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!"

dense, rolling noise from the bowels of the swamp, met with the water splashing

in every direction as the wood sprang to life

the wood, slowly revealing an enormous lizard.

the surface like a steel whip,

up by the tail,

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

that were weak, and the eyes

of Austin's impact, and the

wildly, the cold-blooded reptile

fury danced in the reptile's

as he got to the

his head toward Marvin, the incensed giant rock lizard locked eyes on

stumpy legs,

and with mud splashing, it

lizard naturally thought Marvin was his attacker, and the wounded creature lashed

from the ambush that the lizard suffered wasn't

lizard was deceived by a

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

rock lizard's spleen, Marvin went slightly pale in the face. He didn't dare take the power of the ferocious beast

howled as he swung his vital energy infused fists at the huge lizard.

thick, hard, uneven scaled skull of the

the lizard, Marvin was thrown back several feet and

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

ground and remain unharmed when his fist bashed into the giant rock lizard, he didn't get

of the forest he saw no

at him. It was clear to Marvin that the lizard wasn't letting the matter or

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

it! Don't blame me for what happens!" shouted Marvin, stressing

dreadful vital energy

low-grade spiritual weapons, a silver

trident turned into a ferocious silver dragon and lunged at the giant rock

loose a terrible roar, the giant lizard fearlessly charged at the dragon.

two clashed, battling each

the forest, Austin

battle between

thought things could go

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

spiritual sense to search the swamp and

his inspiring idea

would waylay Marvin and give him a

knew he wasn't in the clear yet and merely paused briefly before rushing off at breakneck

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