Hera rubbed her eyes and looked at the old man again, discovering that he did indeed exude the same aura as herself.
This old man is life itself!
However, Hera soon realized that she had died once before, eight years ago.
[Sky] has lived for at least a hundred years and has seen his previous self, so it seems quite normal.
However, Hera was quite curious about her past life, so she stepped into the house and carefully examined the old man.
The old man sat on a handmade wooden board, which looked old but was exceptionally sturdy.
Although the coarse linen clothes were old and tattered, they were very clean and had clearly been washed carefully.
Holding a tombstone the same size as a person's, she carefully and deliberately carved the name with a small knife.
His aged hands were incredibly steady, and he carved a character in no time.
His once-white hair was now almost entirely gone, and his weathered eyes revealed a hint of sadness and a wisdom that had seen through the illusions of the world.
His hunched figure was no different from that of an ordinary elderly man in his sixties, forming a stark contrast with the radiant, youthful, and lovely Hera beside him.
Suddenly.
The eyes of both beings trembled simultaneously. Hera looked out of the courtyard and leaped out in a few steps.
The old man, [Life], calmly placed the tombstone he was carrying next to the coffin, picked up his cane, and walked out step by step.
"Walking so slowly, can't you run?"
Hera was puzzled by her opponent's snail-paced movements.
Logically speaking, it's impossible for a living being to be this weak.
Moreover, the aura emanating from the other party could not possibly be weak, so it can be said that the other party did this on purpose.
The old man walked step by step to the middle of the courtyard, and the cats, dogs, chickens and ducks around him immediately surrounded him, rubbing against him affectionately.
The old man smiled faintly, looking incredibly kind. After waving his hand, the animals dispersed on their own.
"Nice to meet you... I don't know your name, so let's address you by your title, [Sky]."
The old man slowly raised his head and gazed at the azure sky in a voice that was aged but not hoarse.
Buzz—
A turbulent buzzing sound came from the air, and then a crack appeared, opening like an eye and turning into a huge, translucent eyeball with a vertical pupil.
Eyeballs that blotted out the sky enveloped the entire mountain forest, and cat-like vertical pupils looked down at the tiny old man like a god.
Buzzing—(What a frail state life is in.)
For some reason, it seems that the non-human forms of the Five Calamities all have their own exclusive language.
Although to outsiders they sounded almost identical, Hera, being one of the Five Calamities, could clearly hear the vast difference between the Sky and the Ocean.
Fortunately, Hera can understand everything now.
She stood there, quietly observing her past life and the "sky" like a bystander.
Despite the obvious sarcasm in the words of "Sky," the old man showed no displeasure, remaining calm and composed.
"I have no idea what brings you to my humble abode."
The sky did not answer; instead, its enormous, ethereal eye darted around, scanning the entire mountain forest.
Finally, my gaze passed through the wooden house and landed on the coffin lying there.
Buzzing sounds—(I never expected you would bury a human woman.)
"While that's true, it's very impolite of you to address my wife like that," the old man said calmly.
wife?
Hera scratched her head, realizing that she had been married before.
[Sky] sneered.
Buzzing sounds—(As the strongest of the Five Calamities, yet unable to escape the seven emotions and six desires, I'm already starting to regret coming to you.)
"Alright, tell me why you came here."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, Hera could feel a strong fighting spirit rising from the sky.
A strong wind began to blow around, rustling the green forest.
Buzz buzz buzz—! (I'm going to kill you and become the strongest of the Five Calamities!)
"Oh, really..."
The old man showed no panic or other emotional fluctuations; he simply nodded calmly.
Buzzing—(The sky is an all-encompassing entity, the one that best embodies the will of the world.)
Buzzing—! (The other three [Five Calamities] are far inferior to me in terms of primal power; only you! You still have the strength to fight me.)
"I have no interest in the title of strongest. If you want it, you can have it..."
Unexpectedly, the old man had no intention of fighting at all. He shook his head, turned around, and continued walking into the dilapidated wooden house.
The moment he took a step onto the yellow earth, the air above him seemed to transform into deadly bullets, raining down on the old man and the house.
It was like the sky had crashed down.
Its terrifying power startled even Hera.
"well……"
As a sigh escaped the old man's lips, the trees planted on both sides of the house suddenly grew rapidly.
The branches and leaves stretched and thickened wildly, covering the entire wooden house in less than an instant.
The next second, an overwhelming barrage of air attacks rained down like an explosion.
It hit the old man and every corner of the courtyard.
The attack came down in an instant and ended in an instant, just like a lightning bolt flashing by in the sky.
Hera looked around and found that every inch of the land was covered with tiny holes, like miniature pockets.
But it's just too dense, making every inch of the land and the elderly feel like sponges.
The trees protecting the cabin were teetering on the brink of collapse, but the cabin below remained intact.
Looking at all this, the sky's enormous eyes trembled in astonishment.
Buzzing... Buzzing! (You didn't turn to ashes... and how do you control that tree!)
[Sky] The enormous eyeball swept across the entire mountain peak once more, while simultaneously unleashing its maximum mental power.
Only then did He realize with horror that every blade of grass, every tree, and every living being on the entire mountain was actually a life!
Even the cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks we keep are part of life.
[Sky] launched another attack.
A torrential downpour of dark rain appeared in the azure sky, and a giant tornado rose from it, carrying dark clouds and lightning as it crashed to the ground like a heavy hammer.
A powerful wind pressure came rushing towards him, and seeing this, the old man gently tapped the ground with his cane.
Every blade of grass and every tree in the forest instantly decomposed, turning into a dense mist of blood that rushed towards the tornado.
The blood mist swirled into the tornado of dark clouds, and the crimson instantly invaded the black, transforming the tornado into a crimson tornado.
With a flick of the old man's finger, the tornado rapidly changed direction, turning its head to crash into the sky.
Seeing this, [Sky] used its primal power to fight it, only to find that the power it exerted on the tornado was as futile as a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
The scarlet tornado roared, transforming into a dragon that devoured everything, tearing and crashing into the sky.
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