The aura of the group of men wearing black clothes made Xue Yan, Xue Yin, Bi Qingchen and Bi Luo fall to the ground with their knees for support, only Bi Jiao was able to resist this pressure.
"Aura of War! this is an Earth Palace!" Bi Jiao said very carefully while feeling this pressure.
The group approached Bi Jiao's group. One of the men with an imposing aura stepped forward and walked towards Bi Jiao, "Miss, this Lightning Jade Ape has been our target for a long time, so please give this to us or…" the man raised his finger around his neck then moved like slaughtering.
Bi Jiao was not afraid of this man and replied coldly, "Our Lightning Jade Ape killed him so this is ours!"
The man laughed loudly when he heard Bi Jiao's answer. After the laughter died down the man smirked then said, "Only with this second Golden Realm?" the man laughed again followed by his group.
"Be wise or we'll take your turn," said one of the men in the group lustfully looking up and down Bi Jiao, her beautiful white skin beautified with two very rounded mountains on her chest her perfectly fitting hips and slim waist made her the men fantasized.
"Go or I'll send you to hell." suddenly a cheerful voice came from above the tree.
The group of men simultaneously looked around and found two young men on a big tree, the two youths did not have the slightest aura from their bodies and the level of practice of the two young men they could not read! But the leader could read the practice level of the two youths who were none other than Han Xiao and Ne Zha.
The leader laughed when he learned that Han Xiao and Ne Zha were only in the first Golden Realm, killing them both was as easy as turning a hand he thought. He had confidence in his practice in Palace Expansion!
"Come on you guys," said the Leader.
Han Xiao didn't stay still he rushed over recklessly, while Ne Zha shook his head at this best friend. Ne Zha followed Han Xiao charging forward.
The next scene left Bi Jiao's group dumbfounded as all the black clothed men transformed into beastmen. Yes, this is 'Body Transformation' cultivators who have reached the second Golden Realm to change their body shape to that of a human beast, it requires a Demonic Beast Core or a Spirit Beast Soul, but this is not arbitrary it also requires a process from experts to form a Transformation Core.
What surprised Bi Jiao's group was not this Transformation of Forms but the number of enemies and the form of the enemies.
Most of them are werewolves, not all of them are werewolves, only some have horns. Han Xiao attacked recklessly he immediately raised his hand and clenched it.
Sky Destroying Fist!
With Han Xiao's loud shout hitting the front line sent the werewolves flying backwards, the punch contained destructive power and was as heavy as a mountain it wasn't just any punching technique!
After all the group were still third Gold Realm cultivators so the blow didn't hurt them it just sent them flying backwards. But that was enough because the moment they rose a faint shadow-like figure attacked them, blood splattered everywhere as the group's chest was pierced in an unknown manner! A faint shadow appeared beside Han Xiao and started to form a young man it was Ne Zha, the group was shocked when Ne Zha's sneak attack was so fatal. If it wasn't for their cultivation at the third Golden Realm perhaps they would have died.
Han Xiao whispered something to Ne Zha, Ne Zha nodded then disappeared again like a shadow. This made the group of black clothed men wary.
"Th...that's me...mer...they're Yu Wenyan's group of five-star hunters!" upon seeing the Changed form and the group's fighting style Bi Jiao gasped in surprise and spoke with a stutter.
"You guys know us? Why not give the Lightning Jade Ape and get out of here!" said the leader named Yu Wenyan as he let out another War Aura.
Slash...
Blood spurting from Yu Wenyan's right arm surprised him he was a Palace Expansion but getting a sneak attack even more embarrassing was that he didn't feel any aura just empty! That was the specialty of the Shadow Blade Finger technique that it not only made the hands as sharp as knives but made the body like a shadow.
"Only a fake Earth Palace dares to be so arrogant in front of me?" a cheerful voice sounded beside Yu Wenyan.
When Yu Wenyan glanced at him there was a huge and terrifying fist coming at him that contained an aura of great destruction! He instantly took out his defensive technique to block the fist from Han Xiao.
Boom!
A loud bang occurred and a shockwave shattered the ground five meters down, Han Xiao took a few steps back. The dust that flew by then subsided revealing Yu Wenyan's bloodied figure and an unsightly face.
"You forced me!" shouted Yu Wenyan he immediately did a Body Change.
His appearance was unlike the werewolf his black-furred subordinates. Yu Wenyan had bright silver fur. Yu Wenyan ferociously expended all his strength and channeled Qi towards the spear then attacked Han Xiao who was in front of him.
Ne Zha who saw the great strength of the man immediately warned Han Xiao not to be reckless.
"Yes, the fake Earth Palace that broke through during the third Golden Realm," Han Xiao replied.
It was true what Han Xiao said, to have the cultivation of the Earth Palace a Cultivator had to have the practice of the fifth Golden Realm before breaking through to the Palace Expansion realm. while for the Mortal Palace it was the third Golden Realm, and the Heaven Palace was the seventh Golden Realm.
However, it was extremely difficult to reach the fifth Golden Realm! To reach the seventh Golden Realm was even as difficult as reaching heaven. So very few cultivators reached the Heaven's Palace and formed ten Fate Palaces.
Yu Wenyan displayed the four Fate Palaces which indicated he was the Mortal Palace but was slightly stronger approaching the Heavenly Palace because of his four Fate Palaces.
Within the Fate Palace there was a pool containing the Water of Consciousness and a place for cultivators' special weapons, those were weapons they formed with the souls and consciousness of cultivators. This weapon wouldn't fall into anyone's hands once the cultivator died it would disappear by itself, but there was always the exception that King Realm cultivators would be able to separate themselves from the weapon until this weapon could be inherited.
Yu Wenyan picked up his weapon in the form of a spear with a very large spear blade with a red luster that the sword emitted a rancid smell of blood.
"Silly brat, taste my spear!" with that Yu Wenyan thrust his spear towards Han Xiao's chest.
Han Xiao didn't do anything he looked at Ne Zha who was slaughtering Yu Wenyan's men then asked with a cheerful face, "Am I crazy?"
Ne Zha looked at Han Xiao with a face that showed that he agreed, "Yes, you are a bitch."
Boom!
An explosion occurred as Yu Wenyan's spear was held back by Han Xiao's two fingers. Bi Jiao's group was dumbfounded when they saw Han Xiao resisting the mighty power of Yu Wenyan's spear, they knew very well that Yu Wenyan was the leader of five-star Demonic Beast hunters. It was no weaker than a genius cultivator. But Yu Wenyan's fierce attack was like a mosquito flying in Han Xiao's hands.
"Too bad if you were the Earth Palace that had five, not seven Fate Palaces, I would have played with you." Han Xiao said in a regretful tone.
This made Yu Wenyan want to vomit blood in anger when he heard Han Xiao's words.
"Ne Zha, just seal them. I'm already bored," said Han Xiao as he punched to push Yu Wenyan backwards far away.
This frightened Bi Jiao's group, just a casual punch from Han Xiao was able to make Yu Wenyan fly away! Ne Zha on the other hand performed a hand mudra as soon as light shone from his palm, as the faint light of all of Yu Wenyan's men including himself was sealed by Ne Zha.
"They're sealed and won't be able to move for another day, we'd better go," said Ne Zha.
"Eitt, just a second..." Han Xiao stopped Ne Zha who was about to leave then looked at Bi Jiao's group, "You guys bring them in front of me."
Bi Jiao's group nodded then immediately brought Yu Wenyan's men in front of Han Xiao. They were confused about what Han Xiao was going to do.
Han Xiao smirked at Yu Wenyan's men in front of him. He looked at the people one by one and then mumbled, "Well, it's a shame the supplements weren't eaten."
He walked over to one of Yu Wenyan's men and placed his hand on the man's head, the man withered at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. Ne Zha just shook his head at what Han Xiao was doing.
One by one Yu Wenyan's men shriveled up as their Qi and blood essence was devoured by Han Xiao to the point of turning them back into mortals.
After devouring Han Xiao's Qi and blood essence, turning his gaze on Yu Wenyan, Yu Wenyan's heart was about to burst out of his body when it got a glance from Han Xiao.
"Forgive me, I have eyes but can't see the majesty of a young swordsman, please let me live." Yu Wenyan shouted for Han Xiao's forgiveness.
Han Xiao cheerfully looked at Yu Wenyan then said, "I'm in a good mood so I'll let you live."
Han Xiao's words were like a voice that came from heaven to Yu Wenyan, but he suddenly felt a chill as Han Xiao patted him on the neck.
creek...
The sound of bones breaking was terrifying. Yu Wenyan screamed pitifully as Yu Wenyan's bones moved like snakes on his back, "Arrrghhhh! Just kill me."
"Don't you want to live? I'm just moving your bones and changing the path of your meridians," Han Xiao said cheerfully as usual.
What Han Xiao did made Bi Jiao, Xue Yan, and the others shudder in horror, not because they had never killed and harmed other cultivators but what Han Xiao did was more cruel than instant killing! moreover the altered meridian path made the cultivator die better than constant pain. Moreover, Han Xiao did this cheerfully. Only Ne Zha remained relaxed because he was well aware of the cruel thoughts behind his friend's cheerful demeanor.
"Come on let's go, just let them be breakfast for the Demonic Beasts." after saying that Han Xiao and Ne Zha walked towards the corpse of the Lightning Jade Ape.
Slash...
In the instant that the Lightning Jade Ape had been cut into pieces, Han Xiao gave orders to Bi Jiao's group to quickly store the body of the Lightning Jade Ape because Han Xiao wanted to quickly get out of the Dark Forest and enter the city.
"KILL ME!!!" Yu Wenyan's scream echoed behind.
Han Xiao just laughed when he heard the shouts while Bi Jiao's group lamented Yu Wenyan's bad luck meeting a demon like Han Xiao.
They continued their journey for days because the enormous Dark Forest spanned millions of li, it stretched across three empires.
One day when Bi Jiao's group was resting while Han Xiao and Ne Zha went hunting for Demonic Beasts to train and have fun.
Xue Yin approached Bi Jiao and asked in a curious and confused tone, "Jiao-jie isn't Han Xiao famous for his imperial family whereas Ne Zha is from the Ne Clan, as long as I heard they have no interest in cultivation, why are they so great?"
"I thought so too, their senior Han and senior Zha were just trash with poor cultivation talent. But since their leadership talent and strategy were famous despite not having cultivation, when I met them they not only had cultivation but even more than that."
It wasn't just Bi Jiao who thought that way but the entire group. It is true that the two Tigers gave Han Xiao and Ne Zha an identity in an imperial family and a large Clan but this person who was replaced by Han Xiao and Ne Zha was once a very smart person it was just that both Ne Zha and Han Xiao had no interest in the past. cultivation due to their poor talent as well but this was not their main reason.
"Never mind, it's better not to mess with senior Han and senior Zha." Bi Jiao did not speak further and warned not to cause trouble to Han Xiao or Ne Zha.
Deg... Deg...
The sound of a heart-like thumping sounded very clear in the ears of Bi Jiao and his group. This negative aura filled the place where they rested causing Bi Jiao to raise her sword just in case, they sharpened their eyes to see who the owner of this negative aura was.
Bruck...
A young man walked towards them, the youth was filled with a negative aura that made Bi Jiao's group slightly affected as if they just wanted to commit murder.
White mist surrounded the figure, it was not ordinary smoke but negative energy from his body!