ITBBS Chapter 30

“Master, are these people planning to kill each other and take all the treasure for themselves?”

Xiao Ling thought this group of people were all idiots. Now aside from a few ordinary low-grade resources, everything else was sitting in her master’s space.

“Xiao Ling, don’t you think this is a good thing? We get to watch the show.”

Shen Yao’s eyes flashed with a cunning light. As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Why shouldn’t she let these people play out their drama?

Moreover, she had a gut feeling that if she didn’t deal with these people now, they would bring her a lot of trouble in the future. Besides, judging from the conversation between the two families, neither was any good person. She wouldn’t mind eliminating this group of people.

“Master, that’s too devious.” But Xiao Ling was so excited. She thought her master was very clever, letting others exhaust themselves fighting each other, only to end up with nothing.

“Xiao Ling, let’s stop chatting for now. They’re here.”

Shen Yao’s mental power had been locked onto their every move. Only when the group appeared on the mountaintop did she withdraw her power.

“Phew, we finally made it to this godforsaken place.” Chen Hongwen slumped onto a rock, complaining that this wretched place was too hard to find. On this trip, he had neither good wine nor women. It was truly unbearable.

“Everyone rest here for a while. We’ll look for the mechanism after we’ve recovered.”

Chen Hongjiang glanced at his third brother’s pathetic state. He was supposed to be an ancient martial arts practitioner, but he couldn’t even handle just half a month outside. A useless fool. Well, that was fine. Such a good-for-nothing had no right to compete with him for the family head position.

“We’ll also rest here. Recover your strength first.”

Qin Zhishan also gave the order to his men. They had to rest well, otherwise they wouldn’t have the energy for the confrontation between the two families later.

“Xiao Ling, can you detect the levels of those four ancient martial arts practitioners?”

Shen Yao observed that the group was quite large. Each family had two leaders and twelve family shadow guards, all of whom were armed. Ancient martial families were different. Even their shadow guards had a strong presence.

“Master, the two on the left are one at the fifth level of Yellow Rank and fourth level of Yellow Rank. The two on the right are one at the seventh level of Yellow Rank and fourth level of Yellow Rank. Master, you need to be careful of the Level Seven martial artist.”

She was a bit worried about that Level Seven fighter, who was one level higher than her master. However, his internal energy was far inferior to her master’s.

“Alright, I understand.” Shen Yao’s mind raced as she planned her next move. She had no shortage of weapons. If she couldn’t win with martial strength, she would use weapons. Her weapons were from the future and were far more advanced than anything in this era.

“Brother Qin, are your men rested enough? If so, let’s activate the mechanism.”

Chen Hongjiang didn’t want to waste any more time here. Once they got inside and took the treasures, they could eliminate the Qin family. The treasures inside could only belong to the Chen family.

“Alright, let’s move.”

Qin Zhishan nodded. Ha, did they really think he didn’t know the Chen family’s tricks? Unfortunately for them, he, a level seven martial artist, had always hidden his true strength, letting everyone think he was only at the fourth level of Yellow Rank. The treasures here today would belong to the Qin family.

“Everyone move out. Find the mechanism’s location.” Qin Zhishan gave the order to his guards. Then he deliberately glanced towards a giant tree.

“Master, that Level Seven martial artist has detected you.” Xiao Ling began to worry. It seemed that man was close to breaking through to Level Eight to have noticed something unusual. Xiao Ling felt he was not simple.

“Xiao Ling, your master isn’t so bad either.”

Shen Yao knew Xiao Ling was worried about her, but she couldn’t back out now. Besides, it wasn’t yet certain who would win.

“Second Master, the mechanism is open.”

“Master Qin, the passage has appeared.” The guards from both sides spoke at the same time, and the meaning behind their words was obvious.

“Brother Qin, don’t blame the Chen family for being dishonorable. After all, the things inside can only be taken by my Chen family. Attack!”

As soon as the shadow guards finished speaking, Chen Hongjiang revealed his treacherous nature. He was at the fifth level of Yellow Rank. The two brothers from the Qin family were both only at the fourth level, yet they wanted to share the treasures equally with the Chen family? Truly absurd.

“Ha, Chen Hongjiang, after half a month on the road together, you’ve finally shown your greedy face. But your scheme is doomed to fail. Attack! Leave no survivors!”

Qin Zhishan gestured to his family’s shadow guards. The Chen family had grown increasingly arrogant over the years. He had been planning this for a long time. Today was the perfect moment. Hmph! Once he obtained the treasures inside, even the Zheng family would be nothing to fear. It was time for the Zheng family to step down as the head of the ancient martial families.

Shen Yao watched the situation ahead from the tree. Tsk, truly a case of dogs biting dogs. They hadn’t even entered yet, and they were already slaughtering each other. She wondered if they would cough up blood and die when they discovered there was nothing left inside.

By this time, both sides had nearly finished fighting. Looking at the Chen family’s tragic state, she felt they must have no brains. They dared to be so arrogant without even knowing their opponent’s true strength, and in the end they were completely wiped out.

“Pfft… You… you’re actually a Level Seven martial artist.” Chen Hongjiang fell to the ground, severely injured, unable to believe it. He hadn’t expected Qin Zhishan to have kept such a secret. In that moment, he knew the Chen family was finished. He died with unwillingness on his face.

“Big Brother, the Chen family is utterly trash. Killing them took no effort at all.” Qin Zhihe looked at the Chen family members lying on the ground, feeling utterly contemptuous.

“Young friend in the tree, which family do you belong to? Would you care to come down and have a chat?” Qin Zhishan looked at the giant tree not far away. He had sensed it the moment he arrived.

“Which family I belong to, do I need to report to you? Who do you think you are?”

Shen Yao jumped down from the tree and slowly walked towards the Qin family members, her mind racing for a solution. There were six Qin family members left. The other five were no threat, but the Level Seven martial artist was somewhat troublesome.

“You brat, you’re asking for death. Kill him!” Qin Zhihe couldn’t stand the boy’s arrogance and directly ordered the shadow guards to attack.

“Ha, foolish.” Shen Yao quickly drew her bow. Four arrows flew simultaneously toward the four shadow guards. Before they could dodge, the arrows pierced their vital points, and they fell dead.

“You arrogant brat! How dare you touch my Qin family members! Prepare to die!” Qin Zhihe charged at Shen Yao without another word. He was determined to kill this brat with his own hands.

Qin Zhishan stood aside without moving. He also wanted to gauge the opponent’s strength. He strongly suspected that this boy had already taken the things from the secret passage. The boy could not be allowed to live. A sinister glint appeared in his eyes.

Shen Yao put away her bow and arrows and met the charge head-on. Seeing Qin Zhihe using an earth-type ability, she didn’t hesitate. She released her mental power to attack his mind, creating an illusion.

“Ahhh! It hurts!” Qin Zhihe was in so much pain from the illusion created by Shen Yao’s mental power. He rolled on the ground, screaming.

“End yourself!” At this moment, Shen Yao’s eyes were ice-cold. A murderous aura radiated from her entire body. Her voice was like a demon from hell as she gave the order to Qin Zhihe.