The Beginning of the Fight

When Minos and his group saw four people approaching their group with smiles on their faces, they understood that these were their prey for whom they had prepared so much.

'They're finally here!' the soldiers thought to themselves.

Almost immediately after seeing the arrival of a strange group, the group of Minos began to put on an expression of confusion, as if they did not know what was happening.

One of the soldiers, who was calmly eating a skewer of meat took the initiative and carefully asked who these people were. He had an expression that would make anyone feel sorry, that you could even see that he was shitting himself with fear…

'What a great actor,' this was the only thought in the mind of Minos and the other nine people, who knew what was going on.

While Minos' forces were trying to do their best to deceive their prey into falling into the trap, Darell and his three protectors were very pleased with the image in front of them. 'That's right. You must be afraid of us. Hehe.' One of the protectors thought while trying to hold back his laughter.

The other two protectors were also pleased with this, but unfortunately for them, they let their guard down so much that they didn't realize that these enemies, who were struggling before them at this very moment, were already at level 40!

In fact, in the Spiritual World, from the 5th stage of cultivation, people could feel the energy around them and as long as there was no significant difference in cultivation, one can determine someone's level within a certain distance. 

However, this was not an automatic process that one person would simply feel someone else's level as soon as he saw them.

To distinguish someone's strength, first, the other cultivator should be at some distance from the other and this distance would depend exclusively on his level. That is, the stronger someone is, the greater the distance at which they could feel the spiritual energy.

Second, even if the previous condition was satisfied, one must still have to try to determine the strength of that other cultivator on their own. This meant that unless someone took the initiative, they would not be able to determine the other person's level of cultivation!

But an almost automatic sense would only appear after someone reached level 70. After reaching this level, the person's soul would get strong enough to release the soul sense, which unlike the previous sense didn't need the user to take the initiative to activate and determine the spiritual power of their surroundings.

Of course, spiritual power and soul power are equivalent!

But the difference is that the soul sense could feel the surroundings as if it was an involuntary action, similar to breathing, an average, healthy person does not need to think in order to breathe as the body simply does it on its own.

This was also similarly true for the soul sense, as a cultivator who had at least a cultivation of the Spiritual Saint stage would immediately know the level of someone who might have entered within the range of his soul sense.

But, of course, while in a clash, all this would be left aside since the spiritual energy released by techniques was enough to determine the level of the opponent.

And that was why Darell's protectors didn't bother to probe their enemies, considering this to be an effortless task. This security caused them to overlook something that could have been so easily discovered.

Then the soldier who had a look of fear on his face, asked out loud, "Eh, who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Kekeke, you want to know who we are?" asked one of the protectors, who was at level 41, with a contemptuous smile.

"Hahaha, Quent, don't waste time scaring these idiots," Protector Philip said calmly.

"You worms have offended someone that you shouldn't have. Hehehe, do you not remember what happened in Maritime City? Or are you so naive that you didn't know that you would be persecuted for doing such a thing?" said the last protector, who was at level 42 with a grotesque expression on his face, while one of his hands was ready to draw his sword.

At this moment, Darell Silva finally took a step forward and spoke majestically,"Tsk, I will give you a chance. Give me the low-level grade-2 sword, and I will grant you a painless death!"

Minos then feigned a voice full of fear and asked, "Are you the young master of the Silva family? As someone from such a strong family, how can you act like a filthy thief?"

"Hahaha, filthy thief? You can think what you want, naive brat. This is the world of the strong, and since you dared to have something that you cannot protect, then you will die for it," Darell said contemptuously before spitting in Minos' direction.

Hearing this, Minos seemed completely terrified...

He then asked with a trembling voice, "Since you're going to kill us, can you answer a question for me?"

Darell glanced back at Minos and was satisfied, thinking, 'It seems that he has already accepted his fate, hehehe.'

"Okay, as I'm a merciful person, I'll give you a chance to have one of your questions answered."

"I want to know if your family was involved in my father's death," Minos asked timidly.

Hearing this Darell burst out laughing; he actually knew about it since his father had been the mastermind behind it. 

"Hahahaha, so is this what you want to know? Okay, you won't have to wait to get to hell and find out from your dad, hehehe. My father was the mastermind of that ambush. Hahaha, satisfied?"

After hearing this, Minos' face turned ashen and his attitude changed completely. Now he knew where he had to exact his revenge. Even though it was still a few years delayed, now that he had this information, it would make things easier for him in the future.

A smile appeared on his face as he gave the signal for his men to prepare, and then he activated the spiritual array which he had previously prepared.

When Darell's group saw this, they finally realized that something was off with this situation. From Minos' reaction, it looked as if he was just waiting to get that information.

And at that moment, one of the three carried out a probe on the strength of these 11 people in front of them. 

But when he was done examining the cultivation level of each one, his face immediately turned pale.

After all, though dealing with ten people at level 39 might be effortless, it was an entirely different story if those people were already at level 40!

And given the numbers on both sides, this was going to be a life-and-death battle!

At that point, the pale faced protector tried to warn his group by shouting, but it was too late. "This is a trap!!" he yelled.

In a moment, the spiritual array was activated, producing a loud buzzing sound.

Zumm!

"Shit!! It's a spiritual array! Quick activate the defensive spiritual array around the young master!" Protector Philip yelled with an ugly expression. If something happened to Darell, there was no possibility that they would be able to escape death and that was even if they left this place alive!

With the level of cultivation of the three protectors, although they would have their speed reduced at most, Darell… he would be completely turned helpless for a few seconds and these few seconds were enough for him to be killed!!

One of them quickly activated a defensive array around Darell, who had already turned unconscious at the time, while the other two were on guard.

Meanwhile, Minos and his group, who were not under the effects of the array since they had taken preventive measures, launched an attack on the enemy.

Wind Palm!

Demon Claws!

Hammering the World!

Dragon Breath!

Minos' soldiers released their attack techniques simultaneously, while the young Stuart also activated two of his techniques.

Devouring Art!

Spatial Sword!

When they saw all these attacks coming, the two on guard turned deathly pale. "Disgrace!! These guys are much stronger than they look," Philip spat in shock.

"Quent, if you take longer, we'll run out of energy," the other protector said, who was already using all the power he could use to defend himself.

"Philip, prepare for withdrawal. If we fight, we cannot guarantee the safety of the young master. As long as we get out of this damn place, there will be a chance for revenge in the future," the other protector said.

But just as he suggested, he noticed something.

"Do you think I don't want to run? But these bastards have already cornered us at this waterfall. We can only fight for our lives now!"

By this point, the other two protectors finally realized that they were slowly being cornered into the waterfall. 

"Shit!" The two cursed seeing the waterfall over 50 meters not far from them.

One of them looked at Minos' side and said to the other two protectors with a fearful expression, "That brat is already at level 33! How did he achieve this? Not only this, even his attacks are just as strong as those from these other guys!"