Sound Clan Leader #6

After saving the mother and son, the carriage containing both of them was moved to a safe location while Ki and the others began their ambush on the nearby base.

Although they did not know of the location because they had nobody to lead the way, Ki was already aware of the location so it was simple enough to discover.

Upon gaining entry and assassinating one of them while removing the other, Ki was able to quickly extract information from the captured Blood Sect member.

Upon learning the numbers and strength of the enemy, she began calculating and turned to Rashida. "There are less than I had expected so this one you all will be able to gain some of the untainted blood. Taking into account what has been revealed from that person's mouth and that it could be more than what they have said… I believe that if we use the previous tactics we will all be able to gain training resources and more experience."

If the tortured captives words were the truth before their death then it should be an easy battle for them but if he had said a slightly reduced number or even halved the estimated strength of the group then it should still possible to handle this without additional tactics.

The Blood Sect may have attached little importance to this task because the blood of a Sound Arts user was not as tempting to the sects heir as a 'real' martial artist, the result would be reduced forces sent to complete the task.

The strength behind the two clans was also a problem that a small task group could not so easily handle so the tasks difficulty was much higher.

Many wished to take part in other tasks to avoid becoming a sacrificial pawn or receiving less rewards for this task.

One of the numbers remained with mother and son protecting them while controlling the corpse puppet to assist in the battle.

Very quickly a skirmish broke out between the corpse puppets at the front that blocked the way.

The remaining four numbers stood back and began using their blood mystic arts while occasionally attacking those that broke through the puppets formation.

Rashida and Ki took the lead and started cutting down many people one after another until they were met with a stronger force.

Rashida and the puppets belonging to Ki and herself continued to clean up the room and watch Ki's back as she clashed with the opponent.

Another person was about to attack Ki from the side with peak transcendent strength but was stopped by Rashida's scimitar.

Numerous cuts landed on the enemies bodies during the battles and the blood was drained from them very quickly, not allowing them a chance to recover.

Two peak transcendent powerhouses were finished off by Rashida and Ki while the rest were quickly massacred.

A large globe of poisoned blood formed within the room and was absorbed by Ki while another without any poison within was absorbed by those within the room with a sixth of it remaining.

The blood was controlled to leave the room and headed towards the number that was on guard duty.

Upon dumping all of the other dead bodies within the base and claiming anything of value, the base was closed up again and packed up.

Ki and Rashida went back into training absorbing what they had gained during the battles.

Ki was almost reaching a realm where her swordsmanship could attack, parry and defend from anywhere within her own domain leaving no gaps or weaknesses.

All she needed was a little more practice and inspiration to perfect her sword arts to the stage where she could be at a realm of unity of man, sword and world which others may refer to as the sword domain realm.

Rashida still required more time and experiences to reach the realm where she could be one with her weapon almost like it was a part of her own body like her own limb otherwise known as the unity of man and sword so that she could catch up to geniuses like Ki, Marilyn, Rayleigh and Lumi.

However the experiences during these attacks had provided her enough chances to close that gap and she was quickly approaching that realm.

After spending some time to go over their battles and searching for ways to overcome some of their flaws, the training time ended and Ki went to wake up the mother and son.

Then woman opened her eyes looking angry. "You! Oh.. what?"

She wished to tear the woman in front of her apart for plotting against herself but as her vision cleared up, she found that she was screaming at the wrong person.

However she could not use her strength so became vigilant.

Ki looked down at her and sighed. "Do not worry, I am not going to do anything to you. In fact I have just saved you and am here to provide you with a job, time and resources if you can work with me towards my goal."

The clan leader sighed. "What happened to me? What about my son?"

Ki smiled upon seeing her calm down. "He is fine, just sleeping close by. You have been involved with a plot of the Blood Sect, the next heir is collecting resources to help with his breakthrough to the next realm if you know what I mean…"

The clan leader gasped. "It couldn't be.. but why me and why is my son involved in this too? Wait… was it them?"

Ki calmly explained. "Indeed… the only way they could succeed in capturing you from within your clan grounds would be if there was involvement from within. They need to collect lots of Unrestrained blood for their task and you were a target since your clan is not affiliated with any of the alliances. Most likely you have a traitor or many traitors within your clan so you will not be able to return for various reasons."