Thinking that he had completely wiped out the enemies hiding in the shadows, Li Shen told Lingxi to bring out the spiritual paper horses.
"Yes." Nodding, she was about to take them out from her spatial ring.
But, before she could do that, she was stopped by Li Shen. "No need now."
Then, turning his towards the forest, he spoke calmly. "Come out now. It's no use hiding now."
For a while, nothing was heard. No response came from the forest.
Seeing that, Li Shen just smiled and chuckled. "It looks like I have to drag you out from there myself."
Saying that, halfway through his sentence, he immediately launched an attack towards the direction he was speaking.
Whoosh...
A big fireball went flying towards the forest.
Though it was a fireball, it actually looked like a small version of the sun—radiant and golden.
Boom....
Soon, it hit a part of the edge of the forest.
Smoke raised, and black screen masked rhe area, making it difficult to see through.
Li Shen raised a side of his lips and said towards the direction of the smoked area. "Still not coming out?" His voice carried a bit teasing.
From the smoke, a voice came through. "Humph." It sounded a bit annoyed.
Then, the sound of a person walking was heard.
Tap. Tap. Tap..
Soon, a figure stepped out of the smoke. A man with a mask, covering just upto his nose from his chin. For the head, he didn't do anything special. With slightly long purple hair, reaching just around his shoulders.
Just from the looks, and with the vibes around him, anyone would assume him as a scary person who had killed many people. And that too, mercilessly.
And it was true.
Looking at the man who just came out, Lingxi eyes widened. Her voice shocked. "Huh!? What!?"
Hearing her shocked voice, Li Shen turned to her and asked. "What? Do you know him?"
Lingxi opened her mouth and stopped. Instead, she looked at Li Shen puzzled.
That's because she saw Li Shen suddenly punching to her.
She just stood there, frozen. What is going on? Is this the end? Surely, she can't take a hit from one of the strongest men. So, thinking that she was going to die, she thought to herself.
However, instead of the punch hitting her like she had expected, Li Shen's fist passed her and went behind her.
Boom...
That heavy punch landed on someone behind her.
It was the man who just appeared.
In the meantime, when Li Shen turned to her, the man took the advantage and appeared behind Lingxi, intending to finish her.
However, due to Li Shen's quick reaction and powerful punch, he could not do it.
Instead, he had to stopped his attack and met Li Shen's attack head on.
But, he underestimated Li Shen's power and overestimated his own power.
Cracked... boom... thud...
Because of that, the moment he met Li Shen's fist, his whole body flew back and hit the huge boulder where Li Shen was sitting just a few minutes before.
After that, Li Shen retracted his fist. Then, looking at Lingxi's expression, he smiled and joked. "What? You thought I was going to hit you?"
Hearing that, Lingxi felt ashamed. But she quickly recovered and turned around to see.
To her surprised, that huge boulder was turned into pieces. With dust everywhere, she could quite determine the scene. Whether the man who appeared was dead or injured.
As if knowing what she was thinking, Li Shen appeared beside her and answered. "He isn't dead,... yet. But he is seriously injured."
Lingxi turned to him. But she didn't day anything. She just looked at him and thought to herself. What a dangerous man.
It was true. Li Shen was dangerous, very dangerous. At that moment, he just stood there calmly, with a simple smile. He didn't look like someone capable of doing anything.
If anyone were to see him, they would just think of him as some simple and honest man.
But, at that moment, to Lingxi, he was the most dangerous man. But also, the safest guard.
Turning away from and looking at the now destroyed boulder, she patted her chest and consoled herself. Thank God, he is protecting me. Otherwise, if he were to be the one hunting me...
Thinking of that, Lingxi couldn't imagine her own situation.
She shook her and threw away those thoughts. And asked. "What do we do now, Mr Li."
"Simple. Go and collect him. Tie him up and bring him with us to your sect." Saying that, Li Shen turned around and walked away, leaving Lingxi in awe.
She quickly snapped and ran towards the body which was lying among the pile of destroyed pieces of boulder.
First, she checked for anything, thinking that the man might wake up. But thankfully, the man didn't react at all.
Finally, she sighed in relief and tied up the man. Then, she took out her spiritual paper horse and put the on the back of it.
When it was all done, she quickly rode the horse and caught up with Li Shen, who was now riding a real horse.
She immediately reported the situation.
Li Shen just nodded.
Looking at the real horse, she asked curiously. "Mr Li, where did you get this horse? I meant there was no real horse around here when I checked, right?"
With a light laugh, Li Shen replied. "This is just a spirit horse. I made it using my own energy."
Hearing the answer, she was surprised. She had heard of people using their own Qi to create spiritual manifestations, but she had never heard of or seen spirits appearing so real.
At that moment, she had many questions on her mind. But she didn't ask any of that.
"Ohh, by the way, you seemed to know about that man?" Li Shen asked.
"Ah, yes. I know this man. He is the Dark Scorpion, ranked fifth on the most powerful list of our Kingdom, the Red Jade List." She explained.
"Ranked fifth huh? So weak." Li Shen muttered under his breath.
Though it was low, Lingxi heard it clearly. She said inwardly. That's because you are too strong. You are ranked ten in the whole kingdom.
Soon, the two left the forest area.
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In the outer area of the forest, they left, many bodies in dark clothings were lying on the ground. Other than the similar clothings, they also had bloods flowing out of their mouths, noses, ears and eyes.
Just from the looks, it was clear that they were all dead.
They were the assasins from Blood Mist Hall that Li Shen wiped out with just his dominant spiritual will.