The middle-aged man saw a drop of dark red liquid dropping on the ground. Following that drop of dark red liquid were many drops of dark red liquid.
"Blood!"
That middle-aged man was surprised as he muttered in a low voice.
"Thup!"
With a sound, the tanned middle-aged man falls down on the ground. When he falls down, only then the middle-aged man saw a fine red line on the neck of the tanned middle-aged man.
The blood was flowing out from his neck and the tanned middle-aged man, who was still alive and kicking a moment ago, turned into a lifeless corpse.
It was a kill with one slash.
"You actually dare to kill one of my companions!" The middle-aged man raised his head, looked at Ye Xiao, and said in anger.
"It was you who started it. I was just passing by but you attacked me without any reason. And now that I killed one of your companions, you are shouting at me. Is your mind ok?" Ye Xiao mocked the middle-aged man.
"You..."
"I don't have time to waste on you all." Said Ye Xiao and ponced toward the group of people in front of him.
"Wings of the Divine Dragon!"
Immediately, a pair of very beautiful-looking black wings with golden patterns grew out from behind Ye Xiao's back.
"A flying type martial arts skill!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
The middle-aged man shouted after seeing the wings behind Ye Xiao. Just like others, he also thought that it was a flying type martial arts skill.
When the wings grew out from the back of Ye Xiao, his speed instantly increased, leaving behind many afterimages which covered the sky. But soon, those afterimages disappeared in thin air.
At this moment, his speed was already not the least bit inferior to a Fifth Stage of the Martial King Realm martial artist.
In an instant, he approached the two Origin Core Realm cultivators. The handle of the sword in his hand lightly rotated, and in a split-second, with unfathomable speed, he waved his sword toward the waists of both Origin Core Realm martial artists.
"Sizzle! Sizzle!"
The sound of flesh being torn apart could be heard. Accompanied by the twisted hideous faces of the two Origin Core Realm cultivators, their bodies were instantly split into two halves as they slid down and fell onto the ground. Their eyes were filled with unwillingness as they died.
Ye Xiao flew up in the air and stopped, looking down on the people from above. There was only one Martial King Realm martial artist in this group of people. He was the middle-aged man who attacked him previously and send him flying. He was at the Second Stage of the Martial King Realm.
Only he could fly in the air. But he did not choose to do so. He silently watched Ye Xiao killing his other two companions and then stopping in the air above the heads of his group.
"Ah!"
The remaining people were scared stiff after seeing their two other companion's death. Their bodies were trembling violently. Anyone who had a trace of consciousness wanted to scream and flee.
But how could they flee under the relentless attack of Ye Xiao? Ye Xiao did not stop in the air for long. After stopping for ten breaths of time, he once again flew with lightning speed toward the other peoples.
Not long after, all the people of this group were killed by Ye Xiao except for the middle-aged man who attacked him first.
Ye Xiao descended in front of him and the wings disappeared from behind his back. Ye Xiao looked at him and the middle-aged man also looked at Ye Xiao. Both stared for a while and finally, Ye Xiao got impatient and said, "you could have stopped me from killing these people but you didn't. You really are cruel."
"Haha, everyone here is an opponent. When the treasure will appear, who would know if they don't stab me in my back? So, it is fine even if they are killed." The middle-aged man laughed and said.
Ye Xiao's mood became heavy. He killed these people thinking that this will give a blow to the middle-aged man but who would have thought that Ye Xiao was just cleaning the trouble for the middle-aged man.
Of course, if he would not have killed them, they would definitely try to kill him if given a chance.
"You are only a Fourth Stage of the Origin Core Realm martial artist while I am at the Second Stage of the Martial King Realm. You were able to kill them because of two reasons. One, they were weak, and second, you have the flying type martial arts skill while they were unable to fly in the sky."
"Now, I will give you a chance. Party with me. We will compete together for the treasure with others and if we will be able to obtain the treasure, it will belong to me. Of course, I will not let you suffer losses. I will give you 10,000 gold coins as well as 100 low-grade spirit stones. But there is also a condition. You have to give me that flying type martial arts skill of yours."
The middle-aged man offered Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao looked at him as if looking at a fool. He smiled and said, "Do you really think, I am a fool."
"Brat, don't overdo. I can kill you with a single hand. If you want to live then give me your flying type martial arts skill." After hearing what Ye Xiao said, the smile of the middle-aged man stiffened and it was replaced by a cold look.
"Heh! As I said before, I don't have the time to waste on you." Ye Xiao said and attacked the middle-aged man.
"Sacred Finger Art."
The middle-aged man immediately felt danger coming his way. He was shocked to see that a Fourth Stage of the Origin Core Realm martial artist can let him feel danger.
He immediately responded to Ye Xiao's attack without wasting any more time.
"Megaton Fist."
Just as Ye Xiao's finger and the middle-aged man's fist were about to collide with each other, Ye Xiao's hand suddenly started to transform.
"Dragon's Claws!"
His hands transformed into a black claw with golden patterns.
His attack was immediately boosted and became even more terrifying than before.
When his Sacred Finger Art and Megaton Fist of the middle-aged man collided, his finger instantly pierced into the middle-aged man's fist.
"Ahh!"
The middle-aged man screamed loudly and held his fist with his other hand. Blood was gushing out from his fist.
"Sacred Finger Art."
Without giving any chance to make a make come back, Ye Xiao again attacked the middle-aged man with his only High-Grade Profound Rank martial arts skill, Sacred Finger Art.
The middle-aged man was holding his hand and he was agonizing in pain. He did not thought that Ye Xiao will shamelessly attack him without a second thought. His head was immediately pierced by Ye Xiao's finger.
"Plop!"
The scream of a middle-aged man abruptly stopped and not long after that, he fell down on the ground with a lifeless body.
Sigh!
Ye Xiao looked at the dead bodies of a group of humans. He sighed, shook his head, and continued on his journey.
His hands returned to normal.
All things that happened here were just a big rock in his way toward his goal. After he turned that rock aside, he continued on his journey without any more hurdle in his way.
.....
Ye Xiao walked and walked without stopping, occasionally observing the movements in the forest. On his way, he met with many people and magical beasts but he completely ignored them and did not even spare a glance for them. Only when he met an expert with Fifth Stage Martial King Realm or above would he give them a serious look and become cautious.
Finally, after walking for a very long time, he reached where the location on the parchment pointed.
He arrived in front of the river but he did not see even a single person there.
Is the location on the parchment wrong?
Ye Xiao could not help but think. But again, if the location on the parchment was wrong then why did it was with a member of one of the three big families?
And that person even lost his life protecting this piece of parchment.
Ye Xiao felt that he missed something. He once again took out the parchment and looked at it.
Even after seeing it many times, he was unable to find anything wrong with it. The location, it pointed to was also this river.
But if this really is true, then why there is not a single member of the three big families here?
They should be here but they were not.
"Hurry up! Walk cautiously."
Suddenly Ye Xiao heard a voice. He hurriedly retreated and hid inside a bush.