Ye Jiao's eyebrows raised when she heard the man yell out her rank. She smiled. "Ah, it seems you found out about it."

"And here I thought we can hide it," on her side, Qi Huan also remarked. He utilized his Eon Energy too. "Well, it doesn't matter."

The bandits' eyes widened as they almost fell off. The two of them looked like they were only ten and twelve years old, but they were already Eon Energy Master rank 2? They felt that their common senses had fallen through as they desperately tried to run away. No one has the will to fight anymore.

It was against Eon Energy Master rank 2 ah.

Even in their group, only a few people ever reached this rank. Not to mention monsters like these two, there were absolutely none.

Slas.h.!.+

"I never say that I give you permission to leave, right?" Qi Huan smiled as he released his killing intent. Dark and threatening aura enveloped the area as the men were unable to move. They were panicked because of the sudden outburst of the bloodl.u.s.t.

"F-forgive…"

Slas.h.!.+

"You're all bandits, so it's obvious that we're not going to let you off, right?" As Ye Jiao said that, she had rushed to the front and killed several of them.

The two of them worked efficiently as they cleaned up the men, leaving only one alive. Their movements were extremely swift even though they were up against several people at once.

"This feels like the hunt," Ye Jiao stretched her body. At that time, she could easily hunt rank 1 beasts without the need to worry so much.

"You're right," Qi Huan pulled the last man who they kept alive. "Bring us to your headquarter."

"I…"

Slas.h.!.+

Blood splattered out as Qi Huan directly cut off the man's arm. He smiled mirthlessly. "Bring us there, alright?"

"Y-yes!"

Ye Jiao tilted her head. "Why do you want to go there, Senior Brother Qi?"

Flick!

"I'm Shan Dian out here," Qi Huan corrected Ye Jiao.

Ye Jiao smiled bitterly. "Yes, Senior Brother Shan."

"Good."

"But, are you sure that you're going around with that silver hair of yours?"

Silver hair was known to be the color for the imperial family in the Chi Kingdom. Those who had this hair color were numbered a few. After all, this trait would only appear if they have thicker bloodline or so.

"Ah, I almost forget," Qi Huan took out a can of paint. He dumped it on his head while controlling his Eon Energy to cover his face and body to avoid the paint getting into them. With a slight tamper here and there, he had perfectly changed his hair color to brown.

Ye Jiao watched the transformation calmly. She never had to change her hair color because black hair was quite common in the four kingdoms. At least one every 10 people would have this hair color.

"You and Senior Brother Yu truly have peculiar hair color."

"It just means that we have special birth," Qi Huan responded flatly. "I'll explain it to you in the future. Let's go and exterminate the bandits headquarter first."

"Got it."

The man did his work well as he brought the two of them to the headquarter. It was actually a small village in the middle of the swamp. In a way, it was truly a miracle that the people could survive.

"W-we have arrived," the man said in a quivering voice.

"Good work," Qi Huan pushed the man to the side. He looked at the group of men in front of him. "So, what kind of bandits are they?"

"Who is it?" A large man stepped forwards. "Are you another a.s.sa.s.sin from the Bao Fu Organization? Let me tell you, young people who target our place for practice can never survive."

"Is there any mission to exterminate bandits?"

"There are a few of them," Qi Huan smiled. "And they are worth quite a lot because of their number."

"Let's split the reward later."

"Of course."

The large man got angry when he saw the two children ignored him. He initiated his Eon Energy, which quickly enveloped his body and smashed the ground with it. The men around him hurriedly moved away in fear of getting involved.

"Ah, it's getting messy," Qi Huan sighed. "Jiao'er, you should go and defeat the other Eon Energy Master rank 2. Be careful of the small fries."

"Got it."

"No, you don't…" the large man intended to block Ye Jiao's way, but the girl had slipped through. Her speed alone told him that the one he faced was not Eon Energy Master rank 1, but rank 2.

"You shouldn't look at other ways."

Slas.h.!.+

Qi Huan moved extremely fast as a long sword appeared on his hand. It was a different sword compared to the one he usually used. The dark bluish color gave off an eerie feeling to everyone who saw it.

"You-!"

Slas.h.!.+

Before the man could react, Qi Huan had moved forward indifferently. His gaze was cold as he turned around. "For someone who boasts around, you sure are weak."

"You-!"

The man tried to attack with his large body, but he was too slow as Qi Huan sidestepped to the side and evaded the attack. He raised his sword and swung it down.

Slas.h.!.+

"Too slow."

While he took care of the man, Ye Jiao had arrived at the other Eon Energy Master rank 2. It was a skinny man, but he swiftly moved away when he saw Ye Jiao came at him

"Who are you?"

"Someone who will take your life," Ye Jiao replied as she dashed forward once again.

Clang!

Their blade clashed with another. Ye Jiao switched her weapon midair to that of her dagger. The man's eyes flashed when he saw the dagger as he moved his weapon to block it. Swiftly, Ye Jiao changed her trajectory and wounded the man's side.

Slas.h.!.+

The man moved away, but Ye Jiao chased after him. Their blade clashed midair and the skinny man was pushed to the back. It was apparent that Ye Jiao's strength was higher than him.

"W-wait, don't…"

Slas.h.!.+

"Sorry, I don't listen to nonsense. All I know is you're all bandits in the wanted list."

…

"It's easier than expected," Ye Jiao returned back to Qi Huan's side after she had cut off their heads. Even though her hands were stained with blood, she didn't have any peculiar reaction to it. From her mission, she had killed numerous people from the wanted list to the point her heart grew numb whenever she had to kill people for missions anymore.

As long as it was not citizen or ordinary people and just criminals, Ye Jiao didn't have any hesitation in her eyes anymore.

It was scary how much she changed, but Ye Jiao didn't want to think too much. In this kind of world, having too much heart and compa.s.sion would only lead to her doom.

Qi Huan nodded. "Eon Energy Master rank 2 and rank 1 is different after all."

"How different?"

"People always say that Eon Energy Master rank 2 focuses on defense because of the layer of Eon Energy around their body, but that's not all. We also have better control of our body and faster reaction. It's not something that you usually see, so not many people realize that their bodies have become much stronger than before," Qi Huan explained.

"I see," Ye Jiao moved her arm. "I can't really sense it when I'm doing nothing, but when I fight, I'm much faster and stronger than before."

Qi Huan nodded. He also sensed it in his body, but the chance was not too apparent. If anything, it was just a slight increase from when he was at rank 1. However, the increase was already more than enough for him to become far stronger than ordinary Eon Energy Master rank 2.

Besides, he could sense that he was growing stronger and stronger each time at faster rate compared to when he was just rank 1. At the beginning stage, they would be growing faster and then slowed down when they were about to reach the limit of that rank. They needed to stabilize their power and then make a dash to the next rank. 

"Let's bring them back to Bao Fu Organization Headquarter."

"Ok," Ye Jiao looked at her senior brother for a moment. "But I never thought that you can be so scary too, Senior Brother Shan."

"What do you mean?"

"That thick killing intent. It envelopes the entire area," Ye Jiao explained. When Qi Huan let his killing intent came out, she could even feel s.h.i.+vers. It was so thick, filled with unseen pressure when it came cras.h.i.+ng down like a tidal wave.

Qi Huan scratched his head. "I'm just used to killing people."

Used to?

Considering the young man's age was only two years older than her, Ye Jiao couldn't imagine what kind of experience he had to be able to gather that much bloodl.u.s.t. However, she didn't dwell on the matter anymore as she pointed to the front.

"Let's go?"

"Ok."