"Yang Zhai, where did you learn this technique from?" Inquired Elder Shu.
Sigh, I didn't want to interfere, but if that cultivator somehow managed to alert his companions and all the cultivators with them, then I would have been in real trouble: Yang Zhai contemplated.
If what Yang Zhai thought happened, then he would have been in trouble. Even though they were currently occupied by the Bram leopard, if those cultivators came here and a fight broke out, then no doubt the rank 4 Bai clan elders would only care about themselves. Who would help weak cultivators when in danger themselves?
Even though Yang Zhai helped them and was a talent and beneficial for the Bai clan, who would put a genius above their own lives?
"Elder, when I visited the Bai clan, I saw an old scroll there. Out of curiosity, I picked it and was impressed by it, so I ended up learning it," replied Yang Zhai.
"Oh!"
This is only a rank 2 technique and is able to hurt a rank 4 cultivator. It's not an ordinary technique. And from the looks of it, the side effects are also not severe: Shu Ti thought.
He saw only a few small purple dots on Yang Zhai's hand after he used it.
It was because Yang Zhai used a low-rank technique, only rank 2 and his body was far stronger
With a technique this powerful, there should have been severe side effects, but Yang Zhai seems fine. If every disciple in our clan learns it, we will definitely have a huge advantage. So what if they won't be able to defeat rank 4 cultivators with it? As long as they help elders fight against enemies and attack as a group of 10 or so, they should be of great help: thought Shu Ti and smiled.
"What is it called?" he asked Yang Zhai.
"Elder, it's called Red Poison," said Yang Zhai.
…..
After a while,
"Elder Shan, what happened to the clan leader? I thought you guys were already in the Bai clan."
Zihao De asked Elder Shan Tey.
"It's like this, when…"
"Stop, leave that for later. We need to enter the Bai village hurriedly," said Shu Ti
Elder Shan was about to explain their situation but was stopped by Shu Ti. Even though they didn't take much time defeating the ones who chased Zihao De, Shu Ti didn't want to waste any more time.
After this, they all left for the Bai village. Yang Zhai and the other lower-rank cultivators were grabbed by the elders. Elder Shan grabbed Tai Qi.
…..
Outside the Bai village,
The cultivators were trying to defeat the Bram leopard. But it was pouncing on different people again and again. It had also managed to kill two rank 4 cultivators already.
The others were mostly running and attacking from afar.
But even then, the Bram leopard would get close to them many times and injure the cultivators if their ires were not active.
"Damn it, how did that bastard manage to lure this here?!" shouted one of the many cultivators.
They were all forced to fight the leopard. If they left, the Bai clan might manage to take the outer areas of the Bai village. Right now, they were forcing the Bai clan to stay inside the Bai village and they didn't want to give the Bai clan any rest or chance.
If the Bai clan managed to send its cultivators into the forest, these enemy cultivators would become a hunting target for them as the Bai clan cultivators were more familiar with the terrain here than them.
Elder Shu and others started to look around slowly, without activating any cultivation methods. They didn't want the others to detect them. But they could still be detected if there was a cultivator with detection methods in the opposition. As a result, they made sure to stay far away from the rank 4 cultivators' range.
After looking for a while, they found an area with no cultivators outside the village.
"It seems the cultivators from this side are helping to fight the Bram leopard," said Elder Shu and continued,
"Everyone, we need to be fast. The moment we get close to the village, I am sure that the cultivators guarding from inside will open a small hole in the barrier guarding the village. But if an enemy sees us, everyone will get notified and might try to forcefully enter the village."
The Bai village didn't just have a single gate but many around the village. The village had fences on all four sides, and the perimeters were allotted to different cultivators to guard. Cultivators were stationed at regular intervals to watch the areas on all four sides of the village. No place was left inconspicuous anymore from the eyes of these cultivators.
These fences were not small; instead, they were as tall as 20 feet. After the attack, the Bai clan placed these tall and sturdy fences. It hadn't been like that before the clan was attacked. The clan was still placing these fences around the village; only half the village had these tall fences so far. All of these fences were being placed inside the barrier.
Even though they were installing these fences all around the village simultaneously, there were still many gaps.
Even though they were inducting these fences all around the village at the same time, there were still many places left.
Whenever a war starts, there are always a few incidents or signs before it starts giving them enough time to install full defenses; but, the Ma clan managed to hide them.
Zihao De grabbed Tai Qi himself instead of Elder Shan. To him, Tai Qi was even more dear than a blood-related brother.
Yang Zhai did not take the chance as well and grabbed the Golden Shield, ready to activate it at a moment's notice.
As for the corpse collector: Yang Zhai had it hanging around the waist. An amalgamation couldn't be stored in any ire or a Ka.
All the elders started running at the same time, staying close to each other. If needed, they were ready to fight momentarily until they entered the village.
A cultivator from the inside saw a few people running towards the village. After focusing, she noticed that it was the second elder and Elder Zihao De along with a few others.
They all reached a side of the village. Shu Ti, while running, signals to the cultivator inside the village and a hole starts to appear in it. This barrier was like a transparent mirror and was sustained by many cultivators. Many cultivators were taking turns sustaining the barrier.
This was the reason that the Bai clan could not keep it activated all the other times: because it needed to be sustained by the cultivators all the time and needed a lot of resources. Thus, it would be removed eventually. This was the reason the enemy cultivators didn't try to break the barrier and were trying to preserve their strength.
Shu Ti and the others managed to enter the Bai village without anyone noticing. The hole in the barrier closed.
"It seems like the Bram leopard is giving them a much harder time than we thought," said one elder who just entered the village.
They had thought that the enemies would be able to deal with the leopard easily, as there were more of them and the leopard was not so intelligent. They also thought that finding an area free of enemies to enter the village would be difficult and that they would get stopped by the enemies, but they were not. Even after they entered, the enemies were still fighting the leopard.
"Elders, were you the ones to lure the leopard here?!" a cultivator heard what the elder said and asked with amazement.
The cultivators from the inside saw a man luring the leopard into the enemy ranks. As there were many cultivators outside, they could not see the man clearly. After that, the man turned around and entered the forest again.
"Hmm," the elder nodded.
Just as they were speaking, they saw Zihao De emerge from behind the elders, holding the injured Tai Qi.
"You idiot, if you have so much time to laze around, why don't you go out and fight? Hurry up and call the healing cultivators!"
Shouted Zihao De. When the rank 3 cultivators heard this, they didn't loiter around and immediately ran to call the healing cultivators. They wanted to inquire about the situation, but Zihao De's anger was no joke. He was so strict that they feared he might throw them out to the enemies if they didn't do as he said. Of course, it was just a fear.
After a while, many healing cultivators came, along with a rank 4 peak stage cultivator. Her name was Ame Ena. She still looked to be in her twenties, even though she wasn't. She was not so beautiful but had a likable face. However, her actions were not likable.
She pulled out a whip and started to beat Tai Qi with it. No elder did anything, even Zihao De didn't. Her disciples were also standing and were looking silently.
No wonder her disciples beat the other disciple with a whip: contemplated Yang Zhai.
Her disciples were the ones who had whipped the kids in the past as punishment for not catching the black rabbits in the Clan competition.
Her way was to tear and heal. But her healing was top-notch in the whole clan, this was the reason they called her even though her way of healing was ruthless.
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