
The group approached and stopped in front of the pagoda. Their gaze was directed at the group of young men and the girls who stood watching them with a wary look.
One of them descended from the flying monsters, facing them with a meticulous look. "You are young, rather than me forcibly checking, it would be better if one of you acknowledged the existence of a pure body."
"You dare to speak nonsense in front of this princess? I suggest you leave this place before I sue you in court." Zhong Xiaorong spoke as the ninth Princess. He dislikes someone who shamelessly forces him and his friends with such a condescending tone.
"Oh, Princess, sorry to bother you. But the sect leader wants to recruit someone, this is beyond the Empire's leadership."
"Everyone here is the people of Zhongbu Empire, you dare to oppose the Empire?"
The man smiled wryly. "No dare. But your people are made up of millions of people. Just taking one man, wouldn't mind, would you? After all, the ninth Princess has no right to defend any of her subjects."
"You!"
"Only an envoy from a small Sect, has it dared to oppose the venerable Princess?" Another man descended from the flying monster and looked at the man with a condescending look. Then looked at Zhong Xiaorong with a smile. "Mr Princess, are they your friends? It is an honor to invite Imperial Princess Zhongbu and her friends."
"I told you, I didn't accept the invitation and you could leave. We're practicing, don't you have the shame of interrupting the training of a group of disciples?" Zhong Xiaorong spoke with the sarcasm. Even so, the man still smiled despite being forced.
"Mr Princess please consider. We will welcome the Princess and the others honorably."
Zhong Xiaorong did not reply, instead turning away from them with a haughty face and draping his hands together on his chest. The man could only hold back the emotions deep in his heart.
"Mr Princess—"
"Eh, are you so spare?" Yan Yao interrupted making the man annoyed.
Just as the man was about to speak again, the voice of a girl was heard making them all turn towards him. "You came looking for a pure body?" Xie Ran asked as he stood casually looking at the group of dogs. The girl smiled. "What if I find him? Are you guys gonna fight? My horse, that guy there's only one, it can't be split."
They looked at each other like fools and went back to discussing. If they find it, they will fight. But with this, their target could run first.
If it is rethought, the girl seems to know their target and they should not make a mistake. That person there was only one, it could only be carried by one of the groups.
"What if you're deliberating who's gonna get it or go home? If I were you, I'd get rid of all my inhibitions, just be filial to my superiors."
Xie Ran spoke with his evil smile that looked extremely sweet. People who do not know her will think that the girl is very sweet and beautiful when smiling. But it was precisely his friends who had known him for a long time were goosebumps looking at that smile.
The group of dogs again deliberated and crammed into the sky. Xie Ran's words were correct, yet they couldn't possibly get rid of the other group easily.
"I am the Young Master of Xing Sect, the biggest Sect after the Night Shadow Sect. You better give up before I make you my pet food!"
"My sect will not kneel with such a sect!"
"You think I'm stupid? I can even buy your entire asset! I better recruit him!"
"You!"
"So this is how it feels to be contested." Xie Ran did not know whether to laugh or cry. He leaned against the rock looking at the debates of the fools that ended in the battle in the sky. "Ck, ruin the view."
"Xie Ran, you're so good at pitting them." Liu Chang praised. He had more to learn from that girl.
"The usual." Xie Ran was calm. Then he realized someone who was forgotten. He turned his head towards where Bao Jun was looking at the group of idiots with a condescending look. "Old man, aren't you coming? What if I get snatched?"
Bao Jun chuckled. "Those group of idiots provoked your provocation, I'm not the same as them."
"It looks like we're gonna be in trouble." Pei Xi immediately prepared as soon as he saw a flying ship in the air approaching.
The flag that reads 'Lingyue Palace' is listed. On it were several men and women who looked elegant like royalty. Even their ship was made of gold showing how strong their group was.
"Originally you know, their food is delicious. I got free from little Luo Jin back then." Xie Ran smiled widely. Suddenly his stomach was hungry.
"You only know how to eat! They didn't come to feed you, they caught you!" Mei Liena is fat with this one foodie.
"But the food on the ship seems good." Xie Ran was still unfocused and was instead thinking about food.
The golden ship stopped in mid-air. An old man standing at the end of the ship saw the chaos in front of him with a dark face. He looked towards the island and took out a strange cone-shaped object in his hand.
The cone floated in the air precisely above the island where the children were. The rays appearing at the tip of the cone formed some pattern around the island with bright golden rays. The beam moved in different directions like a formation line and stopped in the middle. Another larger beam appeared at the center of the line, right towards Xie Ran.
Xie Ran who did not know anything felt his body so light it floated. "What is gravity going down? Is there a ufo arresting me?"
Xie Ran thought about that foolishly and looked up where the golden light was burning. His body continued to drift upwards making his companions worry and yell out to him.
"Xie Ran!"
"What are you doing!"
"Take him off!"
They wanted to help Xie Ran, but the beam rejected them so they were hit by a counterattack. They did not know what to do, could only hope that Xie Ran was fine.
Xie Ran's body was getting raised to the same height as the height of the ship. He smiled at the people on the boat.
"You use force, it's not good" he said.
"You've provoked them to fight each other. It really cannot be underestimated. You can't get away, your entire leech is blocked in there and won't be able to move." The old man was quite idle about Xie Ran's speech skills, his abilities were definitely unusual
"Is this a detection device?" Xie Ran looked at the thing above his head meticulously.
"It was a pyramid made by our ancestors who had pure bodies like you. Its function was to trace the existence of other pure bodies so that Lingyue Palace could restore its glory."
Xe Ran pulled his eyebrows. "Oh? Fascinating."
The few people next to the old man including Luo Jin were shocked to see Xie Ran was the person they were looking for. It made Luo Jin annoyed half-dead as well as envious of the girl's luck.
"Xiao Ran, apparently it's you. Fine, I won't let you off after arriving at Lingyue Palace!" yelled Luo Jin.
"Luo Jin, watch your talk!"
Xie Ran smiled in anguish. "Something seems to dislike my existence. I don't want to live with a dog that keeps barking. My ears could break."
Luo Jin clenched his fists furiously. "Xiao Ran, you!"
"Miss, if you don't want to come with us, we can only use forced means." The young man next to Luo Jin immediately shut Luo Jin's mouth and threatened Xie Ran.
Xie Ran laughed lightly. Is he being threatened right now? "Don't you guys catch me?" Then he raised his voice. "You people! This bunch of idiots wants to steal a pure body out of your hands while you fight. Are you guys gonna shut up?"
The battle that resulted in the casualties was stopped and directed at the golden ship and a girl trapped in the golden beam. Their gaze was directed back at the group of golden ship passengers with a sharp gaze.
At this point, they realize that they have been deceived and realize that the girl who cheated them is the one they were looking for. But the girl was caught! Unfortunately they could not teach the girl a lesson now.
"Old fox! Release her!"
"We fight fair. Who wins will get a pure body!"
"Yes! Quickly let him go!"
"You guys have been provoked by this girl. You guys dare to oppose Lingyue Palace!" The beautiful woman by the old man's side roared furiously.
"Lingyue Palace or whatever it is, as long as obtaining a pure body, even an empire is nothing!"
"Hurry and attack them!"
Humans are like chameleons. Just fought each other for life, now working together against Lingyue Palace. Xie Ran sneered at them in silence and focused on how to break away.
"Miss, there are parts that have a defect. This tool is not perfect and can be destroyed at any time," explained Sarah.
Xie Ran smiled with satisfaction. "Good, Sarah. Can you help me destroy it?"
"Surfers activated."
A small needle emerged from Xie Ran's earrings, sliding at high speed. In just one shot, the needle exploded causing damage to the pyramid.
The pyramid explodes along with the loss of light and the fall of Xie Ran. Xie Ran landed safely then returned to his companions seeing the fierce battle on board the golden ship.
On board, the people of Lingyue Palace were so angry to see the pyramid smashed into pieces and exploded like a bomb. It was the relic of their ancestor, crushed just like that by a little girl who only knew how to eat.
"You idiot dogs! Better catch him immediately, then determine who brought him home. That girl is very cunning to divide us in order to escape, if we unite, she will be easily defeated." Old man Lingyue Palace gave a solution after seeing many of his men fall. He has to find a way to win.
"You think we're stupid? This was the island within Tianshang Academy. Who can escape?"
"You fools! There's the dean, they'll run away easily!" The woman pointed towards Bao Jun who was watching earlier.
This time, those who were like chameleons began to agree with Lingyue Palace's proposal one by one. They were facing the island with the feeling of being played with.
"Be a good girl, or I could kill you!" One of them challenged Xie Ran.
"Why? You done playing?" Xie Ran calmly replied.
"He can no longer be taught in a subtle way. Quickly catch him!"
They are all now invading the island like a strange army attacking here and there. Even the human's sixth eye twitched. They are real chameleons
Pei Xi and the others immediately took out their respective weapons and stood in front of Xie Ran who had been silent since then did not respond.
"Xie Ran, we'll protect you." Pei Xi turned his head slightly towards Xie Ran and focused on the enemy in front.
"Yes, save your energy to fight that demon." Mei Liena pointed just like that towards Bao Jun who had been silent ever since.
"Some leave it to us." Yan Yao said confidently even though she was unsure of winning against that group of stronger people.
"After winning, we'll go on vacation. Promise me!" Zhong Xiaorong smiled at Xie Ran. He hopes help will come before it is too late.
"Trust me." Zhou Kui rubbed Xie Ran's head like a kitten. He could not lose his sister again.
Xie Ran smiled looking at the confident gazes of his friends. Though here are the stronger among them, but they still protect her like a child. When else can you have a loyal friend like them?
"There's no way I'm not helping." Xie Ran took out his sword and prepared to attack.
"Xie—"
"You're short of an advanced professional." Xie Ran did not look at his friends but at the enemy who was attacking. They completely ignored the existence of the Princess and gave no face to the empire nor the academy.
Without having time to discuss again, they received attacks from the enemy and had to defend themselves better. The enemy force is stronger than them, therefore they must plan carefully and use Xie Ran technology as support.
As soon as their gaze was directed at the arena controlled by Xie Ran, they were stunned for a moment to see the enemies flying in the air and thrown so far without resistance as if they had been resignedly thrown like a ball.
Xie Ran was indeed different ....
They refocused on the fight that had now become fierce. Several groups were united against a group of disciples whose strength was under an advanced professional. The reluctance of that power was so visible that there was no doubt who the winner was.
They're getting excited. Fighting against a group of children was common and not a big deal. Let alone looking at a certain Dean who was just watching without concern, they thought these children were so insignificant that they did not care about life or death.
The fight became even fiercer once the children took out their high-level strength that had just been trained at the pagoda.
Pei Xi mastered a rare heavenly-level shadow magic and there was only one in the world. It managed to flatten some late professional level cultivators in a few defensive attacks from the spear that gave off a pitch-black and dark aura. The shadow is so strong that the victim dies horribly without bleeding or leaving flesh.
Zhong Xiaorong upgraded his ice magic to heavenly magic as well. It made the arena so cold as winter and ice froze everywhere. The sword that the Dean of the forging department presented as the tournament prize was in his hands making his attack even more ferocious and full of a cold aura like an ice phoenix attacking in the air.
Yan Yao enhanced her innate magic which was the magic of her family's descendants—White Tiger. He had managed to reach the heavenly rank magic that made the image of such a huge and real tiger appear to attack everyone. In addition, its pointed and deadly fan has slashed a lot of skin full of blood without staining the white fan.
Behind Mei Liena was a huge green snake. The green jade phyton that was a heavenly-level magic caused many people to be poisoned helplessly on its terrain. The green snake sped rapidly and devoured and spewed out a lot of poison until the air was so crowded and filled with deadly poison.
Zhou Kui's sickle-shaped double sword split the air and twisted so quickly and confused many people. His sword technique which was also of the heavenly level he had managed to train even though it was not perfect, but it could collapse many people with just the slash of his scythe sword which was so heavy and sharp. He only needed to move slightly towards the enemy and the enemy instantly died on the spot without realizing that part of his body had been cut off easily.
The Liu Chang. His sword gave rise to such high rays and blades of wind. He who had always looked cowardly and hesitant was now struck by a high fighting spirit because of his heavenly wind magic. A typhoon came out of his hand with small and sharp knives slashing many people trapped inside the typhoon. It made him even more excited and confident with his strength.
Seeing the unequal fight it had now turned around due to heavenly magic, Lingyue Palace could not just stand by and sent some advanced professional cultivators along with their young ladies and masters to face Xie Ran as well as his friends head on. They must not lose and must obtain that pure body no matter what happens despite having to fight against the empire.
Advanced professionals immediately joined the battle. Their arrival brought great pressure and a gap in strength was again visible.
Even though those children possessed heavenly magic, still they had not refined it and could not fight against much stronger opponents. The gap between the final professional and the advanced professional was too great even if it was only one level. If just injuring and running could be, unfortunately it's a life and death fight!
The six began to be depressed once several advanced professionals appeared. If it's just one or two, they can handle it. But this is more than five or even ten! This is really oppression!
Xie Ran turned his attention to seeing his friends cornered would be some advanced professionals. Although he is also in the advanced professional stage, he will certainly also be defeated if against the advanced professional as much as himself. He needs more help.
Xie Ran wanted to take out Long Huo and Long Yun, but that would make all of his secrets revealed before doing any other big thing. The journey is long. But he could not see his friends getting hurt.
The longer Xie Ran thought, the more cornered his friends were and thrown from exhaustion. They managed to kill some advanced professionals as well including great achievements, but as a result they lost a lot of manpower.
Once they were all cornered and unable to fight any more would be severely injured, the groups began to swarm Xie Ran who was still standing withstanding the enemy's attack. Xie Ran looked at the people staring at him as if he was the next victim.
Their diverse gaze ....
Suddenly the shadow of the past repeated itself in his mind. The time where he was forced to kill many people when in a cornered and besieged condition when he was a child. The period where the killing intent originated that caused it to be difficult to control.
"We work together ...."
"Before he kills us, we kill him!"
"Bella, you've been here a long time, you know, every once in a while."
"How many did you kill? I wonder how your blood feels on my hands."
Xie Ran clenched his fists until his nails turned white. He did not know why the memory was again imagined and he was in the same position at this time.
"Don't think you're the strongest. In the end you'll die sooner or later."
"You've been here too long, you better get out."
"Milary ...."
"Milary ...."
Xie Ran held back his killing intent which continued to trigger as strongly as possible. He lowered his head and stuck the tip of his sword into the ground while holding it back. Why bother at a time like this? If that killing intent were to come out now, he could die before it stopped.
He just wanted someone to come help him. That's it ....
"Quick ...."