Chapter 135 Brawl

Austin and Fanny turned their eyes on the suspicious men in black when a light suddenly exploded from the ginseng plant and started to radiate all over the place.

The light shined so bright like the sun peaking its brightest at noon. In a blink of an eye, its rays scattered throughout the whole valley, making the cultivators avert their gaze from the intense and vivid radiance.

The beaming light separated the sky and the earth, creating a dream-like touch of heaven in between. Among the mountains were the shadows of living things. It was a scenario to behold, an otherworldly view that only lasted for a little while. In a matter of seconds, the luminous light vanished in thin air, leaving without a trace.

It took a while for everyone to react. When they were finally able to make sense of what happened, they quickly searched around and found a celestial energy ginseng at the heart of the valley, spangling under the sun. Its leaves and stem were coated with a pure ray of light that screamed divine.

It had now fully grown!

After a long silence, one of the cultivators let out a loud cry. All of them looked at the glistening plant with disbelief and excitement at the same time.

After a while, a long lasso appeared somewhere from the hill. It stretched long enough to cover the entire precious ginseng.

A devious cultivator controlled the rope that towered over the ginseng. He had planned for this in advance. He was ahead of the others, trying to take the crop before anyone else.

"How dare you!" the flock angrily shouted.

Just when the lasso was about to wrap the ginseng, a sword clicked and was followed by numerous attacks.

Unable to dodge a considerable amount of hits, the lasso was cut into dozens of segments with its pieces lying torn on the ground.

This attack came from a very skilled swordsman, Leo, who had mastered level-three sword intent.

He was strikingly adept, yes, but highly ambitious, just like that vicious cultivator. No one could lay a hand on the ginseng except him.

He did not stop attacking even when the rope was chopped to pieces. A strong surge of energy rushed from the edge of his blade and formed a huge sword, discharging towards the cultivator. The woeful cultivator was severely wounded with his blood spilling on the ground. He lay dead with his body fully tormented.

The others were shocked and dared not to move a single bit, afraid that they might be the next target.

With everyone shut and completely stunned, Leo and Cynthia advanced to the celestial energy ginseng.

Even with the great fright of the swordsman, the cultivators could not resist the temptation of the ginseng. In an uproar, they swarmed around the ginseng and mobbed it.

"Move out of my way or die!"

A massive golden-colored machete flew high in the air and charged in a circle sway. Rays of light

ht, let's do this then!'

Gritting between his teeth, Austin made up his mind.

He then turned to Fanny, and ordered, "Fanny, stay here and wait for me. Don't move an inch until I'm back!"

Fanny was filled with fear. The sight of blood and dead bodies scattered around the valley frightened her. She nodded to Austin and hid under a big stone.

Austin saw her frightened face and couldn't help but to smile at her. This girl was so timid. She should never run away from home alone. He needed to talk to her after this and persuade her to go home.

He then activated his Wind-commanding Skill and rushed to the center of the melee. For each step he took, he further distanced from Fanny and neared the fight.

'Violet, at my order, prepare to attack. And, whether it succeeds or not, as soon as I withdraw, you must follow me out.' Austin communicated with Violet in his mind.

'Yes, Master, '

Violet replied.

Austin's movement was fast and secretive. While all the people were in a brawl, he had waded his way into the fray.

He swiftly merged in the battle, pretending to make an attack.

In truth, he was discreet, step by step, advancing to the ginseng.

Two meters. One meter and a half. One meter...

In just seconds, he was only one meter away from the ginseng. Austin abruptly stopped moving to avoid any suspicions.

Ingeniously, he turned his back on the ginseng, still pretending to attack the other cultivators with an angry face.

With his front on the fight, his right hand was clasped behind his back. As his face formed a smirk, excited for his success, a ray of purple light illuminated from the tip of his finger towards the celestial energy ginseng.

With a blast of green smoke and a dim pink shadow, the purple light transformed into a small fox appearing over the ginseng.

It wrapped its paws around the celestial energy ginseng and held it tight.