11 Scatter, Senbonsakura!

These few days, Huyan Lanruo didn't annoy Itachi, like she would annoy Nei Li in the story. She just quietly walked beside Ning'er all the time and would occasionally steal peeks at Itachi, sometimes she would even talk with Ning'er and Ziyun. Itachi didn't know what made this girl to become so quiet, well he didn't want her to develop feelings for him just like Ziyun if he ignored her. So he would join in on their conversation too.

Walking through the mountains for two days, and passing through a deep canyon passage. A distant plain valley, finally, appeared in their sight.

This is a piece of relic from the ancient city. The place covered a radius of a hundred miles. Most of it was covered in dense woods, only leaving some mottled walls. The roar of demon beasts could be heard from within the ruins. The demon beasts that are above Gold rank have already left the place. What remained in the ruins were Bronze and Silver ranked Demon Beasts.

These remains from the Age of Darkness vaguely told the story of the glory of humanity at that time.

Seeing these broken walls and scattered bones lying around, everyone couldn't help but feel desolation. If Glory City were to be broken through by demon beasts, it would become the same as this ruin. Only leaving behind bones and ruins everywhere.

The rampant demon beasts during the Age of Darkness destroyed all of the human's empire. Only leaving behind several lucky survivors who were still struggling with the demon beasts. However, much of the knowledge and civilization has been lost in the disaster. For example, many of Glory City's cultivation techniques, martial arts, and inscription patterns are all incomplete. Therefore, it's very possible to get some stuff left behind by the Age of Darkness, if they were to explore these ancient ruins!

"Finally, we've reached the Ancient Orchid City Ruins! Now, we have two routes that we can take. Here's the map!" said Chen Linjian, spreading out the map and pointed to the lines on the map.

Everyone began to surround the map and started to discuss which route to take. Itachi didn't even bother he had his own ideas he came so that he could capture the dark guild members and to let his girls see the world outside of Glory City.

Chen Linjian along with Nie Li started to discuss, in the end Chen Linjian decided to go with Nie Li's suggestion.

Chen Linjian felt that Nie Li's words made sense, he looked towards Itachi and asked "Brother do you have anything else to say?" Chen Linjian knew if anything goes wrong, he could only depend on Itachi so he wanted to know his opinion too.

Itachi didn't want to be involved in this boring discussion, so he said "I'm fine with whatever you decide."

Ning'er and Ziyun didn't want to be involved with those conversations too, as it was their first time coming outside of Glory City. They were curiously watching the scenes with Huyan Lanruo, while the latter started introducing the surroundings to them.

"Okay! So, it's decided, then!" Chen Linjian picked up the map, and slightly chuckled. Since the direction has been decided, they can save a lot of time and take less detours.

Chen Linjian's underling's eyes had traces of admiration in them when they looked at Nie Li. At this moment, no one looked down on Nie Li and felt that it's proper for Nie Li to choose a piece of treasure first.

But Nie Li was uncomfortable, he saw that Ziyun ignored him and was watching the scenery while Chen Linjian asked Itachi for his opinion. Nie Li knew if Itachi had rejected his proposal, then Chen Linjian would have taken another route. He didn't want to show that he was dissatisfied so he began to get busy with other things, he took out a bolt from his backpack, then took out Purple Haze Grass agent and smear it onto the arrow.

"Nie Li, what are you doing?" asked one of Chen Linjian's men looking at Nie Li with curiosity.

Nie Li shrugged and said, "It's nothing."

"Okay, off we go!" Chen Linjian shouted. The group slowly advanced towards the Ancient Orchid City, walking along the edge of the walls and chose a relatively quick and safe route. If they were to move according to the original route, they were afraid that it would be very tough since there were a lot of demon beasts hiding in the complex terrain.

Roars of demon beasts came from the depths of the Ancient Orchid City Ruins. Aside from demon beasts, there would, occasionally, be some groups of people. They were, also, from Glory City. They came here to explore the ruins of the Ancient Orchid City.

Itachi suddenly turned his head towards the entrance of the city and smiled thinking 'finally here huh?'

...

Just as the bunch were moving to the depths of Ancient Orchid City, a group of people appeared at the Ancient Orchid City's entrance.

The group of people were dressed in black robes, a total of 15 people.

"Are you sure that those kids are from nobility families?" The leading man swept his gaze to the few people by his side and asked. His figure was tall, a head taller than those by his side.

"Yes, Yun Hua Deacon!" One of the black robed men replied.

"Good!" Yun Hua Decon's face had a grim smile and said, "Go capture three kids with the highest rank. Use them to exchange for ransom with those big families and kill the rest!"

The Dark Guild is a dreadful existence in Glory City. They would often kidnap nobilities kids to exchange for random. They are like a bunch of leeches, living in the shadows of Glory City. They would use all sorts of methods to gather money to provide training resources to the members in the guild. Although many families in Glory City would gather together numerous times to wipe the Dark Guild out, the Dark Guild would suddenly disappear.

It's said that the Dark Guild's headquarters was located at a very secretive location in the St. Ancestral Mountains. They are an extremely powerful force which even Lord Ye Mo could not eradicate.

*Sou Sou Sou* The black robed guys all skimmed towards the Ancient Orchid City.

Inside the ruins of Ancient Orchid Ruins

The group was having difficulties moving forward. Occasionally, there would be Giant Blue Armed Apes appearing. These demon beasts have a height of two meters. Their thick arms were like black pillars, but they were very agile and they are generally Silver ranked.

Itachi didn't want to help the bunch, he was mainly focused on his girls. He would let them fight against the demon beasts, so that they could gain experience.

Six Giant Blue Armed Apes were flying across the walls of the ruins, tailing the group.

These Giant Blue Armed Apes have fearsome intelligence. Realizing that there were over 30 people, they didn't go forward. They only tailed them, waiting for their chance.

"These Giant Blue Armed Apes are really annoying!" Chen Linjian frowned. Although these Giant Blue Armed Apes did not charge at them, they couldn't do anything to the Giant Blue Armed Apes. And as time passed, more and more Giant Blue Armed Apes would gather together. Once the amount of Giant Blue Armed Apes increased, they will group up to attack them.

At this moment, *sou* a sound was heard. A cold light cut across from the shadows of the corner.

Chen Linjian and bunch soon saw it clearly. It's an arrow. The arrow had cut through the gap of the branch at an extremely tricky angle and headed for one of the Giant Blue Armed Apes.

Pu!

That arrow struck the Giant Blue Armed Ape. That Giant Blue Armed Ape wailed and fell from the high wall, landing heavily on the ground and caused the dust to cover the surrounding area. That Giant Blue Armed Ape struggled on the ground but was unable to get back up.

Seeing that, Chen Linjian immediately rushed over, wielded his sword and chop downwards. *Plop* The blood of that Giant Blue Armed Ape splattered with the demon beast dead on the ground.

The group looked backwards in amazement and only saw Nie Li walking out of the shadow.

Seeing Nie Li kill a Giant Blue Armed Ape with the crossbow arrow, Chen Linjian shouted to the crowd, "Everyone draw your crossbows out!"

Chen Linjian's men took out their crossbows, knowing that they can use them to annihilate the Giant Blue Armed Ape.

Shen Yue also took out a crossbow. Seeing the delicate crossbow in his hand, he felt grievance in his heart. Just shoot and kill the Giant Blue Armed Ape, how hard can it be?

Shen Yue loaded the arrows on the crossbow and slowly crept to the edge of a wall. He pointed the crossbow to a Giant Blue Armed Ape a good distance away. His expressions were exceptionally serious and focused. He aimed the front sight onto the Giant Blue Armed Ape. At this moment, everyone was holding their breath. Their eyes focused on Shen Yue, who's at the edge of the wall.

"With a big target like the Giant Blue Armed Ape, how hard can it be to shoot it?" declared Shen Yue, pulling the trigger. Just as he pulled the trigger, his hand slightly trembled, unconsciously.

*sou* A cold light pierced the sky. *bang* A moment later, the arrow was nailed into a tree trunk about five to six meters away from the Giant Blue Armed Ape.

At this moment, Shen Yue's face slightly twitched and became ashamed by the scene.

Seeing this, everyone's expression was weird. They tightly held back their laughter. If they were to laugh out, Shen Yue would have utterly thrown his face away. Everyone knows that Shen Yue wanted to compete with Nie Li. But... competing is fine... but can it not be so funny?

Itachi, Ning'er and Ziyun really felt funny and laughed, they haven't seen such a funny character before.

Shen Yue almost went crazy. He clearly felt that he was able to hit the target, but why would the arrow stray when he pulled the trigger?

Seeing the surrounding people strongly holding back their laughter, Shen Yue felt extremely ashamed. He also saw the trio laughing, he felt Itachi's contempt in his laughter.

'Damn it! I don't believe I can hit it!' he thought.

Shen Yue immediately took out a second arrow and loaded it onto the crossbow. After scrambling to load the arrow, he immediately aimed the crossbow to a Giant Blue Arm Aped far away.

*Sou*!

That arrow cut across a cold light on the air. However, after a moment, the arrow seemed to have lost its strength and fell onto the ground. Shen Yue did not load the arrow properly, which is why the arrow fell after flying for a short distance.

At this moment, all the people couldn't help laughing out loud. Shen Yue simply doesn't have the skills. He wanted to copy Nie Li by killing the Giant Blue Armed Ape with arrows, however, his results were the opposite of Nie Li's. Is Shen Yue's purpose here is to be funny?

Chen Linjian strongly held back his laughter and walk to the side of Shen Yue. He patted onto his shoulders and said, "Shen Yue bro, forget it. You can't play with this thing."

Shen Yue's face grew purple. The crowd's laughter was exceptionally ear piercing to him. His hatred for Nie Li grew. It was Nie Li's fault that caused him to embarrass himself in front of all these people!

If Nie Li were to know of Shen Yue's thoughts at the moment, he would feel very innocent. Because he didn't even do a thing.

Shen Yue currently held onto the crossbow, not knowing if he should keep it or not. However, he can't help feeling like he was drilling into the ground in shame.

Shen Yue's anger within his heart exploded upon hearing Nie Li's words, he turned to face Nie Li and yelled, "Everything's your fault, I will kill you!"

Veins could be seen on Shen Yue's face. He raised the crossbow in his hand and aiming it at Nie Li. He was on the verge of going crazy. As a direct descendent of Sacred Family, Shen Yue was very proud deep in his heart. Therefore, he was losing his mind under Nie Li's provocation.

*pa* Chen Linjian smacked the crossbow out of Shen Yue's hand and shouted, "Enough!"

Shen Yue raised his head and saw the cold expression on Chen Linjian's face. Upon seeing it, Shen Yue's spirit dropped. Right now, everyone was standing on Nie Li's side. He turned around and walked away in resentment. Discussion arose, looking at Shen Yue's back.

"Never thought that Shen Yue was this kind of person."

"That wasn't the behaviour that a noble should have."

Nie Li's gaze turned icy cold as he recalled the Sacred Family fleeing in his previous life and every one of Shen Yue's doings. Even if such a person and family were to be annihilated, Nie Li wouldn't feel a bit of pity for them.

Chen Linjian's men began to deal with Giant Blue Armed Ape with crossbows, however, they realised that their arrows couldn't do anything to them. It's true that those Giant Blue Armed Apes have a huge body, however, their movements are very agile. They realised that after the arrow were released, the apes are able to dodge it immediately, causing their arrows to miss.

They, now, realised just how skilled Nie Li's archery was.

Nie Li began to clear the Giant Blue Armed Apes along the way. His aim was so precise that he never missed the target. His archery skill had reached an extreme height in his previous life. Although his cultivation has only just reached 1-star Bronze rank, dealing with ordinary Silver rank demon beasts was more than enough.

Everyone was simply amazed at Nie Li's archery skills. Although, a Silver rank expert would say that dodging Nie Li's arrows isn't a difficult issue. However, no matter how much those Giant Blue Armed Apes tried to dodge, the arrow seemed like a shadow that chased after them and followed them on the back.

Unknowingly, Nie Li had already become a core member of the group.

Just when Nie Li and the group began to slowly close the distance to their destination, the amount of Giant Blue Armed Apes suddenly grew. They amounted to over twenty of them, all eyeing Nie Li and the group.

"Roar!"

A deafening roar sounded. The whole ground began to tremble violently. As though their eardrums were destroyed by the deafening roar, everyone looked at each other.

"It's a Spiritual grade demon beast!" Nie Li said in horror.

Ordinary demon beasts are the same as human beings. They are split into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold and Legend rank. However, among these levels, there are still Normal, Spiritual and Emperor demon beasts. Lets take the Giant Blue Armed Ape for example. An ordinary one wouldn't be able to form spirit in their mind. However, a Spiritual grade Giant Blue Armed Ape would already have formed a spirit in its mind. It, also, has the intellect of an ordinary 10 year old human. Its strength is also a lot stronger than Normal grade Giant Blue Armed Apes. As for Emperor level, the spirit in its mind would be a liquid state and would have the ability to change its physical body into human form. Its strength is also extremely frightening.

"What's its strength?" Chen Linjian's face changed, and asked in a heavy voice.

"5-star Silver rank, almost into Gold rank!" Nie Li replied. Nie Li was able to determine its strength by the roar of that Giant Blue Armed Ape.

Nie Li's brow slightly knitted. Demon beasts of the same level are usually slightly stronger than humans, especially demon beasts like Giant Blue Armed Apes. They are extremely hard to handle, and this Giant Blue Armed Ape's actual strength might be able to rival a Gold rank expert!

With Nie Li's current strength, dealing with such a demon beast is too difficult.

As for Chen Linjian's team, the strongest is only 3-star Silver rank!

5-star Silver rank... Hearing that, Chen Linjian also frowned. He never thought that they would actually meet a Spiritual grade Giant Blue Armed Ape here, moreover, it's a 5-star Silver rank. He was afraid that it would be very hard to deal with. There are also many Giant Blue Armed Apes in the surroundings eyeing them. If a fight were to break out, he could only ask for Itachi to help them.

Roar!

The Spiritual grade Giant Blue Armed Ape flew to the top of the walls. His gaze was fierce and was staring at Nie Li and the group.

"brother Itachi, isn't it time for you to give us a helping hand?" Chen Linjian sighed. He could only put his hopes on Itachi now.

Itachi thought he would ignore them, the situation wasn't even far too dangerous, but since Chen Linjian asked he couldn't ignore him. He turned towards Ning'er, Ziyun and Huyan Lanruo and said "stay behind me, no matter what." He then turned back and walked forward while taking out his katana from the sheath on his back.

The girls nodded and followed behind him. Itachi walked forward a few steps and said to Chen Linjian and others "stay behind me."

Everyone was puzzled, but Chen Linjian ordered everyone to stay behind Itachi. Nei Li was about to taunt the Giant Blue Armed Ape and planned to distract it by separating himself from the group, but after he heard Chen Linjian's order he went behind Itachi curiously trying to figure out what he was going to do.

After everyone got behind him, Itachi held his katana straight in front of him and said "Scatter, Senbonsakura."

His words brought a new terrifying force into existence, his words felt like they weren't from his mouth but rather from his soul. They watched in shock as his katana blade disintegrated into numerous petals, Ning'er and Ziyun were surprised too, they had never seen him use his 3 sword skills he had mentioned before.

'They're too beautiful.' Thought the girls, it wasn't only them everyone present there thought the same. Until they saw those petals slaughtering the demon beasts without any mercy, even the spiritual grade Giant Blue Armed Ape wasn't a exception.

Everyone present gulped hard, they felt that their throats were dry. They had been trying to kill those demon beasts without any progress and this monster just killed every single one of them in seconds.