He lands on the floor, his body seriously aching with pain. He groans in pain and rolls over in order to avoid leaning on the wound at his back.
He looks at the creature who stared back at him with its empty eyes. He could barely see anything and his vision was fading due to his loss of blood. He felt the fear of death— the one his brother faced to prevent his death.
The beast slowly limped with its last intact leg toward him, savouring the taste of Lin Ziao's blood that was on its body.
It knew he was weak and could barely do anything, so it took time getting to him.
At this point when death was looking inevitable, he saw the loose, oval rock near the beast and an idea formed in his mind.
He stumbles forward, deliberately acting weak, making himself look helpless.
It seemed reckless but his whole life depended on this. The creature moved faster and fell for the bait.
The monster lunged at him and at that precise moment, he hurdled the spear in his hand toward the rock.
Boom!!
The rock becomes halved into two halfs and one half of the oval shaped rock fell on the beast, trapping it under its weight. The beast wriggled under the weight of the rock and tried to escape but it didn't succeed and even if it had a chance, Lin Ziao would not allow it.
Using this opportunity, he retrieves his spear and deliver a blow but the creature moved its body and avoided the blow to its vital organ— its heart, instead it had taken the hit on its stomach causing black blood to flow out of the terrific wound on its body.
It used the opportunity to escape its current predicament, hitting Lin Ziao on the leg.
Its once white chest had been coloured with the blood that came from the wound on its stomach. It dragged it's bloody body from the imprisionment of the stone that had fallen upon it,preparing for a last stand with the weak and bloodied Lin Ziao.
It brandished its iron-like claws, wanting to end its opponent, Lin Ziao life but he was going down without a final struggle— one that he was determined to end with the death of the unknown creature.
They stared into the eyes of one another before clashing repeatedly— the result was the creature overpowering Lin Ziao but he managed to hold his ground.
After sometime Lin Ziao was cut at the chest,a rouge coloured liquid pouring out of the wound. He fell to his knees thinking
" So this is how I die, at the hands of a creature I know nothing about."
Suddenly, his blood began to pump radiant energy into his flesh and bones rejuvenating him while giving him immense amount of strength and agility. It felt natural, like a treasure that had been dormant in him suddenly opening.
He began to transform into something that looked like a tiger.
He became a humanoid tiger. His skin and body were transforming into something more resilient, powerful and efficient in the art of killing
His expression looked confused but he grinned after realising something and thought " I don't care about what this creature is,but with this unknown power its time to die has finally arrived.
With confidence in his newfound power, he crouched in a manner that made him resemble a tiger.
His fair skin was now a mixture of both orange and black.
His circular, blue eyes were now black with vertical slits replacing his pupils.
Roar!!
He roared into the air and moved to clash with the creature, this time with only two differences: He didn't wield his spear and he was in a completely different form.
He was naked, making him look more like a dignified tiger.
His eyes held the instiatiable thirst for blood and battle.
He seemed like a proud battle hardened warrior stained with the blood of his enemies.
Boom!!
Roar!!
Raaah!!
It was over!!
The beast was dead, its blood painting the surrounding trees black.
Only one victor stood— Lin Ziao.