Heavenly Dao Child 198 Yatagarasu

Ryuu let out a deep breath as he turned towards his teammates as he spoke, "I think it is time for us to move towards point A, we will set up a fall back shelter there, in case of emergencies."

With that they dashed towards their point of base camp, as a few people who had entered before them looked at eyes wide opened as they saw they flying.

Ryuu: "We will not move directly towards our base but move in a zigzag pattern so that other cannot guess our location easily."

The sisters nodded at them as they moved towards the point A, if Ryuu was alone he would have reached the point by now but currently he had two low Primal Daoist level with him.

Even though Ryuu was being considerably slow but to the twins he was very fast as such they were trying hard to keep up with him.

A normal human on a clear day can see up to 20kilo meters, but some one of Ryuu's strength he was able to see up to a few thousand meters with ease, as such while his two teammates were busy trying to keep up with him he was busy trying to keep an eye on the surrounding, with keen eyes he studied the entire landscape.

'Damn this entire place is even more depressing and dangerous than it was written in the report all those gargantuan creatures dead and are lying here some of them had turned to bones where as some of the have their flesh attached to their bones. I cannot believe it they must be incredible expert while they were alive.'

They soon passed over an acidic lake, as Ryuu looked down at the lone island at the middle of it he stopped abruptly as he motioned the others to stop as well.

Aliyah, "What is it Daoist Ryuu?"

Ryuu: "That Island in between the acidic lake is actually a corpse I wish to take a look at it a bit closer, I have an idea on what creature it might be but I need a closer look at it."

As they descended Ryuu let out small squeal startling the twin sisters who looked at him with worried eyes.

Alhma: "Is everything alright Daoist Ryuu?"

Ryuu spoke with a bright smile, "This corpse is none other than a Nine Nether bird, it must be strong when it fell as its body is still decomposing, I hope I can secure a bit of its blood."

As Ryuu tried to extract its blood essence he was engulfed by incredible fear as if he was in front of an enraged powerful expert, he took a deep breath trying to control his nerves as he mused, 'What a powerful being even after its death it caused fear in me.'

Ryuu managed to gather only a handful drops of blood essence from him as he sighed, "I guess this is it, the rest is too much contaminated and not worth the time."

Ryuu was practically giddy as he turned towards the twins with sparkling eyes, "This place is a treasure trove, I am so glad I joined in this expedition. Let us move we will divide any loot among us after we reach the shelter."

The twins nodded slowly their eyes opened wide, they have been here and with an hour they had some serious gain.

As they left Ryuu thought with happiness bubbling, 'I wanted to have such a cool adventure for so long and now I am getting it, I even got to extract the blood essence like was shown by my sisters all those years ago but what to do with it maybe I will take this back to Ayindril or might simply sell it. Hmm nah I will consult my teachers before doing anything.'

He was busy thinking about how much treasure he would collect and what other things he would be able to find here as such he missed a large incoming black cloud, by the time he noticed it was less than a hundred kilometers away and approaching fast towards them from the right side.

Ryuu's eyes squinted as he looked towards the incoming cloud before his eyes widen with horror he spun around as he hurriedly spoke to the twins, "Turn back and Run if we stay we all die."

He did not wait for them to reply as he held them by the waist causing them blush they would have struck him but because of the urgency in his tone they let him hold them in such close manner as they began to move away from the cloud at an alarming speed so fast that the twins had to close their eyes while they caught hold of Ryuu tightly.

Within a few minutes they made it to their hiding spot the only way of entrance is through a narrow entrance between falls completely made out of lava.

The place was scouted out by a previous explorer from Shangri-la who was a puppet user, as such he upon accidently spotting the entrance of the cave in between the lava flow he had send his puppet which mimicked a flying bird to scout the area, a place only those with flying capabilities or with strong body can reach the cave but the best part is that because of the heat and yellowish glow of the hot lava stream most missed the cave.

As the trio entered inside Ryuu quickly placed every know barrier known to him, mainly those that prevented sound, detection of soul among many other things.

The twins were scared as they Ryuu work like a mad man with blood shot eyes as he laid one barrier after another in a blink of an eye each one of every high quality.

Ryuu then heaved a small sigh as he spoke in a somber tone, "I hope this will be enough if it fails we are dead."

Aliyah gulped seeing the worried and scared expression on Ryuu's face as she asked, "What are those things?"

Ryuu sighed as she spoke, "Have you heard about Golden Three legged crow?"

Alhma: "Of course I have heard it is said to be messenger of prosperity, growth and happiness, where ever it passes by it blesses seven generations of the people who live there with them as such they are also called 'Heaven's Blessings', why?"

Ryuu: "There is another beast that is known as the evil twin of Golden Three Legged Crow, they are called 'Yatagarasu', and they are exactly opposite of a Golden Three Legged Crow, they bring Death, Misery and Plague with them cursing seven generations of the people who live there as such they are called 'Heaven's Curse'. Moreover they are beast who use soul based attacks a flock that large only an Immortal of exceptional strength may survive against so many soul based attacks not only that they are said to eat souls of the living as such we have to stay away from them. But do not worry you both will be safe here."

The twins could not help but worry at the prospect of encountering such a deadly foe but what they did not know that those crows are attracted to emotions like rage and bloodlust which can be found in battlefields where they thrive as such they are often painted in such dark light, and Ryuu who had accidently gained enlightenment in the Dao of Asura, which makes a person drown in rage and bloodlust to the point making them insane as they drown themselves in the blood of their enemies, is like a giant catnip.

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