Grand Escape

The underground dungeon of the Song family almost seemed like a maze with no end, Ximen Wei kept navigating through the dungeon for hours with no result, his stress levels were skyrocking to unimaginable heights as he tried his best to hide from patrolling teams.

He knew that if this kept going on, he would eventually be found and his punishment will triple! He had to get away and escape this damned place as quickly as possible. So he did something any reasonable person would do, he picked up an iron shard he found laying on the ground, and closed up on an armed patrolling team.

This patrolling team consisted of four swordsmen, although they were not Cultivators, their physical bodies gave them immense strength that should not be underestimated, if they ganged up on Ximen Wei, he would be a goner with no doubt!

Knowing this, Ximen Wei hid behind a crate box as he waited for the right opportunity to attack, when the opportunity presented itself, he would swiftly strike like thunder, severly injuring or even killing at least one of his opponents!

Ximen Wei steeled himself, this would be the first time he's going to kill someone, he had his principles, he would never take away other people's lives, that was not his style. In fact, he actually despised killing and conflict, why would people engage in such an idiotic thing? But circumstances change, and in order to return back to Earth, he had to do what should be done.

It pained him to do this, and he knew for sure if he killed somebody, he wouldn't get over it for a long time, he gripped his iron shard tightly, eyeing the four patrol men who were in the midst of laughter and chatter venomously.

When he thought about the inhuman things the Song Family did over the years, and how the guards who work here stayed quiet and said nothing about those atrocious acts, his heart felt a bit at ease.. He felt as, if took down these guards, he would be delivering justice to all those poor souls that died here!

Yes! He would be getting rid of the villains that plague this world!

Finally, after the time it takes an incense stick to burn, an opportunity presented itself. One of the guards dropped his keys and bended over to get it.

Ximen Wei's eyes shone with determination as he pounced on him like a tiger, stabbing him viciously with the shard. Blood splattered all over the place as the guard dropped down to the ground, he was paralyzed since he was stabbed in his spine.

Very quickly, without giving the other three guards any time to react, Ximen Wei turned towards the nearest guard to him and kicked him hard on his crouch, a chilling, popping sound rang out as the poor man dropped down to his knees, eyes rolled behind the back of his head and foam coming out of his mouth.

He gave a shriek that sounded more like an animal than a human before passing out into unconsciousness.

The two other guards were baffled, this happened too quickly for them to react, all thanks to Ximen Wei's cultivation base, but these guards were the elite of the Song Family, they unsheathed their swords and with no hesitation whatsoever, slashed at the kid who was in front of them.

They sensed the terrifying undulations coming off Ximen Wei's body and they had a bad premonition that, if they did not kill this 10 year old kid, they would end up dead.

Ximen Wei dodged to the side, however, despite being a Level 1 Qi Trainee, he sustained injuries as a long gash could be seen on his back, although his cultivation base allowed him to wield inhuman powers, he was still in the initial stages of pre-Qi Ascension, and the amount of strength he can exert is limited.

He already wasted quite a bit of stamina and strength tearing open the prison bars, and even more stamina by taking down the two guards by surprise, unfortunately, he was still weak, and could even be considered a mortal in the eyes of the true Qi Experts.

Ximen Wei groaned in pain, he never had something like this occur to him before, not in this life or in his previous life, but he bore with it and quickly reached towards one of the guard bodies, intending to pick up one of their swords to use as a weapon.

His opponents knew what he was going to do, so they quickly struck down. Their swords came hacking down on Ximen Wei with incredible power and fierceness. Dodging one attack was already an arduous task for Ximen Wei, let alone two attacks.

He had no combat skills, he had no weapon, he wore no protective armor or gear and even more importantly, he was in the body of a 10 year old, week and feeble child who was not fed well for years.

However, despite that, Ximen Wei barely managed to dodge the incoming attacks, he panted heavily as he eyed the two guards who were in the midst of attacking once again.

They shone with unprecedented brightness as he uttered an incantation, disturbing the Qi Particles in the air and making them move in a certain order, eventually forming a formation.

"Qi Technique - Iron Fist!"

This was a technique he read from the Elementary Qi Condensation Manual, despite the Scroll being only few meters long, it contains some rudimentary Qi Techniques for combat, movement, healing, defense and eventually cultivation.

Ximen Wei found the composition of these Qi Techniques were very similar to something in his previous life, he felt as if, the Qi Techniques in the Scroll are like the language to command manipulate the World itself. He thought of the programming and coding languages in his previous world, and how they can do wonders in Computers, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

Suddenly, all the metal type Qi converged into Ximen Wei's fist as he sent it flying, meeting the incoming sword.

Boom!

Sparks flew off as the attack was parried, the guard was astonished for a moment before his expression quickly turned ugly.

"A Level 1 Qi Trainee! I can't believe this kid is a Level 1 Qi Trainee!"

Ximen Wei's eyes sharpened as he quickly uttered more incantations, he was going to end this fight quickly and silently before any trouble arises.

"Qi Technique - Strengthen!"

All sorts of Qi Techniques converged into Ximen Wei's body as they quickly entered him, giving him a power boost.

"Qi Technique - Enfeeble!"

Sweat trickled down the guard's forehead as he felt weakened, his expression darkened as he realized he could not keep a hold of his sword anymore!

It slipped down his hands, falling down onto the ground, he turned his head back to look at his friend, only to realize that he is in the same situation.

This was the same Qi Technique Old Mao used to capture Ximen Wei, except that, this technique is way stronger and more potent! Old Mao was old and senile, with one foot in the coffin, his life force was flickering and his body can not exert a lot of power and strength.

Unlike Ximen Wei who is a youngling full of Blood and Qi, Old Mao's life was hanging on a thread, naturally, the Qi Techniques he can unleash are weakened.

After buffing himself and debuffing his enemies, Ximen Wei mustered all the power he have to mutter one final incantation.

"Qi Technique - Iron Fist!"

RUMBBLLEEE!!!

Terrifying undulations that made the two guards' faces pale emanated off Ximen Wei's body as he sent his punch flying towards the two immobile guards.

POW!!

The first guard's body dropped to the floor as a hole could be seen in his chest.

POWW!!

The second guard's body also dropped to the floor. Brain matter, hair and blood splattered all over the place as the guard's head is nowhere to be seen.

In less than a minute, Ximen Wei, a 10 year old child, exterminated a group of four, powerful guards.

This is terror of Qi Cultivators! In front of Qi Cultivators, mortals are as weak as ants, if a Qi Cultivator decides to unleash his Qi Techniques, then that mortal can only accept his death sentence!

After finishing these four guards, Ximen Wei collapsed on the floor, he was panting heavily and seemed on the verge of passing out. Using four Qi Techniques in a row comes with a heavy price, it puts a toll on his mind and on his body, if possible, Ximen Wei wants to avoid using his Qi Techniques unless absolutely necessary.

After taking a break of a minute or two, Ximen Wei got up to his feet, grabbed the keys off the dead guard's body, finished off the guy who got his crouch destroyed and decided to interrogate the paralyzed one.

He took him to a dampy old cell, the guard was scared out of his mind. Looking at a 10 year old child ruthlessly massacring his comrades made him feel as if he was looking at a devil reincarnated from the underworld.

Looking off into Ximen Wei's eyes, large beads of sweat rolled off of his forehead as he found out about the ruthlessness and madness hidden deep within' them.

What he was looking at was not a man, but a monster who would do anything to achieve his goals, and by anything, he means LITERALLY anything.

He nervously gulped down as he muttered what was on his mind all along: "W-what do you want?"

There must be reason as to why he kept him alive and killed the other three guards, this kid wants intel or something else and the guard wants to keep his life, by taking the initiative the guard would increase his chances and leave a slightly good impression on this child.

"Information? Map? Aid? Potions? Weapons? I can give you anything as long as you don't kill me!"

Ximen Wei looked deeply at the guard and chuckled in derision, he was brandishing a nice-looking dagger he picked off from one of the dead guards' bodies. Eventually, after a deep moment of thought, Ximen Wei said:

"Tell me everything, and we'll have a deal."