The God of Cataka

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At the foot of the mountain, Shen Zhu lowered the girl down and sat her down on the grass while she sat cross-legged behind her to channel the healing manna from her palm onto the girl's back.

The girl coughed and spewed out a lump of dark-colored blood. Then back to drooping.

Can't keep this up, Shen Zhu thought more and more in a panic considering that the time was running out.

Unsatisfied with the slow healing manner, Shen Zhu finally pulled out his sword again and stabbed into his own chest.

Blood gushed out from her wound and at the same time, dark smoke penetrated out from the girl's body through the pores of her skin which was slowly sucked into Shen Zhu's wound.

The sensation of heat stung Shen Zhu and stifled his chest.

Suddenly his body creased and twitched like it was about to fade.

Wretch! thought. The time is almost up!

In the next instant, a burst of light shot out from his body.

SLASHY!

Simultaneously, the magic formation on the Testament Hill exploded. Shen Zhu disappeared from the formation.

"What's going on?" peekkik Bao Yu's. "Is he stuck in another dimension?"

"I can't believe it!" The human-headed lion set its feet again and roared once more.

The magic formation was re-formed and Shen Zhu's body creased into a transparent image.

In another dimension, Shen Zhu fell down with the condition of the wound not closing completely. The recovery process of the girl was hampered and Shen Zhu was forced to repeat it from the start.

He stabbed his chest once more and gripped both of the girl's shoulders groaning in pain as dark energy from the girl's body began to be sucked into his.

The feeling of heat and cold mixed with pain stoned him like he was stung by a high-power electric current.

Both bodies shook and over time both stiffened and jerked.

Shen Zhu shouted out loud as his entire body seemed to explode. Then thrown until his back hit the cliff wall on the other side.

He saw the girl sighing and jumping towards him with one hand outstretched in a mute cry.

Shen Zhu's vision began to sink with his consciousness.

At once he saw the girl fall down while her own body crept back and began to fade.

"Sorry," he hissed helplessly. Then everything went dark.

"Shen Zhu!"

He heard someone calling him.

"Shen Zhu's! Back!"

Something soft rubbed his forehead like a feather. Shen Zhu tried to open his eyes and found himself still stuck in another dimension. A cat propped him up and rubbed his head on Shen Zhu's forehead.

Soon, a tinge of golden light shimmered around him.

Those golden patches slowly began to turn white, then gray.

"Shen Zhu!"

The blurry face slouched over his head.

"Wake up!"

Another face appeared.

Shen Zhu blinked and gasped. Then pulled his body and looked around.

"I thought you didn't die easy!" the teacher's worried face appeared.

The face of the holy elder.

The Gate of the Blood Covenant Land was perched behind them.

At least he will recover soon, he said inwardly.

Too bad I failed to get a ride! bitter memories.

Suddenly something tickled his back and stuck it on his shoulder like a claw.

Bao Yu and the holy elder were suffocated together with expressions of shock.

Shen Zhu jerked his head to the side and found a small black-haired cat perched on his shoulder.

Shen Zhu frowned and thought hard. Trying to remember.

The shadow of the event when the little cat tried to wake him up by rubbing his head on his forehead flashed through his mind.

Wretch! inner Shen Zhu was frustrated.

"That Cat's Cat!" The holy elder told.

"Petaka Cat?" peekik Bao Yu pitched in annoyance. His worries had turned into disappointment. It was even more painful to remember the condition of Shen Zhu who returned in a dying state. "A victim this big only gets this shit carrier trash?" hardiknya with a thunderous voice.

Shen Zhu knelt down in front of his teacher.

Infuriated, Bao Yu jerked the fan hanging on her wrist.

"Teacher—wait!" Shen Zhu spontaneously repelled Bao Yu's fan with his sword which automatically came out following his survival instinct.

"Your future can't be hampered by this shit-carrying trash!" furious Bao Yu pitched worriedly mixed in disappointment. "If you become a high-level galactic realm knight, your strength is enough to conquer a giant dragon!" Bao Yu swung her fan again.

And once again, Shen Zhu managed to fend it off. "I've explored the whole forest in two different places" he said. "But not a single monster is willing to be my partner. The God of Treasure Guards said, must find the closest. But at the last moment, I lost my consciousness. It was he who woke me up. Thanks to him I regained consciousness. Otherwise, I might be stuck forever in another dimension."

Like the girl, he thought bitterly. "It can be said that he saved my life. He deserves to be my partner" he said helplessly.

"You—" Bao Yu tightened his jaw and gritted his teeth.

The gatekeeper's holy elder touched next to Bao Yu's shoulder and calmed him down.

Actually Bao Yu was not angry at Shen Zhu at all. But more to himself. More sad than angry. Though I already knew that under twenty years it was impossible to obtain the monster's recognition, he regretted inwardly.

His shoulders were shaking with sadness. He could not imagine Shen Zhu being the subject of ridicule anymore.

Shen Zhu fell down near his teacher's feet. The little cat shriveled on the side of his shoulder trembling.

Bao Yu finally could not bear to see the two. The God of Petaka... Cat Petaka! his mind is helpless. Then bowed and snatched Shen Zhu's two shoulders, then sighed the young man standing up.

The little cat spontaneously jumped up and hid behind the heels of Shen Zhu's armor shoes.

Bao Yu sighed softly and crouched down. Then extended one hand towards the cat.

The cat meowed weakly as it looked up staring into Bao Yu's eyes with a glaring glare. Then he approached and rubbed his head into the man's palm.

Bao Yu smiled miserably and raised the cat, then placed it on Shen Zhu's lap. "I'm really worried about me" he told Shen Zhu.

"Teacher," Shen Zhu muttered with a haru expression. "Thank you for not giving up on me."

"Speaking what nonsense?" Bao Yu glared and clapped Shen Zhu's head. "Thank you Holy Elder for letting you in" he said. Then bowed towards the holy elder respectfully of the army, followed by Shen Zhu behind him.

"Thank you, Holy Elder!" shen Zhu.

"After all, the little cat was taken from the world of gods, after all," explained the saint elder. "Improbably useless!"

Right, Inner Bao Yu realized. Since when have I looked at something?

"But--Sacred-Old!" Shen Zhu bowed once more. "May I trouble you again?"

"You—" Bao Yu stuttered.

"Say!" cut the holy elder.

"I let go of someone in another dimension" Shen Zhu said. "I don't know if it'll be useful. But…"

"Someone?" The Sacred Elder frowned.