Eroh Domain, said to be one of the main forces to exist in this continent. Not just this continent, it was even recognized by other continents.
People of Yang Zhai's caliber right now were quite common here. Or, it would be more appropriate to say that even slaves of the higher-ups were of higher rank than him. As for the talent, they definitely had far more talented people than him. The real advantage he had was experience.
His ability in the Mastery Path wasn't due to his talent, but due to the hard work and the experience he had accumulated in his previous life.
It covered quite a large area and had a strong wall built around it.
Eroh Domain, Yang Zhai wanted to avoid it during his travel to Mantora Mountain as he didn't want any unnecessary trouble along the way that he couldn't handle.
Yang Zhai was riding his shiq and the Shadow Leopard was running alongside them. He had already stored the Water Hound.
He had already exited the lush forest area about a week ago after separating from the qafila. The area starting from here had fewer trees and an open land.
The dust rose as the shiq ran, carrying him. Accompanying them was the Shadow Leopard. Yang Zhai was wearing a cloak that covered his whole body as well as his head. His destination was the Eroh Domain.
He had already healed his face. Eroh Domain was quite far from the Bai Clan and had no connections with it. The Bai Clan also couldn't send any information this far. So, he had no fear of his identity being exposed. Even if it did, the Eroh Domain didn't care. It had no interest in small disputes.
The shiq ran at quite a fast speed. Its speed was far more than a normal horse, far more, not just a little bit. Yang Zhai heard some noises from behind and looked back.
He saw a dust cloud rising behind him. His eyes narrowed.
"Not good, how come they are here?" he muttered.
He was being followed by Storm bandits. These people had a rule: that was to hand over half of the resources a cultivator was carrying to them or the cultivator must pay.
Storm bandits would constantly travel from place to place and had no hideout. As it would have it, they were hiding here this time around.
Fortunately, Storm Bandits people were at rank 5 or below; there wasn't a rank 6 cultivator in the Storm Bandits.
Yang Zhai made the shiq run even faster.
"Catch him, don't let him get away! He must have something great on him!" The leading cultivator shouted.
"Yeah!"
"We must have him!"
"It's been weeks since we robbed someone!"
"Let's go!"
The people started to shout one after another. They were enjoying their time. They were quite confident that they would manage to capture Yang Zhai.
"Not good,"
They were closing on Yang Zhai for some reason, even though they, too, were using the shiqs.
"Hey! You! Stop and hand over what you have if you don't want to die!" The leader shouted.
Even though they couldn't sense Yang Zhai's aura, they could sense the Shadow Leopard and the shiq, so they knew that Yang Zhai was below rank 5. Both of his beasts were at rank 4.
Yang Zhai activated the Deep Legs Ka, and the speed of his shiq increased. After that, he also activated it on the Shadow Leopard and its speed increased as well.
The distance was widening again.
"If I remember correctly, these Storm bandits use a rank 4 sand path ka known as the Storm Follower that increases the beasts' speed and the dust rises wherever these beasts put their feet on as a result. This is the reason these bandits came to be known as the Storm Bandits," Yang Zhai thought.
"His speed is quite fast, it looks like we will have to use our true strength," the leader of the Storm bandits smiled, as did his group.
They placed their hands on their shiqs' heads and all of them activated their kas. When this happened, the speed of the shiqs increased by twofold.
Yang Zhai's eyes squinted when he saw this.
"It seems like these people are bent on capturing me,"
They were rapidly closing in on him.
They finally succeeded in closing the distance with him.
They were behind him and on his two sides.
"Stop!"
They were shouting.
"Stop or we'll start attacking,"
They didn't want to injure the shiq as Yang Zhai might not have something on him, and they would have no choice left but to capture this shiq.
"Fine," Yang Zhai said and activated the green line.
His presence disappeared.
Right at this moment, he activated both the Dug Worm Ka and the Earth Burial Ka together.
Two pits appeared on either side of him. His aura remained undetectable, leaving the shiqs unprepared. The first few slipped and fell into the pits, causing those following closely behind to stumble and fall as well.
The green line flickered out, as it could only be activated for a second. Without wasting time, he deactivated his previous method and reactivated the green line. Turning slightly to the side, he thrust his hand backward, activating the Endra.
A sharp blast erupted, striking the legs of the leading shiq behind him, sending it crashing to the ground.
It took him two seconds to activate these methods. After a few more seconds, he jumped into the air.
As he had expected, crescent-shaped red lights came flying at him from two different sides.
He leaped into the air from the galloping shiq, which was racing forward at a quite fast speed. At first, his body kept up with the shiq, carried forward by the same momentum. But in just a fraction of a second, the immense pressure of the air began to slow him down. The shiq surged ahead, leaving him behind as he battled the force of the wind that pulled him back.
As a result, he could land back on the shiq's back.
In a mere fraction, he had to decide what to do.
He swept his leg back with all his strength and sent the cultivator on the shiq behind him flying. He landed on the shiq of the cultivator and continued. He didn't stop the Shadow Leopard, because if he did, it would not be able to keep up with him.
"For now, I am not in a situation where I need its help or get rid of it." Yang Zhai thought.
Somewhere inside the Eroh Domain.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, master, I am sure. Zhao Qi is sending the Storm Bandits to participate for his side," a disciple answered.
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Explanation Here: So, after he activated the Earth Burial and the Dug Worm, the first shiq did slip right away, and then he activated Endra the next second without looking at the consequences. The next shiqs did fall, but not at the exact moment he was activating the methods, (they were in the process of falling). So, that's what happened.