Thomas and Zara were nervous while seeing the seven black intruders who had already drawn their swords.
"I can't see their cultivation realm," Thomas whispered.
Zara's hand had already started sweating while clenching the sword tightly.
"Who are you!? And what do you want?" Zara yelled with a shaky voice.
The black men remain quiet while releasing a deathly aura.
Witnessing the intruders' quiet reactions, Thomas and Zara got down from their horse while discharging their cultivation aura. Also, taking a fighting stance.
Six black men moved in unison, attacking Thomas and Zara at every angle in a synchronous attitude.
Thomas chose to attach four of the black while leaving the remaining two for Zara.
Thomas had been encamped by the four black men, putting him in a difficult position.
"Hmm!"
Hearing Zara cry, Thomas grimaced. He raised his eyebrows with a narrow look while taking a glance at Zara.
"This can't continue," Thomas thought.
['Go footwork']
Thomas uttered.
Thomas moved in an unusual posture, neither moving forward nor backward, creating a misconception to confuse the enemy.
Meanwhile, Zara had been in a difficult situation. She had never been in a situation where she had to fight two people who were more powerful than her.
While the lack of battle experience played a key role in her fight, after a few injuries, she started to adapt while gaining her footing in the fight. Moreover, the sword art she was using came from Thomas, a top-level mortal art. Also, this gives her an advantage over her enemy.
Martial arts are of different grades, from the lowest. Common, uncommon, mortal, rare, epic, and profound. Also, the levels are: low, middle, top, and peak. Moreover, the difficulty of cultivating these martial arts is based on ranks while cultivators' comprehension plays a vital role.
Thomas breathed a sigh of relief while escaping the tight formation of the enemy. He had not been able to perform his martial art to its fullest under the frustrating formation.
['Cloud shattering first form - black cloud']
Thomas performed his sword attacks, black clouds appeared while shrouding the four black men. The black cloud contains the entry sword intent of Thomas while making the attack potent and dangerous.
"*puuch
Immediately, two of the four black men had had their chest cleave sharply and neatly while blood gushed out.
The two men had their hands on their chest, trying to stop the blood while falling on their knees, dead.
Dumfounded, the two black men froze, they stared at their fallen comrades whose bodies were turning to ashes.
Thomas was startled, with wide eyes, he stared at the ashes who had now been blown away by air.
" What's going on?" He murmured.
Waking up from their stupor, the two black attacked Thomas fiercely with everything they've got while their killing intent raised another bar.
Noticing the incoming attacks,
['Diamond slash'] Thomas yelled.
A diamond colour shield appeared around Thomas while obstructing the attack.
"Boom!!"
The shock waves of the attack left the dust flying everywhere while the nearby rock disintegrated.
The shield around Thomas cracked a little but it withstood the attack.
Meanwhile, on Zara's side, she had gotten accustomed to the fight while fighting both of the black men on equal ground.
['Seven shadow attack - third form']
Zara yelled.
Instead of attacking both of them together, Zara concentrated her attack on the enemy on her right side. The shadow attack contains three attacks layered on each other. The intruder did manage to block the obvious attack while the two hidden attacks penetrated the intruder's chest.
Meanwhile, Zara never ceased moving, she used the ['Matis walk'] to evade the second intruder attack by an inch.
The fight was now intense as ever, everybody is now putting everything they've got.
Thomas fought the two black men on even ground. Moreover, his eyes never left the remaining black man who had yet to join the battle.
The black man behind the hood with a black mask, left Thomas curious. Also, the man never showed any sign of joining the battle. Moreover, the power emitted from the man is stronger than the rest.
"I need to finish this fight before their leader joins," Thomas thought.
['Go footwork second form - shadow walk']
Thomas yelled
The Go footwork has three forms, namely, walk in the park, shadow walk, and mad escape.
Thomas' figure turned illusory while he performed the second form of the Go footwork. He moves nim0bly between the black men's attack while performing the ['lightning jade attack, third form'].
The black men were frustrated while everything they attacked turned out to be shadowy.
How are they going to kill a boy who is as sly as a fox and slippery like a fish?
The lightning jade attack did not have any name for its attack. It has nine forms of attacks while It's a close-range sword attack.
"*Puuch
"*Puuch
Thomas appeared at the back of the two black men while a streak of lightning faintly appeared on his sword. Shaking his sword the two black who had their heads turned to Thomas had their bodies cut in half.
The black men did not know how they died. But who are they going to ask?
Watching the two black men turn to ashes, Thomas breathed a sigh of relief while he had a bead of sweat on his forehead.
Subsequently, Zara performed two different sword attacks ['earth slash, second form - mountain drop and seven shadow attack, third form'] while the black man blocked the first sword attack, his hand was numb due to the effect of earth slash the second form.
The black man's hand felt like a mountain had been dropped on his hand when he blocked the attack while he reacted slowly to the second attack.
" Puuch!
"*Puuch!
"*Puuch.!
Zara's attack pierced his head with two attacks on his chest.
Seeing the man turned to ashes, Zara had a light smile on her lips while dried blood was located at the corner of her mouth.
Her beautiful blue v-shape dress had been torn to pieces with various sword attacks leaving a deep injury on her body. Also, her face had lost its luster, she had fought with everything she got while she looked haggard.
Thomas walks to Zara and pats her by the shoulder. Zara could only smile while she swallowed the essence recovering pill, a peak rank 1 pill.
Thomas' eyes were fixed on the last man standing while he stood beside Zara. Moreover, he also swallows an essence recovering pill.
Meanwhile, the black stood there like a pole while his black robe was blown gently by the wind.
Thomas and Zara had regained a bit of their lost essence while they stood in an attacking posture.
Noticing this, the air around the black man changed drastically, the aura around the man was so strong that it gave Thomas and Zara cold sweat while Thomas remained calm and composed, Zara could not, she was vividly trembling. Moreover, she was suffocating, she could barely stand straight.
Thomas released his full cultivation aura together with his bloodline while holding his sword with both hands.
The atmosphere changed, as two aura were clashing with each other while Thomas took two steps backward, the black man remained firm on the spot. Meanwhile, Zara had already lost consciousness under the suffocating auras.
"He is an intermediate essence building realm, hmm," Thomas thought while he narrowed his gaze and stared at the black man.
The black took a step, immediately he appeared before Thomas. Meanwhile, Thomas did not dilly dally, he quickly cast the diamond slash, creating a barrier around.
The black man attacked the barrier nonchalantly.
"Boom!"
Thomas was not surprised by the attacking power of the black man.
Thomas did wait for a second while using footwork the second form[shadow walk] to elude the attack while Thomas also sent out an attack.
"[Cloud shattering first form - black cloud]"
Thomas shouted.
The black man swung his sword while releasing a strong wind from his sword to cut Thomas' attack into two.
The black man did not stop at that, two strong winds attacked Thomas while the second attack was more deadly than the first attack.
Thomas's expression did not change, while using the GO footwork second form to nimble through the wind attack while performing the [Cloud shattering second form - white cloud].
The white cloud swallows the wind attack while continuing to attack the black man. The white cloud slashes the man at the belly.
"Hmm"
The black man made a sound for the first time while taking two steps backward.
The man stopped, he looked at his stomach where the attack hit, even though the attack had lost its momentum, the attack still left a deep cut on his stomach.
Immediately, the man changed his attacking posture while sending three consecutive gales of strong wind attack.
Without further ado, seeing the incoming attack, Thomas raised his defense shield [Diamond slash] to the maximum.
"Boom"
The collusion of the attack sent shock waves while Zara who had been unconscious was thrown away 50 meters back.
Blood gushed out from Zara's mouth and nose while she woke up. Dumbfounded, with wide eyes, she stared at the epic battle before her with her mouth agape.
Meanwhile, Thomas' defense broke under the continuous attack. The third gale winds hit Thomas with high velocity, sending him 30 meters back while he puked huge blood with a deep injury on his chest.
With the assistant of the sword, Thomas stood up with great difficulty.
Noticing that Thomas was alive under that attack, the black man prepared to send another devastating attack.
Not giving him a chance to attack, Thomas immediately sent out the Cloud shattering third form [Rainy day] attack while pouring all his sword intent into the attack.
The surroundings changed drastically, the air became sharp like a sword while there was a rain of sword attack traveling toward the black man.
Seeing this, the man retreated quickly while sending four huge gale attacks. Meanwhile, Thomas did not stop after sending the attack, he quickly used the Go footwork third form[Mad escape].
Moving with great speed while leaving afterimages, Thomas moves nimbly through the two colliding attacks and appears before the black man all of a sudden.
Caught unprepared, the man tries to cast another attack. But would Thomas give him that opportunity?
"[Lightning jade fourth attack]" Thomas yelled.
Thomas's sword turned to four illusory attacks while attacking four different places of the man's body at the same time.
"Puuch"
The black man had been cut on the head, neck, and two attacks on his chest.
The black man stood still while he turned to ashes immediately.
Seeing this, Thomas breathed a sigh of relief. He turned back to face Zara who had her hand covering her mouth.
Taking a step, Thomas fell and lost consciousness.