Hiss.
A wind howled as a third-stage eerie being descended from the sky, its bloody mouth wide open and a flexible, blood-red tongue stretching out, emitting a strange hissing sound. Chad stood calmly in front of the drunken old man, using his body as a barrier between the eerie being and the old man.
The flying third-stage eerie being finally woke the old tramp lying on the ground. Chad had expected the old man to be frightened and flee in a panic upon waking. Unexpectedly, the drunken old man merely turned over in a daze, giving the terrifying eerie being a bleary glance without any reaction.
To Chad's astonishment, the old man reached into his ragged clothes with his dirty, muddy hands and fumbled around. Half-asleep, he groped for a gourd filled with wine beside him and began gulping it down, making "glug" sounds.
Chad blinked. Has this old man lost his mind? Or has he gone crazy from drinking? The situation was critical, as the third-stage eerie being wouldn't care whether the old man was crazy or not. It flapped its fleshy wings and flew toward the drunken old man, claws bared. Its sharp claws emanated a chilly aura in the night sky, reaching out to grab the old man's tangled, knotted hair.
"Hmph!"
Seeing the eerie being dare to ignore him and attack an ordinary person, Chad let out a light hum, his eyes turning cold. A towering hellfire surged forth with his gaze, instantly engulfing the third-stage eerie being's body.
A painful howl echoed as the third-stage eerie being flapped its fleshy wings erratically, tumbling through the air before crashing heavily onto the ground. Its body emitted black smoke, and the air filled with the smell of burning. It kept flapping its wings and rolling on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames, but the hellfire clung to the eerie being like a curse, impossible to extinguish.
The drunken old man, still lying on the ground and drinking from the gourd, witnessed the scene with a gleam in his slit-like eyes. His expression slightly changed, showing surprise.
"This kid has quite a strong flame ability," he murmured to himself, taking another big gulp from the gourd. However, his attention had subtly shifted to Chad.
Chad concentrated on dealing with the eerie being, not noticing the old man's expression change. With one powerful strike, he heavily injured the third-stage eerie being. Without hesitation, his arm transformed into a giant flame sword, slicing the eerie being in two with a single swing.
With a final howl, this rare flying third-stage eerie being was killed by Chad in just two rounds. He had originally thought that after killing this third-stage eerie being, the scene would temporarily become safe. Unexpectedly, a stronger fourth-stage eerie being rushed out from the corner, extremely fast, heading straight for the drunken old man!
Chad was more than 60 feet away from the old man, having deliberately kept a distance to prevent the high temperature of the hellfire from harming him. Now, this distance had become a deadly one; he couldn't reach the old man in time to rescue him!
"Glug... Hah!"
Just when Chad's expression grew anxious, unable to bear watching the drunken tramp be killed by the eerie being, the old man leisurely hugged the gourd, slowly sipping a mouthful of wine and letting out a loud belch.
Chad watched, feeling anxious and speechless. What kind of weirdo is this?
A sudden change occurred! Just as Chad thought the old man was doomed and would soon be devoured by the eerie being, an invisible pressure descended from the sky. At a speed Chad couldn't perceive, it instantly distorted the space around the fourth-stage eerie being into a vortex, constantly squeezing it. The fourth-stage eerie being didn't even have time to scream before being crushed into a blob of blood mist!
The entire process took less than a breath, several times faster than when Chad killed the third-stage eerie being. The key was that even from 20 feet away, Chad felt a trace of fear from that mysterious and enormous pressure.
His gaze focused, eyes fixed on the old man on the ground. This drunken tramp had easily crushed a fourth-stage eerie being but acted as if it was none of his concern, as if, in his eyes, the whole world was not as good as that gourd of wine.
"Old man, where are you from, and why are you here?" Chad asked in a deep voice as he walked forward.
The drunken old man didn't speak and lazily turned over, lying on the ground with his gaze assessing Chad. Suddenly, he spoke, "Your ability is extraordinary, with great potential. Want to join me and wander the world?"
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