Chapter 72: Boundless Bandits
As dusk arrived, Jian Chen finished his rations and went into his tent. With a Class 1 Monster Core in hand, he started to cultivate. Now that he was traveling the Tian Yuan continent, there would be dangers lurking around every corner. This ant that he had to be strong in order to stay safe. Thus, Jian Chen didn’t dare to squander even a second in order to increase his strength. Not only that, but he knew that if he grew stronger, then he would be able to to return to the Gesun Kingdom and reunite with his family without fear of the Hua Yun Sect. Otherwise, if he dared to show his face there, he would be chased to the ends of the earth by the sect.
Right now the outside was relatively peaceful. There was only the occasional sound of footsteps being heard as a few of the rcenaries patrolled around the campsite.
The ti quietly passed as it beca late. At that mont, all of the rcenaries in their tents were sound asleep, and the rcenaries that were patrolling were drowsy to the point of being in an unfocused state.
Just then, a dark blade flashed. It traveled under the cover of the night and silently slashed the neck of one of the patrolling rcenaries. This dark flash was clearly the result of an assassin’s power, and with a soundless gurgle, the rcenary fell to the ground dead.
The dark flash had moved through the air silently and quickly. No one could sense this blade coming. Since the campgrounds were wide, and the target had been a lone rcenary standing in a remote place, there was no way anyone could possibly notice his death before he fell to the ground.
Right as the first rcenary fell to the ground, countless dark flashes flew out towards the camp and killed all of the rcenaries patrolling a bit far from camp.
Jian Chen wasn’t too far away from the campsite, and so when the rcenaries fell to the ground, there was one that fell only 30 ters away from Jian Chen. The crossed legged Jian Chen’s ear shook from the sound he heard as his eyes abruptly flew open. Looking around, Jian Chen bent forward to open the tent flap just a crack to see what was happening outside.
Just as Jian Chen opened up the flap to his tent to check up on what was happening outside, another flash of light could be seen as it shot through a patrolling rcenary. Like the others, this man also fell to the ground without a sound.
Jian Chen’s eyes widened in surprise at this sight. It was clear to him that the caravan was under attack, but with his previous experience, he did not panic. Roaring loudly from his tent, he yelled, “Everyone be careful, we are under attack!”
Jian Chen let loose a loud roar that could be heard clearly throughout the campsite. With his warning, the previously peacefully quiet campsite erupted into noise as countless rcenaries ca bursting out from their tents. In just a short mont, hundreds of rcenaries making a racket had appeared in the previously undisturbed camp.
Jian Chen’s words were common to all those that had traveled throughout the Tian Yuan continent. Those who lived by their weapons were extrely sensitive to sound, and so when they heard Jian Chen, they imdiately ca charging out of their tents. However, as everyone ca rushing from their tents, they looked around themselves and could only see their own rcenaries without any signs of an enemy.
“An enemy? Where’s the enemy...”
“Who was the one that yelled, I don’t see anyone...”
“Where’s the enemy, who’s the motherf*cker that cried wolf...”
Many of the rcenaries began to cry out loud in anger. If they found the guy who cried wolf, then he wouldn’t be let off easily.
“Not good, Captain Lang Tian, the sentry Du Mu Lan has died!”
Just as many of the rcenaries were cursing out loud, another yell ca crying loudly over the others, causing many to turn their heads.
Hearing that, every single rcenary turned towards the cry in dead silence. At the sa ti, another three flashes of light ca flying through towards the group, and slamd straight into three rcenaries’ chests.
The three rcenaries that were hit didn’t even have the opportunity to even cry out before they slumped to the ground. But before they could even hit the floor, another three streaks of lights flew out and claid the lives of another three rcenaries.
The streaks of black light never ceased to fly out towards the rcenaries. Under the guise of the night, it was hard for the people to figure out where they were coming from or where they were aid at.
Since the light was shooting at a fast pace, a dozen rcenaries had already succumbed to the attack before anyone could even react. At this ti, a rcenary finally cried out in terror, “Be careful, enemies are atta-...” But before he could finish his sentence, a streak of light flew towards him and killed him.
“Everyone scatter and take cover!” Another rcenary yelled. It was a large middle aged man with a scar on his face. Two red hamrs materialized in his hands as he charged towards the direction of where the attack ca from.
“Captain Lang Tian, be careful...’
Watching the man charge towards the direction of the enemy, many of the rcenaries cried out in concern.
As the man charged ahead, a few dozen of the stronger rcenaries began to follow his lead, and started to rush towards the source of the attacks.
But the streaks of light continued to fly out; this ti they had changed targets and began to hit those rcenaries that were starting to co towards them.
Although this was a hasty charge without knowing all the information, these dozen rcenaries were not weak. The still charging Captain Lang Tian swung out with his twin red hamrs and lit up the area around them like a striking lantern.
As he saw two flashes of light head towards him, Lang Tian sneered and swung out his hamrs, smashing them away from him.
As the two hit each other, Lang Tian’s hamrs completely smashed through the rays of light. Silently, the light disappeared; although they were strong enough to take another person’s life, they weren’t strong enough to withstand an actual attack.
The rcenaries behind Lang Tian weren’t weak either, and without fear, their Saint Weapons began to form and destroy the black lights that were aid at them.
At that ti, another situation had occurred; an ear piercing whistle broke the silence. As the rcenaries turned their heads towards the sound, they could only see a large concentration of arrows flying at them, like a swarm of locusts.
Seeing the amount of arrows, a few dozen of the rcenaries imdiately stopped their charge and took cover.
“Ding ding ding ding...”
The arrows imdiately landed against their Saint Weapons, creating a cacophony of sound.
Lang Tian and a few other rcenaries didn’t bother to stop their charge. Faced with the storm of arrows, many of the rcenaries only snarled loudly and used their Saint Force to completely enwrap themselves. Although the layer was very thin, its defensive power was extrely strong. These arrows were shrugged off as they fell to the ground, completely unable to pierce through the protective layering.
“Fellow brothers, let’s kill!”
Just as the rcenaries were about to follow the initial charge into the enemy grounds, a clear voice shouted out from the darkness of the night. The cry shook the heavens, and with it ca a faint, dark shadow rushing towards the rcenaries.
“The bandits have co out, ready your arrows!”
Within the rcenary camp, a rcenary cried out to warn them as many of them started to notch their bows. Aiming at the blurs, they waited for the right distance before they fired.
Jian Chen stood on the outskirts of the battle, his eyes hardening as he looked at the incoming shadows. Although they were still relatively far from the campsite and the night had rendered visibility to almost zero, Jian Chen could count out a few hundred shadows. This number wasn’t any lower than the rcenaries’ own number. Moreover, with the recent storm of arrows, a few of the rcenaries had been killed, further decreasing their numbers.
“Fire!”
By this point, the bandits had already entered firing range. With the command of one person, the hundred arrows were released into the air by the rcenaries and flew towards the bandits with an ear piercing whistle.
Amongst the bandits were a few strong ones, but the majority of them were fairly weak and so a few dozen of them fell victim to the storm of arrows.
Three more streaks of light ca flying out silently from behind the bandits and took the lives of three of the rcenary archers. Those three streaks of light left small finger sized holes in them as they fell to the ground.
The frequency of the streaks of light was high and always ca in groups of three. In a short while, a total of nine archers fell dead.
Seeing the wounds on the rcenaries’ corpses, a middle aged man called out, “Everyone be careful, there’s a dark attribute Saint amongst the bandits.”
As he spoke, another three rays of light ca flying out towards the man that had just spoke.
The middle aged man was by no ans weak. His face hardened as a shiny axe appeared in his right hand, which he then used to chop the streaks of black light.
“Bang!”
The streak of black light clashed with the middle aged man’s axe, causing a giant explosion of sound before they disappeared.
The man shook slightly as his face hardened. “Damn it, the enemies have three dark attributed Saints who are specialized archers. In this area, only the Boundless Bandits have this type of power.”
“Vice Captain Liu, what are you saying, could it be these are the Boundless Bandits?”
“Good heavens, these are the Boundless Bandits...”
“What a disaster, to think we ca across the Boundless Bandits...”
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