Yama Rising

Chapter 581: Aversion (4)

The corridor was filled with silence.

It’s now or never!

One minute.

He trusted in Fengdu’s legacy of over three thousand years. He also trusted the Second King Yanluo with his back.

Qin Ye’s eyes narrowed.

Whoosh!!

SSS!!! The mother-daughter duo instantly snapped back to their senses. Alas, it was already too late to block the incoming attack. They immediately dodged to the side, leaning back against the sides of the corridor at once. Everything had happened out of pure reflex. Having never participated in an actual duel before, everything they did was borne out of pure instinct. However, it was precisely because of the manner in which they avoided Qin Ye’s attack that… a path finally appeared right between them.

With a mighty crash, the door to the captain’s room ruptured violently, and Qin Ye dashed straight into the room with his entire body wrapped in Yin energy.

This was Mukov, administrator of the second part of the script of death!

Simultaneously, the mother-daughter duo turned their heads around at the exact same time. Their eyes had turned scarlet once more, and they stared intently at the clergyman in the room.

Years of hunger.

They simply weren’t willing to allow anyone to seize this man from right underneath their noses!

They might be quick, but unfortunately, Qin Ye was quicker. Mukov was only a Hellguard. But as soon as he was about to say something, Qin Ye’s spear plunged straight through his chest.

He had already sensed the presence of two terrifying Judges waiting outside the door. He’d thought for a long time, and he wanted to tell them that he was also a victim of circumstances. He wanted to tell them that he was forced to comply. Unfortunately, Qin Ye made his move even before he could say his piece.

His entire body turned to ash and slowly began to scatter into the surroundings. The only thing that remained was his cloak that swiftly fell to the ground. Qin Ye immediately reached over.

He didn’t need Mukov to tell him anything. After all, he had a more reliable way of seeking the truth from a soul, such as by putting him through the process of soul searching.

Crrkk… Crrkk… In the split second that truly mattered, the hair of the mother-daughter duo had rushed over just in time to restrain his hands altogether. In fact, the hair wrapped around his hand so tightly it appeared no different from cobras trying to break his bones!

“You… killed him… You’ve killed him…” The little girl’s features were completely distorted. The excessive shock and anger at Qin Ye’s actions had allowed them to completely wrestle free from the Second King Yanluo’s seal which had earlier suppressed their abilities, “You… deserve… DEATH!!!”

Qin Ye was astounded - What kind of Yin spirit is this?! How could they actually break free of the godly Second King Yanluo’s seal?!

Qin Ye reacted reflexively. Without thinking, chains rushed out of his sleeves in an instant, wrapping around the right hand of the humanoid shadow. At once, Mukov’s scream echoed through the corners of the captain’s cabin.

But just as Qin Ye was about to pull him back, he discovered that a black-and-red tongue was concurrently also wrapped around the left hand of the humanoid shadow. Mukov’s scream of agony wasn’t purely because of the tightness in which his hands were bound, but it also arose from the fact that he was currently being pulled by Judges on both sides. The soul of a mere Hellguard couldn’t possibly withstand such punishment for long.

There was a brief moment of peculiar harmony.

“Give him… to me! I… will never stand in your way!”

As she spoke, the cobra-like clumps of hair tightened their grip around Qin Ye’s body, intensifying in strength as it continued to creak with a hair-raising sound. Meanwhile, Qin Ye fervently resisted her attacks as he continued to tug unrelentingly at Mukov’s soul.

“Listen.” Qin Ye barked back with gritted teeth, “He’s not the mastermind for your deaths. The true culprit is someone else!”

“Hahaha…” The mother-daughter duo chuckled hoarsely, “Regardless of who it might be… This soul… is still mine!!!”

Crises can surface even in the best of plans. The three factions were clearly trapped in a deadlock, and neither dared to push their luck too far. Qin Ye retracted his gaze and took a deep breath.

“You… let go!!”

A split second later, his eyes flickered wildly, and a spot of golden light appeared from his left sleeve and thrusted straight at the mother-daughter duo!

He was gambling on Fate transcending the bizarre 10-meter restriction. So long as he could even get them to defend themselves, the soul of Mukov would be his for the taking.

He stared intently at the mother-daughter duo as soon as he sent Fate hurtling towards them. He was ready to tug at the chains wrapped around Mukov at the moment’s notice. However, the mother-daughter duo only flinched for a moment, before promptly turning back to Mukov, instantly pulling him closer to them by a large margin!

Did it fail?

Qin Ye stared at Fate with great disbelief. He simply refused to believe that they could be that indifferent to Fate. The only reasonable explanation for this was that they didn’t know what Fate was. However, his heart soon sank to rock bottom at the sight of reality. The golden beam of light shot straight into the 10-meter restriction zone, and then… abruptly slowed down, as though it had just fallen into a thick mire!

Disbelief filled his mind, and disappointment filled his heart. Unfortunately, he simply didn’t have the luxury of time to dwell on these emotions. At once, he softly loosened the chains and chuckled bitterly, “He’s all yours.”

And if he couldn’t seize Mukov’s spirit, the next best thing he could do was to locate Richard’s soul as quickly as possible.

Whoosh… Another golden light blossomed just like a rising sun on the darkest of nights. Following that, everything in the captain’s cabin froze completely!

Second King Yanluo? Qin Ye glanced around, only to realize that the mother-daughter duo were completely frozen in place, almost as though they were trapped in a frozen frame. That said, he could still see a dark cloud of Yin energy writhing madly within the pregnant lady’s stomach.

“This is beyond you.” The Second King Yanluo promptly interjected, “These are entities to be dealt with by the likes of the Sixfold Ghost Kings. Infernal Judges don’t have the power to deal with Yin spirits like these. And when a student encounters a problem that is well beyond his depth, the mentor should naturally step up.”

Almost as though it was held firmly by a large hand, it quickly surged forward towards the pregnant lady’s crown, poised to plunge straight through it.

It stopped just shy of making contact. There was nothing more than a 0.001mm gap between Fate and her head. Qin Ye immediately tilted his head with great bewilderment, wondering why the Second King Yanluo did this.

“No matter how much force I use, the result will still be the same.”

Qin Ye gasped - Is the Second King Yanluo actually powerless against her?

“Spirit of Avernus, otherwise known as the Spirit of Aversion to Life. It is in her nature to keep her distance due to her ‘aversion’. So long as she remains unwilling, nobody will be able to touch her. In the past, all Spirits of Avernus had to be purged by a carpet bombing of abilities, including especially shockwave-based attacks. It’s well beyond your abilities to deal with an opponent like this.”