Daring People
Drip! Drip! Drip!
Gazing at the ceiling dripping with water, Athena took out her red double-sided spear and pointed one of the heads at the ceiling. A light red glow escaped the spear as she threw it toward the ceiling.
Boom!
Penetrating the ceiling, the spear utterly destroyed everything in its path. There was a moment of silence in the cave as Blade remained expressionless.
Shhhhhhhhhh!
An intense pressure pervaded the space as right after, cracks formed on the ceiling before, water gushed out with a strong force and onto the bodies of Blade and Athena who stood directly under!
"Hah... This... Did I tell you to do that?" Blade shook his head. "Now, my clothes are soaked..." His words caused Athena to be slightly embarrassed. It seemed like she rushed things a little.
The pressure from the water's descent didn't lower, instead, it continued to rise. Feeling it, Blade understood quickly that the water originated from a place that was at least the size of a large pond.
'Under this pressure, normal humans would be crushed. Hmm, even Martial Disciples.' Pondering on this, he then tapped Athena's shoulder. His figure then disappeared from the cave as with one hop, he had already surpassed the ceiling.
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Since it was still night, not many bothered to come to this place but, on the bank of this flowing river, multiple hooded figures in all-black clothing and short swords tied to their waist were washing pieces of clothing.
Tch!
"Those bastards have me, Aden Fond, washing clothes." The hooded figure mumbled, his voice tinged with annoyance.
Aden Fond was part of a group called the Bandit Chasm Camp. As their name implies, they were a group of bandits, very well-known bandits in the villages nearby.
Their name originated from the fact that they're located in a massive chasm. Since their leader was a great being in the Martial Lord realm, they remained a top power in these parts...
Even though they were a group of despicable people who r*ped and slaughtered the common people of these villages, nothing was done to extinguish this group.
Firstly, they were common people who weren't important in the eyes of influential figures, and secondly, the leader of this group was a Martial Lord.
In the surrounding 5,000 miles, there were only five Martial Lords!
Four Village Leaders and one Bandit Chasm Group Leader, but this Leader were a High-Level Martial Lord, while the others were Low-Level Martial Lords.
Since a High-Level Martial Lord was comparable to several Low-Level Martial Lords, these Village Leaders rather not provoke the Bandit Leader.
Humph!
"What are you going to do? Nothing! Nothing because you're too weak..." Another figure nearby mumbled to himself after hearing Aden's words.
They were accustomed to this type of work. After all, a massive group of ten thousand bandits needed clean clothes to wear, so the weaker ones would be ordered to contribute in this way.
"At the very least, we get to enjoy some of the girls our Leader obtains." The figure said to Aden who immediately stood up and said with a determined voice.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, no! I want to enjoy the new girls... I want to use them before they're used by others, I want to taste their tender flesh before they were beaten and bruised by previous users!"
Pop!
As the figure was about to reply, his body suddenly froze. The sound which entered his ears was followed by drops of liquid falling from above him...
"Aden?!" The figure shouted in panic. Suddenly shooting out of the river stream was a four-meter-long red double-sided spear that thoroughly blasted straight through Aden's head and then continued on its path, embedding itself into a nearby tree!
The hooded figure felt the world spinning. He was dazed as the scene was simply too much for him to begin comprehending.
One moment was all it took for his childhood friend to be sent to the otherworld. Falling onto his ass, he then heard a splashing sound from the water.
Jumping out of the river were two masked figures. One had a slender figure with purple hair that was as long as its body. The other had a voluptuous body, capable of enticing any man.
It was clear to the man that these two figures were related to the death of his friend. Without even thinking, he attacked Blade first...
Bam!
"Huh?" As soon as he appeared out of the water, someone or thing had rushed toward him, so instinctively, he sent a punch. Though it wasn't a full-powered punch, it contained a considerable amount of power and...
Puchi!
Right after landing on the object, Blade realized his fist had penetrated the chest of a figure in black clothing. The hood fell, revealing a young man with brown hair and a pair of unwilling eyes.
"Oh! Now now, why did you attack me?" Blade kindly asked. Though his hand had squashed the boy's heart, he still thought the boy had some time before he died and was curious as to why he would attack him.
"I think I know..." If her mask wasn't blocking her face, Athena would have had an embarrassed expression as she placed two and two together after seeing a headless body and her weapon.
By now, the duo's presence was caught by multiple more individuals. There were twenty or more figures who were tasked with the washing of clothing and they all stared at the duo.
"You see, this is your fault." Blade yanked his fist out of the boy's chest causing him to fall to the ground lifeless, now a corpse as the nearby figures jumped to their feet in unison.
"I told you that rushing things isn't good. Humph! Look what you caused. The innocent fellow's now gone forever. Sigh! Life is tough when you're weak... Poor fellow." Blade's voice sounded remorseful.
It sounded remorseful... It sounded that way but these figures who were fairly experienced in the world understood something very clearly... This man wasn't remorseful at all.
"You dare attack people of the Bandit Chasm Group!" Suddenly a rough male voice sounded. Right after, as if gaining strength, the once careful people now carried an air of arrogance.
Who was the Bandit Chasm Group again? Nothing much besides the Overlord of this place. For these people, it was a Supreme Power without any equals.
'Yes, these two figures seem strong but, are they anything in the eyes of the Leader of our Bandit Chasm Group... No, are they even qualified to enter the Leader's eyes?'
These thoughts entered their minds. At this time, it wasn't that they didn't dare to offend these two figures, more like, they couldn't believe someone dared offend them!
"Woman, I see you've got a nice body there... Why don't you let this brother play with you?" With the backing of the Bandit Chasm Group, some, no, all these people were men and they had gotten very indecent thoughts after seeing Athena's curvaceous body that was made more apparent due to the waters.
Her clothes now stuck to her skin, causing the blood of these men to rise to their heads. Another thing rising was the little brothers. Seeing this, Blade's body trembled.
'These people! These daring people! They... Do they think that they can touch my things?!' Blade's mind almost went blank with rage.
No matter the world he was in, his possessions were his things and it was untouchable by others so hearing the words of these people, he reacted even faster than an angered Athena!
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!
In the blink of an eye, several heads were detached from their necks. Blood sprayed to the skies as headless bodies dropped to the ground.
In Blade's hand was a red-colored blade. At this time, he was too disgusted by these people that he much rather his sword taste the blood of these people than taint his fists.
Ah!
Athena yelped in surprise. In an instant, all these men were beheaded.
'This... isn't this... Blade, did he do this for me?' Athena's face heated up a little. Thinking of Blade's actions, the bloody sight in front of her eyes was more enticing than entering Heaven...
"These people didn't know better. If it was up to me, I'd go slaughter the whole group of bandits but, this thing is acting even more violent than with the Painting of One Thousand Ghosts."
Looking toward Athena, he continued. "Let's go get this treasure. Hopefully, this time it can raise our cultivation base." Saying this, Blade's figure appeared in front of a tree with a spear embedded into it.
Humph!
"Look! Please, don't rush things next time. Well, these people deserved what they got but, not every person in this world is as weak. Let's not offend too many."
Unknowingly, it seemed Astral's teaching had reached his heart... Upon this realization, Blade was slightly surprised but, on second thoughts.
'This world may have people equal to Astral's strength. Even if they're weaker, anything around his power level is still too much for the current me. So, it's best to be careful for now.'