A Cultivation Tale: The Godly Punisher

Chapter 171: A little girl

Alex waited and watched the battle from where he was. He didn't want to jump out and rush to the battleground since it seemed like Olivia would be able to handle the ongoing battle herself. He would only feel embarrassed if she didn't need his help.

Therefore, he observed the battle and couldn't help but be astonished at Olivia's insane battle power. And from the way she fought; her battle power and the techniques she used, he could infer that she was from a family that purely cultivated fire and resided in a Greatverse (Great World) or Oververse (Major World). With the battle strength she showed, it was unlikely for her family to live in an Underverse (Minor World). He felt that her family must be made up of powerful, fire-element cultivating experts.

Olivia stood to her feet and swallowed a pill. When the pill revitalized her, she looked at the remaining men in the distance. Once she gazed at them, their bodies shivered, then they took to their feet. They tried running away.

Olivia's gaze which was cold became full of mockery. Something then shot out of her beast storage ring. It was a dog-like beast whose body was enveloped in dark scarlet flames. And if one looked observantly, it red hide looked like armor. Then large, curved blades that had their edges glow in a crimson light could be seen at the center of the beast's back, along the area it vertebral column was located. This meant the blades extended out from it spine.

When it appeared, since it was linked to Olivia's thought, it knew her intentions. Then with a deep growl, it shot towards the men, biting off their heads from their necks with it powerful jaws and burning their headless bodies to ashes instantly with it expansible and retractable dark scarlet-colored flame.

When it was done, it walked to Olivia's side who squatted and began to rub it head. Even with the flame burning around on it body, she couldn't be hurt by the flame.

Alex where he stood took a deep breath and exhaled. Then he began to walk towards her.

Olivia who was playing with her flaming beast pet noticed a gaze on her body, then her eyes narrowed. She looked up to see who the gaze belonged to and to know the person's intent.

Alex was far and she didn't have a powerful vision, so she couldn't see Alex's face. She only waited for the person who was gazing at her to come close to her. And judging from the person's pulse of power, she became confused as the person seemed to be in the peak-phase condensation stage. But in the next moment, the person seemed to be in the mid-phase condensation stage. She wondered how that was possible as she had a deeply perplexed look in her face.

'Is the person injured and want help?' She asked inwardly.

She couldn't be sure. But anyway, the person shouldn't be able to harm her as her cultivation level was far above the person's own.

Not long, Alex appeared before her and when she saw his face, her body froze where it was. An indescribable gaze could be seen in her eyes. Actually, they were filled with emotions that Alex wouldn't be able to understand what they meant.

With a smile hung in his face as he neared her, he said "Hi, Olivia. Really long ti..."

Before he could finish his speech, Olivia leaped at him and gave him a tight hug. Alex who wasn't expecting this then wrapped his arms around her waist.

A moment later, she separated from him, then she asked in a puzzled tone "How did you get here and what are you doing in this region?"

"I am on an adventure. I want to gather experiences about life, know about the world's wonders and sharpen my battle prowess" Alex replied with a smile. Then he spoke again "Actually, I arrived in this region because of some things that happened. But I think it has been settled now"

He didn't know that his uncle had shown up to help them chase away the high-rank cultivators who were hot and furious on their track.

"Oh!" Olivia exclaimed. Then she mentioned "Well, I am glad that you are here. But really long time". After taking a slight pause, she continued speaking "Hope you are fine?" Are you battle-weary? If you are worn-out, you could stay in this village for sometime to relax before you set out on your next adventure".

Alex smiled.

"Thanks for the offer, Olivia. I will go with it" He said.

Olivia nodded her head.

Alex then looked at the dog-like beast which was staring at him. He then approached it to rub it head.

Olivia saw him moving towards the dog-like beast and didn't say anything as she felt that Alex would be careful around the beast as it had hot flames burning around it body.

Then her eyes widened in shock. Before she could shout "Stop!", Alex touched the dog's head and began to rub it. But the hot flame burning around the beast's body couldn't really hurt him. His tough skin was quite resistant to the flame. Although he felt pain, but it wasn't much.

Anyways, Alex would be hurt if the beast wanted to hurt him. The flame endlessly erupting from it body at the moment wasn't for offense. If it were for an offense; that is, it enters into an attacking mode, the ground beneath it for hundreds of meters long and deep would melt in a flash into magma, and the air for hundreds of meters would be heated to incredible degrees; things would burn or melt just by being in this expanse of heated air.

Then he looked up at Olivia who had a shocked expression in her face and asked "What is it name?"

When Olivia dispelled the shock in her heart, she replied "Kane"

"Oh. Nice name. Your beast pet is beautiful" Alex said with a smile.

Olivia nodded.

Alex then stood to his feet and asked "By the way, I am surprised that you are here too. What are you doing in this village?"

"Well, it's a long story. Let's go to my hut. We would discuss at length there." Olivia replied.

Alex nodded. Then he walked by Olivia's side to the hut with Kane following behind the both of them.

Now, the village had no fence again. It had been demolished by the force-waves from Olivia's initial exchange of energy-attacks with the Sky Lord stage cultivators.

The villagers came to meet her and she told them to set their minds at ease, that nothing was going to happen to them.

They nodded at her and left for their various huts to continue what they were doing.

"Follow me" Olivia said looking at Alex.

Alex nodded and continued to walk beside Olivia.

A few moments later, the both of them arrived at her hut. Then after settling down, Olivia served Alex a type of orange-flavored drink.

"So to your question, I am doing exactly what you are doing. I am out of the academy for an experience." Olivia said with a smile.

"Hmm. That's cool" Alex said with a grin. Then he asked "How did your adventure lead you to this village? I saw you fighting some men. To be honest, your were amazing. You simply overpowered them with your superior strength. But why were those men causing trouble?"

"Well, to your first question, I ended up in this village because of a little girl. I was at a place meditating to clear my mind in preparation of comprehension of a powerful technique when I heard the growls of beasts and the terrified scream of a little girl for help. Then when I shot in the direction the screaming tiny voice came from, I saw a small girl being chased by dozens of masked men riding on ferocious beasts. I thought that they wanted to abduct her and so I sprung into action. When I killed the men, I asked her what she was doing alone in the jungle, exposing herself to harm or abduction. She told me that she was in the jungle because she had ran away from her village and into the jungle because of the men that were chasing after her. She had the idea that by running into the jungle, she would be able to hide from her abductors." Olivia said.

"Okay. But why are they after the girl? Was she with something precious to them?" Alex asked in a puzzled tone.

"She wasn't with anything precious to them. The thing is that they knew about a special ability of hers" Olivia replied.

Alex's eyes glittered.

What ability would a mortal have?

So to make things clear for himself, he asked "The little girl, is she a mortal?"

Olivia nodded and spoke "Yes, she is a mortal."

Alex's eyes became filled with amazement. Not able to hold back his curiosity, he asked "The girl, what ability does she has?"

"She has the power of... Radiant healing" Olivia responded.

"The power to heal with light?" Alex asked in shock.

"Yes, the power to manipulate radiance to bring about complete healing. And to a very high stage, resurrection."