Venders Ally was covered in a layer of black smog.
The scent of burnt wood made Jingli's eyes water. Jingli watched in horror as the little specks of ash fell from the sky onto Chief LuoQuan black coat leaving it spotted grey.
"Chief... your cultivation... you advanced ...Spirit Apprentice Level Fourteen Violet.."Jingli paled with fear. Impossible..
LuoQuan wiped the ash off his shoulder nonchalantly while he watched the teenager about to be burned alive in a ring of his fire.
However when the flames hit the teenager- like water hitting hot oil the flame sparked into a huge surge of waves rushing upwards.
Hue LuoQuan felt uneasy.. a creepy smile appeared on the teenagers face as he burned.
"You...youu.." Hue LuoQuan took a step back instinctively watching the teenager smile as he glided out of the fire.
"Beg me." The teenager said coldly.
"Ha.. me beg you?! ." LuoQuan snapped out of it and mocked sourly. "Didn't your parents ever teach you when to bow out and respect your elders, don't act arrogant just because you avoided my weakest flame"
'This little bastard he must have a fire resilient artifact. I'll just have to beat him to death!'
The teenager awkwardly stumbles a step back and rubs his head seemingly uncomfortable. "Beg me." he closed his eyes sighing deeply.
"You ... that arrogance will get you killed!" LuoQuan angrily rushes forward with his fists raised and unleashed a combo of punches on the teenager.
The teenager stood still, rubbing methodically at the pounding in his head.
LuoQuan's fist made contact with the teenagers gut and face with a crack.
Sounds of bones cracking gave Jingli goosebumps, he'd never get used to that sound. The Chiefs always took him to watch while he tortured others for his amusement.
"Arrghhhhhaaaa!" LuoQuan jumped back holding his hands in front of him in fear.
Three of his fingers were twisted unnaturally and his pinky snapped off and was dangling by a thin piece of skin.
"Chief..." Jingli gasped in shock.
"What are you standing there for, run! Quick go call the elite guards... no wait call all the guards. Go run you fool!" LuoQuan runs away abandoning Jingli in the center of Venders Ally.
LuoQuan dashed fervently through the streets till he was at a safe distance, before taking out a bottle knocking back a green pearl like pill.
Jingli stood rooted to the ground for a moment... before he took off running in the direction of the Generals headquarters.
LuoQuan sat down to cultivate the Restoration pills. He just bought them at an auction, not expecting to use them so soon. Each one can restore any injury, and one alone costed over 10,000 gold!
He adjusted his fingers back into place and a green glow of healing spirit energy connected the fractured bones back together slowly healing all the wounds on his hands.
Rai Kiyoshi ignored the scared little Chief and paced back and forth.
"You will all regret this... haha everything you've done to me... you'll regret..I'll return it every last bit of this pain ...." Rai Kiyoshi's body swayed and he fell to his knees gripping his hair. "Stop it.. I don't need your help I can do it ...I can kill them all on my own!"
His spiritual energy shot out radiating heat in a chaotic style burning the ground he kneeled on.
Siyan rushed forward to help him griping onto his shoulder ignoring the burning sting in his palm from Rai Kiyoshi heat. "Hey kid you okay?"
"Get your filthy hands off of me! Don't touch me!" Rai Kiyoshi grabbed Siyan's wrist and threw him off with an unprecedented amount of strength.
Siyan was flung into a storefront knocking into a wall causing the building to crashed down over him. "don't... don't touch me...I'll kill you...I'll kill you all!" Rai Kiyoshi whimpered repeatedly. "... stop it hurts.. okay .... okay ...just don't let them hurt me anymore.."
Rai Kiyoshi body fell to the ground and shook unconsciously with tremors for a few seconds.
His body went still and suddenly stood up in one fluid motion his hair fell covering his face.
"Hahahahaaa.. shall I begin." Rai Kiyoshi looked up to a building in the distance and smiled. "I'll save you for last."
His figure disappeared in a flash.
Meanwhile a group of thirty men neatly dressed in battle armor trudged through the end of Venders Ally following Jingli.
"Chief! Chief where are you? Boy didn't you say the Chief called us? Well where is he?"Guard Fu arrogantly stepped on a child's toy and kicked it in disgust. "Ugh why does the Young Miss still mingle with these lowly countryside peasants. It's so disgusting here even the air is dirty like them." Guard Fu stepped into the black smog looking for signs of the Chief.
"Chief..was fighting a foreigner in the center a moment ago.. we separated when I was told to send for you, I'm not sure where he is now." Jingli looked down at the ground clenching his fists in anger. This was his home how dare these pigs insult his home.
But considering his punishment last time ..speaking up nearly costed his life, there wasn't anything he could do but yield to their insults.
"Chi-agghhh." Guard Fu stood motionless his last words stuck in his throat.
"Fu?..Hey Fu ..? What-.....Oh Shit!" Another guard jumped away from Guard Fu.
He only taped Fu's shoulder lightly and ...Fu's head slid off his neck and rolled to the floor with a splat. "Everyone be on guard."
"Hahahahaaa..."raspy laughter echoed throughout the smog. "One.."
LuoQuan finished cultivating the healing pills and stood up dusting his hands off with glee. "Now where's that useless Jingli at! I want to toy with these foreigners till they die!"