"Arghh..." Alvin roared in pain. He endured the agony and held both the upper and lower jaw of the tiger. With a battle cry, he split its jaws open, killing the beast.
"Bang..."
Both Alvin and the dead body of the tiger fell to the ground. Alvin's body returned back to its original size and his red eyes and claws reverted back to normal. The only proof that remained of Alvin's crazy state just now was the wound on his shoulder and the monkey tattoo on Alvin's forearm.
"What happened to me just now... what the hell is this Blood Ascension Sutra?" Alvin muttered to himself while panting. When he was engaged in battle with the tiger, a strange technique had appeared in his mind all of a sudden and he used it without hesitation.
The next second, Alvin felt as though he was going crazy and at the same time his strength and speed increased more than tenfold, allowing him to fight with the tiger on equal footing.
But now after the fight, he was so beaten up that he could not even lift his head due to the severe pain coursing through his body. If he continued lying here just like this, he would soon become prey to some wild beast, Alvin was sure about that.
"Uncle, there is a boy lying there..." Just as Alvin was helplessly staring at the sky, he heard the tender voice of a young girl from the side.
Turning his head to the side with some difficulty, he saw a girl around his age walking towards him along with a young man in his twenties.
Both of them wore luxurious clothes and the girl also had a golden bow in her hand, which indicated that their status was not something common.
The little girl ran towards Alvin's side and squatted down beside him.
"We have to treat him, his shoulder is almost torn open," she said worriedly.
The young man who came with the little girl squinted his eyes when he saw the monkey tattoo on Alvin's hand. After closely observing Alvin for a moment, he nodded to the little girl, "Okay Ava, cast a healing spell on him."
The little girl, Ava, closed her eyes and pointed her finger at Alvin, "Envoy of Light: Heal."
The next second, several butterflies formed out of golden mana were circling around Alvin while casting a soothing light all over his body. Soon Alvin felt the pain from before lessening and though he was not fully healed, he felt as though he could at least move around now.
With a little struggle, Alvin sat up from the ground and said to the little girl gratefully, "Thank you for saving my life. My name is Alvin Nyxborn, I will surely repay this debt in the future."
Ava blushed slightly when she saw Alvin's naked upper body which looked like a perfect sculpture crafted out of stone, despite the wound on his shoulder which had now stopped bleeding. Apparently, Ava's magic could not fully heal Alvin's injury for some reason.
"I... I... only recently started studying light magic, so it is not that good, you have to consult a healer to heal your wound completely," Ava said while she avoided eye contact with Alvin.
"Are you somehow related to the young dragon rider, Riven Bright?" the young man beside the little girl asked Alvin with a frown.
Alvin's face changed when he heard the name Riven Bright. Of course he knew who Riven was , after all he is his own elder brother and the reason why Alvin's life had turned upside down. But Alvin did not show his feelings on his face. He looked at the young man and said calmly, "He is a distant relative of mine."
The young man could feel the coldness in Alvin's voice when he said this. He did not ask anything further as it was a publicly known fact that Riven Bright had betrayed the Nyxborn family, leading to their entire annihilation, and joined the Bright family. So it was natural that a member from the Nyxborn family would hate him.
"We would like to buy this white tiger corpse from you, what do you think?" the young man asked, pointing at the corpse of the tiger.
Except for its split jaw, its corpse was intact without the sign of any magical attack on its body. As such, its fur could be used to craft fur coats with high defense and lightweight while preserving its elegance.
Alvin thought for a moment and said, "You saved my life, so you can take it for a reasonable price you think after deducting the price for healing my wound."
The young man nodded in approval and said, "How about it, since it is a two star beginner realm magic beast, I will give you two basic essence coins and five gold coins. After deducting five gold coins for Ava's treatment on you, it will be two basic coins."
Alvin nodded. Since the tiger was already dead, this young man only sensed the dominant cultivation level of the tiger from among its wind and water elements. So he only calculated the price for only one beast core, while this white tiger had an extra core, which would have earned Alvin some more money. But Alvin remained silent about this due to the help he received from them.
"Great, here is your money," the young man promptly took out two essence coins and gave them to Alvin.
Alvin received the two milky white coins in his hand. On one side of the coin there was written 'basic essence', while on the back side there was the sign of a large tree with flourishing branches instead of the flying tiger symbol Alvin was familiar with. "So you guys are not from the Eldora Empire?"
In Celestia, only the six empires and the Celestial Alliance had the official authorization to craft essence coins. Their respective symbols would also be engraved on the back of the coin using complicated formations that could not be replicated.
The Eldora Empire had the symbol of a winged tiger on their essence coins, but the coin in Alvin's hand had the symbol of a tree, which was the royal symbol of the Sylvian Empire.
The young man nodded with a smile, "Yeah, we were only here to hunt for a white tiger for making a set of armor for Ava. Since this body also has the core inside in perfect condition, it will be the best choice."
Alvin nodded. He turned to Ava and smiled, "Thanks for treating me little girl, I have a small gift for you inside that tiger, consider it a token of my gratitude when you realize what it is."
Ava looked at Alvin with a pout, "Do not call me little girl, I am already nine years old."
Alvin scratched his head awkwardly, "Fine then... I will call you miss."
The young man's mouth twitched when he saw his niece flirting right in front of him. He waved his hand and said, "We will be going then, all others from our group are still searching for this white tiger, we have to regroup with them so that we can depart to Sylvia."