Cold wind howled up from the foot of the cliff, sweeping up a great swath of fallen green leaves and carrying them into the sky, past Lou Guanshan's line of sight and into the distance.
Lou Guanshan sat cross-legged, his eyes wide as he stared up at the clear, cloudless sky like a stone gazing at the heavens.
"Still not here?"
Just as he waited in anguish, a dark shape appeared in his field of vision without warning, growing larger at tremendous speed.
Lou Guanshan felt as though the blue sky had suddenly switched channels. One second, it had been a soothing channel with a gentle breeze; the next, it had jumped straight to a horror livestream.
And it opened with a critical hit, enough to scare someone's heart to a standstill.
A pitch-black figure appeared before him as abruptly as a ghost. Lou Guanshan instinctively clenched his fist and punched straight out.
"Bang!"
The instant the man in black went flying, Lou Guanshan realized with a start that he seemed to have punched his savior.
"Wait, no!"
Realizing what he had done, Lou Guanshan took remedial action, launching himself forward with both arms spread.
Then he watched helplessly as the man in black hit the ground and bounced, before his own heavy body landed on top of him with a thud, delivering a precise second round of damage.
I'm done for. Not only did I punch him, I dealt an absolutely devastating follow-up hit.
At that moment, Lou Guanshan was in despair.
"Pfft!"
The man in black spat out a mouthful of blood and wilted.
"Don't die!" Lou Guanshan shouted anxiously.
The man in black spat out another mouthful of blood. Would I be in such a sorry state if it weren't for you, you little brat?
He pushed