Chapter 24: Aftermath
When Wei Fang's special ability was active, he entered a state where his mind could process every piece of information his senses captured.
Normal humans could only process information about what they focused on, but Wei Fang's special ability state was different; he could receive and process every piece of information his senses captured.
Just like when normal humans read, they could only read one word at a time, but Wei Fang could process everything his eyes saw, meaning that if he saw an entire page, then an entire page was what he read. There's no need to read word for word.
He watched as the cloaked figure ran closer to him; he could see everything. Even though there was no slow motion, the information he gleamed was enough.
The cloaked figure looked worried as he always looked behind him, only occasionally glanced at the front, to make sure his track was not deviated.
Wei Fang saw the cloaked figure's worry and fear as he bent down hurriedly, trying to grab Wei Fang.
At that time, Wei Fang changed his posture a bit and allowed the cloaked figures to grab his palm and not any other part of his body.
The cloaked figure thought that the corpse was moving, but the urgent situation didn't allow him to think about it anymore as the sword light was almost upon him.
He immediately threw Wei Fang at the incoming sword energy.
But just as he was in the middle of throwing, his palm felt a searing hot sensation, causing him to loosen his grip.
It was a human unconscious reflex to immediately let go of your grip if you felt something pricking it.
Maybe if 'the corpse' was still not moving, he could remedy his error. But now that he was in the middle of throwing, 'the corpse' was immediately thrown out.
It was also why Wei Fang didn't just slap the hand that was about to grab him, because the reaction speed of someone at the late stage of Qi condensation is not something he could take lightly.
Luckily, he had trained the elemental palm before. Even though it couldn't do much damage to the enemy, it could catch them by surprise because of the sudden increase in temperature. It was also because of this that the cloaked figure loosened his grip on his hand.
Wei Fang, who should have blocked the sword energy, ends up flying below it. Even so, he could still sense how sharp the sword energy was, causing him to shudder.
The sword light flew past him and slashed the cloaked figure into two. There was confusion in his eyes, as he didn't know what just happened.
Meanwhile, Wei Fang landed a few meters in front of the foundation establishment guard. The fall was quite hard, as he could sense that his previous injury had flared up again.
Just as everyone thought that the cloaked figure missed his throw because of his carelessness and haste, Wei Fang started coughing up blood.
Immediately, everyone's attention was on him.
There were many gazes that landed on him: one with confusion, one with curiosity, and one with bewilderment. Everyone just stared at him without saying anything, making him nervous.
After all, the stare of several people at the late stage Qi condensation and one at the foundation establishment realm was so nerve-wracking.
It was like your superiors and your boss staring at you together; how can you not be nervous?
Wei Fang started coughing again, waking everyone up from their reverie.
"How can you still be alive?" The guard captain asked with disbelief but immediately shut up because of the establishment guard stare.
"You-" The foundation establishment guard wanted to say something but stopped after looking at Wei Fang's condition.
His body was battered. There's a bruise on every exposed skin; even his face was bruised. His entire body was also covered in blood and dirt; no one knows whose blood those are. But Wei Fang himself obviously contributed his blood to it.
He does not have the heart to start questioning him after looking at his condition. So he took out a vial from inside his clothes and gave it to Wei Fang.
"We can talk about what happened later; for now, take this and start recuperating. For now, at least you are safe."
Wei Fang was relieved hearing that; his heart was always tightened, and he could even feel his nervousness and fear throughout what happened. His special ability was also unconsciously deactivated.
He felt every fiber of his body start relaxing, but it was also at this moment that his body relaxed that everything that supported his rationality started crumbling.
He could calm through everything because of his desire to survive and fear of death. Now that the danger has passed, his instincts have taken over.
Looking at the blood in his body, remembering everything he did to survive, and smelling the rustic smell of blood made him faint.
He had the urge to throw up, but his body, which had already lost its support—adrenaline—gave up first as he fainted. He didn't even have time to receive the vial offered by the foundation establishment guard.
The guard was surprised to see Wei Fang, who suddenly slumped to the ground, but he understood it quickly.
It must be his first time experiencing something like this.
He fed Wei Fang a pill from the vial before saying to one of the guards, "Bring him to the tent to rest."
The guard he chose could only agree; after all, he didn't want to make enemies with someone in the foundation establishment realm.
"The rest follow me to the forest!" He said and started running in the direction of where the other guard was running away from the explosions. After running for a while, they finally met the other group of guards, but their condition was different from before.
There were only three instead of four, and everyone had different degrees of injuries. One of them even had their arm cut off.
"What happened?" The foundation establishment guard's expression darkened.
"We were under attack immediately after the explosion subsided." One of the guards said with a bitter expression, "We knew that we could not defeat them, so we focused on escaping. Who knows, one of them would go mad because his companion was dead and use treasure to kill one of us immediately? Their captain also successfully cut my arm off at the moment we lost our composure because of his death."
The foundation establishment guard could only sighe ruefully, "Let's retrieve his corpse and go back."
Not long after, they returned to the camp with the corpse of the guard who had died. Unfortunately, the arms of the guard whose arm was cut off cannot be salvaged as they have already been maimed.
"How's the boy?" The foundation establishment guard asked.
"He's still unconscious; I don't know when he will wake up." The guard who was tasked with bringing Wei Fang to the tent shook his head.
"Call the others and make them help with the cleaning!" He ordered, "We rest here for a day before continuing our journey!"
"Alright!!!" Everyone agreed.
By now, all of the authority was in the hands of the foundation establishment guard, and the guard captain was nothing but a joke in front of a stronger fist.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone