Chapter 835 - Clash (1/2)

When Bai Wanli took off with the five other elders, Jiang Fei nudged Ariel's shoulder and said, ”Let's go with them.”

Ariel nodded and followed Jiang Fei on foot. The distance between the martial artists and the Mutants was no more than 5 kilometers. The two did need to teleport as 5 kilometers was a short distance for a martial artist. They took less than 3 minutes to cover that distance.

Concurrently, Vine Demon and his team of Mutants were hiding in the forest packed with trees. They felt truly safe from the martial artists since they knew that they had no access to tracking or surveillance technology.

Unfortunately for them, Jiang Fei, with the help of 0541, had already had their location locked on. He had fed that information to Bai Wanli's group. There was no need to turn left and right. All they needed to do was to head straight in one direction and they would clash with the Mutants.

”Boss! Our position has been compromised! The enemy is heading our way!” cried the scout of the team, Hawkeye. When he had noticed the enemy, they were already within one kilometer.

”How many of them,” Vine Demon asked.

”6… wait. 8! There's 8 of them! Based on their movement speed, I think they are at least Level 4!” said Hawkeye.

”A small team… You are right. We have been compromised! They know we are here!” said Vine Demon. Even though he did not know how they had detected them, it did not matter since it was more important to deal with them before they decided to relay the information back to their comrades! Who knew what would they do then?

”Boss, should we just call it?” said a Mutant named Rock.

”And leave the alien artifact to the martial artists? Are you kidding? Besides, there's no way anyone of us could outrun a Level 4 martial artist,” said Vine Demon with a stern glare. Speed was one of the known fortes of martial artists. Besides a few other Mutants that had speed-related abilities, or could fly and teleport, there was no one amongst the Mutants that could outrun a martial artist at the same power level.

Vine Demon's ability was controlling plants. The best place for him to fight was in the forest with plenty of trees and plants. If they left the forest, their combat prowess would drop significantly!

Knowing that escape was not an option, the Mutants decided to take a stance against the martial artists. Besides, they had the terrain advantage! There might be a chance for them to defeat the enemy!

Bai Wanli and the others arrived and slowed down once they were in the forest.

”They should be in there… somewhere…” said Bai Wanli.

”Hmph! What a cowardly place to hide! I'd say, they should just fight like men!” Zhu Tianfei roared.

”It matters not. Let them hide, there is no way I will allow them to run!” Ganming Zhenren declared proudly as he gripped his sword, ready to slash anything that moves.

”I'll cover the back. Lead the way!” said Ding Tianqi, following closely from behind.

”Do we need to follow them?” Ariel asked, staying behind with Jiang Fei as the group moved into the forest.

”No need. Let's just wait here and enjoy the show,” said Jiang Fei, smiling and leaning against a tree. He came along only to observe the fight and ”steal” martial arts from the masters if he was fond of them.

Even though he was part of the alliance, he was not entitled to protect and babysit the rest of them. If everything needed him to get his hands involved with, he would be tired or worse, annoyed.

Bai Wanli's group had the advantage of numbers. In fact, they were only slightly stronger than the enemy. Besides Bai Wanli and Ganming Zhanren being at the Pinnacle stage of Level 4, Ding Tianqi and Zhu Tianfei were Advanced stage of Level 4, and Mao Gongyu and Lu Gongzan were at the Intermediate stage of Level 4. The enemy had one Pinnacle stage of Level 4, two Advanced stage of Level 4, and two Intermediate stage of Level 4. To be fair, the martial artists could completely dominate the enemy without a single casualty.