The Creatures That We Are

Chapter 774: Call to Arms

Two people stood on the balcony of one of the tallest spires of the church. They were Clear Mirror and Dust, who wore a black cape in Goldthread’s body.

Azure Dragon stared at Luqi, watching out for Judge and refraining from making a reckless attack. He shouted, “Why would you serve the Godbearer Cult, Luqi?”

“I’m not Luqi, but Clear Mirror.”

“As expected, you’re another overtaker prime. Have you taken over Luqi’s body?” Azure Dragon speculated.

“Yes.”

Dust looked down at them and raised her voice. “This lure isn’t meant for you. Why must you intervene in something that’s not your business?”

“We’re here for revenge, Dust. This is our business.” Liu Qingying stared up at Dust with a smile, but her eyes were cold like blades.

“Oh, isn’t it Miss Liu?” Dust sneered. “You really are a good friend of Ba Qiuchi’s. She talked about you all the time and said you were a real beauty. How I dream of having your body, only I had another mission to complete. Lucky me. You came to me on your own.”

“I don’t see the need. Do you?” Liu Qingying curled her lips and spat venom in the most gentle tone. “Your skin suits your soul perfectly.”

“Hahahaha!” Dust burst out laughing suddenly, either enraged or simply amused.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

Colorful lights flickered under Dust’s cape. Not long after, the cape bulged and fluttered as dust of countless energy particles rushed out from under the cape.

The cape fell off and got swept away by the cold wind. Dust’s sparkling particles wrapped around her form, her figure wavering like an illusion. Her voice turned androgynous and staticky too, like it was modulated.

“Liu Qingying, my soul is beautiful.”

“Cut the crap.” Dead Pig’s eyes blazed with hatred. “Kill her and avenge Little Ba.”

“Of course.” Azure Dragon formulated a rough plan. “I’ll deal with Clear Mirror on my own. Don’t get any closer to him. I’ll leave Dust to you...”

“Up there! Fire!” Surnamed Li again foresaw the next ten seconds.

Everyone started and quickly looked up. It turned out that Dust and Clear Mirror had merely shown themselves to draw their attention. At some point, a thin man in a black tank top and jeans had appeared, hovering above them.

It was Tokoos, the devourer prime. He extended his arms and aimed his hands at the eight humans below. Covering his arms were distorted faces. The eyes of a face on his left arm glowed a strange blue. The Fly Tokoos was using once belonged to the owner of the face.

At the same time, the eyes of a face on his right shoulder glowed purple. The owner of the face used to own Fire.

“Purple Fire!”

Tokoos was caught off guard by the old hag predicting his ambush, which gave them more time to react to the attack. Still, he followed his original plan and shot two powerful torrents of purple fire from his palms.

The fire turned into two tornadoes of flames and wreaked havoc across the snowy land. In the blink of an eye, the clearing before the Sacred Mountain Church was rendered a charred wasteland.

The eight humans were unscathed.

Six Rime had summoned a resilient ice bastion in time and shielded everyone.

In the heavy snow, Six Rime was like a fish in water with Frost, her power greatly enhanced. While Tokoos’ purple fire seemed insidious, it wasn’t terribly strong. It dwarfed in comparison to the elemental power Six Rime wielded.

However, Six Rime didn’t underestimate their enemies. She knew that their greatest threat was Clear Mirror, with Judge.

Once the purple fire stopped blasting them, she dissolved the ice bastion. They realized to their shock that Clear Mirror and Dust had reached the front door of the church in a matter of seconds.

From a short distance, Clear Mirror reached out to the eight of them, his eyes shining an overwhelming sacred white light, and holy energy rippled from him.

He was charging. He couldn’t finish his random judgment in an instant with six targets.

“To this unfair fight, I’ll start a...”

Thud. Azure Dragon kicked the ground with both feet and rushed toward Clear Mirror and Dust with a speed that was only second to Teleportation. He wasn’t going to give Clear Mirror a chance to use Judge.

Clear Mirror was startled. He had underestimated Azure Dragon’s speed, and he had to stop his skill.

The energy particles swirling around Dust spread out in an instant, shrouding Clear Mirror, too. Azure Dragon stopped midway. He knew that Dust’s soul had the power to inflict a curse, so he didn’t dare to approach recklessly.

Quick ten punches!

Azure Dragon made ten weaker but quick jabs in the air. The currents generated, which were powerful enough to break telephone poles, shot toward Clear Mirror and Dust.

The two couldn’t get out of the way in time.

But then a tall, wide figure appeared in time, blocking the ten currents with her strong, tall, and curvy body.

It was the slaughterer prime, Tia.

Her wild long blue mane flew backward. Her light gray-blue skin was smooth and sturdy, resembling the surface of a polished metal statue. Scales covered the vital parts of her body like armor, protecting her from lethal attacks.

Azure Dragon considered the woman calmly and concluded: she was strong, but far from his level.

Tia had reached the same conclusion. She knew she was not Azure Dragon’s match.

She had long heard about the strongest fighter on paper among the awakeners. Even the pride monster Sir Jin at his prime might not be able to defeat the man.

And Tia, facing Sir Jin in his old age, only stood a forty percent chance of winning.

“I knew things weren’t going to go well!” Tia shouted angrily. “These people aren’t any easier to deal with than the Divine Scion.”

Perhaps we’re all going to die here tonight.

Tia kept that to herself.

Clear Mirror had independently come to the same conclusion. He quickly made the decision. “Plan B.”

“Okay.” Tia then shouted to the hovering Tokoos. “Shorty To, call to arms!”

Tokoos was hurling purple fireballs at the enemies below without rest. While they posed little threats like small hand grenades, they were enough to delay the humans to maybe create an opening for Clear Mirror to use Judge.

As soon as he heard Tia, his heart sank. I suspected that Plan A would fail, but fuck, it failed way too quickly!

Tokoos was frustrated, but it couldn’t be helped. The enemies they faced were too strong for them.

Pressing his hands together, he created an insidious-looking purple fireball that drew the eyes and hurled it toward the night sky.

Boom!

Two seconds later, the fireball exploded into a sparkling purple firework and lit up the sky, as well as the entire Aurora Town.