34 Retreat!

"Since heaven has given me such a gift, I won't abandon it no matter what!" The old man with the eyepatch was struggling to resist the howl, but he kept on clenching his teeth and fled as quick as he could.

"GIVE UP!" Suddenly, from the inner core region of the forest, a terrifying voice sounded. The voice contained some similarities to the previous roar. The only difference was that it was in human language.

"I guess I have no choice but to use this," The old man was sweating from all over his body. It was clear that it was hard for him to bear the pressure from the owner of the mighty voice.

"Since I have taken such risk, I hope that this fellow will accept me as his master, or else all this would be for nothing."

"You don't get away once you enter my territory, especially after you bring a noble clan's child!" The mysterious voice shouted at a high pitched voice. The voice sounded similar to a mixture of a man's and a woman's voice; it sounded like a man for some, while woman for others.

However, even after getting the warning, the old man didn't stop; he kept on advancing to the outer edge of the forest.

" Don't you dare leave!" The owner of the mysterious voice seemed quite impatient as seen by his tone. He was closing in every few seconds, making the old man panic. It was clear that he wanted something out of the old man. It could have been a valuable treasure, or it might be Dan himself.

"Rustle!" After a few minutes, a sound of someone running at a fast speed could be heard. That, someone, was faster than even the speed of sound and was matched the pace of mach 2.

"oh my god, why is this guy so persistent. If only I were in my younger, healthy days... I would have been able to show this guy what true terror was," The old man growled.

"Younger days, that reminds me. Maybe I should ingest 'that' pill. Either way, I have a small possibility of dying, so might as well give it a try."

While carrying Dan in his back, the old man took out the old woolen sac from his back. Quickly, the old man shoved his hand into the bag and took out a bottle.

The bottle had one green pill inside of it. The pill seemed to be almost eternal as seen by the spirited pattern it was forming around the bottle.

"Restoration pill!"

"I could have sold it for the highest level immortal orb. Anyway, I am not in need of money, and my life is important, so I might as well use it." The old man said as he opened the led and put and took out the pill. He put it near his mouth and quickly engulfed it.

Suddenly, the old man's thick white hair, along with beard, changed to black at a visible rate. He seemed to have gotten back to his younger days as seen by his change in a physical attribute.

"Beast! I wonder how you will like this!" The old man flared with spiritual aura after turning young. He seemed to be more lively and energetic after just taking one single pill.

Although it was one pill, it transformed the old man's body. He turned from skinny to buff. However, that was not the end; the old man's spiritual aura went straight off the roof after a few seconds.

"You think I will be scared of that!"

Unexpectedly, the black figure who was heading towards Dan's location flared with spiritual aura. It was unique and seemed almost unfathomable.

"Heavenavenly dragon claw!" The black figure didn't wait long. He fired a spiritual attack at the old man direction. The spiritual energy changed into a demonic claw in a flew second as it crackled through the air.

"What the?... It looks like I underestimated his strength," The old man's complexion suddenly changed. From his face, one could tell that he was regretting his decision.

"However, it's not time to give up!"

Seeing that the claw was heading towards him, the old man took out a golden sword from his scarred, hidden inside his robe. The sword was carved with immortal material and seemed to have been modified by a professional blacksmith.

"I haven't used my dragon slaying sword for hundreds of years. Guess it's going to show its holy light once again," The old man said as he held the sword tightly.

"Shadow of the moonlight!"

Suddenly, he swung the sword towards the claw while injecting his spirit onto the sword. A beautiful wave of sword ripple flew across the air as one huge sword slash made its way to the demonic claw.

"Boooooom!" As the two attacks collied, the sky seemed to have been shattered. Clouds evaporated, and the demonic birds nearby were mercilessly killed due to the collision.

However, before the old man could be glad, the claw split the sword slash into pieces. Once it smashed the sword slash, the spiritual claw headed toward the old man.

The old man's face turned ugly as he saw the attack coming towards him.

"Hammer defense!" The old man's body glowed with gleaming light as he activated the defensive technique.

Seeing no way out, the old man took on the attack with his bare body.

"Swish!"

Once the attack had landed, it ripped the old man's body like paper. It cut him in several places and cut off one of his arms.

Before it could any more damage, a black sphere suddenly appeared in front of the old man. It instantly teleported both the old man and Dan away from their position.

"You are dead,"

Several miles away, the black figure took on a form of a python. Although it turned into a python, it didn't hiss. Instead, it started to speak in human language.

If a true immortal were to hear the python, he or she would probably have had their heart turned off.

For a magical creature to speak in human language, it meant that they had advanced from an ordinary level 3 magical creature to heavenly magical creature. They were entity every immortal feared. Although some classify them at the same level as a true immortal, that didn't mean that there wasn't an anomaly.

" That guy interfered again. I won't let this go I will inform it to the holy lord."

...

Few hundred miles away, by a shore of the once called devil sea, a medium sized land piece floated solidly. The sea was once called the devil sea due to the unsurvivable condition the water created; the water once corraded and annihilated every organism at a touch.

About forty years ago, a land suddenly popped out and settle upon the sea with no difficulty whatsoever. It was a mystery as to how a land which had suddenly appeared. However, what was more mysterious was that the water turned normal once the land appeared.

False immortals wanted to explore it, but it was impossible for them to get close to no matter what. It was later revealed that the land had an owner: the thunder emperor. Thunder Emperor, a war god of the Qin country, has settled upon the mysterious land, surprising all the influential people in the Qin country.

Over time, he accepted people into his land and soon, a lievely land was born.

Sudennly, a black dot appeared and began to cave in all the light towards its direction. Steadily, it stretched out and two bodies appeared, coved in blood and dust. One was an old man with one arm, and cuts all over his body, while the other was a young lad in his teenage years.

The old man surveyed his surrounding and slowly a nostalgic smile formed in his face.

"Finally, back to the thunderstrike village!" The old man shouted as he saw the familiar, loving land in front of him.