Bandits (2)

A Few Moments Ago...

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Inside of a brightly lit cave that had multiple torches blazing with orange flames on either side of the walls, in the center of this twenty-meter wide cave that was only ten meters deep, a young-looking man that had pale skin and sunken eyes sat in a meditative position.

"Oh fuck! This is truly annoying!!" Suddenly, right after letting out a curse, his body was mysteriously covered by veiny red markings. Thereafter, his previously pale skin regained color as his sunken cheeks and eyes turned back to that of a normal person.

His new appearance was that of a 22-year-old man with long black hair and sword-like brows. He was considerably handsome with bright red eyes and a slim but upright body. His fairly handsome face then contorted ugly as he grumbled.

"That bloody Heavenly will. Thankfully, even after making my trials so hard, I was able to pass and reach the 9th stage of Soul Transformation. I am now significantly stronger than the average Soul Transformation cultivator." He said as he then stretched out his right hand and gazed at the intricately designed markings before arrogantly saying.

"And with me being a Demonic General, I a now officially invincible under the Soul and Body Union realm."

Just as he was still in the middle of his arrogant speech of invincibility, he was interrupted by a hurried sound of footsteps that came from the mouth of this cave.

"What the fuck, did I not tell you guys that you are forbidden from interrupting me!!!" He shouted out in anger as he could not believe that mere underlings such as them could be so stupid.

"B...Boss, Bái chī found a carriage painted in gold on our territory. It seems as if they are heading towards the Chthonic sect but, according to Bái chī and his Inspection Talisman, there is only one being other than the carriage man. The best part is the fact that they seem to have a lot of gold while still being weak."

A short-looking boy who seemed to be around the age of 12, with a squeaky voice said in a hurry as he knew his boss becomes a different person once he is angry.

Hearing the kid's words, the long-haired young man immediately stood up as he walked out of the cave's mouth and entered a massive two hundred meter flat plot of land. The land was filled with tents and horses with a lot of different people, men, women, and even children as they either drank alcohol while sitting around a campfire or fought with each other.

Another thing to note was the fact that multiple screams from time to time originated from the tents as loud noises of meat hitting meat resounded. This brought a wicked smile to the black-haired young man's face as his voice then loudly resounded in the ears of all the beings present.

"Little Bái chī has found ourselves some pretty rich preys. I don't care what you're doing right now, get ready because we're leaving in one minute!!"

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Under the shining moonlight, present on a road that had a width of around fifteen meters and an indefinite length, one can see the scene of a golden-colored carriage being blocked by what seemed to be hundreds of figures on horses.

Swoosh!!!

Bam!!!

Crack!!!

A stone was flung with great speed and power from one of the children who sat on the top of a horse as it went onto land on the arm of the fragile old man who was Jin's 'driver', leaving him to let out a blood-curling scream which was laughed at by the and of thieves.

As they watched the pain the old man was going through with smiles on their faces,

Creak!

The door of the carriage opened up, revealing to the outside, the scene of what seemed to be a cute child adorned in white baggy martial arts pants with a black-colored cloth wrapped around his waist. What was contradictory to this beautiful and cute scene was the dried-up blood that could be seen on his chest, the edges of his mouth, the rest of his face, and his hands.

Burp!

"Oops, how unsightly of me." Jin said in an embarrassed tone as he mistakenly burped out loud.

Right after saying that, his gaze changed to an indifferent one as he dared his eyes toward the huge amounts of figures and said out loud.

"Crap, why is it every time I fight, there always are so many people?" Jin couldn't believe his luck as a dozen or so meters in front of him, stood a young man with black hair who seemed to be the leader of more than a couple hundred beings.

"Little kid who is still wet behind the ears, it seems that you have grown an enormous amount of balls, to dare to stand in front of me and retain such a passive look." The young man who had long black hair flowing side to side said to Jin in a haughty tone.

As his words entered Jin's ears, Jin merely replied by saying. "Look dude, I have just finished a long fight and I am lacking in terms of stamina, I am not interested in another fight so listen, I'll give you anything you want, and then we can call it a day." Jin said as he truly wasn't interested in a fight.

'Yeah, it's better to not always fight as that would lead to my sword becoming too strong for me to control.' Jin thought in slight annoyance as his left eye twitched.

"Hahaha, little child, you are funny but I wonder, will you give me what I want?" The black-haired man said as he squinted his eyes in a threatening way, clearly expressing his suspicion.

Urgh!

Jin groaned in annoyance as he then said. "Yes, as I said before, I am not in the mood to bathe in anyone's blood." Jin said as he thought that showing his annoyance would quicken the process in which this 'transaction' would finish but...

"Hahaha, you...are you saying that you can 'bathe' in my crew's blood? It seems that you are trying to court death!!" The black-haired young man said in an evil tone as his aura changed from that of an elegant and refined being to a wild and bloodthirsty beast.

Sigh!!

'It seems that a fight is inevitable.' Jin thought as his left eye twitched again.

Before anyone of the crew members nor the young man could react, they watched as Jin transformed into a one-horned and one-winged demon as he disappeared from their view.

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Under the moonlight and high in the sky, one can see the figure of Jin who had veiny red markings all over his body as his black demonic bat-like wing flapped its wing to make it possible for him to levitate in the air.

Suddenly, his cold eyes that shone with blood-red light, gazed towards the bandits as he pointed his right palm towards the middle of the couple hundred beings as he whispered.

"Energy Beam!!"

Swoosh!!

BOOM!!!!

With an extremely loud explosion, a beam of energy the size of five meters, that was shrouded in the skill of stealth and coming from a distance of almost fifty meters from the sky loudly landed onto the dirt road...or more precisely the heads of a few tens of bandits, as the explosion harmed and killed even more than a few dozen.

Seeing this, Jin couldn't help but reveal a smile, completely unaware of his soon-to-be miserable fate.

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(Next Chapter Name: Bandits (3)