Chapter 28: Ambushed

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  "Wait!"

  Su Che raised his hand to stop the footsteps of Lei Jia's siblings, pretending to be concentrated and listening carefully, even slightly flaring his nostrils, like a hunting dog searching for the scent carried by the wind...

  Seeing his actions, Leijia siblings also understood that he must have made another discovery, possibly discovering some kind of spiritual grass or something else.

  "There's an ambush at the fork in the road ahead, at least three people!" Su Che quickly made a judgment with certainty.

  Lei's siblings exchanged a silent glance, of course, they wouldn't question his expertise in this area, besides, they had already known that there were followers behind them, so the others who should appear would eventually show up.

  The sister and brother tacitly occupied a favorable terrain, Lei Qingxue called out to Su Che: "Su Shidi, you go to that position and hide well, judge the timing yourself and support us."

  Lei Qingxue designated a location, nestled in the gap between several massive boulders, where Su Che hid relatively safely. Once the battle began, his mission was to take care of himself and not cause trouble for the Lei siblings.

  The movements of the three people were naturally seen by all the followers in the back. This face-wearing, wind-ear-having loose cultivator only confirmed that his own tracks had been detected by others long ago, and even the ambush location in front had been exposed.

  He sent another message to his brother and others: "The other side has become alert, the sneak attack plan failed!"

  If a surprise attack doesn't work, then let's go at it with force!

  On the other hand, three men and one woman who had received the news appeared from the intersection, walking towards Su Che's position at a steady pace; The "Wind Ear" in the rear also accelerated its flight, forming a pincer movement.

  Lei's siblings held a sword in one hand and a talisman in the other, their spirits concentrated and on guard, silent and wordless.

  "Three of you, it's been a good wait." The man with the birthmark spoke first, his face wearing a fake smile: "How was your collection task, did it go smoothly?"

  "I recognize you!" Lei Xiao pointed his sword at him from a distance: "You're the guy who sold the Shadow Wind Mouse yesterday. No need for unnecessary chatter, I just want to know what you're after by ambushing us here."

  "It's easy to know the answer, just surrender obediently and I'll enlighten you." The man with the birthmark on his face turned cold and said in a chilly tone: "The cultivators in the Yin Wind Gorge plundering each other is an extremely common thing, what's there to be puzzled about?"

  "Then let's talk with fists, come on!" Lei Xiao Lang shouted loudly.

  A female cultivator named Ying Hong rushed towards Lei Qingxue and smiled: "Sister, you are their senior sister, right? The current situation is clear at a glance. We five people are all at the third layer of Qi Refining cultivation, but you... just by looking at you, I can tell that you're an intelligent person, shouldn't you know how to make a choice?"

  "Too much talk is useless. Either you retreat immediately or we'll see who's the real deal!" Lei Qingxue's words were concise, and her demeanor remained calm and composed.

  "What a beautiful little girl, I really can't bear to lay hands on you." Ying Hong smiled slyly: "Okay, I'll play with you for a while."

  Before her words had fallen, she moved swiftly and closed in at incredible speed! Who would have thought that among so many men, it was a woman who made the first move.

  A distance of over ten zhang is but a stone's throw away for cultivators, and with a clang, the two flying swords had already clashed together. Whoosh whoosh whoosh, the two female cultivators' robes fluttered about like butterflies amidst flowers as they began their elegant dance. Even in the midst of a perilous battle where every move could be fatal, their movements were still so captivating to behold.

  However, the men on the scene didn't have time to appreciate this beautiful scenery. Tāi Jì male, Lù old big, Hè surname man, three people came together and launched a joint attack on Léi Xiào.

  Taiji male and He surname male's weapons are the most common low-grade Fa swords, two men one left and one right, sword like electric shock, respectively stabbed towards Lei Xiao's left and right vital points; Lu old big is a round-headed heavy hammer, smashing down on Lei Xiao's head.

  Even if one has learned the art of controlling instruments, it is still difficult to use them to attack opponents at a distance. Generally speaking, the use of weapons is mainly for close combat. To be able to take someone's head from 100 meters away, one must have reached the intermediate level of Qi training.

  Currently, the main means of long-range attack are still based on magic and talismans. At this moment, the three Tairen men adopted a close-quarters combat approach, which shows that they have great confidence in their own strength. The three of them ganged up on a Qi Refining Second Layer outer disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, and should have been able to kill him instantly, even if he had used an ordinary-grade defensive talisman in time, it would have been useless.

  But Lei Xiao was no ordinary outer disciple, and the talisman he used at this moment was not of ordinary quality.

  Wow!

  Lei Xiao instantly activated a jade stone talisman hidden in his left hand, and an orange-yellow flame halo suddenly appeared, centered on him, spreading out to the four sides.

  "Ah!"

  The three men with birthmarks shouted in unison, and the figure that had just rushed over quickly retreated. Although they dodged out of the range of the orange-yellow flames' spread, they were also made quite disheveled by the terrifying high temperature.

  Fortunately, the legal robes they wore had a certain degree of defensive effect, otherwise, Lu Lao Da's dense whiskers would have been cleaned up and his image would have changed greatly...

  "Could it be an Impact Flame Sign?"

  Three men were taken aback, never expecting that this young man would produce a high-quality, extremely valuable spirit symbol with his first move.

  The combat-type spirit symbols are divided into five levels: lower-grade spirit symbol, middle-grade spirit symbol, upper-grade spirit symbol, extreme-grade spirit symbol, and then there's the extremely rare super-grade 'symbol treasure'.

  Even if a Qi-refining cultivator has an exceptional talent for crafting talismans, they can only create low-grade and mid-grade spirit talismans. Only Foundation Establishment cultivators can create high-grade and top-grade spirit talismans. That's why even most of the outer sect disciples of Tianxuan Sect can't afford to use high-grade spirit talismans, let alone a Qi-refining loose cultivator like Tairen.

  The orange-yellow flame halo surrounded Lei Xiao, and with each breath, it would expand outward in a shockwave, fully proving that the "Impact Fire Symbol" was an excellent defensive symbol that combined offense and defense, making it impossible for ordinary people to get close. At least for a moment, the three men with the fetal mark did not dare to approach Lei Xiao too closely, and could only engage in long-range combat from a distance. However, at this stage of their training, long-range attack spells and low-level talismans were difficult to break through the defense of an excellent spiritual symbol, so for now, they had no way to deal with Lei Xiao.

  The moment he made his move, it was a top-grade spiritual symbol, which directly reflected the deep background of the Lei family's wealth and grandeur.

  On the other side, Lei Qingxue and Ying Hong were still entangled in a fierce battle. As they exchanged sword moves and physical techniques, various small spells would occasionally flash by... Both of them had cultivated to the third layer of Qi Refining, and as a disciple of the sect, Lei Qingxue's overall strength should have been slightly higher in theory. However, if she wanted to quickly determine the outcome of the battle, it was impossible not to use some special killer moves.

  As for Su Che on this side.

  Su Che hid in the gap between several huge rocks, originally planning to use a spirit symbol to help Lei Xiao, but now saw that the 'Wind Ear' with a mask on his face was crawling towards him.

  Bang!

  Su Che didn't even think, his left hand's 'Vajra Talisman' defended his body, while his right hand's 'Ice Rain Talisman' was activated at the same time. Whoosh! A dense ice rain shot towards Zhao Feng's Wind Ear Cover, enveloping an area of five or six zhang, leaving him nowhere to hide.

  "Bing Yu Fu" has low killing power, but can freeze the opponent, greatly reducing his movement speed. Su Che was very clear that the opponent had a cultivation base of Lian Qi San Ceng, and a direct confrontation would not be his match, he absolutely could not let him get close.

  "You stinky brat, it's all in vain!"

  Zhāo Fēng ěr indeed had nowhere to hide and didn't plan on hiding either. While running, he also activated a low-grade earth-type defensive spirit symbol that enveloped his body, basically ignoring the damage from the ice rain symbol. However, the ice rain that fell to the ground instantly froze into a layer of solid ice, which also had a certain freezing effect. Landing on it would more or less affect his movement.

  Taking advantage of his slowing down, Su Che drilled into the gap between the giant rocks like a slippery loach and darted out from the other end of the gap.

  This was Su Che's intention as he played hide-and-seek with him.

  Lei Qingxue, who was not far away, saw this situation. Originally intending to rescue Su Che, she now had a thought in her mind, wanting to see if he had any special fighting abilities. If the situation became critical, it would not be too late to lend a hand then.

  But unexpectedly, Su Che actually ran east and west, leading the loose cultivator who was following him further and further away, and soon they would turn a corner and be out of sight. Lei Qingxue cursed in her heart: "Stupid kid, running so far away, how can I help you?"

  Wanting to send him off with the past, but having an ongoing opponent entangled, even more uneasy about leaving Lei Xiao alone here...

  There's no doubt that Lei Qingxue will stay behind to take care of his younger cousin with the same bloodline. As for Su, who he had just met less than half a day ago, since he himself made a mistake and took the wrong action, if something unfortunate were to happen to him, all one could say is sorry and what a pity.