“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the whore’s son and this other bastard that tricked some of my clansmen into trouble” young master Xi said loudly.

“Hahaha brother Xi, don’t mind these low-life insects,” another young master said laughingly. This young master was the young master of the Sun clan. He went up to Ma Qian and grabbed the map Ma Qian was selling. He never even thought Ma Qian’s map were any good. He looked at it and was pleasantly surprised.

“I’ll keep one for now.” young master Sun said, and turned around.

“It’s 60 zoids,” Ma Qian said.

“What? this is the penalty fee for selling at my territory without permission,” young master Sun countered.

“That’s nonsense, everyone knows you lost this territory to the Zhao clan. It’s been three years ever since that happened and your family no longer have influence in this place,” Ma Qian replied.

Young master Xi and Sun looked at each other and smiled, then looked at their clansmen and said, “Beat them.”

A wave of warriors dashed forward and attacked both Ye Tian and Ma Qian. But someone was much quicker to act. Right when young master Xi said his words, Ye Tian disappeared from his spot, and landed right behind the young master Xi!

“Move another inch, and I’ll break his neck,” Ye Tian yelled while his arms already had a firm grip on the young master’s neck. Everyone stopped while Ma Qian stood in front of Ye Tian. He praised Ye Tian’s quick thinking, otherwise, they would’ve been in big trouble. Now it was him to act to support Ye Tian. They’re in this together!

“If you harm the young master in any way, the Xi clan will definitely kill you!” said one of the clansmen.

“Right now, your young master’s life is in my hands. I couldn’t care less what they could do to me. Every time I meet this kid, he’s always making trouble for me. I will release him when we’re within the safe distance.I wish neither sides to be hurt,  but if you follow us, don’t blame me if your young master is hurt” Ye Tian replied.

Ye Tian and Ma Qian started leaving while watching cautiously. The other young master and the rest of the clansmen didn’t dare to make a move. Ye Tian and Ma Qian were able to escape about 50 miles from the conflict, and arrived a relatively secluded place near the border of the city. Ma Qian took out an item that flew off into the sky with red sparks and illustrated something like a flag. This was a signal of where the clansmen can find their young master.

“As promised, we’re letting you go. I hope you will never bother us again in the future,” Ye Tian said and released the young master.

They left the vicinity, while young master Xi was left there alone with rage in his eyes. No one ever dared to kidnap him and threaten him. Ye Tian and Ma Qian was already gone, but in a short while the Xi clansmen and Sun clansmen arrived.

“Are you alright, young master?”

“Kill them, kill them! I want them dead, young master Xi yelled.

“Don’t worry young master, we have a few people that were following them and left some trails that we can follow. We’ll catch up in no time,” young master Sun said.

While Ye Tian and Ma Qian moved towards one direction, Ye Tian said, “We’re being followed.”

“How?” Ma Qian asked frantically.

“Just trust me, I can sense them. We need to find a way out of this now. You got any idea?” Ye Tian countered.

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“…..how about we move towards the forest. We should be able to escape with all the beast around there.” Ma Qian gave a suggestion.

Ye Tian just nodded, and they continued moving towards the forest quickly. Before they got close to the forest, a flying sword moved so quickly aiming at Ma Qian’s neck. Ye Tian knew this sword was controlled by an infinite dao realm warrior. There was no way Ma Qian could evade such attack nor can sense the attack. Ye Tian released an attack . It was also a sword but it wasn’t a typical sword, it was a water sword attack. Ye Tian could control a water element. Throughout history, very few rare cases could control some type of nature element. It was extremely difficult, because not only does the cultivators need to understand the nature, but their hearts must also be pure to be approved by that nature.

The water sword attack blocked the other sword and both swords were retrieved by their original owner. The infinite dao warrior flicked his eyes in disapproval. He never thought his attack could be blocked by some youngsters. Ye Tian and Ma Qian continued to ran and finally entered the forest. In a short while, the rest of the clansmen also entered the forest.

“I will reward anyone who brings me their head 50,000 zoids each,” young Xi claimed. A nice sum of amount that could purchase a pretty nice property within the city plus other precious cultivating items. Both the Xi and Sun clansmen were overjoyed, and started searching in different directions earnestly. It took a while, but someone finally screamed in pain.

Ye Tian and Ma Qian were coordinating with each other and hiding near the bushes for ambush. Ye Tian landed in front of the clansmen, while Ma Qian punched the clansmen spine leaving him handicapped for life. They quickly left the area while some of the other clansmen arrived in anger. This went on for an hour or so, where a few painful screams were heard in different directions.

“Everyone surround this side of the forest while the supreme dao cultivators come with me,” the infinite dao cultivator from the Xi clan said. Besides them, another infinite Dao realm cultivator from the Sun clan also followed along young master Sun and Young Master Xi. They kept moving deeper into the forest while hearing wild beasts roaring with different echoes.

With the group in close formation, Ye Tian and Ma Qian’s ambush will no longer be effective. They continued to move deeper within the forest. Suddenly a flying wild beast flew down like lightning and aimed at Ma Qian. His cultivation was the lowest out of the two and has the best chance of succeeding. Although this time, Ma Qian was fully aware, defending from the wild beast could also injure him seriously. Ye Tian threw another water attack shaped like an arrow. The arrow struck the wild beast’s feet and screamed in some pain. The sound was loud enough for the group to hear. They started to speed up their pace towards the location of the sound. As the wild beast and Ye Tian continued battling, within 10 breaths of time, the group have arrived. All of the supreme dao clansmen started attacking, but the wild beast was confused and started attacking them as well. The battle continue as Ma Qian was battling the wild beast and Ye Tian was battling the clansmen.

The infinite dao warriors flinched as they were surprised Ye Tian could hold of these clansmen of the same cultivation. They have heard of how strong Ye Tian was, but could never believe it until they saw it with their own eyes. They looked at each other and nodded. Inside their mind, they agreed that they couldn’t let Ye Tian live, otherwise he would become an unstoppable figure in the future. The infinite dao warrior from the Sun clan threw a flying sword, while the other cultivator from the Xi clan closed in on Ye Tian with daggers. A combination of long range and close range combat.

Ye Tian threw another water sword attack to block the flying sword, but couldn’t block the dagger that cut his arm. Ma Qian  saw this, and finally revealed his move. Multiple vines came from the ground and formed a wall to block the infinite dao warriors from coming closer to Ye Tian. But the young master Xi dashed from another angle and was able to land a severe punch to Ye Tian’s chest. This special glove of young master Xi’s is quite the treasure!

Meanwhile, young master Sun distracted Ma Qian from interfering by using his spear to make swirling attacks. Ma Qian’s vines formed a shield in front of him just in time and held the spear from moving further. The spear got stuck halfway where Ma Qian was able to split the head spear from it’s main body, and then threw a palm force towards the remaining spear body aimed at the young master.

The spear was a distraction, because the vines started reforming again and like a rocket aimed at the young master.  Bam! The vines hit young master Sun like a hammer and he flew backwards and crashed into a nearby tree. But the vines kept moving with him and spread out like a web of net and entrapped the young master with the tree. Young master Sun was unconscious from the violent impact. Ma Qian was focusing on young master Sun and the flying beast, but he didn’r realize a sword was already flying at him with lightning speed. Ma Qian tried to gather more vines from the ground but it was too late. The sword stabbed  Ma Qian’s shoulder and the speed of the impact made him crash the ground and kept sliding almost falling from the foggy cliff!

What will happen to Ye Tian and Ma Qian?