Considering the time and the possibility of not all of them being awake, Jian Shen decided to not waste any more time thinking and jumped down the tree.
Thud!
Not trying in the slightest to hide the sound that was created when his feet landed on the ground, Jian Shen began walking straight forward towards the clearing in the middle of all these trees that had quite a lot of tents pitched up.
"Who is it?!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Be careful!!!"
"INTRUDERS!!!"
With loud yells making their way through the air as soon as those who were on guard duty saw Jian Shen, everyone regardless of whether they were asleep or awake ran out of their tents and quickly formed a circle to make sure that they were looking at all the sides and stay prepared for an attack from any direction.
Unfortunately, no matter how much they tried to probe with their senses or eyes, the only one they could find that didn't belong to their group was Jian Shen.
"Is he the only one...?"
"Fuck! Which of you idiots shouted enemy attack? Wasting my precious sleep for this brat? I'll... "
"What a waste of time. As if anyone would even dare attack our Dong Clan."
After confirming that Jian Shen was the only one, not only did everyone write off that the unknown young man was not an intruder, but they even started finding who it was that screamed loudly and woke them up.
"It's most likely some fool that lost his location transmitting jade slip and came here. Just.... "
"Wait a second! Look at that!"
Pointing at the token that was tied to the sash, the man once again said, "His token is in the 4th level!"
As soon as he said those words, everyone looked towards the token which genuinely had a few gold coloured strands on it.
Still, considering that most of them had only managed to increase their tokens to 2nd level, and only the elite had managed to reach 3rd level.
So, now that someone with a 4th level token was right in front of them, how could they just let him leave like they originally planned to do.
"If we take that token, our Dong Clan will definitely obtain the first spot!"
Nodding their heads in union since all of them knew how hard it was to raise the token's level until it turned gold in colour, everyone showed a greedy look as if Jian Shen was a fish waiting for them on a chopping board.
"Heheheheheheh.... What a fool he is to walk here while showing it off."
"Yeah, he most likely thinks he is invincible because he managed to turn his token golden."
"Tsk! I'm sure that he did it by trapping others and killing them. Just you all wait and see, I'll kill him in an instant."
Running forward after his blood declaration, both the man who ran and those who looked at him left that Jian Shen was bound to die.
After all, the man's Spear was already less than a few inches away from his neck, but Jian Shen was still walking forward as if he couldn't see anything.
Slash!
What happened in the next second however was out of everyone's expectations.
Jian Shen himself was completely unscathed and was walking in the same pace as before, the man who was rushing at him however swung his spear in the air before slowly falling to the ground and revealing a thin clean line on his neck.
Psss!
With blood shooting out of the man's dead body like a fountain, the look of shock on his face was enough to show that he himself didn't know how he died.
After all, why else would he still be smiling arrogantly even after being killed?
"Humph! Is this how your clan welcomes its guests? Attacking me even before I can ask you where the Cui Clan's camp is, do you want me to kill you all?!"
Not bothering too much with Jian Shen's words, none of them intended to tell him where those from the Cui Clan was at.
Instead, they decided to be more careful when dealing with him.
"Not bad. That bastard was at least able to let us understand that our prey is an elite."
"Showing such strength even before he entered the Spirit Beast Manifestation Realm, he definitely isn't someone that we can allow to grow any further."
"Yes. If he continues growing stronger, the Cui Clan will definitely stand a chance at recovering their past prestige! It's best if we kill him before that."
Speaking openly since from the beginning they never planned on sparing Jian Shen, everyone changed their positions and surrounded Jian Shen as if to cut off any routes of escape.
"Humph! Since none of you appreciate your lives, I won't be kind either! I'm now giving you two choices! Hand over your tokens, or die!"
With fake anger covering his entire existence, Jian Shen managed to make everyone think that he was trying to hide his scared and nervous feelings due to which he was bluffing, when in fact he was grinning nonstop at how things were working out more and more to his benefit.
"Too bad brat. We won't even give you a chance to choose. After all, we want both your life and the token!"
"Attack!"
Rooaaarrrrrrrr!
Kiiiiiiiiiii!