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!"

low, dense, rolling noise from the bowels of the swamp, met with the water splashing followed by a grumble which made every leaf quiver, from the swamp to

flew in every direction as the wood sprang to life

the wood, slowly revealing an

across the surface like a

the tail, rained

left eye was bleeding. A tell-tale sign of where Austin's blade slashed into it.

giant rock lizard that were weak, and the eyes happened to be one

injured eye because of the force of Austin's impact, and the lizard was in a great deal of pain.

wildly, the cold-blooded reptile burned

of fury danced in

greeting as he got

the incensed giant rock lizard locked eyes on him.

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

monstrous lizard sprang up, and with

lizard naturally thought Marvin was his attacker, and

from the ambush that the lizard suffered wasn't the only reason it was left needing

deceived by a vexing young man, which left

the enormous lizard unleashed its fury for the old and recent grudges at the same

pale in the face. He didn't dare take the power

swung his vital energy

hard, uneven scaled

fist slamming into the lizard, Marvin was thrown back several

rock lizard flew back too, crashing down into the marsh and splashed smelly mud up in its

ground and remain unharmed when his fist bashed into the giant rock lizard,

the direction of the forest he saw

as the giant rock lizard glared at him. It was clear to Marvin that the lizard wasn't letting the matter or him get

wild rush of rage washed over Marvin and he glowered back at the giant rock lizard. It crouched down,

it! Don't blame me for what happens!"

vital energy rushed

was a flash of silvery light when one of Marvin's low-grade spiritual weapons, a silver trident, suddenly materialized in his hand.

into a ferocious silver dragon and lunged at the giant

roar, the giant lizard fearlessly charged

battling each

deep in the forest, Austin slowed his pace.

of the ensuing battle between Marvin and the beast,

things could go

across the swamp, he recognized it immediately and knew it was the habitat of the giant rock lizard he fought

he'd used his spiritual sense to search the swamp and discovered the beast had returned from

his inspiring idea hit him.

waylay Marvin and give him a chance to escape. To his surprise,

wasn't in the clear yet and merely paused briefly before rushing off

lizard wasn't much of a match for Marvin, and it