Struggling a little bit, a small fish bite Zara by her hand. Standing up abruptly, swing her hand. The fish was fling five meters back into the river. Gathering together her thoughts, standing at the bank of the river. She looked around the dark underground cave.
The sound of the flowing water is the only thing that could be heard. Looking not too far away from her, she saw the unconscious Thomas lying on the ground.
In the last attack, Thomas used his body as a shield to block the attack or else her injury would have been fatal.
There were multiple deep wounds on his body, hardly can anyone knows that he's alive if not for his moving chest.
Taking out a pill, she swallows it. She walked to Thomas, she opened his mouth and put a pill inside. She sat down in lotus position cultivating.
After three hours, Thomas stood up sluggishly. He looked all around while seeing Zara not too far from him cultivating. Looking at all the various injury on his body, he sighed
"I thought I could escape from a rank 2 monster beast. Who would have known that it would be a lightning coyote who's forts is speed." He murmured.
Putting a higher grade pill inside his mouth, he sat down quietly copying Zara. Cultivating quietly both of them lost in their own world.
Six hours gone by without both of them knowing. Zara stood up, straightened her clothes. She did not sustain any deep injury. She had regained all her lost essence. She looked radiant as before.
Looking at Thomas without blinking
"Hmm, that was fast. He could already start cultivating." She thought.
Thomas stood up after spending another hour. Seeing Zara roasting a fish, he
Sat closer to her. Giving him a fish she asked
"Where do you think we are?"
"I don't know"
"Hmm, how are we going to go out from this place then?" Opening her eyes wide, she stared at him.
"Seeing how dark this cave is and there had not been any large animals in the vicinity. I believe we're far from the surface. We are in the deep inner part of the forest." throwing a stone inside the river.
" The depth of the river is not deep. We will follow the river current"
"We are fvck." She thought " but if there is another monster beast inside the river. Wouldn't we be in another danger?"
" That's why I checked the depth of the river. Monster beasts can not live in shallow water due to their huge feeding capacity and their enormous size. We can only come across ordinary beasts."
"Oh I see." Nodding her head she said in a low voice.
Standing up after regaining all his essence. The deep injury had all being heal. Thomas walked inside the river lost in thought.
" All my attacks seem useless. having reached the essence building realm my attack is already powerful. But when faced with a high defense it barely goes through. Not until I pour more essence into my attack before it becomes lethal to the enemies and this drains the essence greatly." He murmured.
Walking deeper inside the river he continued to sighed.
He stood where the river current is high, he brought out his sword. He started practicing his sword art without using any essence.
Staring at him " what's he doing, if he wanted to practice his sword art he should cultivate some essence into it to bring out the power from the cultivation sword art his practicing" she shake her head
" sometimes Lord master behave in bizarre manner"
" Woosh woosh woosh"
"That's not the feeling"
He continues practicing the sword art countless times. Not using any essence,he sweat profusely. Having gotten his hand numb to the swinging of the sword. He sat down inside the river in a lotus position. He put his sword on his lap, closing his eyes in meditation.
Deep in meditation, thinking about sword. He had reached a state of CONSCIOUSNESS. Where nothing matters except what he's meditating upon. He could feel the gentle flow of the water. How the river produces the current.
Following the gentle rhythm of the river current. The essence in his body begins to flow from his dantian to meridian to every part of his body.
Being in a state of CONSCIOUSNESS,he held his sword and dipped it inside the river. Feeling a vibration in his consciousness. He feels every molecular part of the sword.
"Hmm"
"If the sword is broken into a molecular structure there is a tiny essence in it. Since there is an essence in my body. I can Merge both together."
Merging both essence together, his aura changed quickly. His body released a current like a river with a sharpness of a sword.
Every fish in a 5 meter radius was instantly killed.
Zara quickly opens her eyes in meditation, she stares at Thomas. She raised her eyes in puzzle
"Why is there a lot of current on the water and it contains a lot of sharpness" putting her finger on her lips " can it be because of him" shaking her head " that's not possible. What am I even thinking.?"
She closed her eyes as she continued to cultivate.
"I'm sword, sword is me. To kill anyone blocking my path, to defend and to protect my dearest ones."
With that thought, his intentions flows out of consciousness merging with the current in the air. The surrounding air contains sword aura with an intention with 100 percent sharpness. Giving birth to
" SWORD INTENT"
Swinging his sword without no essence, the sword split the river into two with 5 meter in length.
Opening his eyes " according to the ancient text I read. I have developed sword intent.
He smiled
" I can't believe I developed the long lost sword intent. My battle power will now increase. It is good to read I won't have known it's called sword intent" he murmured.
Witnessing the split river, Zara mouth open wide forming "0"
"Wh… at….th….e"
She could not form the word completely due to the shock she received. She tries to calm down.
"What the hell" she shouted.
Rolling her eyes, pointing to the split river flowing separately. She gasped.
"How did it happen" staring at the monster who did it. Her heart missed a Skip.
Not looking at her, " you can't understand."
He watches as the river close back together " the sword intent has faded away" he thought.
Walking out of the river " how is your breakthrough?"
Since the river has returned back to its previous flow and she Knows he wouldn't talk about it if she asked him unless he deliberately says it. She forgot about it " the stronger he becomes the safer we become" she thought.
"Smooth and easy" she smiles
" I am now a rank 8 bodybuilding realm. I can battle rank 9 bodybuilding realm to a stand still."
"That's good"
"Won't you make a break through before we try to find a way out?"
" Have already had my breakthrough during the last attack. I had already consolidated it." He said with a calm face.
"Oh ...."
She wanted to say something but nothing came out. " Is he human?" She thought
"You have already consolidated your breakthrough while I am practicing my sword art" he stared at the flowing river.
She nods.
" It's time to find our way out," he said.