“That man said they will definitely destroy the stronghold in three days from now. Can we believe his words?” Han Xiao asked in a hurry after remembering a problem.
“Of course we can’t. It’s just a ploy to unnerve us. But… we can’t rule out the possibility of it being a ploy within a ploy. They may kill their way up the mountain in three days from now… But if we only pay attention to this ‘three days from now’ deadline, it’s very likely they’ll launch a sneak attack on us before that. Alas… It’s very obvious the enemy have achieved their goal! Now, because we can be attacked anytime, we have no choice but to be concerned and vigilant all day long.”
“Then what should we do?” Hearing him say so, Han Xiao was also somewhat flustered inside.
“There’s no other way. We can’t take our men and rush down from the mountain because they most probably are already waiting for us in ambush. So, we have no choice but to strengthen the defense on the mountain and be ready to fight the enemy anytime…”
“Damn it! When has our Blackwood Stronghold ever been so useless?… You also said they very likely don’t have someone as strong as a Soul Warrior. Why don’t I just personally take everyone in the stronghold and rush down from the mountain? It doesn’t matter if there’s an ambush or not, I’ll just destroy them with my sheer power!”
“You absolutely can’t do that! If you’re a bit careless, the Blackwood Stronghold will really be exterminated. Plus… have you forgotten the soul weapon that man used to kill Xiao Chen? That spear is definitely not low-grade. To soul cultivators below the Soul Sprite stage, killing someone of a higher level with a powerful soul item is not difficult at all. Are you sure that low human-tier Goldsilk Soul Armor of yours can withstand that spear’s blade?”
Han Xiao felt silent. The Goldsilk Soul Armor granted to him by the school naturally was impenetrable to normal weapons, but as soon as he thought about how Xiao Chen had been shattered into pieces by that spear, he felt a chill in his heart. He… did not dare to gamble!
“Then just do as you said. At least tonight they won’t make another move, right? All of you can go now…”
Han Xiao stood up in a dejected manner and walked out of the hall, heading for his own room. An almost inaudible sigh then came from afar.
“Could it be… my Blackwood Stronghold will be destroyed in such a baffling manner…?”
… … … …
At the foot of Mt. Blackwood, Bai Yunfei and Li Chengfeng were sitting in a grove treating the wounds on their bodies.
“This battle was really satisfying! Those inhuman bandits who normally looked at us like we were ants they could kill whenever they like were killed by me with ease stroke after stroke… If I had possessed this power earlier, if I had possessed this power earlier… My dad, my mom, my older sister, also Uncle Zhou next door, village chief Uncle Li and everybody else…” Li Chengfeng mumbled to himself while leaning on a tree looking into the sky through the gaps between the leaves, “Now that I have the power, I’m going to… exterminate all bandits! Kill them all…”
“Are you okay, Chengfeng? You…” Bai Yunfei, who was on one side of him, could not help calling him upon seeing him become more and more unusual as he talked.
Li Chengfeng stopped talking to himself, massaged his head a bit then smiled at Bai Yunfei, saying: “I know what you’re are worrying about, but rest assured, I won’t lose myself. Those bandits all deserve to die. I’m just taking revenge for myself and those who died. There’s no other goal. I won’t become a murderous demon…”
Bai Yunfei let out a sigh of relief, saying: “Yeah, they all deserve to die. If we let them go, they will make even more innocent people suffer to the fullest. When I first encountered them, I wasn’t so determined as you were, but now… we’ll definitely destroy them completely!”
“Right, aren’t you about to reach the middle Soul Personage stage? That spear-wielding bandit who fought you before was much weaker than you, why did you fight him for so long? Only to wait for that chieftain’s arrival to strike fear into him?” Li Chengfeng could not help asking doubtfully upon recalling the last battle.
“That’s one thing. The most important thing is, didn’t you say he was also a spear user? Though I practiced my spear techniques to a decent level, I had too little real combat experience. A spear user like him was hard to come by so naturally I had to fight him for as long as possible to learn from him.”