Chapter 55: Exploring the Palace (04)

"Don’t try to face it head-on! Just focus on your safety!" Kael roared, taking a step forward.

The black bricks creaked beneath the soles of his boots.

His powerful body—far stronger than that of any cultivator at his level—exploded with speed, leaving behind a trail of dust and the sharp crack of torn air.

The plan was simple. He would face the beast head-on, while all Seraphine needed to do was keep attacking from a distance.

The beast didn’t even notice Kael’s advance. Its red eyes, burning with rage, were fixed solely on Seraphine.

The pink-haired beauty shuddered, she forced herself to be strong.

She had survived on the streets for many years. She had fought for her life more times than she could count.

She wasn’t that weak!

Her pink eyes flared gold as she retreated, her body turning into a streak of light.

An instant later, the boar’s gigantic hooves crashed down exactly where she had been standing.

Over forty metric tons of flesh and bone, driven by a terrifying fiery Qi, slammed into the black ground.

Cracks spread across the bricks like spiderwebs, and a burst of magma surged up from below, engulfing the gigantic boar in a flood of molten light.

A suffocating wave of heat swept across the battlefield, carrying the stench of sulfur and scorched stone.

The beast’s hooves sank halfway into the bubbling magma. Then it moved again, tearing them free with a loud, sizzling hiss.

Its furious eyes never left Seraphine.

The beauty had reappeared a hundred meters away and was already preparing a second powerful attack.

She aimed her sword at the beast and drew her arm back, her shoulder tensing like a drawn bowstring.

Beside her own sword, a second blade took shape in the air.

It was over ten meters long, its golden hue quickly fading into a deep pink that pulsed like a living heart.

It was the Heart-Piercing Blade of the Three Paths.

One of the Purewind Family’s most prized techniques, perfect for felling large beasts.

Naturally, the beast sensed the power gathering in Seraphine’s strike. Its enormous muscles bunched beneath its thick hide, ready to dodge.

Fortunately, Kael had already made his move.

His spear sliced through the air in a powerful thrust, a cone of flames swirling around the sharp tip and roaring like a furnace.

He knew he couldn’t pierce the beast’s bones. Instead, he aimed for the carpal joint, trying to sever the ligaments that held up the right front leg under that monstrous weight.

The Golden Spear of the Southern Dragon Emperor struck the back of the boar’s leg squarely, just above the hoof.

For a moment, he met resistance.

The beast had sensed him at the last second and shielded its leg with a thick barrier of Qi.

The spear’s tip screeched against it, spraying sparks, and the impact shot up Kael’s arms, making his bones vibrate all the way to his shoulders.

"Fall!" Kael roared.

He planted his feet firmly on the ground—the bricks cracking beneath his weight—and poured every ounce of his strength into the thrust, from his legs to his fingertips.

The barrier shattered like glass.

The spear finally broke through the beast’s Qi defenses, sinking just deep enough to sever the joint.

A jet of warm blood splattered across his face, leaving a metallic taste in his mouth.

The beast let out a roar of pain and staggered, its leg buckling beneath it.

"Seraphine, now!" Kael shouted, sliding beneath the beast and dragging the spear’s blade along its belly from end to end.

It wasn’t enough to spill its guts, but it opened a long, bleeding gash and caused great pain.

The gigantic boar toppled onto its side. Its body, weighing dozens of metric tons, hit the ground with a deafening crash, shaking the earth and throwing up a cloud of ash and embers.

Kael rolled clear and looked up just in time to see Seraphine unleash the technique she had fully prepared.

The gigantic golden blade plummeted from the sky above her like a meteor.

The recoil threw her body slightly backward.

Her enormous breasts heaved against the tight fabric of her outfit, the material straining as they surged upward all at once before they dropped back down with their full weight, slapping heavily against one another.

The soft, plump flesh of her buttocks wobbled like a churning sea.

Her feet skidded more than ten meters, carving two deep furrows into the ground, the soft, plump flesh of her buttocks wobbling like a churning sea..

Unable to move, the boar could only take the blow head-on, raising a powerful barrier of flaming Qi in front of it.

Seraphine’s technique had many drawbacks.

It took too long to prepare and, generally speaking, was only useful against beasts of lower intelligence, the kind another cultivator could hold in place while the technique charged.

Of course, for all its flaws, its power was undeniable—especially in the hands of someone with cultivation as formidable as Seraphine’s.

The boar’s barrier held for only three seconds. Golden cracks spread across its entire surface until it collapsed into fragments, which quickly dissolved into flames.

The blade sank into the beast’s forehead, right between its tusks.

It pierced the skull with a dry crack and reached the brain, where the tip detonated in a muffled explosion.

Shortly afterward, the boar’s entire body went still. Its Qi began leaking out nonstop, like steam escaping from a cracked pot, and a final, terrible grunt rattled out of its snout before everything fell silent.

Seraphine watched with a smile, her chest rising and falling rapidly.

Then her legs gave way, and she nearly fell backward.

But Kael was there to catch her.

His hands wrapped around her slender waist, then slid upward along her ribs until they came to rest just beneath those enormous, heavy breasts.

Their full weight settled into his palms—warm and soft—the plump undersides molding to his grip and spilling over his fingers, far too much for his hands to hold.

"You fought well, my dear concubine," Kael said with a smile.

"Are you talking to me or my breasts? You hopeless pervert..." Seraphine muttered.

Her eyes narrowed, and a blush crept up her cheeks. Even so, she didn’t push him away.

On the contrary, she relaxed a little more against his chest, letting him hold her up.

"Both," Kael said.