Chapter 1605

“...Master... Master, please, wake up...!” called out Jade Infused Blade.

He had earlier exited Gerald’s body, and after sitting quietly beside the youth for a while, Jade Infused Blade decided to at least try to wake Gerald up.

Watching as the heavily injured youth—whose body was now filled with scars—continued breathing shallowly, Jade Infused Blade could only sigh.

With even Gerald’s barrier of essential qi now ruined, it was honestly a miracle that Gerald was still alive. Had it not been for the Herculean Primordial Spirit in his body, Gerald would’ve perished ages ago...

At that moment, Jade Infused Blade’s ears twitched slightly. Following that, he quickly re-entered Gerald’s body. Someone was here!

Seconds later, several tree branches began stretching out toward Gerald... Once he was all wrapped up, the branches gently dragged him into a tree hole...

It was about a day later when Gerald’s eyes finally opened again... Upon attempting to get up, Gerald instantly began coughing rather violently!

“Hey now, don’t go moving around seconds after you’ve just woken up! Your injuries aren’t healed yet! With that said, just lie down and recuperate for the moment!” shouted a deep and almost godly-sounding voice from somewhere...

Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly turned vigilant out of habit. Even after looking around, however, he couldn’t seem to detect where the voice had come from.

“...Who’s there...?” asked Gerald with a slight frown.

After chuckling heartily, the voice then replied, “I’m a tree spirit that resides in the Underworld Valley! I’m the one who saved you, you know? Regardless, the tree hole you’re currently in... It’s actually my body! With that said, in a way, you’re now inside me!”

Hearing that, Gerald then instantly said, “I see...! Thank you for saving me, senior...!”

Before he could further express his gratitude, however, Gerald found himself coughing vigorously again.

The moment Gerald realized that there was even blood in his mouth, the tree spirit simply advised, “Look, you’re terribly injured at the moment. Go lie down and stop moving about! Understand that your body’s barrier of essential qi is slowly recovering! It needs time to fully heal!”

Understanding that the tree spirit’s advice was sound, Gerald could only obey his words. After lying down again, Gerald began thinking about how powerful the Five Blazing Dragons attack was. From what he could now tell, the only way he was going to be able to beat Henrick was by breaching the Sage Realm...

“Alright, now that you’ve settled down a bit and I’m pretty sure that you have nowhere else to go, tell me, how did you suffer such serious injuries?” asked the tree spirit, clearly trying to ease the tension.

“...Well, I had a battle against Henrick, the master of the Quartermain family! After being hit by his Five Blazing Dragons attack, I ended up getting hit by the final dragon! As a result, I fell into the bottom of the abyss...” replied Gerald in a rather shameful tone.

In the end, Gerald was a mighty person who was at the level of a Ninth-rank Chakra King. Despite that, he still ended up getting terribly beaten up and he even fell right into the Underworld Valley’s abyss! With that in mind, Gerald truly felt humiliated by this defeat...

Much to Gerald’s displeasure, however, the second his sentence ended, the tree spirit instantly broke into a roar of laughter!

“The Five Blazing Dragons? You can’t be serious!” scoffed the spirit as it continued laughing for quite a while.

Not expecting the senior to laugh at him like that, the now frowning Gerald then muttered, “Is my loss that funny to you, senior...?”

“Hmm? Oh no, I’m not laughing about you! I’m laughing about Henrick!” replied the tree spirit as he quickly explained himself to avoid any misunderstandings.