Wudang: Legends Of Qi Earth 83 Infernal Prison Dimension Ix : Forest Chase!

Forest on fire? Check! A guide who was more interested in getting out of the forest than guiding the people he just saved? Check! Angry ferocious looking Nagas on their tails(pun intended) check! Yep what could possibly go wrong. The sounds the Nagas made as their armored bodies sc.r.a.pped across the ground was so bone chilling it was akin to a scene from a horror movie, yet even with that Alex, Louis and Yun Fao could not stop running. One of the Nagas waved a spear as a flash of sickly purple light flew out, heading straight for Alex.

Louis waved his rapier and a small s.h.i.+eld of light appeared in front of Alex intercepting the Qi based attack. These Nagas were at the open Dantian realm, the attack that was just released let the boys know the strength of what the were dealing with, though it was a few levels above them, as long as it was in the same realm there would always be a way for them to deal with this snake men. Another Naga rushed over from behind them and took a leap, however Alex jumped forwards and turned his body making a full rotation as he swung his halberd, the whole world seemingly slowing down as it's red glowing axe blade decapitated the Naga.

Alex continued forward almost as if nothing had happened, leaving behind the headless and still shaking body of the Naga. The sight of a dead comrade infuriated the remaining Nagas as they redoubled their efforts to catch the boys. The Nagas on the left were moving themselves in a slanted direction, by virtue of being half snakes they were a step or two faster than even Louis who was the fastest of the three. They were planning to intercept the boys a little ways forward, but Yun Fao had other plans.

He jumped forward using a few trees as spring boards and stepping stones before waving the sword on his hands towards a tight cl.u.s.ter of trees in front of them. Arcs of lightning danced over the surface of the blade as a purple beam flew out and brought the trees down. The move alone was extremely tiring as Yun Fao stumbled a bit in an attempt to catch his breath, however he didn't stop running.

The Nagas who were hoping to intercept from the left got buried by tons of trees, it probably wasn't enough to kill them all, but at the very least it would slow them down. The only Nagas they now had to worry about were those coming from the right and coming up from behind them. As they ran, the broke out of the tree line and into an open field that would be better explained as what looked like a glade right in the middle of the forest(very much like the home of the Nagas they just ran away from). There were a bunch of beasts running through it, all escaping from the flames, and their destination turned out to be what looked like holes in the ground. These holes were numerous and it was right in the middle of the glade, and at the moment of it's appearance, the Nagas seemed to get frantic.

"Make sure you guys jump into the hole I go through! Or else you'll end up very much dead!" the man ahead of them called out, but even if they heard him they were too preoccupied with dealing with the Nagas, who had redoubled their efforts into bringing down the trio of teenagers.

One of the Nagas clawed his way across the ground, moving much more faster in his erratic and frantic attempt to kill them. He got close a lot quicker band much more unhindered than expected and jumped at Louis who was running on the right, however Louis ducked under it's leap, the ma.s.sive serpentine and human body creating a tiny gusts of wind the ruffled Louis's hair. It's arms outstretched and Jaws opened wide; Yun Fao slashed the sword in his hand sideways, cutting through the open jaw and dividing his head in half.

The ma.s.sive body crashed down in front of Alex who stabbed his halberd into it and flipped forward using his halberd to push it backwards and into the ranks of Nagas still chasing after them with a fervor. There was a clamor as they all got tangled and tripped all over themselves, a.s.suming such an action was possible for Nagas. The boys continued forward, however it was then they realized the man they had been following was nowhere to be found, it's like he just upped and disappeared. and quite frankly they had no idea into which of the holes he had jumped into.

Since Louis was a little ahead and very much indecisive and confused, he skirted past most of the holes until he came to the big one in the middle. He turned just as Yun Fao and Alex reached him, and they in turn also turned to face the still approaching Nagas. Sure they've killed quite a few of them and slowed them down, but there were still no less than 20 of them, and more still seemed to be coming out of the tree line. Alex narrowed his eyes as he looked at the hole behind him, a rather nasty idea beginning to take shape.

"Are you sure this is the hole he just went through?" Yun Fao asked Louis who had led them here.

"I'm not, but when in doubt jump into the biggest hole you see right? What could possibly go wrong." Neither Alex not Yun Fao were in the mood to tell Louis exactly one of the many things that could go wrong, they were just a little bit more focused on the problems in front of them.

"You guys jump down, I follow you in soon enough. I have an idea." Alex said to them with a focused look on his face. Neither Louis nor Yun Fao seemed too willing to argue or say something as time consuming as them being the protectors or whatever, if he was going to follow them, then he would. They both jumped down, leaving Alex alone to face the incoming team of Nagas.

Alex took a step back as he held his Halberd close to his chest, his fire mask was still on his face, and in turn his body lit ablaze, the clothes he had on burning to a pile of sc.r.a.p almost immediately as he spread his legs, eyes focused patiently waiting for the Nagas that were drawing close. The Halberd seemed to light up with flames as it's silver frame turned red hot in seconds. The very air around Alex seemed to be set on fire as little wisps of flames came to life around him, his eyes had turned a very bright orange, almost as if there was a sun burning deeply within their depths.

The beasts who were still escaping from the forest fire gave Alex a wide berth, because by this point he was radiating a heat a lot worse than what they were feeling from their environment, but ultimately it didn't matter to the Nagas as they drew closer, rus.h.i.+ng over with blind hate and anger, all they could envision was tearing Alex apart and going after his friends and doing the same to them. Alex didn't know how deep this hole was, but he prepared himself, and when he saw that the Nagas were just about two meters away, he stepped back and fell into the hole, barely avoiding getting his head cut off by a nasty looking scimitar.

He had barely fallen into the hole when dozens of Nagas jumped into it with him, he had no idea how far he would be falling, but three seconds was enough for all of the Nagas to either be in the hole or gathered around the mouth of it. It was a kill box, or rather a kill hole, now he wasn't the one running away or trapped falling in a hole with a bunch of Snake Men, they were the ones trapped here with him.

{DRAGON FALL}

*ROOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!*

A ma.s.sive dragon made of flames, who's body was way too big from the hole it was shot through, rushed up, it's golden orange frame incredibly life like as it burned everything in it's path. And the higher it went, the flames changed from gold, to blood red, burning with a vengeance as most of the Nagas turned to Ash that rained down with Alex, the others were burned to a crisp, with none of the 20 Nagas Alex had seen surviving it. The dragon rushed up out of the hole and into the air, illuminating the glade and much of the forest before releasing a very loud roar that shook the very air itself. And then it exploded, causing a shockwave that spread across the glade, breaking down trees and making the almost one hundred meter in diameter glade increase to twice it's original size.

As for Alex, he fell deeper into the hole, his body completely limp, his mask faded and his consciousness gone along with the flames in the sky. Wherever he was going to, his friends would catch him, that much was guaranteed, but meanwhile outside the hole, in another hole that was just three meters away from the one they just jumped in, the man who they were supposed to follow popped his head out.

"Those kids are interesting, but they're very dead either way. A fall into an unknown pit, hopefully they're born with better luck in their next life."