Chapter337:TheShortOldMan!
"Boom!"
Suddenly,atthismoment,thevoidquiveredinexplicably.
Inthatinstant,EmperorBlazingDragon’sfacechangeddrastically,asifsensingsomething.Suddenly,heglancedbehindhimwhereaterrifyingaurawasrising.
AsEmperorBlazingDragonlookedout,hislineofsightwasfilledwiththeformofNineLivesCatDemon,perchedinthevoidandradiatingablindinglight.Analarmingauraspreadout.
Atthismoment,onlythehugebodyofNineLivesCatDemonwasseentoswellup,gettingbiggerandbigger,andthelightwasgettingbrighterandbrighter,andthebreathwasgettingmoreandmoreturbulent.
"Sheistryingtodetonateherdemoniccore!Notgood…hurryandgo…"
AstartledsoundemittedfromthemouthofEmperorBlazingDragon,anditsbodyimmediatelyfledtowardstheskyinthefirstmoments.
AtthesametimeasEmperorBlazingDragonemerged,itimmediatelychangedintoitshugebody,flappingitsfleshywings,quicklyfleeing,asifithadseenthemostterrifyingthinganddarednotstayforevenamoment!
"Roar!"
ThesurroundingDemonBeastsshrankbackinfear.TheIceSavageWolvesandotherDemonicVoidRealmDemonBeastsquicklyfledwhiletheBeastTidescatteredaroundandranaway.
"Boom…"
NineLivesCatDemon’sbodyexplodedinthevoid,likeanendlessthunder,vastandboundless,illuminatingdawn.
Anastonishingenergysweptthrough,asifcountlessbombshadexplodedsimultaneously,radiatingbrilliantlightandshakingtheheavens!
"Boomboomboomboom…."
Below,themountainouslandrupturedandcrackedopen,withhugeanddeepgulliesspreadingoutfromthecracks,stonesblastedopenandtheheavensfallingapart.
"Roaring…"
Anastonishinggustofwindsweptthrough,likeahurricanescatteringeverywhere,SuYiwassweptupinitandsuddenlyblownaway.
"IneverthoughtIwouldbeconnectedtoahumanbeing,butIhopeyoucanlive."
ThefaintsoundenteredSuYi’searsand,atthesametime,asifaninvisibleforceenvelopedSuYi’sentirebody.
Underthetremendousimpact,SuYi’salready-about-to-crackbodyseemedasifitwasgoingtoexplode,bloodspurted,andaterribleforcesweptthroughhisbodyuntilhegraduallylostconsciousness.
"Boomboomboom…"
Theskycracked,lightflashedacrossthesky,theentireForestofDemonsseemedtobetrembling,themountainsweredestroyed,andthelandwasinchaos,transformingintoruins.
AvastnumberofDemonBeastsweresweptupandtransformedintoabloodmist.
Buteverythingsooncalmeddown.
Theskywasbeginningtolighten,anditwasnowearlymorning.
Deepintheforest,atdawn,withtherisingsun,themountainpeakswereengulfedbyablanketofmist.
Themistwaspervasive,atopthemountainpeak,afigurewassittingcross-legged,withafaintglowemanatingfromitsbody.
Thisfigurelooksnomorethanelevenortwelveyearsold.
"Whoa…"
Whenthefirstrayofsunshineemergedfromtheeast,illuminatingthisfigure,itsfainthalocondensed.Agustofturbidbreathwasexhaled,anditseyesopenedwithahalointhem,likedivinelight,andthenitwasrestrained.
Thisfigurewasshort,butthefacewasslightlyelderly.Itseemedtobeinhislatesixtiesorseventies,withfaintwrinklesonhisface,whichwerethemarksleftbytime.Theoutlineofthefacewasthree-dimensional,andonecouldfaintlyseethathemusthavebeenquitehandsomewhenhewasyoung.
Thefigurestoodup,andintheblackhairstrands,three-eighthsofwhitehairwasinterspersed,givingitaslightlyvicissitude.Theentirefigurewasthinandsmall,asifaneightornineyearoldchild,butdressedinalongrobethatfitperfectly.
Thisshortfigure,standingonthepeakofthemountain,lookingattherisingsunintheeast,stretching,andthenthefigurestrangelydisappearedinplace.
Themountainwalls,crags,andthedistantsoundofbeastsroaringallaround.
Thetinyfiguresuddenlyappearedonahugeboulder,itseyesfilledwithpuzzlement.Itmurmured,"Suchastrangeaura."
Thewordsfell,thesmallfigure’seyeswereslightlyclosed,andafaintlightwaverippledaroundthebody.
"Hiss…"
Whenthelittleoldmanopenedhiseyesagain,alightflashedoutandhedisappearedinplace.
Whentheshortoldmanre-appearedagain,heappearedbehindahugerock.
Afterthehugerock,afigureslumpedunconscious,notknowingifhewasdeadoralive;hishairscatteredandbloodflowedeverywhere.
Gazingatthefigure,theshortoldmanglancedfaintly,withahintofperplexedexpressiononhisface.Hesteppedcloserandkickedthefigureover,revealingabloodyface.
Thefacewasblurredbyfreshblood,butitwasfaintlyvisiblethatitwasaboutfifteenorsixteenyearsold.Everywhereonthebodywerescars,andhewasstillfirmlygraspingabrokenswordinhishand.
Thelittleoldmangaveafaintglanceandleftimmediately.
Theunconsciousyoungboywaslyingquietly,withdeepwoundsseeminglytothebone.Therewasnosignofanybreath,asifhehadalreadydied.
Noonesawit,thebrokenswordinthehandsoftheyoungmanwasabsorbingstrandsoffreshbloodfromhisbody.
Theboywasbleedingprofusely,andthebloodseemedtobedrawnbyanunseenforce,gatheringandflowingtowardsabrokensworduntilitwascompletelyabsorbed.
Absorbingfreshbloodandthebrokenswordstillhasnoreaction,coveredwithrust,withnochangeintheluster.
"Roar…"
Inthedistance,therewasacontinuousroarofbeastsechoingthroughthevoid.
Halfanhourlater,severalferociousdemonbeastsappeared,theirfangsglisteningandtheirfierceeyesfixedlygazingattheyoungmanwhowasnotsureifhewasaliveordead,graduallyapproachinghim.
"Ow!"
Severaldemonbeastsroaredastheywereabouttenfeetawayfromthefigureoftheyoungman,asifsensingsomething,warilymovingaroundhimwithoutdaringtocometooclose.
Finally,theleadingdemonbeastroaredmenacingly.Withalowroar,itseemedtohavebeenunabletoholdbackanylonger.Openingitshugemouth,itlungedtowardstheteenager,wantingtoswallowhimupinonegulp.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales😧)
"Bang…"
Suddenly,withoutwarning,thefigureofthedemonbeastwasblastedandbloodmistspewedforth,turningintoabloodymud.
"Roar!"
Otherdozendemonbeastsglaredmenacinglyandroared,theirfiercegazessearchingforsomething.
Asmallfigureappearedsilentlyandgrimly,gazingcoldlyattheseveraldemonbeasts.
"Wuwu…"
Suddenly,thesedemonbeastsshuddered,wailed,trembledandthenfledinpanic.
Theshortfigurewastheoldmanwhohadjustleftnotlongago.Hisgazelookedattheyoungboylyingonthegroundwithfreshbloodalloverhim.Hesquatteddowntocheckandhisbrowsslightlyfurrowed.
Inthehandsoftheshortoldman,thereappearedapill,heopenedtheboy’stightlyclenchedjawsandputthepillin,murmuringsoftly,"Ifyoudon’tdie,itmeansthatyourlifeshouldnotend."
Ariverwindingitsway,passingthroughthevastmountains.
Majesticmountainsstandingtallbetweenheavenandearth.
Simpleroom,extremelyplain,butcleanandtidy,thesunshineoutsidethewindowwasbrightandbeautiful.
Onthebedside,ayoungboylayunconscious,hiseyestightlyclosed.
"Thisguywasbadlyinjured,yethe’sstillalive-it’samiracle!"