Soul Angels & Demons

Chapter 02 - Defeating the Enemy!

*******BOOM******!!*

The sound of an energy explosion resounded in the interior of the forest, triggering the other assassins scattered in various places to rush towards that energy explosion. Some who arrived first saw chaos like there was a fight near the cliff, but unfortunately when they arrived, none of them were in place.

The Killing Boss ordered his subordinates to follow the footprints left behind from the former battle just now. The trail swirled and led to a bamboo forest that was quite lush, where the quicksand that Zee had found earlier.

*kling!*

The sound of small bells mounted by Zee in the corners of the tree roots, with small threads surrounding them. Starting to sound some signs there is an approaching enemy movement. Zee himself was hiding on top of a tree that grew in the middle of the bamboo forest bush.

*kling!*

The movement of the assassins who are getting closer makes Zee more alert. He had also set up some traps around the suction mud area below him, with some tools he had brought from the damp cave earlier. And what made him confident that he would win this time was, because it was already very dark and the teacher warrior Assassins would still find it difficult to see the area around them.

*Tap tap...

*CRAKK!*

"Youngpam..!"

The very loud cry of one of the assassins whose legs were hit by iron traps of pigs, made several other teacher warriors rush to run towards the place where the sound of shouting came from.

"Tu-wait don't you come any closer!" shouted the killer who was hit by the trap loudly, but unfortunately they had already run to that place.

****CRAAKK!*

****!!*

*Blush!*

"Aarrrrhhhh!" the screams of those caught in the trap that night were heard all over the forest. The Killing Boss who was a little away from there immediately rushed in search of the direction of the agonizing cry.

People who were caught in the trap, whether their feet were in a pig trap, caught in a rope trap, or who were stuck in the suction mud, were still trying to save themselves.

Zee, who saw and heard their cries of pain, was actually feeling pity, even though he set the trap. But this is a good opportunity for him. Because if it wasn't the warrior assassins the teacher died, then he himself would have died. He then descended from the tree of hiding places and began to slash those cultivators from the darkness without any meaningful resistance.

Zee was quite sure, that if he did not find this way, he would have great difficulty killing them. Even defeating one of them in an open arena would still be a little difficult for him right now. Given his cultivation level that was still at the junior warrior disciple.

After killing 6 of the ten early stage master warrior assassins, Lee rushed to leave the place. He hoped that the other teacher warriors would stop for a while to take care of the corpse of his comrade.

 

Elsewhere, inside the hall of the Phoenix God Sword Tower in the south, a stern-faced young woman with silvery-white hair and a crown and a staff she was holding, was, walking elegantly down the large hall hall space that had an open roof in front of the Sacred Councils and the hundreds of small sect heads present.

She was Hua Meiyin, the supreme leader of the Phoenix God Sword Tower Institute in the south, as well as the youngest chief of the Phoenix Fire Sect.

In the room were also present the four elders of the Sacred Council Institute, among others Western Sacred Elder Zhou Haocun, Eastern Sacred Elder Wang Jianheeng, Southern Sacred Elder Gu Minghao, among others, and Northern Sacred Elder Wei Jianying. They had all come to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Phoenix God Tower Institute which became their strongest ally at the moment.

Shortly after Institute Head Hua sat on his throne, a gray-robed elder walked up to him, and the head of the institute whispered something to him.

"..."

The host elder in a gray robe then advanced to the front of the hall to open the banquet.

"Ekhem!"

"Honorary ladies and gentlemen!"

"The four Sacred Council Institutes! And hundreds of Sect Leaders!"

"With this I declare the anniversary banquet commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Phoenix God Sword Tower Institute officially BEGINS!"

*GONG!!!*

After the host elder said that, the youths from the various sects started walking and jostling closer to the large stage in the middle of the hall to listen to the announcement. And it caused a tremendous amount of boisterousness in that vast room.

"To enliven this event, we will be holding a friendly martial arts tournament!"

"We invite the elders of the sect as well as the four Sacred Council Institutes, to send young fighters from each of their institutes and sects to challenge the young fighters from the Phoenix God Sword Tower Institute. And for the reward." continued the elder.

"We from the Phoenix God Sword Tower Institute, will provide three rare resources that are even very difficult to find in the Eastern Sea Continent!"

"For the third winner, we will give you a Spiritual Spirit Level Sword made from mysterious black iron and has been forged for forty years by the Phoenix Fire Sect!"

"And the second winner will get the Spirit-level Aurora Whip that is capable of emitting an immortal flame, a rare artifact, a, and one Bone Grease Pill that was useful for speeding up the increase of the cultivation base for the young cultivators who swallowed it!"

After announcing the third prize, the gray-robed elder turned to the head of the institute, while occasionally feeling proud of themselves who had made one large hall was crowded talking about the very tempting gift.

"Will but!" continued. "Junior Warriors who are allowed to attend this tournament are only those who are still at the aura level of the late Junior Warrior and the early teacher level Junior Warrior. The rest of the stages no one is allowed to enter!"

"The first selection will be conducted on the Island of Ice and Fire, the second selection will be conducted in the small world belonging to our Institute Elders, while the third selection will be carried out at the City of Fire Stadium. The event will be held on the sixth month on the third day of the month of Thunder next year, and after that date, registration will be officially closed!"

"We hope that the Fourth Institute of the Sacred Council and the entire sect can participate in the tournament next year! Oh, well since the day is also getting late, let's take out the wine and the food banquet hahaha..." After that, the second hundred year anniversary banquet of the Phoenix God Sword Tower Institute began with the accompaniment of thousands of charming fireworks in the city.

In an inn that was also still in Fire Phoenix city, an all-black robed elder with a white beard was conversing with one of his disciples.

"I'll leave you here for the next six months. You know what you have to do, don't you?" the elder said to his female disciple who also wore a black robe.

"I understand, Teacher. In the next six months contest, I guarantee you will enter the top three!" he said it firmly, even without expression.

"Good!, I'll return to the sect first to report to his Highness the Main Elder. This is the pill I've refined these 4 years, and remember not to fail!" After saying so, the elder suddenly disappeared from sight.

The red-haired girl decomposed with an expressionless look as she changed her clothes and came out to blend in with the crowd.

*Byuriurr!*

"Ahhh, fresh!"

In the middle of a small river, Zee is bare-chested, while trying to swim catch some fish for him to burn in order to fill his stomach which almost five days does not eat anything but dried medicinal plants.

"Eh?" "Tomorrow!"

And after getting some tails, he chose to clean himself first, then rested under a shady tree on the bank of the river near the simple fireplace he made to burn his catch.

*Kruyuk!*

"Currently... Be patient for a while, our stomachs will eat a lot of fish today," murmured Zee while swallowing the saliva.

"All right, I think this is it. Aaa..mm, nyam! nyam!"

And without Zee realizing it, he had been watched by a pair of eyes that stared intently at him and the grilled fish since then. And quickly, that pair of eyes turned into a shadowy figure standing right behind Zee.

"Is that delicious?" he said it right near Zee's ear which surprised him to the point of jumping into the river.

After a while Zee normalized her heartbeat, she stared at the riverbank.

There was exactly a girl who looked much younger than him, with red blonde hair ponytailed right-left and bangs covering her forehead. Smiling sinlessly, while looking at the drenched Zee again as it splashed into the river.

And the strange thing was, Zee who was a cultivator couldn't sense the aura of the girl's existence, or maybe because her head was just filled with food until she became indifferent to the surrounding aura, I don't know.

Feeling bad for the young man in front of her, the girl apologized and introduced herself to Jean. He said that he also accidentally passed through this forest and met Zee who was relaxing while eating the grilled fish he had caught.

"Oh, so your name is Jean. Why did you startle me like that! Did you know I choked on fish meat out of my nose?" annoyed Zee to the young girl who had introduced herself.

"I'm sorry, I've been around you since, but you didn't look at me. So I'll just fill you in, hehe," Jean replied with a smile.

Jean finally tells her that she is from Wood City and wants to go to Fire Phoenix City to register as a participant in the Phoenix God Sword Tower Institute martial tournament which will be held in a few months.

"Oh, so next year there will be a big tournament huh?" ask Jean Zee.

"That's right! how about we both form a team!" jean said enthusiastically as she looked at Zee from top to bottom.

Zee who was also interested in participating in the tournament became confused and worried because he had now become a fugitive from his own sect. Even his entire family had been wiped out by his former sect.

"Actually I'm also quite interested in that tournament, but unfortunately I don't have a sect now" Zee honestly complained to Jean.

"Oh, I know! My uncle is one of the Marquis of the Cretaceous Cliff City which is located not far from this forest. We just have to keep walking a little westward and will find the village which is also the domain area of my uncle's Cretaceous City..."

"But-but...

"St! no, don't protest too much. My uncle will do what is best for you" Jean said, dragging Zee's arm westward.

"And you seem to need new clothes. The clothes you're wearing now make you look like you're homeless" Jean said.

Zee who was said to be like that just rolled his eyes panted and walked around resignedly because Jean did not want to let go of his grasp.

They crossed the forest and river from noon to evening, and at almost midnight, they found the village mentioned by Jean.