Sensing a murderous gaze on him, Abel immediately stopped and turned in the direction of that gaze, only to notice a black dot approaching at great speed, which he recognized as the leader of the assassins.
"Damn, what is she supposed to be doing that lady, or is she already defeated by that man?"
As Abel thought about his options, the surviving assassin, seeing his leader approaching, ran towards him, seeking his protection.
Seeing this, Abel pushed aside all thoughts of him, he knew that if he let him escape now, by the time that man arrived, he would definitely be dead.
"Hmph, don't think you can escape just like that."
Thus, Abel launched himself towards the escaping assassin, to finish him off once and for all.
Seeing this, the man who was already enraged, got even angrier, so he let out a scream that stunned Abel for a moment.
"DO YOU DARE BRAT?"
Right after hearing this, Abel felt that a powerful aura had settled on him, preventing him from moving as he wanted, pressing against him.
Sensing this, a flame of fury burned in Abel, as in his mind memories of his short life in this world flashed like a movie.
"Am I again prevented from acting freely? Didn't I come here to this lower realm fleeing like a coward from the ancients to become stronger so I can take revenge in the future? stronger than me?
"NO, NO MORE, I WILL LIVE FREELY, WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS ON THIS WORLD, TREADING ON ALL THOSE WHO CHALLENGE ME."
Coming to this conclusion, Abel screamed furiously, his blood boiled from him, his thoughts were more lucid than ever, his qi began to circulate quickly and freely through his body, forcing the pressure on him prevented moving backwards.
Noticing this, the man became even more enraged, trying to increase the pressure exerted on the boy, but to no avail, with a cry of fury, Abel broke free of those restraints and with both swords, launched himself in the direction of the escaping assassin.
What Abel didn't notice was that, deep in his blood, a dark golden glow once again appeared, shimmering faintly, waiting for any spark to fully detonate.
Although it might seem like it took quite a long time, it was actually only a few seconds, to which Abel unleashed his newly learned movement technique at its fullest, reaching the initial success level, by unleashing 60% of the speed of the martial technique.
Thus, before the furious gaze of that man, Abel again attacked the escaping assassin, cutting him in half with his swords, thus venting his furious emotions.
Shortly after, Abel had no time to react to what he had done when he was greeted by a furious saber attack heading his way.
Feeling the cutting and extremely cold wind that came from that snow-white light, Abel had only one thought:
"What a beautiful saber attack, also that freezing sensation… is this an intention?"
Abel did not move from the place where he was, apparently stunned by this attack, just as he was about to hit him and freeze him before he exploded into pieces, a figure appeared in front of him and blocked the attack that threatened to kill Abel.
Abel didn't realize this, he was still deep in his thoughts, apparently seeing that man's attack had made him realize something.
Seeing Abel's state, the lady only sighed, amazed by the courage and fortune that the child had, before turning her gaze to the man in front of her.
Noticing her gaze, the man immediately realized that her aura matched his own so he immediately glanced at her forehead noting that a quarter of the seal was now white.
Realizing this, the man in front of her was shocked, before laughing furiously.
"HAHAHAHA, but what a foolish woman you are, won't untying the seal make your death closer? It seems I was right, that brat is your trump card huh."
Hearing the man's laughter, the lady frowned in distaste, now that she had recovered some of her cultivation, it would only take a couple of hits to send the old man in front of her to the other world, so with some disdain she said:
"Since you are about to die, I will be honest, I must thank you, if it were not for you and your attack, I would never have realized the talent that child had, so if I manage to take revenge in the future, let you know that your young master met doom thanks to you."
Hearing the lady's sincere tone, the man became enraged, his aura shot up pressing against the lady, and getting into an attack stance with his saber, he attacked the lady.
"9 cuts break the cycle, 6th cut, life and death."
Seeing the approaching attack, the lady's face turned serious, taking her halberd she focused her spiritual qi on it, causing loud shrieks to come from her, soon after, she attacked with her halberd, launching thrusts, one behind the another, increasing momentum and power with each new thrust.
Thus, after she launched the 4th thrust, the lady broke the attack that the man had launched, while her own attack continued to advance until it pierced the heart of the man in front of her.
Having the tip of the saddle across his chest, the man vomited mouthfuls of blood, little by little, the man looked up at the lady, while showing her a mocking smile.
Noticing this, the lady felt that there was something wrong, so she quickly turned to Abel, where she noticed that a pearl with a faint golden color had appeared in front of him, which, when touching Abel, began to become transparent and smaller until it disappeared.
Right after, the lady pulled the man's halberd and ran over to Abel and examined him, only to find that he did not have any physical injuries, he only appeared to be asleep.
Sighing in relief, the lady was about to take Abel away when the man's laugh sounded behind her, although that only caused more blood to come out of him, he seemed not to care, as he looked with an expression of ecstasy and mockery towards the Lady.
"HAHAHAHAHA, cough, cough, it seems you haven't realized it yet, right? Although it makes sense, that pearl only appreciated after you were already gone, so you mustn't know its origins, cough."
With a rather annoyed expression, the lady approached the dying man and said:
"Enough of the nonsense, if something had happened to the boy he would have already noticed it, just squirm there and die once and for all."
So the lady stopped paying attention to the man who was in the last moments of her life and she proceeded to walk away carrying the child, when the old man's voice stopped her once again.
"Cough, cough, since you don't believe me, then I'll just say one thing, after that, just sink into despair that your efforts today didn't pay off."
Immediately afterwards, the man, who had recovered a bit of lucidity, said mockingly to the lady:
"I'm sure you heard about that rank 6 fox that appeared in the vicinity of the sect, right? I'll just tell you that they managed to kill it, and one of its eyes ended up in the possession of the young master, who refined it into the pearl that just to touch that child, hehehehe, now that you know it, you will understand that that child no longer has salvation."
Shortly after saying this, the man gave his last breath, leaving the lady stunned, she looked carefully at Abel, who shortly after, his expression turned pale.
"No, it can't be, who managed to kill that thing, but leaving that aside, I don't think that pearl is the eye of that fox."
Somewhat desperate, the lady ran to the pearl that had already lost all shine, picking it up and examining it, only for her already pale complexion to turn deathly white, for a moment, desperation consumed her.
"I can't believe it's really an eye from that damned fox, dammit, my efforts were totally in vain, this kid is already half a step from death."
Recalling those moments in the past, the lady couldn't help but think about the information she heard about that fox.
Back then, a news circulated through the sect he had joined, an extremely rare rank 6 beast had appeared, so many sect masters and powerful beings went hunting for it, only to be killed by the beast.
In itself, the rank 6 fox they faced was not very powerful, the problem was that it had a very annoying ability, which was that, with a single glance, the fox would hit you with a curse, which consisted of reviving or creating extremely painful memories to the cursed, making him lose his sanity little by little, this caused many of those who went to kill him to end up dying because they could not overcome the curse.
Also, to her despair, there was no cure, being an innate ability of a mutated rank 6 beast, the only way for her to recover was to overcome the curse with an iron will, but as far as she knew, none of those who were cursed could survive that curse.
"I never expected that after I left, someone would manage to kill him, much less that that damned bastard would have in his possession an eye of that beast..., *sigh*, it's my fault, I was careless allowing the child to suffer that calamity, even though it's just an eye, it's still the eye of a rank six beast, even if the curse isn't as potent as the fox's, for someone on the child's level…"
Thinking this far, the lady used her mental strength to examine the child's condition, and what she saw restored her confidence in him.
"This is amazing, I never expected the boy to have so much soul power, now I understand why he would want to become a master forger, hahahaha, the heavens have not abandoned me, although it will take time, I am sure the boy will wake up in a couple of months."
Rejoicing at this discovery, the lady scooped up Abel, while, with a single swing of her halberd, she destroyed the assassins' corpses and took their storage bags, quickly disappearing from the scene.
Thus, about 3 months passed since that incident, Abel was taken by the lady to the burning fire sect, where at her request, they found him a secluded place rich in spiritual qi, before she also secluded herself, not without indicating that if the child woke up, they should be informed as soon as possible.
On this particular day, while a maid was cleaning the place, she noticed that the boy's eyelashes were trembling, even some fingers began to move, so she quickly went out to notify her superiors.
Thus, she missed the moment the boy opened his eyes, which, unlike how black they were, now had scarlet irises, with a swirling pattern on one side of his black pupil.