Chapter 522: Protector (2/2)

”Trust me, it's not. Have you ever heard about the protectors? I bet you did. In fact, this name is nothing more than a silly nickname that people gave us several centuries ago. But in reality, those that are currently called protectors, are in fact, grand sages!”

While learning this bit was of a great profit for me, considering how I still have yet to use my wisdom visions to sort all the information that I obtained so far in a proper way, there was one thing that actually gained even more of my attention.

”We? Are you one of those protectors?!”

When this realisation of the meaning behind the elder's words struck me, I instantly recovered my guard. It was the protectors that I was constantly wary of encountering, and I just learned that one of them was sitting right in front of me!

Everything made sense now!

From how he knew about my exploits, about my plight, skills and even the system, yet failed to realise that I was actually still at the saint realm of power when speaking about cultivation!

”Relax, there is no point in getting so agitated about this.”

Contrary to my sudden eruption, the man remained completely calm, watching me jumping out and arming for the fight with a strange glint in his eye.

”Relax? It was one of your kind that nearly killed my beloved one! Prepare to pay for your crimes!”

With my hand instantly finding the handle of the snakebite, I was about to unleash my entire power against the man in front of me, only for the entire area to suddenly… stop!

It was as if all the laws that governed over the flow of time, the passage of magic or the way in which it reacted with the real world were broken in an instant.

”I told you to relax.”

Only capable of moving my pupils, I could see how this elder's demeanour changed. from a feeble and weak geezer, he turned into a dominant figure that simply oozed power! It was as if his mere presence was enough to tear the laws that governed over this world, forcing everything that inhabited it into unconditional submission!

”AS IF!”

I wasn't someone who would just give up when facing overwhelming odds! Just like back when I had to fight with Pengu, I just used that chance to grow even stronger, and if that man dared to threaten me with a power that he somehow managed to hide away so far, I just had to make sure to repeat exactly the same steps as I did back then!