Long Meiling's excited whisper broke Ryker from his curiosity over what exactly was transpiring, and he sent out his spiritual sense to see that all of the people in black garbs had the same trace of qi within them, the same as Grandma Arisha.
The faint qi was much stronger within these people, but that apparently didn't help them against these monks. Ryker remembered them as being part of the Golden Arhat Temple that Hu Long had mentioned before.
"Guess we better step in," he said, about to rush out with staff in hand, but Long Meiling held him back with an arm.
"Wait, it would be better to ambush them instead of just revealing ourselves. I can't tell exactly how strong they are," she said as she continued observing the situation.
Although she was confident in Ryker's strength, the nature of the body refinement techniques these monks no doubt practiced threw in some variables that couldn't be ignored.
