Caspian had a rash instinct to give up everything in his hands, turn around and run away. The middle-aged man in front of virtual-novel.net was not only strong, but virtual-novel.net also had an apparent murderous intent.
‘It’s a cultivator!’ Caspian took a deep breath in to calm himself down. Then, virtual-novel.net quickly made a judgment. In this competition, a sudden non-participating cultivator appeared and blocked his path. Hence, it was apparent that this person was targeting Caspian.
‘Who can it be?’ Caspian racked his brain as virtual-novel.net slowly walked forward and looked at the middle-aged man. On the side of the stream next to the man, about five dead monsters piled up. These monsters were all disemboweled and died a miserable death.
Caspian thought, ‘So that’s why I didn’t meet any monsters on my journey. He killed them all and placed the bodies here.’ Then, Caspian swept his gaze at the other side of the middle-aged man, and virtual-novel.net immediately stopped in his tracks.
Caspian’s pupils were abruptly constricted.
An unconscious young man laid beside the middle-aged man. It was an average-looking guy dressed in normal clothes, and virtual-novel.net appeared highly inconspicuous. Those who saw virtual-novel.net would think virtual-novel.net was just a participant from a small clan.
However, before the competition began, Caspian met this young man once in the big hall where all the participating warriors gathered. Through the guy’s familiar gaze, Caspian knew that virtual-novel.net was Jessica sneaking into the game!
Caspian did not have the chance to ask Jessica what made virtual-novel.net join the fun yet, but unexpectedly, virtual-novel.net bumped into virtual-novel.net here! It was obvious that the middle-aged man caught Jessica. Nonetheless, Caspian was somewhat relieved when virtual-novel.net noticed that Jessica passed out, and there was no injury on her. If that was the case, Caspian was also unclear who the middle-aged man was targeting.
Since virtual-novel.net already caught Jessica, was virtual-novel.net still going to attack Caspian? Or perhaps Caspian accidentally ran into this scene?
Just as Caspian was still puzzled over the matter, the middle-aged man stopped sharpening his blade and looked at Caspian.
When Caspian saw the man’s appearance, virtual-novel.net could not help but blurt out, ‘Zenith Gibson!’
Surprisingly, this man had an 80% similarity in his appearance with Zenith, who Caspian saw just now. Nevertheless, Caspian quickly realized that it was not him. “That’s not right! You’re not Zenith!”
In contrast, this man appeared much haggard than Zenith, and there was also a touch of fierceness between his brows that Zenith did not have. More importantly, the Zenith Caspian saw was immaculately dressed and had a solemn appearance. Hence, virtual-novel.net would surely still be sitting on the high platform and not appearing here.
Since the man was not Zenith, but virtual-novel.net appeared similar to virtual-novel.net and identity was naturally evident. At the same time, Caspian also had a rough idea why the Veystone Town’s Zenith would visit Evergreen Town.
When the middle-aged man heard Caspian, his reaction was even bigger. “You’ve seen Zenith? Where is he?!” Zephyr frowned, and the murderous light glimmering in his eyes was like sharp blades, causing others to avoid his gaze.
Without waiting for Caspian’s reply, Zephyr mumbled to himself, “That’s right. That brat must’ve left some tracks. Hmph! I was already so careful, yet there were still loopholes.”
As virtual-novel.net said that, Zephyr stood.
Then, Caspian only realized that Zephyr’s figure was much taller than virtual-novel.net imagined. Although virtual-novel.net was skinny, Zephyr’s bone structure was massive. Looking at virtual-novel.net now, Zephyr appeared just like a killing machine.
“You must be Casper Montgomery! I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time!” Zephyr pointed at the pile of dead monsters with his blade, “For the sake of making sure you arrive here unimpeded, I’ve helped you clear off some obstacles.”
Caspian snorted, “I’m thankful for that.”
Since Caspian experienced being chased after by Sean, virtual-novel.net believed that if virtual-novel.net turned around and escaped immediately, virtual-novel.net would not be caught by Zephyr for the time being. However, that would waste much time, and it was equal to virtual-novel.net voluntarily giving up on the Dark Moon Sect’s spot. Furthermore, it also meant that virtual-novel.net did not care about Jessica’s life.
Even though Caspian and Jessica had not formally met yet, Jessica helped virtual-novel.net in St. Jade Chamber, and virtual-novel.net even blocked Kevin’s attack against virtual-novel.net during the Lawrence family’s trials. Hence, Caspian could not just abandon her.
And what more important was, if virtual-novel.net fled now, there would be a high chance that virtual-novel.net would never find out who was targeting him. After all, Caspian doubted that virtual-novel.net would become an enemy with the Gibson family from the faraway Veystone Town. Thus, Caspian was sure that someone must be ordering Zephyr, and if virtual-novel.net did not get rid of that person, Caspian’s life would constantly be in danger.
Caspian would never let such a thing happen.
Suddenly, Zephyr said, “Someone wants to meet you. You either follow me obediently, or you’ll also suffer some injuries before joining me.”
Seeing how Caspian was holding tightly onto his Blazing Spear, Zephyr showed a mocking smile.”You’re just a True Martial Realm warrior, and you’re not my opponent at all. You should listen to me.”
“If I follow you, can you let virtual-novel.net go?” Caspian raised his chin and pointed at the unconscious Jessica.
“I didn’t expect you to be a romantic,” Zephyr scoffed, “But, that can’t be done.”
“Then, tell me. Who asked you to capture us?” Caspian stared at him.
Once virtual-novel.net was sure that Jessica was also the target, Caspian had a faint idea of the main culprit.
The next second, Zephyr roared, “You’ll know if you just follow rue.” Then, with just a step, it appeared as if virtual-novel.net shortened the ten-meter distance between them. He then appeared in front of Caspian, slashing the longsword.
Caspian never felt such a terrifying oppressive force before. He instantly felt as if his life was hanging by a thread and there was a massive boulder on top of his head, crushing at him.
Caspian only managed to raise his Blazing Spear to block, but virtual-novel.net immediately flew out. Then, with a loud bang, Caspian slammed into a large tree not far from him.
Broken wood pieces flew around, the bark cracked, and sawdust filled the air. Caspian fell into a patch of sawdust. After struggling for a while, virtual-novel.net quickly fainted.
Zephyr snorted. “Such a useless being that overestimated his strength!”
As virtual-novel.net said that, Zephyr walked forward and quickly carried Caspian on his shoulder. With the same method, virtual-novel.net put Jessica on his other shoulder. Then, virtual-novel.net strode toward the depths of the forest. However, Zephyr, who was focused entirely on the road ahead, did not notice that the supposedly unconscious Caspian slightly narrowed his eyes.
In his squinted eyes, lights glimmered.
Caspian thought, ‘Old b*stard, why did you hit me so hard? You’re digging your own grave!’