Fenrir's Journey : I Shall Devour The Heavens!

Seeing his most precious artifact destroyed in an instant by the girl before him, Geng Chao nearly spurts blood from his mouth, barely managing to keep it restrained with a hard gulp. He was now beginning to regret committing to this battle as, even if he emerged victorious against this 'Demon', the price he had paid was already great. Even so, he brought his fists to his waist before striking forward, extending his palms outward as he shouted, "Heaven Lotus Palms!" This time, the two condensed palms of energy linked together as they flew, combining to create golden energy that bloomed out into a nine-petal lotus.Just as she had done previously, Fenrir continued to barrel forward without shying away from the powerful energy pressing towards her. The wolf's maw shroud around her body extended forward even faster than her own movement, widening its mouth before biting down on the lotus-shaped energy attack. It seemed, for the briefest of moments, that the lotus might actually be able to resist the frightful devouring energy. However, just as the radiance of the lotus doubled and it appeared to continue forward slightly, it almost immediately broke down and dissolved into nothingness.Geng Chao felt like the blood around his brain was boiling as both of his most powerful attacks had been absolutely useless. With his four-hundred-nineteen years of experience, Geng Chao knew that, even if his Cultivation was lower than the girl's. his skills and experience and skills were far more refined. Unfortunately, her devouring energy completely broke down any attack he threw at her, becoming even stronger as a result. Now, he was starting to think about how he could get out of this situation in order to send a message to a more powerful Sect to try and deal with her before she grew even stronger. From his perspective, Fenrir was likely an inner disciple from some Devil Sect, if not an outright pure-blooded True Demon...!After trying to kick off the air and use [Koku Shundo], Fenrir realized there was no air to kick off of, leaving her somewhat confused. She quickly realized that, ever since the shroud surrounded her body, all of the surrounding air was also being devoured. Because her body only needed energy to subsist, Fenrir hadn't realized this before now because her mind had been focused on other things. Since she could essentially 'breathe' through the shroud itself, Fenrir had completely overlooked this rather key detail. As a result, her foot kicked against nothing and she nearly stumbled before doubling her flight speed and trying to swipe at Geng Chao.With his developed senses, Geng Chao has obviously noticed the 'slip' of the girl in front of him, allowing a realization to settle into his mind. Though it seemed an impossible scenario, his mind raced as a flood of information and memories pertaining to the girl in front of him emerged. He recalled that the reports claimed that the girl had actually come to ask for a Cultivation technique and seemed to have a fundamental lack of understanding about the world. If she was truly from one of those accursed Sects, there was no way someone with such a powerful constitution wouldn't have been nurtured to an extreme...This realization caused Geng Chao's aged eyes to widen greatly as he considered that the girl before him was actually a 'wandering' Cultivator without any Cultivation technique. That meant that everything she was displaying during this struggle was her raw talent...! If they had managed to secure her as a Disciple, their Sect would have been able to rise above its standing and potentially contend with the other powerful Sects on the Continent! Now, believing his suspicion was correct, Geng Chao felt the urge to strange Tian Gengxin himself for earning the ire of such a rare seedling...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'I didn't slip...*indiscernable blush*...')

After finding her footing, Fenrir had stopped for a few moments, absolutely silent as the tense atmosphere around her became even more so. She had her head down, eyes glimmering blue as a very subtle blush reached her cheeks. For the first time, Fenrir was glad that her Master wasn't in this world since it would have been very embarrassing for him to see her slip. Though he would have undoubtedly praised her for pushing her limits further, it still made her feel giddy imagining her Master laughing at her mistake...As if to take advantage of this slight lull, Geng Chao stayed standing on the air and said, "It seems these old eyes of mine have grown hazy with age...you know, young Fenrir, if you stayed here at the Heavenly Moon Sect, we could teach you how to control your power. At the very least, I'm sure we could teach you how to stand on the air without issue, hahahaha~." Though Geng Chao had intended his remark in good spirit, the temperature in the air immediately dropped several tens of degrees as Fenrir's eyes locked onto him.Fenrir had spent the moment of silence trying to figure out what other abilities she didn't have access to while in her 'Devouring Shroud'. None of her external magic had responded to her and, though she could still influence the Elemental Energy in the air, it was all absorbed by her shroud. It seemed that the trade-off for using the very powerful ability was the cost of nearly all of her other skills. However, Fenrir believed this was a fair trade and, instead of shaping the energy around her as ice, she began trying to change the shape of her shroud itself. Since she had already experienced it during her previous attacks, Fenrir knew it was possible...Geng Chao realized he had made a mistake and cursed himself for forgetting the rather 'wild' nature of the girl below. He quickly evaded to the side as three hypersonic wolf maws came barreling towards him. They were still connected to the devouring energy, however, and began to chase after him very quickly, leaving tendrils of pure devastating in their wake. The Sect itself was also suffering a great deal of damage, as the chaotic energy and freezing temperatures were quickly reaching a degree that most Disciples wouldn't be able to tolerate.Knowing things were essentially irreconcilable at this point, Geng Chao was seriously considering giving up an arm or a leg just to try and appease the voracious woman below. He needed to buy time to get the news out to the other Sects about how dangerous she was or it may be too late to stop her once she figured out the true horror of Devouring Laws. Within recorded history, those that had been able to master the use of such Laws were almost invincible existences, requiring great power and artifacts from higher realms to oppose directly.While these thoughts were racing through his mind, Geng Chao dodged another one of the wolf maws with relative ease, only to find another maw break off from the 'tendril' and home in on his position. At the same time, all of the other tendrils 'exploded' into hundreds of smaller wolf heads that began to surround his position. Geng Chao's eyes widened in horror for what felt like the first time in more than a century as the Devouring Energy formed a sphere around him. He mustered up the majority of his True Qi to try and break through one of the thinner membranes but his connection with external energy was completely cut off. This meant he needed to use his own reserves to break through, something that would cripple his Cultivation progress for many years to come...As this outcome was better than outright dying, Geng Chao mustered up a large portion of the True Qi in his Golden Core and tried to shatter through the surrounding sphere. The protective aura around his body managed to shield him decently enough as he charged forward and, for a brief moment, Geng Chao harbored hope that he had escaped. At this moment, however, the 'hole' he had made gained jagged edges like teeth...and clamped down on him, separating the upper half of his body as his remains within the sphere were broken down...Golden Core included...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Don't you laugh at me...!')

Unlike many of the arrogant girly men Fenrir had seen in this world, the old man before her seemed to be very calm, even as his fierce blue eyes locked on her. She could feel a very powerful aura radiating from his body but, even though she had threatened him, the old man didn't appear to be perturbed by her words at all. Instead, after several seconds of silence, he asked, "Where did you come from...? You aren't from around here...how am I unable to sense your Cultivation...?"Hearing his questions, Fenrir's expression turned even icier as she said, "I came here to get information, not give it away. If you want to fight me because of that arrogant and disgusting man, then come at me...!" As she spoke, the thin membrane of devouring energy became more prominent on Fenrir's body, appearing like a midnight blue flame that strangely radiated an eerie white light. Seeing this, the old man's brows furrowed slightly and, without any further discussion, he waved his hand forward.Fenrir's pupils shrunk to the size of pinholes as she saw this movement press forward as if it were in slow motion. Her body tensed up and she was willing herself to move but it almost felt like her nerves simply weren't responding fast enough to her intentions. She could only stare as an illusory blue hand condensed out of thin air, barreling towards her with a pressure that made her instincts scream to evade. Unfortunately, they couldn't will her body to move and she was forced to stand there as the hand formed a palm and crashed powerlessly into the devouring energy around her body.The ground behind Fenrir cracked and remnant dust was kicked up in an area of several kilometers, even though the intended target was completely unscathed. Not only the old man's, Wen Xiulan's, the nearby disciples, and Fenrir's own eyes widened upon witnessing this. She didn't stop to process what happened though and, as he had already attacked, Fenrir bolted forward like a spring that had been pressed down and was finally released. Her severing claws tore towards the man, this time possessing the same devouring energy that coated her body.Unwilling to face the deadly looking claws, the old man moved away so quickly that Fenrir could see more than a dozen afterimages that persisted for a long while after he stopped. Five of them even formed strange hand seals as the man screamed out, "Moon Catching Hands...!" A much larger hand condensed out of the void, this time accompanied by four other hands, each different in color and composition. Fenrir experienced the strange time dilation once again and it caused her eyes to change color until they too matched her devouring energy. The aura shrouding her body exploded, taking on the appearance of a massive wolf head that was 10m in diameter and completely protected her from the five hands, each contacting her energy and immediately being devoured.Seeing this, the old man's eyes opened until they were round as saucers and he shouted, "Devouring Domain!" with a face of abject terror. He then pulled out a strange black object that looked like a tool used to stamp official documents, tossing it towards Fenrir as he brought his index and forefinger in front of his face and shouted, "Heaven Moon Seal...!" This was a very powerful artifact that was used to seal demonic creatures that managed to break into the realms of man. The old man, known as Geng Chao, believed that this 'young woman' before him was either a True Demon, or one of the Cultists that followed them. It was the only thing that would explain her Pure Yin Constitution and how she was able to use terrifying energy like Devouring Laws, even though she 'appeared' to be a mere child...Fenrir was starting to gain more confidence in the energy around her body and, even though she lacked fine control over it, just having it made her feel excited. When she saw the black object fly towards her, once again causing time to slow down, there was absolutely no fear in her eyes, even as it managed to pass through the wolf shroud around her body. Instead, a somewhat crooked smile spread across her face as she very naturally opened her mouth and chomped down on the black seal, crushing it with her teeth and swallowing it like a malt candy...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Very crunchy, not bad...!')

Chapter 64: Realization