Chapter 28 Small town rumble

Chapter 28

Meanwhile in the town of Dis…

"Mayor, the assassin had been identified."

The guard captain entered excitedly inside the town mayor's office as he put some documents on the wooden black table.

The mayor just silently pick up the documents and read through them. Then after a while his thick brows knit together as he saw the details about the assassin. His code name was Snakehead, one of the top killers of Shadow Ground. It is said that the assassins of Shadow Ground operates independently and don't mind each other. Their main base is at the Xi Empire city, and it is rumored that their boss is at the peak of nascent immortal realm.

According to the info, the Li clan hire the assassin because they had lost the first prize in the 5 clan tournament. They are to use the mayor's wife and son as a bargaining chip for the mortal grade high tier level 5 scroll the thunder strike.

While the mayor perused through the document he was suddenly shocked by a loud sound.

In another part of town…

At a grand hall, a magnificent seat can be seen. And at the top is a large, wooden, golden plaque with the words Xiemen clan on it. On the seat a white long haired old man wearing a blood-red robe, listens to a report of one of the elders of the clan. This is the Xiemen clan's patriarch, and beside him stood the Xiemen clan leader and the rest of the elders.

Then, while In the middle of the report everyone was startled by a loud sound.

The whole of the town of Dis can hear the loud burst of explosion coming from the forest. In the forest near the inner border a large fiery red cloud rose high up in the air that is visible for thousands of kilometers away.

A 10 kilometer radius of destruction where all the trees, rocks, and even a part of the mountain was almost erased. A few minutes later as the smoke and heat starts to die down a figure of a man can be seen embedded deep on a side of a mountain. In a deep dark hole the sorry state of Shin Jiao lay unmoving.

While inside the hole his body starts to once again regenerate on its own, though he looks terrible but all of his wounds are superficial. He is thinking of what had happened at that time.

He actually thought that the distance he was hiding is already far enough, at around 3 kilometers on top of a cliff where he had a vantage point and a clear view of the incoming action.

At that time…

Hong Li lifted his sword.

"This is for my son, now die!"

Then he slashed his sword at Shin Jiao's neck, with all his anger and might. Even the tree behind Shin Jiao was cut in half. But then an odd thing happened, his sword just went through Shin Jiao's body as if he's striking a ghost. This coupled with Shin Jiao giving him a grin with his bloodied face, almost gave Hong Li a scare.

This greatly alarmed the Li clan leader, but when he looked at the patriarch, he saw that he was not paying attention and was busy with the square black object in his hand. Then he saw that the patriarch inserted the dagger in a slot. After that he just heard a click followed by a blinding flash then his vision went dark.

"Ka…Booom!"

The explosion was activated, which immediately disintegrated the bodies of the Li clan patriarch and Hong Li. Then the radius immediately went wider in a short amount of time.

"Holy shit! That explosion is too much! Oh, crap!"

When Shin Jiao saw this he forgot everything and all he can think of was to run as fast as he could.

He even activated the boot's ability as his figure rushed forward like lightning. As he ran, torn trees and rocks passed him by as they were blasted by the strong force. As he neared the maximum blast radius he looked back and his eyes went wide. No matter what he did he was still hit by the blast wave. And then like a cannonball was blasted out and hit the mountain wall. Luckily his body was tough or else he would have turned to paste.

While thinking of those situation, he shook his head, he actually forgot that he had his mansion space in his moment of panic. This was due to him being not used to hiding inside it all the time when he faces any trouble.

Meanwhile...

The whole town of Dis was in turmoil, fear grabbed the hearts of every town folks. What scared them was the idea that maybe a higher level demon beast might have emerged from within the forest and will start to ravage the town.

In the Xiemen clan, a man was quickly rushing inside the main hall. When he arrived outside the door he was already breathing heavily.

"Important report for the clan leader!"

Then a man in his 40's quickly walks outside and upon seeing the man in black clothes his eyes lit up. The messenger is one of their spies in the town.

"Speak. What's going on?"

"Leader, I have a report coming from the Li clan. One of our spy saw the Li clan patriarch followed by their clan leader Hong Li and their first elder going out to the forest chasing after someone. Their direction is where the loud explosion came from."

The man immediately reported after taking a knee.

"Did you verify that the Li clan patriarch and Hong Li are both dead?"

"They haven't returned since then. One of our spy inside the clan said that the remaining clan elders are very frantic and they are in panic. Some of their clan members are starting to leave the clan."

"Ha ha ha. It's our time to strike, I think the old thing in the Li clan had face his demise in the forest."

The patriarch of the Xiemen clan suddenly said as he walks out toward the clan leader.

"Uncle, are you sure about this?"

"Yes, they are in panic because they know they already lost their leaders. Prepare the rest of the clan we are to make a move now!"

With the command from the patriarch, every clan members of the Xiamen clan armed themselves and then rushed towards the Li clan's gate.

"Father where are you going?"

Lean Xiemen looks a little worried as she watches her father prepare for the upcoming battle.

"Lean, this could be dangerous. I want you to stay in the clan. Okay! No matter what happens don't go out of the clan."

Lean's father is the 2nd elder of the Xiemen clan, who has a cultivation of gold core middle stage. He is the brother of the clan leader and one of the most trusted elder in the clan.

"Yes, father. Just promise me that you'll come back."

"Umn, I will the clan have been waiting for this chance in a long time. So we have to be successful in subduing the whole of Li clan today."

Several minutes later…

A group of cultivators from the Xiemen clan arrived at the gate of the Li clan. But to their surprise, another clan also turn up in the area.

The Abe clan who seconds in strength from the Li clan had the same plan as the Xiemen clan and upon coming to the gate of the Li clan also saw another clan there. At the fore front of the clan is the clan leader Hildor Abe. Judging from his cultivation level he already reached the peak of the gold core realm.

"Oh, isn't this clan leader of Xiemen clan. You're still at the middle stage of the gold core realm. Tsk, tsk, how weak…"

Hildor Abe taunted as he look at the clan leader of the Xiemen clan, Ling Xiemen. A trace of contempt visible in his eyes.

"Hildor, you… you… you've advanced to the peak of gold core realm! How is that possible?"

Ling Xiemen was about to retort but upon feeling the energy fluctuation in the body of Hildor Abe, he was shocked.

"If you cannot advance yet, doesn't mean I can't too. Ha ha ha."

Ling Xiemen was angered by the insult. He couldn't accept that one of his rivals is now stronger that himself.

"Shut up! Do you think that just because you're at the peak of gold core you can defeat me, dream on."

"Ha ha ha! Since you and your clan is here we'll just end everything in this place. We can take care of the Li and the Xiemen clan in one fell swoop. Ha ha ha!"

Without another word, Hildor Abe took out his battle axe preparing to attack. Behind him the other members of the Abe clan have the look of anticipation of the coming battle.

The feeling of the Xiemen clan members are the same, as they also took out their weapons and prepare for battle.

Inside the Li clan, all of the remaining elders and the rest of the cultivators who didn't escape had fear visible all over their faces. But they have no other choice, so they also prepare themselves for the worst.

Then like a signal to an upcoming war, someone accidentally sneezed.

That sound echoed through the ground as each clan made their move. The younger generation and lower level cultivators fought with all their might. But the clan leaders didn't move yet. They just look at the ensuing chaos. They would be the deciding factor which clan will be left to rule the town of Dis.