Chapter 345: Close Brush.
Ulupi led the Nagas to settle around the earth vein and Hao Ren was again respected by the clan. The young man shook his head and after the fizz settled, he looked at Ulupi and hesitated for a second when Ulupi asked, "What are you really here for?"
Hao Ren looked at her and she said, "I know that you have many things to do, so you do not have the time to come over and just help me in the passing. Tell me what do you want?"
The young man did not hide anything and he said, "I want the recipe of the Snake wine, and a couple of elders from your side to aid me during my time in the north. I promise you that I will not ask them to do anything that is below their status."
Ulupi raised her eyebrow and asked, "Can you tell me the reason behind these two demands?"
Hao Ren did not mind and said, "The snake wine is beneficial to my children and the elders would become a part of my forces when I attack the Hao Family."
Ulupi asked doubtfully, "Do you mean the Hao Family of the Iron fort City, the member of the North Star Alliance, Hao Family?"
Hao Ren have heard about these things from Hao Xinlong, but he did not know the details as he was in a hurry to find Ulupi. He nodded and said, "The very same. Why do you ask?"
Ulupi waved her hand and erected multiple barriers around them and said, "Hao Family is not as simple as they seem to be on the surface. The family head, Hao Tian is dealing with the devil, Blood Tower."
Hao Ren raised his eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean the devil?"
Ulupi said, "Blood tower is a place where the most notorious of the people gather, and then they team up to create chaos. They believe in an existence called the Chaos Saint, an entity that rules the entire realm from the chaos world. They are fanatics who want to create chaos and imbalance in the world to gain powers that do not exist."
Hao Ren frowned and remarked, "They sound more like a cult to me."
Ulupi nodded and said, "They are the reason that almost the entire north has changed a lot in the past hundred years. There have been massacres, experts assassinated, and all in the name of sacrifice to the Chaos Saint. You have no idea how repelling they are. All of them are blood thirsty demons."
Hao Ren frowned, suddenly, he raised his head and said, "I will be back, look after Agnee."
That said, he vanished from the spot. Ulupi was shocked, she looked at Agnee who was sitting on the side immersed in cultivation and mumbled, "What a bunch of weirdos."
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Hao Ren had just received a task and his blood was rushing to his head.
*Ding: Host, please keep your calm.*
Hao Ren replied, "You better shut up. I am not in the mood."
He flew above the skies and then used a series of void portals to reach the campsite, because Han Lingshi was under attack. The task was to rescue her, and this was why he was impatient.
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Back at the campsite, Ye Jian was embroiled in a battle with a mysterious person who was dressed in black clothes. Ye Si was watching from the distance with Hao Mei, Hao Xinlong and Han Lingshi beside her. She said, "Sister-in-law, take them all, and go back to the south. Ye Jian might be able to match up with this guy, but he would not be able to last long. This person is at the peak of Star Annihilation Realm."
Han Lingshi frowned and closed her eyes. The necklace around her neck was connected to Hao Ren, since they have been together all this time, she barely used it. She connected with him in an instant and said, "There is a expert who is here to hunt us. Where are you? Ye Jian is not looking too dandy."
Hao Ren replied without any lag, "Two Minutes, enroute."
That was it, they did not have to talk much to exaggerate the gravity of the situation. While Han Lingshi was sure that Hao Ren would be coming over after two minutes, she was not sure if this man could be held back for that long.
Ye Jian was already dancing around with a fast sword and radiated a sharp sword intent. He managed to injure the enemy but he was getting tired as he made strong moves one after the other. Han Lingshi clenched her fist, and he remarked, "This monster, who is he to push Ye Jian so much that he cannot regulate the pace at all."
Hao Xinlong sighed and said, "I did not expect Hao Tian to have fallen so much. This person is Kage, a shadow guard that Hao Tian found during his travels. Until now, every and any strong enemy that threatened Hao Tian's interest has been dealt with by this guy, without fail."
Hao Mei clenched the hilt of her sword and said, "Uncle, you should go in, it is of no use to stay here. We will handle this guy."
Han Lingshi placed her hand on Hao Mei's shoulder and said, "Sister, don't move, I contacted Ren, he will be here in two minutes, Ye Jian and Xiao Si can hold him. Ren said that Xiao Si and Ye Jian can use this battle to grow stronger and get some experience to expand their battle prowess."
Hao Mei looked at Han Lingshi with confusion. Ye Si and Ye Jian were like family members, they were not be sacrificed like some pawn in battle. She shook her head and said, "I will not stand by and watch these kids take the burn for our battle."
With that, she used her speed and flashed beside Ye Jian. She had been watching the two people fight for some time now and thought that she can keep up the pace. However, when she tried to help Ye Jian with her quick sword, she ended up messing his rhythm.
The black cloaked person on the other side grabbed the opportunity and injured Ye Jian. The latter had a gash spreading across his chest, and he was forced into an extremely passive situation.
Hao Mei was taken aback, but then Ye Si appeared beside her when the enemy was about to attack her as well. Ye Si yelled, "Big Sis, calm down, fight with mind and not heart."
Ye Si began to use her knuckles to fight the man. The enemy was very tricky, he had been using the element of darkness to fight them in the snow and even then he was getting better of them. This was why Ye Si was holding back a little, because she did not know what this guy was actually capable of.
However, suddenly, as her punch was about to connect with the guy's head, he vanished into a puff of smoke, and Hao Mei covered the back and stabbed her rapier in the void, she managed to detect the spot where the person would appear and said, "It is not darkness, but refraction."
Ye Si understood what this meant, the man was fighting with the usage of laws of refraction. This was the first time she had seen such an enemy but now that she knew, her combat efficiency definitely shot up. The people fight were Star Annihilation and Planet Shattering level entities, their intense fighting has basically changed the terrain that was visible to the people.
The enemy growled and said, "Refraction cuts."
For the first time, a crystal like sword became visible to them for a brief second, but the speed of the attack was so quick that they both could not react and were incapacitated almost at the same time.
Han Lingshi looked at Hao Xinlong and said, "Uncle, please go to the tent and take father and mother back to the south. Tell Yan to use the array, be quick."
Hao Xinlong wanted to say something when Han Lingshi used her spiritual energy control and pushed him to the back. The man in the black cloak was not too far, just a few kilometers, however, what worried Han Lingshi was if Hao Mei and Ye Si were alright. She took a deep breath to calm herself down and took out her sword.
The man was quick, he approached her within a couple of breaths, and Han Lingshi directly attacked the person. However, it seemed as if the man had decided to give up on all facade, and waved his hand to dispel the attack, and flickered from his spot to appear behind Han Lingshi.
He reached out to grab a hold of her hair, but all of a sudden, an unbearable chill assaulted him, and he slowed down for a blink of an eye. The nature of an assassin was to be cautious and this caution allowed Han Lingshi to get away. Although the distance was not much, but as soon as she moved away, a void portal appeared in her spot, and a red light flashed through it.
BOOM!
The ground cracked and the snow within the diameter of seventy meters was directly evaporated, leaving a thirty feet deep crater. Hao Ren appeared in the center of the crater and looked at the cloaked assassin, who was forced to lay on the ground from the impact of the punch and he said, "I will make you understand that death is better than life, dog."