Ambushing the Bandit

  The bandit leader and the traitor quickly make their preparation. Because of the constant patrol, they have to split their group most of the time, with the main group remaining hidden.

  While it would mean the smaller group would have a higher chance of being destroyed, it was a sacrifice they had to make if they didn't want the entire bandit team to not be completely destroyed. 

  Thankfully, their lack of action had made the guard lower their, well, guard. With very few bandits in the area, the guard believed they had exterminated the one responsible for Akuraz Town's destruction, along with destroying some of the smaller group.

  The leader didn't bat an eye on the smaller group's destruction. Their survival is up to luck as he told them to do their best to divert their attention and escape. The ones destroyed were the stupid ones or the careless ones. Their death would mean their group would lack people who could threaten them with their stupidity.

  Along the way, the main group also came across some of their smaller group, along with some other bandit groups not related to them. For the former, they gladly rejoined the main group while for the latter, they were either destroyed or joined them.

  With the addition of more bandits, their number had grown steadily, enough to go back to the time when they finished destroying Akuraz Town. It still couldn't compare when they were in their prime but it was still a step in the right direction.

  The two leaders thought were stopped by one of their scouts, "Sir, the entire group stationed at the town had been annihilated," the scout reported.

  Hearing this, the two quickly head there. Thanks to their connection to the Tol Family, they were able to get their hands on a movement technique, allowing them to escape stronger beasts and cultivators.

  They reached the town, looking at the massacre in front of them. "Did the guard do this?" the stronger of the two asked, doubt lacing his voice. 

  The traitor also shared his opinion. If the guards were the ones responsible, they would have buried the bodies and might have attacked them if they were not spotted. Their scout also didn't report any sign of the guards so it's likely not them.

  "Did they anger an expert coming here?" the traitor pointed out. The leader hummed, a sign he agreed with him.

  "In that case, let's watch out in ca-" The traitor stopped talking, the sword and claw piercing his body did the trick.

  He coughed up some blood, trying to see his attacker before the sword wielder pulled his sword out while the claw used ran away, dragging him away.

  His vision slowly turns dark, his consciousness leaving him.

-x-

  The plan that he came up with was simple and effective. Essentially, both he and Mashia would attack the traitor, the weaker of the two. The surprise attack would unlikely kill him, cultivators' vitality, especially the stronger ones, would make them able to survive grievous wounds.

  However, they had no intention of killing the leaders, mostly because they wanted to know more about the Tol. After they ambushed the traitor, Mashia would leave Ryker while dragging the traitor before sealing his wound, and crippling his limbs, not allowing him to escape.

  While Ryker holds the other Genesis Formation expert back, she slaughters the rest of the bandits, finishing the group once and for all while reducing the number of people who can take the chance to hit him in the back. 

  After she had done sufficient damage, she would join him and fight the leader, essentially ending his chance of escape and life without pain.

-x-

  The leader looked at Ryker murderously, knowing the one in front of him was the one responsible for the destruction of his bandits. One of his men, a Genesis Condensing expert at the 6th Stage tried to chase after the other ambusher but was stopped by Ryker who slashed at him before retreating, the man slowly split in half.

  "I deal with him. You get the other one," he snarled, a quick release of his divine sense showed the cultivation of the boy was only at the 8th Stage Genesis Condensing realm. 

  He gave the boy a mocking smile. A Genesis Condensing expert fighting against a Genesis Foundation expert would only lead to one result, the death of the Genesis Condensing expert. 

  On how he will brutally torture the boy. He will make him realize there exists a huge gap between them. He jumped towards him, a knife appearing on his hand as he stabbed at the boy, who blocked it before slashing at him.

  He gave the boy a mocking smile, holding back his strength so he could make the boy realize the disparity in strength. He attacked him once again, this time, pushing more strength in his attack. 

  To his surprise, the attack seemed to not harm him, merely pushing him. back by the little as he parried it. The bandit leader decided to take the fight more seriously. He began to launch more powerful attacks, trying to find the weakness in his opponent.

  To his surprise, the boy blocked all of it, though he clearly strained in doing so. His attack should have injured, if not killed experts with the same cultivation realm as the boy. His thought was broken when the boy appeared in front of him and slashed at him so quickly, that he barely avoided it to not lose his head.

  He felt a wet sensation on his cheek. A touch and lo and behold, there was blood on his hand. He looked at the boy, his expression turning serious, realizing the boy wasn't suicidal. In fact, he was confident in his strength to fight someone stronger than him.

  He clicked his tongue before sending messages to his men, telling them to go to his location. The one blocking him should be the stronger one while the other person should be weaker. In that case, if he could overwhelm the boy, he could then finish the last person with leisure.

-x-

  Mashia looked at the crowd chasing after her. After the ambush, she ran as quickly as possible, patching him the best he could before proceeding to ripping his legs and arms off. With his limbs gone, he likely couldn't be a threat.

  The same couldn't be said about the other bandits. While they are weaker than the traitor, they are still healthy and ready to fight her. She currently trying to draw as many as possible before killing them with one of his stronger techniques.

  The downside of the techniques is that she would be weakened for a while. She could still run but with the others being so nearby, that was not an option. She wondered whether she could kill them one by one when most of the men were retreating.

  Shocked at first by the action, she squinted her eyes before it widened in shock. 'That's where the perverts are! I have to help him,' she thought before the remaining bandits blocked her path.

  "Give up, we have you surrounded. If you do that, we going to show you a good time," the bandit in front of her gave her a lecherous smile.

  Feeling her pride being trampled, she lunged at him before ripping him apart, killing him immediately.

  "I'm going to tear all of you into shreds,"