Chapter 52 - Concealment!

Hengsheng follows them for a while and keeps his distance, not letting them notice him. As he observes these four, he can feel their cultivation realm. They are the spiritual foundation realm cultivators. Not long after that, they seem to slow down and eventually stop moving. Hengsheng senses that they are leaning against the tree as if they are resting.

He notices that they seem to talk with each other while they rest, but he can't hear it since if he extends his Divine sense to the point he can perceive their voice, they properly notice him, but He has a way of concealing his divine sense. He activates the Concealment function.

Ding!

[Activated Concealment Mode]

[100 System Points deducted]

[05:00]

[04:59]

[04:58]

Hengsheng did not waste time since this option had a time limit. Within this time frame, he would be almost completely concealed and undetected by any means. Even if he stood in front of the opponent, their naked eyes would have a hard time noticing him, let alone detecting his divine sense. Anyone near his cultivation level definitely can't detect him.

Of course, heaven will not let him have an easy time. A certain rule of balance imposes a temporary limitation on him when he uses it against someone who does not possess Dao; the effect of concealment will be nullified if he attacks or is attacked. He quickly sent his Divine sense to peek at their conservation.

"We were surprised to find the Lan clan hideout."

"I told you! The group that ran away from the God spawn. They are wearing black and green dresses, which are Lan clan costumes. If we kill them all at that time, Then we might not find their hideout, especially the one acting all high and mighty among those black water bumkin; that must be Lan Hengsheng, whom Senior Brother Wei asked everyone to look for."

"We really have a jackpot this time. This Lan Hengsheng bounty is high. If I remember correctly, the senior brother said 50,000 low-rank spirit stones!"

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"What do you think senior brother gonna do with him then? I think he properly destroys his cultivation and makes him crippled for life."

"That was so basic. I think from senior brother Wei's standard, he properly forces this guy to eat his clanmate's dead body."

"Awe.. that Disgusting, hahaha…!…!", "Hahaha", "……"

Hengsheng eyes fill with rage at hearing this degenerate trash talk about him! How dare you! He calms himself and focuses on another thing that is more important: these guys are definitely the Thunderclap Blade sect disciple.

He guessed from their conversation that he had already known they had properly hunted him down, but he did not expect his bounty to be so low—a mere 50k low-rank spirit stone.

They greatly underestimated him, but that was fine. This senior brother mentioned that he suspected it was just a villain-type young master waiting for him to retaliate.

Just hearing about this young master's feats made him want to kill that guy immediately. Even though he wasn't a hero-type person, letting bad guys run free would come back to haunt him someday; it was a lesson he learned from his past life.

He continued to listen to their conversation. It was mostly nonsense for fun.

"We rest for 3 minutes already. Let's hurry and move back to the main camp; if we do not hurry, we will be late for the next Seal Breaking Ceremony next month. If that happens, our neck will fall."

"That's right, but even if we were not there in time, with the news we got, it should be fine, right?"

"I'm not sure about this, but the cult mission is far more important than the senior brother mission. We better stick to Schedule, Let's move"

Hengsheng watched them begin to move. He was now deciding what to do if he let them leave, his clan base would not be safe, or follow them to their base and kill them all like he gonna do it any way but he decided not to because he did not want to leave Yunsu alone for a month. before they gonna move much further, he decides to kill them here, not let them go back with information on his clan base. with each step, we move to the path of the hundreds of trees.

Soon, he was in front of them and started the attack first! His Qi palm flew through the air, and his concealment broke at that moment. Four cultivators noticed him immediately, but it was too late. His Qi palm had already reached the one who led the group. "Pak! Boom!" echoed as the blow connected.

"Ahhhhh!" He strikes the attack, but to his surprise, the guy is not dead but badly injured. The others quickly recover from the shock of the ambush and draw their swords. "Who are you?" Hengsheng steps forward to make himself more visible. The eyes of these four cultivators are wide. "Lan, Hengsheng! You followed us. How?"

He did not answer but dashed forward with each step, his foot glowing with the Qi rune of his movement technique. When he was close enough, he attacked them with his palm, pressing the air with his Qi technique. This caused the wind to rage, and his palm Qi surged forward, intent on hitting them all at once.

His opponent's sword was enveloped with lightning, and the sound was like a clap of thunder. Then, slashing the lightning Qi sword at his Palm Qi from afar. With only four slashes, his palm Qi was destroyed. Hengsheng began to frown. This is the first time he fighting at the level of the Spiritual foundation realm. It seems that the potency of his spiritual Qi is lower than that of his opponent, but he compensates for the durability of his Qi structure due to the large amount of Qi his technique contains.

Four of them flew in different directions, intent on attacking him from multiple angles. Hengsheng focused on the one who was already injured. He moved toward the guy with the injured foot, taking off the ground and flying higher. His speed increased instantly. The injured guy tried to flee, but Hengsheng was faster. In seconds, he was already at close range, ready to finish him off. He ignored the other three who were chasing after him. He aimed his Palm Qi at the guy's head; his expression seemed pale before his lips curled upward. Hengsheng noticed this but did not panic; he had already anticipated his opponent's trump card. As the Palm Qi nearly reached the guy's head, his necklace began to glow with Lightning Qi—it was a protection treasure!

Hengsheng smirked when the potent lightning Qi was about to hit him. He raised his fist, which glowed with the white rune of the Qi Rebound technique. He punched at the lightning Qi, redirecting it, and then turned back to the injured guys, who still smiled in victory. "Rumble!!!" The guys turned into humanoid black charcoal immediately.

"Brother Zhi!!" "Brother Zhi! No!!" "No!" The other three seemed to be shocked by their friend's death. "You! Die!"

Hengsheng feels numb as he looks at his fist, which is severely burned by lightning Qi yet still usable. The other three have already reached him, their swords glowing with intent lightning Qi. Hengsheng shakes his head, disappointed in his performance. He promises himself that after returning, he will undergo intent training to improve his grasp on the new cultivation realm combat method.

Just as the three swords were about to reach him, Hengsheng released his Dao Heart aura. The three lightning swords were halted by his aura without even him lifting his hand; the attackers' faces turned pale, and one of them managed to gasp, "It's not possible…" before he could finish his word. Hengsheng then waved his hand, which glowed brightly with his Dao Heart aura, and in an instant, the bodies of the three cultivators exploded into a mist of blood.

After dispatching the four cultivators, Hengsheng paused and stood silently amid the aftermath. He felt no surge of triumph, only a persistent, uncomfortable unease that weighed on him like a shadow. Hengsheng said, "Well, this is normal since it’s the first time I’ve taken a human life."

Honestly, he feels more of a sorry when he has to end Ant Queen's life. At that moment, they were just unfortunate enough to cross paths, but in this case, they were the enemies he had to kill for his own and his clan's survival.

Hengsheng inspected the battlefield, looking for their space rings. With his divine sense, he carefully picked one from the ground and inspected its contents, hoping to find some treasure. However, to his disappointment, there was nothing much inside. He murmured to himself, "These guys are so poor."

Afterward, Hengsheng cleaned up the battlefield meticulously to erase any evidence of the fight, ensuring no trace of battle remained. Turning his back, he then moved steadily toward his clan base.