Noble Realm Bandit

 The bandits only have one, shared thought,

 'The guards are better than being here,'

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 As the fate of the fleeing bandits are left to Tashirn, Adia and Sela are busy putting the documents they found inside their storage ring. They did not bother to read them, seeing as they could do so, or better, having others do so when they give it to the higher-ups.

 They were about to head down when they feel a powerful pressure falling upon them. They quickly head towards the way they came from, hoping to escape in the coming foes are too strong.

 Alas, the two did not manage to do so as a Noble Tower appeared and forced them to their knees.

 Adia and Sela gritted their teeth, trying to stand up, but did not even manage to do so. After all, aside from Half-Noble experts or monster like Ryker, it is hard for Genesis Grand Realm expert to be able to fight of the suppression of a Noble expert.

 "To think, I will find two new toys for me to play with," a lecherous voice come out of the tunnel they intend to enter earlier, before a handsome young man come out of it. His fair skin, long black hair and slight feminine look would have made him the adoration and crush of many women, while being the envy of many men.

 Yet, his eyes break the illusion, twisted malice as well as unparalleled cunning can be seen from it. The two guards realize they did not stand a chance, unfortunately, such revelation come a little to late.

 "We- won't be- come your toys," Sela said with some difficulties, the pressure making it hard for her to say anything.

 "Oh, but you seem to think you have a choice, beautiful. You don't," a twisted smirk formed on the man's face as he appeared in front of the two, before taking a vial out of his storage ring. 

 He then forced open Sela mouth before pouring the entire content of the vial inside of the purple-haired guard, before doing the same with Adia, a new vial popping out of his hand.

 The man smiled, hoping to see what his concoction would do to the two women.

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 Ryker entered the hallway and could feel something is wrong. While it would be hard to send message to the other guards, the same could not be said about Adia and Sela, as the communication token can contact one another.

 Realizing they might be in danger, he increase his pace, finding a room where he felt their presence, before entering it while using Shadow Traversing. When he entered, he spot the guards, half naked while a handsome looking man began to strip his clothes down.

 Not wanting to see a nude man in front of him, the dual-haired man appeared behind him and stabbed his back, intending to break his spine. The other man manage to survive, albeit badly injured and heavily cursing at him.

 Ryker used his qi and move the two women, who he could see under some kind of trance, or possibly even worse, with their black stares and red cheeks.

 His thought process did not continue any more as the man released his Noble Tower, though thankfully, it is only one.

 "A mere 4th Stage Genesis Sea expert dared to backstab a Noble expert?" the man said with incredulity.

 "It just a 1st Stage Noble, what is to fear?" he retorted. His arrogance, or it seem to the other man make him laugh in contempt.

 "Is that so," the Noble Tower absorb the surrounding qi, making it even stronger, "then let us see after I make you beg for the mercy of death," he growled before a whip made out of qi descend towards him.

 Ryker merely look at the attack with a calm look before summoning the Primal Mountain Barricade, the mountain blocking the whip, though it did manage to do some damage.

 Still, the fact a mere 4th Stage Genesis Sea expert manage to block him surprise the other side greatly, allowing him to counter attack.

 "Blazing Lake Sword," the same attack that defeat Adia and Sela appeared, the aura of flame and water seem to make even the Noble expert to fear, or at least wary for his life, something that make him hate the Genesis Sea expert in front of him even more.

 "Impudence!" he roared, as yin and yang energy appeared around him, before forming a shield that spin, a whirlpool of qi that able to neutralize even the strongest attack formed.

 The sword and shield clashed, and unlike the match between him and the two guards behind him, this one is more intense, as the two unleash might equal to Noble expert, which surprise the handsome man that a mere 4th Stage Genesis Sea manage to do so.

 The handsome man shift in concentration will be his undoing, as his shield began to crack, to his eternal surprise.

 "No! How can this be!?" he shouted, yet it did not help much but make his defense broke faster. The yin-yang shield broke, with the sword, while weakened, fall upon the bandit. 

 However, the bandit is still a Noble expert, and have some trick up his sleeve. He summoned his Noble Tower, using it to block the remaining attack. 

 With the attack being weakened, the sword ray die out, successfully block though it was too close for the handsome man. He was about to attack the other side, no doubt weakened by the attack when he sense danger.

 He looked at Ryker, who has a spear made out of qi in his hand. Lightning and fire seem to dance and flicker from the spear, sending shivers down the bandit's spine.

 "Inferno Lightning Spear," he uttered as he threw the spear towards the man, who used his Noble Tower to block it, hoping it would be enough.

 To the other side shock, however, cracks began to appear on the Noble Tower, getting bigger and worse with each passing seconds.

 Pain appeared in his eyes as blood seep out of his orifice.

 'I should have fled,' was his last thought before the Noble Tower shattered, making his spew out blood as his consciousness is loss from the pain of his cultivation being torn down.

 Ryker take a quick look at the man, sighing in relief that he was not dead. After all, if he was dead, it would be hard to obtain any information out of him. A Noble realm bandit should knew the more important secret after all.