C28 Bait

The flaming balls continued to descend upon the training grounds. When a flaming ball was just a few meters above Kyle. A white sphere coated his fist and he punched his fist above his head. A small crack then appeared at the flaming ball that was descending upon him and it dispersed.

The crowd was busy bawling and panicking all around the training grounds, so they didn't notice Kyle repelling the fireball that descends upon him. The other elders, and seniors of the villages was also busy protecting their own people from the incoming flaming balls.

The Ximen head took his soul weapon out and prepared to defend seriously, since the stage area had been where the enemies attack are heavily focused.

The Xiantian cultivators successfully deflected and dispersed the flaming balls headed towards them. Unfortunately... Not all villages had a Xiantian amongst them. So a lot of the flaming balls had hit the other humans in the area.

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!* the flaming balls had crushed to the earth, resulting in mayhem and destruction all over the area.

Small craters with scorch marks have been formed all around the place, the smell of burnt corpses could be smelled everywhere. Death covered the whole training grounds. In just a matter of seconds, a few hundred humans died in the attack.

"INSOLENCE!!! Who dares to attack my village?!" The Ximen village head yelled in anger. He was very pissed, that the veins in his head were about to burst.

He was now in an injured state, filled with his own blood due to the enemies focus attacks aimed towards the stage.

"Ho, ho, ho... You're still alive, you really a hard tough bastard huh!" A voice from above the air said.

Everyone from the training grounds looked up. They wanted to know who is the perpetrator of this madness. Glaring above the air they saw three flying weapons floating on the air. One was an axe, the other one is a sword, and the other one is a staff.

The one who just talked was a middle-aged man with fiery red hair. Je was standing on the staff with 10 elders behind him. He was looking at the people on the ground with a sneer on his face.

"Zu Shi! What do you think you are doing? Do you want to wage war against our Ximen Family?!!" The Ximen Head spoke fiercely, while looking at the perpetrators of the attack. He saw the head of Zu, together with the head of Qing and Yuntian Sacred Family.

"Wage war? You think you could still utter those words with your current condition?" The head of Zu Family spoke while sniggering.

"Did you think the other sacred families would stay their hands after they learned of what you are doing?" The head tried to reason with them. The enemies had over 30+ Xiantian Realm Cultivators while they only had a dozen Xiantian fighters. They were at the disadvantage by a lot so he got worried.

But strangely... When Kyle saw the Ximen Head's expression, he felt something was off.

"Ximen Tao, Enough of your nonsense! Dead men tells no tales, you shouldn't have chewed on what you couldn't afford to chew." Zu Shi told the Ximen Head.

He then ordered everyone to continue to attack. Hearing him... Ximen Tao immediately commanded everyone from the village to retreat while they hold off the invaders.

"Respected seniors, I would like to ask a favor to help our Ximen Family hold off against the attackers." Ximen Tao asked the Xiantian Realm Cultivators of the other Intermediate families.

They might be from the Sacred Family, but a Xiantian Realm Cultivator was someone to be respected in the beast plains. So Ximen Tao asked politely.

Each of the intermediate families had at least one or more Xiantian Cultivators. So they could help the Ximen Family while safely retreating. They know that the Ximen Family cant hold the enemies attacks for long, since they had a huge numerical disadvantage but if they didn't help, they knew the Ximen Family would remember it, and would cut their ties with them.

Such, they could only help the Ximen Family as back up and ordered the remaining Xiantians of their villages to safely escort their youths away from the battlefield. The Ximen Family's side now went up to 20+. They were still at the losing side, but at least they can fend off for a bit.

The battle then started...

Soul weapons were drawn. Martial Skills were activated. The battle of Xiantians caused a lot of mayhem on the battlefield. Series of loud explosions occured, while the youths and the other survivors tried to run away and escape from this place.

Kyle and the others from the Tang Village also escaped with the others. When Chi recovered from being brought by Kyle, he wondered why he was suddenly back at the stands.

But when he saw Kyle in front of him, dispersing the Flaming ball. He could already guessed what was happening, and that Kyle was the one who brought him here to save him.

He didn't ask some questions and continued to listen to the senior's conversations. Chi didn't bother to help them when he heard the Ximen head's plea, since he needed to safely retreat with the members of their Tang Village.

Kyle wanted to observe the battle and still wanted to get that heaven-grade martial skill so he decided to separate from the group and told them.

"Chi, go on and escape with the others, i'll meet you guys at home. I still need to do something here." and they separated. Chi didn't ask any questions and they continued to escape from the place.

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Battlefield...

Kyle went back to the battlefield, but this time he wore a cloth covering his face. He wanted to steal something from the Ximen Family, yet he didn't wanna cause any unnecessary problems for the Tang Village, so he disguised himself.

The battle was ongoing... The invaders were currently having the advantage, especially since the three Heads from the Sacred Families had already broken through the 3rd stage of Xiantian. While the Ximen Family only had Ximen Tao as their 3rd stage Xiantian.

The three heads from the Zu, Qing, Yuntian tag-teamed to attack Ximen Tao. They brandished their weapons and attacked coordinately as if they were already used to fighting together for a long time.

Zu Shi waved his staff in a circular motion and fire emerged from his staff heading towards Ximen Tao. Ximen Tao successfully parried it, but a few seconds later the other two heads attacked him again. Ximen Tao was getting pummeled by the three endlessly. When Ximen Tiaolong saw his father getting destroyed by the three. He got enraged!

He activated his *Dragon Steps* and flickered towards his father to help him.

"Whiitweew!" The three heads were surprised by the speed of Ximen Tiaolong, Even they... A 3rd stage realm cultivator can't keep up with the speed of someone from the 1st stage. They were amazed by the strength of a Heaven-Grade Martial Skill. Thinking of them having that kind of speed, made the greed inside their deepest desire bigger.

"Such a nice skill! Why don't you give me that martial skill, and we will retreat. What do you say?" The head of the Zu family told Ximen Tiaolong.

Ximen Tiaolong wasn't a naive brat, so he only ignored them. He wanted to escape from the three heads, but carrying somebody slowed him a lot. So he was left with no choice and fend off the three heads together.

Their situation improved, but they were still having the disadvantage against the three enemies. The battles continued to lasts for a few more minutes. The Ximen's side has now lost a few Xiantian Cultivators on their side, while the enemies only gain some injuries.

A few more moments later...

Kyle who was watching from the sidelines felt someone coming. He was just watching the battle from afar. He could've helped, but he didn't bother to do it, since first... He doesn't have any good impression of the Ximen Family, second... he wanted to steal the Heaven-Grade martial skill. So the Ximen side losing was a good opportunity for him, and third... He knew that the Ximen Family was up to something, so he wanted to know this first before he joins the battle.

*Woooshh!!* A gush of wind suddenly arrived in the air. The force of the wind blew some Xiantian cultivators away. When they looked up they saw an old man with white hairs and beard. The old man looked around 70-80 years of age, but his body was full of vitality. And behind the old man was 5 similar old man.

These newcomers were clearly stronger than everybody on the battlefield. When Ximen Tao saw this he suddenly kneeled to the ground and said.

"Greetings Ancestor!" When the elders from the Ximen Family heard this, they followed the Ximen Tao and kneeled on the ground while greeting the old man.

When the three heads of the invaders saw this... They hurriedly commanded everyone from their sides to retreat and they themselves tried to escape away.

"Where do you think you are going?" A new voice was heard.

Before they could even move and escape, another newcomer arrived. A middle-aged man arrives while flying in a large hammer. 10 seniors were standing behind him.

When the three heads saw him they were angered and depressed. They knew this middle-aged man, he was the head of the Ling clan, Ling ShiSui.

They now realized that this was an ambush, this whole fiasco about the tournament was all a setup to lure them out. The Ximen Family secretly allied with the Ling Family and set an ambush to catch them off their guard.

When Kyle saw this, he now realized why the Ximen Family made the Heaven-Grade Martial Skill as a reward for their competition. They wanted to bait out the Sacred Families from their territory and reduce their strengths. He thought that the Ximen Family must have been planning to conquer the Beast Plains and wanted to wipe out the other Sacred Families.

Seeing the events happening at the battlefield... Kyle muttered "It's time to move" and he vanished from the spot where he was just standing.