17 Chapter 17
Seeing that the people behind him were not giving up, Itachi chose to confront them head on. So with one leap, he launched himself toward a remote area of the city and waited for his pursuers to arrive.
"Big brother, why are we stopping at this place?" The little boy asked. He was curious after all they were almost at his clan.
Itachi looked calmly at the little boy and said, "They are chasing us, and it seems that their target is you."
He felt that he should just tell the little boy the truth. If he knew that people wanted his head, then he probably wouldn't leave the house unaccompanied anymore.
"Really?! But why do they want me?" The little boy asked curiously, fear was not present on his face.
Looking at the little boy's face, Itachi shook his head and did not answer. He felt that this little boy was either very naive or simply not afraid of the pursuers.
He tried to get a feel for the surroundings and realized that there was no one protecting this little boy, so it was most likely the first option.
The pursuers soon calmed him down and seeing that their target was waiting for him made him slow his steps.
"I wonder who you would be, young man?" A man who appeared to be in his fifties asked with a firm tone.
Itachi looked at the people in front of him, and realizing that the strongest among them was only a Profound Nascent Realm cultivator, he sighed in relief.
"It doesn't matter who I am..." Itachi commented dryly.
He wouldn't make the first move. The little boy was behind by his side, and he feared that he would not be able to protect him should he make the first move. For that reason, he was waiting for his enemies to act.
"Does it matter? You don't seem to know me... I am Fu Aotian! The Grand Elder of the Fu clan!" The old man said in a cold tone.
Unaware to the old man, Itachi had a strange expression on his face.
"Grand Elder? I thought he was just a pawn... That means the force in this city is not as powerful as I previously thought."
These thoughts made Itachi rethink his worldview. He felt that the great clans of cities like this would at least be ranked in the Profound Earth Realm. After all, the forgotten city that he got his inheritance from had a cultivator from the Earth Profound Realm.
"I guess it was a good choice not to have continued in the sect... At least now I can have a better view of the world." He thought.
Fu Aotian's face darkened as he realized that the boy in front of him was treating him like wind. Ever since he had become the Grand Elder of the Fu clan, no one in this city had dared to disrespect him, but here was a four-year-old boy treating him like nothing.
Fu Aotian seemed to have forgotten that this boy was running from his pursuit with someone else in his arms, and this boy didn't even seem to be tired.
"Men take down this insolent man who disrespects our Fu clan. Today we will teach him the difference between a man and Mount Tai." Fu Aotian said.
The men accompanying him took steps forward as they drew their weapons to face Itachi.
"Hehe! Looks like you offended someone you shouldn't have boy." A bearded man said with a sinister smile on his face.
"Let's make sure we beat him up good before we kill him." Another man said.
Fu Aotian nodded at the speech of his subordinates. But he also didn't forget to warn to leave the smaller boy free, after all, he didn't want to kill him otherwise his plan would fall apart.
"Stay behind me." Itachi said to the little boy as he took his sword from the storage ring on his finger.
"Looks like this kid wants to fight us cultivators, haha!" The bearded man laughed in his shrill voice.
Itachi drew his sword and just stood there waiting for his enemies to make the first move.
"He looks scared." The bearded man thought as he swung his sword in a move that would cut Itachi's neck.
SWISHHH!
SWISHHHHH!
The bearded man didn't seem to notice but the moment he swung his sword, he ended up cutting some wires that were in front of him and because the wires were cut, many traps were activated.
Dozens of sharp objects flew towards the bearded man who didn't expect to be ambushed in such an obvious way. Since his cultivation wasn't very high, the bearded man couldn't dodge the objects and ended up being pierced by them all, making him look like a porcupine.
The other men standing near the bearded man took several steps backwards with frightened expressions. They were wondering how there was a trap in this place?
The pursuers didn't know, but the time Itachi stayed here waiting for them was used to set simple traps that could easily deal with the enemy.
Fu Aotian had a fierce expression on his face as he saw one of his men seriously injured. He knew that it was only a matter of time before his man died of blood loss.
"So cruel..." Fu Aotian thought as he looked at Itachi. He knew that Itachi was the one who set the traps, and he came to this conclusion as he saw that Itachi's face was too calm as he saw the man activating the trap.
Truth be told, Itachi thought about using this trap on a powerful cultivator who was chasing him, but seeing that their cultivation did not exceed the Nascent Profound Realm, he gave up on that idea and moved the wires in front of the bearded man.
The threads were moved using his fingers, and due to the low cultivation of his pursuers, they ended up not noticing the threads in front of them.
"Attack all at once, I doubt he has any more traps like that." Fu Aotian said in a cold voice.
The men nodded and started running towards Itachi, but everyone's fate was similar to that of the bearded man. They all ended up cutting wires and being hit by sharp objects.
The scene was chaotic, many men were riddled with serious injuries and blood was flowing everywhere. In the middle of this chaos only two people were clean and without any blood on their bodies. Itachi and the little boy.
Fu Aotian ended up getting dirty with the blood of his subordinates due to the fact that one of them ran towards him asking for help.
"Monster! This boy is not human!" Fu Aotian thought as he stared at Itachi with frightened eyes.
From the beginning he thought the situation was under his control, but the seeing a four year old boy defeating all his subordinates without raising his hands. It completely destroyed him, he didn't want to continue this chase anymore, all he wanted was to run away right now.
Fu Aotian seeing that he no longer had the will to continue fighting turned his body and started to flee, but the moment he crossed the corner he ended up cutting a trap wire. His fate was similar to those of his subordinates.
"It's over... Come on, I will take you back to your clan." Itachi said as he ignored the bodies on the ground and walked out with the little boy in his arms.
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