Fenrir's Journey : I Shall Devour The Heavens!

It could be a result of the old woman being unable to open her eyes, but Fenrir didn't feel the same 'disgust' as what she felt around the people she had killed. Since she didn't want to kill indiscriminately, if she could avoid it, Fenrir explained in an icy tone, "Only they would be able to confess their crimes...all I know is, they harbored ill will towards me. They also carried a powerful stench of blood, death, and negativity. The number of people they have killed unjustly may be a secret they take to their deaths, but I'm sure others would be able to give you an account..."Speaking so much for the first time in a long while, Fenrir felt a little strange and couldn't help but frown when she heard the dull tone of her voice. She didn't remember sounding so 'cold', even when she was angry and upset. When she left the city, Fenrir decided she would have to train her [Mimickry] ability and practice talking more, lest she forget how to converse with people. For now, however, she was readying herself to deal with the old woman standing in the sky across from her.For several seconds, the old woman stood in silence before finally releasing a sad sigh, muttering, "So, it is by our own hand that the Fen Clan has fallen...it seems the Heavens could not turn a blind eye to that foolish boy's actions..." Shaking her head, the old woman pulled out a blue shortsword and said, "I can tell that you are not a cruel person, even if your actions are vicious...please, take my life, take our treasures, take our techniques...but leave a path for the Fen Clan's future..." Fenrir's only response to this was a snort but the old woman put on a knowing smile and moved forward like a blur, completely ruining her frail image.The old woman's attacks were smooth and flowing, far different than the overbearing attacks used by the other members of the Fen Clan. Fenrir even suspected she had come from a different Sect but was unable to confirm her suspicions as the old woman had died moments later. She had tried to swing her sword at a shallow angle, almost as though she were thrusting forward, carrying a powerful water elemental energy that surged outward like a river crashing against boulders. Fenrir, however, had used [Koku Shundo] to get behind the woman, placing her palm against the unnamed elder's back and freezing her body in an instant.Unlike the stinky men she had killed previously, Fenrir didn't want to cut up this woman and instead carried her corpse down to the ground, leaving it laying there for the members of her Sect to tend to, assuming any returned after having run away. The old woman had been buying time for their escape and Fenrir hoped they would at least give her the courtesy of a proper burial after she left.Since she had 'permission', Fenrir took a series of blue and green rings off the bodies of some of the people she had slain, putting them into a pouch at her waist to investigate later. She knew it was 'wrong' to take items from the dead but, with the woman's final words, Fenrir would accept her conditions. In exchange for the lives of her Clansmen, though she hadn't planned to hunt them all down, Fenrir followed her senses to various hidden locations on the property and took all the most valuable items she could find. As for how she determined their value, it was by the concentration of energy contained within. For the rest, she threw them into her mouth to replenish the energy she had expended earlier, feeling her strength increase marginally as the hunger in her stomach was slowly satiated...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Not every person in this world is bad...')

In the middle of her hunt for goods within the Fen Clan Manor, Fenrir sensed the presence of several enemies approaching. As for how she could tell they were enemies, it was that she could smell that the same scent as the man who had tried to attack her ice pillar the previous night. Fenrir had noticed that many of the people within the same Clan had very similar smells and the energy in their body gave her the same 'feeling'. These people all smelled like 'burning' and Fenrir's own internal energy activated whenever they were around, likely the result of their contrary affinities.Leaping out from one of the buildings she had been searching, Fenrir looked up into the sky and saw thirty-one people, most of them standing on swords. The only exception to this was the man standing at the very front, who was able to stay in the sky using his own energy. Even so, Fenrir wasn't intimidated and immediately jumped up to meet them, coldly stating, "Leave this place, or I will come to your Sect next..."Seeing the rather young woman who had just jumped up to meet them, many of the gathered members of the Flame Jade Sect were shocked, especially since she was able to stand on the air. This meant that she was, at the very least, the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, just like their Third Elder. However, given the fact that she had been able to destroy the Fen Clan, it was very likely this girl before them was even stronger, at least, assuming she was alone. The man at the head of the group, Huo Yan San, believed the girl before him must have some secret Master protecting her in the background. After all, she looked to be around the age of 14-16, making it almost impossible to consider her a 'real' threat.Snorting, Huo Yan San responded, asking, "Tell me, lass, where is your Master? I can see that they used Ice Elemental Qi in their attacks, similar to the person who had murdered my son. I have come seeking a reckoning from them...I will give you three minutes to bring them to me before I force them out using you..." As he spoke, Huo Yan San and several of the Disciples behind him began to eye the woman before them up and down.Though she was young, the girl had already become very attractive and, given the fact that she was able to stand in the air for so long, her cultivation realm was very high for her age. She must have a powerful cultivation method and, if they were able to capture her and extort her master, there was a chance they would be able to increase the overall level of their disciples in the future. At the very least, if the girl's Master didn't show up, they would be able to pry some information out of her. The methods with which information could be extracted from women...well, there were a few amongst their number that had gained some proficiency with those methods over the years...Seeing the way they were looking at her, Fenrir took in a deep breath through her nose and closed her eyes for a few seconds. It was starting to seem like every man in this world was a despotic cur, so far removed from the image of her Master that it was genuinely disturbing. She didn't understand how so many people could be so vile, even though they put on pretenses and tried to act 'above' everything. Now, Fenrir would show them the reality of the situation, laying them low upon the ground like the worms they were...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Not worms...nematodes...bacteria...disgusting...!')

After cutting down the terrible smelling girly boy, Fenrir snorted and raised her palm towards the massive spectral sword flying towards her. To be safe, she had triple-layered the barriers but, after seeing the 20m long green blade strike her outer barrier, Fenrir frowned because her overestimation of the old fat man had wasted her energy. Though it had made her barrier fluctuate slightly, the magical circle didn't suffer any noticeable damage at all, meaning it would continue to hold against an almost infinite number of similar attacks. However, even though she had determined him to be weak, the man still shouted out, "You despicable curr! Why are you killing my clansmen!? Where are your honor and dignity!?"Seeing that his attack had failed, the Patriarch of the Fen Clan, Fen Xinyi, doubled back in the air and thrust forward with his sword once again. Just as before, the blade produced was around 20m long except, different than his previous attack, this one had runes glowing along the blade's length. With a voice filled with righteous indignation, he shouted, "With the Heavens as my witness, I will strike down this wicked and vic-" Before he could send the sword flying forward, Fenrir appeared next to Fen Xinyi, coldly intoning, "Drivel..." as she cut forward with a blade of energy. Fen Xinyi tried to move back, simultaneously pulling his phantom blade to act as a shield, shouting, "You dare!?" with a thunderous voice.Unfortunately for him, Fenrir's blade was completely undeterred, making use of its 'Severing Laws' to cut straight through the phantom blade, Fen Xinyi's waist, and the small hidden blade that was floating around behind him. The Fen Clan Patriarch immediately noticed that all feeling below his ribs had completely vanished, though it could have just been an illusion as the searing pain he was experiencing was overwhelming. Since the 'Dantian', where a person's cultivation was stored, was located in the navel, he had effectively been cut off from his source of energy. It felt like all his meridians were exploding, causing blood to erupt from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.With the last bit of his strength, Fen Xinyi shouted, "You bitch! I'll take you with me!!!" as he tried to pierce his heart. However, this action couldn't be completed as the hand he had moved to perform the sacrificial act simply fell to the ground below. His eyes absentmindedly followed it until, in less time than it took to blink, his head started following the same path. The last thing he saw was various segments of his body that had been cut to have perfectly flat surfaces. They were so clean that, for a short while, the blood had continued to try and flow through veins that were no longer attached...Fenrir didn't spare an eye towards the deceased man and instead turned her attention to the strongest person that remained in the residence, an elderly woman who was so aged that her eyes could no longer open. She hadn't been as strong as the previous man, but the elderly woman was still able to stand on the air without aid as asked, "Tell me, young mistress, why have you wrought death and destruction upon our Clan...? Please, allow this old lady to go to her death knowing the reason..."(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Talking instead of fighting...foolish...')

Chapter 46: Compromise