Chapter 21 : Yun Hua and Chu Yuan's bad luck.

A few miles away from Nie Li and the others' position, a group of hooded figures are fighting against a huge Blue Armed Ape.

If Nie Li was here, he can quickly recognise these guys as - the Dark Guild.

They came here to investigate some ruins but while they are working, one of their scouts saw a group of children that are nearby. The scouts recognized some of them immediately that belongs to the noble families so he reported them to his leader.

They were about to go and capture those kids when an unfortunate event suddenly happened.

" Don't fight it head on! Aim for it's legs first, we will slow down it's mobility. " shouted the red only hooded figure. He's Yun Hua, the leader of this group of criminals.

Roar!!!

As soon as he said that, Yun Hua activated his Demon Spirit and turned into a Black Star Tiger. His body grows up-to two meters and pounced towards the Blue Armed Ape to help his subordinates.

A dangerous battle then began.

What they're up against was a Blue Armed Ape King, and it's a 1 Star Gold Rank Demon Beast. Not only is it a strong Demon Beast but also controls a significant amount of Blue Armed Ape soldiers!

( AN: I deliberately raised its cultivation. Something like this will probably happen again in the future so don't be surprise. )

After Yun Hua joined the fight, he's hoping to at least make the battle a little even but it didn't happen. There are 15 members of Dark Guild here and each of them are Silver Rank Demon Spiritualist. Yun Hua and 9 more people are fighting against the Blue Armed Ape King while the other 5 are busy driving the other ordinary Blue Armed Ape away.

An hour later, both sides became exhausted. Yun Hua lost two of his men in this fight and 3 were injured severely. What made him even more angry though was that, despite their sacrifices, they still failed to do anything and can only let the Blue Armed Ape King escaped. It's so infuriating!

Just how crappy their luck was for them to encounter such a strong Demon Beast? If not for the scrolls and other life saving items they brought with them, they might have been wipe out here.

" Rest a bit. We will continue looking for those kids again later. Yulong, follow that Ape King from the distance. Warn us immediately if it made a move. " Yun Hua knows very well that they are no match against that Demon Beast so he wanted to avoid fighting it if he can.

" Yessir! " replied the man named Yulong.

...

Back to Nie Li's side.

Nie Li was having a conversation with the two girls and Chen Linjian when suddenly..

" What the f*ck are these things here? Who's dumb enough to dig these damn holes everywhere? For what purpose? Digging your own grave? " Chu Yuan complained after 'accidentally' stepping on one of the holes Nie Li had just covered, making his shoes muddy. He then turned to Nie Li and spat on the ground. " Pwah. What are you looking at, did you do these? "

" So what if I did? " Nie Li asked back frowning. He's obviously pissed off. This guy is really absurd and tyrannical.

If he wanted to, Nie Li can just simply dig a massive hole and make a mass burial for all of those skeleton remaines. No one will complain about that.

But Nie Li chose not to do that. He instead painstakingly dug holes after holes that are identical with each other. Why? Because he felt that it's the right thing to do after taking all of their treasures.

He put a lot of effort doing all of that and now that he's done, a dog like this will appear and will say those words to him. Is he seeking death? " I am now advicing you to take your feet off that place and fix it now because if not, I'll make another hole there just for you. "

Nie Li didn't have patience for this kind of person. He really meant what he said and will bury this guy if needed.

" Regret? With just you? Are you dumb? " Chu Yuan became more arrogant, he didn't even put Nie Li in his eyes at all.

" You.. you are rude. You rem-.. "

Ye Ziyun was saying something when she was stopped by Nie Li by raising his hand in front of her.

" You won't do it? " Nie Li asked again. He also started walking towards Chu Yuan as he said that.

What he got in response though was a snort from Chu Yuan.

" Idiot. " Nie Li muttered in a low voice. When he's only 5 meters away from him, Nie Li's figure blurred and instantly appeared in front of Chu Yuan.

By the time Chu Yuan reacted, Nie Li's fist is already falling towards his face.

Bam!

Chu Yuan's body heavily hits the ground, facing the sky. The impact was strong enough to the point that it even made a crater on the ground. But despite all of that, Chu Yuan is still alive and unluckily.... conscious.

Nie Li has full control over his strength and he deliberately let this guy live. Not because of pity but simply because he's pissed off. He's not willing to let this shit go so easily.

Arrrrggg!

Chu Yuan shouted in agony. His face was bloody, his nose cave in and most of his teeths was gone. The other children among their group can't help but shivered in fear.

Everyone were shocked. Even Chen Linjian. He has a feeling that Nie Li isn't that simple but never expected that he'll be this strong. The strength he showed just now was similar to that of a Silver Rank Demon Spiritualist.

No wonder he dare to come here alone. But... who is he?

Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning er both had their hands covering their mouth due to shock. Not because of Nie Li's strength but because of his violence. Ye Ziyun was about to go forward to stop Nie Li but her hands was caught by Xiao Ning er, stopping her.

" Ning er, you... " she said confusedly.

Ning er only shake her head in response.

" Before you agree to be someone else's dog, you must first investigate who you are offending first. " said Nie Li nonchalantly as he raised his right foot and stomped on Chu Yuan's left leg.

Kaccha!

A crisp sound was heard clearly by everyone nearby, followed by another miserable cry from Chu Yuan. But it only last for a a second before he passed out.

" Tsk. Boring. " commented Nie Li before taking out an iron shovel from his storage ring and began digging.

" What the fuck. Is he seriously planning to bury Chu Yuan here? "

" He's a madman! Who would do something terrible like that to someone who offended him? So tyrannical! "

" What do you know? It's Chu Yuan's fault for offending someone he shouldn't have. "

....

" Little brother Nie Li this... can we stop it here? " Chen Linjian finally chose to intervene. After all, Chu Yuan is still a member of the expedition group so he should do this at least to help him.

But Nie Li still continue digging without paying him any attention. This made Chen Linjian helpless. Although he also has a few Silver Rank Demon Spiritualists and Fighters under his command, he don't know what Nie Li's true identity yet so he can not make a move carelessly.

Having no other choice, he can only turned to Xiao Ning we and Ye Ziyun for help as they seems to have a good relationship with Nie Li.

Understanding what he meant, Xiao Ning er and Ye Ziyun went to Nie Li.

Xiao Ning er was the first to speak and said, " Nie Li I.. can we.. can you please spare him? I... I think it's enough. "

" That's right Nie Li.. just.. just spare him please. " added Ye Ziyun.

Nie Li paused. He turned around to face the two girls and said with a smile. " What do you mean? I am only fixing the grave this guy destroyed earlier. " he answered innocently.

Nie Li then turned to the other people nearby and asked, " Eh? Why are you not helping him yet? Do you want him to die? "

Who are you kidding!!??

That's what they all thought inside their minds.