Chapter 12: Escape
Night fell, and the mist between the trees was swept by the night wind, which looked a little eerie. The boy was used to it, after all, he had been in the forest for days.
The woods at night are not dangerous, as there are no large beasts, and that is why there are more people here than anywhere else. The boy was looking for a place to rest, and had become more and more vigilant since he noticed that there were many people in the woods.
The "Peng" boy seemed to have hooked something with his foot and fell to the ground.
"What is it?" the boy wondered, and he got up. Looking back, the boy took out the ancient sword wrapped in the beast, and with the light it emitted, the boy began to look at what had tripped over him.
Which is a corpse, the young man's expression changed, and he quickly retreated with a scream. Which corpse, dressed in a gray linen robe, has a big hole in its chest, and I don't know what sharp weapon pierced it. Crimson blood flowed out of the big hole, staining a large piece of robe, this person obviously didn't know how long he had been dead!
"It was this arm that tripped me just now," the boy looked over and saw an arm running across where he had just walked.
"Why did his hand clench into a fist?" the boy wondered. He carefully broke the dead man's fist, and black veins appeared along with the dead man's fist.
"What is this?" the boy was intrigued by the black textures, and he traced it on the ground with a twig. The boy looked closely and saw that it was a map, and the place shown on the map was this forest.
"There's still a way here!" the young man was ecstatic, looking a little excited. Where is the edge of a forest, where there is a cliff, and a river descends from the cliff.
"This senior, although I don't know what your name is, I still want to thank you" The young man bowed to the corpse lying on the ground. The young man began to dig with the ancient sword in his hand, and the ancient sword turned into an iron hoe again.
The body of the ancient sword trembled slightly, and a faint sword groan sounded, as if he was dissatisfied with the young man using it to dig the earth! This time, the young man dug for a long time. The dead man had a large body and thick limbs. By the time the boy dug the big pit, he was already exhausted and out of breath.
The boy bowed to the dead man's body again, then moved the body into the pit and filled it with dirt.
After burying the dead man's body, the boy left. It didn't take long for the boy to find a hidden place and start resting and recuperating his strength.
The night passed quickly, and as soon as the sun rose, the boy woke up. The boy began to compare the terrain and which route to take.
At the same time, just as the boy was on his way, a man in black suddenly came to the place where the boy buried the dead man last night.
"Strange, how come the traces left by that person are no longer here?" The man in black was a little strange and began to look around. A moment later, the man in black stood where the boy had dug the pit
"This piece of fast soil has a different color, it should have been turned over not long ago, someone should have buried him" The corners of the black-clothed man's mouth raised slightly, revealing a touch of coldness. He watched around for a long time, and actually chased in the direction of the young man's departure!
The boy walked and stopped, constantly correcting his position, and gradually approached the cliff. However, he did not know that a man in black was following the trail he had left behind! The boy had not yet realized that great danger was approaching!
The boy was a little happy that he was finally able to get out of the forest safely. The vigilance in his heart began to decrease. The boy carefully avoided a few predators, and he could already see which cliff it was.
"It turned out to be a teenager" A figure sounded from behind the young man, it was the man in black who was chasing after him!
The young man's face was shocked, he turned to look at the man in black, and said in surprise, "Who are you?"
"You don't have to know who I am. Because you see things you shouldn't see, you have to die," the man in black sneered.
"What shouldn't you see?, who did you kill?" the boy shuddered as he thought of the dead man's body last night.
"Yes, it's very smart, I can't bear to kill you" The man in black looked surprised, he didn't expect a twelve-year-old boy to be so smart.
The young man was a little unwilling, and secretly said in his heart: "Are you going to die here today?"
"Maybe there's another chance" The young man's eyes lit up, only the peerless blow of the ancient sword could injure which man in black could be used to escape.
"Alright, it's time to send you on your way" The man in black laughed and walked towards the young man, his blood surging around him, like death descending!
The young man retreated again and again, while secretly looking for an opportunity, preparing to use the ancient sword to deliver a peerless blow and slash the man in black.
"You can die" The man in black put his fingers together, raised his arms and slashed downward, like a heavenly knife, the power was extremely amazing!
"It's now" The young man backhanded, and the ancient sword wrapped in animal skin was thrown by him, stabbing straight at someone. The man in black seemed to have been prepared, quickly dodged, and then looked at the young man coldly.
"What's going on?" the young man's face changed, he didn't expect which ancient sword suddenly lost its breath, and it didn't cut out a peerless sword.
"Sure enough, there is a back hand" The corners of the black-clothed man's mouth rose slightly, and he kicked the ancient sword wrapped in animal skin and walked in front of the young man. Gu Nan's face was pale, he didn't expect the man in black to be on guard.
"It's good that the ancient sword didn't inspire any sword, otherwise it would have been dodged by the man in black, and the ancient sword would have suffered some loss in vain" Such a thought flashed through the young man's mind, a little strange.
The young man kept retreating as the man in black advanced, his back against a tree trunk, and there was no way to retreat at all!
"This time, what do you have to do?" the man in black slapped his palm down and went straight to the top of the young man's head. However, a sudden whistling sound sounded in his ears. The palm of the man in black stopped, only three inches away from the top of the young man's head, but he was never able to shoot it again!
The young man's desperate eyes suddenly showed joy. An ancient sword pierced the heart of the man in black, and the eyes of the man in black lost their lustre. He, dead, was shattered by the ancient sword.
The boy escaped again and came back to life from the clutches of the man in black. He was pale, limp, and sat down on the ground. In just a few breaths, the boy once again walked between life and death.
After resting for a while, the boy stood up. He pulled out the ancient sword, hid the body of the man in black slightly, and quickly left.
It didn't take long for the boy to come to the cliff. The cliff is not very high, and a large river flows slowly.
The boy stepped on the protruding part of the rock wall and moved downward. The boy was very careful, and his hands were still grasping the vegetation growing in the cracks in the rock wall.
Suddenly, the stone under the boy's feet loosened. The boy fell downward, and the vegetation he was holding in his hand was pulled out.
"Not good" The young man's face changed, and his body began to fall downward. The "bang" boy's body was like a meteorite, falling into the river, and a loud bang was launched.