"Damn, make sure you live. I will definitely return here to save you." The elder wished him to be alive. But deep down he knew that it was impossible. That man's aura was too powerful. So, he was feeling uneasy and running with his life on the line.
"The Sect is finished now. I don't even know whether I can leave from here alive. Not only that, the disciples are also missing. This might be the darkest day of our Sect and even the biggest event that could happen in the outer region."
Indeed, this was true. There have been no such records of a sect loosing all its elders and core disciples. Even the death of a Golden Core Cultivator rarely happens. This is all due to the fact that it is very difficult to kill them. Not only that, they all belong to a sect and have power backing them. Due to which nobody wants to offend the other and create unnecessary troubles.
This also stands true for the Blood Saber Sect who are at the top of the pyramid in the outer region. But now, they will surely fall from it.
While he was thinking about all these things, he saw a broken carriage infront of him.
"Isn't this the carriage of the Bone and Devil Sect? Maybe the disciples might be here. Should I check?" He pondered.
"But what if that man comes back?"
"No, I should just keep running. I can only hope the disciples can make it back alive."
He had just made his decision when he heard the rustling of the trees.
"Don't tell me.." He panicked and slowly looked back while running and saw a man was jumping from tree to tree.
"It's really him. How did he manage to reach here so fast?"
"I thought that he would get delayed by a few minutes, but it hasn't even been a minute."
He felt dejected and murmured, "Did you also fall like Hank?"
His eyes became moist thinking about them, "Will I also die here?"
"No, I can't give up this easily. Even though it might kill me, I have no other ways."
"Blood Churning"
He used the last bit of Qi to burn his blood and immediately spat out blood from his mouth. It looks like he was still not ready to use it again. But he didn't bother about this and continued to rush towards the city.
A few minutes later, he could finally see the exit of the forest.
"I am there, just there. I can make it." With great determination and strong willpower, he managed to last this long. He didn't even pay attention to how much blood he had lost on the way. As a result, he looked pale and felt pain in his chest. He was even finding it difficult to breathe. But he still persisted and continued.
However, he didn't run this time. Rather he was slowly walking towards it as he had no energy left.
Few steps away from the exit, when he was about to reach, a silver-colored streak of light was coming towards him from the back. He didn't notice it. As a result, it pierced him straight from the back to his heart.
If you looked at it from the front then you could see that it was a saber. It managed to pierce his heart and even the tip of it could be seen from outside. But the most surprising thing was that, neither he reacted nor he even bothered to see it. Rather he only coughed out some blood and slowly walked step by step to the exit.
"I did it." He smiled after reaching it. But he never moved after this and fell to the ground after a few seconds.
Some distance away from it, Davion was looking at the whole scene with all sorts of emotions. He couldn't believe that the elder who was injured and spilling blood all over the way managed to reach here with just sheer willpower and commitment.
"What made him act this way? What drove him this mad? He didn't seem to care about his injuries. Not only that, he didn't even bother about the saber at the end. It looked like he had lost his mind. But he somehow managed to accomplish his goal."
If Davion desired then he could have already sent him off earlier. But seeing the elder in this way, it touched his heartstrings. So, he just watched the whole scene from a distance.
"My mind was in a state of confusion the whole time. One part of it wanted to slay the elder and get the experience points while the other wanted me to spare him."
He slowly walked towards the elder and thought, "I hesitated today and was caught in a dilemma. It looks like I still have not accepted this world thoroughly. This world is not like my previous world. It is too cruel. A single hesitation might decide my life and death in the future."
While he was contemplating, he felt a few drops of water falling on his head.
"Did it rain?" He looked at the sky and saw large black clouds covering it, even though it was night. In a few seconds, it started raining heavily. It was his first time experiencing rain after coming to this world.
He took off his mask and stayed there for a while thinking about all the things he experienced today. Even though he could use his spiritual energy to protect him from the rain, he didn't do so. He just relieved himself in the rain.
"Maybe this is what character development meant in the novels, Haha," he suddenly laughed out loud.
If someone was here then they would think that Davion had become dumb as he was laughing over a dead body. But he was happy because he learned a lot of things today.