20 Aunty Leah, Old Man

In the restaurant, Aunty Leah could hear a light tapping sound coming from the floor above.

The old man purposefully allowed his steps to be heard, so he could make it more interesting.

Hearing the sound get closer to the stairs, she slowly stood up and gathered her qi, the atmosphere in the restaurant caused the tables, chairs, and dishes to rattle as if there was an earthquake passing by.

The aura around Aunty Leah was already at it's max, wind picked up in the room out of nowhere as little cracks in the dimension appeared around her.

That's how much power she possesses.

The reason Ren has been able to live a peaceful life up until now.

It was because of her watchful eye.

She couldn't escape, because with a being as powerful as what she's sensing, it would be child's play to find her.

She could only hope that the being she's sensing will not be attracted to her young master.

A light purple light appeared on the steps as an old man, with his robes billowing, descended over the rail, his foot gently touching the ground.

Laying his eyes on her, the old man grinned, "Kekeke! An interesting toy, who would've thought that in a small area like this, there was someone who already stepped onto the path of godhood?"

Feeling the aura coming off of her, his eyes narrowed, 'Looks like this girl is too strong for this world, she should've been automatically sent to the immortal world… Unless she found a way around that?'

With a look of curiosity on his face, he approached Aunty Leah, causing her to raise her guard as she made a few hand signs.

"Who are you! And why did you kill Anna!?"

Aunty Leah yelled, as she did several more hand signs, she was prepared to stake everything, she could tell that there was no way out of this.

As if she would let him get away anyway.

Grinning, as he eyed Aunty Leah even more, the old man laughed, "Kekeke! Me? I am the lord of death! Why did I kill her? She stopped me twice, that's more than enough for her to lose her life!"

Saying this, the old man lifted his hand creating a gust of wind, the gust of wind formed several sword qi as they were sent towards Aunty Leah.

The sound of howling demons and tortured souls followed the sword qi.

With a slight turn, Aunty Leah sent out several palm strikes.

Bang!

Creating a shockwave, her palm strikes landed on the sword qi, she then used the force to get further away from the old man.

Chairs, tables, and dishes were flung throughout the room, the wooden floor cracked into splinters as the building shook.

All the sound and activity was isolated by the barrier, no one will know what is happening here.

Grinning the old man fired several more sword qi at Aunty Leah, causing her to fling her palms outwards as several runes flew out and encircled the old man.

These were what she prepared earlier.

As she sent out the runes she dodged the sword qi and initiated her attack.

"Sever!"

The runes circling the old man, glowed in a reddish light as they started to vibrate at a high frequency.

Seeing this, the old man flicked his sleeve as a purple shield flew out, with countless runes embedded in its surface.

He decided to take her seriously.

Twang!

A sound like that of which you would hear from a guqin reverberated outwards, causing ripples to charge at the old man.

The shield circling the old man moved to block the attack as it glowed a dark red light, like fresh blood flowing on a battlefield.

Boom!

The shield flew across the room getting lodged into the courtyard outside the building causing the barrier to ripple.

The old man stumbled backwards three steps as he stared wide eyed at Aunty Leah as she stumbled back ten steps.

He was shocked at the fact she could make him move.

It has to be said, that the old man has been cultivating at least five times longer than Aunty Leah, his realm has long surpassed hers.

If she isn't winning with power, she's winning with techniques.

The old man's eyes glowed with greed, if he can get her technique, he can progress his cultivation faster.

She doesn't have to be alive either, he can just read her soul after all.

Seeing him step back three steps, Aunty Leah had a dreadful look, 'Even though I know he's too powerful, that was still 50% of my power, he only went back three steps? Sound, I need to solely use sound for my next attack!'

"Your attack was good, girl. Kekeke! But I haven't seriously attacked yet!"

A ferocious purple aura exploded outwards from the old man, his robes fluttering in the windless building as a feeling of terror that could even shake the heavens spread outwards.

"Oblivion!"

A purple ripple shot from underneath the old man's feet as the room was filled with devilish aura.

The light vanished, all heat, all vitality was drained from the surroundings!

Darkness quickly took over the room!

In the darkness, Aunty Leah was frozen stiff from fear.

A purple flame flickered in the darkness as it approached her as it grew in size!

In the darkness the sinister laughter of the old man echoed from all directions, Aunty Leah felt as if cold bony claws were slowly tightening around her neck.

Aunty Leah felt as if she could die any moment, the fight hasn't even went on for five minutes!

This is how a real battle is!

A battle only lasts for a few minutes!

A war lasts for hours, days, weeks, years!

The only battle that lasts longer than a few minutes is a battle of attrition!

Feeling death closing on her, Aunty Leah used all her power!

"Guqin of the demoness!"

Bursting forth with all her power, a red guqin materialized into thin air, emanating an aura of death and the scent of sulfur!