Surviving (1)

Boom, boom, boom.

Muffled thunder echoed through the mountains, followed by the torrential downpour.

The winter rain mixed with fine snow before being whipped up by a gale slammed mercilessly onto the earth.

Plants quivered, wild beasts shuddered.

All the living creatures in the mountains trembled under awe of a terrifying pressure before it swiftly disappeared leaving no trace

Roar!!!

Roars of wild beasts sounded amidst the rain spreading terror to the weak

Drifting on the surface of a waterbody was a pale faces youth who looked bloodied and injured

His lone figure drifted till it met a waterfall

However, he still did not wake up. He was deeply unconscious, plummeting straight down and landing heavily in the depth of the sea

His fall left behind a huge gulf bringing about a Tide of tornadoes

He lay at the bottom of the sea unconscious for a long time

Great rain poured down between the mountains and forests. The pit that Zephyroth lay in was gradually filled by the rain, forming a small deep pond

Very soon, the rain subsided, and a large, ancient beast shaped like an octopus emerged from the dark depth of the sea after being alerted by the noise

Finding nothing,It sucked up the water with its trunk with the water it flowing into its belly

With the bottom of the sea faintly exposed, Zephyroth was revealed to it as well

Its eyes narrowed and stared straight at Zephyroth for a good while before sniffing him gently

Afterwards it attempted suck him in when suddenly

Swish!

Suddenly, an ear-piercing sound rang out. There was a flash of dazzling, red light that immediately shot past the ancient beast's neck.

Immediately, blood sprayed forth violently, and the ancient beast's colossal head directly fell to the ground, having been beheaded in a single stroke. Its colossal figure crashed to the ground.

Two figures arrived in the distance

The one Infront was middle-aged man with a sense of resolve and a cold expression. He wore a flamed pattern robe and carried a sword on his back emitting a fiery aura as opposed to his calm behavior

Behind the middle-aged man was a young man who looked almost similar to the man and looked rather dirtied and dishevelled, clearly having spent several days in the wilderness already.

The youth jumped in joy seeing the carcass of the dead beast exclaiming  "We finally found it sigh~ we've spent all these days out here. It's time for us to go back"

Ignoring the youth, the middle-aged man used his sword to directly disembowel the ancient beast, prepared to remove its heart.

"Hmm? T-this looks like a person." Very soon, the youth noticed Zephyroth whose body had rose to the surface

"Forget about him. He's likely already dead." The middle-aged man glanced at him indifferently and made that judgment after hearing no heart beat from Zephyroth

He had seen plenty of situations like this before already and a mere death couldn't faze him

He removed a giant heart skillfully and placed it into a Space Ring. He seemed to let out a great sigh of relief with that, murmuring, ""Not bad, though slightly weak, the heart of this Ancient beast will be enough to complete the mission."

With that, the middle-aged man was about to leave when he heard a slight twitch from the youth he thought was already dead

He looked over subconsciously and immediately noticed that the youth was slowly opening his eyes.

He had already woken up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he noticed the unfamiliar figures before him, and he was left momentarily confused

Though it didn't last long as immense killing intent clouded his eyes

The middle-aged man was so close to him that he could even smell a foul stench from him

"Scram," Zephyroth growled as the last bit of Qi sparkled on his fingertips as he tried to pierce the man

A strand of crimson light even faintly appeared along his hand boosting the attack by a large margin

Meeting the attack head-on, the middle-aged man simply blew a breath of air dispersing it

Unseen by others, a formless crimson mist flickered and directly passing through the defence and entered the middle-aged man's body

The middle-aged man's expression changed to one of horror and shock while saying in a hoarse tone filled with extreme killing intent "Oblivion force, Kid which race of Tribulation Spirit are you from and what are you doing here?"

Zephyroth did not answer and stared at the elder in desperation

His heart sank; this person was definitely not a common person if he could simply shrug off his attack with a casual breath

The old man was most likely a very powerful cultivator

So Zephyroth wouldn't be able to scare him away with any trick

Seeing the still rising killing intent in the man's eyes, Zephyroth almost lost hope

Was he finally going to die here?? Zephyroth felt aggrieved as he had never expected to end up dying because of bad luck

He did not even know who was behind that giant palm which suppressed and slapped him away when he almost landed the finishing blow towards that unreasonable fellow

He felt angry at being beaten all around

He felt angry at being powerless

He felt angry at the person who sent him here

He was just like a pawn that could be easily disposed of at anytime

"Do you want to eat?" the youth who had been silent behind the middle-aged man asked, his two bluish eyes flashing with a bright light.

The youth's words surprised Zephyroth, not only him and even the middle-aged man furrowed his brow in annoyance

Zephyroth continued to staring at them not letting his guard down despite the warm words of the youth

The youths lips quirked up with a strange smile masking his his face making it seem sinister and scheming

He approached Zephyroth with a sincere and warm expression while saying "We have meat, my father killed an Ancient beast just now and it's still fresh..."

Pausing he looked at Zephyroth, specifically the flashing desire filled his supposedly bloodshot eyes