Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 111, Chapter 048: A Desperate Struggle

"boom--"

With her left hand in her pocket and her right hand gripping her cane, Qingliu lightly leaped backward to dodge the greedy dagger.

He could tell that the man's physical strength had declined significantly.

"Hmph."

With a wave of his hand, a crimson beam of light condensed at the end of his cane, and a blood sword shot out.

Greed dodged aside and shouted at Envy, "With Pride, retreat!"

Qingliu leaped into the air, somersaulting high above, several streaks of blood shooting out: "That won't do."

The blood arrow struck the ground, the stone slabs shattered with a loud bang, and the tremors caused the pried-open floorboards to disrupt the path forward.

"This is really troublesome." Greed dodged the python's sudden attack and the sneak attack of the blood arrow. He stayed in the pile of rocks for less than a second before his brutal fist came crashing down.

"If this keeps up, we're really going to die here."

"Something's moving! Watch out!" Jealousy shouted.

With the unconscious Arrogance on his back, arrows of blood shot towards him like spears, while Jealousy, now unarmed, had no ability to defend itself.

The running dragon-horse felt a chill run down its spine; the arrow of blood was enough to pierce its chest.

There's no escaping it!

Without hesitation, Longma turned around and, not hesitating to use himself as a shield, tried to block all attacks from the arrogance behind him.

"Something's moving!" Jealousy shouted, but he was too badly injured to get there in time.

The scattered drops of blood seemed magnified infinitely in the eyes of the dragon horse.

At this moment, the dragon horse suddenly felt the movement behind him. The woman stood still, and her hands, which were originally around his neck, suddenly pulled his body backward.

"Huh?!" Ryoma exclaimed in surprise as he was lifted up by an arm behind him. The wind howled in his ears, and in the blink of an eye, the light and shadow changed, and he was moved to the far end of the opera house audience seats.

Just as he teleported, he found himself stumbling, only to be caught by a woman's arm.

Only later did I realize that the woman's hair fragrance wafted over.

You Donglongma stared at her in disbelief.

Arrogantly, he asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing..." Ryoma's heart began to pound restlessly.

"Stay away." Arrogantly released him and turned to look in the direction of Green Willow.

"Arrogance!" Greed's face lit up with delight.

Jealousy didn't speak, but turned her head away. Although she was blind, her eyes shone with a gentle light.

Beneath the top hat, the man's polite demeanor vanished, replaced by a distorted face that twitched uncontrollably.

He roared, "This is impossible!"

Aoyagi stepped forward and swept his arm away: "No one can escape the sloth's dream!"

In reality, although Aoman did not remove her blindfold, the two lines of blood proved that she had lost her sight. She had just regained control of her body and could not attack rashly. Moreover, most sword techniques were ineffective against Aoyagi's strange physique.

"Be careful, the beast symbolizing 'pride' hasn't appeared yet!" Greed grabbed the antelope's horns, used his strength to lift the cauldron, and with a steady hand, threw the beast representing 'lust' away, then quickly joined them.

"You're really lucky." Qingliu had also calmed down. He clenched his teeth as he spoke: "Even if you get out, so what? You're blind now, so you can't use your curse to kill me. I'm still immortal!"

"Is that so?" Greed glanced at Ryoma without changing his expression.

When Donglongma saw his gaze, his heart inexplicably tightened.

“Of course, there’s no need to play with you anymore.” Qingliu waved his hand, and the blood-red amber on his scepter began to glow. The six beasts around him let out heart-wrenching howls under the light.

The frenzied giant hippopotamus turned its head and pounded the ground wildly, the giant ape covered its head with both hands, wishing it could twist its own head off, the giant python darted around and tripped over the running antelope, crashing into the pile of puppets like bowling balls, with limbs scattered in a clatter.

The largest of the sleeping giant sloths stirred up dust and debris amidst restless screams.

"Once you reclaim your power, none of you will be a match for me!" Qingliu roared.

Soon, all the wild beasts lost their lives in the struggle.

Aoyuu's eyes flickered with an uncertain light. The surrounding crimson energy slowly flowed into his body, like a furnace constantly refining him, causing an unhealthy flush to appear, which was the blood flowing at high speed due to overheating.

"I—am the ultimate victor!" His red suit ripped in the strong wind, his red bow tie was gone, and his once slicked-back hair was now completely disheveled.

Arrogantly standing before the dragon horse, it shielded him from the raging storm.

Fujiwara Chizuru rushed in and heard a ghostly howl echoing through the opera house.

She clutched her wound and saw the dragon-horse moving in front of her. She also saw the suspect being lifted up by a surging force on the stage in the center of the circular area, under the spotlight, as if a demon had descended.

"What monster..." Fujiwara Chizuru raised her hand to block the turbulent airflow in front of her. Without her glasses, she could only make out a rough outline.

"Miss Fujiwara, it's dangerous here!" Ryoma ran back, while Aoman charged forward against the air currents.

Greed was also in sync with him; he understood that Pride wanted to delay Green Willow so that he could cover the heavily injured Jealousy's retreat.

He looked towards jealousy, which blinded him. He could only struggle to grip the exposed steel bars that had broken through the ground. Sand and dust hit his face, mixing with blood and creating a mess.

Arrogance flashed and appeared in front of Qingliu.

Her original short curved sword was discarded by Aoyagi at the beginning, so she could only draw the dagger that was attached to her leg.

The black light and shadow instantly contracted and disappeared with a hiss.

Arrogance had already taken off, and unable to find any other point of leverage to change direction, he could only rely on his life-or-death instinct to forcefully twist his waist, struggling to turn his upper body around, and angrily swing the dagger in his hand into space.

Aoyuki's figure did indeed appear behind her, and the moment he appeared, the tip of the dagger came straight at her eyes.

"Keng——"

This time, there was no feeling of cutting or penetrating flesh; Qingliu's cane blocked the way, using a line to deflect the point.

The force has changed!

Arrogance sensed the opponent's power immediately, but at that moment, he reached the highest point of his flight and began to fall. Qingliu swept his cane, which struck his waist like a snake whip.

With a whoosh, the arrogant man was struck hard in the waist, his waist caved in, like a cannonball being shot into the ground, crashing into a pile of seats, with sand and seats pouring down on his head.

"Arrogance!" Greed exclaimed in his heart.

Aoyuki's figure hovered high in the air, not because of his ability to stay airborne, but because of the murky blood mist behind him, which resembled a hazy demon opening its scarlet eyes in the darkness.

Before they could even attend to Arrogance, Aoyagi was already chasing after them.

With almost a few lunging thrusts, the green willow, shrouded in blood-red mist, resembled a vampire count, heading straight for greed!

"Come on!" Greed roared, revealing his fist and slamming it hard into the ground.

"boom--"

A violent shockwave spread from the ground, creating a towering cloud of dust at the center of the storm. The shockwave made people's ears ring, and the surrounding chairs, dolls, severed limbs, and wild beasts were torn apart and thrown into the air by the terrifying storm.

(End of this chapter)