Chapter 104 - Havens Chain Lightning Fall (1/2)
Close to the territory of the sky tribe. Lofa was watching a scene in front of her trying her best not to laugh.
'Just how did it turn out like this?'
Ao and Arlan, on the other hand, were feeling very indignant. They wanted to refuse this idea back then, but Krune didn't give them a chance. Every time they remembered the purple Tribulation Lightning sparks gathered on Krune's hands, they felt a chill on their backs.
”Traitors have no right to chose! If you don't comply, I don't mind frying you two right here and right now.”
After receiving such a 'friendly' request, how could they complain? They immediately put their hearts into the act.
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The people that lived in the sky tribe were in its majority, descendants of bandits from the Hadine Planet. Their leader was one of the very few who really came from there. He is a 4th stage Core Formation Realm cultivator called Hil Argen. Lately, he's been busy because of the cultivators doing the test. By using superiority in numbers and some traps, he was successful in gathering six black tokens already. He will be able to exchange them for excellent rewards with the Divine path Sect later.
Hil was having some rest when one of his subordinates came to report something.
”Boss Hil, we found another group.”
”How many?”
”Only four.”
Hil Argen was surprised, so far, the smallest team he found had at least five members, and it was only one group. The rest usually had ten or more. But then he sighed, such a small group probably doesn't even have a single black token. Unfortunately, the blood contract states that he can't ignore any contestant, so he could only set forward and start the attack.
”Have you found who the leader is between the four?”
The subordinate nodded.
”Their group had three men and one woman, and it seems like the woman is the leader.”
Hil's attention was picked.
”When we used our Divine Sense to scan the area, we just so happened to see her scolding them while they were kneeling with their heads down. By the looks of it, it seems that they don't dare to talk back at all.”
Hil was taken aback now, it's not every day that you see a situation like that.
”It's just...”
Hil urged his subordinate.
”What is it? Say it.”
”From what we could pry, the three men seemed much stronger than her.”
Hil was delighted with that information. He couldn't help but think that the woman probably had some great background. In that case, she might really have some black tokens on her!
”Have you tested their strength?”
His subordinate nodded.
”We sent three peak Foundation Establishment cultivators over, although they lost and fled in the end, the battle took more than ten minutes to finish. Not to mention that they suffered a few injuries while trying to protect the girl.”
Hil was even surer now.
”Very good, we are leaving immediately!”
”Aren't we waiting for everyone to be back first?”
They sky tribe had sent several scouts around their territory to find the contestants, so there was almost no one behind.
”Wait your head! If we take too long and they escape to another territory, I might lose quite a few precious black tokens. Not to mention, with the combat prowess that they showed, it will be way too easy if I take action.”
His subordinate thought that it really made sense. At the very least, they shouldn't have a problem to flee if things go south.
And just like that, Krune was successful in making Lofa become the perfect bait while avoiding too many enemies. As for feeling embarrassed about that situation? Krune has never cared about what others would think anyway. Much for Ao and Arlan's sadness.
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Krune's group was hidden close to a mountain range while waiting for their guests to arrive. Although they were pretending that to be safe, Krune had already told everyone that someone was observing them from afar. Their plan was to have Krune pay attention to how many enemies will come. If there are too many, they will leave. If not, they will use Lofa to bait the Core Formation Realm cultivator out.
Lofa looked into her hand and could see the Runestone Formation that Krune had given her. It was a protective barrier that Yusa prepared for them before they started the first phase. It had the power to stop a Middle stages Core Formation Realm cultivator attack for a second.
According to Krune, that would be all that they need. So she just had to be calm and... let the Core Formation guy attack her head-on while pretending to be too scared to move. Lofa was already regretting the decision back then. Why couldn't she be satisfied with helping Krune to cook? Turns out that there wasn't even need to act, her soul almost left her body every time that she thought in receiving that attack.
Suddenly, they received a Divine Sense message from Krune.
”Seems like the big boss is here.”
Lofa's heart skipped a bit at that moment. Sometime later, another message.
”Great! There are only four more guys with him. My plan was really perfect!”
Ao and Arlan almost vomited blood after hearing that. Perfect your head! Can't you think about a better way to do it?
But since the play was going already, they might as ell finish it. Not to mention that Krune was right about one thing, the big boss really came out without an army.
Hil used his Divine Sense to probe, and as he expected, they didn't show any reaction, which means that the group ahead couldn't feel it. It gave him more confidence that they are his match at all. After ordering the other four guys that came with him to encircle the arena, he and the other immediately attacked.
Krune noticed that and said.
”They are coming, they will be in front of us soon.”
Ao and Arlan got prepared to take the swords in their spatial ring. Lofa concentrated in the Renustone Formation in her hand. As for Krune, he started to accumulate Tribulation Lightning power to attack.
As soon as Hil appeared, Krune's group immediately got up while pretending to be alarmed.