Wu Guang's plan was simple, use smoke to hinder the archer and then close in to close quarters.

There was a campfire near each of the tents and as protection against the wind, they were located on the inner side of the camp. Because of this, the nearest campfire was on Wu Guang's side. Taking a piece of firewood that was slightly burning, Wu Guang simply threw it towards the tent.

The tents were made of common cloth and they were oiled to serve against rain, so the flame started almost instantly.

Wu Guang did not hear or see any of the bandits at the moment and the same applied to them, so using the smoke, he could actually disappear from their sight - which he proceeded to do by lowering himself and slowly crawling back towards the main tent.

The smoke and the fact that the bandits would probably expect him to utilize it for an ambush served him to escape, as he managed to cross the zone where the archer and another bandit could have seen him if they were not glued to the tent's direction.

These last actions could be looked at as haphazard, but Wu Guang's had decided on a different plan at the last moment. Although it was mainly the same, in place of advancing he first retreated. The new plan was to use the confusion and the bigger tent to circle around the bandits and eliminate the main danger, which for him was the archer.

Wu Guang had decided the danger levels after concluding that the archer was one of the supposed advanced Body realm cultivators, which meant that probably he could infuse qi in his muscles which would strengthen the force enough to wound him, even considering the fact of his skin and battle robe.

Wu Guang had discarded the blade bow, but he could reach it from the point he was right now without alerting the bandits, but after thinking of it, he decided to not. The latter was because he would need time to aim, which would diminish the chance of a stealth attack, after all, the bandits would start searching for him in a few moments. So in place of reaching for the bow, he reached towards one of the throwing daggers. The 'Underground Biting' daggers were made of chitin, so when Wu Guang infused and covered the one in his hand with qi, the normal brown color disappeared and in place, the dagger appeared as if made from transparent crystal, illuminated by the qi inside and outside it.

Using the west corner to peek towards where the bandits should still be, he saw three of them. The three were standing close to each other, almost as if discussing something while carefully scanning the terrain before and around them. As the three were the ones that used leather armor, the archer was present amongst them. Quickly scanning the situation and finding that no signs of it being a setup Wu Guang acted on the spot, deciding that waiting more would be dangerous.

The qi-covered dagger left his hand in such fluid motion that only a person observing it closely would have noticed the fact, although if an expert looked at the throw the surprising factor would be not the swift and fluid motion. An expert would point out the fact that the throw did not require any visible effort or concentration, showing familiarity and training unattainable for someone of such low level.

After the dagger left his hand, Wu Guang started moving towards the bandits, without waiting for the result.

Right as he took a step from behind the tent he was noticed by the leather armored bandit that carried a spear, but before the latter could react and notify his companions the dagger arrived and hit the archer on the back of the neck, killing him on the spot.

And with this prelude, Wu Guang's first hand-to-hand battle started.

The spear wielder was just about to open his mouth when his companion that was armed with a bow suddenly fell on the ground and only after he noticed the pommel of a knife or dagger and blood flowing underneath, the former mind understood that their opponent had killed him. The sword and shield bandit also reacted instantly as he felt their companion fall and turned around, only to notice Wu Guang who was slowly approaching them with a saber in his right hand.

"Bastard" Was the only word that escaped the mouth of the spear-wielding bandit before he started moving towards Wu Guang with his companion following closely behind.

Judging from their calm approach and the fact that the one-armed with shield and sword took point after a few steps, Wu Guang's thoughts about them being soldiers was confirmed. The fact that another bandit was missing bothered him, albeit not enough to stop his mind from quickly formulating a battle strategy.

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He was currently armed with a saber and intended to use the 'Sandstorm' school he obtained and as most of the movements were intended to be used against soldiers. And considering the difference in cultivation, he did not fear being outmatched. To be sincere he knew that he surpassed his opponents in everything, even in experience if his memories were included so internally, Wu Guang considered this simple training.

When the distance shortened to ten feet from the starting one hundred or so, the bandit with the shield suddenly darted forward, intending to tackle Wu Guang while the spear one stopped on the same line, seemingly intending to land a blow if their opponent dodged.

Regretfully for them, 'Sandstorm' movements were made to deal with such opponents. So in place of dodging to the side as one would expect, Wu Guang kicked the shield and jumped backward.

The spear wielder did react quickly and lunged forward but his attempt was foiled as Wu Guang saber made a full circle while he was landing, not only blocking the spear but also almost sending it flying, such strength was applied behind the seemingly casual sweep. Wu Guang did not land and stay still, but in turn, utilized the landing motion as spring to jump forward. With his target being the shield and sword bandit.

The latter reacted timely, confirming his experience, but unluckily his slash was blocked by Wu Guang's saber. And before he could recover his guard, a punch landed on his face, sending him tumbling backward.

With this brief exchange, Wu Guang confirmed that his opponents had military training. And quickly evaluated their strength "The Shield bandit managed to recover after a few backsteps. And his face had not suffered damage from the punch. From this, his cultivation should be around the 8th or 9th level of the Body realm. The other bandit should be on a similar level as well".

In this situation, Wu Guang was sure to win even without resorting to qi techniques, after all, they could not infuse qi in all of their body at the same time, and the parts that they infused would be done so for a brief time or they risked running out of qi. While in Wu Guang's case, he could easily maintain all his body infused at the same time, and even while fighting, his dantian would sustain such usage for several hours easily.

He also noted that their training wasn't bad at all, at least in the case of the shield bandit. The latter managed to infuse qi in time as if he did not, Wu Guang's punch would have most probably incapacitated him.

But Wu Guang was not interested in fighting for several hours, especially when there was a missing bandit and he still did not know anything about Yuan Taotu and 'Big Chopper', so in place of standing there, he started moving at full speed, which albeit possible for the bandits to recreate briefly still was impossible for them to maintain. Using the fact that he could maintain both speed and power at peak levels without any issue, Wu Guang followed with several slashes and punches, from which only some of the former were blocked while the latter did not miss even a single time while landing on the nearest, in this case, the shield wielder.

This was the real essence of the 'Sandstorm' school, which was to use the weapon as support. While the real attacks would be landed via punches and kicks. The kicks were not used by Wu Guang, mainly because most of them were meant to be utilized when fighting against a single opponent, while a pair of opponents was recommended to be fought with the hands, leaving the legs for movement and evasion.

Albeit 'Sandstorm' was enough to deal with his opponents, he still wanted to use Qi techniques. So Wu Guang disengaged by jumping outside the range of both bandits and prepared to activate the 'Flaming Fist'. Only for his left hand, as he decided to try out the strongest method he had thought of, which was to use a combination of the fist and the saber from the sandstorm.

Both of his opponents were still silent and looked calm, but the fact that the shield bandit face and uncovered arms showed several bruises as well that both were now grasping for air when compared to the fully intact and unflustered Wu Guang made clear how the battle had progressed until now.