Upon hearing the deep and resonant voice, the expressions on Dahlia's and Faye's faces drastically changed.
"Oh my god! It's my Dad!" Dahlia exclaimed.
She immediately took Faye's hand, and as she was using her bodily movement to run away, she shouted at Austin, "Hey lecher, why are you still standing there? Let's go!" Austin audibly sighed. "Indeed," he started, with a resigned but relieved look on his face. "I should go. You two stay here. Hope to see you around, Dahlia, Faye," he finished, a warm smile resting on his lips.
When he heard that deafening sound, he also got startled.
The sheer volof the voice was enough to make him feel highly uncomfortable. It felt like his body was being squished by an invisible force, and it made the blood and energy in his body flow very slowly.
Since it was basically undisputed that he had terrific physical strength of 700, 000 pounds, he didn't expect that someone would be capable of suppressing his physical strength. On top of that, it was only his voice! With that, Austin had already considered Dahlia's father as one of the most powerful being he had ever cupon, and he hadn't even met him! But what Austin knew about him was that he was a master of the Veritable Demon Sect.
Despite being thoroughly impressed with Dahlia's father, he had no intention of staying and meeting him. As planned, he would leave them and continue his journey.
As Austin was deep in thought, Dahlia had already dragged Faye far from where they were originally standing. The moment he becaware of this, he swiftly chased after them and when he was able to catch up with them, he quickly blocked their way.
Seeing him, the two girls becso alarmed. Dahlia was about to move him out of the way but he was faster. He grabbed her and Faye and dragged them back to where the powerful voice cfrom.
Shocked by the sudden action Austin took, Dahlia's face becpale. As Austin was dragging her, she screamed on top of her lungs, saying, "Damn it! What are you doing, lecher!" Ignoring Dahlia's rants, Austin focused his energy on using his mind to order Violet and gnto hide in the Illusion Bead.
After that, he performed his Thunderbolt Movement Formula.
In a flash, he disappeared from the scene.
After being brought back, Dahlia and Faye suddenly felt like their energies were being siphoned by an invisible force. They tried to exercise a bodily movement skill to escape, but their vital energy was unable to flow smoothly. As a result, they weren't able to proceed to do what they were planning to do.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"That lecher! | swear to god, when | see you again, | won't spare you!" Dahlia cried out loudly.
Right after that moment, a middle-aged man, who was of imposing stature, bushy eyebrows and big eyes which were round and red with anger, started coming towards them. He was giving off an unimaginable magnitude of power, which was enough to scare anyone who was near.
But the moment he caught sight of Dahlia and Faye, he becoverjoyed.
The distance between him and the two girls was a few miles, but he was able to close that with a single step. That was how powerful he was.
"Dad..." Dahlia muttered, sweetly and innocently as a real princess, as she saw the middle-aged man coming towards them. It was a far cry from how she acted when she was around Austin.
As for Faye, she now was standing silently. Deep inside, she felt as if her fear of Dahlia's father had completely severed her tongue.
She was so scared that she didn't dare lift her head to meet the eyes of the middle-aged man.
"Dahlia, why did you run from home? Why didn't you talk tofirst? Do you know how much | was worrying about you?" the man asked with a relived expression on his face.
At first, when he showed up, he looked so furious that it looked like he would punish Dahlia severely.
But now, when he saw his daughter looking sweet and innocent, but evidently anxious about her father's reaction to her juvenile rebellion, he couldn't stay mad. In an instant, his face mellowed, and his eyes becfilled with love and adoration.
"Dad, | just felt bored at home. That was why | sneaked out.
| know I'm wrong, so please forgive me. This won't happen ever again, | promise," Dahlia explained, her eyes getting moist because of tears. "Dad..." she started, casting her eyes down, "You're not going to punish me, are you?" she asked, as she took her father's hand. Classic move for a spoiled brat.
When she saw the worry on his face, she knew that she was safe. Her dad would definitely spare her.
"You are really a quick-witted girl. There would better be no next time, or else," the man said.
Hearing this, Dahlia rejoiced in silence. However, she didn't forget to flash bright smile for her lovely father.
"And you, Faye. How did you let this happen? How could you not stop Dahlia from running away just like that?" the middle-aged man asked, as he now turned to Faye. His face and tone becserious.
"Ld Faye stumbled for words. But in the end, she couldn't make a full sentence.
"Dad, please don't blFaye," Dahlia pleaded once again. "I forced her to do everything we did. How could she disobey my orders?" she said, as she interceded for Faye's well-being.
"Fine," he said, rolling his eyes. "I'll also forgive her. But this is the last tyou're doing this. If this happens ever again, | would punish you according to the rules of our sect," he said. His voice now was threatening.
But in fact, he only wanted to scare her and he didn't really mean to punish her.
"Thank you for sparing me, Leader," Dahlia quickly bowed to the middle-aged man and thanked him. Her face lit up with a smile.
"That man is called Austin, right? He is so young but he has already bothered himself dealing with several sects.
Where did he get his courage from?" the man grumbled as his eyes traced the direction Austin left. In the short span of the saw him, he seemed to have taken a great interest in him.
"Well then," he said cheerily after that, as if nothing happened.
"Let's see how powerful his strength is." He then reached out his hands to hold Dahlia and Faye, taking a step in the direction Austin had just left. Instantly, they disappeared. They were chasing after Austin.
Dahlia couldn't help but cry out, "Dad, please don't cafter that lech-" She was about to call Austin lecher as she always did, but luckily, she was able to stop herself. "-l mean Austin. He is a nice man! Dad, please!" Being the daughter of her father, she knew his character like the back of her hand.
If he really mistook Austin for a pervert, it would not go well between him and Austin.
Even though she knew Austin was also very strong, compared to her dad, he was just no match. With his current strength, he had no chance of even getting at half of her dad's strength.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"You truly are still a little girl, huh?" her dad said. His tone was amused but disappointed. "Would you really be able to tell good people from the bad ones? He seemed like the type who would make a lot of troubles for other people. Do you know that he has already offended several sects? In my opinion, he is not as innocent as he seems to be.
And because of that, | won't allow you to get in touch with him anymore," the middle-aged man scolded.
While all of that was happening, Austin was employing his Thunderbolt Movement Skill into full play. His feet were surrounded by lightning which sizzled and crackled with great power. In the blink of an eye, he had already run out of the Dragon City and continued to move forward.
However, all of a sudden, he felt a dreadful force coming behind him, like a powerful beast chasing after its prey. It seemed to split the air and was charging towards Austin in full speed.
Austin was struck with awe when he sensed the great strength coming towards him. He released all his vital energy force, and the mighty power of the Thunder Elixir gushed out from his elixir field. It flew around the surface of his body, forming a formidable aura.
With that, his running speed quickened. People were only able to see a pale golden light flash outside the city.
"This guy really knows a thing or two, huh? Smartial artists who were at the premium stage of Imperial Realm couldn't be as excellent as him," the middle-aged man said as he heartily admired Austin, with Dahlia and Faye by his sides. Every step he took brought the three of them almost one mile forward.
Plains, trees, roads and other landscapes all becan intelligible blur as they passed them.
Moments later, they were already closing in to Austin.
Without any other choice, Austin performed the Thunderbolt Movement Skill and Wind-commanding Skill at the stime.
With strong vital energy, he was moving forward at top speed. Despite that, however, he looked a little pathetic and exhausted as he used the two skills at the stime.
However, as for the middle-aged man, he just looked like he was walking leisurely, but his speed was definitely faster than Austin's.
The large disparity between their strengths was becoming obvious.
About ten minutes later, the distance between them was short enough for them to be see each other.
"Tout, boy!" Dahlia's father shouted behind Austin. "lI just want to ask you a question! Have you ever been to the Holy Tomb of the Veritable Demon Sect?" Once again, the sonorous sound that was coming from behind Austin was affecting the way his energy was flowing inside his body.
‘What the hell?" Austin thought, as he struggled to maintain his speed.