53 The stench of death

"Good information. But you are still right in front of me." Ed said and they all paled.

Ed did not care about this. He still wanted to fight. As far as he was concern, they were still capable of training him a little. Screams could be heard from far away and blood soaked the dry grounds.

By the time Ed left, one could tell that a fight had taken place. He did not waste time. He knew that a lot of eagle faction members had escaped, most to tell their leader who was not around during his attack, and others to spread news. He was sure that most that escaped beyond his reach did not hear the last words he had spoken to the high ranked members of the eagle faction. They did not know he was just training, neither did they know his next destination.

Still, information about his appearance and his strength would spread fast, making people run at the sight of him this would not do him well if he wanted them to stop and fight.

He made his way in the direction of the night-hound faction. He wasted not time getting there, like he did in the case of the eagle faction. When he arrived, their fate was sealed. Their leader was unlucky enough to be there when he arrived. Before the sun started to go down, he had stained the grounds with their blood.

He was right. Word had started to spread. The eagle faction is gone. The night-hound faction is gone. Those who recounted these tales, may not have suspected the same person, but those who listened did. The style of fighting, it must be the same person. After all, the night-hound faction were south of the eagle faction's location. These incidence happened after the other. It only meant that the person just moved to the next faction and killed.

People now heard that he was not one of the top ten. A new lone power? Many shivered. Many of them were not around when most of the top ten got their rank. After all, the great spill allows for people to stay in it for up to five years and many of them were had not stayed that long. But, they could guess, that this is probably how the top ten cam to get that rank; climbing on skulls.

News that the heaven's hammer faction were destroyed also circulated. But this was done by a new faction. A faction of five newcomers. People were shaken. When were newcomers this strong? The silent faction, they were called. Many wanted to know about these two new powers.

The silent faction were of course, Ku Nam and his group. After they had killed off the heaven's hammer faction, they heard news of the other two faction's demise.

"Oh? It's him." Ku Nam said.

"That man? How is that possible? I met him at the great spill gates and saw his cultivation level. He is only at the spirit picking stage." autumn bloom said.

"Why are you calling him a man? He is probably only a few years older than you." the other girl said to autumn bloom.

"I told you not to underestimate people." Ku Nam smiled lightly.

"He killed off two factions. One on the fifth rank and the other on the eighth rank. The difference is to much. Why?" one of the men asked.

"He went to the eagle faction because I told him where they were. The other faction is said to have been close by. He does not seem like a blood thirsty person. What ever the reason, he does not care about ranks." Ku Nam said.

"But he did not kill the leader of the eagle faction. I hear that when he heard of the destruction of his faction, he joined the gentle winds faction. They are number two on the list." the other man said.

"Still, that boy has planted a target on his back. The leader of the night-hound faction is the younger brother of one of the top ten. He will be killed soon." Autumn bloom with a scuff.

"You are not powerful at all amongst your peers, autumn bloom, yet you continue to underestimate people." Ku Nam said with a small laugh.

"Are you looking down on me now?" Autumn bloom fumed, but Ku Nam only ruffled her hair.

"No matter what, we are never to clash with him." he said and the others nodded.