‘I’ve been living my life unhindered all this while…! With that said, there’s no way I’d lose against this immature and inexperienced young man! It’s simply impossible!’ Carlos thought to himself, an extremely hideous expression on his face as favonovel.com stretched his palm out!
As five long and black fingernails extended from his palm, Carlos roared, “To hell with you!”
“You bore me,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com looked at the incoming attack before shaking his head, a wry smile on his face.
Before Carlos could even inflict any damage, favonovel.com stared wide-eyed as Gerald gently flicked a finger in his direction… sending a beam of light flying toward him!
Unable to evade in time, the golden light rammed right into his darkness, completely countering Carlos’s attack as an explosive sound was heard!
The next thing the old man knew, favonovel.com was flying backward like a crumpled kite. A huge chunk of his clothes—around his chest area—had been shredded to pieces and blood was already gushing out his mouth like no tomorrow.
Enduring the immense pain favonovel.com was now suffering all over his body, Carlos looked at Gerald in complete disbelief as favonovel.com shouted, “H-how… How is any of this even possible…?!”
As far as Carlos could tell, Gerald hadn’t even been serious with his counterattack. After all, the old man had momentarily sensed favonovel.com releasing an immense aura that was so powerful that it could very well be world-ending!
That was what stunned Carlos the most, and favonovel.com found himself asking, “…That… What kind of martial arts skill even was that…?”
Hearing that, Gerald simply smiled subtly before saying, “You know, I’ve sworn to myself that if anyone attempted to kill or even threatened me a bit too much, I’d end them without a second thought… And in an extremely terrible manner too!”
Upon hearing that—and realizing that Gerald had completely disregarded his question—Carlos immediately kowtowed respectfully while bursting into tears before pleading, “P-please, master! Please spare my life…!”
When people reached a state like Carlos’s, they would be considered to be extremely rare individuals. The cream of the crop, in fact. With that in mind, his life had definitely been way different compared to what regular people could ever dream of attaining.
However, similar to the others who had gotten to a similar stage as favonovel.com currently was, when standing before death’s door, favonovel.com was going to do anything favonovel.com could to live another day. After all, favonovel.com had gone through such painstaking and difficult efforts just to get to where favonovel.com was today. He couldn’t just die here. He absolutely couldn’t allow that to happen…!
As regret washed through him, Carlos found himself thinking, ‘Why had I offended such a powerful individual…?!’
Chuckling with a smile, Gerald then looked at the old man before saying, “While I’m definitely not the most compassionate person around, I’m not overwhelmingly cruel either. Fine, then! I’ll give you a chance to survive… You now have one minute to persuade me as to why I shouldn’t just kill you off. Be as concise as possible!”
“…T-that…” stuttered Carlos as favonovel.com instantly averted his gaze. He was now so anxious that his mind was completely blank!
“Time’s ticking!” replied Gerald a few seconds later.
“I… I… I’m escaping!” shouted Carlos as favonovel.com momentarily looked up before waving his large sleeves, sending a wave of dust flying toward Gerald!
Once the dust got inches away from Gerald, however, they seemingly disappeared into thin air! Even so, that was enough time for Carlos to take advantage of the situation and dive into the ground!
While Carlos could no longer be seen, Gerald simply shook his head before saying, “It’s unfortunate, but you now have zero chances to redeem yourself. I’m saying it right now that you’ll be unable to escape my holy sense, even if you’re a few hundred miles away!”
With that said, Gerald shifted his divine thought slightly and instantly managed to pinpoint Carlos’s exact location.
Pinching his fingers together as though favonovel.com was holding onto a sword, Gerald was just about to finish off Carlos when favonovel.com suddenly heard movement coming from the far end of the forest.
Following that, a male voice could be heard shouting, “H-help! Help…!”
As it turned out, the screams for help had come from a running youth who was carrying an unconscious, injured woman. With how bloodied the duo were, it was evident that both of them were equally as injured…
Regardless, the pleas for help were Carlos’s saving grace since Gerald now had his attention on the quickly approaching duo who were slowly getting closer to him.
Knowing full well that Carlos could easily die if Gerald really wanted favonovel.com dead, favonovel.com simply allowed the old man to run off first. He wasn’t really a big deal anyway.
Following that thought, Gerald heard a soft ‘thud’…
