Trial 3

¨Stop screaming!¨ Xiao Fan angrily responded to the squealing of the person he had taken in for questioning.

'This guy is going to alert everyone inside this forest if he screams more' And thinking so he used his other hand to block his mouth.

Doing so, the person between his hands squirmed and tried to speak, yet got to do neither.

Xiao Fan had planted himself so that he couldn't move nor talk; he only wanted him to calm down.

Still, it took the person a moment to notice that Xiao Fan wasn't going to hurt him, and so he stopped any extra movements.

¨Ready to talk?¨

An affirmative response came in the form of the person shaking his head in a way that could be seen as positive.

¨How many others are here?¨ He questioned, but before releasing his hand off the mouth reminded ¨No screaming¨

Taking his hand of the person's mouth, he could hear how the person under him took a couple of deep breaths.

¨I- I don't know¨ The person attempted to hide the information.

*Smack*

Anyone, including Xiao Fan, could see he was trying to lie.

¨Three, three people like me¨ The person who had been slapped into the back of his head gave in.

¨What is the next trial?¨

¨We weren't told¨

*Smack* *Smack* *Smack*

Xiao Fan's hand went a few times over the person's head, smacking it with each passing.

¨I'll tell you. Just stop beating me¨ He spoke together with trying to get his hands to cover his head.

*Smack* Xiao Fan didn't do what he wanted, as he, in fact, did the opposite before asking again ¨Tell me¨

Plus, at the same time as he asked, the hand which had a grip on the person's neck, tightened its grip.

¨Argh!¨ The man also did the opposite compared to what the other side wanted him to do.

'What is this guy's deal?' Xiao Fan didn't understand how could one be this dumb.

Normally at this point if not for the fact that Xiao Fan surely couldn't kill this person would he have sealed his fate to be killed after the interrogation.

Or maybe kill immediately, since he was lying and constantly screaming while being questioned.

Now because of the screaming Xiao Fan had to silence the person again, for a moment, letting him calm down again.

When so Xiao Fan drew his hand, and then advised the person ¨One more funny thing, and I'll kill you¨

¨Yes yes¨ The person, who managed to turn himself so that one of his cheeks faced Xiao Fan answered.

¨Good. Now, what is the next trial about?¨ Xiao Fan continued the interrogation.

The person on the ground, still, seemed wanting to try lying, yet was discoursed from doing so by two eyes that wanted to end him.

Nevertheless, ahead of telling, he runs his eyes all around him as if someone was looking ¨The next trial is a puzzle¨ But didn't speak anymore.

¨What is the solution to it?¨

¨You need to...¨ He spoke long about how the puzzle needed to be done.

When at the end of it and knowing how to pass the second trial Xiao Fan left out a sigh.

And as his sigh ended, Xiao Fan took a good look at the person he was about to punch.

The person, who he was about to hit also saw from the eye that looked upwards how Xiao Fan was about to punch him.

¨Don't!¨

He tried to speak more, yet couldn't as the fist already hit him and sent him sleeping.

Then getting from the top of him, Xiao Fan took a glance at the face showing way too much fear for what had happened.

'It would be a favour for the sect to end this person' Was his belief regarding this person, who wouldn't be worth anything to the sect.

Leaving the unconscious person lying there, Xiao Fan hurried onwards on the road that the hunters would use during these trials.

Speeding on this paved road was easy. It was so easy that the other two hunters weren't at the trail by the time he arrived.

Not that he minded since now he knew what would be coming he found the other trails.

Then settling down on one of them, Xiao Fan began waiting, but only for a few seconds.

Seeing that as when he had crouched into the bushes along one of the paths, he could already hear the noise.

Even better was that it was only the noise of a single entity, not a group.

'Things are so easy when you know what to do' Xiao Fan smiled in the bushes, getting ready to ambush whoever was coming.

Moments later, he could see from behind the bushes he was hiding amidst a person running around his speed towards him.

The hunter did seem a little confused.

Maybe he had begun to wonder why he didn't hear Xiao Fan anymore or something.

However, that didn't interest Xiao Fan much as when he was at the perfect distance for him he jumped out of the bushes.

Xiao Fan's target at first only heard some noise beside him, but a blink later, he could also see what had made the noise.

And what he saw wasn't anything good.

For the thing jumping at him was the very target, he was supposed to be hunting.

But by the time he had gathered all of that information Xiao Fan was already upon him.

The hunter tried his best to dodge, but due to running fast as he could here, his evasive manoeuvre was small.

Small enough that Xiao Fan could react to this.

For Xiao Fan, the movement was insignificant, as he still landed a full power fist to the hunter's shoulder.

From the hit, the hunter faltered to the side.

Anyone would do so after having his arm displaced from its shoulder joint.

On the other hand, Xiao Fan, who was on the attacking side and hungry for more followed the person into the hedges where he tried to flee.

¨Help!¨ The hunter got to scream.

Yet Xiao Fan wasn't worried about the reinforcements anymore, as it would only be one person on his level, totally doable.

Even in the case where it was more Xiao Fan would definitely finish this hunter before doing anything else.

How to proceed in mind, Xiao Fan had cathed up to the person after making a landing where he had redirected himself.

The hunter he was following tried to use his legs to run; however, Xiao Fan got a good leap all the way to striking distance.

He only saw how over his shoulder how the fist of Xiao Fan was coming at him again.

Knowing end was near, he pleaded.

Which Xiao Fan did hear just before hitting, it was something along the lines of mercy.

¨I don't care¨ He replied shortly.

While his fist hit the hunter's back, sending him flying towards a tree right in front of him.

Thinking about how badly he would deal with him, he had thought that. 'Everyone hunting me here should be from the other faction'

'So there is no need to be nice' He reasoned.

And now having decided that further violence would be okay, he affirmed that the person now face first in the tree would be beaten senseless by him.

It had the downside of making more noise, but for once, it was nice to be the one who got to trash someone like this.

Returning some of the beating he had gotten from Ye Qi, Xiao Fan made sure to hit the face a couple of times.

Soon, about the time he was finished, a second hunter had come to see who was trying to cut down a tree.

But it wasn't anyone curring down a tree.

¨Xiao Fan! What the hell are you doing to him!¨

The second hunter exclaimed when seeing that Xiao Fan was targetting the face of her ally.

Xiao Fan hearing that the last hunter on this level of the trial had found him turned to face her ¨Enough with the talk! Let's fight¨ He snapped.

Seeing that Xiao Fan turning towards her was like a mad man, she provoked him.

¨You indeed are an evil person like the elder say!¨

She had been hearing that the person, who Ye Qi had a feud with was a vile person.

Perceiving that his intimidation worked Xiao Fan didn't spare words anymore and decided to act by turning on the fresh opponent.

Surely it was working well.

For the woman who had come to hunt Xiao Fan felt fear creeping up her spine when she saw the picture in front of him.

She only saw how Xiao Fan was coming at her like a mad man, breaking any obstacle not caring for anything other than the thrill of the fight, while behind him, she saw what had befallen her ally.

Meanwhile, as she wavered Xiao Fan's confidence only grew when noticing her trembling before him.

¨Come any closer, and I will fight¨ The woman stated, but it came out in a way that felt like even she didn't believe in it.

¨Why can't you lot fight like the people in the lower sect did¨ He laughed at her pathetic show.

This time his words were both an insult and a question.

He truly wished to know how the cultivators from the lower sect fought against impossible odds till the end, while two out of three enemies of his on this level seemed to be cowards.

To the woman facing him, however, only heard the insult, but didn't refute nor get angry, she only crumbled more.

¨Can't answer?¨ He turned his head a little as if waiting for a kid to answer before saying another sentence ¨Then at least fight well!¨

After which, he having come close enough already, charged at the woman visibly shaking from fear.

¨Not good enough!¨ Xiao Fan humiliated her again when hitting the guard that the woman had made with her hands.

¨You should run already!¨

¨Cover back to your mommy's lap¨

Xiao Fan taunted and taunted her during the whole fight.

He could have ended the fight some time ago already, but he now wanted to see how much psychological damage he could inflict.

It would be great if enemies would simply fall before him like this woman was.

However, to her credit, she hadn't still totally given up and was trying her best to fight, even if that wasn't much.

When so Xiao Fan did a new act.

¨I'm too bored to continue¨ He jumped backwards, making a good gap between them ¨You go now and leave¨ He then added in when turning around.

¨Get back here!¨ She pauses to gather more confidence¨The fight isn't over yet!¨ She shouted at Xiao Fan, who was leaving the fight, not in a retreat, but due to boredom?

Yet her shouts fell onto deaf ears, for Xiao Fan didn't react to her word in any way.

Xiao Fan just continued towards the puzzle that needed to be completed to pass the second part of the trial.

Annoyed by this, the woman would, for the first time in this fight, try and take the offensive side.

So she ran towards Xiao Fan, wanting to rechallenge him.

Xiao Fan hearing her steps stopped.

Shook his head a little with a downwards tilt, before turning around to face the woman.

¨DIDN'T I SAY GO AWAY!¨ He screamed so that all of the air in his lungs was gone.

He shouted so loudly that even the birds in the forest hearing it took off into the air and left the area.

The same thing also happened to the woman who still moments ago wanted to fight.

Well, not exactly the same, as she didn't take air like the birds did, but she sure used her legs to run into the forest wherefrom she had come.

'My fear sure works against women and cowards' He noted that he could slightly use fear to his advantage.

Not on the level of Qian Ki, of course, but it was a start.