Chapter 84 - Mysterious Giant Flower (1/2)
”Ye, Xing. Break some of his bones; the poison isn't enough.” Hei said when he finished his work and turned to look at his two little sisters. His enemy laid on the ground, unconscious. He was still alive, but the wounds on his body wouldn't heal quickly enough, making him mathematically out of the game.
If their permanence in the Secret Dimension lasted a very long time, he could heal in time with the help of medicines, but it wasn't a valid reason to antagonize the Tremor Sect and the other sects of the Mountain Kingdom up to that point.
If he had killed the two martial artists even after they had been neutralized, he would have been badly seen, even by the sect of the Lake Kingdom, since he had no mercy for his enemies. And they would have given him the highest priority as a dangerous target, more than Chang Huan. On the contrary, by showing compassion, he wouldn't generate feelings of hatred except for the victims, not to mention that the demonstration of now must have placed enough fear to make others desist from attacking him and Lian.
After all, this wasn't a war. It was true that all the younger generation martial artists competed with each other, but there was no need to give the final blow. To recklessly kill a living being, whether it was a human, a demon, or a spirit beast, it would always generate consequences. As a follower of his mother's teachings, he would take their lives only if necessary.
”Take these two away. They are still alive, but I advise you to treat them immediately.” Hei told the martial artists from the Mountain Kingdom sects, but not before having removed the space rings from the two men who had fainted on the ground.
To the words of Hei, those people, though they were rivals of the Tremor Sect, still carried out his command. It wasn't a bad idea to curry favor with the number one sect of the island by saving two of its disciples. Besides, there were still around Chang Huan and Wen Guiying. With them still in the running, there was no way that they wouldn't help the Tremort Sect, or they could become targets for those two.
With the Tremor Sect outside from the struggle for the quarry's possession, the sects of the Mountain Kingdom withdrew. They had suffered a colossal defeat and even lost some martial artists. Without Chang Huan and Wn Guiying, there was no way to compete with the other two groups now.
But the victory of Hei and Lian didn't only impact the Mountain Kingdom faction. Even the Lake Kingdom sects all frowned. With three members of two big sects each, and an equal number of martial artists from other sects, both groups were comparable. Now, however, with the Flower Sect's victory on the Tremor Sect, the needle hung on the Forest Kingdom's side.
”Withdrawn!” A woman with light-blue hair shouted, holding a metal fan.
She was Sun Xiulan, the one in charge of the Bubble Sect group. Until recently, she was confronting Ren, the leader of the Tree Sect group, on equal terms. But looking closely at the situation, she noticed the danger in continuing this fight. There would be other fights like these, and it didn't make sense to consume their battle potential when the odds of victory gave them to be disadvantaged.
As a temporary leader of the Forest Kingdom sects' faction, Ren ordered a cease-fire. Getting the quarry without further losses was more than welcome.
”Secure the area. Each sect will take turns with the Tree Sect as first and the Flower Sect as the second. When you feel satisfied with the number of spirit stones, you will come out to let the other sects come in.” Ren immediately gave instructions on how to handle the loot of this battle.
The martial artists of the other sects nodded and accepted that order. As long as they had their share, it was okay for them. In any case, had it not been for the presence of the Tree Sect and the Flower Sect, they would have had no way to win against the other two groups.
At that point, Ren and his companions began to explore the quarry full of spirit stones. It took a while before they came out, but from their smiling faces, it was sure they had accumulated a sweet loot.
So it was Hei and Lian's turn. Ye and Xing meanwhile returned to their small size and hid in the clothes of their big brother.
Inside the quarry, although it would typically get dark, the interior was instead lit. All these thanks to the glow of the spirit stones attached to the quarry walls.
”Let's do an exploratory tour first and see what's at the bottom,” Hei said to Lian, who nodded and followed Hei down the quarry.
The quarry stretched for tens of meters, and as they approached the bottom, they found pieces of increasingly larger spirit stones. When they reached the bottom, they noticed darkened areas on the walls, a sign that the Tree Sect group had extracted spirit stones from there.
”Let's start collecting then.”
He and Lian initially had a total of three rings per person. Their enemies also had three, and after having seized their possessions, the total available to them was six. However, they had donated two rings to the Tree Sect group immediately after the fight.
The reason was simple: not to generate too much envy in others.
Even if they had won with their own strength, it was also true that without the help of the Tree Sect, they could never have entirely focused on their adversaries. But in the same way, without the help of the Flower Sect, the Forest Kingdom faction couldn't have won so easily. Furthermore, by splitting the rings, he would avoid that the remaining two from Tremo Sect would focus exclusively on them.
So, in the end, only two rings went to the Tree Sect. In any case, he and Lian had five rings each, and the space now available to them was already more than they had planned in the beginning.