Chapter 103 The Hunt for the mortal slave Part 1

Chapter 103

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The sound of clashing of swords echoed through the Dark Forest, as three figures are being under siege by more than 50 people. Though their skills are superb it is still not enough to defeat their foes. So as part of their tactic, they started to hit and run.

"Young master Zen, I have a plan! But I need you two to escape this area or else my plan would not work." Shin Jiao suddenly said in a low voice.

The three is now breathing heavily as they have executed a lot of techniques and had sent many of their opponents to the Safe Zone. They didn't resort to using the rapier and kill anyone because there are many witnesses, it would be a hindered and annoyance to them once they return after the clan trials. At least when accused they still have a chance to defend themselves, but once they killed enough people to incite the anger of many elders and heads of the clan, then they would not be able to escape anymore.

"Okay, we trust you. Just keep yourself safe." Zen Nian said with a nod, he knows the capability of Shin Jiao and also right now he is already feeling his energy almost spent.

"Master Zen, before you go…" Shin Jiao interrupted Zen Nian and told him something.

The people around them now became weary by the weird techniques that the three were showing. So they all keep their distance from them but still maintain a circle formation so as to not let them escape. But then in front of everyone, Shin Jiao suddenly threw something high up in the air. Before they knew it, a blinding flash immediately devoid every one of their sights.

With this cue, Rat Ling who is still unwilling to leave was dragged by Zen Nian away as they immediately vanished from the area. When everyone came through they can only see a lone figure standing in the middle of them all.

"Hahaha... You are a brave fool. Do you think with your sacrifice your master will be saved?" Wei Qi Nian shouted upon seeing that only Shin Jiao was left.

In his heart he is very elated, he not only can get the carcass of the flood dragon he can also get the artifact on Shin Jiao's hands. So right now he is truly happy that he decided to turn back a while ago.

While he was escaping he heard the fighting and decided to hide and watch the show. Then when he saw how the demon beast was killed his heartfelt fear. Unknown to him someone actually approached him from behind and there he saw Hong Nian, he then tells him what had happened.

Hong Nian was shocked at Zen Nian and his servants' abilities, but what shocked him more is the artifact on Shin Jiao's hands. His mind began to think where Shin Jiao got the artifact and began to plan on how to get it. Then they heard how it was made, and a light suddenly sparkles in his eyes.

"With that glove, I can create anything I want." A greedy thought bloomed from Hong Nian's mind at that time.

They also know the attitude of Zen Nian when it comes to fighting. As a young master of a clan, he is too soft-hearted just like his face. He might kill one or two who have offended him, but he would not dare to face killing many.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting.

And so they decided to gang-up on them.

Then the voice of Shin Jiao calmly entered their ears.

"I know why you attacked us even knowing that we can defeat the flood dragon. You are thinking that my young master Zen Nian would not dare kill any of you right?"

"Yeah, I agree with you with that one. He is truly softhearted, but that's him. As for me, I also share his sentiments, so I'm not going to kill anyone. But I assure you that once you made your move, you will suffer terrible pain." Shin Jiao added with an amiable smile.

"Ha! What a braggart… you didn't even make a move when we were attacking your master and Rat Ling, you're just cannon fodder." One of the servants shouted.

"Master, we will take care of this fool. Don't worry."

Then more than 30 people suddenly moved forward. These are the servants of the young masters standing beside Wei Qi Nian and Hong Nian.

Then Wei Qi Nian waved his hand nonchalantly as if he already knows that Shin Jiao is done for.

But then a bad premonition suddenly enters his mind as his complexion paled. Since Shin Jiao wasn't attacking and doing anything while they were being assaulted, he has already forgotten due to his excitement and confidence that Shin Jiao has a hidden weapon. Meanwhile, Hog Nian is showing an expectant gaze. He actually remembers what Wei Qi Nian told him and wanted to see the power of the weapon.

And so, with that thought, they watched as the group began their assault.

Shin Jiao calmly analyses his situation and quickly plan his move in his mind. The servants around him have the cultivation of late-stage spirit refining realm and the highest is a primary stage core-forming realm. With that strength, he didn't feel worried, with the boots he is faster than them, and with his gun, he can inflict them pain more than they can bear.

He didn't want to kill them, as his goal is to inflict fear on the young masters who are watching.

As so, with that signal a figure suddenly rushed towards him followed by the rest of the group.

Shin Jiao calmly looks at the people closing in on him. As the first person drew close, he moved his leg and takes a step back dodging that person's blade going towards his neck. Before that person realized that he misses his target, he suddenly fell on the ground. One of his thighs now has a hole and is bleeding profusely.

Arrgghh!!!

His miserable cry echoed through the air, which made everyone stop in their tracks. But it didn't take a second before a burning desire to avenge their comrade filled their hearts. The whole crowd continued to run towards Shin Jiao. With their crazy action, Shin Jiao couldn't help himself but smirk. He plans to delay the fighting here so that Zen Nian and Rat Ling could run as far as they could.

When a person gets close to Shin Jiao, he would just shot that person's leg to disable his movements. It didn't take too long for him to knock down the people chasing after him.

The young masters who are watching the fight were dumbfounded as they didn't expect for Shin Jiao to be able to defeat the cultivators. Even Hong Nian was thunderstruck as he didn't expect the artifact on Shin Jiao's hand to be able to even hurt cultivators when used by mere trash.

"I must know how he did it. To craft something like that, he must have some ancient knowledge." Hong Nian's desire to get the crafting method enters his mind.

"If I can learn it, then my status in the clan would grow more. I won't even have to stay in this clan and bootlick that idiot Wei Qi Nian. Hehehe…" He thought.

But then another incredulous thing happened. Shin Jiao suddenly moved like a specter and disappear leaving only his after image, upon seeing this everyone was dumbfounded.

"How… how did he do that? He is just a mere mortal servant. This couldn't be!" Wei Qi Nian suddenly panicked.

"Everyone get him! Don't let him escape!" he shouted in anger.

"Don't worry young master Nian, I can know where he is." The calm voice of Hong Nian made Wei Qi Nian turn around.

"Really! Then go! We must catch that bastard!" Wei Qi Nian shouted.

With a nod, Hong Nian signaled the young masters to follow him. Although their servants were defeated they are confident to be able to stop Shin Jiao as on their person they carry some protective amulets. And so they followed Hong Nian who seems to know where Shin Jiao went.

Shin Jiao, on the other hand, began to traverse through the forest while turning his head from left to right as if trying to find something. Not long later, Shin Jiao suddenly stopped.

"There seems to be something wrong." He thought.

Shin Jiao always trusted his danger sense as they have always saved his life on many occasions. And right now he felt restless inside his heart, which means danger is near. And so with instead of running, he proceeds with caution. Shin Jiao slowly traverse the Dark Forest while using trying to heighten up his hearing. At this time he cannot casually use his absolute sense as it is still very taxing and puts a lot of stress on his brain.

He has already experienced using the absolute sense and also experienced the stress it gives after. So Shin Jiao would not casually do so, only in case of an emergency that he will use it to preserve his life. Prolong use of absolute sense can cause him to lose his concentration and even his consciousness.

Right now as he is escaping from his opponents he can't fall like that would cause him to surely lose his life. But while escaping there is something that tells him to use it, so Shin Jiao is now trying to weigh the pros and cons of using the absolute sense.

Shin Jiao wanted to try using absolute sense once again but this time he needed to learn how to control it so as to lessen the mental burden. And so with that goal in mind, Shin Jiao closed his eyes and began to use absolute sense. Slowly Shin Jiao can once again feel the darkness in his mind becoming clearer, but that was not his goal, his goal is to spread his sense as far as he could and detecting blurry objects and things. As Shin Jiao was able to grasp the ability little by little he was shocked to discover that his absolute sense reached 500 meters. But before he could feel happy a frown suddenly appears on his face.

Not too far from where he stood walks a group of demon beasts. From his count, they number around 30 beasts. The formations of the demon beasts are odd as they as closing in on him like a net that caught a fish. So if he wanted to escape he has to run back, but that is not an option. Gritting his teeth Shin Jiao checked each of the demon beast's levels. Upon doing so, he heaves a sigh of relief and a smile actually bloomed on his mouth.

"Whatever is happening, I've thankful. Now I can have 30 demon beast cores." He said as he immediately dashed towards the nearest one upon opening his eyes.

His first target is a meter-sized spider-like creature, its long sharp legs and fangs were immediately revealed upon seeing a human. Shin Jiao didn't think twice and just released two-shot directly to its head. The demon beast didn't expect something so fast and was not able to dodge or even defend itself as two holes appear one on its head and the other on its abdomen.

When the demon beast fell lifeless on the ground Shin Jiao didn't hesitate to draw his sword and take out the demon beast core. He didn't stop but instead, continue to his next target.

Not long later he found another demon beast, a red feathered raptor. This time the creature detected him on his approached and immediately pounced upon seeing his figure. Its sharp claws whished through the air towards Shin Jiao's torso, while its huge jaws are wide open to bite hit head. Upon seeing this Shin Jiao was shocked, but still he was able to use Shadow steps to dodge and appear beside the red-feathered raptor with his gun already pointing at its head.

Two bloody holes which blasted its brains on the ground appear. Just like his first target, Shin Jiao didn't think twice and just quickly gather the demon beast core.

And just like that, he started to hunt the rest.

It didn't take for Shin Jiao to finish the rest and was able to gather at least 32 demon beast cores. This made him truly happy, as now he has his power supply for his gun and glove. He didn't know how long they can stay in this place, preparation is the key to his survival and now that he is ready his confidence was boosted.

Then Shin Jiao used once again his absolute sense to see if there are any more beasts but frowns when he found none. When he opens his eyes a sudden feeling of dizziness overcame him.

"Damn… I think this is my limit, I need to rest." Shin Jiao said as he looks at the direction and ran.

He needed to rest his mind because if not, then he will lose his consciousness. And so he frantically ran while looking for something.

While Shin Jiao was running away, around 20 people suddenly appear in the area where he slowly hunted the demon beasts. When they arrived everyone was stupefied at the scene. The smell of blood is too strong in the area and a lot of demon beast's carcasses are all over the ground.

"What the hell happened here?"

"I thought we are hunting a mere mortal. How come he doesn't act like one?"

"Hong Nian, what's the meaning of this? We just wasted a demon beast lure; the number of cores we could have collected this time is huge."

The people around Hong Nian suddenly voiced out their thoughts.

"Everyone, since he has already taken the beast cores, this means we can get it from him. I can still locate his whereabouts, let's go." Hong Nian said with an excited look on his face.

Now that he knows the true capability of the artifact on Shin Jiao's hands his greed to learn its crafting technique is to the roof.

"It's your bad luck to have met me, lowly servant. Kekeke…" Hong Nian sinisterly grinned as he follows the traces of Shin Jiao's footsteps.

The mind of Hong Nian is already planning on how to capture Shin Jiao. As he goes through the content of his spatial pouch on the items he is going to use.