Night of the Broken Gliph

“That was fast, huh?” 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzmTik2MSR 維尼

Man Yee Ho and Yeung Tin Hun opened their eyes at the same time. They exchanged glances and felt the special chemistry between them. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi9jcCqRnO 維尼

The next moment, the tent was sliced apart by a large knife from nowhere. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jdVh6w3i2 維尼

Yeung Tin Hun picked up his spear that shone brightly in the dark tent. His weapon clashed against the knife, symbolising the start of a chaotic night. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiDwT5aVN4 維尼

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Outside the tent were six men in a snowflake formation drawing gliphs, but eerily enough, no energliph movement could be felt. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡPS6apW4fh6 維尼

The drawings formed a giant, white gliph in the shape of a snowflake. Yu-Man Lung and Cheng Hak watched the gliph encase the tent with gazes frostier than snow. It was their tribe’s signature gliph, Snowflake Sacrifice. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡqepY7axmcH 維尼

Snowflake Sacrifice was a support-attributed gliph that was void of any offensive powers. Legends had it that this gliph was what had saved their ancestors in the past. The gliph’s strength lay in its ability to hide auras. Supposedly that was what their ancestors did, hiding thousands of their tribesmen’s auras with the gliph. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAxtBZNH6R 維尼

The Snowflake Sacrifice gliph was also the tribe’s defensive gliph formation. It would activate if they were attacked, hiding all their tribe members within it and allowing them to ambush their enemy without notice.8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyHpRwZ1oe 維尼

Now, the six gliphists were forming a miniature version of their signature gliph to camouflage the fight that was about to take place. If Yu-Man Chong were to find out, he’d certainly intervene immediately. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3VtExPugH 維尼

Under the effects of the gliph and the beauty distracting his father, they’d have enough time to kill the two youngsters before anyone noticed! 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIApPLxDK5 維尼

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Yeung Tin Hun and Man Yee Ho never expected the old tribemaster to save them anyways. They only believed in themselves and were taken aback to see the men they were up against. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡC76u70OafO 維尼

We were prepared to give our all, yet these are the people you send?8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0pt2l6X0a 維尼

Despite going against mere one-chambered gliphers, they didn’t go easy on the enemy. Yeung Tin Hun was ready to attack despite just blocking the huge knife. It was the same for Man Yee Ho, who faced the one-chambered state gliphers approaching him with a stoic look.8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2czCihl1t 維尼

Clank! Suddenly, a gliph shield appeared.8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ0pOgXAui 維尼

The energliph shield dissipated, but not before forcing the glipher two steps back. Man Yee Ho grabbed the air, energliph congealing and taking shape. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zZwM6bCiN 維尼

A bow made of light appeared in his hands. He drew the energliph bowstring with his right hand while simultaneously conjuring  an arrow. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDXJWuCEkp 維尼

Whoosh! The arrow flew rapidly, creating a bloody hole between the glipher’s eyes that reflected disbelief—a terrifying sight. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70lli283qW 維尼

Man Yee Ho was too occupied with his swift counterattack to pay attention to his comrade-in-arms. Yeung Tin Hun moved swiftly, his left hand forming a claw. The glipher he was fighting wanted to fall back, but this claw rendered him helpless as it seemed to follow him wherever he went. In truth, the moment Yeung Tin Hun formed this claw, he had already switched between moves twelve times. He had completely sealed off all escape routes; the glipher had no way out no matter how hard he tried. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8lqFnDk21 維尼

In no time, the glipher died as his neck was snapped, leaving behind a corpse with a terrorised look.8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqfiCGGyWK 維尼

The two kills were only spaced apart by mere seconds. Both of them were surprised at each other’s speed, but neither showed it on their face, only nodding at each other while maintaining their stance. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnmzrwkCX5 維尼

The wind that blew into their tent made Yeung Tin Hun’s thin belt dance like his tail in the wind. He was standing upright with the spear in hand, while Man Yee Ho remained low-key as always, in contrast to his striking red robe. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIWAr5NCXI 維尼

Man Yee Ho clenched and released his fist to relax his fingers; this was how he slackened his body during the hellish training sessions he had. Because of his dedicated training and skill, he could fight like a peak one-chambered glipher before even breaking through. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡciY6vp4ApU 維尼

Neither of them left the tent. They were no ordinary cultivators and could feel the strong, murderous intent outside. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kZaF0eNMS 維尼

It would definitely be more dangerous for them to step out of the tent. The other party would not send one-chambered gliphers in to fight them without reason.  Now that they had killed the first few, it was time to fight the enemy’s main force. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQDdG1rjR7 維尼

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“That was fast. Indeed the Four Season Mountain’s young master.” Yu-Man Lung raised a brow but wasn’t surprised by this outcome. After all, he had a taste of Yeung Tin Hun’s strength first-hand, and beneath his calm facade was the coward that dared not to face the spearman alone. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡcguREh1UWc 維尼

The thought of this and Four Season Mountain made Yu-Man Lung hate them even more. What made things worse was that he didn’t have enough men. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo4pzZD3WZ 維尼

The six gliphist who set up the Snowflake Sacrifice formation couldn’t fight, and he was now left with two one-chambered gliphers, two two-chambered gliphers, and his ace, the three-chambered glipher Cheng Hak. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wqwtI52HT 維尼

So what if they can take down those a rank above them? They can’t defeat Cheng Hak who’s two ranks above, right?8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0fScTxqUf 維尼

“Go, bring me their corpses. May our ancestors be with you all,” Yu-Man Lung ordered. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡufJfWn1NWx 維尼

The gliphers were filled with courage upon hearing him. “May our ancestors be with us all!” 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ztb7S7qvE 維尼

With that, they dashed into the tent. This time, Yeung Tin Hun and Man Yee Ho struck even quicker. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgCB8Dt3AF 維尼

Yeung Tin Hun moved immediately upon hearing the approaching hostiles. He waved his spear in the air, his shiny belt complementing the shimmer. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4B2k5A67b 維尼

The cultivators immediately felt a sharp aura envelop them. Yeung Tin Hun was feigning passivity to lure the assailants in;he struck ferociously to take them by surprise once they entered. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36On59i78z 維尼

Feeling death looming, the Heaven Sacrifice Tribe members growled and fought back with their most powerful gliphilities. They weren’t like the one-chambered gliphers earlier, after all. Their cultivation and strength were a whole rank higher than Yeung Tin Hun. 8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqP3MsZvaF 維尼

The first man to enter was a bulky cultivator with a grade-one gliph axe in his hands. He yelled as energliph surged into his right hand. His right arm grew even more muscular, with brown fur growing from his arms.8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAgKdYvhx5 維尼

With just a glance, Yeung Tin Hun could immediately identify the gliph tattooed on him.8964 copyright protection106ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vp8jz0Eaj 維尼

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