Whoosh!
He let go of the arrow.
The arrow was carried by winding sailing with powerful momentum toward its target.
As for the three wailing ghosts, they let out a high-pitched cry when they realized they almost captured their prey.
Between them and their prey was only one turn, which they would make, and their prey would fall into their hands.
As the first ghost rushed past between two massive trees, the arrow arrived right in front of its chest and hit it, sending it flying backward.
Everything happened in a blink, giving the second wailing ghost no time to react.
Bang!
It was hit by the first wailing ghost and joined the fray, flying backward.
Before the last wailing ghost could react, it was sent flying together with the two other wailing ghosts.
Bang!
The arrow accomplished its task, nailing the three wailing ghosts to a massive ancient tree in the distance.
Shriek!
They let out a deafening cry when they realized they had fallen under the attack of the puny human.
In the distance, Caleb Li jumped in joy when the arrow nailed the three wailing ghosts. When he remembered he only had a couple of seconds, he reined in his happiness and rushed into the broken temple.
In the distance, the three wailing ghosts let out a loud, piercing cry when they saw their prey escaping toward the broken temple.
They pulled themselves out of the arrow and dashed after him with their full speed.
Just as he rushed inside the temple, he heard wailing ghosts behind him, and all the hair on his body stood on straight.
'What the hell!' He cried in his heart.
If he had slowed down for three seconds, the ghosts would have captured him.
His heart pounded heavily against his chest with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead. He was scared silly.
He didn't understand how the three wailing ghosts could cover half of a kilometer in a blink.
Looking at the three ghosts outside the temple, his two hands rested on the sheath of his twin swords, ready to fight to the death if they rushed into the broken temple.
However, that didn't happen. The three wailing ghosts wailed outside the entrance of the broken temple with fear evident on their faces.
They wanted nothing but to rush into the broken temple and tear this puny human to pieces, but some sort of power shielded the broken temple.
After a couple of minutes of staring competition between each other, Caleb Li was sure the wailing ghosts wouldn't enter the broken temple.
He went to a corner and sat down to recover from the blood-pumping escape.
Suddenly, he felt his body getting heavier, and it became difficult for him to breathe.
Instantly, he knew what was going on. The effect of the Whitening Pill was waning off.
Quickly, he opened his pouch and took out another whitening pill and swallowed it.
Slowly, he regained his breathing and breathed a sigh of relief. After resting for another couple of minutes, all his tensed nerves had relaxed.
Finally, he could now look at the broken temple carefully.
The temple was in ruins with traces of a deadly battle on the wall. On the ground were many broken statues, and on the wall were deep slashes of blades.
He looked at the ruin for a couple of seconds before his gaze landed deep within the temple where a half-broken statue stood.
The broken statue was an old man, sitting in a lotus position. The statue depicted an ancient expert with unfathomable power.
Filled with curiosity, he got on his feet and walked toward the statue of the old man.
He stopped when he was only a couple of feet from the statue. He looked intently at the statue and realized a kind of pressure was coming out from the statue.
"What power!" He exclaimed in shock.
Suddenly, he noticed some strange markings that looked like words on the chest of the statue.
He wanted to get a closer look but the pressure coming from the statue made it impossible for him.
He creased his brow and thought of various ways to satiate his curiosity but found none.
Just then, he heard a notification in his head.
[Ding!]
[You've learned a Silver Grade Cultivation Technique, Nine Star Astral Breathing Technique.]
[Do you want to use 120 days of your lifespan to cultivate the Nine Star Astral Breathing Technique?]
[Yes | No]
For a couple of seconds, Caleb Li didn't move as he was too shocked to move. He was dumbfounded, staring at the floating panel in front of him.
'Silver Grade Technique!' He screamed in his heart.
He had never heard of a silver grade technique. The highest he heard from his teacher was a Mortal grade technique.
A mortal grade was a rare technique that could only be found in the strongest families.
Even the strongest families wouldn't just allow any of their members to cultivate as it was only reserved for the talented ones.
But now, he was facing a silver grade technique. His heart raced with glee; he tried to calm his heart, but it continued to pound in joy.
Since he was unfortunate to meet those three men, he had been blaming this body's bad luck.
But now, he didn't know how to feel.
Taking a deep breath, he reined in his thoughts and looked at the floating panel and chose yes.
[120 days have been deducted from your lifespan]
That was the last notification he heard when he felt his head swollen rapidly, and he fell to the ground, losing consciousness.
The massive stream of information was just too much that he couldn't handle it.
Though he was unconscious, the stream of information never ceased. He spasmed on the ground, and a slight groan escaped from his mouth now and then.
This continued for an hour before it stopped, and his breathing returned to normal. His breathing might have returned to normal from the perspective of the naked eye.
However, the rhythm of the heartbeat was different. Sometimes it may be long, other times short.
Besides, from the depth of space, a streak of light traveled at a speed impossible to comprehend and entered the Ancient World.
Tearing through the dark cloud that gathered over the Dark Forest and landed on Caleb Li's body.