36 Immortal Lotus - 2

Marcus felt a bit overwhelmed by all of the information; this showed him how vile people could be. Branch Leader is a Stage Nine Dantian Nourishing Expert as well, but he would rather work fairly to breakthrough into the Body Reconstruction stage.

Closing his eyes Marcus went back down to Xiao Mei, she was still lost in her thoughts and was mumbling something under her nose.

Marcus knew that it was a hard decision, if something goes wrong they can die.

All of the stage eight experts were easy to deal with, he will activate his lightning armor and deal with them in one go. But that's only if all of them will be close to him. The real problem are the Stage nine experts.

There is five of them, and this means that one of them will face three and the other two. But if they gang up on one of them first and then the other... And if they can't eliminate all of the stage eight experts, the situation will be only worse. If they are going to do it, they will need a plan. A good plan at that.

"I know what to do."

"Really?"

"Yes, and it is actually very simple, we just have to lure them out. You will sneak up close to them and do something, maybe show yourself to them and then pretend to run away, But really you will lead them into a trap!"

"Isn't that too vague?"

"It's a good plan! Their biggest advantage are their numbers; if we can split them up, it will be nothing hard to do. Since you have such a good detection ability, it will be easier for you to find the best targets. Now let's find a place where we can ambush them."

Marcus had to admit that the strategy was good, and there is no point arguing with her. So they started to look for an ambush site.

Soon they found a good place, and while Xiao Mei hid in the area, Marcus made his way to the bandits camp.

With his eyes, he confirmed that there is a total of twenty-five bandits. Twenty stage eight, and five stage nine. There was also fifty-six slaves.

In this country there are slaves, but they are criminal slaves, but in the camp, he saw children, adults and elderly, they looked like ordinary villagers you can find in a village, and it is probably where they are from.

To his right, on the north end of the camp was a group of five bandits, four Stage eight and one Stage nine. He will do as Xiao Mei told him. Quietly moving towards them, he found a spot and hid his body in the bushes.

He has to do this right on the first try, checking the situation one last time and making sure that it will be safe, he prepared himself.

Crack!

Stepping on a branch, he made a loud sound and grabbed the attention of the group. Seeing him, they all were surprised. Marcus didn't wait and started running.

"Chase him!"

Seeing the five people chasing him, Marcus cracked a smile and continued running towards the ambush site.

Zhang Wei was surprised seeing a young lad suddenly showing out of nowhere, but as a stage nine expert he his mentality was strong, and he immediately ordered to chase him. Since he couldn't feel any aura from him, at first, he thought that it was an ordinary person, but his speed was that of a stage eight expert.

His means of hiding his aura were incredible, he could be a perfect assassin, but now he has to die. But before killing him, he can at least try to find how he does it.

For a second the young lad disappeared behind a tree. Going there was no sight of him anywhere. Isn't that smart? He knows we can't sense his aura, so he hid himself.

"Find h…"

Slam!

With no chance to finish his words he was struck in the chest, his body flew and hit a tree. Looking up he saw the young lad and a young girl. Standing beside each other they looked down on him.

"Take care of the stage eight guys; I will hold him back for now." The young girl was speaking with confidence. Seeing as she walked towards him, Zhang Wei got up and started to circulate his cultivation technique, the damage to his body was not lethal, but it will make things difficult for him.

Marcus looked at Xiao Mei walking towards the Stage nine expert. Crazy woman, all she wants is to fight him alone. Considering that he probably he had many life and death battles even without superior cultivation technique and martial arts, he will be a tough opponent for her.

Turning to the stage eight experts Marcus relaxed his body, and with a low hum, a lightning armor slowly manifested on his body. The four were panicking, but Marcus isn't going to kill them, with no effort he sent lightning bolts toward their Dantains. With no chance to react their cultivation was shattered. The shock caused them to lose consciousness, and they fell to the ground.

Finishing his job, he again paid attention to Xiao Mei and her fight. Her opponent was fighting with all he had. Seeing how the other four ended up, he stopped caring and put his life on the line. It was now clear that Xiao Mei had minimal experience in life and death battles.

But in the end, it is only a matter of mindset, and as a genius, it didn't take her long to understand it. And soon she knocked her opponent unconscious.

Crippling his cultivation Marcus and Xiao Mei gathered them all and tied them up. Marcus 'fought' for a few seconds, while Xiao Mei took a few minutes to finish. At best it was ten minutes since he started luring them here. There was still sixteen stage eight and four stage nine experts, and soon they will realize that this five is missing and will start to search for them.

Soon, he will hunt again.