The Ghost of Fog
Chapter 3. The Zhang Family Tragedy

It had been three days since Lin Tian and elder Zhang Heng were killed that afternoon, during which time he had never been able to sleep properly as his feelings grew increasingly uneasy and anxious. He was very worried about the state of the Zhang family let alone his young Miss Zhang Qiaofeng.

That was why every time he finished training with his teacher, Lin Tian trained by himself in his backyard. He trained in the silat from the books on his room bookshelf.

That morning Lin Tian was ready at the usual place for him to train with Zhang Qiaofeng and Zhang Jun. He was wearing black clothes and pants, only at the end of his arms and collar of red clothes, on his waist was tucked a short sword with a dark purple sword hilt and a black sword sheath. His clothes were concise and not too luxurious, it was like the clothes of a swordsman.

Before long Lin Tian felt a sharp gust of wind coming from behind leading to his nape. He just smiled thinly then with a slight tilt of his head, the object that threatened his nape had passed to the left of the head and stuck in a tree not far from where he was sitting.

'Crap!!'

Seeing that thing Lin Tian's smile grew wider, it turned out that it was a secret weapon that was in the form of a thin and sharp knife. Lin Tian knew who the owner of the blade secret weapon was, he got up to his feet then kicked using the heel of his right foot while turning his body.

"Dwelling....Bukk!!"

There was a loud clashing sound when Lin Tian's feet hit the hands of his attacker who turned out to be Zhang Qiaofeng, his own young miss. After which, Zhang Qiaofeng then leaped back and again threw a few knives from within his sleeve.

There were three knives that this girl threw, two in the eye and one in the heart. Lin Tian was not surprised, he then bent slightly both knees to avoid throwing a knife at his eyes, then he reached out his left hand catching the knife that was pointing at the heart. A second later he threw the knife back to its owner.

"Trrnngg"

Zhang Qiaofeng repelled the knife with his left hand that was already grasping a mainstay dagger. Then this girl directly darted towards Lin Tian with the tip of the dagger right towards the neck.

It was indeed dangerous for this attack, if only what was being fought was not Lin Tian it was possible that the dagger had already pierced through the neck all the way to the nape. Yet again Lin Tian did not seem panicked or startled, this child who was still in a half-squat position instantly moved his right hand and caught the dagger with his middle and index fingers.

Zhang Qiaofeng looked surprised, he was about to pull out a second dagger using his right hand but before this girl could pull out her dagger, Lin Tian first pierced Zhang Qiaofeng's heart with the handle of a sword.

"Ohukk!!.huhuukk!!.ooh!" Zhang Qiaofeng was stunned back by three steps while holding onto his chest which felt tight.

"Good!! good!!" The sound of Zhang Jun's voice that turned out to have come also at the place, this grandfather was proud to see the martial prowess of his two students who could already be considered very great for children their age.

"Teacher!" Realizing the arrival of his teacher Lin Tian immediately jutted out a salute.

"Great Tian'er!! From the exchange of skills earlier, I can see if your intelligence has improved greatly than before, especially in terms of lightening the body, you are currently not less far from your Nonamu."

"Hey Lin Tian!! how can you move so fast? I think a few days ago the science of lightening your body was still far below me." Zhang Qiaofeng said he arrived while pointing his index finger at Lin Tian.

Lin Tian did not answer the words of his young Miss, this child only smiled faintly in response to Zhang Qiaofeng's words.

Seeing that the bodyguard did not answer his question, Zhang Qiaofeng then snorted while pursing his lips. Yet a second later he laughed out loud to the point that Lin Tian and Zhang Jun were startled.

"Bwahaha.great!! it should be like this!! Lin Tian trained hard to be able to surpass me. Listen Lin Tian, you must become much stronger than me in order to protect this young Miss, that way when I become a wife the security of my family and children will be assured. This is my order!!" He said with his eyes blazing with excitement.

Lin Tian then proceeded to pay his respects to Zhang Qiaofeng while saying "Of course Miss, without you ordering though I swear I will continue to train hard and will protect Miss and your family with a life bet."

"Hahaha..exceptional!! May the Zhang family have a knight-spirited true warrior candidate, and that swordsman is my disciple!! Haha...!!" Zhang Jun laughed out loud to the point of letting out tears of pride and excitement with his student on this one.

Zhang Qiaofeng only smiled broadly displaying his row of white teeth after listening to the vow uttered by Lin Tian. This girl believed that her bodyguard was extremely loyal and would never deny her own words.

*******

That afternoon Lin Tian, Zhang Qiaofeng, and Zhang Jun were sitting chatting under a tree while unwinding after finishing training. But their activities were forced to stop because there was one family fighter who ran away in a hurry to the three.

"Chairman please.there's an attack!!" This swordsman said gasping with a body full of wounds.

"What...!?? Who would dare to attack our family!?" Zhang Jun who had risen up asked stood up with a red face restraining in anger.

"I don't know the elders, all of a sudden they attack our family members blindly."

"Fuck!!!"

This usually patient and friendly grandfather could no longer hold back his anger after learning of the shocking news delivered by the swordsman. Back he asked.

"What about the Master and the Madam?? How are our people made up of ordinary people and not warriors or bodyguards?"

"His Lady is currently being protected by elite escort warriors and for people who are neither warriors nor bodyguards are being rushed to our refugee home, while for the great Master....he was fighting desperately to dispel the common enemy of the warriors and elders of the Zhang family."

"Damn it!!" Zhang Jun gritted his teeth while clenching his hands until blood came out. "since you've been injured, go to the refugee house and protect the place!!" Reciprocity.

"Okay elder" The man saluted and then immediately flashed vanished from the place.

Zhang Qiaofeng who heard this immediately ran while exerting his body lightening knowledge and went towards the residence of his parents.

"Miss wait!!" Lin Tian was of course surprised to see Zhang Qiaofeng who had suddenly left without saying goodbye. Without saying anything else he immediately ran after his young Miss who was quite far away.

Similarly, Zhang Jun who immediately flashed went after his two students.

*******

"Aakkhh" There was a loud scream coming from Zhang An's mouth whose left shoulder had been slashed by the enemy's sword.

"Hahaha...!!" The assailant laughed and directly thrust the sword in his hand towards the chest of the beautiful woman.

"Mrs!" This bodyguard exclaimed in panic and was also shocked because he could let his guard down to make the Madam hurt.

"Huh.huh...Feng'er?" this woman asked weakly while holding onto her shoulder. Zhang An was indeed a very beautiful and virtuous woman, yet her body was extremely weak and vulnerable. That was why he could not practice silat and right now Zhang An could only rely on his guards to protect him.

"But Madam, your wound-"

"Let it!! Even if I die right now, at least I want to see my only son one last time. Now please help me find him!" Zhang An's orders cut off the swordsman's speech.

The bodyguard could only stare at Zhang An with a sad and concerned look, yet he was only able to comply with the Madam's request. Immediately he ordered the other bodyguards to immediately search for the whereabouts of young Miss Zhang Qiaofeng.

"Everything with aarr!! for the elite bodyguard warriors to stay here protect the big madam!! and for the others look for the whereabouts of young Miss Zhang Qiaofeng and bring her here, hurry!!" Shouted the bodyguard who turned out to be the head of the Zhang family's guard.

But the bodyguards had not moved suddenly seen small rays flashing towards the attackers.

"Young Miss" they said in shock, but were also relieved to see that their young Miss was fine.

It was Zhang Qiaofeng who threw the secret weapons. He had already reached the backyard of his parents' residence which became a battleground with Lin Tian and Zhang Jun.

Without further ado, Zhang Qiaofeng approached his wounded mother and Lin Tian and Zhang Jun stormed the dozens of attackers.

When the four assailants ganged at Zhang Jun from the front, this great-grandfather instantly whipped out the sword at his waist and fended off every weapon that came his way.

"Trang-trang-trang"

There were four machetes that had been released from the hands of their owners floating in the air. The four people were surprised, the reason was that in just one slash of their weapons had already been successfully thrown by the opponent.

While the four people had not yet escaped his shock, Zhang Jun instantly twisted his sword and slashed at them one by one.

"Aarr!!" There was a scream of pain in the four people when the sword in Zhang Jun's hands had managed to take their lives off his body. After that, this grandfather went on a rampage and mowed down the attackers with his blood-thirsty sword.

While on Lin Tian's side, this child also displayed an ability that made the enemies feel trepidation. Because the deep power that Lin Tian had was sufficient, as a result of every blow and slash of his sword even though he was unable to kill the opponent in one attack but had a wound that was quite severe.

Once the punch is able to make the bones of the opponent broken or destroyed and the slash of his sword is able to cut the weapon even the limbs of the opponent. However, because he has not matured true silatnya science, as a result for a moment he has been pushed hard by the lunge of the attackers.

Which makes him desperate not only because his silat science is still raw but also as a bodyguard let alone a personal bodyguard, Lin Tian couldn't go all the way from her young Miss to protect the girl. As his concentration split finally he became careless and unavoidable, a large, fast-moving machete was about to kiss his neck.

"Trong"

It was seen a spear holding the pace of the machete. Lin Tian did not waste this opportunity, just directly thrust his sword towards the chest of the machete owner.

"Dan..aakkh!!" There was a scream of death and immediately broke the breath of the attacker, killed.

When Lin Tian turned his head, it turned out that the one who helped him was none other than the head of the bodyguard. He bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you uncle, because my uncle's kindness is still in this body."

The head of the bodyguard simply nodded and replied "Yes, be careful son."

After that, back Lin Tian put up a fight helping the bodyguards to deal with those enemies.

On one occasion Lin Tian was faced with a large tall man with a bewok adorning his chin. The man was armed with a machete.

Lin Tian had a great match up to dozens of moves with that flashy man. When the man slashed Lin Tian's leg aiming to cut off his thigh, Lin Tian did not waste this opportunity. He then leaped avoiding the slash of the machete and even more so when the machete passed just under the soles of his feet, Lin Tian stepped on the machete and made it a pedestal to jump even higher.

"What...!?" The man was clearly surprised. Since he had underestimated Lin Tian who was still a child, he was already quite shocked when Lin Tian was able to serve him up to a dozen moves, he said, and now he was made even more shocked by the incredible movements of Lin Tian just now.

Lin Tian floated high up in the air like an eagle about to pounce on its prey, the man of the brew just thrust his machete towards the still-flying Lin Tian.

He thought if Lin Tian was in such a floating state, this brat would definitely be unable to dodge his attack. However he was wrong and for the third time he was shocked by Lin Tian.

The moment Lin Tian stabbed the machete from below, this child directly moved the sword and banged it towards the enemy weapon with deep exertion. When the two weapons met, the man-crewed machete instantly broke into pieces, a second later Lin Tian moved his left hand and sent a long-range punch towards the man's head.

This blow was so great, as a result of which the man was bleeding from every hole of his head, it became a sign that he had suffered severe internal injuries to the head.

When Lin Tian managed to land on the ground, a second later there was a wind whistling from the left right. It was a slash of a machete and sword that intended to cut Lin Tian's throat.

Seeing that, he then bent his legs and changed his position to squat. After that when the machete coming from the right snatched, he immediately caught the person's wrist and pulled it to be used as a 'shield' from the lunge of the sword coming from the left.

"Crrookk...!! Ahhhh!!"

The sword slashed at the back of the 'shield', the man was surprised as well as the 'shield' who did not expect that the boy in front of him was using himself as a tool to save lives.

Unresolved the shock of the sword-headed man, suddenly there was a sword coming from in front of him and directly pierced towards the heart feather.

"The creep!!"

Inevitably, the sword that turned out to be Lin Tian's had managed to stab into his chest and uproot his life. Because indeed Lin Tian's position was protected by a 'shield' that made this child invisible to the sword man so Lin Tian's sword attack was suddenly too late for the poor man to realize.

'The 'Shield' was furious to see his partner get knocked down by Lin Tian, but before he could react Lin Tian had already hit his chest with a left palm strike that contained deep strength. The heart of the man was broken, and there was a cry of pain, and there was a moment of twitching and a lifeless collapse.

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