"Roarrrr!"
Ling Tian's heart pounded in his chest as he heard the bone-chilling roar reverberate through the moonlit forest once again.
"What was that again? It doesn't sound like an ordinary creature. Could it be a high-tier beast that has entered the Tier 1 zone?" Ling Tian wondered aloud.
"Roarrrrrrrrrr!"
The roar reverberated once more, even louder than before,
Damn! Is it coming in this direction? Ling Tian's heart raced with fear.
Without wasting any time thinking about useless things, Ling Tian quickly packed his things and got ready to run away from the hidden open space.
His gut feeling told him to escape because the danger was getting closer.
Meanwhile, Mo Xuan continued to pursue the beast, driving it towards the location where Ling Tian had intended to treat his wounds and rest.
As Mo Xuan approached the spot, he climbed up a towering tree to survey the area.
It didn't take long for his eyes to spot Ling Tian, who was already aware of the impending danger.
Ling Tian was running towards the west side of the forest, in a different direction from where the beast was approaching.
Mo Xuan noticed Ling Tian's desperate attempt to escape and let out a booming laugh as he sneered and said
"Huh! You think you can escape?"
Summoning his internal energy, Mo Xuan attacked, creating a gigantic hand that struck the ground on the right side of the beast.
The impact carved a 3-foot-deep and 6-foot-wide crater, deliberately avoiding direct contact but startling the creature and forcing it to change its course towards Ling Tian's direction of escape.
Terrified by the attack, the beast veered off in the direction Ling Tian chose, closing in on his fleeing figure.
As Ling Tian was running for his life with the thought in his mind that he had escaped the danger but then a wave of despair washed over him when he heard the terrifying roar once again.
He was left speechless, unable to comprehend how the beast had changed direction.
"What the hell? Why is it now moving in this direction? Curse my damn luck! How could I be so unlucky?"
Ling Tian mumbled to himself in frustration.
The beast continued to chase relentlessly, getting closer and closer to Ling Tian with each passing moment.
The distance between them quickly decreased from 5 kilometers to 4.5, then 4, and 3...
When it reached 1.5 kilometers, Ling Tian caught a glimpse of the creature pursuing him.
To his horror, he recognized it as a Moonshadow Wolf, a fearsome 2nd Tier predator.
The Moonshadow Wolf had noticed Ling Tian when it was around 3 kilometers away, but it paid him no mind. It had been focused on its own desperate escape, having no time to hunt a weak and insignificant human.
However, when Mo Xuan noticed the distance between Ling Tian and the wolf significantly shorten, he decided to hide in the shadows of the trees and erase his presence.
The Moonshadow wolf, running relentlessly for hours at full speed, suddenly stopped in its tracks, bewildered.
The despicable human that had pursued it like a mad dog had vanished without a trace.
The wolf couldn't comprehend how this could happen.
It knew very well that the human was much stronger than itself, and escape seemed nearly impossible.
However, it had continued to run for its life, desperately hoping to survive. And now, that hateful human had vanished into thin air.
For a brief moment, the Moonshadow Wolf felt a surge of conceited fulfillment.
Arrogance filled its gaze as it drank in the belief that it had outsmarted and outmaneuvered its pursuer.
Yet, as the wolf's gaze shifted forward, it noticed Ling Tian and roared angrily, its green eyes bloodshot.
Its hatred for humans surged within, fueled by the memories of being chased relentlessly.
In its eyes, Ling Tian was just another hateful human, and all humans were loathsome creatures.
Driven by pent-up frustration and anger, the Moonshadow Wolf quickly closed the distance between itself and Ling Tian, eager to unleash its fury upon the human.
It knew it was much stronger than this Human.
Ling Tian, noticing the approaching beast, cursed his luck.
"Ah, my wretched luck! It appears Heaven has forsaken me entirely."
He pushed his body to the extreme limits, increasing his speed with all his might, unknowingly breaking through his body limits.
His pace quickened significantly, but still, he couldn't match the incredible speed of the Moonshadow Wolf.
As the distance between them narrowed to 500 meters, the Moonshadow Wolf abruptly stopped.
Ling Tian, who was running ahead, knew exactly why the beast had halted.
"It's over. I'm done for. No wonder that bastard stopped chasing me,"
Ling Tian muttered with despair and bitterness.
Because in front of Ling Tian is a cliff leading to an abyss-like canyon covered in Grey Fog.
The beast watched Ling Tian's expression, feeling a sense of smug satisfaction.
It reveled in Ling Tian's misfortune, appreciating the opportunity to torment the young human.
On the other hand, Ling Tian knew that it was now a do-or-die situation.
With determination in his eyes, he reached for his bow, quickly retrieving poison-coated arrows infused with the venom of the Twin Horn Serpent.
These arrows had been hidden and prepared in advance for this very moment.
"Well, not for a tier 2 beast..."
Ling Tian placed one arrow on the bowstring and took aim at the Moonshadow Wolf, channeling all his strength into the shot.
The Moonshadow Wolf was aware of the upcoming arrow but chose to ignore it.
The arrow struck the wolf's mane but was unable to penetrate its strong defense and dropped to the ground.
Ling Tian had already anticipated this outcome, yet he chose to take the shot.
As he watched the futile attempt unfold, he couldn't help but feel bitter and frustrated.
A bitter smile materialized on his face as he realized there was no escape.
He knew there was no escape from this dire situation.
How could a cultivator with the strength of 3rd layer of body tampering inflict an injury on a 2nd Tier beast with normal iron arrows?
The arrows were prepared for 7th, 8th, or 9th level Tier 1 Common Beasts that will pose him a threat in the Tier 1 zone.
The Wolf feeling smug and arrogant, roared and charged at Ling Tian, unable to wait any longer.
As the wolf approached closer and closer, Ling Tian closed his eyes, moving to the edge of the cliff.
A heavy sigh escaped his lips as he succumbed to a fit of crazed laughter.
"Hahaha! So, this is how my life will end.
As I look back, it has been nothing but a pitiful and hopeless existence,
Truly A Pathetic life."
Ling Tian thought, his voice tinged with bitter reflection.
The pain in his heart grew unbearable as he pondered the man he longed to bring pride and happiness to—a man constantly criticized and blamed for his flaws.
Ling Tian's voice trembled with sorrow as he realized he would never be able to make his father proud before those who criticized and blamed him.
Tears cascaded down Ling Tian's face, intermingling with his anguished words.
"Why does it have to be like this?
Why am I so weak?
Why can't I break free from this wretched destiny?"
"why!"
"Damit! whyy?"
"whyyyyy!"
The intensity of his questions trembled in his voice, reverberating into the emptiness around him.
A heart-wrenching smile etched itself across his face, capturing the essence of a young boy's hopelessness and despair.
In that chilling moment, he descended into the depths of darkness, his eyes vacant and lifeless.
Tears continued to stream down his face, a testament to the overwhelming weight of his own regrets.
As, he plunged deeper into the abyss of despair, a soul burdened beyond measure.
The thought reverberated within his consciousness,
"Well, it doesn't matter now anyway," the final resignation in his voice.
"Because I'm already dead."
Although Ling Tian appeared physically unharmed, his eyes had already lost their spark of life.
Ling Tian turned his gaze toward the forest where his father and others were.
Tears streamed down his face as he stuttered emotionally,
"I'm sorry, Father... I'm so sorry."
In desperation, he jumped from the cliff, falling into what seemed like a bottomless pit covered in fog.
Time seemed to slow down as his life unfolded before his eyes, memories and moments racing by in a dizzying whirlwind.
His eyes regained their vitality as he spoke with burning wrath towards the heavens.
"If I were given just one more chance, I would become the strongest.
I won't let anybody look down on me, and... and I will make my father, who always believed in me the most, proud."
As he continued falling, what seemed like an eternity passed.
Finally, he hit the bottom (water's surface) his consciousness drifting away as darkness enveloped him.
His last words echoed through the void,
"Just one chance..."
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