Before Austin came to the Martial World, this had been his pet phrase. He had made it his life's motto back then, and now it just escaped his lips.
Before leaving, Austin searched the shattered corpse of the Blood Wolf Team, and found about five thousand vital energy crystals in his pockets.
Nefariously, he thought that killing and looting was a very quick way to become wealthy, even though an indecent one.
Austin was very pleased that he had received thousands of vital energy crystals without having to do almost anything at all.
But pretty soon, his mind wandered and turned its attention in the direction of the celestial energy ginseng. He realized that this was something far more precious than any amount of vital energy crystals he could gather.
The very next instant, he disappeared using the Wind-commanding Skill. . . . .
Somewhere deep in the Grand Desolation Mountain.
The sounds of a wild struggle and the shouts of several people, as if they were chasing someone, suddenly broke the silence of the mountain forest.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA girl in a purple dress appeared between the trees, running as fast as her legs could carry her. She was about seventeen years old and looked quite pretty. However, her crystal-like eyes were made unattractive by the fact that they were filled with flutter and fear.
Behind her, a dozen men were chasing her like a lion chasing its prey. Those men were all carrying weapons, and looked vicious with anger, and there were murderous looks on all of their faces.
"Stop, you little thief! How dare you steal my thing! | am gonna tear you to pieces!" one of them yelled loudly. He sounded way more anxious than angry though, as if the girl had taken something very important from him.
What he said added to the girl's panic and she tried her best to speed up.
"Hurry up! The thief is fast. Seize her and don't let her run away! She has my low-grade spiritual weapon! It is only a level 2 but it cost me a fucking lot of money!" one of the pursuers shouted.
"You're telling me you're making a fuss about a level 2 weapon? Hell man, mine is a fucking level 4! | will suffer a greater loss if we can't catch her!" another one of them answered rather grumpily, huffing as they all chased her.
"Oye, you two! My situation is even worse! She stole all my cores! | risked my life and fought all those beasts this month in the Grand Desolation Mountain to get them, | should be the one complaining if we had the time! Now just shut the hell up and catch her first!". .
Hearing their voices getting closer, the girl bit her lip in horror. She was getting tired now. She had a small mouth and rosy lips, but right now they only made her face seem paler. She now understood that she was in big trouble this time.
‘Damn it! How on earth do | get rid of them?" The girl thought hard and fast, trying to maintain her now failing speed. She knew that she would certainly fall to their clutches if she failed to come up with a way to escape.
While she was thinking, suddenly, just as she turned a corner, a boy's figure came into her sight out of nowhere. He was standing under a big tree and seemed to be trying to figure out what was going on around him in surprise.
The girl hit upon an idea immediately, and she rushed to the boy's side straight away.
That boy with confusion written all over his face was no one else but Austin. He had been traveling through the forest when he had suddenly heard the voices of those men. They were running and shouting in the distance but gradually getting closer. But before he could figure anything out, a pretty and charming young girl was running towards him like an arrow.
The girl ignored Austin's curious look. She compressed her lips into a smile, but soon she couldn't help but grin, showing her white teeth. Before Austin could ask her any questions, she took a deep breath and cried out, "I've made it, brother! Please hold them off and | will run with these treasures first. Don't pull your punches, just kill them all!" Her voice was loud enough to reach the men chasing her. It looked like the girl wasn't talking to Austin at all, but was making sure that her pursuers could hear her.
Austin frowned at once as he knew something was wrong. But before he could act, the girl rushed past him like wind. All that was left was a faint fragrance of her perfume. Damn it! "God damn it! She has help! Come with me and grab them both! Kill the boy and catch the girl!" The mob roared as they heard the girl's words from a distance. They were apparently enraged and agitated, and they doubled their speed right away.
"What the hell!" Austin groaned. He was fuming with anger now. Before he had known what was going on, he had been used by a strange girl.
What was worse, he didn't think that the mob would listen even if he tried to explain himself.
Clenching his teeth, he turned around and decided to chase the run-away girl, who must be cheering that her trick had succeeded.
But Austin was way faster than her and it took him just a few steps before he caught up with her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe girl was stunned on hearing footsteps right beside her. She turned her head, still running, and found Austin's smile glaring at her naughtily. It was a wicked and vicious smile.
The girl's heart sank. 'He is incredibly fast!" she groaned in her heart, cursing her choice of an escape goat.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are the thief they are after, right? | am surprised that you have the guts to drag me into the mire with you. But in any case, one should return as good as one receives. | think | should pay you back, don't you?" Austin told her with a cheeky grin.
"What do you mean?" the girl asked a bit nervously. She was somehow alarmed by Austin's vicious smile, and she had a sinking feeling that this boy was not going to help her.
Just then, she felt a sting in her head. She couldn't help but scream in pain as she nearly lost her balance and slowed down suddenly, retarding her speed almost instantly.
It was Austin's Spiritual Sense Flying Needle! "This is for your picking and stealing, as well as for rolling me into the mud. | am sorry, but you stole things and it is you who has to stay and clear up the mess." Soon as he finished speaking, Austin activated the Negative Shadow Blade. The next second, a black shadow of a blade appeared in the air right in front of the girl, blocking her way.
She had been running fast, and was startled when she found a dark blade appearing out of nowhere and pointing at her. It was only a few meters away, and even the air had turned cold with its presence! If she hadn't reacted quickly and stopped in her path, she definitely would have run into the blade and got pierced in the chest by it.
She could even imagine the sharp pang and coldness it would give if it crashed through her heart! "How could you ..." The girl was thrown into a panic since she had never expected that Austin would put her into even bigger danger instead of being her savior. She had no choice but to come to a sudden halt and watch the frenzied crowd approach her ecstatically.
The mob was wild with joy on seeing her stop. They fanned out while rushing towards her, and surrounded her completely in no time.
"Where are you going, little thief?" the burly man leading the crowd thundered through clenched teeth, with killing intent written clearly on his face.
The others surrounding her all sneered, some of which even sized her curvy and delicate figure up lustfully.
"I'm going to make you beg for death, you little thief!"