“Even though you might be able to see my attacks, you won’t be able to dodge them,” the great wolf followed up with a vicious claw thrust straight at Gary’s heart.“You are underestimating me far too much!” Gary didn’t try to dodge but attacked with his fist and struck the claw just in time. His fist bones’ cracked, but they also got healed instantly just like the hole in his diaphragm. Gary was overflowing with the energy of the life-giving elixir, after all.Right now, Gary felt like he wouldn’t die even from what would otherwise be life-threatening injuries.“You think I’m still below you?” Gary unleashed the golden energy through his fists. “Glorious Streak!”He unleashed a torrent of punches that released energy blasts which chased after the great wolf and struck his body, creating winds that were faster than 500 miles. Even the tallest and thickest of trees fell from these great winds blowing against them.Wendevorr wouldn’t have been able to stay in that location and watch thei
The great wolf was busy fighting Gary, but he still saw from the corner of his gaze and realized that Sesi and Rowan were running toward the fountain, or what was left of it.This greatly angered the great wolf, and he ran down the sky, grabbing the air, which genuinely shocked Gary for a second.“What sort of a martial art is that? It’s running down the sky while grabbing air?” Gary was momentarily left speechless.[This isn’t the time to be admired by that!] Ai barked.Gary was startled. “Yeah. Of course!” His expression changed quickly. “He can stop the wind and grab it as if it’s something solid,” Gary frowned in anger. “How absurd!” He flew down like a star and was able to catch up to the great wolf. “You are slow, buddy.” He viciously kicked at the great wolf.The great wolf grabbed air once again and rolled over Gary and reverse kicked him with his hind legs. It was a very powerful strike, one that released a gust strong enough to push the clouds away.Gary, however, managed to
Both Gary and the great wolf were sent flying back. Gary coughed out blood, whereas the great wolf’s ankle sprained.Leah rushed toward Gary, but Wendevorr’s web reached Gary first and cushioned him from crashing into fallen trees. These were giant trees, and their broken trunks were bigger than an average room.“Hey,” Leah reached him first. “You look like you’re spent.” She put her hand forward.Gary held her hand and got up. “That damn wolf is so powerful.”“Do you need help?” Leah asked.Gary looked at her and smiled. “You should make use of it while you can,” he grabbed her hand, puzzling her.“What are you…” she was saying, but then he spun and threw her toward the fountain. She fell straight into the fountain.Gary then dashed toward the great wolf. “You should also jump into that fountain, Wendevorr.”“But…” Wendevorr wanted to be there and help Gary if necessary, but at the same time, he believed that Gary was strong enough to fight the great wolf and at least keep it at bay
Many years ago.Chun Fu was teaching the great wolf. “There will come a time when you will need to fight beings that can’t be defeated with punches or slashes. That’s when you need to rely on things like spiritual energy or unique skills. Animals don’t have much spiritual energy, so you should depend on learning unique skills.”“What kind of skills, Master?” the great wolf excitedly asked, waving his tail left and right.“One that will help you fight all kinds of enemies,” Chun Fu said. “The ability to break space itself.”“Breaking space…” the great wolf’s eyes turned wide. “Is something like that even possible?”“Time, space, and matter are three constructs that the worlds are built upon by the Creator,” Chun Fu explained. “All those three constructs can be affected by us. We can break physical matter with our hands because we can interact with it. But space and matter needs different approaches. Skills that will require one to manipulate time are too complex for you to learn. Even
The great wolf coughed up a lot of blood into the air as his gaze turned blurry. He somersaulted through the air and managed to land on his feet.However, the pain in his diaphragm kept escalating, and it made him bleed some more. He was forced to get down on one knee.Gary was walking toward him confidently, and the great wolf wanted to get up, but the pain in his gut didn’t let him get up just yet.“You lost…” Gary uttered.“Not yet,” the great wolf growled, but that shouting made him cringe in pain.[Say these words to him…] Ai told Gary.Gary then said while looking at the great wolf who was still on one of his knees, “Even though I won’t be around you physically, my love will always be with you, Wynn.”The great wolf’s expression froze. Slowly but surely, tears began to swell in the great wolf’s eyes as he remembered Chun Fu saying those words when he was parting with him. And nobody knew his name except for his master, so this made it clear that Gary was indeed Chun Fu’s success
As Gary approached the fountain, he saw Leah rising up as though the waters were lifting her up. A radiant glow came out of her body. It was warm and beautiful.“What’s going on?” Gary asked.[She’s been cured of the curse, and on top of that she’s awakened the spiritual energy.] Ai said.“A-Awakened?” Gary was startled. “Didn’t you say it’ll take at least level 900 for one to even think about awakening their spiritual energy?”[Yes, but her spirit has been contained by the negative energy of the Dark Witch.] Ai explained. [In order to forcefully release those restraints, the fountain of life had to awaken her spirit.]“So, it’s a byproduct of removing the curse put on her…” Gary’s eyes slowly widened. “Does that mean she gets her memories back?” He quickly scuttled toward the fountain with his heart swelling from hope.Leah was still floating above the fountain, and her eyes slowly opened. She could see everyone around her. Sesi, Rowan, Goya, Wendevorr, even the great wolf in the dis
Gary was talking with Wynn, the great wolf, which seemed to have calmed down now. “I was planning on returning to earth, but after hearing your words, I think we’ll need to stay here a little longer.”“If the opponent is someone who can kill Master Chun Fu, then your current strength is not sufficient,” Wynn said.Though it was a bit rude of Wynn to say that, Gary didn’t disagree with that. “I have to awaken my spiritual energy, too, before I return to earth. So, Leah and I will both be able to use spiritual energy in our group. Together, we can keep hunting those seven keys. And the rest of my group members will take down their minions. I think they’re strong enough to fend for themselves now.”“If you want to awaken the spiritual energy ahead of time,” Wynn said. “Then there’s a place where you can attain that.”“Oh… where is it?” Gary quickly asked.“The Absurd Woods…” Wynn said.“Absurd Woods?” Gary raised an eyebrow. “That’s the name?”“Yeah. It’s full of crazy creatures that har
Wynn and Gary’s team parted goodbyes, but Gary and others didn’t leave the forest just yet because Wynn had asked them to kill the remaining demonoids as a favor.Because they had all used the fountain of life, they couldn’t reject his request. However, neither Gary nor Leah had to act for this mission.Sesi, Rowan, Goya, and Wendevorr took the task upon themselves and competed to see who’d find and kill the most number of demonoids. Goya and Wendevorr believed that they had an edge over the humans because of their superior sense stats.Goya went back to the Demon Range to sniff out the remaining demonoids and kill them. Wynn had told them a way to get past the curse that they’d obtain after absorbing the crystal cores. It was to wash these cores in the blood of another animal, and so that blood would take the curse away.Knowing this, everyone felt very excited to get the crystal cores and gain various abilities from that, though crystals that had been cleansed by blood would also be