The Supreme God

When Marvin saw the distance between Austin and himself was narrowing, he was overjoyed. In an attempt to upset Austin, now and then, Marvin taunted him.

'Wow! Marvin is one persistent guy!'

Austin determined. Since he couldn't change it, he ignored Marvin completely and focused on escaping instead.

"Boy, you won't get away! You should just give up. If you hand over the earth spirit fruits now, perhaps I'll spare your worthless life."

"You want my earth spirit fruits? Then go get them yourself!" snapped Austin over his shoulder as he leaped over a massive row of thorny undergrowth. After landing on the other side, Austin realized that his body's vital energy would be depleted soon.

There was a loud bang from behind Austin which sent thick twigs and leaves flying through the air as Marvin began trudging through the brambly thorns!

Thorny branches and twigs that blocked his way, shattered, whizzing into the sky when Marvin's potent vital energy collided past.

As he made his way through the underbrush, a long passageway right down the middle was created.

"Crash! Crush! Smash!"

Rather than go around the boulders blocking Marvin, he slammed into them!

The large stones instantly disintegrated and dusty rubble was all that remained.

"Hey, you don't need to be so desperate, do you? It's no big deal! Just a few fruits!"

Austin called out over his shoulder as he continued trying to put more distance between himself and his fearsome pursuant.

A few steps more and Austin saw a swamp come into view ahead of him.

He quickly scanned it with his spiritual sense and then, overjoyed, Austin beamed. He had a brilliant idea.

Picking up speed, Austin rushed at the swamp in the distance.

"Brat! We'll just see how much further you can get!" jeered Marvin, gnashing his teeth and drawing more vital energy to speed up.

In a flash, Austin was in the swamp.

"Ssh!" the noise of metal scraping leather reverberated as Austin unsheathed his sword.

There was a swoosh, when his vital energy imbued blade cut through the air as Austin thrust at floating driftwood.

He struck the wood with only one strike. Then, he turned and darted to the forest without glancing behind him.

Heart pounding, as his adrenaline raced through his veins with his blood, Austin ducked behind a towering cedar tree in the blink of an eye before continuing to flee farther into the forest.

"You should slow down, enjoy your run!" shouted Austin right before he vanished.

Behind him, in the swamp Austin had left a surprise for Marvin.

"Roar!"

with the water splashing followed by

in every direction as the

from the wood, slowly revealing

and formidable tail swept across the surface like a steel

by the tail, rained down

the lizard's left eye was bleeding. A tell-tale sign of where

only a few places on a giant rock lizard that were weak, and

gushed from the injured eye because of the force of Austin's impact, and the lizard was

cold-blooded reptile burned with

danced in the reptile's eyes.

as he got to

incensed giant rock lizard locked eyes on

mud on its four stumpy legs, the lizard roared, baring

monstrous lizard sprang up, and with

Austin long gone, the lizard naturally thought Marvin was his attacker, and

pent-up anger from the ambush that the lizard suffered wasn't the only reason it was

ago, the lizard was deceived by a

for the old and recent grudges at the

in the face. He didn't dare take the

his vital energy infused fists

the sound of his fist pummeling into the thick, hard, uneven scaled skull of the giant rock lizard reverberated through the air.

into the lizard, Marvin was thrown back several

flew back too, crashing down into the

hold his ground and remain unharmed when his fist bashed into

of the forest he

chilling stare of scarlet eyes as the giant rock lizard glared at him. It was clear to Marvin that the lizard wasn't letting the

back at the giant rock lizard. It crouched down, ready to

for what happens!" shouted

vital

was a flash of silvery light when one of Marvin's low-grade spiritual weapons, a

a ferocious silver dragon and lunged at the giant rock lizard.

the giant lizard fearlessly

battling

deep in the forest, Austin slowed his

roaring of the ensuing battle between Marvin

never thought things could

knew it was the habitat of the giant

that reason, he'd used his spiritual sense to search the swamp

inspiring

give him a chance to escape. To

clear yet and merely paused briefly before

knew the lizard wasn't much of a match for Marvin, and it would only buy