138 Hatch a Plan (2/2)

”I like this kid,” a voice suddenly sounded in Xue Wei's head. The latter instantly knew that it was Tianyi.

Startled, Xue Wei looked around, but there were no signs of the sword having appeared by his side. Instead, the sinister laughter rang out in his mind.

”We have made a contract,” he reminded the confused young man. ”Our souls are connected. Everything you see, I also see. Everything you experience, I also experience.”

”Seeing these villagers take pleasure in your misfortune was especially enjoyable. When I see them, they are cowering in fear; their eyes are wide and filled with tears, and they are trembling from head to toe. It is definitely quite a difference seeing them like this,” the sword laughed. Xue Wei was only then starting to understand that everything he had seen and experienced had been shared with the sword.

”You did not mention this when we made the contract,” Xue Wei pointed out. But the sword casually ignored his words, and changed the subject.

”It seems as if this escape mission is not going to be as easy as I thought,” it said. ”I have a few suggestions as to what we can do,” it continued. Xue Wei sighed, tossed aside the thoughts of Tianyi having deceived him, and listened to the words the sword soul said next.

Xue Wei was in deep thought, pondering the plan that the sword had made. It was risky, but considering their situation, it was likely their only option.

”Let us return to our room,” Xue Wei finally said after a bit of thinking. Their plan was risky, and he needed to hear Hei Gou's opinion on the matter first.

He was willing to let Hei Gou in on their plans, but not the priestess. Although she was on their side, he knew nothing about her, and if she accidentally spilled their ideas, they would be in for a very unpleasant time.

The two returned to their room, where they discussed long into the night. The fact that they could talk together with the sword Tianyi was somewhat fortunate for them, as they got a much better understanding of every member in the village.

”Wait, you know a soul ability?!” Tianyi's voice hammered in Xue Wei's mind when he casually mentioned Mind Infestation, and then he started giggling like a little child that had confirmed its belief that Santa existed.

”These experts might be stronger than you,” Tianyi said straightforwardly, ”but they have all lost a bit of their soul. The older they are, the more of their soul they have lost.”

”Although it would be impossible for you to affect someone that much stronger than you in normal circumstances, these are like chickens waiting to be slaughtered.”

”Let us mess up the plan slightly; I have a great idea of what to do!”

The childish mischievousness in Tianyi's voice caught Xue Wei off guard, but when he heard the plan, the color drained from his face. There were no immature parts in this at all; it was sinister through and through.

Night descended over the village, and every villager started returning to their homes. Xue Wei had been waiting for this time. It was time to start the first part of their plan.

Under the cover of the night, he left the temple and headed towards the gate where ten guards were stationed.

They were all Sky Warriors, with the strongest being a ninth layer Sky Warrior. He was the one in charge of the patrol, and he took his job seriously, always on high alert while observing everything in their surroundings.

Seeing this, Xue Wei snickered. It was precisely as Tianyi had told him.

This ninth layer Sky Warrior was middle-aged, but he seemed weaker than most middle-aged cultivators – as if he was older, somehow. It was clear that the many times his soul had been shaved down had caused him to age prematurely.

Mind Infestation!

Xue Wei was close enough to launch the Mind Infestation martial arts technique. He had expected a bit of struggle from the guard's mind, but nothing happened. Moments after, he had taken complete control over this man's body.

His soul was so weak that it couldn't even notice the mind invasion, and Xue Wei quickly went on to the second stage of the plan.

He quickly caused the mind-controlled man to run amok. He drew his weapon and started swinging it around, his attacks raining down on the other nine guards. The first volley of swings caused his unknowing fellow guards to become severely injured.

Blood splashed onto the palisades. The nine other experts were no match for this man, but instead of making him kill them instantly, Xue Wei made him cause an uproar and waited for more to arrive.

He slowly killed off the guards one after another, making the mind-controlled guard turn to the experts that came to see what was going on.

At the start, he had ordered him to be casual, but as time went on, Xue Wei ordered the man to attack more violently. Eventually, when the village's stronger experts arrived, he told him to go all out.

”Ke Fang, what are you doing?!” one of the arriving men asked in disbelief. ”Why are you slaughtering your own comrades?!”

Just as he asked this, the mind-controlled man turned to the speaker. Instead of answering, he rushed towards him, sword held high in the air before slashing down, causing ripples to appear.