Summoning

Hae Jin summoned a small, one-inch metal nail. His index finger pressed against his thumb, and a tiny metal nail manifested in front of his fingertip.

He released his index finger and the metal nail shot towards the gorilla.

When it was just a meter away from the gorilla, it grew in size to about a foot and struck the gorilla.

A dent appeared on the gorilla's chest and it was flung away.

Wu Zhi blocked the fist of the second gorilla with his sword. It was still in its sheath.

"Rank 5…" Yang Zhai uttered.

It turned out that Wu Zhi was at rank 6.

Yang Zhai took a few steps back.

He saw another gorilla jump out of nowhere to where he was.

However, this time, Wu Zhu summoned a blade and blocked the gorilla's palm.

Yang Zhai took a few more steps back.

However, there came another gorilla running towards Yue Qing.

Yang Zhai's eyes narrowed,

"Not good, this is definitely planned…"

Xiu Lan came forward and mumbled something. Sound waves were produced and a sound barrier formed in front of her and blocked the gorilla.

Another rank 5? A total of four rank 5 already. They were strong enough to deal with this group of vulpias, so why did they go along with the vulpias? Could it be that they only played around?

If that is the case, why did they sacrifice two of their cultivators? These people aren't ordinary.

These were Yang Zhai's thoughts.

"Father told us to listen to you and not fight. We even ended up sacrificing two of our cultivators. Elder Jin, I don't think we can listen to you anymore!" Xiu Lan shouted.

"Yeah, it doesn't matter, even if a group of rank 6 or rank 7 vulpias end up attacking us!" Wu Zhu shouted.

Rank 6 or Rank 7 group? Ah, so that's what they were afraid of. That's why they wanted it to be resolved peacefully. I suppose they don't realize that a higher-ranked group of Vulpias won't attack them just for wiping out a lower-ranked one—unless, of course, the cultivators initiated the fight first: Yang Zhai contemplated.

Yang Zhai continued retreating, eventually leaving both the center and the outer circle. He found himself surrounded, right in the middle of the Vulpia army.

"There is definitely someone among them being targeted or even a few of them. It's better to fight this rank 4 army than those rank 5 gorillas,"

Yang Zhai didn't want to stay in the middle anymore.

Three gorillas had already attacked the middle. Who knew what would be thrown into the middle next?

He leaped onto the Shadow Leopard and engaged in battle. As a Rank 4 beast, it had no trouble carrying Yang Zhai.

He didn't move far away from the group, he still needed this qafila. He only distanced himself from the cultivators a little bit.

The Shadow Leopard was incredibly fast, constantly leaping around. It never stayed in one place, immediately jumping as soon as it found a new spot to land.

Wu Zhi jumped back and swung his sword at the gorilla. Its skin was very thick, so the sword could only leave a small cut.

Gorillas cannot be found anywhere in these areas, not even in this entire forest. In fact, even the areas around this forest have no gorillas, so how are they here? It's obvious someone brought them here: Yang Zhai kicked a vulpia that was trying to bite him while reflecting.

"This region is known to have vulpias; even enslaving a monkey was quite shocking. How can I believe that they left this forest to find gorillas and brought them here? Someone is definitely behind it," Hae Jin muttered with annoyance.

A vulpia bit his leg. He shook it off and killed it. However, the gorilla he was fighting came from behind and slapped him hard, sending him flying.

"Damn!" He uttered.

Nobody knows except for a few people about our journey; everyone thinks that we are in the Eroh Domain, and only someone among those few can plot against us. I must find those traitors and punish them: Wu Zhi activated his sword ire and slashed at the gorilla while thinking.

This time, there was a deep cut on the gorilla's torso. However, he, to,o, was slapped by a gorilla from behind and sent flying. Suddenly, there was another gorilla here.

"What the… where did this one come from?!" He muttered while in the air.

Including the one from Hae Jin's side, there were five gorillas now.

"As I thought. And it seems like this one somehow hid its presence," Yang Zhai saw this from a distance.

As he had expected, another gorilla came out of nowhere and attacked the middle.

Yang Zhai activated the three green line and his presence disappeared. Then he activated the ring of truth and summoned Reen.

"Reen,"

"Yes, master,"

It appeared quietly and sat on his right shoulder as the left one was occupied by an unfamiliar black snake.

"Try to find out if there is someone hiding around this area that seems suspicious. Also, make sure that no one sees you,"

"Yes, master," after saying that, instead of flying like usual, it slithered away.

Yang Zhai was just a rank 4 cultivator, and a Mastery Path cultivator at that, so even if someone was hiding and instructing these gorillas, there was a high chance that they wouldn't target him for the time being.

Firstly, he wasn't their target. Second, unexpected situations always happen, so it was better to get rid of their target first. Lastly, these vulpias would end his life.

So, it is better for me to stay away from the middle. I am sure these cultivators would handle this situation soon enough: Yang Zhai thought.

Hae Jin was flung by a gorilla, but before he could hit the ground, another gorilla flung him again.

Wu Zhu and Xiu Lan stood their guard and defended Yue Qing and Han Wen along with other cultivators.

Yue Qing stood there while grabbing Han Wen's left sleeve. She just stood there without moving her eyes as if staring blankly at something.

"Yue Qing, why don't you do something?" Shouted Xiu Lan.

"What can I do when I can't even look at people?" Replied Yue Qing.

When Han Wen heard this, he smiled, but his eyes displayed sadness.

"I don't even know whether to smile or cry," he muttered.

When Xiu Lan heard Yue Qing, her eyes twitched and responded,

"Are you now taking revenge on me?"

A metal needle pierced the gorilla's chest. However, just before piercing the gorilla, the needle grew to about one foot long and three inches thick.

Hae Jin sighed when he saw this, but didn't relax. He had finally dealt with a gorilla with a little help from rank 4 cultivators.

I wonder who was the one to send these gorillas after us? This is definitely a scheme: Han Wen thought.

"No, master, there is no one in the surroundings. I made sure to thoroughly check. However, I think you should deal with this as quickly as possible as more vulpias are gathering around," after saying this, Reen disappeared.

It seemed like she was finally exhausted as she disappeared without even asking for Yang Zhai's permission.

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