Chapter 2190: Grand Mistress Nu Wa
Chapter 2190: Grand Mistress Nu Wa
A flash of white light covered the entire area as the air itself was frozen because of how cold the temperature suddenly dropped. Nu Wa or known as Grand Mistress Nu Wa by all the people in the eastern continent is the Matriarch of the Ryujin. An existence that even the Four Divine Beasts are wary of because she can rival their power. She is also feared by the immortal community because of her feats and because some of them knew of her true origins.
The Matriarch of the Ryujin has been in the eastern continent since time immemorial and she has seen all of its kingdoms change from different dynasties. She is also the oldest being to ever be recorded that is not a divine being like the Four Divine Beasts. She also makes sure that the peace of the eastern continent is not destroyed. She was actually the one that created the rules for mortals and even powerful demon beasts that they should not intrude on human affairs.
She is also called the Bringer of Blessing as she created an entire kingdom back then by helping an exiled prince. In fact, she did help this exiled prince to become the most powerful emperor back then because he showed great leadership capabilities. She also helped some of the most influential Immortals that is still being talked about today. In other words, she could be the one that came make you a powerful being as long as you win her eye.
She is also known for another which is Bringer of Calamity, and this title is well-known for those that dared to plot against her. There are countless stories about her ability to control the weather that she could even make snow vanish in the entire continent if she wished to. A perverted elder of a sect once tried to assault her and she buried their entire sect a hundred feet from the topsoil.
Another instance is her creating a flood when a kingdom dared to destroy nature and endanger the lives of those that relied on a river. She flooded that entire kingdom to send a message that mortals or Immortals must never destroy the blessings of nature to harm others or for their own gains. This is the reason why Ryujins are sometimes called Flood Dragons even though the latter are really different species of dragons.
This time Grand Mistress Nu Wa decided to destroy the enemy herself because they have done a serious crime. She wanted to interfere earlier, but she needed to stabilize herself as she was connected to the barrier. When the barrier broke, a part of her energy also vanished entirely as a result. Even now, she is not yet fully healed but she made sure to create protective measures for the residence on top of the mountain before she left.
Adrian, Frey, Levin Cloud, and Peridot are all amazed as the entire area has been frozen. Those that did not have protective charms were all turned into ice statues. It was basically scorching hot as it was almost daytime, but the frozen beings did not even show any signs of melting. A few enemy individuals were able to defend themselves against the powerful spell that covered the entire area with ice and snow.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi is one of them as he managed to defend himself by creating another sphere of chaotic darkness that engulfed his body. The sphere was engulfed in ice, but Amatsu-Mikaboshi easily destroyed it by piercing it with sharp shadow tendrils. Amatsu- Mikaboshi destroyed the ice and observed his surroundings.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi could see that most of his so called 'allies' are now frozen statues and most likely dead. About ten are alive and that is including Tai, Vixen, and Akane. He could see that there are some Formation Masters that survived which meant that they might be helpful to him in dealing with Nu Wa. Still, he is wary of another being and that is the demon that was supposed to be killed by him.
"All of you were really useless as I have said. Still, it is a good thing that the mistress of the mountain herself descended. I thought that I would have to destroy the entire mountain to force you out of it." Amatsu-Mikaboshi stated as he laughed maniacally which made Grand Mistress Nu Wa shiver.
"I will make sure to at least seal you if I am unable to kill you myself." Grand Mistress Nu Wa stated as her frosty flowy robes changed to a golden flowy color as swords made of light flew towards Amatsu-Mikaboshi.
"To think that I would use this without paying a price because sacrifices are already around me!" Amatsu-Mikaboshi stated as he took out a small statue that has the carved-out image of a chained serpentine dragon.
The small black statue of the bound dragon floated in the sky and made the air around it stale. Adrian and Levin Cloud sensed such sinister energy, and it is an item powered by a death curse. All the life essence of the frozen enemies were immediately drawn to the small bound dragon statue to activate it. The frozen people that would have had a chance to live if they were warmed up were sacrificed to the small statue.
As soon as all the life essences that is needed have been collected, the small bound dragon statue's eyes glowed an eerie red as chains shot out of it. These red chains were powerful enough to destroy the swords of light that Grand Mistress Nu Wa created. The red chains even shot towards Grand Mistress Nu Wa herself as she suddenly fell to the ground.
"I cannot use my mana or control my own body!" Grand Mistress Nu Wa stated as she did not expect to be rendered completely useless by a small looking artifact.
"Protect the mistress!" The other Ryujin that saw this flew towards the grand mistress but the chaotic shadow tendrils of Amatsu-Mikaboshi shot out to strike at them.
The Ryujins were unable to defend against the tendrils as Amatsu-Mikaboshi's strength is still steadily increasing compared to before. It seems that Amatsu-Mikaboshi is purposely using all of his strength to combat the enemies around him. He looked at Grand Mistress Nu Wa as if he wanted to carve her body and take out her dragon heart.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Your heart would be perfect to aid in the ritual that I am going to do. A strong beating heart of a dragoness like you would be the perfect thing to appease the world's causality." Amatsu- Mikaboshi stated as he walked closer to Grand Mistress Nu Wa.
As Amatsu-Mikaboshi was about to carved out Grand Mistress Nu Wa's heart, she is suddenly covered in vines and vanished. A field of flowers could be seen to have replaced her body, and she reappeared next to Levin Cloud. Seeing that their grand mistress is safe, the Ryujins that were attacked by Amatsu-Mikaboshi earlier pushed their bodies to the limits and transformed to their real forms.
All of the Ryujins attacked Amatsu-Mikaboshi simultaneously with their dragon breaths. Even if Amatsu-Mikaboshi is already a lesser god, a combined breath attack of powerful Ryujins would still be fatal to him if he did not block the attack. Other Ryujins seemed to follow what the others did and launched their combined attack against Amatsu-Mikaboshi. The dragon breaths were difficult to guard against which is why he once again enveloped himself in a sphere of chaotic darkness.
"Tai! Are you alright?" Vixen asked as she used the confusion of the battlefield to escape from her current battle with Peridot.
"I am fine, but we have to avenge Tama." Tai stated.
"Forget about revenge. You could barely stand up as you are not in a good match up against that demon. He has mastery over aerial combat while you just jump really high. We need to retreat as this mission is already a failure." Vixen stated.
"I agree with her, Master Tai. We are already reduced to a tenth of our original number. The grand mistress of the Ryujin might be unable to release spells but more of them are descending from the mountain." Akane stated as she also used the cover of snow to run
towards Tai.
"While those guys are busy with Amatsu-Mikaboshi, we will retreat and inform the goddess of our failure." Vixen stated as she dragged Tai away with Akane.
"What about him?" Tai asked as he looked towards Amatsu-Mikaboshi.
"Leave him as he is the reason why we are in this predicament in the first place. He even killed off most of our own members just to activate that strange artifact. What else is he hiding that might endanger us?!" Vixen stated as she swirled her fan to create mist that covered their
tracks.
"Should we pursue?" Frey asked as she was looking at the entire battlefield.
"No. Our problem is that god. He is already breaking through the threshold of Greater God and
if that happens then all of us are dead." Adrian stated as he could clearly sense it.