Ken stalked his prey, walking 30 meters behind them. He usually took a distance of 15 meters only, but he didn't know how strong this person was. He remembered how his uncle and aunt thrashed his parents, so he didn't underestimate a sixth-stage cultivator.
The Devil's Heir revealed an evil grin as he juggled four knives in his hands, and… shoot.
Ken threw the two knives he had in his hands, grabbed the other two that were in the air, and threw them right after. The first knives were aimed at the enemy's knees while the other two were aimed just under the shoulder.
He wanted to amputate them entirely and question them. He needed to know how rare sixth-stage cultivators were; if the secret realm was filled with them, he'd be in deep trouble as a fourth-stage cultivator.
To Ken's surprise, the person wasn't as helpless as he thought they would be. Unlike the Nascent Soul cultivators Ken butchered so far, they managed to react as soon as the knives entered a radius of 20 meters from them.
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Vivienne walked in the mist toward the voice calling to her. She started hearing it ever since she used her Fire Qi to guard herself against the invasive mist, but at first, she didn't want to follow its guidance.
However, after wandering aimlessly for a while and seeing that nothing else worked, she decided to listen to the call and hope that the evil sect didn't lay any nefarious traps for the inheritors for no reason.
'I will just go and check it out. I can only see 20 meters ahead despite being at the sixth stage, so others probably can't even see 10 meters ahead.'
The woman thought to herself as she stopped avoiding the strong urge that told her to listen to that voice and followed its directions.
After walking for a while, she suddenly felt a strong sense of discomfort. She couldn't find where it came from no matter how hard she tried, but she trusted her instincts. She remained vigilant the whole time and was ready to react to any possible incoming danger.
'It's coming!'
She thought and jumped away as soon as 2 daggers entered her perception. However, they were extremely close and flew at an extreme speed. To her dismay, two other daggers soon followed.
The young woman used her movement technique to dodge and felt the weird mist interfering with her Qi manipulation. As soon as the two other daggers were about to claim her arms, her torso exploded with fire and the shockwaves made the knives miss.
She wasn't out of danger yet; the knives were inscribed with runes that allowed their wielder to change their flying routes as well as call them back to them.
'They aren't too strong. They are probably at the fifth stage, and they attempt to take me down by taking advantage of whichever technique allows them to see inside this damn fog. It must be those bastards from the Serene Lotus Sect, they are the most unpredictable.'
She herself came from the Four Seasons Sect, and while Fire Qi remained her favorite, she also controlled Wind Qi and Light Qi. She noticed the voice called for her also when she used the other two but preferred to use the Fire Qi regardless.
Vivienne kept attacking the mist in the direction the knives first came from, but the knives didn't stop assaulting her for a single moment, giving her feedback on her failure to catch the perpetrator of the ambush.
'Since I can't find you, let's see how you fare against this!'
Vivienne thought to herself angrily as she created a long whip made of fire and cracked it and waved it all around her, creating a trail of fire behind it. She didn't feel she hit the enemy, so she tried making it as long as she could before the mist completely devoured it, which was around 45 meters.
This time, she did feel some feedback. 30 meters away she felt the whip clash with something, and with a triumphant smile, she led the whip with her Qi to keep attacking the offender as she created wind blades with Wind Qi and sent them to the same area her whip was clashing with something.
She didn't have a connection with her wind blades after sending them, so she had no idea if they dealt any damage.
'Damn!'
She swore in her mind as two knives came after her again. She was too concentrated on her offense that she didn't consider the option the other person could fight back. In her mind, it was a weak fifth-stage cultivator she could destroy easily, so the idea that they might find a chance to attack never crossed her mind.
Vivienne ducked to dodge the knives, but to her horror, 2 more knives appeared right in front of her, as if someone threw them at point-blank range.
'Where did they come from?!'
She thought stressfully before the knives connected with her two knees. As a last-moment struggle, she tried to cause an explosion again, but they were too close to deflect the knives in time.
The woman felt the knives pierce through her kneecaps, causing her extreme pain and making her fall to her knees. It wasn't her last source of concern; the momentary fall caused her attacks to waver, and it was enough for her enemy to slip away. The whip didn't engage with anything now no matter how much she swung it.
'I must run!'
She thought in panic. Vivienne gritted her teeth to fight the pain as she boosted her knees with Qi and ran as fast as she could toward the voice that had been resonating with her Fire Qi.
Her face burned in shame as she thought about running away from someone one stage lower. She was the top disciple, and if anyone knew she had been chased by a mere fifth-stage cultivator, the sect would lose face forever.
If only she knew… She was running away from a fourth-stage cultivator.
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