The spirits were on high alert with the way Grey seemed so casual. He didn't care. But that was what they thought. Inwardly Grey was very afraid.
He was just so good at hiding his emotions that you wouldn't be able to tell unless if he wanted you to know.
The green aura that surronded him lighted up the room a little and that made it possible for him to see them.
His muscles tensed as if ready for a fight. The spirits stared at him with contempt but also a slight wariness.
Grey suddenly jumped towards the lady spirit. She got ready to defend against whatever attacks he may bring but was shocked when he slipped past her and broke through the door in a sprint.
He was running as fast as he could without looking back. 'Come on guys, do you think a second stage cultivator could beat a level eight cultivator in the same realm. That's impossible. I would rather run than fight you guys anyday. And i don't even have a weapon.' Grey thought inwardly with a chuckle.
He had managed to trick the spirits but when they came back to their senses. The chase would be on and then his life will be in danger.
It didn't take as long as he wanted, but Grey suddenly heard the sound of glass breaking and thunderous footsteps several thousand meters behind him.
'And here i thought they would take a while longer'
Grey suddenly felt his hair stand up and he lunged to the side. Instantly, a stone whizzed past his head and struck the tree in front of him. The tree was blasted into splinters which rained down on him.
'What!'
His eyes widened in surprise and great fear. If before he was afraid, now he was terrified.
When he glanced back, he saw the two spirits who had left their previous forms as the middleaged man and lady.
The man now had a hunched back with long hands and legs which dragged on the floor as he ran. His face could not be seen because of his long dirty white hair. But Grey knew he wouldn't like he would see.
The middleaged woman on the other hand, now had eight hairy legs like a spider but that was only from the waist down.
Her upper body remained human-ish. She had long black hair and a very beautiful face. But she had eyes of a reptile. There were two black stripes on her cheeks.
Seeing the real image of his pursuers, Grey felt even more afraid. 'How could i meet two powerful spirits at the same time in one day?' He said inwardly.
The spirits were catching up very quickly and the boost in distance he had before was now diminishing. He circulated his breathing and ran one of the techniques from the Great Void. 'Kai-Kai Kitan' It boosted his speed and strength making his speed which was supposed to be at the second level of qi condensation to the fourth level. But even that was not enough.
Although the Kai-kai kitan did give a boost, it couldn't be used for long periods of time, if not his body would suffer irreversible damage.
"Am starting to think if finding that crystal shard was a good thing or a bad thing". He said bitterly but his speed didn't dare slow down. The spirits were still throwing objects at him with great force and if just one hit him, he would be through.
'I only have thirty minutes left, will it be enough?' He glanced at the sky and saw some signs of dawn. Spirits were known to not come out during the day time and when the sun came out, they would be in deep sleep. If he could make it till dawm, he might just survive.
" Come back here, you disgusting human." The spider-lady spirit shouted. Her voice sounding sweet and enchanting but when he caught sight of what was making such melodic voice, he shivered repeatedly.
He ducked through the foliage of the forest, trying to use it to his advantage but the spirits were also doing so with ease. If Grey can be said to be familiar with the forests, the forest was the home of the spirits.
The green aura around him began to wane, showing sounds that he couldn't use it for much longer. 'Looks like i don't have much time left. The thirty minutes is almost over.'
He had been running for thirty minutes and it was now taking his toll on him. "So this is the power of a cultivator." He had been running for close to thirty minutes now without rest and he was stil going.
If it were before, he wouldn't even be able to last five minutes at this speed.
The spirits were just few meters behind him now. There was no signs of exhaustions on their faces. It looked as if they keep on running like this for several more hours. 'Is this it? Will i die just after being a cultivator?'
Kai-kai kitan which had been giving him a boost now stopped circulating. The green aura around him dissipated and his speed returned to being at the second level.
The spirits were just a few centimeters behind and would catch up with him at any second now.
He desperately tried to run the kai-kai kitan again, even at the cost of severe damage. But his body was too tired and kai-kai kitan failed.
Just as the long hand of the male spirit was about to graze him his skin, he suddenly heard a loud rumble in the sky. And it seemed like not only him heard but the spirits slowed down for a second which enabled him to barely escape their claws.
When he finally looked up, he saw the clouds parting for a majestic figure.
The figure was clad in green clothes and was flying in the air. He saw that it was a young man no older than Grey himself. His green eyes held a certain charm in them along with his handsome face, he was someone every lady would die for without a doubt.
When the figure came out from the clouds, he unconsciously glanced down and saw Grey still chased by the spirits and in a bad shape.
His face changed into a frown which made his handsome face seem indifferent and c"Disgusting" He said with a tone of total disdain and Grey couldn't help but think if the young cultivator was disgusted by him or the spirits.
He found out when the young man outstretched his hand and a four leaf plant tattoo appeared on his wrist."From grass to dust, sunshine evisceration". His voice was calm and collected.
Then suddenly, the two spirits still chasing him started to slow down and the four leaf plant tattoo appeared on their body.
They wanted to shout in fear but no words came out of their mouths, they were slowing turning to grass.
Grey stood with his eyes wide opened. Such creatures that he had a hard time just running away from were turning into common grass. Just how strong was the young cultivator to be able to do this.
And how could he fly.
Only cultivators in the Nirvana realm could actively fly. This young man that was around the same age as Grey was already in the Nirvana realm. Was he a heaven-defying genius?
In seconds, the two spirits had turned to grass, which then turned to dust and scattered away in the wind. The sun had now risen and Grey could now see the young cultivator again.
He was looking at him with a weird expression that grey later understood was contempt. 'Why does he hate me?' Before he got a chance, the cultivator left immediately after. But he said one word that Grey could hear and it was the only word he had heard him speak. "Disgusting"
"So it was me he was disgusted by. Maybe because of how i look... I can't care anyways, at least he saved my life though." Grey shrugged his shoulders as fell down to the forest floor to rest. He had not slept throughout the night and ran for a long distance would have covered in days. "But at least i ran in the right direction" he muttered under his breath as he panted heavily.