Escape

"That sickening smile on your face, I hate it!" Blade said in an angry tone. He was clenching his fist in wrath after seeing that calm, but the eerie smile on the old man's face. It reminded him of the trio who had bound and tortured him for a week.

"Huh? Who the fuck do you think you are? A streaker like you should mind your own business unless you also want to join. Well, even if you're a boy, I don't mind, especially with that face of yours." The old man said with a smirk on his face. Blade's expression darkened even more when hearing the man's words.

"You disgusting human!" Blade said before he then rushed toward the man while sending a punch toward him. The strength he felt after awakening the bloodline of a High Human was amazing. It was something he never felt in his life before, and because of it, he thought he could do something good for once in his life, and help the woman who was being unjustly assaulted.

But, life is sometimes different from expectations. As Blade's punch was about to land on the old man's face, another punch, that originated from the old man, suddenly appeared as it approached Blade's chest.

Bam!

As it contacted, Blade was sent flying backward as a mouthful of blood escaped his lips. His eyes bulged, and he immediately felt lightheaded. Falling on his back, he groggily got up as he instantly began regretting his decision to intervene.

The old man smiled sadistically when seeing this, and he then began to walk toward Blade while also taking off his armor. He left the shocked silly female who had already pissed herself on the floor as his attention honed in on Blade's body.

Blade on the other hand immediately got up to his feet. His unusual regeneration played a big part in keeping his consciousness. With his attention regaining its focus on his current enemy, he who was already seething with rage, felt an even more vigorous rage when seeing the perverted gaze of the old man.

While the old soldier man had an arrogant and perverted expression, Blade smiled when feeling something under his foot. The old man who was a few meters away wasn't able to react when Blade suddenly bent over and grabbed something from the ground.

With his attention taken up by something else on Blade's body, he didn't realize that in Blade's palm, was a stone with a sharp edge. Seeing his enemy distracted, Blade instantly dashed toward the old man.

And with a distance of not even four meters, he was able to reach the old pervert in a mere instant as he sent another right punch toward the old man's face. Wanting to showcase his dominance the pervert blocked Blade's attack with the palm of his left hand.

Ahhhhh!

He yelped in pain when feeling something piercing his skin. Sticking out between his index and middle finger, was the sharpest point of the stone. When the old pervert stopped Blade's punch with his palm, this allowed for the stone to pierce his skin.

Discerning that this was his chance, Blade immediately pounced on the old man and sent another punch but this time, toward his face.

*Slice*

"Huh?!"

Blade yelped in surprise. His movements instantly stopped, as he suddenly felt as if he was missing something. But, he did not have any time to locate what had suddenly disappeared from his body, as a kick suddenly came from behind him.

Bam!

Crack!

A kick that sent him flying while he was able to hear his spine making a cracking noise. His body felt limp on the ground, and he was unable to even feel from his legs down. He twisted his neck to his right side to see the cause of his current predicament.

While still face-first on the ground, Blade saw the figure of a middle-aged woman in silver armor who had a sword in her hand. Her eyes were cold while gazing toward the old pervert as she said.

"This is what you're up to. Do you not know that the city lord's advisor has summoned us to his abode. Are you seeking a death sentence?" She asked, her voice icy cold as she grabbed the old man's shoulder and began dragging him out of the alleyway and to the streets as they approached Latin's home.

She left with the pervert, but not without saying. "Little boy, thank your luck that I have let you live since it was probably the fault of this disgusting fellow. But, you still have to pay for daring to attack a city soldier. Hence the reason why you're missing a left arm!"

These words ringed out in Blade's mind as he gritted his teeth seething in rage. But, even if he was wrathful, what could someone as weak as him possibly do. Hell, he couldn't even feel his legs to walk, yet he wanted nothing more than to rip that female and old pervert apart.

No, he wanted more, that family which held him and tortured him, the city lord for simply allowing for such a family to be, and all those who served under them.

Tsk!

He wanted those who were the true cause of this mess to pay. The leaders of this world, for allowing a continent like the Demon's Unholy Grounds to remain should also pay for his suffering.

He now knew what he had to do. He had to gain power, and then revenge. He was going to get his revenge on this world for what they placed him through.

"This world...shall be shrouded in blood...and death!!" Blade proclaimed as the feeling in his legs began to slowly reappear.

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(10 Minutes Later)

"He had silver hair, bright blue eyes, and is most likely covered in dried blood while also naked." Latin said to the middle-aged woman who had previously literally disarmed Blade. Immediately, a gloomy expression appeared on her face, as Latin instantly picked up on this.

As the advisor of the city lord, Latin was a smart guy, and he instantly processed that gloomy look, as he then asked the middle-aged woman.

"Did you already meet him...and let him escape?!" Latin asked while trying to suppress his visible wrath. The middle-aged woman suddenly began cold sweating, as she slowly nodded her head causing Latin to lose control of his emotions.

*Pax*

A slap across the face, sent the middle-aged woman's body flying across the room. The power contained inside the body of a meridian opening was something a normal human couldn't imagine.

And, with Latin being an experienced Low-Level Meridian Opening cultivator, his strength was something even more insane than the normal cultivators of this level.

"You better find him now. Or else, not only you, but your friends, and family will be put to death for such a foolish mistake!!" Latin shouted with bloodshot eyes. The woman instantly stood up to her feet and hurriedly left the house of the city lord's adviser.

Her destination, of course, was the alleyway where the paralyzed boy she left ten minutes ago was located. She was followed by three men, along with the perverted old man, who was currently under the scrutinizing gaze of everyone present.

They all knew that this man was partly the blame for their leader's shitty situation. And, already not liking his perverted personality, this could finally be the opportunity to find an excuse to exclude him from their group.

The group hurried through the city, and they finally appeared in front of the alleyway where they thought was the location of a paralyzed Blade. Sadly, the only thing they found was the dead body of the female who the old man previously assaulted.

"He...killed her?!" The old man shouted out in surprise.

"No, more importantly, how and where is he now?" The middle-aged woman shouted, as she turned around and ordered toward the three armored men along with the old pervert. "Hurry, search around the city, and you, pervert. Go search to see if he exited the city gates."

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(At The Same Time)

This city was surrounded by tall 45-meter walls. The only exit was the one city gate, as that was also the entrance that people from the other cities use. It was the exit to a dirt road spanning thousands of meters. On either side of the dirt road, was a massive forest that was also on the other side of the city walls.

Knowing that they'll search for him by the city gate, Blade immediately rushed to a city wall after killing the human who was the cause of him missing an arm.

Thanks to his newly gained strength, he was able to scale up the wall at a relative pace. But, as he was about to begin scaling down from the other side where the only thing he could see was greenery, his fingers lost gripping, causing him to spiral downward!

Boom!!!