A long and loud cry rang out from Yang Kai, matching his body’s bloodthirsty beast-like appearance. Yang Kai’s cry easily reached the clouds; echoing continuously throughout the mountain valley.
[Bastards of the Blood Battle Gang come and fight with me.] This was a call to battle, a flagrant provocation. [I am here and I am waiting for you.]This was a call to battle, a flagrant provocation. [I am here and I am waiting for you.] [I am here and I am waiting for you.]
He didn’t care if those words would bring him trouble. After all, before Nu Lang died he had also given away his position with his dying howl. Although the mountain valley only covered an area of several dozen miles in radius, in this dead quiet night, you were easily able to hear the slightest of sounds. So those people were most likely already rushing towards them.
At this moment the safest choice would be to leave the area. After fighting three battles, one after another and killing five people, Yang Kai’s Yuan Qi was greatly depleted. Whilst his body had also received many wounds; light and serious in nature. How could he confront people from the Blood Battle Gang in this state?
Leaving that place and recovering his strength before finding an opportunity to get rid of them, was without a doubt the best option.
But Yang Kai couldn’t leave, rather he would not leave. The reason being his strength had reached its peak, and if he left, his heart would become reluctant towards the idea of battling stronger opponents. He had decided he would live his life with an immovable will; if it weren’t for his persistence, he would just be a simple person at the Initial Element Fourth Stage.
With the enemies moving towards Yang Kai at full speed they arrived at his location quickly, however, upon doing so they were highly surprised.
All his efforts were for the simple goal of leaving Xia Ning Chang time to meditate and recover without any disturbances.
The strength of this group from the Blood Battle Gang was much higher than those who were from Storm House. Most of them were cultivators of the Separation and Reunion Boundaries. Cultivators at this level could easily kill Yang Kai, akin to killing an ant. But their strength was currently being sealed by the Nine Cloud Eight Locks seal, so their present strength couldn’t be estimated.
Hearing Yang Kai’s howl, Xia Ning Chang opened her eyes suddenly; her heart which was filled with regret was finally able to relax.
[He has not died! He has not died!]Xia Ning Chang almost wanted to cry.
She had been worrying about Yang Kai’s safety and feared that he would never return and that she would lose him forever. His strength was far too low and opposing party had a lot of people; how could he possibly be able to resist them all?
After Yang Kai departed, Xia Ning Chang had been constantly regretting letting him leave and scolding herself; lamenting over the fact that he was risking his life for her, yet she couldn’t help him at all. But looking at her own condition, which had yet to even stabilize, she could do nothing. When Yang Kai walked out she wasn’t able to stop him.
Since she was the one who had brought him to this place, involving him in such a life-threatening situation, Xia Ning Chang felt guilty. She was such a pure lady and placed all fault on her shoulders; she didn’t even consider the possibility that the people from the Blood Battle Gang and Storm House were here to pursue Yang Kai.
In other words, the main cause of this entire debacle was Yang Kai.
However, at that moment Xia Ning Chang finally felt relieved, because Yang Kai was safe and his voice contained traces of his excitement along with a fearless will to engage in battle.
Although she didn’t know what he was facing at present, Xia Ning Chang thought that she could only try to recover her strength as soon as possible and then go and help him… save him.
On the other side of a mountain valley, both Wen Fei Chen, who was hurrying to dissolve the Yin Qi from the Nine Cloud Eight Lock and Long Hui heard Yang Kai’s howl.
When he heard that sound, Wen Fei Chen’s brows wrinkled, his concentration broke and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“That animal!” Wen Fei Chen angrily cursed, because he had been at a crucial moment when he had become agitated by the howl; as a result, he even received internal injury.
“Lord Wen, how was the process of undoing the sealing?” Long Hui asked like he was concerned.
Wen Fei Chen shook his head slowly. “It doesn’t look too good. This seal has surpassed my expectations and experience. I don’t know whose Disciple she is, or how was she able to arrange such a powerful seal.”
The three Yin Qi chains didn’t just lock his Qi flow in his meridians but also locked his Dantian. This caused his strength to only reach as high as the Qi Transformation Third Stage. And because of his consumption a few moments ago, it fell again by a few levels.
Wen Fei Chen was fuming and he wished he could kill Yang Kai and that female over and over again. A True Element Fifth boundary master had unexpectedly been tricked by those two juniors. When had he ever been subjected to such shame?
“Lord Wen you don’t need to worry. Just now he has dared to expose himself, so he will surely die.” Long Hui looked quite self-assured; the corner of his mouth even carried a sneer.
Wen Fei Chen was silent because he knew the meaning of Yang Kai’s howl. That howl was not the desperate howl of a person meeting his end but rather it was a howl that contained an overwhelming urge to fight.
[He is just a trivial Initial Element Fourth Stage Disciple, why would he behave so wildly?]Due to this, Wen Fei Chen thought something wasn’t quite right, but he didn’t take the matter to heart, thinking that Yang Kai was in an animalistic state, so it didn’t matter anyway; he was going to die either way.
In the mountain valley, everyone had different thoughts regarding this situation, while outside the mountain valley there was an old man flying rapidly through the air.
The old man was breathing heavily with Yuan Qi fluctuations that could be felt from him; hiding his true strength but still maintaining his high speed
Within the blink of an eye, he was able to cover a distance of over 300 meters.
The old man seemed very worried and anxious. Looking up at the sky, he felt deep remorse.
“Went wrong, something has gone wrong. My child, you opened the seal ahead of time.” The old man was muttering while dashing forwards.
This old man was the Contribution Hall’s Treasurer, Meng Wu Ya.
While muttering this, Meng Wu Ya felt really ashamed. He had completely lost the face of his entire family. That night he was earnestly trying to convince his Disciple not to come to this place where Nine Yin Dew Crystals gathered. The promotion to the True Element Boundary had nothing to do with the gathering of the Nine Yin Dew Crystals. At the time Xia Ning Chang had also agreed like a clever and understanding child.
That had caused Meng Wu Ya to become elated; Xia Ning Chang had also prepared many dishes and also several pots of good wine at that moment. On one hand, Meng Wu Ya was eating and drinking while discrediting Yang Kai on the other hand. He was telling her to stay as far away as possible from him.
Meng Wu Ya had seen with his own eyes that his Disciple cared deeply about Yang Kai. Although it wasn’t to the degree of love between a man and a woman, it was a type of loving care. This wasn’t a good sign and made Meng Wu Ya want to cut this love down at this budding stage.
For so many years his beloved Disciple had always been intelligent and obedient. Meng Wu Ya felt she was like his treasure and didn’t want anyone to come near her. He was always fearful for her because her thoughts were extremely pure and she didn’t even understand that there were people that were evil.
Meng Wu Ya worried that if Yang Kai had evil intentions, what would he do if his beloved apprentice was enticed by him? Youth, it’s then when love was always ignorant. Once his apprentice was enticed it would become a difficult matter to manage.
So, Meng Wu Ya harboured evil intentions towards them, his skin was thick and he was always a shameless fellow. Although in his heart he was ashamed, in his mouth, he always had bad words for Yang Kai; that he was lustful in nature, he was a heartless fellow, his head was always filled with immoral thoughts, he was an evil person, etc.
Meng Wu Ya had also spoken words of warning towards Xia Ning Chang, he seriously told her that “This kind of person should not be respected and should be kept as far away as possible.”
Meng Wu Ya didn’t realize that while he was speaking, his eyes were starting to blur because of dishes in front of him. And when he woke up, the time had passed; a long long time had passed.
The dishes were full of a certain compounding drug made by Xia Ning Chang. Being plotted against by his own beloved Disciple, Meng Wu Ya wanted to cry but didn’t have any tears. Being drugged so easily, he realized that something was not right. Meng Wu Ya was so worried about his Disciple that he didn’t even think about washing his face. He directly rushed from High Heaven Pavilion to the valley at full speed.
He had felt deep remorse when he woke up. Knowing full well that the image of Yang Kai was already good in the mind of his Disciple, he was simply asking for trouble when he tried to schemer dirt on her impression.
Although his Disciple had a lot of treasures on her, and could easily avoid many dangers, here in Black Wind Mountain, there are a lot of formidable Demonic Beasts. If she wasn’t careful, there was a chance of her being eaten.
If he would have been with her, there wouldn’t be any need to worry about these things. [Bad mouth, Bad mouth!] Meng Wu Ya wished he could slap himself on the face several times.
From a place ten miles away from where Nine Yin Dew Crystal gathered, Meng Wu Ya was able to feel the coldness transmitting from that side. He stopped in mid-air and looked around anxiously.
He noticed that in the mountain Valley Yin Qi was trapped by an invisible inescapable energy field. After seeing, this Meng Wu Ya’s heart finally relaxed. The Nine Clouds Eight Lock seal has been activated, that means my Disciple arrived here safely.
Loudly exhaling, [it doesn’t look like there is any trouble.] Meng Wu Ya gasped heavily, god only knows that for the past few days while hurrying along how anxious he felt as if something had gone horribly wrong.
After a little while, Meng Wu Ya arrived outside the mountain valley but he didn’t go in. With rapt attention, he was looking towards the mountain valley. Unfortunately, the density of Yin Qi inside was too much for him to be able to see or hear anything; even his Divine Senses were unable to search inside.
Since the Nine Cloud Eight Lock seal had been activated, this means that his Disciple must have started the process, he should just calmly wait for the good news, for her success.
Because of the law’s binding, people on the inside were unable to come out and people on the outside were unable to go inside. Although Meng Wu Ya was able to break this seal if he broke it all the efforts of his apprentice would be for nothing. Meng Wu Ya comforted himself while waiting on the outside.
He didn’t know this time he was making a big mistake. The reason that Xia Ning Chang activated the seal ahead of time was not to cope with Nine Yin Dew crystals but rather to deal with people from the Blood Battle Gang who wanted to kill them. Meng Wu Ya had no idea that at present his beloved Disciple now in a weakened condition and that Yang Kai was bathed in blood and fighting off a huge crisis.
If he knew this he would definitely not hesitate to break open this seal and slaughter Wen Fei Chen a hundred times over.
In the mountain valley, Yang Kai was standing still with a straight back just like a javelin calmly waiting for the enemies to come. *Whiz whiz whiz…* all of a sudden, the sound of clothes fluttering in the wind could be heard from all around.
“They finally came.” Yang Kai’s face turned solemn. Turning his head to look in the direction of Xia Ning Chang’s hiding place, he didn’t know if after this battle he could still survive.
But after making this decision, he had no regrets.
*Brush brush brush…* three figures almost simultaneously appeared around Yang Kai.
These three were the Blood Battle Gang’s Separation and Reunion Boundary masters. The last one to arrive was a Qi Transformation Ninth Stage practitioner. So compared with others his speed was slow.
After arriving these four people were quietly staring at Yang Kai with shocked expressions. Because they had seen Yang Kai just an hour ago and at that time he was at the Initial Element Fourth Stage yet in such a short time he had reached the Initial Element Stage peak.
[What’s going on?]Nu Lang’s corpse was lying under his foot with a broken neck and his body in a pitiful state. They hadn’t thought that he would die in a place like this. They felt slightly sorry for him. On this cold night, the wind blowing in this mountain valley made people feel unnerved, it was creepy.
“Was this person killed by you?” A Blood Battle Gang Separation and Reunion Boundary master asked.
“Where is your leader and that dog, Master Long?” Yang Kai asked without bothering to answer his question. Turning his head around to scan the area but discovered that no one else was coming.
The Blood Battle Gang had seven people remaining. When they arrived at the valley, including Wen Fei Chen and Long Hui, one was killed by Xia Ning Chang so there was only four remaining.
“*Hmph* to cope with you, why must Lord Wen and Young Master Long personally take action?” The person who spoke, his age was not large; from his appearance, he should be around 25-26 years old.
“Ohhhh…help me, the Blood Battle Gang are here, I am so scared.” Yang Kai said in a sarcastic voice.
The youth’s face became ruthless, “To cope with you I alone am enough.”
Although most of his strength was sealed by the Yin Qi Chains, he still was a master in the Separation and Reunion Boundary and if he fought he would be stronger than a Qi Transformation Stage Master, how would he be unable to cope with Yang Kai.
“Lips are useless, why not use your fist to find out the answer?” Yang Kai said looking at him scornfully.
Yang Kai also felt that the strength of these people had been reduced greatly. Their strength was nothing compared to before. Moreover, the Yuan Qi in their bodies was quite unstable, the strength of the first three was comparable to Nu Lang, even if they were strong before, at present they were not, and the person who came last was even weaker than Nu Lang had been.
In a one on one with them Yang Kai was confident he could win, even in this situation as long as he kills one first, then everything would be easy to manage.
“Boy, you are quite arrogant; let this grandfather give you a lesson!” The youth who had spoken before walked forward while saying this.
Seeing that his plan was a success, as long as this youth came within ten feet of Yang Kai, then even if Yang Kai was injured, he was confident in being able to kill him. But at this time, another Separation and Reunion Boundary master said, “Long division younger brother, don’t get tricked by him.”
At this moment that youth suddenly stopped his steps and looked coldly at Yang Kai and said, “Yes Senior Brother Cai.”
“At this place, he is standing alone, and we don’t know the location of that female’s hiding place. That female has got many tricks up her sleeves. Do not be too impulsive, moreover, this boy has already shown he has enough strength to kill Nu Lang, it looks like he was playing the role of a pig to eat the tiger. Let’s take him down fast and get the location of that female.” Senior Cai said looking vigilant and waving his hands he said, “Let’s get him!”
Four vs one, moreover his strength was at the Initial Element Boundary, even if he had the strength to overturn the heavens, if he was able to use his power, he could only be caught.
Four people almost simultaneously moved like shadows from the east, west, north, and south surrounding Yang Kai and sending killing intent towards him.
Faced with this impending crisis, Yang Kai felt no fear, laughing he said, “Well looks like your Blood Battle Gang is only talk, and it looks like you are not too confident in your strength.”
Hearing this that youth’s complexion became red, releasing his killing intent he said, “Smelly brat, just wait and this grandfather will help you break your mouth.”
“You are not qualified.” Yang Kai roared. Burning one drop of his Yang liquid, he made his body turn into a fireball, radiating burning hot waves of Yang Qi.
While speaking Yang Kai moved towards Yuan Lang. Sending out a fist attack, a dull thumping sound was heard before Yang Kai staggered due to backlash. But Yuan Lang on the other hand, with a startled cry, was sent flying.
Retreating three steps, Yang Kai fell into the attack range of the surrounding three people. These three attacked Yang Kai one after another; Yang Kai dodged the attack from a master of Separation and Reunion Boundary while exposing his back to only the weakest Disciple in the Blood Battle Gang.
Yang Kai’s double palm attack, which contained a huge strength, was directed towards the chest of the person who was the most vigilant, Senior Brother Cai.
He was also the person who reminded Yuan Lang a moment ago not to be rash and saved him from Yang Kai’s trap.
Of the four people who were led by him, his strength was naturally the highest. Even if his strength was sealed he was still at the Qi Transformation Second Stage. Therefore, Yang Kai decided to strike to kill him first. As long as he was killed, the other three weren’t that big of a threat to him.
In a single breath, Yang Kai was able to deal with four different people simultaneously.
Senior Brother Cai saw that Yang Kai had abandoned all pretence of defence and was instead targeting him, this made his brows wrinkle. Although he didn’t know what Yang Kai was thinking, in his heart he had a bad premonition.
In his palm attack, Yang Kai had surely hid some sort of profound technique.
Drawing back, he also made his decision quickly. Although he didn’t believe that Yang Kai could injure him, it was always better to play it safe. While drawing back he simultaneously raised both of his hands in a defensive position in front of Yang Kai, wanting to probe his strength.
Their palms had not even come in contact with each other yet he discovered that the corner of Yang Kai’s mouth was carrying a cold, ruthless and sinister smile.
[Something’s wrong. Dammit! I fell into a trap!]In the next instant, he saw Yang Kai’s palms increasing in speed and moving forward while avoiding his own palms with a fearless determination, targeting his chest.
These two palms would without a doubt hit him, but at the same time, his own attack would also hit Yang Kai in return. Is it that you want both of us to be injured simultaneously?
This thought had not even properly formed when Yang Kai’s palms also changed; his hands suddenly began to burn and became blood red, looking like a palm covered in burning fluid with a very hot temperature.
He could not dodge. The eyes of Senior Cai contained ruthlessness. This attack of Yang Kai’s contained a drop of Yang liquid, after this attack either of them would die.
Senior Brother Cai was, after all, a master of the Separation and Reunion Boundary, although his strength was sealed and his current strength gave Senior Brother Cai a feeling like playing with bamboo fencing, the quality of his Yuan Qi is higher than Yang Kai’s wasn’t it?
Two bumping sound were transmitted simultaneously.
Senior Brother Cai’s palm hit Yang Kai at the same time that Yang Kai’s double palm hit his own chest.
In a moment, Yuan Qi was transmitted to Senior Brother Cai’s chest and it felt like his skin is melting.
[How can this boy’s Yuan Qi be so pure?] Senior Brother Cai was shocked; if not for his cultivation being higher he could have died by the might of his palm alone.Before this shock had even subsided, he once again felt Yang Kai’s palms transmitting a boiling hot Yuan Qi.
Along with this hot Yuan Qi which was being transmitted into his chest, he felt a severe pain; there was a slight feeling of his body being penetrated. This Yuan Qi was even causing his internal organs to be burnt.
“Get away from me.” Senior Cai was enraged; Yang Kai was no longer able to keep his attack going and was thrown flying backward like a rag doll upside down.
Without enough time to react Yang Kai could only lower his body but was unable to dodge the attacks of other members of the Blood Battle Gang. A sword pierced his shoulder directly and his shoulder started to bleed, creating a hole that was visible on his shoulder.
The attack hadn’t even ended. Taking advantage of his injury, another master of the Separation and Reunion Boundary who was finally able to find an opportunity, kicked Yang Kai in his lower ribs ruthlessly.
Yang Kai had dodged his attack a moment ago which made him feel a little shame. So after finding such an opportunity, he was obviously going to be ruthless.
At this moment a small bottle suddenly fell from Yang Kai’s chest pocket to the ground.
In mid-air, Yang Kai spurted out a mouthful of blood and his legs staggered when he fell to the ground. His eyes contained some anxiety when looking towards the bottle that had fallen from his pocket. But he didn’t dare to go forward and pick it up. Concentrating his energy on his feet, with lightning speed he submerged himself into the jungle for the first time.
Yuan Lang, seeing his expression hurried to pick up that small bottle.
Yang Kai’s laughter was transmitted from a distance, “Ha, Blood Battle Gang Separation and Reunion Boundary masters are just mediocre.”
[He managed to escape…] The Blood Battle Gang people looked at each other in blank dismay. They came to this place because of Yang Kai’s howl. While he called them to come to find him, after that moment required to howl he could have simply run away, but he didn’t and instead he waited for them to arrive while speaking to them his tone had even been quite arrogant. At that moment they thought that Yang Kai had an ace hidden up his sleeve but at this moment he unexpectedly ran away. [Didn’t this mean he is just a dog knew how to bark but can’t bite?] After hearing his talk they had thought he surely had an ace, but now looking at the direction he escaped toward they can only snort contemptuously.“Let’s go after him, he was seriously injured just now and he wouldn’t be able to run for long.” Yuan Lang said while bitterly shaking his hands. He was only able to exchange one blow with him; he had not thought that Yang Kai’s fist could contain such power. After recovering from his last attack when he returned to join the fight, unexpectedly the fight had ended.
After three breaths of time, they staggered forward with a dumb expression.
After saying this, Yuan Lang then immediately started pursuing Yang Kai, the others also hurried to follow.
Before they could even run a few steps, from behind them they heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground. It surprised them, turning back when they looked down they were surprised to see that their Senior Brother Cai was unexpectedly on the ground, his back facing upward, motionless.
“Senior Brother are you alright?” Yuan Lang asked alarmed, but he didn’t get any response.
“What happened?” the lowest strength Disciple asked uncertainly.
[A moment ago Senior Brother Cai exchanged a blow with Yang Kai, getting wounded silently. It wasn’t possible that he had been seriously injured in that exchange, right?]“Something is wrong.” The third person’s brows wrinkled, he hurriedly moved forward towards the body of Senior Brother Cai and suddenly called out in alarm.
He suddenly gasped *ah* in astonishment.
“How is he?” Yuan Lang asked while also moving forward, looking at the body of their Senior Brother he became dumbfounded.
Because looking at the body he noticed his Senior Brother’s flesh at that moment was red, the blood under his skin was boiling, both his eyes had burst, he was dead in the same pathetic way Nu Lang had died.
At this moment Senior Brother Cai was not breathing, his chest contained finger sized holes, from which red blood was flowing out.
“It’s so hot!” exclaimed the Disciple who was holding the body of his Senior Brother as he hurried to put his corpse down.
When the body came into contact with the ground, it burst open and hot blood burst out, scattering over the ground and forming a transparent blood fog.
The remaining three people were fully drenched in blood, that blood also contained a burning hot Yuan Qi.
The three of them became horrified. They were unable to imagine how the strongest amongst them, their Elder Brother Cai, could die such a horrible death.
[When did this happen? Did it happen when Yang Kai punched him?]The three people were standing in the same place dumbfounded. They were looking at the ground where the body of their Senior Brother was lying with a horrified expression.
Four masters from the Blood Battle Gang were trying to cope with Yang Kai together, but unexpectedly instead of him, it was one of them who was killed. But he was also injured by a sword and a foot kick and his arms were also severely injured, but even with all these injuries, he was unexpectedly able to run away from them.
Within their three hearts, none of them wanted to accept facts.
The person laying on the floor was actually a master of the Separation and Reunion Boundary, that motherfucker was a master of the Separation and Reunion Boundary! How could he be defeated by a practitioner at the Initial Element Stage?
There were an entire two realms of difference between the two. This gap was as big as the gap between Heaven and Earth.
Even if more than half of that Senior Brother’s strength had been sealed away, even if you included the fact that he needed to use Yuan Qi to resist the Yin Qi in the valley, his power would still be equivalent to someone at the Qi Transformation Stage. Wasn’t it? How could he just be killed like that?
Their faces with either pale or flushed and filled with fear!
They were all thinking, what if the target that Yang Kai had aimed for hadn’t been that Senior Brother, but them instead? What would the result have been then? Without a doubt, they would be dead.
Realizing this point, Yuan Lang discerned that Senior Brother Cai’s vigilance and foresight had been well founded. If it wasn’t for Senior Brother’s reminders, he would have probably been the first one to die under Yang Kai’s hand.
“How did Senior Brother actually die?” The weakest practitioner among them finally spoke out, breaking the awkward and embarrassing silence.
As soon as this question was asked, they immediately looked at each other in dismay. After replaying the previous scene in their minds, they finally found traces of Yang Kai’s move.
It was just that one exchange of injuries! It was the only attack that Yang Kai made during the entire battle!
“His strength is that high?” One of them asked in horror.
“This isn’t his skill! He probably possesses an extremely powerful weapon-type artifact. Otherwise, there would be no way he would be able to break through Senior Brother’s defenses and be able to kill him!” Yuan Lang looked towards him and analyzed the situation as his mind gradually calmed down.
The other person also agreed with his conjuncture.
[If it weren’t for the aid from that weapon-type artifact, how could Yang Kai possibly be able to achieve such results?] For this type of thing, even if Yang Kai were to admit the truth himself, they wouldn’t believe him.“In order to activate this, he must require an immense amount of Yuan Qi, so that’s probably the reason why he can only use it once. After that shot, regardless of the result, he would flee!” Yuan Lang’s expression was unreadable. The more he thought, the more these thoughts became clear and shrewder, infused with a bit more intelligence. His analysis was very suitable for explaining Yang Kai’s unusual actions afterward.
In a confident tone, Yuan Lang continued to explain. “So, even if the current him possessed some remaining strength, he would be akin to an arrow at the end of its flight. As for the secret artifact, he definitely shouldn’t be able to reactivate it again, adding on the various wounds he received, he doesn’t pose much of a threat!”
The other two also felt that his conclusions were correct, placing the stone within their hearts down.
[In the end he only relied on a secret artifact in order to do battle, that really scared them for a moment! If his strength was really that monstrous, to the point that he could easily kill Senior Brother Cai, then they might as well wash their necks clean and send them out. Why would they struggle on death’s door?]The lowest ranked Blood Battle Gang Disciple spoke out. “With Senior Brother Dead, should we go back and report this matter?”
Yuan Lang swiveled his head to look at him, lightly reprimanding, “Why should we return?”
“If we don’t go back to report, I don’t think it would be the correct choice.” He hesitatingly replied.
That other person looked at the youth before suddenly laughing, saying to the weakest among them. “Junior Brother Wu, you didn’t understand Senior Brother Yuan’s intention.”
Perplexed, that Junior Brother Wu turned back to Yuan Lang questioningly.
Yuan Lang chuckled. “It’s Junior Brother Xie who understands. I can’t hide anything from you.”
Junior Brother Xie also laughed lightly. “After all, great minds think alike.”
Junior Brother Wu looked at the two of them in puzzlement. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t grasp the crucial point and could only helplessly ask. “My fellow two Senior Brothers, could you please explain the situation in clearer terms?”
Glancing over at him, Yuan Lang finally explained: “Junior Brother Wu, what grade do think Yang Kai’s secret artifact is?”
Thinking about the question for a while, Junior Brother Wu slowly answered. “Between the four of us, in order to directly kill Senior Brother Cai in one move, the grade of the artifact definitely wouldn’t be low. At the very least, it would be at the Earth Grade Mid Stage! It could even possibly be at the Earth Grade High Stage.”
They had all personally witnessed Xia Ning Chang use a Heaven Grade artifact, so even if an Earth Grade artifact appeared within Yang Kai’s hands, why would it surprise them? To say it was at the Earth Grade was the lowest evaluation Junior Brother Wu could give, but also a fair evaluation.
Yuan Lang nodded his head slightly. “If we were to really go back and report this matter, what would you say the result would be?”
Junior Brother Wu instinctively replied. “Yang Kai would die and the secret artifact is taken, by Lord Wen…”
Stopping mid-sentence, that person realized what was happening.
If they were to let Lord Wen know that Yang Kai possessed an Earth Grade artifact, then would they receive anything? Long Hui already had his eyes set on that female’s Heaven Grade artifact. If Lord Wen couldn’t eat the meat, then why couldn’t he drink the soup? And among the Disciples, they wouldn’t be able to even lick the sugar bits.
At most, when they returned, Lord Wen would bestow upon them a few gold and silver pieces. This time, experiencing the various dangers, with many of their fellow brothers dying, where they really only able to obtain these few rewards?
By putting their lives on the line, they should at least reap some harvest. Just a moment ago, they were on death’s door, even now their hearts were still beating with loud *pu tong, pu tong* sounds. How could a few gold and silver pieces be able to compensate them?
Furthermore, Lord Wen was well-known for being stingy. So even if he did give them some money, it wouldn’t be a lot.
“My two Senior Brother’s meaning is…” Junior Brother Wu asked out probingly.
Yuan Lang and that Senior Brother Xie looked at each other simultaneously, and Senior Brother Xie nodded his head. “Whatever Senior Brother says, we will execute it accordingly.”
Yuan Lang smiled. “Good. Since my fellow two Junior Brothers have no objections, then we shall not go back and report it!”
“Okay!” The two people nodded their heads.
“As for that secret artifact on Yang Kai,” Yuan Lang hid a smile and turned his head towards his two Junior Brothers, “The one who can kill him and get revenge for Senior Brother Cai’s death will be able to obtain ownership for that artifact. How does that sound?”
Junior Brother Xie nodded his head. “Then we shall follow what you have said!”
“Shall we split up?” Between the three of them, Junior Brother Wu’s strength was the lowest. In the battle before watching, Senior Brother Cai die right there in front of him had scared him. He was worried that if he met with Yang Kai alone he would be unable to defeat him.
That Junior Brother Xie replied. “What are you scared of? Yang Kai has activated that secret artifact once already, how much Yuan Qi would he have remaining? Not to mention, that he has fought hard against the people from Storm House, and received even more fatal wounds from fighting us. The current him, anyone could easily take his life.”
Junior Brother Wu also thought the same thing. Before they had arrived, Yang Kai had battled viciously against Nu Lang and probably used up a large amount of energy. The wounds he had received were also seen by him, the environment was also very cruel, so he needed to exhaust Yuan Qi and mental energy just to resist the cold and the Yin Qi. He most likely only had a sliver of power remaining, so if they really were to meet, he would easily be able to kill Yang Kai.
The current circumstances were perfect for killing Yang Kai and gaining revenge for Senior Brother Cai. Therefore, if they wanted to obtain the secret artifact within his grasp, it would be given to the one who found him first. How could they possibly work together?
With this thought, Junior Brother Wu, took a few deep breaths to calm his boiling blood.
Settling on their course of action, Senior Brother Xie suddenly turned towards Yuan Lang. “Senior Brother Yuan, just as Yang Kai was leaving, he seemed to have taken out something. Do you know what that thing may be?”
Surprised, Yuan Lang smiled. “Junior Brother Xie really observes things down to the smallest detail.”
As he said this, he also opened up his hand to reveal a small bottle within the palm of his hand. “It should have been a bottle of pills.”
“May I take a look?” Junior Brother Xie asked as he smiled slightly. Yang Kai and that female both possessed high leveled artifacts, so their statuses weren’t ordinary. When that bottle had accidentally fallen out, Yang Kai clearly showed his reluctance to part with it. Any reluctance on Yang Kai’s part hinted that these pills would be worth quite a decent amount.
Due to this, Junior Brother Xie didn’t want Yuan Lang to hog all the benefits. Since all of them had participated in the battle, naturally they should all receive their share.
“You can!” Yuan Lang knew what his Junior Brother Xie was thinking, so he wouldn’t try to monopolize this spoil of war. Replying, he opened the bottle up to look inside. Upon looking inside, he let out a cry of bewilderment.
“I think they’re Yang attributed pills!” Traces of happiness could be seen on Yuan Lang’s face.
Junior Brother Xie and Junior Brother Wu became excited. “Are you serious?”
“Once you see, you’ll understand.” Saying this, he tipped out some of the pills and gave them to the other two Disciples.
“They are Yang attributed pills!” That Junior Brother Wu became really ecstatic. As he held the pill within his hand, he immediately felt the chilling cold disperse around him by a lot. It even reached the point that he no longer needed to waste Yuan Qi to restrict the invasion of the Yin Qi into his body. This pill was the ultimate nemesis of the Yin Qi within the valley.
[No wonder Yang Kai wasn’t willing to part with them! In this type of evil environment, the most important thing was the Yang attributed pills. Once he lost this advantage of his, he would definitely regret it.]Shaking the bottle a bit, Yuan Lang announced. “Since we have shared the pills with us already, my Junior Brothers, there may even be some profound mysterious hidden within them. So you shouldn’t just eat them to defend against the cold. On that note, I shall take my leave.”
After all, this was something that Yang Kai had left behind. What if there was poison inside? Although they weren’t as calculating as their Senior Brother Cai, they still weren’t stupid enough to eat something their enemy left behind.
Finishing his warning, Yuan Lang flourished his arms and disappeared.
Shortly afterward, both people stashed the pills within their bosoms and each went their respective ways to search for Yang Kai.
Yang Kai was licking his wounds, stealthily hiding in the dense foliage at the top of a tree. Suppressing his presence as much as he could, he surveyed the surrounding area.
His current situation wasn’t very good. After the large battle with the five Disciples from Storm House, his body had suffered some wounds. Coupled with the ferocious attack from the four Blood Battle Gang Disciples, his injuries had become even more severe.
The most serious one was probably the sword cut on his shoulder; it should have reached his bones. This caused Yang Kai’s left arm to feel weak and it numbed his sense of touch.
In order to avoid being followed by those remaining Disciples from the Blood Battle Gang, Yang Kai had used his Yang Liquid to burn his injuries, cauterizing the wounds and preventing further bleeding.
Even though willpower and special methods allowed him to stay in peak condition, at the end of the day, he was still only an Initial Element Fourth Stage practitioner. Under the stress of numerous large battles, his stamina and mental energy had been greatly sapped. If it weren’t for his immense willpower, he would have long since collapsed.
Recalling the savage battle that had occurred, Yang Kai couldn’t help but let out a grim chuckle.
That Senior Brother Cai was worthy of being a powerhouse at the Separation and Reunion Boundary. Even if more than half of his strength had been sealed away, Yang Kai still had to expend ten drops of Yang Liquid in order to break his defenses and deliver a fatal blow.
[But this was all worth it!] Although using ten drops of Yang Liquid was challenging, it was still worth it! It had allowed him to take the life of a Separation and Reunion Boundary master.In this tense environment, Yang Kai’s mind was as clear as ever. He knew that if he lost even one fight, not only would he lose his life, but Xia Ning Chang would also lose her life.
With such great stakes, how could Yang Kai dare to relax for even a moment?
In the Blood Battle Gang, apart from Long Hui and that extremely high leveled person, there were only three people left. But their cultivations weren’t as high as Senior Cai’s had been. If it were one on one, Yang Kai had nothing to fear, but if they teamed up, then things would take a turn for the worse.
Know yourself, know thy enemy, only then will you emerge victorious in every battle! Yang Kai must know the three’s plan of attack and their location. Only then would he have a chance of winning.
That’s why before he left; he purposely left one of his pill bottles behind. You could say that one of the more important goals of that battle was to leave behind that pill bottle, the other being to kill the Disciple called Cai. Both goals were completed without a single hitch.
The discarded bottle contained, Black Yang Blood Pills. Just a few days prior, he had found some Black Yang Bloodflowers, they had then been refined by Xia Ning Chang.
At the time, his Dantian still had plenty of Yang Liquid, and they were hurrying on their way to the valley so Yang Kai didn’t take any. Unexpectedly, they had come in handy at such a time.
Sometimes, even if one didn’t eat the pills, they would be unable to evade trouble. This time, Yang Kai was going to teach them that even if they had placed the pills within their clothes, trouble could still appear.
He believed that his plan would succeed. After all, this was the gathering place of the Nine Yin Dew Crystals, a place Yin Qi was naturally attracted to. So if Yang attributed pills were to suddenly appear, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine what one would do with them.
So long as they kept the Black Yang Blood Pills on them, he could use the Origin of Yang to probe his surroundings and sense for their whereabouts. Because of this, all of their movements were within the palm of his hand.
After waiting for a while, the Origin of Yang within his chest area started to have a reaction. Yang Kai’s expression became cold; he immediately took a few deep breaths and tried to calm his rising heart rate.
Before long, someone had appeared below a nearby tree. Looking down, Yang Kai’s brow wrinkled.
How come there was only one person?
Waiting a bit longer, in a nearby place, someone else hurriedly rushed over.
Following that, a third person arrived at the place that Yang Kai was hiding. Looking down, Yang Kai found out that it was actually the Blood Battle Gang Disciple with the lowest cultivation.
This person looked around in all directions before scurrying off again.
[Strange, why did these three people separate?] His brows wrinkling, Yang Kai couldn’t think of a reason for them doing so.Unbeknownst to him, those three were treating him like an arrow at the end of its flight. Moreover, since they believed he possessed a high leveled weapon-type artifact, they wanted to test out their like luck and see who would obtain it.
It was no wonder those three would think like that. If it were any other Initial Element Staged practitioner, the amount of Yuan Qi within their bodies wouldn’t be a lot. So after that battle, with the exhaustion of large amounts of Yuan Qi, one shouldn’t have much left. But Yang Kai wasn’t the same. The amount of Yuan Qi he possessed was far more than ordinary practitioners.
Not to mention the amount of Yang Liquid he had stored within his Dantian! Before he had left, he had stored forty complete drops of Yang Liquid. So, even if he used up the Qi within his meridians, it didn’t matter because one drop was enough to replenish all of his Yuan Qi; allowing him to once again return as a ferocious tiger.
In other words, as long as he had Yang Liquid in reserve and his mental and physical strength could keep up, Yang Kai would be an untiring battle robot.
If that Senior Brother Cai was still alive, given his cautious nature, he wouldn’t allow his group to separate and give Yang Kai a chance to retaliate. But previously, with his serious wounds, Yang Kai had killed him, leaving Yuan Lang in command. Naturally, Yuan Lang wouldn’t think that deeply.
Although Yang Kai couldn’t figure the reason why they had split up, the current situation was far better than the one he had imagined. So how would he grasp this opportunity?
After confirming that the other two people were no longer in the vicinity, Yang Kai proceeded to jump down from the tree and followed the weakest Disciple.
Originally Disciple Wu was at the Qi Transformation Ninth Stage, which wasn’t too bad. But after his strength had been sealed, he could only exert power equivalent to the Qi Transformation Fourth Stage. Currently, he was tracking the blood vestiges Yang Kai had left behind throughout the forest as he fled. Unfortunately, in the time it took for a cup of tea to cool, the trail ended.
This mountain valley was densely populated with trees, so finding someone would prove difficult.
Disciple Wu didn’t leave any suspicious place unsearched, even lifting his head to check for someone hiding in the trees every once in a while. But the light in this area was far too dim, increasing the difficulty of his search many folds.
[I mustn’t allow those two Senior Brothers to be quick-footed and instead I should climb up first! If Yang Kai was caught by them first, then that earth grade artifact would be theirs, and I wouldn’t have any claim.] [An Earth Grade Artefact!] Just thinking about it made Disciple Wu’s blood boil. If he could obtain that artifact, then Disciple Wu’s power would rise significantly within the Blood Battle Gang. By relying on this artifact, he would even be able to defeat practitioners at the Separation and Reunion Boundary.As he was busy searching around, he heard a crashing and crackling sound from behind him.
Startled, he quickly turned out and shouted. “Who!”
Following this, he looked around in all directions. Clutching his sword tightly, he remained on high alert but didn’t see or find anything unusual. From time to time, he heard crashing sounds. Looking around, he noticed the wind was blowing around loudly; he was able to discern the reason for the various sounds.
He had treated every bush and tree as an enemy! Disciple Wu inwardly mocked himself. In this mountain valley, apart from his own people from the Blood Battle Gang, only Yang Kai Xia Ning Chang, these two people remained. Furthermore, they were focused on preserving their lives. So why would they readily walk down the road to death?
Chuckling lightly, Disciple Wu turned around and prepared to continue his search.
Unbeknownst to him, danger lurked above, just as he relaxed his heart; a searing hot feeling suddenly appeared above his head. Simultaneously, his skin tightened as the smell of death closed in.
Flabbergasted he lifted up his head. Both eyes popping out of their sockets, Disciple Wu cried out in fright “Yang Kai…”
Just as those words escaped his mouth, Yang Kai arrived at his side. His movement like that of a swooping eagle, he flew towards Disciple Wu. This move was accompanied by a blistering hot palm, as Yang Kai slapped towards Disciple Wu’s head.
Because these events happened so fast, by the time Disciple Wu could react and swing down with his sword, Yang Kai had already sent out his palm attack.
In the midst of the exchange, Disciple Wu hurriedly moved his head to the side and dodged the lethal attack.
*Hong* it flew past his sword and landed on his shoulder. After it landed, a cracking sound immediately followed. Disciple Wu’s entire arm had been lowered by a level, the bones broken.
“Ah!” As the boiling hot Qi invaded his body, Disciple Wu let out a blood-curdling cry. With the sword shaking due to his trembling arm, he went for Yang Kai’s neck.
Yang Kai immediately jumped backward through the air and landed on the sword, narrowly avoiding the strike. Dropping to the ground once more, like a pouncing snake, he used his feet to quickly push him into Disciple Wu’s wake. His hands like the wings of a butterfly; he spread out and disturbed Disciple Wu’s balance. Making full use of the opportunity, he threw him to the ground.
These movements were executed very quickly and smoothly. To anyone watching, it would have been a somewhat blurred sight, it was truly executed like the moving clouds and flowing water.
Crashing to the ground, Disciple Wu spat out a mouthful of blood while Yang Kai pinned his knee on Disciple Wu’s shoulder and exerted more force through his hands.
*Ka-cha…* Disciple Wu’s right arm was now broken.
Letting out a miserable scream, he was turned around. With both his arms disabled, he was ruthlessly stepped on by Yang Kai.
Yang Kai only looked at him coldly without the slightest bit of emotion in his eyes. Lifting up the discarded sword, Yang Kai raised it up before lowering it straight down into Disciple Wu’s chest.
“You… how can you actually…” With blood foaming at his mouth, he looked incredulously at Yang Kai.
[How can you actually have the strength to still battle? You are only at the Initial Element Stage, and as such should be weary and exhausted!]“Senior Brother Yuan, I curse your mother! Your junior Disciple’s death was caused by you!” Thinking his final thought, Disciple Wu’s eyes started to dim.
After killing Disciple Wu, Yang Kai’s breathing was slightly ragged. The wounds on his body also showed indications of splitting opening again, with fresh blood starting to trickle out again.
Not daring to tarry, Yang Kai started to search Disciple Wu’s body. Not long after, he found his Yang pills on his dead body.
Not only this, Disciple Wu also had some fairly precious things. There was about half a bottle of Returning Qi Pills and a few dollars; all of which were taken by Yang Kai.
Carrying Disciple Wu’s corpse, he jumped into a nearby tree and proceeded to hide his body among the branches. After doing so, he jumped back down and began to search in another direction.
Time was pressing, there were only about four hours left until the sun rose again. Meanwhile, he still needed to kill four more enemies, one of them was even a powerhouse at the True Element boundary; a tough road was waiting for him.
With the promotion of his cultivation, the area of effect of his Origin of Yang also increased. A rough estimation of his range was about 60 meters; Yang Kai was able to sense any Yang Qi presences within this range.
60 meters can be considered as a large area. Ordinarily, only those at the Separation and Reunion Boundary would be easily able to sense any movements within this distance. But now, Yang Kai was the true master of this 60 meters radius.
In less than the time it took a stick of incense to burn, Yang Kai suddenly stopped in his tracks because he sensed the presence of another person.
It was just that this person had been stationary in that position for a quite a while, so he didn’t know what their intentions were. Even after waiting for a while, that person still didn’t move.
Not to mention, Yang Kai felt that the place where that person was stationed at was quite strange. It was like the Yin Qi within the valley was converging in that position.
Creasing his brows, Yang Kai stealthily crept over.
Shortly, Yang Kai arrived about 10 meters from the mysterious person. Hiding behind a large tree, he peered over.
With just 10 meters apart, a hazy figure could be seen. Not only that, a group of shimmering, snow white objects could be seen blossoming over there.
Those things were like small suns, lighting up everything in the area. They weren’t big in size, about the size of a dove’s egg, but from within they emanated a bone-chilling coldness; cold enough to freeze one’s soul.
Currently, those things were constantly revolving around and around. As it turned, an invisible force was pulling the Yin Qi in the valley towards them, hurrying over.
The Nine Yin Dew Crystals had appeared!
It was practically in an instant that Yang Kai realized what those things were.
Although he had never seen what they looked like, Yang Kai was still able to recognize them. The reason why Xia Ning Chang had brought him over to the convergence place of this object was to allow her to refine it.
[It turns out that the Nine Yin Dew Crystals looked like this!] Originally, Yang Kai thought that it would have the appearance of a dewdrop, but now that he saw them he could see that this object was full of spirit energy. It was truly absorbing the Yin Qi from the Heavens and the Earth.Just as Yang Kai was observing it, the person 10 meters away finally started to make their move.
This person was Junior Disciple Xie. As his chase of Yang Kai was fruitless, he had unexpectedly found the place where the Nine Yin Dew Crystals appeared. With his experience and knowledge, although he didn’t know what this thing was, he still knew that it was something highly precious.
After secretly observing from the sidelines, he couldn’t wait anymore and want to take action.
At this moment, Yang Kai also started to make his move. Currently, all of Disciple Xie’s attention was occupied by the Nine Yin Dew Crystals, so it was the perfect opportunity for him to mount a sneak attack.
Even in his dreams, Disciple Xie would never have thought that Yang Kai would be able to find his position and dare to mount a sneak attack on him.
On Disciple Xie’s face was an extremely greedy expression, his body was nimble and his movement silent like a cat. Slowly, he crept up closer to the Nine Yin Dew Crystals.
With the distance slowly becoming smaller and smaller, 10 meters, 5 meters, 2 meters…
The Nine Yin Dew Crystals continued to stay in their position, continuously absorbing the Qi in the valley and raising gusts of strong wind.
When the distance between Disciple Xie and the Nine Yin Dew Crystals was only 5 meters, his Yuan Qi exploded and surrounded him. Then leaping out like a cheetah, with his eyes ablaze, he reached out to grab at the Nine Yin Dew Crystals.
At that time, Yang Kai also made his move. With his eyes fixed on Disciple Xie, Yang Kai’s feet carried him swiftly out like the wind. Clutching the newly acquired blade in his hand, he prepared to strike a killing blow when his opponent’s defences were at their lowest.
Just when Disciple Xie thought he had obtained it, the Nine Yin Dew Crystals suddenly stopped absorbing Qi. Then from within its core, it burst out waves of cold Yin energy that started to attack Disciple Xie.
All of this happened far too quickly. So quickly that he couldn’t even stop.
Great astonishment showed on Disciple Xie’s face. Previously, he could tell that this was a Heavenly treasure, but he could never have predicted this thing had spirit awareness and could counterattack at the most critical of times.
Disciple Xie’s mind forced into a mess. When facing this sudden cold attack, his mind and body were scared beyond belief as he spurred his Yuan Qi to protect him from the incoming attack.
Just as he finished his preparations to take that strike, the Nine Yin Dew Crystals flashed and the attack vanished without a trace.
In the moment it flashed, the brightness in the surrounding area also vanished and dimmed.
With the sudden loss of light, Disciple Xie’s eyesight was greatly impacted and he was unable to see any changes in the surrounding area. And it was in that split moment that Yang Kai acted.
Even though Yang Kai’s sight had also been affected, he could make could out the approximate position of his enemy. Even if that blade couldn’t take a life, it was guaranteed to make his life uncomfortable.
All of Disciple Xie’s attention was focused on the cold, so how could he spare any attention on the incoming death blade?
In the next instant, Disciple Xie’s entire body flashed. Attacked by the cold, his entire body was like an ice block as he furiously revolved his Yuan Qi; he unconsciously shivered. Before he could even take a breath, he felt a piercing pain from his waist; it was like something had stabbed him.
Disciple Xie’s battle experience was plentiful; after all, he was a Separation and Reunion Boundary cultivator. Although his view was partially blocked, he still instinctively kicked towards Yang Kai’s location.
With a muffled grunt, Yang Kai was hit and flew backward.
Both people started to pant really hard. Now, there was no longer a need for Yang Kai to hide anymore.
With his eyesight gradually returning, Disciple Xie looked poisonously at Yang Kai, meanwhile his body shook unconsciously and his hand clasped the wound he had received.
The blade had penetrated quite deeply into his side. Just then, Yang Kai used all of his strength to make the stab. And because Disciple Xie had to use a fair amount of Yuan Qi to defend against the cold, how could he spare any defences to block that stab?
“It’s you!” After confirming Yang Kai’s identity, Disciple Xie’s face momentarily lit up. Just then, various possibilities had run through his mind. One possibility was that either Yuan Lang or Junior Brother Wu had mounted a sneak attack. Eliminating him when they had the chance; fellow Disciples killing each other was quite normal after all. Another possibility was that that female had attacked him with the intention to kill. Or another unlikely possibility was that within this mountain valley, there was another group of people.
But no matter what, he would have never thought that the attacker was actually someone they had determined to be a sheep on the cutting board; Yang Kai.
*He he!* Slowly rising, Yang Kai smiled maliciously and stretched arm which had taken the kick. After confirming that nothing big had happened, he began to walk fearlessly, step by step, over. At present, Disciple Xie was a crossbow at the end of its rope.
“How could it be…” Disciple Xie’s face quickly paled.
“Although I don’t know what you are flabbergasted about, I presume that this situation differs greatly from what you anticipated.” Yang Kai replied, laughing coldly.
“We…” Lowering his head to look down, Disciple Xie’s face revealed his surprise. “That is Junior Brother Wu’s sword.”
“That’s right. He is already dead. Now it’s your turn!”
“Turns out we had all been fooled by you!” With this realization, an intense sense of humiliation and unwillingness burst out from Disciple Xie’s heart.
When Senior Brother Cai death under Yang Kai’s hands, they could still say it was due to the secret artifact’s might. But now, he himself would die under Yang Kai’s hand.
Your father is a Separation and Reunion Boundary practitioner! Now, he would actually be killed by a practitioner at the Initial Element Stage. What logic is this? Stifling, this was extremely stifling.
Crying out *Wa*, an arrow of blood streamed out from Disciple Xie’s mouth, he was depressed to the limit. The wound on his body, the mental humiliation, combined they had made him haggard and he was left with no chance to redeem himself.
“I don’t have any grudges or enmities with you, but since you came knocking, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!” His face cold, Yang Kai walked up and struck out.
Disciple Xie was like the final radiance from a dying sun, his eyes glittering many times brighter. Forcibly extracting the blade from his side, he used it to slice towards Yang Kai.
Crouching down, Yang Kai sent out a hook punch to Disciple Xie’s chin, crushing it to pieces. Flying backward from the momentum, he then proceeded to smash heavily into the Earth.
Not allowing him any more chances to resist, Yang Kai followed up with two more punches containing his Yuan Qi, leaving Disciple Xie completely at his mercy.
Standing back, he sneered. “You want to play with crafty plots and machinations; well I am your grandfather!”
His eyes clear, Disciple Xie wanted to appear weak and helpless before dealing the killing blow to Yang Kai.
But Yang Kai had long been prepared for it. Even rabbits will lash out when cornered, let alone a martial practitioner. Before the enemy was completely dead, any mistakes and the lowering of one’s guard would result in death.
After killing him, Yang Kai searched around for anything useful. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much, only two more bottles of pills and some money.
These people were still on an outing, so they wouldn’t bring too many things.
Those pills were useful for him and the money too. Without any shame or guilt, he shoved them into his pockets.
In the same manner, as before, he hid the corpse in a large nearby tree before looking around. To his surprise, the Nine Yin Dew Crystals had long since vanished without any trace.
Previously, when the Nine Yin Dew Crystals burst out in its brilliance, Yang Kai could feel the energy quite clearly; that energy was extremely domineering. It is no wonder they needed him to come and help subdue it. That object’s spiritual awareness was quite high, and when danger arose it would immediately flee. Apart from Yang attributed energy, there wouldn’t be anything else that would be useful in countering it.
[There was still about two hours left until the sun rose! I must hurry up, but before that, I must return and ask Xia Ning Chang on how to subdue the Nine Yin Dew Crystals.]The Nine Yin Dew Crystals drifted from place to place, without any specific route. This mountain valley was also quite large, so if one’s luck was good, then they would be able to meet up with it. So if they do, then they might as well obtain it and draw things to a close.
But no matter how much Yang Kai asked how to do so, whether it was Xia Ning Chang or Old Man Meng, both of them refused to answer. They both said that things will be revealed in due time; this had caused him to be quite suspicious.
It’s about time everything was made clear.
The place in which Xia Ning Chang was hiding, Yang Kai still remembered quite clearly. While he was sprinting over, he paid close attention to all of his surroundings while focusing on his Origin of Yang to see if he could meet up with Yuan Lang.
But throughout the entire journey, the Origin of Yang had no reaction whatsoever; who knows where Yuan Lang had run off to. This left Yang Kai at a loss, but in the end, his area of search was only the area within 60 meters of himself. If Yuan Lang was out of this range, then naturally he wouldn’t be able to feel a thing.
When he smelled a sweet fragrance and was about to arrive at the area where Xia Ning Chang was hiding, the Origin of Yang started to react.
Yang Kai was both startled and happy.
Startled over the fact the Yuan Lang was very, very close to Xia Ning Chang’s position and happy because he had finally found that final Blood Battle Gang Disciple.
Could it be that he had already discovered Xia Ning Chang’s location? Thinking of this, Yang Kai hastened his pace and sprinted with all his might over, while focusing his attention carefully looking for any movements in the area ahead.
The next instant, Yang Kai let out a breath of relief because the area was very quiet and lacked movement. Yuan Lang most definitely hadn’t found Xia Ning Chang’s hideout. Otherwise, he would have long since started to commence his attacks.
He wasn’t too concerned over Xia Ning Chang’s safety, due to the fact that she could still activate that Heaven Grade Defensive Artefact of hers. But the position of the cave was too awkward. It only had one entrance and exit. So if Yuan Lang blocked that entryway and signaled for Long Hui and that master to come over, then things would get very bad indeed.
With this thought, Yang Kai became more alert and cautious.
Xia Ning Chang was currently very worried. Right after Yang Kai left, she started to recover her Yuan Qi. After taking one of Wen Fei Chen’s blows, then activating that Heaven Grade Defensive Artefact and then activating the Nine Cloud Eight Locks, the amount of Yuan Qi she had exhausted was far greater than any other person there.
During the time she was recovering, she used up all the pills she had brought with her yet only recovered a small portion of her strength; about equal to the Yuan Qi of someone at the Initial Element Seventh-Eighth stage.
Just then, she sensed movement outside of the cave, she was very startled; she didn’t dare to move a single muscle as she hid in the cave. Squinting her big and bright pair of eyes, she peered outside to see who dared to come here.
She hoped that it was Yang Kai. But if it was Yang Kai, then he would have no reason not to come inside directly.
That person wandered outside for quite a while, clearly demonstrating that it was not the person she was hoping it to be.
[It’s an enemy!] She just didn’t know what cultivation level they had reached!That person stayed outside and searched for about the time it took to burn a stick of incense. They searched each nook and cranny very seriously but were without any result. Hearing their footsteps receding, Xia Ning Chang couldn’t help but release a sigh of relief.
Unfortunately at that moment, at the front of the cave, a slight shuffling of bushes could be heard. And Xia Ning Chang’s heart which had just calmed down started to beat quickly again.
Then the next instant, a small black shadow ran out from the shrubs towards Xia Ning Chang.
She was so scared that she nearly screamed. Looking closely, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
That little creature was a squirrel that lived in the valley. It was probably frozen by the Yin Qi, so it had come to find a cave in which to hide from the cold.
Xia Ning Chang cautiously stretched out her hand towards the creature. But that squirrel was very alert and upon discovering that someone else had occupied the cave it immediately ran back out.
A large hand suddenly appeared in the air and caught the squirrel. Squeezing hard, it burst into blood and guts.
*He he he he!* A series of laughs rang out in the silence as Yuan Lang’s silhouette blocked the only entrance of the cave. A look of delight could be seen on his face while he looked at the sitting Xia Ning Chang. He said, “So you were hiding here!”
Xia Ning Chang gave him a very frosty glare, her clear eyes displaying her fury. Women contained a natural love towards small animals, especially towards very cute looking animals. Although that squirrel had revealed her position, Yuan Lang’s method of killing it had truly enraged her.
“You really made me look hard for you!” Standing at the entrance, Yuan Lang sized up Xia Ning Chang, “To lose at the sunset but gain at the sunrise. Even if I didn’t find Yang Kai, finding you is equally good!”
Hearing that, her heart let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that her Junior Brother was still safe and sound.
“If you dare come closer, I will make you die a miserable death!” Xia Ning Chang frostily threatened. But due to her pure and innocent character, that threat came out a bit weak. If it were any other person, that threat would contain at least a little bit of power. As for Yuan Lang, he could hear the lack of confidence in her words and mockingly smirked. “You still have the energy to battle? Taking one of Wen Fei Chen’s hits and not fainting is considered quite good. I guess this could be considered your final struggle before death’s door.”
Although Yuan Lang’s true strength had been sealed away, Xia Ning Chang wasn’t in much better shape. Yuan Lang wasn’t the least bit scared of her because they were both practitioners at the Separation and Reunion Boundary. It was just one’s level was higher while the other one was lower.
Furthermore, the only entrance had been blocked by Yuan Lang. So his position was extremely advantageous; he held all the power.
“Be an obedient child and listen to what I say. If you do, I promise to not treat you badly, but if you don’t, then don’t blame me for being heartless.” Yuan Lang viciously threatened her.
Xia Ning Chang remained silent as she started to prepare her Yuan Qi. She was waiting for the chance when he started to come closer to give him a fierce strike. Of course, Yuan Lang could see what she wanted to do. So he just stood at the entrance, making her bitterly complain.
“I know that you possess a heaven grade Defensive Artefact, so I cannot do anything to you. But what if I were to call the others over? Would you still have any hope of escaping?” Yuan Lang wasn’t impatient, fully in the mood for a bit of cat and mouse. Using his eloquence to break Xia Ning Chang’s will down.
“What do you want to do?” Xia Ning Chang asked coldly.
“What do I want to do? He he, I think I should be asking you this question. I just want you to obediently satisfy a few of my requests, if you don’t, then I’ll call the others over!” Aware that his chance had come, Yuan Lang revealed his fox tail.
“What requests?” Xia Ning Chang had also decided to play along with his game. The more time she bought, the more time she had to recover her Yuan Qi.
“One, I want you to seal away your Yuan Qi and obediently allow yourself to be captured. Two, hand over your Defensive Artefact! Three…” Yuan Lang let out an excessive smile, “I want you to take off your veil and show me your true features. Relax, even if you are a true beauty, I won’t do anything to you. I will let you go and definitely not make things hard for you!”
Those words, even a little child wouldn’t believe them. If Xia Ning Chang really sealed away her cultivation, then wouldn’t she be at the mercy of Yuan Lan? In such situation where there was only an unmarried young male and female, which man could resist the temptations of a beautiful woman?
Even if Xia Ning Chang was innocent, she wasn’t that easily tricked. Immediately she rebuked him. “In your dreams!”
“Then, you are forcing my hand!” Yuan Lang’s expression turned frosty.
“It’s you who is bullying wantonly!” Xia Ning Chang didn’t back down in the slightest.
His expression frosty, Yuan Lang’s heart hissed but still he forced himself to endure and instead he said, “Then we must see if this young lady’s Defensive Artefact can endure my attacks!”
He really couldn’t bear having such a stubborn mouthed beauty slip through his fingers so easily. If he could use his own power to subdue Xia Ning Chang, then it would be equivalent to obtaining a Heaven Grade artefact! With that treasure, where underneath the sky would he dare not to go? No longer needing to stay in the Blood Battle Gang and put his life on the line right? Not to mention that this female’s background was unknown, so there shouldn’t be only just that one secret artefact in her possession.
That’s why he wanted to test his luck! If he really couldn’t break through her defence, then it wouldn’t be too late to send for backup. Since he was already here, she definitely wouldn’t be able to escape him.
The entire time he was thinking over this matter, he was grinning suspiciously while looking at Xia Ning Chang.
Xia Ning Chang secretly lamented in her heart. Although she had recovered more than twenty percent of her strength and had enough to activate that Defensive Artefact, it still used up a great deal of Yuan Qi. As soon as she did so, she would revert back to her powerless self. Not to mention that she had planned on using her recovered Yuan Qi to search for Yang Kai. How could she afford to use it all in one go?
But if she did not do this, she didn’t have any confidence in overpowering Yuan Lang. Furthermore, her position wasn’t too good, so she wasn’t able to exert much of her true power.
It seemed like her only option was to hinder him for a while and remain alert for any opportunity to finish him in one go.
Xia Ning Chang had no hesitation whatsoever. The opponent had already bullied her this far, so how could she let him go just like that?
As the distance between the two gradually shrunk, Xia Ning Chang slowly stood up. Revolving her Yuan Qi, she stared attentively towards the approaching Yuan Lang.
It was truly the moment where bitter rivals faced each other! In the cave where there was only one entrance/exit, neither party could easily evade their opponent’s attacks.
When the distance had shrunk to three feet, Yuan Lang’s smile vanished and was replaced with a serious expression.
Xia Ning Chang’s sudden strike was completely out of Yuan Lang’s expectations. Her jade hands performing a seal, an arrow of cold wind flew towards Yuan Lang.
Yuan Lang frowned. He never thought that any strength would still reside in this female, let alone enough for her to put up any form of resistance. How much time had passed since she had received that injury? Even if she used Qi restoration pills, the speed of recovery wouldn’t be that fast, right?
What he didn’t know was that Xia Ning Chang possessed a special physique. Once she ate a pill, she would be able to absorb and refine the pill completely. If this wasn’t the case, then with small amount of pills she had, how would she be able to recover twenty percent of her energy?
That blade of cold wind, penetrated deep into his body reaching his bones, it was shaped like a crystal blade. It was created from the Yin Qi within the mountain valley, coupled with her special physique; its killing power was decent. Moreover, it didn’t use a lot of Yuan Qi to make and its speed was very fast.
A muffled whimper could be heard as Yuan Lang gathered his Yuan Qi in his palm. Charging forward he shouted. “Flying Cloud Palm!”
The Flying Cloud Palm wasn’t a palm skill; rather it was more of a sword skill. It was an Earth Low-Grade Martial Skills. Its power wasn’t that strong, but due to the fact that Yuan Lang didn’t have any swords on his body, he could only use it with his palm. Naturally, this would result in a decrease in its power.
Nonetheless, Xia Ning Chang’s strike had been cut off and rendered useless.
When he felt that the strike contained no killing power, Yuan Lang smirked. But unexpectedly, he heard some swishing sounds. Looking up, he saw Xia Ning Chang had sent out another.
This caused Yuan Lang to be angered. His hands moving in a flurry of movements, he shouted, “Azure Dragon’s Cry!”
Following that, a dragon’s roar could be heard, the might contained in this attack was far greater than his previous Flying Cloud Palm.
Without allowing him any time to breathe, more swishing sounds could be heard as Xia Ning Chang sent out more streams of cold air over.
Yuan Lang didn’t stop his steps and used his strength to resist.
Thousand Zhu Steps, Flying Phoenix Death Strikes, Heavenly Life Lightning, Transforming Iron Palms, Beheading Steel Hands, Spirit Dragon Fists…
He was worthy to be called an expert at the Separation and Reunion Boundary; possessing a large variety of Martial Skills. With a hundred methods, he contended against Xia Ning Chang’s onslaught. Causing the cave to become a place of deep water and scorching fire.
While Xia Niang did not change her attacks whatsoever. [Who cares if you have a multitude of skills, I will only use these ice beams of mine.] The two people were three feet apart and neck to neck, evenly matched.
Along the cave walls, seams had started to form due to the aftershocks of their clashes.
With the wind whistling, Yuan Lang finally realized something wasn’t right. His own cultivation had been sealed away, so while he needed to expend Yuan Qi to block in the invasion of the cold, he had also successively used so many Qi consuming skills. So right now, he was feeling quite tired, meanwhile, the female opposite still looked the same as she did when she started to fight. She wasn’t red-faced nor did it look like her heart was very heavy, like the skill she was using didn’t require any money; like she hadn’t used an ounce of Yuan Qi.
Little did he know that the cold beams that Xia Ning Chang had been executing were formed with the cold Yin Qi within the valley. She only needed the smallest amount of Yuan Qi to condense them and give them such killing power.
It was only at that moment, Yuan Lang realized that in his current sealed state, and he was unable to eat Xia Ning Chang.
Flying into a rage of humiliation, he viciously scolded. “Stinking bitch, if you don’t surrender now, I will call over Young Master Long. Once he comes, he will definitely ruthlessly violate you, making you wish you were dead but you won’t be!”
“Despicable!” Xia Ning Chang responded.
“He he. Any female that falls into Long Hui’s hands will not have a good future. You might as well be clever and follow me. I promise you that I will treat you well!”
“Shameless!” Xia Ning Chang rebuked furiously.
“I will count to three. If you don’t surrender in that period, then don’t blame me for not giving you a chance!” His expression sinister, Yuan Lang pulled out his final bargaining chip, before slowly and deliberately calling out: “One…..”
Hacking and striking, as the two were exchanging their words, they continued to exchange strikes.
“Two……” Yuan Lang very deliberately extended the time he took to say the word.
Xia Ning Chang’s eyes suddenly became crescent shaped. Although the duration of that movement wasn’t long, Yuan Lang was certain that she had smiled.
[When she smiled, she was really pretty!] All of a sudden, Yuan Lang didn’t want to call out three.“Have you thought it over?” He thought she had changed her mind.
Xia Ning Chang eyes remained shaped like a crescent moon as she cutely said. “You thought you were the only one who was able to call for reinforcements?”
“What?” Yuan Lang didn’t comprehend what she meant.
“I also called for reinforcements.” Looking at the person behind Yuan Lang, Xia Ning Chang said in a sobbing tone while stamping her foot: “Junior Brother, it’s about time you came!”
Yuan Lang couldn’t help but sneer as he said. “You want to use these kinds of lowly methods to trick me? Miss, you really take me for an idiot?”
“You really are an idiot.” An extremely cold voice, devoid of emotion sounded from behind Yuan Lang. As Yuan Lang attempted to turn around hurriedly, Xia Ning Chang struck out causing him to become uncoordinated. This was also further influenced by the narrow passage and the fact that he could neither advance nor retreat, put him a very awkward position indeed.
*Pu chi…* Yuan Lang could only feel a dull pain and was vaguely aware that a sharp object had penetrated his body. Looking down, he saw that a sword was piercing his stomach.
The sword which had penetrated his chest caused a life threatening wound.
Yuan Lang could feel his heart constricting and the blood madly gushing out. Feeling his life draining away, he hurriedly turned his head around to look at Yang Kai behind him.
“Animal!” Yuan Lang shouted out, his expression highly grotesque, as he was so unwilling to meet his end here.
Yang Kai stayed silent and only moved to pull out the sword; bringing with it a warm stream of red blood, only to re-pierce his body.
After taking four direct blows, Yuan Lang couldn’t endure any longer and directly fell onto the ground.
With his vision gradually fading away, Yuan Lang let out a bitter smile on death’s door.
Fate is really is unfavorable and luck and toys with you, ah! Originally he had thought that by standing at the entrance and blocking the female’s path, he would be able to assert dominance over her. Contrary to that, however, he was the one who was trapped in the end.
If it wasn’t for the location’s special topography, how would he fall this easily?
Even if he couldn’t beat them in a 1 vs. 2 fight, he would still be able to run But now, everything had been in vain.
[Hunters will eventually become the prey one day…]“You’re okay right?” Yang Kai looked at Xia Ning Chang.
In reality, before Yuan Lang had even discovered this Little Senior Sister of his, Yang Kai had already been in the vicinity. He had just waited until Yuan Lang entered the cave to battle with Xia Ning Chang, thus exhausting himself, before mounting that ambush of his.
Although this method was somewhat despicable and Xia Ning Chang had been completely unaware of the situation, in the end, it was the most energy efficient method.
“I’m fine, but you…” Before Xia Ning Chang could finish her sentence, she saw the large gash on the side of his stomach and the bloody wound on his shoulder.
At this moment, the blood covered Yang Kai’s expression was one of calmness and concern. He gave off a steady and reliable air that was exclusive to men. Completely different from his usual “too weak to even stand against the wind” look.
His body blocked the entrance of the cave, but his body was unwavering and appeared as sturdy as a mountain. Blocking all wind and tribulations, turning this isolated mountain cave into a peaceful, warm and safe harbor.
Walking a few steps forward, her small hands shook as she reached out towards the stomach wound, yet she didn’t dare to touch it. Xia Ning Chang was afraid that the slighted touch would be painful, which lead to her eyes turning red.
[In these short four hours, what type of harsh battles did he have to endure in order gain such horrendous wounds? How much did he have to bleed in order for this much blood to cover him?]In this isolated cave, after confronting the ten or so beast like people, Xia Ning Chang and Yang Kai felt that they were mutually dependant on each other for their survival. So when she saw his miserable condition, how could her heart not be in pain?
There was no female that didn’t have the dream of the hero saving the damsel.
Although the person saving her wasn’t some great hero and was only an ordinary Initial Element Stage Junior Brother – when compared to her own cultivation, a young maiden’s heart couldn’t help but have a few ripples.
“These are just small injuries!” Yang Kai replied in an uncaring tone. “That’s right, I discovered the Nine Yin Dew Crystals.”
“Oh…” Wiping her eyes, Xia Ning Chang didn’t register the excitement within his voice.
“How do we actually capture those things? I think it’s about time you told me.” He asked, “Otherwise when we find them again, I’m afraid we can only let them escape again.”
“We don’t need them anymore.” Pulling on Yang Kai’s hand gently, Xia Ning Chang motioned for Yang Kai to sit down.
“Why don’t you need them?” This caused Yang Kai to furrow his brow. Suffering all those hardships and trials, wasn’t it all for the Nine Yin Dew Crystals?
Ignoring his question, Xia Ning Chang began. “Sit down before we talk.”
Looking at her suspiciously, Yang Kai then began to slowly sit down.
Bowing down her head, half kneeling in front of Yang Kai, she bit her lip. Then reaching into her dress, she began to fiercely rip her clothing to shreds. After tearing a long strip of cloth, she took out a bottle of medicine and smeared some onto the cloth. Then tentatively, she started to bandage the wound on Yang Kai’s abdomen.
Yang Kai allowed her to fiddle with the bandage.
“We shall wait for sunrise here.” As she said this, she was also bandaging Yang Kai’s injury. “Once the sunrises, the Eight Locks Nine Clouds seal will come undone. When that time arrives, we shall leave this place!”
“But the reason why we came here…”
“We don’t need it anymore!” Cutting off Yang Kai, Xia Ning Chang’s words held a resolute tone, “It’s not worth it!”
Looking at her in a pondering way, Yang Kai spoke out. “I know what you are thinking about. But I have already killed nine of them. There are only those two remaining.”
“What?” Raising her head, Xia Ning Chang’s pair of eyes contained her disbelief.
“They have two people, we also have two people. Are you afraid that they will do anything?” A flash of madness could be seen in Yang Kai’s eyes, “Since they won’t be merciful, then naturally we shall not be polite either! The Nine Yin Dew Crystals will not be spared either. We cannot do things halfway.”
“You’re joking right?” Xia Ning Chang delicately asked.
“Are you that easily tricked?” Yang Kai chuckled, but in doing so accidentally tore his wound open a bit and couldn’t help but let out a hiss of pain.
“They really only have two people remaining?”
“En. Only Long Hui and that person who injured you are left.” He said nodding his head in response.
Xia Ning Chang stared blankly ahead. Previously Xia Ning Chang thought that when Yang Kai had left, he was chased madly by those wanting to kill them; thus receiving those wounds. She thought he was quite lucky to have escaped with his life. But in actuality, he had gone and killed nine people in four short hours!
There were quite a few at the Separation and Reunion Boundary as well.
[How did he achieve this?]“If they really only have two people remaining, then we really don’t need to fear them.” She said, knitting her eyebrows together. “My only worry is that True Element Boundary practitioner. Once his true cultivation is restored and he is adamant about chasing us, then we will definitely be unable to escape.”
Raising his eyebrows Yang Kai asked, “Once the seal breaks, his cultivation can return?”
“Yes.”
“Then we have no choice!” Yang Kai’s expression gradually turned cold and decisive.
[If they don’t kill that True Element boundary master before the sun rises, then they would be the ones to be killed.]“But I have only recovered twenty percent of my strength. If we really encounter that powerhouse, then I’m afraid we would be in great danger.” Xia Ning Chang sighed out.
“I have salvaged quite a lot of medicinal pills. Go look around for any that you can use.” Taking out the pills he had looted from the corpses, he then went to search Yuan Lang’s body.
Immediately he found a few bottles of pills. From the looks of it, Yuan Lang was quite wealthy more than the other Disciples at least; from a number of bills and money alone, he had a few folds more.
“With these Qi Returning Pills, I should be able to recover forty percent of my power.” A small smile could be seen on Xia Ning Chang’s petite face.
“Go restore your Yuan Qi then. I shall stand guard for you.” Yang Kai also needed a bit of time to recover. Although he hadn’t used up all of his Yuan Qi, he still needed to restore his physical and mental energy.