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Chapter 154: Herbs And Meat.
As they emerged from the dense forest, silence settled between them, only the crunch of leaves underfoot and Zora’s occasional dramatic sigh filled the air. But Kai, ever the curious type, broke the silence because something had been bothering him.“How did you know I wasn’t using my full strength back there?”Zora didn’t even pause. She shot him a look over her shoulder, smirking. “Please. That beast was barely a warm-up. You were dragging your feet like a grandma with arthritis. And don’t even get me started on your stance, your punches looked like a toddler swatting at air.”Kai blinked, unimpressed. “That’s a bit dramatic.”She threw her hands up. “No, what’s dramatic is the way you kept hopping around like some unbothered anime side character. Sloppy footwork, lazy dodges... I was honestly embarrassed watching you. I was this close to pretending I didn’t know you.”Kai exhaled through his nose and looked away, choosing peace over pettiness. “Noted.”“Good,” she replied sweetly, f
153: “Congratulations? For Not Dying?”
Kai watched the beast kicking up dirt and leaves in its final, twitching breath. The echo of the impact still rang through the trees when Zora dropped from her perch in the tree like a meteor.She landed hard, so hard the earth cracked beneath her feet, forming a shallow crater with her boots in the center like a damn superhero landing.Without even glancing at Kai, she dashed toward the dead creature, eyes gleaming like she’d just found a pile of treasure. Her lips curled in delight as she crouched beside the body, licking them with disturbing enthusiasm, as if she’d been starving for a beast buffet.Kai stood there, still trying to breathe, still stunned.His chest heaved. His hands trembled slightly. Sweat dripped down the side of his face. He’d just unleashed a technique so violent it had shocked him and it had actually worked. Better than he ever imagined. Still, he could feel the intense pull on his energy. His insides felt like chewed wire and battery acid.He narrowed his eyes
152: Let It Flow
The beast struck with a roar that shook the trees. Its claws carved deep trenches in the ground, and its muscles moved like nothing Kai had ever seen before. Kai dodged to the side, barely missing a blow that would’ve shattered his ribs. His fists tightened. His body moved. But it wasn’t enough.Every hit he landed barely left a mark. Every strike the beast threw felt like it could split the earth. He ducked, twisted, launched a kick, nothing worked. Its raw speed and brute force were terrifying. Even his Heavenly Eye, once his trump card, flickered uselessly against the overwhelming pressure.He was losing.And fast.Then...“Are you freaking kidding me right now?!” Zora’s voice exploded from somewhere above.Kai glanced up just in time to see her crouched on a high tree branch, fists clenched and eyes wild with disbelief. She looked like someone who’d just watched a toddler try to punch a mountain.“Why are you holding back, dumbass?!” she snapped.Kai blinked. “What?”An object buz
151: Beast In The Forest.
The morning sunlight filtered lazily into the apartment, golden and warm, but there was nothing warm about the stomping that echoed down the stairs.Zora appeared, hair wild, face grumpy, and stomach clearly leading the charge."I'm hungry!" she declared, as if the universe was responsible. "Why the hell are hospital meds designed to make you eat like a beast? I feel like I could swallow a cow whole!"Kai, who was seated on the couch with a tablet in hand, didn’t even glance up. His finger continued scrolling through the digital screen as he casually sipped water, acting like a certain someone wasn’t unleashing war cries at the breakfast table.Zora narrowed her eyes. “Oh, so now you're deaf too? Great. My only company in this miserable world is a mute, scrolling corpse. Do I need to faint before you look up?”Kai sighed, finally giving her a glance. “What do you want now?”She folded her arms dramatically. “Groceries. I need groceries. And not the poor-man groceries please. I’m talki
150: Loaded Gun
Zora froze mid-step when Kai asked if his Heavenly Eye could be cultivated. Turning slowly, she stared at him like he had just asked if water was dry.“You…” she blinked. “Wait—hold on. You mean to tell me, with your whole chest, that you thought the only reason you could use the Heavenly Eye… was because of your bloodline?”Kai’s face was calm. Innocent. “I thought it only activated because of my bloodline—”That was all it took.Zora clutched her chest and let out the most dramatic wheeze ever, stumbling back like she’d been shot with stupidity.“Oh my stars and cosmic heavens, my freaking—Kai! You're hopeless! Absolutely, cosmically hopeless! You mean to tell me you’ve been walking around with the most powerful ocular weapon in existence, thinking it’s just some birthmark perk?”Kai frowned. “Well—”“—No. No. Don’t talk,” she said, raising a palm to silence him. “You sweet, sweet dumpling of ignorance.”She started pacing like a deranged professor. “He really thought the eye just p
149: Questions.
The moment Kai unrolled the scroll, his eyes scanned the pages slowly, confusion painting every inch of his expression. Symbols, ancient calligraphy, strange diagrams of energy flows and spiritual nodes, it looked more like a chaotic artist’s sketchpad than anything remotely understandable.He blinked. Turned the scroll upside down.Nope. Still nonsense.Turning it sideways didn’t help either.Eventually, he looked up, brows drawn tight, and stared at Zora like she had just handed him a cursed grocery list.Zora, lounging on the couch and rubbing her stomach with all the satisfaction of someone who’d eaten their way through a feast, caught his expression and scoffed. “Tch. Village boy.”Kai didn’t even respond to the insult. “What is this?” he asked, dead serious.She sat up and grinned. “That, oh clueless one, is a top-level cultivation technique. One of the rarest. One of the most guarded. One of the most absolutely illegal-to-even-breathe-near ones.”Kai's frown deepened.Zora, cle
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