Chapter 84 84 – Going In



"There are two disciples inside. I can't tell their physical condition, but it shouldn't be too well. They should also be exhausted after the long intense fighting."

Ken reported to the two women by his side once the fighting was over. Although as fifth-stage cultivators they had a larger pool of Qi than Ken, their expenditure would also be higher while fighting with each other.

"Let's go in. Ken, you conceal yourself and so will I. Jane, you go inside and take their attention, check if they're allies or enemies."

Diana gave instructions and the other two followed. Ken wasn't aware of the details, but he knew she could conceal herself and still shoot her arrows silently. She just couldn't do it while concealing others.

Ken activated Sheathed Man and walked inside a few meters behind Jane. As soon as they entered, they found 2 women sitting down and recuperating while ingesting healing pills. Other than them were 4 corpses and a carcass of a beast.

One of them missed an arm which was probably stored in her storage ring. The sect will be able to easily patch it back for her with some high-grade pills and relevant techniques.

"Who is going there?"

The two women stood up, unsheathing their weapons. The other woman was exhausted, but other than a few shallow stabs and cuts she wasn't as heavily wounded.

"Sorry, I was just taking a look to see what was going on inside the cave."

Jane smiled at the woman fearlessly. The woman couldn't attack first since her stage was revealed, and by the laws of war, the woman wasn't allowed to attack someone from a lower stage.

"Have you seen enough? Leave now."

The woman frowned at the intruder and waited for her to leave. However, Jane wasn't over just yet.

"Of course, right after I take my senior brothers' remains and storage rings to bring back to their masters and families."

Jane unsheathed her sword and exuded a strong killing intent. It was a provocation, but still not enough to issue killing her. However, nobody would complain if the woman beat a low-stage cultivator that didn't know her place.

"Since you asked for a beating, don't blame me for picking on you."

The healthy woman stood up while the other just shook her head, concentrating on healing herself. She thought the girl was overestimating her strength if she thought she could beat someone from the Nascent Soul Stage only because of exhaustion.

'Swordsman' brandished her greatsword, blocking her opponent's sword. Despite her strength, she was pushed back a few meters away.

"You!"

The woman shouted in surprise when she suddenly noticed the presence of a child right next to her. She subconsciously ignored his existence to this point, but she finally noticed him once she was only one meter away.

'Flash Unwind.'

Ken unsheathed his sword at lightning speed, and to his dismay, despite the close range, surprise effect, and insane speed, the woman managed to place her sword in the way and even deflect the flexible blade with a twirl of her arm and tilting her head.

'The power of a Soul Nascent Stage cultivator is much higher than I expected.'

Ken pondered while the woman was blocking his sword. He wasn't worried; there was one more person participating in the assault. Evidently, the woman wasn't specialized in detection and didn't notice the bow user lurking 100 meters away.

"Ursula, careful!"

The woman behind quickly got up when she sensed something. She was the one in charge of detection, but because of her injuries and exhaustion, she lost her sharpness. The moment she noticed Ken's presence, she activated her technique to find hidden dangers and found one more person.

It all happened in a flash; a silent arrow suddenly pierced through Ursula's right arm, leaving a hole so wide that the arm fell to the side and hung there motionlessly.

Ursula sensed the killing intent following the arrow, but she couldn't do anything about it on such short notice; she was still busy deflecting the bothersome flexible sword. If she just blocked it normally, it'd curve and slice her throat, posing a serious threat to her life.

'Snake Thrust.'

Ken followed with another attack. The woman just lost the arm that held both her weapon and her storage ring and could only try to use her other harm to block Ken's thrust. 

She placed her arm in the sword's trajectory, seeing through the complicated attack. Her arm was coated in a thick layer of Qi, but it wasn't enough to block a Heaven-grade technique used with a fifth-grade sword. Ken's sword pierced through her hand, leaving two holes in her chest.

A moment before he executed Snake Thrust, his opponent's comrade lunged toward him at high speed, disregarding her injuries and pain to save her friend.

Before she could arrive, a large greatsword appeared along with a short, tanned girl in front of her.

"Move!"

She screamed and did her best to garner enough power to push away the smiling girl from her way. With a crazed smile, Jane took her saber attack head-on, and a talisman activated to save her.

With only one hand and many other injuries, the woman couldn't bring out her full strength. Even so, it was enough to send Jane stumbling a few steps back. Unfortunately, she was sent back as well.

When she regained her footing, it was too late to help Ursula. Her friend was laying on the ground, bleeding to death as she breathed her last.

She clenched her teeth in anger. She refused to believe she was going to die at the hands of a few weaklings that took advantage of their situation. The strong shock from her dash and blows exchange reopened the injuries she barely closed before the battle, and she was bleeding severely.

With a crazed smile on her face, Jane threw all precautions to the air and charged forward, ready to exchange another round of blows with the enemy. It might have been a bad choice.

"I will take you down with me!"