Wudang: Legends Of Qi Earth 178 Darkness Falls VII : Hunt!

The blood that was over Alex's body Bryant to rapidly gather and coalesce on his right hand, before turning into a red band of weird symbols and scripts around his wrist. Alex felt a guy at his heart and his mind as his spirit energy, Qi and the little bit of Mana he has was drained out of his body. His body swayed for a bit as the glowing circle began to die down, leaving behind a still crystalized symbol, but this time what was left behind was a deep blood red crystal. As for the bodies, they looked unblemished, hell they looked cleaner without even a hint of blood or a wound on them.

And then right then and there an ominous black wind seemed to come to life above their bodies, however it wasn't coming from outside but rather from within, the wind looked like a cross between a mist and thick black smoke, but still swirled in a manner you would liken to a dust devil. And then it gather until there were three human figures standing in front of Alex, yet they were made of smoke and wind, their piercing red eyes sent chills to the many that was them. These creatures weren't normal, they were the Manifestation of the things that many have considered common stories and jokes. Ghosts! Spirits! Concepts that they might have to her upon but have never been able to fully control.

Alex swiped his right palm over the rough scales on the body of his spear, cutting himself as (Nameless) glowed red and absorbed the blood left on it's frame. Then Alex us d the blood to rub a meter area over the crystalized ritual circle. The Wraiths, which at this point everyone could notice where shaped like the dead bodies on the ground, step exactly over the area Alex had marked with his blood. Almost as if he had made them a door to pass through as the entire ritual circle had become a containment cell for them.

What Alex had just done wasn't exactly normal, he had invoked and called back their spirits and anima, and then using their negative feelings as base had given them a new form. They were a lot more dangerous than the spirit of Vengeance, and since they were brought back using the blood of a cat as catalyst, Alex knew they would share some traits with felines. But come to think of it, the kitten he was given was a bit larger than the norm, or was it full grown. Nevertheless Alex could feel his connection to them, just like Devonte and Khan they were Spirits bonded to him, though it was just temporary. As soon as they were done he would send them on their way to the next life.

The moment they stepped out of the ritual circle, the very air itself seemed to vibrate, and everyone around found it extremely hard to breathe. The feelings of dread and horror were prevalent in the air as everyone other than Alex felt as if their souls were being squeezed out of them, even cultivators in the heaven gate like Zhang Wuxi felt the suppression from these spirits, but in his case it was for a whole other reason. Alex's uncle looked on with a focused gaze, but the single head of sweat dripping down the side of his head was more than enough proof that he also felt pressured.

"Don't rest, don't falter, until you find your killer or killers, now go! I'm right behind you!"

"Uwaaaiiiiiaaaiaiaiaiiaiaiaaaaaiiaiiiiiaaiia! Rooooooaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr!*

Just as Alex finished giving his orders, the wraiths all went down and their shadowy figure transformed into that of Lions. They were still made of shadows and black wind like smoke, but they were huge, massive! Standing as tall as five feet, with for lions was very ridiculous. Their wailing and roaring sent intense shivers down the spine of everyone here, and then they turned around and leapt into the air, most probably tracking the person responsible for their deaths. Alex turned and looked at the cask of salt water, he quickly picked it up and sprayed it over the main entrance of the tower, and then gave it to Victoria.

"Make sure every window, and entrance into the tower is sprinkled with what's left in the cask. Use it sparingly, there's no much of it left. If your lucky, the spell circle would trap his sister and father, and you should be able to see their physical forms. Wait until I get back should that happens, but no matter what make sure Trevor doesn't leave the tower, also it would be safer if you brought his mother here.

Miranda move their bodies inside, as long as the Wraiths exists the bodies won't for. But you have to make sure sunlight doesn't touch them, or the ritual would go wrong before their killer is found. Just move them to the basement, there's a curse on their bodies, anyone with any sort of evil intention would die upon touching them, so in case someone wants to steal them to hide evidence, they'll be in for a nasty surprise."

"But where are you going?" Xiao Mei asked, with all of the instructions Alex was giving, it was obvious he was leaving.

"Me? I think you mean us. This is personal for the both of us, uncle can stay here and facilitate the transfer of the sky steel with elder Zhang Wuxi to help him, after all that's why he's here. As for the rest of us with the exclusion of Miranda...…we're going to hunt down the motherfucker who did this, and make sure to make an example out of him."

Xiao Mei was speechless, but then again she wasn't going to refute her brother on this. The Zhang's had one fatal flaw/trait that they're quite known for. And that's their intense ability to turn their grief and pain into motivation and even worse single minded determination. They wouldn't stop, they wouldn't rest, and they won't sleep until they've achieved what they wanted, and absolutely nothing or no one would stand in their way. As Alex was speaking, Anaya had quickly went into the tower and came back out decked out in her battle gear, then she handed a black and white coat to Alex, who proceeded to wear it, leaving his body bare.

The remaining members of the tower, all got ready as they gathered around Alex, and just as they did so, there was a loud roar going up into the sky accompanied by a high pitched wail that shook everyone to their core. Alex looked in that direction and smiled, looks like the Wraiths found a lead to their killer, Alex seemingly vanished a simple caress of the wind as proof that he was once standing there. Khan and Devonte followed, keeping a slower pace so that the others would be able to catch up, nobody said anything, there was only one conviction in their mind, and that was the fact that by the time the night is over, they will be bathing in the blood of their enemies.

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Molock wanted to be away from this place as soon as possible, but there was a desert storm afoot so the airship was not yet ready to take off. It was fucking annoying, he had enough money to maybe get himself a new one, but that would raise too many alarms. He wanted to get out of here as discreetly as possible, his dealings with the academy and it's students would end after today. Honestly he had never seen people so black of heart and wicked as those who live within the walls of this internal place, yet for generations his sword had been swung at their commands. He shifted a bit as he took a sip from the glass in his hands, the warmth and burn as the dry gin slid down his throat.

It almost hard for a cultivator of any discipline to get drunk from simple gin, which was why there were already four empty bottles, but yet Molock's eyes and gaze were clear and as sharp as ever. He looked at his hands, it was pretty aged and from time to time it would shake and shiver, his time was done. He couldn't even hold a sword properly anymore, he wouldn't be a match for any other cultivator at the same stage as him, but against those three kids it didn't matter, killing them was child's play, no pun intended. But he couldn't help but to honor them, they accepted their deaths with an unyielding spirit, each of them fighting to the last. This was the spirit of the Zhangs! There was no other family like them on this Earth, righteous to a fault and fearless in the face of death.

Yet he had done great dishonor to the bodies of those children. He had done many things he regrets in his more than two hundred years of life, but none that hit so hard as this. Maybe it's because this was a little bit more recent, but nevertheless the final words of the only female in the group rang out in his eyes as his mind replayed the scene over and over again, just before he took her heart out of her chest with a swift stab of his sword.

"He's not going to show you any mercy! You will beg for your life, and you will burn!"

Such conviction, such assurance. It he found the entire thing laughable, because he knew exactly who she was talking about, and quite frankly that young Master of the Zhang clan was not his match. The boy needs to grow a bit more, looks like he would be disappointing the expectations of that girl, how...

"Uwaaaiiiiiaaaiaiaiaiiaiaiaaaaaiiaiiiiiaaiia! Rooooooaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr!*

"What the hell are those things!"

Chapter end