Bloody Emperor - Chapter 40 Mercenaries part 1

“Urraaaaaah!!!”

*Woosh*

Nero narrowly dodged the big ax.

Han Bo did not think that it was bad because he prefers a challenging fight. Then he turned the body over while Nero was still dodging his attack and launched another strike, still shouting madly.

“Urraaaahahahahaa…”

Nero had no difficulty in avoiding the ax, but the blade comes very close, and a mistake would be his death. Han Bo looked like a madman screaming and laughing as he swung the big ax from side to side.

Everyone could see that he was enjoying the fight, but Nero was not happy that way. He relied on his speed to beat more powerful enemies, but now he couldn’t do anything but dodge the damn ax.

Han Bo was not worried because he knew that Nero was a weak cultivator of the Qi Refinement Realm and was only lasting because of some speed technique but would soon tire. So he wanted to enjoy and play with him a lot before killing him.

“You are so handsome! Tell me your beauty secrets, and I can give you a quick death.”

“Not talking? Do you want to look tough? Look at me, you son of a bitch! I’m tough!”

While Nero dodged the ax strokes, he didn’t say a word no matter how much Han Bo tried to talk to him. After more than twenty miss strikes, Han Bo was beginning to find it a little boring and shouted at the other mercenaries who were around watching the fight.

“Let’s make things more interesting… Archers try to hit his legs!”

When Nero’s eyes widened with an expression of fear, Han Bo couldn’t help but laugh. But Nero was not surprised at Han Bo’s order but by the sound of someone being thrown towards them through the forest.

The person who was launched was flying through the forest while breaking the trees with its own body at an insane speed. Anyone at the Qi Refinement Realm would die if they went through something like that, and someone from the Martial Warrior Realm would be severely injured.

Nero couldn’t even imagine what kind of attack would launch someone so far, but now the most important thing is to prevent the person from getting hurt anymore.

He jumped over two meters and picked up a body that came out of the forest like a missile. Nero couldn’t help being angry when he fell to the ground holding the man and spoke the first time surprising Han Bo and the other men who haven’t heard him until now.

“Xiong Zhelan…”

While Nero looked at the passed out Xiong Zhelan, he heard another sound coming from the forest and rolled to the side, still holding his friend’s body to dodge the sword that was flying towards them.

When Xiong Zhelan’s sword hit the ground in the same spot as they were a second ago, a deep voice came from the forest.

“Is that the strength of the Black Sword Sect’s elders? That’s the reason for the southern region being a garbage hole!”

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About an hour before.

One of the scouts in charge of watching the inn reached the mercenary group on the road. He went directly to the captain to report everything he saw.

When he spoke about an elder from the Black Sword Sect and a handsome young man with white hair, not only was the captain surprised, but Guan Zexi was excited.

The captain put the hand on his chin while thinking aloud.

“An elder of the Black Sword Sect? Hmm… At the early stage of the Martial Warrior Realm… I don’t think anyone will miss a useless one like that.”

While the captain was wondering if it was worth going back to kill the elder, Guan Zexi had already decided to return to see the handsome man because she did not have the fun she so wanted at the inn and was frustrated now.

The captain decided to go back and kill anyone who might create future problems for him. Since the people of the Black Sword Sect liked to defend innocents, fight for equality, and other things like that, so it was better to kill a few of them alone than to wait for others to appear.

He knew that the Black Sword Sect was stronger than the family he serves, but they would not go so far as to attack them only for a weak elder.

“Han Bo, pick half of the men and comes with me. Guan Zexi, you keep on the way.”

Gua Zexi was irritated by not being able to go to see the handsome man, but she had already made a lot of mess and knew that the captain’s patience is not infinity. But she couldn’t help but mumble as she watched the group return.

“Idiots!”

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Nero and Xiong Zhelan went back to meet Xun Lan and Zhu Tai. After the group got together, they went on the road to the north of the inn while the mercenary group traveled the east one.

Xiong Zhelan knew that the people in the Guan Family were not simple, and creating problems with them would not be good. Then he made his group run at full speed to avoid any conflict.

But it seemed that the problem was trying to find them because Nero could still feel the scout following them even from a great distance.

Xiong Zhelan began to think that the group that destroyed the inn wanted to kill witnesses to avoid future problems, and the fact that he is from the Black Sword Sect must have worried their leader.

The scout was very fast, and as much as they ran, it was not possible to get rid of him, so Xiong Zhelan became more and more worried until he stopped.

“You move on. I will kill the person who is pursuing us, and soon I will follow you again.”

Nero understood the situation, so he knew that the group was dangerous people. If Xiong Zhelan stayed behind, the chances of him dying were great, and he would not let him go into danger alone.

When Nero started to return, Xiong Zhelan knew what he wanted, but now the situation was not under his control.

“You also go ahead with them. I don’t need your help against just one person, and you will only disturb me.”

Nero couldn’t help but be moved by the words of Xiong Zhelan. Nero knew that he was trying his best to keep him out of danger and thanked him for that care, but he still wouldn’t let his first human friend fight alone.

“My speed is greater than yours, so I go kill him while you move on.”

Nero and Xiong Zhelan started to discuss who should return while Xun Lan and Zhu Tai became more and more worried and confused.

Xun Lan was getting more and more worried about the situation, and adding to the fact that she was still very sad about her conflicting feelings for Nero, she started to cry. Then Zhu Tai tried to stop the discussion between Nero and Xiong Zhelan.

“Why don’t you both go there and come back quickly? Discussing so is not going to get us anywhere.”

“Because it is not necessa-”

When Xiong Zhelan was going to say that Nero didn’t need to come back with him, something happened, and everyone stayed silent.

Nero turned in the direction the scout was following them and made the most concerned expression the group had ever seen on his face. Nero always had a very cold look and had rarely shown fear before, so it was to be expected that the group worried whatever was coming.

Even while arguing, he was still paying attention to the scout, and at the same time that Sarah warned him, he also heard several people approaching it.

“Some are in the Qi Refinement, but most are from the Martial Warrior Realm… some of them in the middle stage. It is a very strong group for you to face now, so I suggest you run away.”

Even when Sarah told him to run away, she already thought he wouldn’t leave Xiong Zhelan so easily, but she still had to try.

“You have to decide it now because they are coming quickly!”

Everything was very fast. When Nero and Sarah felt the mercenary group coming, he only thought for a second before warning Xiong Zhelan and making his decision.

“They are already here. You have to go while I hold them!”

Nero believed that with his high speed, he could buy some time for Xiong Zhelan and the others to flee, but everyone was silent, not knowing how to react quickly to a difficult situation.

“…”

Xiong Zhelan knew that if they were really Guan Family’s people, they wouldn’t have much chance of getting out alive, but it was better to die fighting than running away. But Xun Lan and Zhu Tai would not last long in a fight like that, so the best thing for them was to try to run while they were fighting.

“Now! Run!!!”

When Xiong Zhelan also shouted, Zhu Tai took Xun Lan’s hand and ran while Nero and his master stayed to fight. He knew about the Guan Family and feared that his master would die, but there was nothing he could do against cultivators much stronger than him.

Xun Lan was in shock. She didn’t have enough time to adapt to Nero’s strange situation, and they are already encountering another terrifying situation. She turned as she ran and took one last look at Nero.

She first thought of him as a charming prince who would be a perfect husband for her. Then she was confused when he fought so hard for a non-human but still liked him a lot. Then she saw him drink blood… Now he was staying to fight mercenaries while she ran away…

It was difficult for her to understand how to feel about him. But she didn’t want him to die…

As Xun Lan and Zhu Tai ran down the road, Nero and Xiong Zhelan started to return to face the mercenary group.

Xiong Zhelan did not expect that they would have to face such danger on the way. That region was very safe for Black Sword Sect’s people, but what bad luck it was to meet people from the Guan Family here.

“I’m sorry, boy.”

Nero did not blame Xiong Zhelan. After all, he was alone in this world and would have to fight many opponents who would probably be more powerful than he. Fighting together with a friend was more than he could wish for.

“We are still alive, and we can fight, so don’t give up!”

“Hahahahaha… Well said! Let’s do our best.”

“If we survive this… I hope your sister is really amazing, as you say.”

“Do not worry. I don’t think you’ll ever see a more beautiful, strong, and intelligent woman like her.”

While Xiong Zhelan talked about his sister being so amazing, Nero and Sarah thought the same thing.

“I doubt it!”

Nero was not very confident in fighting a group of cultivators from the Martial Warrior Realm, but he couldn’t help but hope it was possible.

“Any ideas, Sarah?”

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Sarah understood that the difference in strength between Realms was huge, but Nero’s body was something that never existed in the cultivation’s road, so she couldn’t deny that much was possible.

“If you manage to reach the fifth layer, you can win against these people.”

“That shouldn’t be too difficult…”

Nero did not waste the bodies of Tao Jian and his guards. He took everyone to Red World and then sucked their blood. Even though he had a large Qi gain, he still needs more to break the fifth layer barrier.

While Nero was thinking about how to get blood, Sarah gave the most obvious idea, but it was not so simple.

“Ask for some of his blood.”

Even though Nero didn’t like that idea much, he didn’t have time to think of anything better.

“Xiong Zhelan… Can I drink some of your blood? If I can get some of your Qi, I would improve my strength, and we’ll have a better chance of winning.”

“Heeeeeeee?”

Xiong Zhelan did not expect this. He would never have imagined that Nero could cultivate by drinking blood. But it was not the time to think about that kind of thing because they were in a critical situation. Then he stretched his arm even reluctantly.

“Okay… Do it fast!”

Nero didn’t think twice about releasing his fangs to bite Xiong Zhelan’s arm.

*Woosh*

But instead of biting, he pushed Xiong Zhelan backward, and a large silver ax passed between them less than an inch from his face.

Nero and Xiong Zhelan looked towards the forest and saw a group of over twenty men coming towards them. A middle-aged man led the group, and a very muscular one at his side looked fondly at the ax that got stuck into a rock after breaking some trees on the other side of the road.