Chapter 266: Stubbornness and Loyalty (1/2)

Gravis looked at them with unamused eyes. ”Are you actually for real with that question?” Gravis asked.

Back when he had first seen his new look, he had expected that a lot of people would question his vision, but that surprisingly didn't happen as often. It actually made sense. After all, the chances of a blind person reaching such power were low. Having no vision was a severe detriment in the Body Tempering and Energy Gathering Realm.

The younger of the two Sapling Stage cultivators continued narrowing his eyes. ”Just answer the question!” he shouted. Apparently, he was quite serious about this question.

Gravis snorted. ”No, I'm not fucking blind,” he said with an annoyed tone.

All the people's eyes narrowed, yet the sadness in their eyes also reappeared, confusing Gravis. 'What's up with them?' he asked himself.

The older person took a step forward. ”Then, you must be Gravis, right?” he asked.

Gravis lifted his brows in surprise. ”You know my name?” he asked in surprise.

The older person closed his eyes and then sighed in melancholy. Their unfitting display of emotions towards the current situation made Gravis think that he was under an illusion again. He looked through his whole body and also his belongings. Of course, that was unnecessary. After all, he wore nothing that could be considered an artifact or something similar. Even his weapon had been destroyed.

The older person looked at the other cultivators and nodded severely. The others also sighed but then opened their eyes with determination.

Whooosh!

Shields, pikes, clubs, and spears appeared in all their hands, making Gravis lift an eyebrow.

”Then, we must fight to the death!” shouted the older of the two Sapling Stage cultivators.

It took a couple of seconds to process this new development. After seconds of calculating every eventuality, Gravis answered only one word.

”What?”

”Today, either you or us will die! There is no other way!” the younger of the Sapling Stage cultivators said with battle intent.

”Why?” Gravis asked, trying to understand the situation. The fuck was going on?

The cultivators shot forward, but they were still about 20 kilometers away. It would probably take another couple of minutes to reach him. Their slow speed made for an interesting contrast to their motivation to kill him. The rather wide distance also didn't help.

Seeing that no one answered him, Gravis asked again. ”So, could you explain why we are suddenly supposed to fight to the death after I killed the beast that made problems for you for the last couple of decades? I don't get it,” he said.

”We are thankful that you took down the Ogre,” said the younger person, ”but you have disrespected the Earth Sect, and there is no redemption from that! You must die today!” he shouted threateningly.

Sadly, Gravis felt no threat from them. First of all, even while not being at his peak condition, killing them wouldn't even be an issue. On top of that, in comparison to him, they were moving about as fast as slugs. This was about as unthreatening as they could get.