Chapter 62

Itachi stayed in the hut for about an hour until he finally felt some people stationing themselves in the small village. From the cultivation of the people, he realized that it must be the mercenaries.

Sensing the cultivation of the mercenaries that were outside the small village, he realized that he could quickly deal with all of them, so without much thought, he disappeared from the hut he was staying in and appeared on top of a huge rock that was a few meters away from where the mercenaries were staying.

Itachi checked the surroundings and found fifteen mercenaries surrounding the small village, so he began to act without thinking much. In a matter of seconds, more than twenty mercenaries that surrounded the small town were annihilated, leaving only their leader, who seemed not to have realized that his subordinates were already dead.

The people inside the village didn't even notice the arrival of the mercenaries before Itachi wiped them out without leaving any trace. That was the difference in cultivation.

Itachi left the one with the highest cultivation alive because he thought he would be the leader of the mercenaries.

"It seems that this leader of the mercenaries didn't realize that he is already trapped in a cage..." Itachi thought as he turned back to the vast rock and watched the mercenaries' leader act arrogantly in front of the villagers.

"If you don't undo this seal now, I will send my subordinates to sweep your entire village. We will kill all the men and leave only the women to be fucked daily by us, haha!" The leader of the mercenaries said arrogantly, his eyes displaying enormous lust as he watched the village women.

The people of the small village finally realized that the mercenaries had arrived. Still, when they looked at the arrogant voice, they realized that it was only the leader of the mercenaries alone, and there was no sign of his subordinates. But even if it was only the leader of the mercenaries alone, people were still scared that he independently would be enough to massacre the entire village.

The only people who managed to maintain a small stance were the clan leader and the two children Itachi had saved earlier. Their confidence came that Itachi could quickly deal with this mercenary.

And their confidence was not unfounded, the clan leader could sense the cultivation of the mercenary leader in front of him, but he could not feel Itachi's cultivation. Which to him means that Itachi has even higher cultivation than the mercenary in front of him. So it will be easy if Itachi makes a move.

"That Feng Baichuan trusts you." Jasmine's sarcastic voice sounded in Itachi's mind.

Itachi didn't reply and just stood up and decided it was time to end the arrogance of the leader of the mercenaries. In an instant, he appeared behind the leader of the mercenaries without the mercenary noticing. With a quick and painless blow, Itachi cut the neck of the leader of the mercenaries, who died with the same arrogant look on his face.

The surrounding people who saw this scene were horrified, no one had realized that Itachi was on the mercenary leader's back, and all they saw was the mercenary leader's head falling to the ground. At the same time, a large amount of blood spurted out.

Feng Baichuan's body went cold when he saw Itachi's sword soaked in blood. He knew Itachi was strong, but to see him kill the leader of the mercenaries so cleanly was something unbelievable to him.

The two children inside the village ran outside upon noticing Itachi, and as they ran, they began to praise Itachi endlessly.

"Big brother is amazing!"

"When I grow up, I want to marry big brother!"

Ignoring the two children around him, Itachi focused on Feng Baichuan, who quickly realized what Itachi wanted.

Waving his hand, he told Itachi to follow him.

"Children, stop pestering the benefactor. I have something to discuss with him." Feng Baichuan said while leading Itachi in an isolated direction of the small village.

On the way, Feng Baichuan told Itachi that the treasure they kept was a seal that inside there was evidence that could allow people to obtain the power of the Phoenix. He also said that it helped to refine the Phoenix bloodline further.

Feng Baichuan said these things because he knew that Itachi would enter the proving ground, so it wouldn't hurt to say a few words to him. He also wanted to ask Itachi about his cultivation level, but in the end, he gave up. If Itachi can quickly kill the leader of the mercenaries, then maybe he won't have much trouble dealing with this proving ground, especially when he is still very young.

"So, are you ready?" Feng Baichuan asked as he stopped in front of a seal formation.

"Looks like I'll have to trouble you to open the seal for me," Itachi said as he nodded.

Feng Baichuan slowly agreed and warned, "If you feel you can no longer continue, you should leave. I don't want the benefactor of my clan to be killed on the testing ground."

Finishing speaking, he bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood on the seal formation. Instantly, a red light shone through the seal formation, disappearing as it spun rapidly. In front of them, a strange dark red-colored entrance appeared. As if it were the bottom of a terrifying abyss, it was pitch black inside the gate, and no sign of existence could be seen.

Itachi did not hesitate and walked firmly into the seal. He could feel that the 'Phoenix' inside the seal seemed to be attracting him. Even if Itachi had no interest in obtaining the Phoenix heritage, he wouldn't feel bad about doing some testing.

The moment he entered the proving ground, he felt space slowly distorting. It was very similar to the eye power of a certain ninja in the shinobi world. Closing his eyes, Itachi had the sensation of being pulled to a completely different place, and when he opened them again, he realized that he was in a completely dark place.

The darkness didn't last long as a few seconds later, a pair of glowing eyes appeared, and the team of golden eyes looked at Itachi with deep curiosity.

Itachi calmly looked at the Phoenix's eyes, and unconsciously his Sharingan was activated.

At this moment, the two pairs of eyes faced each other as if they were in dispute.

"Interesting... you are the first to face me like that..."