“Song Han, shut up and sit down.”

“No, make me!”

Boom!

Ye Tian and the others jumped at Song Han and started beating him again.  It only took a few breaths to submit Song Han into a quiet slave, which was far faster than the earlier group that attacked him, shocking the nearby groups.

Beside the tall man from the small group earlier, a young cultivator whispered something to him.

“Young lord Min Hao, we should recruit them. They are strong and could help you in the future.”

“Brother Chu, we cannot scheme nor do we have the power to recruit them as much as I want to befriend them. Only destiny could tell….” Min Hao explained. His eyes were pondering at Ye Tian's group, knowing that these people were very special. Although the other groups admitted that Song Han was strong, they didn’t bother to recruit Song Han or anyone else from Ye Tian’s group. They never believed they were inferior in any way, plus the overwhelming numbers they had it made it even more convincing.

Although Song Han was bruised up, a little healing potion healed most of his injuries in no time. A beautiful night ensued, filled with green and red northern lights glowing in the sky. Everyone who had passed the illusionary stage rested for the night, enjoying the night scenery. This time, only a quarter of those who passed the first 3 stratospheres, succeeded in coming out of their own illusion battles. The failure rates were increasing significantly on every level, leaving only the elites of the original group to fight the rest of the battle.

Although the night was filled with beautiful northern lights, deep inside everyone’s hearts, many were nervous, because tomorrow would be the day the true battle begins against other cultivators. This was a test of who has the superior combat skills among the elites of this generation.

The next morning, everyone headed to the next stratosphere, cautiously scouting at the other group’s movements in fear of a sneak attack.

“Min Hao, you’ve reached the seventh stratosphere. That should be enough for you, now go back!” a young man said.

“Brother Min Bei, I still wish to continue on this journey. I have not held the group back in any way. If you feel that is the case, then I will separate from the main group to avoid being a liability” Min Hao replied respectfully.

“Hahaha Min Hao, your cultivation is too low. You’re probably the weakest among our group. Don’t dream too big, you will fall harder when you try to overreach your ability,” another young man interfered.

“Brother Min Dong, while it is true that I might be the weakest in terms of cultivation, I still wish to test my limits. Since brother Min Bei and brother Min Dong do not wish to see me in the same group, I will take my friends to a different path,” Min Hao responded.

“No! You will go back now!”

“May I ask the reason why you want me to go back so soon?”

“Don’t question me, son of a traitor! Go back now!”

“Brother Min Bei, brother Min Dong, since we have different opinions, I will no longer bother you and use a different road instead. Thank you.”

Boom! Kaboom!

Both the young men who opposed Min Hao, attacked him with a vicious agenda. Min Hao’s friends tried to intervene, but Min Hao stopped them from interfering. Unable to defend the attacks of two peak great dao realm fighters, Min Hao crashed to the ground with a bloody mouth.

“This is your warning, if you take another step,  I won’t hesitate to beat you again,” Min Bei warned.

“You should thank Prince Min Bei for being considerate,” a man yelled out from the crowd, who seemed to be one of Min Bei’s followers.

Min Hao got up, but kept quiet, instead he took a step forward again.

Boom! Bam! Boom!

Min Hao was covering his head with his arms, trying to defend against the two princes was an impossible task that left him wounded far than before. They were scheming to kill him or at least cripple him from the continuous attack aimed at the head.

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“You traitor! Go back! You don’t deserve to be near our princes. A trash like you can never reach the talents of our young princes,” another woman yelled out.

Blood fell all over his face, his forearm broken from the countless attacks, nevertheless, he struggled himself to get up and walk another step forward, determined to walk his own path.

“Brother Min Bei, brother Min Dong, I do not wish to seek trouble. I only want to test my limits. My friends and I have never relied or bothered you throughout this journey. We can go our own separate ways,” Min Hao said, still in a respectful tone.

Boom! Bam! Wham!

“Aargh!”

A bunch of young cultivators within the prince’s group dashed forward planning to attack Min Hao, but his friends countered their strikes that left some of the attackers screaming in pain. Although Min Hao's group were few in numbers, they were superior quality-wise with peak great dao cultivators supporting him.

“Prince Min Bei, Prince Min Dong….please stop this. Min Hao is also your brother and a prince of the Min Kingdom. He has every right to go to wherever he pleases. We’re not bothering you nor are we a threat to you, look at the other groups that are climbing ahead of us. Shouldn’t you be worried about that instead?” a friend of Min Hao calmly said. Although they were vastly outnumbered, they still did not fear in continuing to protect Min Hao.

“Bai Tu, a son of a traitor is not brother of mine. You’re overstepping your boundaries for such an ordinary noble such as yourself.  This is our final warning, go back or we will cripple you!”

Amongst the crowds witnessing this scene, were Ye Tian's gang standing aside while watching these despicable brothers bullying another. Deep inside their hearts, they wanted to tear apart these so called princes, whom obviously had evil intentions against Min Hao, forcing them to go back for unknown reasons.

“Brother Min Bei, brother Min Dong, we will bother you no longer. It is pointless for us to be fighting against each other while others are taking advantage of this opportunity to race ahead of us. We will go our own separate ways from now on,” Min Hao explained, walking into a different direction.

“I’m going to cripple you!,” Min Dong yelled out.

Clash! Boom! Boom!

Although outnumbered, Min Hao and his friends continued to defend themselves, but their defenses were soon to be torn down by the vast numbers of their opponents. Just when Min Dong was almost about to land a vicious sneak attack on Min Hao, a shadowy figure appeared lightning quick, bashing Min Dong to the ground violently.

“Arrghhhh.”

Massive blood sprayed out from Min Dong as he struggled to stand back up.

“Who’s there? Who dares to hit Prince Min Dong? Leave your head here or we will kill the rest of your family.” a young man from the crowd said.

“Stop talking big. I’m right here. If you want my head, come at me!” the shadowy figure was actually Ye Tian, who stood there with no intention of escaping, instead,  staring seriously at the boy who just spoke out.

Min Bei and Min Dong looked at Ye Tian cautiously trying to find the right opportunity to attack him. Ye Tian was smiling because the man who just called him out never stepped forward.  It was only a coward who tried to suck up to the princes when the opportunity arose.

“Kill him!” someone yelled out, it was the same man who was hiding from the crowd.

Before the group had time to make their first move, Ye Tian’s group went on a massacre spree, causing many to be bloodily wounded. Xiang Jiao focused on locking on that coward, quickly moving towards him, bashing his head and breaking his bones to pieces that left the man crippled.

Bam! Wham!

“Arrgghh”

“Ahhhh, don’t kill me! You’re not allowed to kill people here.”

Kaboom!

“Kill them all,” Min Bei yelled in frustration. He didn't care any longer if he broke the rules or not.

The battle intensified immensely. Even though they were greatly outnumbered, Ye Tian and the gang never retreated. They continued to inflict heavy damage against their opponents ignoring their own wounds.

“We must help him,” Min Hao said. His friends agreed and joined the fight.

It didn't take long until the ground and even the grass fields were stained with the color of blood. A chaotic battle ensued where screams of horror and pain were heard frequently. The bystanders from different factions could only stood there, unwilling to join the battle, even though they knew Ye Tian's group were actually winning convincingly.

Blood leaked out on Ye Tian’s faces and the others, but there were no sign of tiredness or severe pain. The more people they injured, the more excited they got.

“Who are you? This is none of your business. If you leave now, we will forget this ever happened. We only want Min Hao and his group, because they’ve betrayed us!” Min Dong said trying to convince the other crowds who were watching.

“You don’t need to know who I am. Why don’t you get the fuck out of here! If I wanted to kill you, I would’ve done it a long time ago,” Ma Qian yelled out.

“You! You think you can beat us all? Who do you think you are? Even if we can’t kill you here, we will eventually kill you once this is over,” Min Bei angrily said.

Ye Tian and the others only smiled devilishly, until Ye Tian spoke up. In just a short amount of time, they have injured a vast number of people in a very dominant performance. Stained by his opponents blood, what he was about to shout not only would convince many of the bystanders to believe what he meant, his unparalleled strength was already convincing enough that made people's hearts  to shutter in fear.

“If you want war,we will give you war!”