Straw@hat publication; Chapter-12 ; Fighting the devils::
Huo ling was searching for his prey and finally after 2 hours of search he finally saw an alone Cunning devil eating some other creature.
" These beasts do not have high defence so if I manage to sneak attack at the back of its neck it should be a clean kill." He adjusted his stealth Celestial and then got to the nearest shadow.
Soon his feet had a faint cyan glow and as fast as he could he reached the devil and cut his neck with the sword.
It was a clean kill but suddenly he felt something chilly and by instincts activated the Water skin celestial.
It was a lightning quick response to the chill. He was still moving his head to look backwards when he felt two sharp claws on his back and with a boom he flew towards a tree.
He was frightened but he manged to catch the corpse of the dead cunning devil on the fly and used it as a cushion for the fall.
He then used his fastest means of escape and blended into the shadows along with the corpse.
Soon he saw two figures at the earlier spot searching for him. He had reacted very quickly, and with much perfection or he would be dead right there.
He ran towards the cave among the shadows and soon got rid of them and reached the cave.
He threw the corpse on the ground and after fear made him numb.
" That was too close I am completely out of essence, damn these bastard hyenas they were using the alone member as bait and attacked as soon as they sensed me " he looked at his back.
Two clear claw marks could be seen there they were not too deep.
" The water shield got completely shattered in a single attack. If it was a normal water skin celestial, I am afraid i would be seriously injured now".
"Someone did a good job naming them cunning devils , Still i got the corpse atleast " he looked towards the dead corps on the ground and began cleaning it.
The bones and vitals of beasts could be used in refining so they could be sold but the problem was storage.
He left other things and collected the bones and fangs and wrapped them in its skin.
" After healing i will continue my hunt with much more caution they might not have stronger defence but, attack power is not to laugh at and these sre scheming bastards"
At the forest Huo Ling was tailing a group of devils from the shadows after confirming they were at a open ground he attacked swiftly.
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With speed he cut through the first cunning devil. The other devils became active there were four more
His sword was illuminated with smokey gray essence, eyes fixed on the targets his feet moving skillfully dodging the attacks.
Using his skillful control over his combat technique he cutted through the necks of the devils.
" There is nothing in these ones too, well it is not called rare without a reason" he check through the corpses and chuckled.
Calling it a day went back to the cave and began cultivating.
" Cultivation after tiring combat, gives more results . I got some extra understandings and little more Essence"
Next day he came to the cave carrying a lightning boar , he was in a comical state. He looked like someone has beaten him ruthlessly.
Bloody cuts were present all over his body specially on arms, hairs were a mess and one side of face little swollen.
" Damn it , damn it , those shameless devil beasts , they dare to take advantage of me hunting a lightning boar and ganged up on me" he was gone on a hunt for food in the morning and while he was fighting with three boars , around twenty cunning devils ambushed him and the boars too, he fought and got beaten to a pulp but maged to avoid fatal attacks and ran away with the slightest chance.
" You just wait I will raze your whole group tomorrow, no a group won't do these shameless things need to be massacred" he was feeling after fear of the ambush and anger at the same time .
" Calm down , Calm down , and focus on healing first" he applied some medical paste on the wounds and started cultivating to recover injuries quickly and recover his essence.
These two or so days had given him a good slap in the face for being so naive. If not for his quick response and well trained body he wouldn't have made it.
" I want a scout type celestial worm so badly right now but all my places are equipped already. I don't care about attack or anything else the next time i breakthrough, I am going to get the best scout type celestial available" his heart filled with determination.
Information was a key about survival whether in politics , in buisness or in the wild. It was a very important lesson Huo ling learnt here.
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"Just a little more and I will make sure to pay you back nicely" he was following the group that had ambushed him from the shadows.
It was not an easy task there were many places where shadows were absent so he had to wait for a safe distance and then follow into the next shadow.
Plus these cunning devils were truly deserving of their names they were very alert and he had to be careful while following them.
"Finally got you " he shot like a meteor and started a blody fight with these beasts.
He had already killed seven of them but now things were getting tricky.
" I am half out of my essence, i should save it for some critical dodge or something" he said and punched the approaching devils face with all his force.
Sound of teeth cracking could be heard as the punch connected. Another devil was on his backside and he quickly dodged a little to the side and cut the approaching devils neck with his sword .
It was the weak point for these beasts and hence was very hard to connect the attack here.
" Serves you well right , " he laughed madly and began to fight further.
The devils changed their formation and started to play hit and run.
Huo ling frowned as it was now getting out lf control. His legs suddenly glowed with sky green colour and very quickly he merged into the nearest shadow of a tree .
The devils followed but till then he had climbed up the tree and his presence was completely gone, thanks to Silent shadow Celestial.
" Still too much for me to handle them alone, i wonder what would be my situation in this forest without this stealth type Celestial worm" he thought about this and began to recover his essence.
The cunning devils were searching for him but soon he saw something which almost gave him a heart attack.
He calmed down and stoped doing everything and concentrated his full attention on his stealth Celestial. He even stoped breathing.
He looked at the scene happening below with fear in his eyes.
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