The Primal Fire: Book 1 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage

by Fat Bread

  If Yun Xi didn't kiss Hua Huo, he'd already be dead now.

  He first made a backflip, then threw out the wooden shield from his hand. He leaned to one side and jumped away.

  "Boom!" As if it was a meteorite falling down to the ground, a blue-lit heavy sword heavily hit on the position where Yun Xi was standing at and made a few meters wide crack on the ground.

  It was hard to believe that it was a damage that a Mortal caused. Comparing to the high-level stone soldier of the first stone soldier army, perhaps the leap attack Childe Si Nian used was ten times stronger than it.

  No, they're not done yet!

  "Swish!"

  The fatal sound of a sword slicing through the air came at him. That was the sound of the Crane Wings Twin Swords.

  Chapter 58: Dancing Crane Wings Twin Swords

  "Crane Wings Twin Swords, Fly!" After releasing the twin swords, Childe Yun He laughed loudly and smugly.

  The Flying Crane Wings Twin Swords crossed each other, blocking all the routes Yun Xi may escape his attack.

  Just like what Hua Huo told him. Gazing at the twin swords locking his body, Yun Xi's heart became quiet conversely.

  His mind had integrated into nature. Even as he was in a most hostile environment, he didn't panic. This was a realm that many Hero ranked people couldn't reach.

  "Little Xi, these three are wastes, but wastes are still different."

  "Among the three people, the most threatening person for you isn't the strongest one, but the one who has the best weapon.

  "So, in order to kill them all, you have to break their most powerful advantage first."

  After fighting with the three Childes, Yun Xi quickly understood that Hua Huo was right.

  Childe Si Nian had the strongest strength and attack power. His attacks were bold, a little like the Five Tiger Generals, and that should have been forged on the battlefields.

  Childe San Quan knew the most flexible tactics and most sinister attacking methods. His power obviously was the strongest among the three people.

  However, Childe Yun He was the strongest person.

  Because he had the Crane Wings Twin Swords. After being used by the best geniuses of Yun He City from generation to generation, the pair of famous swords had special foundations and spirit qi inside.

  "Well, I think I have to use that!" After crossing the newbie iron sword in front of himself, Yun Xi blocked the crossing attack of the Crane Wings Twin Swords from the front.

  "Ding!" The Crane Wings Twin Swords was skillfully parried by the newbie iron sword and cut through Yun Xi's body.

  Right now! Yun Xi used the secret skill which appeared in his mind after kissing Hua Huo.

  Before the twin swords started stirring in Yun Xi's body, it was stopped by a gust of colossal power of essence and blood.

  "Instant Refining! Blood Stain Secret Skill!" Instantly, 10% of his blood was drawn out from his body and poured into the Crane Wings Twin Swords.

  This was a power that Mortals could have, but it was a secret skill that could only be used by Hero ranks - it was a taboo skill.

  Yun Xi didn't know where and how Hua Huo learned it, but the self damaging secret skill was the main reason he made the following tactic.

  Catching the Crane Wings Twin Swords was the most important step of the tactic.

  "What?!" Childe Yun He shivered, then unbelievably found that the Crane Wings Twin Swords lost contact with his blood and soul in an instant.

  It would be about 30 seconds.

  The secret skill he learned from Hua Huo's seed was a taboo skill. It used his blood as sacrifice to obtain the right to control a powerful weapon temporarily.

  It seemed that this secret skill was invented for robbing an enemy's mighty weapon in the shortest time after losing the weapon on the battlefield.

  To a low-level weapon, he could obtain right of use by using the Blood Stain Secret Skill once. However, Yun Xi was trying to control a hero-ranked Spirit Weapon as a 2nd-ranked mortal. Even if he paid with 10% of his blood, he only obtained its right of use for 30 seconds.

  However, that was enough!

  Now, I will show you the true power of Hua Huo's seed!

  "Crane Wings Twin Swords, Twinfly!" Yun Xi had never practiced the secret sword skill of Yun He City, but after controlling the Crane Wings Twin Swords, Yun Xi naturally understood how to use the pair of Spirit Weapons.

  "No! Hurry back!" No one could understand how terrible the Crane Wings Twin Swords were more than Childe Yun He. It was a lethal weapon above all Mortal ranked weapons!

  "Don't panic!" Childe Si Nian held his blue sword with two hands, then centered on himself, using the terrible skill Bladestorm.

  "Fool! The Crane Wings Twin Swords can fly!" Childe Yun He shouted as he quickly ran away.

  "Chi!" The twin swords looked like two flying cranes, but also like two flying dragons. Under Yun Xi's control, they cut through Childe Si Nian's body from head to toe.

  From his skull to his spine, from his 'censored body part' to his throat, before Childe Si Nian played any of his strengths, he had been killed by the swords.

  "Dammit! Why didn't you tell me your Spirit Weapon already had a spirit?!"

  After seeing the true power of Crane Wings Twin Swords, Childe San Quan couldn't keep calm but changed colours.

  "No, even I can't make it so powerful!" Childe Yun He was also puzzled.

  As a pair of Spirit Weapons made by the successor of the Legendary Craftsman Ou Ye Zi, Crane Wings Twin Swords had a hidden property - its power depended on its user's sword talent.

  That kid could use such a terrible killing attack using the Crane Wings Twin Swords... Did that mean that the kid's sword talent was higher than his?

  How was it possible! His sword talent was acknowledged as the number one within in a thousand miles radius. If it was talking about sword talent, even Childe San Quan was a little inferior to him.

  "Crane Wings Twin Swords, Dance of Chaos!" Yun Xi also didn't expect that Hua Huo's sword talent could combine with the Crane Wings Twin Swords so perfectly.

  He could even hear the satisfied quivering sound of the flying twin swords.

  After being forged by the successor of Ou Ye Zi, the Crane Wings Twin Swords had never met such a super sword genius like Yun Xi.

  At first, he could only control them for 30 seconds. After finding Yun Xi's super sword talent, Crane Wings Twin Swords proactively extended the use time.

  If a Spirit Weapon wanted to become a Divine Weapon, it needed not only time but also had to have a Legendary master.

  "Swish! Swish! Swish!" At first, it was just a Mortal rank crossing attack, but the Crane Wings Twin Swords went above its usual performance, making it like a Hero rank dishing attacks.

  In order to please its new master, Yun Xi, the Crane Wings Twin Swords went above its usual performance. It chopped and minced Childe Yun He, its former master. Then Childe San Quan, who didn't even have the chance to show his abilities.

  After, the Crane Wings Twin Swords flew back to Yun Xi's hands and acted as if it was a girl who walked off the stage, Yun Xi opened his mouth widely and realized that he had walked through the third district leading to the ultimate Great Tower.

  Three green souls flew out from their bodies and reluctantly flew into Yun Xi's body. They were absorbed by Yun Xi together with the souls of the other high-level stone soldiers and the soul of the unknown archer in red.

  "Well, they're equal to ten green hippo's worth of souls." After feeling the power of the souls in his body, Yun Xi grinned from ear to ear.

  Three Childes, what three wonderful gifts you are!

  In fact, you were the weakest three people of the four kings, right? The archer in red was more powerful than you.

  His power was pure and strong, and he didn't rely on any equipments.

  If the Crane Wings Twin Swords belonged to the archer in red, Yun Xi didn't think he could have pulled through the third district.

  Chapter 59: The Tower
of Song

  Yun Xi closed his eyes and held the Crane Wings Twin Swords which just flew back to his hands.

  On his chest, the wound cut through by the swords started to heal. Due to the extraordinary performance of the Crane Wings Twin Swords, his desperate tactic achieved complete success.

  Including Childe Yun He, Childe Si Nian, and Childe San Quan, even Yun Xi himself didn't expect that the pair of Crane Wings Twin Swords would be able to display such a terrifying strength in his hands.

  "Hiss!"

  "Ha!"

  By using the breathing method he learned from Hua Huo, Yun Xi recovered his health and observed the secret of Crane Wings Twin Swords at the same time.

  The twin swords were the best weapons Yun Xi had ever obtained. By holding them in his hands, he could feel the difference between it and Mortal weapons.

  It was so light. That was the first impression Yun Xi had holding them.

  Why could the twin swords fly in the air so nimbly? It was all due to its property of being as light as nothing.

  As long as he could control them, he could easily use all sorts of inconceivable flying sword skills.

  Between the female sword and the male sword, there were special attractive and repulsive forces. Plus the exquisite wing patterns on the blade, the twin swords had an incredible maneuverability in air combat.

  The most important thing was that when Yun Xi held the twin swords in his hands, he could feel the palpitation of the twin swords from the bottom of his heart. He even vaguely felt that it was linking with his bloodline.

  Spirit Weapon! They were a pair of top-quality Spirit Weapons! Holding the twin swords in his hands, Yun Xi loved them so much that he almost couldn't bear to part with them.

  "Hum, Little Xi, this pair of swords are only suitable for the people below the Hero rank. It's not that precious." Seeing that Yun Xi's eyes were so eager when he looked at Crane Wings Twin Swords, Hua Huo felt a little jealous.

  Naturally, he knew the twin swords were unusual. They could even be called a 'prospective Divine Weapon'.

  She didn't know why, but it seemed that the twin swords were very suitable for Yun Xi.

  The Blood Stain Secret Skill couldn't make the twin swords act like that.

  "Let me have a look." Hua Huo took the Crane Wings Twin Swords from Yun Xi's hands. She gazed at it, then frowned.

  Something was wrong. The twin swords were rejecting her!

  They were good swords. However, she didn't know why, but they disliked her. If she used Blood Stain Secret Skill to force it to obey her, it'd probably choose self-damage to avoid it.

  Yun Xi could use it. That 'waste' could barely use it too, but not her. Why?

  Did the twin swords discriminate against women?

  "It's a pity that I can only use you in the trial." After taking the twin swords back, Yun Xi said and shrugged his shoulders.

  There did exist such a wonderful and occasional encounter in the world.

  He had never seen the Crane Wings Twin Swords before, but after obtaining it, he immediately found that it was as if it was tailor-made for him.

  It was light like nothing, very suitable for Yun Xi since he was practicing the Flying Swallow Sword.

  In addition to its nimble attack style and its deadliness that was beyond the mortal rank, it and Yun Xi were like a match made in heaven.

  "Ding!" The Crane Wings Twin Swords made an euphonious sword tremolo. It made Yun Xi's heart quiver for an instant, looking like he vaguely felt something.

  Unfortunately, Yun Xi was still at Mortal rank. He didn't know what this meant.

  "Ok, let's put the twin swords aside and go to the ultimate Great Tower!" Because she was prohibited to help Yun Xi in the third district, Hua Huo was pretty angry by now.

  She was already tired of killing a group of wastes dozens of times.

  Now, it was her time.

  No matter who you were, as long as you dare to get in Yun Xi's way, I will sweep you all away!

  "Well, I have a foreboding... the ultimate trial won't be that easy..." Yun Xi raised his head, looking at the giant Great Tower.

  If the thing evolved as his though, perhaps the ultimate trial would be extremely difficult.

  The twin witches. Would the enemy be White Lotus or Red Lotus?

  "La..."

  Suddenly, countless bells resounded on the empty coastline. Along with the light, a pure song swept the land.

  The bloody first district.

  The second district of the erupting volcano.

  The brutal third district.

  In all the districts, all blood and dust were purified by the song. A gust of strong power swept the entire coastline.

  "What a terrible power!" For the first time, Hua Huo changed her expression. This was the first time that Yun Xi saw such a serious expression on his childhood sweetheart's face.

  Even when she fought against the hero-ranked male Fiery Dragon, she still looked very casual and relaxed.

  Since their childhood, Yun Xi had never seen such a solemn look on Hua Huo's face.

  "La..."

  "La la..."

  "Tonight, no one sleeps."

  "My prince, come to meet me! The following curses will come true one by one."

  "The world won't accept you and you will be swallowed by the darkness."

  "Whether you decide to come or escape, you will be cursed."

  "It will chase you and kill you."

  "Incarnadined the sky, blacked the earth."

  "Blood has nourished the monster, and the nightmare has opened its eyes!"

  "Only the tower, shining as usual!"

  "Come on. Go to the top of the tower and meet your princess!"

  "Only the person who broke the prisoner's cage can reach the place of the princess!"

  With the familiar sound of singing, the little coastline world started to change its colour to what the girl sang.

  The sky was Incarnadined by blood.

  The earth was swallowed by the darkness.

  The first district, the second district, and the third district were swallowed and covered by the mists of darkness one by one. Dimly, he saw large quantities of monsters running out from the mists.

  Unlike the opponents transformed from the Childes, the Five Tiger Generals and all sorts of strange beasts, the stuffs walking out from the darkness were covered in a thick air of death. They looked like ashes that had been deprived by all warmth.

  "Go!" Yun Xi grasped Hua Huo's little hands, who hadn't yet understood what happened, rushing together into the only light and hope of the world - the Great Tower.

  The last trial was coming!

  He had no way to go unless he went to the top of the tower and saved the imprisoned princess.

  Yun Xi didn't know what would happen if he lost the trial, but his instinct told him that those black things weren't good. They weren't some gifts that the stars prepared for him.

  The trial wasn't a game. Yun Xi knew that better than anyone.

  The nightmare was coming. Now, he and Hua Huo needed to find the light, the last hope of the world.

  My princess, I'm coming to save you!

  Chapter 60: Princess and Guardian

  "My prince?"

  "Princess?"

  After being pulled and entering the Great Tower with Yun Xi and hearing the melodious singing echoing around the sky and earth, Hua Huo looked at Yun Xi with suspicion.

  She felt that something in the dream was wrong.

  If this was a dream, how could she feel the touch of Yun Xi's hand, their heartbeats as they ran together and her irrepressible euphoria. They were all too real.

  "I wander in the darkness... once dreamed the whisper that no one could hear..."

  "Now, I see the road, the fate, at least, at this moment... let me open myself to you."

  "The unreachable wish, the trampled wing. Lowering my head in the darkness and waiting for your coming."

  "The shadow of tears, the shadow of the moon. Th
ey overflow in my palms. My lips are trembling in the darkness."

  "Come to find me, come to look at me. Treat me as the world's best princess, my prince!"