Chapter 188 – Result (2/2)

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“We are going eastward!” Lu Qianying was frustrated. He was struggling to balance speed with safety.

“That little bastard is somewhere around here!” He said viciously. There was nothing he wanted more than to avenge the Lu’s condensed prime Warriors by redeeming himself. This would only be done by capturing Ye Wei.

“You can hide but your family can’t! They are sitting ducks!” Lu Qianying’s cry echoed throughout the woods, “you too, are going to die with them! If you keep hiding, I will make sure our men break every bone in your body and flay every inch of your skin when we have you cornered!”

Since his recovery, Lu Qianying had shifted his anger onto the Ye family because Ye Wei was nowhere to be found. Although he was ordered not to make a move, he consistently started rumors about the Ye’s and supported the Ye’s rivals with weapons and scrolls.

Despite Master Yi’s involvement in defending the Ye’s, a few cultivators from the Ye family were injured and hurt in seemingly random brawls and feuds.

“You know what? I heard the Ye’s ancestral grave is close by. We should have a look over there!” the chubby elder pointed his fingers to the Drakehead’s direction.

At the beginning of the search Lu Qianying was convinced that Ye Wei could still be close to the North Barren Mountain range, but after a long thought, he realized defending the Ye’s land could have been one of Ye Wei’s many reasons for wandering in the bay area to begin with.

The Lu’s men were all on their toes, they knew that the elder was stressed even on the verge of losing his sanity. They were just taking one order at a time. No matter how silly it may seem, they were not willing to argue or discuss strategy with their unreasonable leader.

“Lu Qianying, you are a lucky one aren’t you?” A beckoning voice sounded in the Lu’s ears, “I really thought you died after you were sneezed on by the horse!”

“You little dog!” Lu Qianying’s face flushed flaming red as if someone slapped him. He did not expect to be called out on something he was ashamed of.

None of the Lu’s apart from the family council knew that he was gravely injured by a wild beast. The team of condensed prime Warriors were all shocked.

“So the sighting reports were legitimate!?”

“We are under equipped!”

They all looked at their leader, the chubby elder. Resentment appeared in their eyes. Their respect and fear for their leader turned into doubt and nervousness.

“You bastard! I have been waiting for you!” Lu Qianying’s face contorted.His bloodthirsty smile widened. “Show yourself you mouthy coward!”

Despite the infuriating comments, Lu Qianying did not mind that Ye Wei appeared in the Bay area at all, to him it was almost a gift. He planned to make the illegal act of killing a Seven New Rune member look like an accident and blame it onto the breast and demons if ever questioned.

The cubby elder looked up at the canopy of the woods where Ye Wei’s voice came from. He was boiling up; the idea of a violent revenge put a twisted smile on his face.

Without moving a muscle, a pulsing wave of golden Qi bursted out of Lu Qianying’s body. It swept the leafy ground and rose along the trees.

“Kushuuu!”

The thick trucks swung vigorously, but Ye Wei stood steadily on top of one of the shaking trees as if nothing happened.

Ye Wei coldly glared down at the chubby elder. His face was stoic; he acted as if he hadn’t heard a word. His arms folded behind his back, a sequence of runes leaked out his body. The temperature around him drastically dropped.

The young Runemaster was less than pleased with Lu Qianying’s threatening words, but he was not going to argue or reason with the Lu. Instead, he was going to express his antipathy with action.

“Words won’t save you or your men.” Ye Wei mutter impassively to himself. He was tired of the retaliating Lu’s.

The runes around Ye Wei suddenly disappeared and turned into an invisible shockwave, blasting down onto the ground.

Lu Qianying was not affected by the shockwave, but his men’s faces turned pale. Despite their best efforts, they were struggling to stay on their feet.

“All of you are an embarrassment to the family name!” The elder shouted, dissatisfied. Seconds laters, he could feel the shockwave intensifying. ‘What!? This kid was no stronger than a ten-star condensed prime Warrior just days ago!’

“What happened boy? Did your master give you some pills to take!?” Lu Qianying shouted at Ye Wei and then turned to his men, “don’t be scared! We outnumber him!”

Actually, Lu Qianying did not care about his men living or not. His heart was, clouded by hatred, and he cared little for anything else than eradicating the reason of his humiliation.

“What a surprise! I thought you were going to run like a chicken again!” A golden Qi storm was brewing around Lu Qianying as the runes around him condensed.

The intense golden hue of Lu Qianying’s Qi represented his pride as a returned prime Warrior. His energy was twice as dense as the Qi that flowed in condensed prime Warriors’ meridians.

“Die!” The chubby elder channeled the Qi to his palm. With a quick swipe he shot a pillar of blinding golden runic energy exactly to where Ye Wei stood.