Since the attack was abrupt, the three mercenaries could not react in time. Throughout the journey, Adrian had not released his aura at all, so they did not know his true cultivation level.
They thought that his level was similar to theirs or just a little better.
Three bandits rushed towards him and swung their sabers downwards without any hesitation.
It was at this moment that Adrian who was previously sitting leisurely vanished before their eyes.
He appeared behind one of the bandits and threw a simple punch. This 'simple' punch actually pierced through the man's body and shattered his heart directly.
He vanished again and appeared in front of another bandit and threw another punch towards his head.
His head exploded into bits and pieces while Adrian made his way towards the third bandit.
A kick sent him away flying and he crashed into a nearby tree. His life and death remained unknown.
All these took place in the span of a few breaths and when he was done, he just stood there staring and the rest of the bandits while swiping his hand to get rid of the excess blood leisurely.
The bandits stood there in horror while the mercenaries were shocked. All of the previous experiences left Adrian with a lot of pent-up anger.
He had been keeping it together for the sake of the kids but the attack now just gave him an outlet.
He released all his fury and he rushed towards the bandits and started attacking wantonly.
He targeted the bandit leader and attacked him with a flurry of punches. The other mercenaries also found their opponents while the remaining bandits rushed to help their leader.
However, the bandits were only delaying the inevitable as a punch from Adrian landed on the chest of the bandit leader.
Blood splattered as the bandit leader was sent flying away.
The remaining bandits saw this and started running away trying to escape. They knew they had no chance if even their leader was dead.
But how could Adrian let them escape. He promptly chased after them and swiftly dispatched of them.
When he returned, he found out that his bodyguards had already completed their battles.
When Adrian returned, they looked at him with a mixture of admiration and curiosity.
They didn't expect that their employer would be so fierce. One of them was even wondering what they were doing there if he was so strong.
Adrian quietly went up to the body of the leader and took off his storage ring.
After searching through the ring, all he found were some piles of qi stones, a few low-level pills and other items that Adrian considered junk.
He was about to toss it aside when he noticed a map made of beast skin in the corner of the map.
He took it out and opened it. Anything that a bandit kept must be a treasure.
The map depicted a mountain range that Adrian was all too familiar with. It was the misty mountains.
Adrian stared at the map that showed a winding path within the mountain range.
However, this mountain range was in the inner regions of the misty mountain. He was currently not strong enough to explore it.
He kept it within his storage ring and took out a piece of cloth to wipe his bloody hand.
He then sat down quietly as if he had not just killed a few men. The mercenaries saw this and decided not to disturb him. Instead, they searched the rest of the bandit's body to see if they could get lucky.
The rest of the night was uneventful.
After a couple more days, they reached their destination which was Gellock town.
After arriving, Adrian promptly paid the mercenaries and sent them on their way.
Then he brought out the kids who were already bored out of their minds after spending a few days in the back of the wagon.
Their eyes sparkled as they could finally move around freely. All they had been doing for the past week was cultivating.
Even Olivia had started cultivating. She was already nine years old, so, starting a bit early wasn't too much of an issue.
Besides, the cultivation technique that she was using was one that was extremely suitable for her.
It was one of the techniques in Adrian's memory so it was definitely one of the best.
Adrian could currently only access techniques up to the foundation establishment realm.
Since he and Jayson were already cultivating the technique of the Thorne family, they couldn't switch or they would have to restart from scratch.
Adrian considered it but ultimately dismissed this thought. There was no significant improvement in any of the techniques he could find.
What he was mainly interested in was the body cultivation technique he found in one of his memories.
This cultivation technique was called 'The Great Diamond Body'.