Chapter 38 (Part B) – Death of an Enemy

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Bi Fan’s strength had seen a decent increase and he was casting out various moves with higher efficiency and a lot smoothly than before, while his body was dripping wet with sweat.

“Prancing Tiger’s second style ‘sea of tigers!’” Bi Fan roared as he charged towards the Chimera with the intensity of a tiger, with the entire strength of his body condensed into one single punch; a punch, which was headed towards the Chimera.

Strength erupted from Bi Fan’s body as he charged for the Chimera.

The Chimera had a huge physical structure, but even then, the Chimera was forced back a few steps.

However, surprisingly, the Chimera still wasn’t hurt much and lashed straight back at Bi Fan.

The Chimera’s bloody mouth was wide open, ready to swallow Bi Fan whole.

‘The Immortal Finger’

Bi Fan held the attack back until the Chimera had closed him down, and then with his finger aligned with the Chimera’s body, Bi Fan unleashed a fierce, condensed strike of ‘the immortal finger’ straight into the inner lining of the Chimera’s mouth.

“Wooo…” The Chimera wailed and screamed, again and again as the injury that he had sustained wasn’t a very light one.

“Since you have managed to injure yourself seriously, you are no use to me anymore.” Bi Fan said in a very cold voice.

He launched another attack of the immortal finger, a very intense one this time as well; well aware of the fact, that the Chimera wouldn’t be able to dodge it.

“Hey, you are smarter than I gave you credit for, and you might still have some fight left in you.” Bi Fan said, with a surprised look on his face as he watched the Chimera side-step his intended final attack.

Bi Fan continued to attack the Chimera without any pauses, and whenever the Chimera made a mistake or gave Bi Fan any room to take any advantages, Bi Fan would launch a mortal attack.

The Chimera would open its mouth from time to time to spit out the blood that was accumulating inside its mouth from the wound that he had sustained. It was evident that the pain was unbearable and the Chimera was visibly afraid of Bi Fan.

The Chimera had been fighting Bi Fan for a long time now and that too without any benefits in an unfavorable environment. On top of that, Bi Fan’s agility was causing a major headache for the Chimera by restraining him sufficiently that the only way to continue fighting was to defend. If the fight ensued for much longer, the situation would only worsen for the Chimera.

The Chimera’s morale was already down the drain and Bi Fan was launching lethal attacks in quick succession, fully intending to finish this fight, along with the Chimera, as quickly as possible.

Suddenly, Bi Fan heard a noise; it seemed that the sounds from the fighting had managed to attract a few people in their direction.

Bi Fan didn’t even bother to finish off the Chimera, and without any hesitation, escaped into the forest.

Bi Fan left, and Chimera just stood there looking puzzled as he didn’t expect to outlive this day. Nonetheless, he looked visibly happy to have survived long enough to see another day.

As his opponent had already left, the Chimera lay down on the ground, trying to hold back the pain, as he slowly tried to heal himself.

The Chimera lay there quietly, but that didn’t mean that it wasn’t angry, just that its present condition was forcing him to suppress that anger for now.

It goes without saying that demons are brutal by nature, a Chimera is far more tyrannical in its attitude than an average monster, as it shows no sympathy when it tears apart another demon for its meals.

The Chimera hadn’t fallen short of Bi Fan’s strength. It was simply that the Chimera was no match for Bi Fan pace, and all his attack were going in vain as Bi Fan was able to dodge them with ease, again and again, every single time.

The Chimera’s blood-red eyes, flashed a shade of bitter hatred, and not just for Bi Fan, but for the entire human race jointly.

Bi Fan on the other hand, hadn’t run away very far, and had found himself a hiding spot nearby, ready and awaiting any opportunities.

“I don’t know who these humans are, or what they are capable of, but I most certainly know what this Chimera can do.” Bi Fan managed to pilfer a smile.

The Marten had also returned to its place of Bi Fan’s shoulder, and was somewhat puzzled by Bi Fan’s behavior.

Soon, seven humans emerged inside the forest and into Bi Fan’s line of sight.

“Hey, these people are from the ‘rising sun’ school!” Bi Fan recognized three of them. The three of those seven were the same ones that he had seen at the river basin the other day, in fact, the three of them had even attempted to track him down on the basis of his footsteps.

These people had chosen to be his enemies, and since they had a death wish, then, in this case, he wouldn’t mind helping them along. The only thing that he was uncertain about, was whether they were all ‘rising sun’ disciple or not.

“My impression is that they are all ‘rising sun’ disciples, in which case, I wouldn’t mind if they fought the Chimera. For me it’s even better if both my enemies suffer some collateral damage.” Bi Fan secretly thanked his stars.

“From the looks of it, it appears that a very fierce fight had taken place here, but now, there appears to be no movement whatsoever. However, from the looks of things, it’s hard to tell whether the fight reached its conclusion or not.”

“I don’t know what kind of a demon made these marks, but I can be sure of one thing, and that’s that this demon is a very strong one. Just look at all the trees in this area, whoever was involved here, managed to break them down.” They marveled as they gazed at their surroundings.

“Everybody be careful. The Demon probably survived this fight; we need to be on our guard.” A relatively aged man said.

The unscrupulous chatting of these people had already disturbed the healing Chimera.

The Chimera was a lot smarter than these people and without making any sounds, had managed to hide himself in the forest, and was now, waiting for an opportunity to strike and take them by surprise.

The Chimera’s heart was trying to hold back a rage of fury as he vowed to wipe out the entire human race.

The Chimera was overly familiar with these surroundings and conveniently managed to sneak to the back side of these seven humans without exposing his presence.

The seven humans tried to track down the people involved in the fight and slowly walked their way through the area and into a valley. They were very careful, as they were afraid of being attacked by the surviving demon.

The seven humans decided that they need to scatter a bit, to search for clues.

The Chimera crept closer to the group of seven, stroked it poisonous tail and launched it at the neck of one of the humans. The human didn’t even issue any sounds, as he stood there, being strangled to death, alive.

The man’s gear landed on the ground below as he was lifted into the air, and made a ringing sound.

“Be careful, what are you doing?” One of the other six turned around to look. He halted the moment he saw his struggling companion being swept away by the vicious tail of the Chimera.

He immediately cried out in fear: “ A demon! People we need to get out of here now!”

The other five turned around and looked at the Chimera as well.

The Chimera was already exposed, so he swept its tail in full swing.

“Quick, get out of the way! That’s a Chimera! Its tail is extremely toxic!” One of them was obviously quiet experienced as he was able to identify the threat.

The six of them tried desperately dodged the attack, even if some of them had no idea as to what the threat was in the first place, and fortunately for them, none of them got injured.

“Quick! Run into the jungle, or we do not have any chance of survival.” A young man shouted out to his companions.

The Chimera launched several attacks in quick succession. His attacks didn’t bear any fruit, which intensified his fuming anger further and he charged for them in full force.

The six of them had never been in such a tight spot before, they ran and stumbled, frantically, in an attempt to make their way to the forest ahead.

“ARRRGHHH!!!” The Chimera was really angry, and he wasn’t going to let these people escape so easily.

The Chimera quickly caught up with one of the remaining humans and rolled his tail at the man.

Once the Chimera’s tail hits its target, survival for the same, was rather difficult. As the terrified man saw the tail sweeping in his direction, he screamed: “Help me brothers!”

Another one of Bi Fan’s enemies was now dead.

The five others were quick to comprehend the meaning of that sentence and without even looking back; they sped up as they ran for their lives.