Chapter 20: 20. Old man.
Sweat falls down my back in the kings box as I get a good look at the old mans cultivation realm. Martial Ancestor rank 9.
Motherfucker was 4 full realms above my cultivation. Chances of killing him outside of bankai? 0. chances of fleeing for my life? Pretty much 0.
My burly gladiator body was already rushing into combat. However the threat of death was quite real with this old man. He had killed millions of people in his lifetime. The blood he had spilled could flood the arena.
A clash of sparks as weapons flashed and danced through the hands of the two experts.
The old mans eyes flashed in glee and surprise.
"So you arent just a child? I'll enjoy this fight!" He cackles swinging the blade at high speed trying to remove my head.
The clashes come out with neither being more injured than minor scratches. However the steel blades cant take this much of a beating and quickly shatter into pieces with a loud clang.
I throw the shattered sword towards the old man who swings his broken blade to block.
My foot whips up kicking his blade from his hand before it devolves into a slug fest based on skill.
The old man like a primordial beast, my body like a well tuned machine. Meaty thuds ring out as fists collide with flesh. Blood splatters across the ground from busted lips and cuts.
"This is the most fun this old man has had in centuries!" The old guy laughs madly throwing another punch.
"It is quite enjoyable however it must end soon." I comment.
My sandal clad foot hooks a shard of the busted sword from the ground and kicks up sand into the old mans eyes.
My palm hits the blade shard which speeds through the dust and suddenly there is a choking noise.
When the dust cloud clears the old man his holding his throat with a shard of metal embedded deep inside blood coming out quickly.
in a last ditch effort to win he pulls out the blade and lunges only to cut through my blocking arms and part of my shoulder.
He collapses soon after from blood loss.
I stand up in my box.
"Punishment for your defeat will be the extraction of your cultivation, and you will help spar and train my soldiers for the rest of eternity and fight for my entertainment." I shout.
There is a golden glow that is quickly sucked out of the mans body, before the chains strike his souls dragging him down to the barracks.
Old man was a devil I swear. Hardest fight I've had yet.
I appear back in the village as the old man vanishes.
Ah for his cultivation? It will be used to nourish my soul realm.
I can still feel the cold sweat on my back from a near death experience.
"Hah, shit that was scary." I wipe my forehead.
The formation I had put down before I teleported here was meant for that old geezer, it was meant to trap him and absorb his cultivation.
"I'm done, I'm getting the fuck out of here for now." I quickly fly off towards the teleporter. "I'll leave this shit to Nie Li."
I set up the various light orbs and use a formation to hide the teleporter.
After that I'm quickly back in glory city.
"Sheesh nearly fucking died!" I shiver before running home.
At the house I see some new furniture and some other items. It appears that Ning'er had moved in and I could smell food coming from the kitchen.
"I'm back!" I yell.
A second later sure enough she appears with a smile.
"Food will be done in a minute I am making stir fried beef." She says with a smile. "How was your business?" She asks heading back into the kitchen.
"Terrifying I nearly died. But I got some good stuff." I admit.
There is a small clatter from the kitchen.
"Died?! What happened?" she asks with worry coming back to look me over.
"Met a cultivator multiple realms above me with bad intentions." I explain. "Luckily I got my move off, I'll need to practice some more though. Soon we will be leaving for a while though so be prepared."
I have already set up a formation around the city, if things get bad Ye Mu can activate it in an emergency.
She is already a heavenly fate realm expert but only at a single rank. Due to years of cultivating near me and me giving her a better cultivation chant.
Plus all the medicines I've given her.
She has always been kind to me and the help of the servants really sped up my dealing around the city.
Ning'er made sure I didnt have any wounds before scolding me and heading back to finish up dinner.
I call out Shen Xiu to let her shower as her cultivation has finished and she was covered in impurities.
"You mentioned we are going to be leaving?" Ning'er asks.
"Yes. However I haven't really decided where too yet. Maybe a place where we could improve our combat and physiques and get a bit of training." I offer.
There are quite a few worlds I'm interested in however a certain one had a couple of items that I'm looking forward to gathering.
Ning'er comes put carrying three plates of delicious fried rice and beef strips in some amazing looking glaze.
"That smells delicious!" I look at the food eagerly.
"Thank you. Please try it." She says with a slight blush at the compliment.
I chopstick some food into my mouth. By the way did I mention im a chopstick expert now? knowledge!
Sure enough the food is absolutely delicious! "This is better than what the servants make! You are really good at this." I admit.
"Thank you, if you want I can handle the cooking from now on?" She asks with a smile.
"Certainly! Shen Xiu can do cleaning and I can help you both with training along with making pills and other items. Dunno how I'm a master of alchemy but can't cook." I ponder confused.
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