Wicked Reincarnation

Chapter 229: Counterattack 2

Fighting sounds erupted behind Lia. Min, in front of her, made no attempts to move. Instead, he briefly glared at the balcony and nodded his head to the right. Lia knew that without her corpses, she stood no chance against Min but she needed to at least stall some time.

"What are you going to do?" one corner of Min's lips raised as he turned his attention back to her, "No, what can you do?"

Lia hated this arrogant and provoking side of him. She now wondered just what in the world she saw in him that she was so obsessed for such a long while.

"Min, you still think you hold the same influence over me. You surely should've realised that no matter what, you cannot kill me," Lia lowered her knife and approached Min, "I've died for at least a million times yet each time I still came back alive. Even when you personally tried to kill me. So, I should be asking, what can you do? You fucking piece of shit."

Lia wore a brilliant smile as Min raised his eyebrow. One thing that threw him off was the fact that he never thought he'd see Lia cursing, cursing him.

"True, I didn't manage to kill you just as you didn't manage to take revenge on me. Look where we are now, you've lost everything again while I still own and reign over everything."

This remark of Min's hit Lia in the wrong spot. Min was right. Lia has almost lost everything but she also gained a lot.

And all these invaluable experiences made her the person she was today. The moment Lia stopped before Min, there was only a foot of distance between them. Lia looked at Min, at his dark eyes that could suck one in like a black void but now she noticed the cold indifference. While Yano's eyes were also able to swallow one up, they were full of warmth gently lulling one in.

Lia sneered as her eyes met Min. A provocation that Min didn't find funny.

"You're really too ugly, I don't know what I saw in you," spitting out this sentence, Lia twirled her knife in her hand before slicing it up Min's neck. However, Min managed to dodge it with ease.

"You're not skilled enough to harm me," this time Min mocked her.

"It's ok, I don't need to be," seeing Lia being so calm, Min had the overwhelming urge to completely break her.

"Is that so?" Min decided to humour her arrogance until she crawled in front of him again like the previous times.

Lia took a step backwards as her knife didn't connect for a second time. Min's mocking expression wanted to tear Lia down but she remained unfazed. Instead, the circle on her hand glowed.

Min shouldn't see it, so the next second Lia once again attacked, but this time just before her knife was about to hit him, Lia withdrew. Then she jumped off the ground, both of her feet landing on Min's chest. With all of her force, she used his body as a springboard to put some considerable distance between them. As a result, Min was also forced to wobble back a bit.

Taking the chance Lia quickly took the call, "Lia, hold on for a bit. We're almost there."

"Ok, I'll draw out until you're here."

Yano quickly ended the conversation and Lia focused on Min again.

Since Yano and the others already knew about the current situation after Lia told them, they decided to come to Lia's and Noel's aid, even though Lia said they should focus on the Mortal World. But the things the bartender raised did make sense. Their best bet was to go all out and stop Min here.

However, Min too had more than enough time to deal with Lia, after all, most of his preparations were already set into action. The captains were taking care of the Mortal World while the ghosts were taking care of the Immortal World. Lia with her desperate attempt was nothing more than a laughable, pitiful matter that was worth nothing in Min's eyes.

If Min played along with her, he wouldn't lose anything. Thus Min just stood there not moving. Lia eyed him suspiciously. Right now the situation didn't look too good for them. Stalling time with only Lia and Noel against Min and the soldiers was almost impossible.

Noel just got his powers back and could only copy random powers. Him being able to hold them down for so long was a miracle.

Just a little bit more. Just a tiny little bit more.

But then all hopes came crashing down in an instant.

Just when Lia wanted to charge at Min, loud screams evaded the plaza from all sides. Flower petals flew around forming a thick wall surrounding everything and obstructing everyone's view. Then the next second when the flower petals disappeared, a terrifying sight unfolded.

A new crowd of confused immortals looked around which led them to lay in the plaza. How was that possible? How could they be here? Lia frantically looked around and then in the air saw a male floating on a cloud of flower petals.

Who was this?

"Don't tell me- Noel! Come!" Lia instantly looked for Noel to regroup. Min on the other side looked at the male in the air and said, "Good job, Sal."

"Thank you, your highness."

"Did he bring them all here?" Noel quickly arrived next to Lia's side and both of them were vigilant.

They slowly retreated. Reality was bleak. They couldn't stop Min here anymore. With a wave of his hand, Min once again extracted the souls from the immortals to turn them into ghosts.

These ghosts would charge at Lia and Noel but some immortals managed to escape as even more flooded in until the first layer was filled. Confused and terrified voices ran through everywhere.

"What's going on?"

"Why are we here?"

"The Ghost King! In the plaza! The-" SLASH.

Blood splattered. Veins were severed. Guts and intestines flew in the air like dust swirled up. A bloody massacre unfolded before Lia's eyes. Any immortals that ran away from the plaza weren't forced back but were instantly killed.

The immortals being slaughtered, escaping, slaughtered was too horrible but Lia and Noel couldn't help them because in the next second, a gust of flower petals came charging at them.

Lia was barely able to tear her gaze off the slaughter and managed to dodge the attack but it still grazed her cheek and left a wound.

"Lia," Noel shielded her as more came.

"I'll take care of them," Sal said.

Sal was quite a beautiful male in his mid-20s. He had long black hair tied in a ponytail and pink cherry blossoms now danced in his eyes.

Lia saw that Min didn't spare them a glance. Instead, he was focused on controlling and sending off the ghosts. Sal came flying towards Lia as Noel tried to fight their way out of the plaza.

They were halfway through the plaza but the distance was still long. Amidst the ghosts, dying immortals, soldiers and Sal, Lia and Noel were at a huge disadvantage.

"Lia, I'll distract them and-"

"No, no, no," not again.

This time Lia wouldn't let Noel or anyone else alone. Lia raised her hand to control the corpses when massive waves of fire came crashing down on the plaza.

"Damn it, they're burning the corpses again. We have to leave here and regroup with Yano and the others."

"Lia-"

"No," Lia looked Noel in the eyes, "Please stay by my side. I don't want to lose you again."

Noel couldn't refute seeing Lia trembling slightly, "Ok, but he ain't letting us off so easily-" another storm of flower petals was sent their way.

Lia quickly sidestepped yet the petals still managed to tear at her skin. Sal wore a blank expression, he neither showed joy nor any other emotion. It seemed like most of the captains were indifferent. No way, Lia realised her train of thoughts. Was he a new captain?

"Noel!" Lia turned around only to see him bitterly enduring against the soldiers.

They were really in a tight spot. The burning flames, as well as Sal, crept closer to her. Lia let her lifeforce pour out and condensed it in her hand. If Sal came within Lia's attack range, she could shoot her life force into him, damaging him that way.

But-

BOOM

The flames now blazed at an insane speed through the plaza.

SWOOSH

The petals attacked her from all sides.

KUAGH

Noel behind her was struggling.

Lia's lifeforce was now flowing out as smoke again, it swept over the ground and-

"Dammit," it couldn't harm Sal instead a large petal storm ravaged Lia's sight.

Lia grabbed Noel and threw them to the side. The storm brushed past her but Lia felt herself trembling from the sheer force of the passing attack. Just how couldn't that guy have been a captain until now? It was unfathomable.

He must be at least as strong as Timo. Just on cue, Lia's eyes darted towards Min in the back with the assistant next to him and-

Lia's eyes widened.

Timo, Eri and Zayn managed to come back. The worst-case scenario has happened.

"Your eyes on me," a charming yet sturdy voice swept Lia's attention back to Sal who moved the petals with a swing of his hand.

Oh no, Lia and Noel were still crawling on the ground, trying to recover when another storm came, while behind them the soldiers' attacks came flying.

There was no way out of here unless-

KUAHH!

The soldiers behind Lia were instantly stabbed and fell to the ground.

"Get moving!"

This voice!

Lia instantly grabbed the hand held out to her and pulled Noel with her.

"Hurry!"

Another storm came just after they managed to escape the second one.

Just how many could he summon? Endless?

"Here," a sword was shoved into Lia's hand.

"Here," another one into Noel's.

"Let's get out of here quickly."

Lia looked at the back of the familiar friend she thought she had lost their support forever.

"Thanks for coming."

"Shut up. Young Master would've wanted this," Lily blazed through the battlefield and paved the way for Lia and Noel, "And I'm not that heartless either to watch the whole Immortal World perish before my eyes."

"I know," Lia smiled as attacks followed them, but with Lily's surprise momentum, they managed to escape the first layer.