Avenue Stowaway

Outside the huge mountain, in the open space in front of a cave halfway up the mountain, the Iron Fist disciples, with their arms or upper bodies exposed, had muscles as tangled as the roots of an ancient tree, looking full of strength. At this moment, these Iron Fist disciples were staring at Xi Donglin at the entrance of the cave, as if they were staring at a fat prey, their eyes full of excitement and greed.

"Hand over the Cloud Stone!" The 2-meter-tall burly man standing in the front lost some patience and shouted coldly. This man's voice was very loud when he spoke normally, but his shout was like thunder exploding in his ears, buzzing.

Xi Donglin's face looked very ugly. They had obtained the Cloud Pattern Stone with great difficulty. If there were no major gains in the next month or so, this Cloud Pattern Stone would be their biggest gain in this trial.

"With the Cloud Stone, even if we can't make it onto the Gold List of the Trial, we can definitely make it onto the Silver List of the Trial. When we return to the sect, we will also gain more resources. But if we lose the Cloud Stone and don't gain much later, then our trial this time will most likely end in failure."

On one hand, there was the amount of sect resources he could obtain in the future, which represented his future path of cultivation. On the other hand, there were the lives of his fellow apprentices, which represented the disaster ahead. Neither of them was acceptable to Xi Donglin.

Frustrated and angry, Xi Donglin's body began to tremble slightly.

"Who leaked the news?" Xi Donglin's fists creaked, his nails digging into the flesh of his palms. "Besides me and my fellow apprentices, there were several people from other sects present at the time. They must have leaked the news. Damn it. Don't let me run into them again. Otherwise, I'll make them pay the price."

His future was ruined by those people. One can imagine how angry Xi Donglin was.

"Hmph!" The burly man suddenly snorted coldly and turned to walk towards one of Xi Donglin's fellow apprentices. "It seems that your senior brother is not going to care about your life or death. Then I can only apologize to you. Break his hands and legs for me!" The burly man said the last sentence to his fellow apprentices.

"Yes, Senior Brother!" The three Iron Fist disciples agreed with a grim smile, and then two of them quickly controlled the hands and legs of Xi Donglin's junior brother. They pressed him to the ground, making him unable to struggle. The third person walked up to the disciple with a grim smile on his face and was about to take action.

The disciple who was controlled was as pale as paper, and his body was shaking violently because of fear. "Senior Brother Xi, save me!" The disciple shouted in fear, and his voice was changed due to fear. It sounded a little shrill.

"It seems your senior brother is going to give up on you for the sake of the treasure. So stop shouting." The Iron Fist disciple who was about to attack said with a fierce smile, and then he raised his legs high. His pants were suddenly stretched tight, as if they would burst at any time.

Xi Donglin's other junior brothers didn't say anything at this time, they just stared at the Iron Fist Sect disciples who took action with anger and hatred. They all knew what the cloud pattern stone represented, so they didn't blame Xi Donglin. They hated the person who deliberately leaked the news and the Iron Fist Sect people in front of them.

"Senior brother, run away quickly. As long as you escape, they won't dare to kill us easily!" One of Xi Donglin's fellow disciples suddenly roared angrily, but then he was kicked in the face by a disciple of the Iron Fist Sect next to him.

Blood splattered and several teeth flew out.

“Stop!” Xi Donglin roared angrily with a livid face, his aura rising rapidly, “Don’t force me to fight you, or I will take a few people with me before I die.”

The burly man waved his hand, and all the Iron Fist disciples who were attacking immediately stopped.

"Hmph, you are the only one fighting with us. Do you think you are qualified to fight with us?" The burly man looked at Xi Donglin with a sneer on his face, his eyes full of disdain and contempt.

"Then you can try!" Xi Donglin's eyes turned red, like an enraged beast, and a dangerous aura emanated from his whole body.

The burly man couldn't help but tense up when he saw Xi Donglin like this. If Xi Donglin really fought hard, with the ability of a peak Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator, he would be able to kill several of them.

"Hmph." The burly man snorted angrily, "Hand over the Cloud Pattern Stone, and we'll go our separate ways. Otherwise, none of you will leave here alive today." The burly man was not a good man either. He immediately showed a ruthless look, and a murderous aura emanated from him.

Xi Donglin's expression suddenly dimmed, "I'll give it up!" Xi Donglin said somewhat helplessly. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to hand over the Cloud Stone. Because Xi Donglin knew in his heart that if he didn't hand over the Cloud Stone, the people from the Iron Fist Sect would really kill his fellow apprentices.

The Iron Fist Sect's people did not ambush Xi Donglin and his group, nor did they kill or injure most of Xi Donglin and his group instantly. The Iron Fist Sect's people attacked openly and legitimately, first subduing Xi Donglin's fellow apprentices, and then using this to threaten Xi Donglin to hand over the Cloud Pattern Stone. All of this was within the scope of the fight allowed by the sect.

If Xi Donglin did not hand over the Cloud Pattern Stone, even if these people from the Iron Fist Sect killed him, the sect Xi Donglin belonged to would have nothing to say.

"It would have been better if we had done this earlier." The burly man laughed triumphantly, and the other Iron Fist disciples also smiled. They didn't have to go to those dangerous places to take risks, nor did they have to fight those powerful monsters. They could easily get a precious cloud pattern stone, so everyone in the Iron Fist Sect was naturally very happy.

"If we have this kind of good luck a few more times, maybe we can even make it to the gold list of the trial!" An Iron Fist Sect disciple became so proud of himself that he spoke without restraint.

The burly man immediately glared at the junior brother, who suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing and even shut his mouth. If he said that, wouldn't it be telling others that they had already gained a lot?

When Xi Donglin and his companions obtained a cloud-patterned stone, they were chased and snatched away by them. If the news that they had obtained a lot of treasures leaked out, they might be targeted by a stronger team and end up with the same fate as Xi Donglin and his companions.

Xi Donglin flipped his palm, and a white stone slightly smaller than his fist and covered with strange runes appeared in his hand.

"Let my fellow apprentices go!" Xi Donglin, holding the cloud-patterned stone in his hand, said in a deep voice.

The sturdy man's thick eyebrows stood up immediately, "Are you kidding?" The sturdy man stared at Xi Donglin angrily, "What if I let these junior brothers of yours go, and you regret not giving me the Cloud Stone? Then with your leadership, it will not be easy for us to capture you. Humph, don't delay time, it's useless. Now you either hand over the Cloud Stone, or you watch them die in front of you one by one."

The burly man was completely furious, and his tone was very unfriendly.

"If you hand over the Cloud Pattern Stone, there is no need for me to break the rules and kill your fellow disciples. It is a thankless task. But if you don't hand it over, don't blame me. I'll give you three breaths to consider." The burly man issued an ultimatum.

Xi Donglin sighed helplessly in his heart. The people from the Iron Fist Sect have strong limbs, but they are also smart and will not be easily fooled.

"Okay, I'll give it up." Xi Donglin gritted his teeth and had to accept his fate. No matter how precious the cloud pattern stone was, he couldn't just watch these fellow apprentices being killed. Not only could he not get over it in his heart, but even the sect wouldn't let him off easily. Xi Donglin waved his hand, and the white cloud pattern stone, which was less than the size of a fist, flew out of Xi Donglin's hand and flew towards the burly man opposite.

"Cloud Pattern Stone!" The burly man couldn't help but show joy on his face. With this cloud pattern stone, their team would gain more, and their ranking on the sect trial silver list would definitely be improved again.

Just as the cloud pattern stone was about to fall into his hands, suddenly, a yellowish earth power suddenly flew up from the ground between Xi Donglin and the burly man. This earth power was extremely fast, and when the burly man noticed it and tried to stop it, the earth power had already wrapped around the cloud pattern stone thrown by Xi Donglin.

"Looking for death!" The burly man roared angrily, and the sound boomed around him. Just as the cloud pattern stone was about to be obtained, someone suddenly rushed out from the dark.

The burly man stomped his foot hard on the ground, and bang! The ground immediately cracked, and the mud flew backwards.

Whoosh!

The burly man shot forward like an arrow shot from a bow, and his muscular arms quickly stretched forward, trying to grab the cloud-patterned stone.

The burly man was very fast, but the earth magic was even faster. After wrapping up the cloud pattern stone, the earth magic suddenly drilled into the ground, just like a snake suddenly retracting its head. The speed at that moment was extremely fast.

call!

The earth magic power disappeared instantly, and the cloud-patterned stone disappeared along with it.

The burly man suddenly punched the place where the earth magic power disappeared. With a loud bang, a big hole appeared on the ground instantly.

Everything that just happened happened too fast. Except for Xi Donglin who was at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm, no one else understood what was going on. They just stared blankly at the big hole on the ground.

"Who is it? Get out here." The duck that was about to be in his mouth flew away. The burly man quickly scanned the surroundings with a sinister look and roared angrily.

Xi Donglin's heart was moved, "It turned out to be earth power. I remember that Brother Kong has the earth talent." Xi Donglin suddenly shook his head again, "It shouldn't be Brother Kong. I didn't tell Brother Kong the route to leave the mountain. Brother Kong must have left along the route Cao Da told me, and Cao Da and I took completely different routes."

At this moment, Xi Donglin hoped that the person who suddenly appeared was Kong Fang, so that he might be able to fight back against the Iron Fist Sect. With Kong Fang's help, Xi Donglin was 100% confident that he could take down the Iron Fist Sect. But according to the situation, it was unlikely that the person who came was Kong Fang, which made Xi Donglin feel a little annoyed and regretful. Why didn't he go with Kong Fang before? (To be continued...)