Chapter 10 - 10: Predicament

There came in every boy's life, that he would witness paradise. A garden of Eden and forbidden fruits that a boy would someday touch and eat and finally evolved into their final form, a man.

But Xiao Yan? This was not his time.

"F.U.C.K!! F.U.C.K! F.U.C.K! Oww–FUUUCCCK!!!" Xiao Yan ran like hell as golden basketball size flames passed by and sometimes even almost hitting him. The surrounding greenery and trees instantly turned to ashes when the flames made contact.

Xiao Yan's already pale and exhausted face fell even more as he witnessed the power of those flames. Using Mysterious Heaven Skill and sending more spirit power to strengthen his legs, he quickly execute the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track once more for the 50th time since he started escaping.

Using his Purple Demon Eyes, he navigated his route subconsciously and blitzed through the forest like a ghostly panther passing through spirit beasts and animals, not caring where his legs take him.

This would have dumbfounded Xiao Yan if he took a second to witness his great improvement of his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as he disappeared and reappeared all around the forest like a true ghost. As this could only mean he had broken through another tier of his movement technique. But this was not the time for him congratulate himself as,

"GET BACK HERE YOU PERVERT!!" A high pitched roar, that should have belong to a wild and powerful animal, sounded out behind Xiao Yan.

Slightly turning his head back Xiao Yan witnessed a sight that could make any boy/man to quiver and cry before running away in fear.

Just several feet away behind him was the pretty little girl he had slightly acquainted with at the purification fruit tree, who was previously nude now had a black cloak covering her body. Now, you might be wondering how this all happened right? Well...

[FLASHBACK]

The girl who was asking/threatening him for his name, blink after he asked his questions before looking down at herself. She stared down at herself for a several seconds before her whole face turned red and if this were an anime, Xiao Yan could have sworn he saw steam coming out of her ears.

Her eyes then turned to him, freezing him further in the spot out of fear, her two hands clenched and the golden flames around her had suddenly intensified in both heat and pressure.

Xiao Yan, who had watched a lot of animes and read numerous mangas and novels, knew what the girl in front of him was going to do. Especially when her eyes was no longer looking at his, they were looking at his 'sword'. And if you put the fact the girl in front of him looked like nine years old, this meant that she wasn't meaning to look at it in a very weird way but in a dangerous one.

So, what was any boy/man in his position to do when they encounter this kind of situation? You throw your cloak at the girl for distraction and instantly bolt the f.u.c.k away from there.

Sadly the girl was distracted for several seconds, by wrapping herself with the cloak around her body, before she started to chase after Xiao Yan.

[FLASHBACK END]

As Xiao Yan jumped tree by tree, he couldn't help but wonder about the identity of the girl. Having keep up with him after a whole hour and even continuing to use her spirit essence this entire time without rest is just stupidly unfair.

In fact, he would have already dropped dead half an hour ago in exhaustion of both stamina and spirit power if it weren't for the soldier pills he kept digesting.

He knew that if he keep on eating those pills he would slowly build resistance against it's effects until it would no longer affect him.

For now, eating his fourth soldier pill, he would have grit his teeth and run. Run unlike he has ever done before.

Stomping his right feet on the ground he build momentum and sprinted forward. Golden flames flickered past him before it disappeared. Xiao Yan had dodged another attack by the girl.

"COME BACK HERE AND RECEIVE YOUR PUNISHMENT AS A MAN!" The girl practically roared as she chased after Xiao Yan. Golden flames coming out of her two palms compressing into two basketball sized fireballs.

Unhesitatingly, she jumped forward and with the grace and elegance of a berserker, she threw them towards Xiao Yan's back.

Xiao Yan, who was unknowingly running towards the center part of the forest, heard the roar of the little girl and immediately poured every spirit power he had in store into his legs. Building momentum, he burst again in a sprint forward like a rocket, dodging the incoming golden fireballs. However, the blast caused Xiao Yan to be blown away several meters away from his location. He was just a moment away of crashing into a tree before he came to his senses and quickly maneuvered his body mid-air and calling out his spirit essence, he had his spirit take the hit.

"Oww, damn it!" Xiao Yan's body immediately hit the ground, groaning in pain. The blow from the tree and the fireball explosions was not a great experience. Not only that but his two small legs having had to bear the pressure of added strength for the last couple of hours couldn't handle it anymore and had fractured themselves the moment Xiao Yan had dropped to the ground. Causing Xiao Yan to feel immense pain and cursed out loud.

"F.U.C.K!! OH HOLY SHIT MOTHER OF JESUS! THIS HURTS!!!" Xiao Yan stumbled forward onto the ground face first as he cradled his two broken legs. Tears streaming down his face as he cried. But he gritted his teeth once more.

Looking back he found a golden meteor coming towards him just a couple meters away from him. Except it wasn't a meteor. But a demonic being set out to kill him.

"Seriously why do I always get to meet the easily most pissed off, strong and crazy girls in my life?!" Xiao Yan mumbled. Suddenly his vision turned dark for a moment and the next thing he saw is a giant bloomed and beautiful green lotus.

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