"Come out! Don't blame this young master if I end up killing you!" the four of them stopped fighting and approached them cautiously. Threatened by four of them, Meng Ran shivered because her fighting strength can be said to be the lowest when compared with everyone.
But then, Zhang Wu Ji grabbed her hand to calm her down before pointing at another direction. With his finger counting from three until one, Meng Ran escaped to a different direction when Zhang Wu Ji releases his grip. And at the same time, he came forward to his four opponent's sight.
"Disciples from Seven Star Sect? Hahaha! The heaven is standing by my side as well!" one of the cultivators from the Blood Art Sect laughed as he speaks his mind. With a finger pointed at Zhang Wu Ji, he added another sentence.
"I promised to my elder brother before, that if I see any Seven Star Sect disciples in my sight, I will kill them to avenge for his shame!" the cultivator from Blood Art Sect become aggressive and steps closer to Zhang Wu Ji. But before he continues, he turned his attention to the two people from Upper South Merchant Corporation.
"F*ck off!" the Blood Art Sect disciple shouts at the two members of Upper South Merchant Corporation. Without any objection, the two of them left the confusing situation to the three of them to settle, but at the same time, nobody noticed Meng Ran silently sneaks away while they're fighting with glares.
"Brat, you should feel lucky to be killed by my hand! Remember my name, Xu Lang!" the moment he completed his sentences, Xu Lang charged with his claw covered in a red mist. Standing behind Xu Lang is his companion, also a male in his sixteenth years of age.
"Xu Lang? Never heard your name before." Zhang Wu Ji took an Iron staff out from his Spatial Ring and clashed with Xu Lang. The rebound of their attack separates them from each another. But the moment Xu Lang rubbed his fingers before returning to his claw form, Zhang Wu Ji knows that his staff is enough to hurt his opponent.
"What should I be afraid of... At most, his strength is the same as me, 10th Stage of Inner Qi Warrior. As a Half-Step Inner Qi Warrior, how can he fight against me?" Zhang Wu Ji smirks and randomly swung his weapon to bring them some surprises.
"Armament Wolf! Rise!" Zhang Wu Ji is anxious to see what the two of them possess. As the second strongest sect and county inside Upper Southern State, he expects them to carry a pocket full of treasures! Without further ado, he sent the first six Armament Wolves to attack Xu Lang.
"Do you think I will be afraid of these small tricks? Bloodbath Claws!" Xu Lang strikes on the Armament Wolves one by one as they approach, but Zhang Wu Ji did not stop himself from keep summoning more Armament Wolves. After Xu Lang is done with the six wolves, there was another pack of twenty-four Armament Wolves waiting to strike.
"Damn, I need to make one or two more manual to support my creation of Air Blades." Zhang Wu Ji complained about the cost for him to summon each Armament Wolf. According to the manual's description, each strand of Fighter Qi he spent creates 300 Air Blades. And for every 900 Air blades or 3 strands of Fighter Qi, he summoned one Armament Wolf.
But to summon the thirty wolves inside the battlefield now, Zhang Wu Ji spent 90 strands of his Fighter Qi for this simple moves. Luckily, in return of this expenses, he's able to weaken his opponent strength by 30% in total.
"It was a good exchange. I should complain less because when I entered the 11th Stage of Inner Qi Warrior, I will have to start collecting 2nd-tier Martial and Cultivation Arts." Zhang Wu Ji stopped himself from keep complaining. And with a point of his finger, the remaining 24 wolves strike at his two opponents to try deal as much damage as they could.
Although they're summoned with his Air Blades, they're capable of delivering fear and pain to his opponents. Still, it was worth using this move. As their strength is not comparable to Bald Eagle that fought with Zhang Wu Ji before, the Armament Wolves is doing much better than he expected.
"Slaughtering Slash!" Xu Lang shaped his palm like a sword and cut the last Armament Wolf into two before it vanished. But this move alone weakened his two opponents for about 20% of their overall strength. WIthout wasting more if his time, Zhang Wu Ji charged at his opponent in stealth mode.
"He vanished! Quickly search! Aargh!" the two quickly went into defensive mode. Although their fighting experience is incomparable to Bald Eagle, the quick decision-making ability covers their weaknesses perfectly... Until one end of the staff landed on Xu Lang's upper skull.
"Pang!" the vibration from that hit still heard after a few seconds. And as Zhang Wu Ji moved to his next opponent, Xu Lang already has fallen unconscious from one strike. Now, only the sixteenth years old guy is his opponent.
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"Aargh! Blood... Aargh!" he wished Xu Lang did not cause all of this earlier. But there was no medicine for regrets. With a Collapsing Fist came to his face, Zhang Wu Ji easily took his life and cleaned everything worth a coin on his body.
Then, he stepped forward to Xu Lang and pulled the former up from the ground. Looking at the unconscious opponent, Zhang Wu Ji delivered a few slaps on his face to wake him up. The moment Xu Lang returned to his consciousness, he sent a punch on Zhang Wu Ji, but end up having his arm dislocated in a flash.
Next, he tried on another arm and both legs. In the end, all his limbs are dislocated from the sockets. Zhang Wu Ji then throws him on the ground and cleaned all his belonging as well. After considering for a while, he sent a palm strike on his temple to end his life straight away.
"I wonder how strong I am in this world now..." Zhang Wu Ji put his attention on his right fist that crushed the lives out of his opponent effortlessly. While he pondered at his current strength, Meng Ran appeared from behind and looked at the two naked corpses.
"Let's go. I noticed two different teams is coming over here." Meng Ran grabbed his hand and pulled him away from the open area. Inside this Inner Tomb Area, it was divided into nine Walking Passage that connected to nine different Hall of treasures.
Similar to the outer tomb, the Inner Tomb's door can be opened using the key, but each room inside the Inner Tomb is armed with multiple traps and sometimes one or two diversions before they reach the treasure room.
Luckily, as a Formation Master, the traps are similar to a child's game. By deactivating the trap before they entered the room, the duo explored two different room before heading to the third one. It was a waste of time because the two previous room has been emptied.
When they reach the third room, the two of them once again met with the two disciples from Upper South Merchant Corporation. Without the need to announce each other's arrival, the two sides know that their fight is inevitable because of the relationship between the two counties.
"What are the two of you waiting for? Either fight or surrender, that's all you need to think about." Zhang Wu Ji warned them straightaway when he sees their look filled with confusion. Since the two of them failed to get the best way to handle this matter, Zhang Wu Ji might as well let them choose.
"Even if our two counties are at an unfriendly relationship, it doesn't mean you can kill the two of us and take it as nothing happened." one of the two started to reason with Zhang Wu Ji in his overbearing attitude. Worst of all, he was unaware of the identity of this Master Senior standing before him!
If it was somebody else amongst the nine Master Seniors of the sect, they might choose to put the matter aside as their action may worsen the situation between their two counties and putting the organizations behind them into a challenging circumstance.
But, the Master Senior before them is the highest figure with almost complete authority in two of the three cities within Seven Star County! Based on his background alone, what consideration he has to give to the two members from the Upper South Merchant Corporation?
Even if he slaughters them and parade them in three different cities, the Upper South Merchant Corporation will have no comment against their death! And the reason is too easy to guess.
Unless they're top-ranked Master Seniors, why would the Upper South Merchant Corporation come forth to claim for the compensation? Their life worth not even a single coin at this moment!
"Can we know your name before we made the wrong decision that may cost our lives?" another person was smarter and has plenty of experience in dealing with this matter. By asking for their opponent's identity in exchange for their decision, this may look like asking for a fight, but in fact, they're the only correct answer in this situation!
"Master Senior Ninth, Zhang Wu Ji!" he answered the question with a hand holding on the nameplate carrying his identity wherever he goes.
And by looking at the nameplate, the first member felt weak on his legs and drop down on his knees. In his mind, he shivers in fear because of the identity of this person he just shouted at! This person was the one that known to be the strongest disciple in the Lower Counties Category!
"Master... Master Senior... Hahaha... I'm too reckless and lack of insight. Please... Please forgive this impudent junior!" he immediately kowtowed at Zhang Wu Ji to obtain his pity. Looking at how sorry is the guy that threatened him earlier, Zhang Wu Ji felt it was a good thing to hold some power within his name.
Like how it was in his previous life, A Director is the top of an establishment, followed by a General Manager, his assistant, and forth. The only thing he did not imagine before is that this world is about the same.
The only exception is that they can cultivate, their periodic table of elements is different, their knowledge in science and technology is little, but not worst, and most importantly, the Ping An Continent is just a small part in this realm, and it wasn't entirely explored.
"Leave everything you robbed here and give me the key." Zhang Wu Ji ordered the two of them to leave everything here along with the key. But in secret, he releases a hint of mist from his hand as it was spread to the two to breath in.
Listening to the order, the two dare not to challenge his choice. Without an option to choose, the two withdraws all the treasure in their pocket and the Spatial Stones. After everything was taken out, Zhang Wu Ji ordered them to inject their Fighter Qi into the key before destroying it.
At first, they hesitated. But after the threat from Zhang Wu Ji again, they destroy the key without hesitation and get deported from the tomb instantly. After collecting all the treasures, Meng Ran cannot hold her curiosity and asked Zhang Wu Ji.
"Brother Wu Ji, why did you let them go? Don't you worry about they retaliate and gather people to attack out Seven Star County without any proper reason?" Meng Ran questioned him. In her opinion, letting the two cubs return to their nest is a bad choice.
"Maybe, but you misunderstood me." Zhang Wu Ji holds Meng Ran's hand out of sudden without an explanation. But in fact, he was actually removing the poison she might breathe into her body. Only after that Zhang Wu Ji continued.
"First of all, the two of them is poisoned. Without my antidote, it will be impossible to cure." Zhang Wu Ji speaks his first reason for allowing the two of them to leave. This caused Meng Ran to question the reason Zhang Wu Ji hold her hand a while ago.
"The second reason is their background. Don't you think to die on the outside is better than dying secretly inside the tomb? I want people to make up some rumors anyway." Zhang Wu Ji smiled and continued with the second reason.
"Last reason is that I want them to make a move first." Zhang Wu Ji collected the Wooden Universal Plate from her hand and started to move deeper into the room. With two more teams is destroyed, he has only twenty-six more opponents to handle.
"Wait... Why do you intend to lure the people from Upper South Merchant Corporation to take action?" Meng Ran cannot understand his reason no matter how she thinks about it.
"Well..."
"If the tiger doesn't come out from the nest, am I going to wait for it and do nothing? I don't like to wait, so I'll have to entice them to come out from their nest."
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[Author's Note]
Sorry guys! Late update again.
I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter as always. Wish me luck to finish the next chapter before I'm forced to sleep. My spouse is sick.