It was the same as if we had just entered the Forest of Gods. How dense. How beautiful. The environment was filled with ancient trees that reached the sky. However, the bloodthirsty giants disappeared without a sound. If everyone no longer had the same injuries as before, perhaps I could then reason I was no longer alive.
Similarly, they could no longer wait and one by one everyone opened their eyes. They were all stunned by the scene before them.
After quite a while, we finally reacted. We simultaneously roared from the joy of escaping mortal danger.
I loudly yelled, “We aren’t dead! We aren’t dead!”
Xiao Jin turned into a gold light and returned to my body.
“What is going on? How did those giants disappear?”
“Could it be their time ended?”
“Regardless, nobody died. It is as such.”
We all sat on the floor and leaned against the large trees. With my mind cleared, I said, “The most important thing right now is to immediately recover our strength.”
Xiu Si took out the rations and water while I took out some medical supplies from my dimensional pocket. Everyone bound their wounds, ate their respective rations and dizzily lied down. We were extremely tired.
Not knowing how long we slept, we all woke up. Everyone’s strength recovered a bit. I also felt much more comfortable.
It was already late. We had finished eating our rations and sat around the open fire.
I broke the silence first, “It would be better to not advance. Let’s travel back.”
Zhan Hu said, “No way. We all traveled here with much difficulty. We absolutely cannot give up halfway.”
“However, I do not want anyone to continue accompanying me on my adventure. You should all go back. I’ll complete my mission by myself.”
Xiu Si angrily said, “Zhang Gong, who do you take us for? Are we really so fearful of death? Is there anyone here who here wishes to leave?”
Xing Ao loudly said, “Xiu Si words are right. We aren’t shirking cowards.”
I looked to the left and then to the right. To my surprise, no one was willing to leave. I sighed and stood up. Then I deeply bowed towards everyone. “Thank you all. You are my greatest brothers.” Emotional tears flowed down.
Dong Ri also stood and embraced my shoulders, “Zhang Gong, what are you doing? We are all brothers. Besides, we too want to witness the holy sword.”
Zhan Hu broke the heavy mood and changed the subject, saying, “We should plan our next move.”
Xiu Si said, “I feel that everyone should first recover from their injuries and reach their peak condition. Then we will continue onward. This way, it will be a bit safer.”
I nodded, “Right. I think so too. We still don’t know what other dangers lie ahead.”
Zhan Hu said, “I also agree. We should cut down the surrounding trees to make an encirclement. Then we’ll take turns keeping watch. Everyone else will go to sleep.”
After ten days of rest and organization, everyone had finally recovered to their peak condition. After my previous exertion, Xiao Jin seems to mature a bit. He could already absorb a bit of energy from the world. With this, he can accompany me in battles for a longer period of time. The gold sphere in my body felt more stable than before. It flashed a pure gold inside my body. My magic mimicry attacks (Spells in which I directly use magic power to transform it into my intended form without incantations are called magic mimicry attacks) were much easier to use than before. It seems I have improved. Teacher Di was right, only with continuous temperament could I obtain even greater progress.