Rats

"Are you sure this is the right way?" a man said to the group behind him. They were a total of five people, and was sent here by the manager of the Crystal Pavilion to investigate an abandoned castle. To see whether there are people occupying it.

"Don't worry and continue moving. From the information given to us, we are heading towards the right direction" one of the member of the group replied in confidence.

All five of them were at the Martial Master Realm. In a city like Spring Breeze City, they could already be considered as top experts. Even the captains in the city were not as strong as them. This could show the mysterious power of the Crystal Pavilion.

"Hmm" the leading man noticed something with hi senses and his expression turned ugly. He immediately shouted, "Stop!"

The other members of the group heard his sudden shout and stopped their advance. Looking at the expression of their leader, they knew that there is something wrong here.

Sweeping his eyes at the surrounding trees, the leader knew that there is something or someone watching them. "Show yourself and stop hiding! I already sense you, if you don't come out we will force you out!"

Hearing their leader's shouting, the other members took out their weapons and look around in alert. They didn't dare to question if their leader was correct or not. Because in their years of experience, they knew their leader is a very capable man. If he sensed that there is something, then there must really be something around.

Sou!

Sou!

Sou!

Sou!

Seconds later, several shadows emerged from around them and surrounded the group completely. Seeing this, the leader and his group was completely caught of guard. Around them was a total of 20 man wearing black clothes with swords hanging on their waist.

From their past experiences, defeating 20 people with just five of them were quite easy. But as they continue to look into this people surrounding them. They could feel that the aura in their body was strong. All 20 of them were at the Martial Master Realm just like them.

In five of them, the strongest was their leader with a cultivation level of Rank 5 Martial Master Realm. The other four was only at Rank 1-3 Martial Master Realm. At this time, they were feeling completely hopeless as they were being surrounded by this group of people which were stronger than them.

But if this group of people let them feel hopeless. Then the next second, everyone on the group felt their very core shaking as they noticed someone approaching towards them.

Shen Yu walking in front had his eyes locked on the five people being surrounded by the 11th Division. There were undisguised fear in their eyes as they watch him walk closer to them.

A heavy air of silence surround the area, no one talks as they just stare at each other. The wind was blowing making the leaves and grasses sway in the air.

For Shen Yu's group, this silence was nothing. But for the other group, this was simply a torture. Because they don't know what the other party is currently thinking at this point. Aside from being outnumbered, their strength is clearly insignificant in front of them.

So, after calming himself, the leader of the five man group started the initiative to talk, "Greetings senior, I am called Tang Ming and they are my people. We are sent here to investigate something in this mountain"

Staring at the man who had his fist cupped as he speak respectfully, Shen Yu felt quite amused. It was clear that the man was a lot older than him, but he still called him a senior. A smile appeared on his face and decided to talk, "So that's what it is, would Junior Tang tell this one what is it that you needed to investigate in this mountain. You know, it is dangerous here and there are many powerful magical beast roaming around the area. It would be unfortunate for you and your group to encounter such incidents, right?"

Tang Ming and the other behind him felt their bodies turned cold. Their back and forehead was already covered in cold sweat. It was clear that the last sentence of the young man in front of them was a threat. Right now, Tang Ming was struggling in his heart if he should tell about their mission. If he tell it, they might be able to return alive. But if he didn't tell it, he might displeased the other group and directly kill them. Though there is a chance for them to be killed even if they tell them what they were here for. He was willing to make a gamble just for the possibility of survival.

"If I say the reason why we are here, will senior be kind and let us live" Noticing that there is no changes in the expression of the young man, Tang Ming gritted his teeth and continues, "Senior, we are here with the orders from our superiors in the Crystal Pavilion to investigate the abandoned castle in this mountain. We are here to see if there is a group there called Dark Mountain Organization occupying the castle"

Raising a brow, Shen Yu felt that the spread of the news was a little bit faster than what he expected. Of course, he already knew that there will be people who will send someone to investigate the castle in this mountain.

"It seems that your Crystal Pavilion is not some ordinary group in the Spring Breeze City. Didn't expect that you will be the first one to send a group here to investigate" Shen Yu's face turned serious as he speak coldly, "Tell me, who is behind your Crystal Pavilion?"

"T...this"

"Who do you think you are! Just because you have this little power you can scare us. Let me tell you that the power behind us can easily destroy you and your group. If you don't want to be killed, let us go and we will act as if this didn't happen!" it was clear that Tang Ming was really nervous when he heard Shen Yu's question. But before he had a chance to reply, one of the people behind him suddenly talk in a very arrogant manner.

This makes Tang Ming wanted to cry but there are no tears coming out. He cursed inside his heart , 'This brat! I knew it that this spoiled brat will act this way. Because of him, we will definitely be implicated'

Not only Tang Ming, the faces of the others also drastically changed when they heard the arrogant man talked. From their expression, Shen Yu knew that they all know the personality of this man.

"What are you standing there for? Quickly apologize and bring your men to scram off!" the arrogant man continues to blabber his mouth while looking dagger towards Shen Yu.

"It seems that you really didn't want to live anymore. Let me fulfill your wishes then" a cold voice replied to the young man as Esdeath who was behind Shen Yu steps forward.

Looking at the cold beauty who just spoke, the man's face turn red as his eyes were covered in greed and lust. He inspects Esdeath's body with his beady eyes and said, "Yo! Didn't realize that there is a beauty here. I will add another condition, let her accompany me back in the city and spend several nights with me. After that, I promise I will return her to you. How about that?!"

"How about you and the others stay here and die" Esdeath's cold expression didn't changed when she heard the words of the man. After she speaks, a wall of ice sprouted from the ground several meters high and surrounds the five people completely. "Let me see how long you can last"