The Martial Master - 22 For me!

‘Another…’

Standing above the unending corpse trail, Su Min breathed deeply once again. The unending night that enveloped him seemed to be torturous.

Thrash after thrash struck creature after creature as Su Min’s mind went into a dazed tranquilness; like a machine.

‘Huh?’

A flutter sprung into his vision as a boney man appeared ten meters away from him. A dense pack of blackness seemed to be piercing toward him; far away.

Su Min’s mind seemed to boom as a familiar scent faintly sprung out from this man, where he unconsciously muttered.

“Yu Yan?”

Time seemed to slew as all beings in his view paused, where he saw a faint sliver of something that strung around that man. It fluttered without much thought, but Su Min’s eyes went wide as his gripped fists drooped to their sides.

His vision strung out and right towards that man as a low growl shuddered outwards; catching the mans attention.

“You…”

A desolate pitch shrouded Su Min’s voice as he stared at the dumbfounded man who looked back at him. His eyes were bleaker than a dying star and his mind was more blank than a painted wall.

Without even a thought, Su Min’s feet struck the sludged ground as he moved through the numerous beasts flying at him; eloquent and casual.

The steps of uncertainty and unbridled excitement echoed like a lonely elder who stared at his wife’s grave, yet it was even graver than that.

*STEP*

Flutters of chilled wind strung around the man as his eyes quivered at Su Min, yet Su Min just continued to walk… Walk till he was right in front of the man.

“S-stop.!!”

Su Min’s eyes remained still like the placid sky, and with as much thought as emptiness, he grabbed at that faint, familiar feeling around the man. The feeling seemed dark; like it came from a dead person.

Su Min’s heart sank as a stark conclusion came to him, but he didn’t want to believe it!

*SLASH*

A crazed slash interrupted Su Min as a dagger swiped right through his arms, spraying a dark blood onto the ground which wriggled with an inhuman vitality.

Su Min’s eyes fluttered under the night as a brutal kick thrashed into his stomach with an inexplicable coldness; throwing him a couple meters back.

*GUH*

A layer of frost covered Su Min’s jacket as he coughed out, where a splatter of blood threw itself out of his mouth. The sky seemed to darken as a desolate image of a man bleeding profusely shone in the rare daylight.

His eyes looked down, finding a constant stream of blood escaping him; splattering on the floor like syrup. No panic shone in his eyes, though, it was just nothing.

An absolute nothingness.

Without warning, a swift spring of wind fluttered on Su Min’s jacket as a crazed boney man appeared right before him; bringing a dagger right toward his neck.

“Death…”

Su Min’s eyes watched as the dagger got closer and closer; like he was watching his own execution. Closer. Closer. Just a needles thread more and he’s dead.

Death is but that distance apart, its a needle threads distance. So small, yet so large…His pupils constricted as that dagger penetrated the tip of skin, and he continued to watch.

However, an emotion brewed in those blank eyes of his. A rare motion.

He was unwilling! Unwilling to accept death, even if what he lives for is gone!

“Why should I die?”

His eyes burned for the first time in his life as a motivation that strived for himself sundered into his mind and soul. His heart thrashed a rapid thrum as all the remaining blood in his body leapt into his legs and rammed the ground!

“Even if she’s gone! I won’t die!!”

That blade by his neck swiped at nothing but air as a boom ruptured the sky, revealing a bloodied youth a few meters away.

His eyes contained a newfound clarity where he brought his fists to his ribs and breathed deeply. The constant trail of splattering blood dripped from his slit arms, reflecting a crimson as deep as ancient times.

“Fist. Second Form!”

His pupils shone an inexplicable colour as a low rumble shattered the air around him like smashed glass. A tuft of golden light sprung into the air as his fists started to glow!

It was a magnificent glow that seemed to fill the air with a might that vaporised all darkness; resembling that of a small sun in the night sky.

Su Min’s, with eyes glowing gold, clenched his right fist as hard as he could and threw it to the sky!

One fist above him, one fist by his chest, the youth with a light as inexplicable as the sky breathed one last time and roared with a primal might!

“Golden Eclypse!”

An unearthly light shrouded his entire body in a golden glow as a faint stream of majestic gold gathered atop the fist pointing at the sky, causing a rumble to echo in the darkened clouds.

For the first time in what seemed like forever, a blitzing daylight pierced right through the murky night and onto Su Min; bathing him in a holy light!

The whole world seemed to rever this light like he was some sort of angelic prince, trembling with an excitement that hymned around Su Min’s glowing body.

For hundreds of meters, a light sprung into view, dazzling anyone in it. The beasts shuddered and cried with pain as their bodies smoked with an intense heat.

Su Min’s fists popped as he twisted his body in an arc and struck it out!

*PSSSST*

A blinding light enveloped the area around Su Min as a muffled scream rang out within it. It seemed to burn with the very essence of power, yet it was but a flickering spark as it faded out of existence as quickly as it appeared…

*Huff* *Huff*

A charred ground that fluttered with dust emerged under this light as a shocking 10-meter radius crater of bleakness shone in the encompassing pile of corpses.

It was like someone just scooped up all the corpses around Su Min and vaporised them on the spot, leaving a strange indented and spotless space in the mountain of corpses.

Before Su Min, a man kneeled with listless eyes. His skin was charred to an excruciating point and his hair was non-existent; sprawling on the ground around him.

Su Min body heaved with an immense fatigue as the wounds on his arms continued to bleed without pause, wetting the dried ground beneath him. He looked at the clear sky above him then at the weakened darkness that was forced hundreds of meters out.

The listless man shuddered as Su Min’s hand grabbed his neck, dragging him somewhere.

“Let’s find your base…”

…

…

“W-what the fuck?!”

A group of people stared with incredulous expressions as they saw the bright sky; devoid of darkness. One of them rubbed their eyes, spotting two figures in the distance.

“Someones over there!”

The group of five all huddled around the boy as they peeked out of their bases door.

*Step* *Step*

A constant sound rang in the distance as a bleeding youth entered view, dragging what seemed like a corpse. A strange air was around the youth that was noble, yet not quite…

“W-wait… The person behind him looks familiar…”

A person within the group spoke with an uncertain tone, making everyone try to make out the figures even more.

The steady pace of the youth and the corpse seemed to rouse the attention of many as he left a trail of crimson blood; following him like the plague.

A blazing symbol entered Su Min’s view as he saw what he looking for.

“A2, huh?”

The man getting dragged behind him seemed to shiver when the youth spoke; like he was terrified even when he’s half a step in death.

“T-that’s Li Huang!!”

An incredulous shout burst from one of the bases as Su Min continued to drag the corpse; not stopping in the slightest. More and more people seemed to realise who the half-dead person was, causing an intense fear to spring towards that unknown youth.

Su Min’s eyes shone as he stood before a base that is, for the most part, a place you should avoid at all costs.However, right now the base seemed to be deathly still as no one came out to greet Su Min.

Su Min seemed to emit a deep melancholy as he looked at the base, where he eventually found a small box right to the side of it. His eyes trembled and his heart wavered as he looked at it, where a foreboding instinct installed itself on him.

“Don’t tell me…”