In the blink of an eye, there was an explosion of blood.
Before any of the bandits could even react, they were all knocked down to the ground.
As they fell, the slow descent to the ground was the last thing that they saw.
That was because they had all been killed in an instant by that cloaked figure.
Many of them had even been cut to pieces before they could even react to what was happening. So there were also many of them that didn't even know how they had died.
The only one left alive was the bandit boss sitting there, but his arms had also been cut off.
There was a hand and a blade that peeked out of the cloak and the cloaked figure just stood there over the bandit boss with his blade at the bandit boss' throat. As he stood there, there was a chill that came from him that completely froze the bandit boss.
He didn't kill the bandit boss right away and instead, he said, "You should have taken the toast offered to you. You wouldn't have needed to suffer if you just controlled your greed."
The bandit boss looked up at the cloaked figure with a look of absolute fear as he said, "What are you?"
The cloaked figure didn't answer this question and simply moved his blade forward a bit as he started stabbing the bandit boss in the throat.
However, it wasn't one swift cut.
Instead, he made sure to move as slow as possible, stabbing the blade in while also keeping the bandit boss alive as long as possible.
The bandit boss naturally knew this and wanted to struggle, but he found that he couldn't move a single muscle. It was as if there was some invisible power that forced him to remain still during all of this.
At first, he made some noise to try and beg for mercy, but that didn't last long.
Soon, his throat was completely filled with the blood that came from being stabbed and he was only able to make gurgling sounds.
It didn't take long before the light dimmed from the bandit boss' eyes and his body went limp, falling back in the chair. When he landed, there wasn't a single trace of life left in his body.
However, the cloaked figure didn't let off the bandit boss with just this alone.
Even though the bandit boss was already dead, the cloaked figure's blade moved down to cut the bandit boss's body again. He didn't stop until the body was cut into many different tiny pieces.
Only then did the cloaked figure spit out at the piece of chopped up flesh and bones before saying, "You piece of shit, you really think that someone like you can even think about the young miss."
Of course he hadn't missed the look that the bandit boss had when he looked at the carriage. He knew immediately what the bandit boss was thinking, so he didn't hesitate to take care of them.
After this, he suddenly turned back and said, "Young miss, are you alright? Did this ruffian affect you?"
After a pause, he nodded and turned in the direction that Lin Fan was standing.
Lin Fan had been waiting on the side for the trouble with the bandits to end, but now he realized that he had waited too long. The fact that he just stood there and watched for so long was already suspicious enough and now he was still just standing there in a daze.
So of course it wasn't strange when the cloaked figure raised his blade to point at Lin Fan before saying, "Who are you?"
Lin Fan raised his hands and said, "I'm just a simple traveler waiting to pass."
The cloaked figure didn't lower his blade at first, but then he suddenly turned in the direction of the carriage as he said, "Young miss, are you serious?"
There was only silence that followed, but the cloaked figure fell to one knee and said, "I wouldn't dare."
After another silence, the cloaked figure stood up and turned to Lin Fan to say in an unwilling voice, "The young miss wants to speak to you."
Lin Fan was also surprised by this, but he turned to look at the carriage.
He couldn't see through it, but he could tell that whoever was sitting inside definitely wasn't a normal person. After all he could see through the cultivation levels of the guards around the carriage.
While the bandit boss couldn't see through it, Lin Fan had his Appraisal Eyes, so he could see right through their cultivation level.
The strange thing was that…he wasn't able to get any other information from them.
His guess was that the metallic cloak that they wore blocked any investigative abilities from finding out information about them.
While his Appraisal Eyes was different from the abilities of the cultivation world, it had the same basis, so it was also luckily blocked by these cloaks.
Still, his Appraisal Eyes could estimate their cultivation levels based on the spiritual energy fluctuations that they had. This was something that was impossible to hide unless they were dead.
Lin Fan could see that all of these guards were in the Foundation Realm.
If all of the guards were in the Foundation Realm, then the person inside must be a very powerful cultivator or a very powerful person. This person was clearly not someone that Lin Fan could afford to offend.
So Lin Fan came in front of the carriage and fell onto one knee in front of it to show his respect.
There was a silence that lasted for a while before a voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
This was a voice that was like the most beautiful bells of heaven ringing. It was a voice that was so beautiful that Lin Fan didn't feel it could exist in this world, but there it was ringing in his mind.
It was certainly a voice that could push one to their limits as long as they weren't strong enough.
This voice said, "It seems like you're the one young master Ye spoke of."
Lin Fan was confused at first by this name, but then he suddenly remembered who this person was talking about.
Young master Ye, Ye Tian Xie from the Heavenly Demon Sect.
If the young miss in the carriage was mentioning Ye Tian Xie, then she was most likely someone who was related to the Demonic Sects.
But when he thought about it, it wasn't strange that someone related to a Demonic Sect appeared in a place like this.
This place was filled with shady businesses like the ones that Demonic Sect did, so it was actually one of the few places that accepted them.
Lin Fan didn't get to say anything in the end as the voice once again said, "Alright, that's enough. I can tell that you're an interesting person, but…"
The voice left the words hanging before the cloaked figure suddenly turned to look at the carriage.
Then without a word, their group left Lin Fan and his carriage behind, heading towards Night Fang City.
Lin Fan just watched silently as they walked off.
While they were leaving, the cloaked figure couldn't help asking, "Young miss, shouldn't we take care of him? He saw everything…"
The voice in his head said, "No, he belongs to young master Ye. Young master Ye has already made it clear that we're not to touch a single hair on his head, or he would personally come to deal with us."
When the cloaked figure heard this, he couldn't help freezing with an obvious display of shock even though his face couldn't be seen.
Young master Ye…
That referred to Ye Tian Xie from the Ye Family.
The Ye Family that was related to the Heavenly Demon Sect.
It was even said that Ye Tian Xie was being accepted as the disciple of the ancestor of the Heavenly Demon Sect, becoming a person that couldn't be offended even more. At the very least, it was certain that their young miss couldn't offend someone like this.
After being shocked, the cloaked figure couldn't help looking in the direction of Lin Fan who they had left behind and thinking, "Just who is this kid?"
This was a kid that was even being backed by Ye Tian Xie…he really couldn't understand it.
After all, he could see that this kid was only in the Foundation Realm. He wasn't someone that was strong enough or had enough talent that someone like Ye Tian Xie would care about him…
Unless there was some secret relationship between the two of them.
But before the cloaked figure could have any dangerous thoughts, the voice rang in his mind again, "Forget everything that you saw today. He won't be interfering in our matters, so we will not interfere in his."
Then the voice turned cold as it said, "Unless you are planning on dealing with him?"
The cloaked figure trembled when they heard this and he quickly shook his head and hands as he said, "Young miss, I wouldn't dare." Then without hesitation, he bowed down to show his obedience.
There was a snort that came from the carriage and nothing else.
The cloaked figure let out a sigh of relief before signaling for the others to keep going.
As for Lin Fan, he had already been thrown out of their minds.
Once they were gone, Lin Fan couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief.
He was also planning on forgetting this matter since he knew that he couldn't get involved in something related to a Demonic Sect.
But he also couldn't help being amazed.
After all, it seemed like one really ran into all kinds of people when traveling.
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