Bait?

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'Three beats of the gong…Banshees!'

This was every villager's thoughts when they heard the gong. This was the signal when banshees were spotted around the village vicinity. Naturally, everyone was awoken except for the young villagers. Even the non-cultivators were startled by the sounds.

Among the inhabitants of the village, Kai was the most anxious. He was the only target here so he was really shaken. One must know that Kai never felt endangered before his impotence was cured.

Now, he was like a sore thumb sticking out.

Kai's balls shriveled up and went close to his body. 'They are here!' He thought.

Although this was his line of thought, Kai still went out of his house to inquire about the situation. Zhou Mei and Ning followed him closely.

As soon as he got out, Wu twins appeared. Kai saw them and immediately asked.

"Uncle Chun! What is the situation? How many?!" Kai was genuinely scared for himself right now. He was also worried for the villagers and the village but he was mostly concerned about himself. One should note that this was just the 2nd winter that Zhou Kai had no Zhou Bing by his side. Last winter, Kai and the village were relatively safe as no targets were here but now, Kai recovered.

Wu Chun answered the inquiry. "Northwest, 67 Banshees! 3 of which are at Early True Qi Realm levels.!" He shouted loudly. Wu Chun was a warrior and a guardian. He was innately loud and domineering.

"67!?" Kai almost stumbled as he heard that there were that many banshees this time. Although it was relatively still low in numbers, Kai was still surprised. The 1st wave was already like this, how would the other waves be? A hundred?"

Seeing Kai's reaction, Wu Chun continued. "Fret not kid. Aside from the 3 stronger ones, the others won't be able to pass through the barrier array. This array was the best array that your Uncle Chen had learned. It is low-tier but is at the top of its grade. This array is also of the wood attribute. With Chief's wood crystals and some other resources, Chen and I managed to construct it rather fast. This array could stay operational throughout the winter this year."

Kai's complexion somewhat recovered because of Wu Chun's comforting statement.

"Sigh. You are still a young kid. Right, take this time to gain some experience. Fight some weak ones first then make your way up until you reach your limit. That is the only way you can unleash your full potential." Wu Chun added. He was a bit disappointed with Kai but he gave him some leeway as he knew how Kai had grown up. How he was raised. How his temperament came to be. 'Youngsters are still malleable.'

Kai was somehow relieved by this, making him recover. "Right! Call for every abled fighter to arms! Defend the first wave of Banshees!" Kai said this to Wu Chen then turned to Wu Chun. "Guardian Chun, I leave the defense to you. Zhou Mei, Ning, come with me and Uncle Chun to the defense line." He then gestured to Wu Chun for them to depart.

The group simply ran to the Northwest direction and soon, they arrived. Wu Chun had to slow down a bit as he was a bit too fast. Moreover, Ning was just at 1st level of the Mortal Realm. She was still slow and weak.

Zhou Kai is also slow but this is because he lacked movement art. He doesn't even have foundations in this field. Well, he doesn't have foundations in all aspects before but now, he had a solid foundation in palm arts. The Life Draining Palm art included foundational palm art and stance. Naturally, his foundation would be top-notch. This was partly why he took a long time before he raised his proficiency in the art.

Upon their arrival at the Northwest Cliff (the village is on a plateau), Kai and the others saw a group of Banshees madly climbing the cliff using their clawed fingers.

The Banshees looked like spiders with only four limbs. Their limbs are very long and thin, skin and bones thin. Similarly, their fingers are also very long. Their eyes were all white. And they are black and all messy like an old witch's unkempt hair.

If one looked closely, they were not wearing anything but a white string around their waist where they tie their harvested male egg sacks. Zhou Kai saw that some of them already had some earnings and he shivered.

He looked more closely and saw that most of them must be more than 2 meters tall while the 3 stronger ones at the front of the group are 2.5 meters tall. Kai couldn't help but get scared again but he manned up and stood his ground. He trusted his Uncle Chun. Moreover, Zhou Kai did not think that Zhou Mei that was with him was weak.

This was because, during those 15 days of sparring, Wu Chen and Wu Chun actually said to him that Zhou Mei appears to be very skilled and might even be on par with Wu Chen's combat prowess. This surprised Kai greatly but he did not doubt his uncles.

When the banshees are near enough, their shrieks can be heard but at that time, the barrier activated and temporarily delayed the 3 stronger banshees and completely blocked the weaker ones outside.

Almost at the same time, Wu Chen and the other cultivators arrived at their location. "Uncle, you arrived at the right time!"

"Naturally." Wu Chen replied then turned to Wu Chun.

Wu Chun seemed to understand why Wu Chen did this so he spoke. "Chen the one in the front, I'll take 2 at the back.. I ask the others to stay back and let us warm cold muscles. It has been a year since we fought these abominations." Wu Chun did not speak further and just rushed to intercept the enemy.

Wu Chen also followed. He had no objection with his brother's commands. In truth, Wu Chen knew that his brother only wanted him to hold the weakest one while Wu Chun dealt with the 2 stronger Banshees. They were twins and thus, Wu Chen knows his brother's intentions more than anyone.

As the Wu twins clashed with the banshees, Zhou Kai took charge while his uncle Wu Chun was at the front lines. "Right! We should quickly deal with those weaker ones outside the barrier. Although they are weak, they can still deplete the array's power if not taken care of. Who here has an idea?" Kai wanted to eliminate all threats. Since the 3 Banshees inside are now being fought by his uncles, the banshees outside have nothing to do but try trespassing the barrier.

Kai knew they had to be removed from the equation but he was an inexperienced youngster so, he decided to seek advice. This was a normal thing to do even for Dukes or even Kings..

It was at that moment that Ren Zhong spoke. Re Zhong stepped forward and bowed slightly to Kai. "Chief, I have an idea. I wonder if you would fancy it?"

Zhou Kai was intrigued immediately and immediately asked. "Do say it."

"Thank you. Chief, I am a hunter and a fisherman so I believe that placing bait is the right choice."

"Bait?" Kai said with a slightly raised voice. He was no idiot and he knew that Ren Zhong had implied to use Kai as bait but he did not get mad. Kai saw no malice in Ren Zhong.

Ren Zhong saw Zhou Kai's confused expression so he explained. "Chief, you just have to stand inside the barrier but a lot closer. This way, Banshees would be severely distracted and not care about those who stab them in the back. We should just stab them right at the head or heart."

Instantly, Kai was enlightened by this plan of Ren Zhong. "I see. By me standing there, all the senses of the Banshees will be completely directed at me. Once I got their attention, you guys would come out and clean up!"

Hearing this, Ren Zhong smiled. "That is so."

Everyone present actually agreed to this so they went with that plan but before everything started, Kai issued a command to keep a 5th rank Banshee alive for him to hone his skills.