33 Clothes Make the Man

The walls were closing in fast, but Kyle didn't slow down. He pushes his speed as fast as it would go. His Green Basilisk Steps were executed more smoothly as he pushed himself.

The Immortal Body Forging Arts flowed with greater ferocity as it moved through his body. He could feel his body becoming stronger and more durable.

He used the One Breath One Thousand Days breathing technique to use his energy more efficiently.

Energy flowed into him and through him in a way it never had before. He could feel everything around him as his senses reached out to the world and connected to it.

Kyle was becoming the very essence of power. As he moved closer and closer to his goal. He shoots through the valley of Jeff before it slammed shut. He moved around big-Jeff as he did mini-Jeff.

Laying out the metal spikes as he needed. He continued moving his fingers and shooting out arrays into the surrounding area. He also threw out numerous materials as he moved fast enough around Jeff that he removed the air. The wind pressure lifts Jeff off the ground.

He is no longer able to connect with the earth and loses the extra strength he was used to. As an earth elemental beast, Jeff gained a lot of power from his physical contact to the ground.

Without that contact, his strength departed quickly. Kyle created a third circular area using the spikes he put in the ground.

Then he placed a large number of items in the circular area. These were all the things he used for forging and formation creation. Kyle finally stopped running.

Jeff had passed out, but with Kyle no longer sucking the oxygen out of the area he began to breathe again.

Kyle made a last array and united all three formations. A dome of dense dark wind energy surrounded everything within the three formations.

The Bobbies could no longer see what was going on inside of the formation and could only wait to know the outcome.

"Hey Chris, do you think Jeff is okay in there?" Felix asked.

"I don't know, but I guess we can't blame the weird two-legger if he kills him. Jeff did try to eat him," Chris replied.

"That would be too bad, I always liked Jeff, he only ever ate a few of us when he was really hungry. The most important thing is he never ate his friends," Felix said.

"He did eat Bob, though," Chris said.

"Yeah, but Bob was more of an acquaintance, and he was really annoying. I think Jeff only ate him because he would never shut up about how to properly clean one's fur after taking care of business," Felix responded.

"Yeah, I forgot about that. Jeff never ate his friends. I hope the weird two-legger doesn't kill him," both Chris and Felix hoped for the best.

Kyle was in the dome for nearly three days. When the dome finally disappeared he reappeared, but not as he was when he created the formation. Now, he was wearing a new superhero outfit.

It looked very similar to his old costume, but it was something he created over the last three days.

Using a combination of materials he brought along with him, and the energies he took from mini-Jeff he created a unique crafting project.

He was able to forge a new earth element costume. The red of the costume was now a reddish-brown. His previously simple domino mask was now a cowl covering his entire head.

Only his mouth and chin were left uncovered. His boots and gloves were also much denser but also more flexible.

Next to Kyle, on the ground were other types of clothes he fashioned while he worked on the costume. These were simple martial training clothes. They were based on his work out clothes.

The Bobbies were looking at Kyle from a safe distance. In the center of one of the formations was a snoring Jeff. Kyle didn't kill him for some reason.

The Bobbie may not understand Jeff's reason, but Kyle realized that Jeff and the Bobbies were intelligent creatures. They had a right to life. There was no need to kill Jeff.

Kyle lived by the code of seven virtues.

Be Faithful

Be Respectful

Be Charitable

Be a Protector of Life

Be a Protector of Family

Be Kind to Animals

Be Just in All Things

Every superhero needed to have a code. If they didn't live by code then they were just a thug with powers. A code made them a part of something greater than themselves.

It gave the use of their powers a purpose. Once Kyle became much stronger than Jeff; Kyle could no longer claim he was killing Jeff in self-defense.

The creature, Jeff, was only acting based on its instincts to feed itself. Kyle gathered all of his things and placed them either in bags of holding or in his inventory.

The system asked Kyle. He chose to learn the books and could now identify the Bobbies and the Kang Ape without using his HUD.

He could also speak in the beast language and did so;

"Bobbies, I hope you will tell the gallant Kang Ape I thank him for his help. As thanks for his help; I have left a special formation to help him grow his power.

There are similar smaller formations for Bobbies to use. Thank you for your hospitality and I will leave you in peace.

Kyle started walking in the direction he saw the yellow girl running in a few days ago. Hopefully, he would find a town of some sort.

Once Kyle left, Jeff opened his eyes and sat up. He stared after the weird two-legger.

"Chris spread the word to the creatures of the forest in my territory. Tell everyone, the weird two-legger in red and blue is the friend and benefactor of Jeff. No one is to eat him,"

Jeff spoke to Chris and then walked to the new formation circle and sat in it. He felt cosmic energy flow into him and through the secret passways of his body. He could feel his strength increasing.

Chris left to spread the word, but if any of the creatures knew the strange two-legger defeated big-Jeff and mini-Jeff; would any of them dare to try and eat him?

Felix walked next to Chris to help him spread the word. He looked back at Jeff, and then in the direction Kyle walked in. He shrugged his shoulders and chatted with his friend.

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