Exposing Some Strength

The macaque was agile as it continued to dodge and move through the forest like it was nothing, whilst those following it were struggling to keep their pace as the forest was extremely unpredictable.

The trees were giant, as there were plenty of these towering figures all around. These trees were getting thicker and thicker, and some so thick that a few humans couldn't even wrap around it and try to hold hands.

Patrick was getting closer, however, the macaque seemed like it had a destination it was moving towards. There was a strange canyon slightly ahead that seemed to have a narrow space to go through. The canyon although seemed open from the outside, if someone were to go in, it seemed like that they would go deeper into an enclosed space within the canyon.

The macaque moved with precision as it jumped into the canyon with ease. As Patrick approached he heard Lester yell from behind.

"Watch out!"

Turning his head Patrick noticed a figure rushing towards him as he quickly changed his trajectory and just barely dodged the scratch from the strange creature ahead of him.

Lester and the others arrive next to Patrick as they face this strange creature. It looks like a giant dog the size of a human, however, upon closer inspection one could realize this was a Dhole before it transformed to look like this. The Dhole had bones protruding from its back, legs, and a myriad of bones on the end of his tail. There were two large fangs the length of a forearm coming out of its mouth, and there were three eyes on its face. The grey color of the creature made it look like an undead creature that a necromancer would summon.

"Patrick go after that stupid monkey we can handle this guy." Said the Holy Man as he looked towards Lester, feeling as though Lester held more secrets than he initially thought. Witnessing the Qi needles earlier the Sunlight Holy Man had many questions in regards to Lester's origin and how he came to the possession of such techniques.

Lester nodded, and Patrick turned around and ran into the canyon.

The Dhole tried to pursue but was stopp[ed by four tentacles that we're able to latch onto his hind legs.

The Dhole turned his head and looked towards them with hate, as it lowered its front legs making the bones erected on his back face the three in front of it.

"Shit!" The Holy Man murmured, as he raised his arm creating a barrier around the tree.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The bones stuck with viciousness as it made the barrier shake, however, it stayed intact and there were no problems.

Lester smiled and summoned a Qi Sword to his hand as he prepared to use the skills he had been learning in training, as well as the [Sword of Endless Patience] which he was slowly grasping.

The long sword of Qi appeared making both the Holy Man and The Witch open their eyes in shock. It was normal for a cultivator in today's time to have one or two skills from a technical manual or a cultivation book and those with three were quite rare and seen as powerhouses. But they had seen Lester use at least three, and who knew how many he had? They were quite glad he was on their side.

The Hair Witch stepped forward and the hair began expanding above her head, slowly moving side to side like kelp in water. The hair began to darken, from its already dark color and began to take the shape of a python. Rede light emitted from the red eyes of the black python made out of hair.

"Swoosh!: The python struck and bit the Dhole on the side, sending it flying back.

Lester was quick to react as the python began to retract back after the attack, raising the sword as he dashed forward. As the Dhole was getting up Lester struck it on the back with the longsword.

"Bang!"

A large cut appeared as the Dhole moaned in pain as it was once more sent back. Raising its head with hatred the Dhole's eyes quickly changed to one of surprise as Lester slashed from afar and a crescent formation of Qi came flying towards it.

"Bang!"

An explosion occurred as a cloud of dust surrounded the area.

The Holy Man and the Hair Witch were shocked. Their jaws were so low that they could almost lick the grass beneath their feet. What they had witnessed was a young man with tremendous power destroying a beast that was almost as strong as a Middle Foundation Stage Cultivator.

As the dust dissipated, they could see the Dhole lying there with huge cuts on its body. There was a grey sphere slightly exposed from its head as there was a huge gash there. The sphere had a small glow to it and it looked valuable.

"A core!" Said the Holy Man with ecstasy.

"You guys try to take that core! I'll go check on Golden Dragon." Lester said as he ran into the canyon.