The Thorne of Destiny

Meanwhile, in a different location east of the valley, a group of cultivators were leisurely chatting while strolling. They didn't even seem as if they were paying attention to their surroundings. Of course, this was the farthest thing from the truth, and assuming that would have been a mistake that most beasts wouldn't live to repeat.

"I swear I'm not making excuses, that bastard was cheating."

One of the men in the group yelled while waving his arms furiously while wearing an exasperated expression on his face.

"Yeah, you say that every time you lose a game, Robert. Just get over it."

His friend snickered at the side without paying him much attention.

The two women limited themselves to quiet giggles at the side while the one in front who was obviously the leader, remained silent.

Their robes which were a light shade of blue featured a cloud pattern on their side chest and back. This made the force that they belonged to obvious to anyone in the nearby region. They were from the Cloudcrest sect.

The group kept moving with their leisure attitude until their leader suddenly stopped walking and stared in a particular direction.

The others noticed this and also stopped moving. They turned their heads to look in the same direction but couldn't see anything amidst the fog.

One of the girls then asked in a soft tone.

"What is it, Bryce?"

The leader whose name was Bryce responded after a few seconds.

"There should be a fight going on not too far from here."

He replied in an indifferent tone.

"Should we check it out?" The other dude whose name was Daniel asked a bit hesitantly. The Misty Mountains were a dangerous region partly due to the magical beasts. The other reason, however, was due to the cultivators themselves. Killing someone there was easy and as long as there were no witnesses, it would be next to impossible to prove that it was you.

Fights often broke out due to this as people killed each other for money, resources, or simply out of pleasure.

"Don't worry, it's only one person," Bryce replied without removing his gaze from the direction he was staring at.

Daniel heaved a sigh of relief as he finally calmed down. He was a fairly timid person by nature and he wouldn't put himself in uncertain situations on a normal day.

"What are we waiting for?" Let's go

Maybe he found something good and he's fighting with the magical beast over it. If we act now we can get it from him. Even if he didn't find anything, we can always rob him."

Robert said as a cold smile appeared on his face. It seemed that his recent losses had made him broke and needed money again.

The rest of the group looked towards Bryce who limited himself to a nod before starting to run towards the direction of the battle.

Meanwhile in a rocky region not too far away, Adrian was busy fighting with a boar at the peak of the first rank. Normally, such a beast would be easy for him to dispatch, but this time, it was a little different. Adrian wanted to test the power of his new body, so he limited himself to only using his physical strength without using his Qi or sword. A punch landed on the ribs of the boar and he jumped out of the way of its charge. This has repeated itself multiple times as Adrian was simply using the boar as a punching bag.

The boar was furious but couldn't do anything to him because he always dodged at the last second.

'Okay, let's test one more thing.' Adrian said in his mind as he braced himself for the next charge of the beast. This time, he wasn't going to dodge. He put his hands in front of him as he crouched slightly while bracing himself for the impact. The boar charged at him after snorting and tried to pierce him with its tusks.

Adrian allowed the tusks to land on his body as he grabbed them and tried to stop the charge of the boar. He was engaging in a contest of physical strength with the beast.

The boar pushed him back for a few dozen meters before slowly coming to a halt.

A smirk appeared on Adrian's face which sent chills down the spine of the boar.