painstakingly thinking about something.

“A familiar smell? What is it?”

“Nan-er is thinking… let me think about it carefully… Oh! I remember. This is the Devil Locking Chain. That’s right. It’s the smell of the Devil Locking Chain.” Nan-er said excitedly, as if she had found her long lost friend.

Ye Wuchen inferred that the Cursed Woman was locked up in a Devil Locking Chain, and that this chain was given by the Southern Empire Clan.

“The Devil Locking Chain was originally from the Southern Empire’s leader, which could lock almost anything. Unless someone had power as strong as the Southern Empire’s leader or the Northern Empire’s, once one is locked up, they would not be able to break free. Oh, right! The Devil Locking Chain can only be cut by the Sword of the Southern Empire.” Nan-er was talking to herself.

“The smell here is really quite strange. A combination of the power of death and the power of darkness. Master, did you feel very tired?”

“No.” Ye Wuchen was aware that Nan-er was worried. The power of death striped one’s life force and caused one to drift off to sleep from the exhaustion, then eventually death. But he did not fear the power of death.

“Then, master, do you feel somehow dizzy?” Nan-er asked again.

“Yes. Oh?” Ye Wuchen became alerted at once, then with furrowed brows, he asked, “Why is there dizziness?”

“Because there’s presence of the element of death, along with a more dreadful element of darkness. It is completely different from normal, as the element of darkness and the element of death here have surprisingly combined, it will produce the power to devour one’s soul. It will quickly strip out the consciousness of all living things; their consciousness will drift into the darkness… Uh, that is, to lose consciousness.” Nan-er explained in detail.

Plop.

The moment Nan-er finished, Ye Wuchen’s consciousness went dark before he collapsed heavily .

“Ah! Master! Master… what happened to you?”

“Master seems like he has fainted… If he doesn’t leave this place, then he will never wake up. What should I do? What should I do… Waaaaa….. Oh! That’s right. I seem to have the ability to wake master up. En! It should be possible.”

Nan-er’s method was simple. Using pain, she could wake Ye Wuchen who was unconscious.

The space between Ye Wuchen’s brows flickered like a golden ray; it was very dazzling amidst the dark space.

A sharp pain came through his mind, as Ye Wuchen seemed to have been pricked awake from his dream. He fiercely opened his eyes.

“Woah! Very good! Hee hee. Nan-er is awesome to be able to wake master up. Master, we should leave this place immediately, or else, master will faint again after a few while.”

“……”

“Master?”

“……”’

“Master? What happened to you? Why won’t you answer Nan-er?”

“……”

“Ah! Master… those eyes!!” Nan-er had finally noticed the terrible anomaly.

Ye Wuchen was lying there, unmoving. Only his eyes were opened unusually wide, his gaze was being drag in; he was unable to break free.

Because of those pitch-black eyes.

Translated by: Fatty_Uncle

Edited by: seriouspotato and patrick_father_of_dragons