221 Darkness (1/2)

Sighing at the hopelessness of his now executed opponent, Xue Wei shook his head. A sneer adorned his lips and his mood was foul.

He reached a hand out and took his dead foe's storage ring, but he did not bother to rummage through the man's pockets or the spots in his clothes where one could hide valuables.

Without even waiting for anyone to declare him the winner, Xue Wei left the cage, not looking back at the corpse on the ground in the cell ever again.

As he exited, the audience unconsciously made a path for him and he quickly grouped up with his companions.

”Let's go,” Xue Wei said. Neither Hei Gou nor Bai Tianyi cared about staying as they had already had their share of fun, so they nodded their heads and left the cave together with him.

”We got to be careful,” Bai Tianyi said after a while. ”Those Tiger Triplet brothers might have given up on the outside, but I fear that they will not have given up in their hearts.”

”I know,” Xue Wei said, annoyed, ”they are right behind us.” Bai Tianyi snickered. ”So even you could sense them?” he joked, but Xue Wei ignored him.

Usually, it would be hard for Xue Wei to pinpoint someone of a stronger cultivation base than himself with his spiritual energy, but he had recognized it right away since he had already memorized their auras in their previous encounter.

”The brute is not much of a problem,” Xue Wei said casually while looking at the dark sky above him. They had left the underground battle area early so it was still night time.

”We can overpower him and kill him should it come to that, but the other one is difficult to deal with. I have no idea what he is thinking, nor do I have any idea what his exact plans are,” Bai Tianyi added agreeingly while rubbing his chin.

”We need to keep in mind that Xue Wei and I can't really take on our original shapes,” Hei Gou cut in. ”Although we are in the lawless part of the city, the Diviners were here earlier.We do not want to attract those guys now, do we?”

”Not only the Diviners, but everyone else will also go after us if they see our original shape.”

Xue Wei pondered what Hei Gou had said for a moment. ”That's not wrong,” he conceded dejectedly. ”We are three and they are two, but the fact remains that those two Tiger Triplets are stronger than us even if we have the advantage in numbers. Both of them are Ordinary Knights and only Tianyi is an Ordinary Knight on our side.”

”It is fine,” Bai Tianyi said, laughing out loud. He grinned. ”I might be a few layers beneath them in strength, but the truth is that I am not some average cultivator.”

”I am an immortal spirit. I have lived at the apex of the world. No one could threaten me, no one could challenge me. Two simple Ordinary Knights might be able to cause me a bit of trouble, but since I am undying I can just keep going until they die!”

Xue Wei shook his head when he heard this and laughed slightly. Bai Tianyi sounded arrogant and self-confident, but Xue Wei was aware that this attitude was not the whole truth.

Although he was undying, he could still be injured. The more injured he became, the more his strength would be lowered. If he was injured too much, his soul would enter a hibernation period until he manages to absorb enough soul power from the surrounding air to recover.

”So what do we do now?” Xue Wei ignored Bai Tianyi's bragging and looked at them.

”Should we enter a small alleyway where no one can see us and fight them hoping to win, or should we just return to the hotel and ignore them for now?”

”I kinda hate the feeling of having someone behind me,” Hei Gou said while starting to swing his arm to warm up his body and prepare for battle.

”I said I can deal with them. You two just look at my brilliant display of strength,” Bai Tianyi said with a snicker. While hesitant at first, eventually Xue Wei could only chuckle and shake his head.

Was there even a choice? These two battle maniacs by his side were smiling wildly while stretching their arms as they moved into one of the nearby alleyways that were a part of the lawless area.

The people living in the houses on the two sides of the alleyway could be the eyes of the underworld, like a den of flies on the wall.

”I can't sense the Diviners anywhere near us,” Xue Wei said, glancing around. ”Nah, they left this area a while ago,” Bai Tianyi answered casually. ”I followed their energy signatures when they left.”

”Well, then we have nothing holding us back!” Hei Gou laughed madly. Xue Wei grinned too.

”How long do the three of you plan on laughing like this?” a voice said from behind them. Xue Wei's trio turned around to look at the two remaining brothers of the Tiger Triplets.

”Oh, you are here already?” Bai Tianyi sent back casually, though he was far from relaxed in reality.

There was a serious gleam in his eyes. He was clearly tense, and he was actively circulating his spiritual energy through his body while watching them carefully.

Xue Wei and Hei Gou were equally alert. They too were circulating their energy. In Xue Wei, thousands of dragons were vigorously flowing through the channels in his body. All of them were roaring out loud, but Xue Wei was the only one who could hear it.

The roaring dragons made Xue Wei's killing intent spike. It started leaking out of him in the same way air leaks out of a broken balloon.