Star Crossed In Time

Ren watches Nova walk over to Lady Xue's courtyard with a racing heart. He pats his chest and turns back. As long as Nova says in the palace courtyards she'll be safe. He wants to keep his distance from the crazy woman though, his poor hair depended on it!

Ren walks over to a tall peach tree and leans against it as he slowly closes his eyes. He wants to be with his Master, not babysitting this crazy woman! Suddenly, the ground starts shaking! Ren jerks up and freezes when a powerful blast of energy neatly knocks him over. The barrier!

Ren goes to run towards the barrier but stops when he thinks about Nova. Would it be okay to leave her? She's with Lady Xue, she'll be safe! He needs to protect his Master! He turns and quickly disappears.

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Bai Lei and the others appear before the barrier with grim looks. The barrier was completely destroyed! The old man with grey hair steps forward, pulling out his battle-ax while saying "I thought we'd have more time... we aren't prepared for this." Zhen suddenly appears with a grave face as he looks at the oncoming men while saying "We need to keep them from getting passed us, that way Liling and the other woman will remain safe!" 

Bai Lei grits his teeth and says "We have to stop them, no matter what." Lei Wei appears next to Bai Lei with a dark look as he pulls out a large golden sword, Heaven's Thunder. Bai Lei glares at him as he lifts his hand, summoning his Demonic Blood sword. The black and red blade instantly appears in his hand, seeping with cold energy.

"I won't hold back if you get in my way." Bai Lei says turning to look at the men charging out of the Under Realm. Lei Wei snorts and says "You took the words right out of my mouth." Bai Lei ignores him and charges straight at the wave of men charging at them. 

The other leaders grip their weapons and follow after Bai Lei but they're being pushed back just after a few blows were exchanged! The older man clenches his teeth in anger as he swings his large ax down, cutting into the shoulder of the creepy man with solid black eyes.   

The creepy man grins at the old man as he slowly pulls the ax out like he was removing a splinter. The old man stumbles back as his eyes flash with fear. They're entirely too strong! The creepy man attacks the old man but before he can touch him, Bai Lei's sword cuts into the creepy man's neck from behind! The head flies off with an arch of blood as Bai Lei turns to look at his men. 

"Take their heads off!" Bai Lei says blocking another attack from the side. Suddenly, Ren shows up and helps kill the man attacking Bai Lei. Bai Lei looks at Ren with shock before asking "What the hell are you doing here!? Where's Nova?" 

Ren throws a sharp blade out, effectively slicing another man's head off as he says "She's with your mother, she's safe." Bai Lei's heart drops as he turns to look at his mother fighting the creepy-ass men with her trusted servant.

His mother was a fearless woman who showed no mercy towards her enemies. He learned how to fight from her! He wasn't worried about her safety now that she was healthy. He turns back to Ren and lifts his sword to point at his mother. 

Ren follows the sword and freezes when he sees Lady Xue cutting into a man on the other side. Ren turns back to see Bai Lei glaring at him as he yells "Find her!" Ren jumps and quickly takes off back to the courtyards. He only left her because he thought she was with Lady Xue!

As he comes around the corner, he sees a corpse on the ground making him freeze. No no no, please! He quickly runs over and looks down at the shriveled-up corpse with fear. It was hard to make out who it was but when he sees Biyu's scent pouch, he nearly collapses in relief. 

He felt bad for the woman but he was grateful it wasn't Nova! He looks around in panic but doesn't find any signs of her. Suddenly, a eunuch runs over with fear as he stutters "H.. he.. he took her." Ren frowns at the man and asks "Who took who?" 

The eunuch swallows hard and tries not to look at the dry corpse next to them as he says "The... the man with black eyes! He took lady Nova! He was too strong... he was terrifying! He sucked lady Biyu dry after shoving his fist through her! He was a monster!" 

Ren's heart stops as he falls to his knees. It's over... his life is over. He screwed up... big time! Suddenly he feels something tickling his face... he reaches up and wipes his face with a frown. When he pulls his hand back, it's covered in tiny little hairs. 

He nearly cries tears of blood when he realizes he's now lost his eyebrows but when he thinks back to Nova, he quickly climbs to his feet. He must tell Master!! He races off, leaving the poor eunuch with Biyu's corpse. 

As he makes it back, blood and bodies were all over as everyone continues to fight. Ren swallows hard as he races to his Master's side. Bai Lei slices the head off one man as Lei Wei slices the head off another. The two were actually working together like a well-oiled machine. 

When Bai Lei looks over to see Ren racing over, a sinking feeling washes over him. Ren comes to a stop and falls to his knees as he slams his bald head onto the ground saying "It's all this servant's fault! The enemy has killed Biyu and taken Nova... Please punish this servant!" 

Bai Lei and Wei Lei freeze and turn to look at Ren with disbelief and fear. Bai Lei stalks over to Ren and grabs his shirt, lifting him to his feet saying "Taken? Where?" Ren looks into Bai Lei's red glowing eyes with fear as he shakes his head saying "I.. I don't know. The eunuch who saw what happened didn't say."

The enemy breaks through after killing several men but Bai Lei doesn't move. His heart freezes as he slowly turns to look at the border of the Under Realm. Ren and Lei Wei turn to look as well, knowing deep down that Nova must have been taken to their palace.