bookpower Chapter 152: What did I just hear?
Chapter 152: What did I just hear?
Asher felt relieved after curing Scarlet of the drug's influence and seeing that she seemed to be recovering from her ordeal.
Even though he has only known her for a short time, she has grown on him during their brief interactions, and he has begun to develop a protective instinct towards her, especially after what she went through today.
He smiled warmly at Scarlet and opened his mouth to speak, but before any words left his lips, a powerful sense of danger suddenly struck his consciousness.
'What's wrong?' He wondered to himself, his gaze turning towards the edge of the forest.
There, Asher sensed a powerful sword qi heading straight for the two of them at an incredible speed and with devastating force.
Without any hesitation, he wrapped his arm around Scarlet's waist and disappeared, moving a safe distance away.
From there, they saw the devastating aftermath and the attacker, who continued to release countless sword-qi blades at that spot, causing massive damage to the surrounding area and creating large holes in the earth.
"How did he come here so soon?!" Scarlet exclaimed with wide eyes, startled by the sudden attack and that man.
Asher looked at her with a serious expression on his face and asked, as he wanted to confirm his suspicion, "Do you know that man attacking us?"
She glanced at him before nodding. "Yes. It's Rick Cutler, the person who drugged me with that drug."
Hearing her words, Asher looked at the man with a frown. It seems like Rick has really bad intentions for Scarlet, even going so far as to release the killing strikes.
Just as he was about to take action to subdue this asshole, he heard something that caused the blood in his whole body to boil.
Asher's eyes narrowed slightly when he noticed that he was unable to push back this arrogant young master, whose aura and power were similar to those of the True Spirit Realm cultivator. However, remembering the words of curse uttered by this lowlife, Asher's aura got more ominous and dark, making Rick flinch.
Rick felt a chill run down his spine as he stared into those deep, azure eyes. They were like an endless ocean that threatened to swallow him, sending him into depths of terror where no light could reach, and he couldn't help but feel terrified by their intensity.
At that moment, his instincts told him that he shouldn't underestimate this opponent in front of him. After all, only true masters possessed such a terrifying presence that they could scare others shitless just by looking into their eyes.
Although this guy had a similar cultivation base as him, his fighting prowess seemed higher than his.
Seeing how Asher wasn't intimidated by him and didn't seem interested in backing down, Rick felt annoyed.
"You don't seem to understand the situation, huh? Do you think you can win against me just because you're lucky enough to be at the same cultivation level as me?" He sneered as he gathered more spirit essence in his body.
When Asher saw this, he poured more spirit essence into his sword too and pushed forward with great strength.
At that moment, Rick couldn't follow up quickly, which caused his sword to be pushed back by Asher's attack and get slashed across his chest.
"Ahhh... Shit!" Rick cried out as he stumbled backwards while clutching onto his wounded chest, which was bleeding out.
Seeing this opportunity, Asher didn't waste any time and dashed forward, striking at Rick with his sword once again, aiming for his throat.
"No!!" Cecil screamed when she saw that Asher was going to kill her beloved young master, but at that moment, someone appeared in front of her.
"Cecil, I hope you are prepared for the consequences of what you did to me!" Scarlet said as she released an extremely powerful spirit essence attack towards the startled Cecil.