Going back not long ago—
A group of several thousand people in black outfits with strange symbols on their chests were hurrying to reach a mountain range covered with a feeling of danger.
They were people who called themselves the "anti-human group." They didn't care about their own species, causing both dog-eared and cat-eared people to be seen walking mixed together.
At the center of the formation, there was a large cage made of thick black iron. Inside were two small human children holding hands and looking around suspiciously.
They were Hui'er and Tang Yeye.
They were two who had landed in nearby areas in the forest. The little children had to struggle to survive by finding fruit and drinking water from streams. Although their bodies were like children not very old, their strength had been refined by Bai Fanxian using medicinal pills every day while they bathed. So even falling into a crisis period like this, they weren't just weak little children.
And although there were some times they coincidentally encountered terrifying-looking monster beasts, in moments when they fell into danger, they would feel some power come out to protect them every time. Even falling from such heights was still fine.
It must have been their lady who helped them.
The two children mainly lived in the forest, so no one could find them. And they themselves had never encountered other humans besides wild animals or monster beasts. It could be said their bad luck was that the first people they met turned out to be from the anti-human group.
They both deceived and coaxed them until although they were still suspicious, they trusted them—before bringing a large force to control just two children.
They were both excited and pleased to be able to discover humans in this era, until they wanted to proclaim it throughout the world. Especially to that pro-human group—they wanted them to feel like their hearts would break seeing the humans they respected and were grateful to now in the hands of the opposition group like this
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But what was extremely frustrating turned out to be that they couldn't harm these two children at all!
Whether attacking or trying to torture them—if it was something dangerous to them—some kind of energy would come out from both their bodies to protect them. The opposition group could only watch with helplessness.
Finally, after reaching an agreement, they chose to use the Dragon Queen's authority and power to solve the problem!
Normally the Dragon Queen wouldn't leave her lair, and remained in a sleeping state because it wasn't yet the time she would wake up each year. But if she sensed the presence of two humans, she would definitely wake up with ferocity.
And they, as loyal followers, would naturally receive rewards while also destroying the enemy's confidence at the same time.
"Head Priest... we're beginning to enter the Dragon Queen's territory."
One man had an anxious expression when reporting. Because from here on there would be danger at every step. The one called head priest was a middle-aged man with a scar on his face. He walked beside the cage imprisoning the two young girls.
"Mm... be careful. Except for those I've chosen, the rest retreat to guard outside the valley."
He turned to give orders, causing from here on only about ten people to go up to the mountain peak. This was what they practiced as custom. The more people, the more chaotic. If the Dragon Queen became displeased, it would become a problem.
Normally only the ten people with the highest positions could enter the ceremony.
At the same time, Hui'er inside the cage, although afraid, still had to act strong.
"You'd better let us go."
Tang Yeye herself also nodded firmly in agreement and added:
"If our lady finds out, she'll definitely rush here!"
The little children's threats didn't enter that head priest's ears even a little. He laughed loudly as if listening to a joke.
"Your companions won't arrive in time! We only released the news when we arrived here. By the time they get news and travel here, you'll all have become corpses!"
He spoke with a cruel tone. The little children who heard felt themselves trembling for unknown reasons. Their instincts were crying out warning that something at the top of this mountain was definitely stronger and more terrifying than they could imagine.
They took some time to reach the peak. That allowed Hui'er to see a large deep pit like an extinct volcano crater. She couldn't see the bottom below, but slight tremors bursting out seemed like there was a fierce beast sleeping down below.
"Put the cage down."
The cage imprisoning the two little children was placed down on the wide ground ahead. The followers of the anti-human group who had followed retreated back slightly and knelt down.
The head priest with a scar on his face walked straight forward. There was something resembling an altar set up.
He knelt down like the others, then spoke loudly:
"Respected Dragon Queen, we your followers bring you an offering!"
If others heard his words, they would be shocked speechless. Normally no crazy person anywhere would dare disturb the Dragon Queen's slumber. But this man had both courage and vengeance filling him. And he had confronted the Dragon Queen several times. The look in his eyes therefore had no hesitation.
"..."
Strangely, nothing happened. Silence began to cover everything. The head priest of the opposition group frowned. Or if it wasn't that time of year, would she truly not agree to wake and appear?
"Dragon Queen?"
He shouted again hesitantly. But it was like before—there was no response as there should be.
If so, there might be a problem.
Because news of this had begun spreading out. That pro-human group had also started moving. Before long, this valley would definitely be full of people.
While they still didn't know what to do next, the two little children who saw an opportunity to escape turned to nod to each other. The two of them who hadn't been restrained because they were thought to be just children held hands and decided to break through or escape into the forest!
Although they numbered over a thousand, that was before. They were ordered to guard below.
Only ten people were here.
And some of them didn't have high positions because of strength. If measuring just physical bodies, Hui'er thought she was even superior to some of them.
So only a few needed to be careful of. They used the moment when the group who seemed to have the most power were huddling to discuss together to cooperate in attacking the iron cage bars.
Tang Yeye's qi had developed to the peak of Qi Gathering already. Unexpectedly, during this tense time, she could break through to Martial Practitioner smoothly!
Her palm packed full of cold qi struck the cage bars with a clang!
Before Hui'er took a breath and moved with simple but powerful movements. Her feet transferred all her body weight and drew up currents of power from the earth's ground up to her legs, waist, chest, and circled until her right fist. Her small fist swung in to strike the same point. The little child felt her attack was reinforced by power from outside. Just from a light clash, those iron cage bars scattered and broke apart!
The young man responsible for guarding them widened his eyes.
"Those two children are about to escape!"
Previously they thought they were just ordinary children stronger than normal. That was because if there was danger, something would protect them. He didn't think both of them had this much fierce hidden power!
Both Tang Yeye and Hui'er used that moment to quickly rush into the forest. Along the way, one man with power equal to a tenth-stage Martial Practitioner moved to block them.
"Where do you think you're going!"
He spoke with a cruel tone. For him who was taught to hate humans, even though they were children, this man had no sympathetic attitude.
He acted with full force. A large axe swung mercilessly toward Tang Yeye.
But the instant the axe would impact the little child's body, some kind of energy current burst out from her body. It received his axe's attack until the young man had to stagger back. How could he have forgotten that these two children had protection from that extremely annoying something!
Because she'd just stepped into Martial Practitioner level, Tang Yeye still wasn't accustomed to qi flooding out from within her body. She began controlling it to flow throughout her entire body, and even focused especially on both legs.
What she did was use qi to reinforce physical strength like Martial Practitioners liked to do.
And that allowed her to move even faster. In just a moment, those short legs ran whooshing until nearly reaching the forest edge.
But with Hui'er it was different. This child still didn't even have qi in her body. What she could do was use her own physical strength combined with the strange movements she was beginning to understand more and more.
Causing before she knew it, Hui'er was already caught up to by the man called head priest.
His face was full of fury. Power so violent it reached Martial Master level surged out from his body.
"Don't think you can escape!"
His fist packed with power punched mercilessly into Hui'er's back. That small body was flung to crash into a distant tree until Tang Yeye had to quickly run to help with worry.
But because Bai Fanxian's Intent still protected her, Hui'er seemed to just fall until her body was slightly dirty. The little child didn't show any wounds on her body at all.
"Hmph! So annoying."
He cursed irritably before rushing at both little children hoping to capture them again.
No matter what, these two children couldn't be allowed to escape!
The opposition group began surrounding them in the center. Tang Yeye had a slightly worried expression, unlike Hui'er who tried to calmly breathe in.
Thoom!
The head priest's right fist rushed in and she dodged it, but the wind pressure made her scatter to the side. Hui'er rolled and stood firmly on the ground. During that time, Tang Yeye was dealing with attacks from other opposition members.
Whoosh!
This time Hui'er could dodge completely. Her concentration was unknowingly increasing higher. Her breathing slowed down more and more.
Until it almost became one with the environment.
She didn't notice at all. Her gaze fixed on the head priest's attacks coming in sets.
In the first few times she made mistakes until being struck and scattered, but because Bai Fanxian's power helped, she wasn't injured. The little child was doing as if she was practicing. She was developing in every movement sequence she was performing.
The head priest was surprised. At first he could attack this child comfortably, but the longer it went, the longer it went, he suddenly realized his attacks were all being dodged or deflected by this child!
This was therefore what was necessary for Hui'er and truly good for her!
Previously, because it was practice, Hui'er didn't receive sufficient pressure. When experiencing real combat like this, it allowed her to develop rapidly!
Clang!
The little child's small fist suddenly moved beautifully. It lashed into that head priest's face while his eyes were still wide open from shock!
Hui'er herself also suddenly came to her senses likewise.
The little child looked at her own fist disbelievingly. She couldn't believe she could handle combat with a Martial Master-level existence this evenly.
Although part of it was because of her lady's protection. Otherwise she would have collapsed and couldn't get up from taking his first strike already.
...Could this state be?
Just now Hui'er felt like her consciousness was floating. The only things she focused on were her own body and the opponent before her. It was like the Special state where every movement in the body would be connected together, and could naturally draw power from the environment.
If Bai Fanxian came to see, she would surely be impressed.
Because this little child had achieved enlightenment in the Supreme Fist Arts faster than she thought!