BXBX NOVEL Chapter 233 Insecure Partner
A look of frustration and confusion clouded Irene\'s face as she attacked Seth, her eyes trembling as she saw Seth\'s face contort into a frown.
For a moment, anger clouded Seth\'s mind as felt betrayed by Iren\'s sudden attack, but just as it came, it also went, Seth\'s face relaxing.
He calmly stared at Irene, not letting go of her arm, and ten with his left arm which was free, he slapped away the incoming ice spike.
"Let me go" Irene suddenly yelled, the water around them freezing as she struggled to get her arm free from Seth\'s grip.
Various reasons for Irene\'s sudden outburst went through Seth, but he was forced to cut his thinking short and bring his attention back to Irene when he felt a powerful fluctuation of qi from her.
Just to her right, around the area where the first spike he had destroyed came from, another one came popping out, but this dwarfed the previous spike.
Identifying the danger, Seth balled his hands in a fist and punched it, not the least bit worried about his hands getting pierced through.
As expected, the spike shattered, but Seth had underestimated the force behind it a little and was sent stumbling backward.
"Isn\'t she supposed to be injured?" Seth thought, hesitating on whether or not to consider Irene a serious threat.
His hands firmly grabbing onto Irene\'s arm, Seth firmly pulled her along with him as he stumbled, but just as he regained his balance, two smaller spikes came jutting from the stream, attacking him from both the front and back.
Deciding not to blow up the situation, Seth decided to first take Irene out of her home field and then give her a proper dress down.
Without delay, Seth first moved to his right, easily pushing his leg through the ice that tried to freeze him in place, and with this move, also successfully dodged both the spikes that had been heading towards him.
Seth had just about finished dodging and was now pulling on Irene when another ice spike came shooting at him from behind bringing a powerful aura with it.
Despite having been surprised at how well Irene anticipated his attack, Seth felt no pressure and moved to dodge the attack again, but the stretching of his right arm took his mind off the incoming attack and back to its creator.
Irene\'s weaker body which should have been easily pulled by Seth as he wished wasn\'t moving, and as Seth looked towards her to see the problem, he met with the image of a half-frozen woman.
A spike appearing and attacking the position he had just about moved to, this position just happening to be on his right.
Two previous attacks that had come at him from the left, and then other ones that had come from the front and back.
Now in a somewhat of a checkmate, Seth\'s mind went through Irene\'s previous attacks, and in no time concluded how she had accurately pinpointed his exact next position.
Subconsciously, Irene had made Seth wary of moving to his left after attacking him from that position twice, and then she simultaneously attacked him from the front and back to make him more cautious of those directions, especially his back.
Now with her last attack, Irene had sent Seth moving to the only place he subconsciously felt was safe, his right, and the point of all this manipulation was one thing, her freedom.
With Irene stuck, Seth had no other option but to let go of her arm and quickly get out of the way of the powerful ice spike.
After letting go of Irene, Seth successfully got out of the way, but the attack didn\'t sail past him as he had expected, it instead exploded in a shower of ice shards when it went by him.
Seth could see an explosion of ice and winds heading for him, but instead of him to take cover, his qi instead flare, and without fer he charged into the explosion.
Within a second, Seth charged out of the other side of the explosion, arriving just in time to clamp his hand around the legs of a floating Irene, and with a frown on his face, pulled and slammed her down into the frozen stream.
Iren shattered the ice and sunk into the cold water, but a second later, her figure shot out, and she scampered away from Seth.
Watching Irene fleeing the figure, Seth frowned as he wondered what was suddenly wrong with her, and then with a single step, he appeared beside Irene and grabbed her by the hair.
"Do you want me to kill you?" Seth asked, holding Irene by her hair and forcing her to face him.
Immediately Seth had a look at Irene\'s face, his tightened expression relaxed, a sigh leaving his lips.
From the corner of her mouth and her two heavily breathing nostrils, blood poured, the same holding true for ears and eyes which she had closed at the moment.
Watching her at the moment, it was clear that she was still injured but yet had tried fighting him despite knowing how outclassed she was.
"See what you\'ve done to yourself," Seth said, letting go of her hair and carrying her in his arms.
Seth moved out of the stream placed Irene down on the banks and then sat down beside her.
"So what\'s the problem" Seth\'s unhappy voice sounded as he watched Irene\'s tired and heaving body.
Irene stayed silent for a few seconds, and then under the pressure of Seth\'s stare opened her eyes.
"Why did you ask for the location of the soul fruits? Do you want to leave me behind and go get them yourself?" Irene questioned.
"So you attacked me because you were paranoid," Seth asked not feeling amused
"Yes, "Irene said not shying away from her emotions.
"Your powerful Seth, and even if I were at my best, I won\'t be your match, not to talk of now that am injured."
"I need those soul fruits Seth, not getting them is not an option for me".
"I might sound ungrateful, but the thing is if we\'re going to continue this journey together, then you have to kill off your curiosity about the soul fruit\'s whereabouts,"
"All you have to do is trust me and follow my instructions till eventually, we reach it.