Cult of the Sacred Runes Chapter 174 – Ambush

Chapter 174 - Ambush
"Okay," Lu Feng grunted and said, "what do you need me to do? I just have to clarify, I am not willing to die for this, I know I am not strong enough to help!" He was sure that he would just become a burden in a combat with the Lu's powerful reinforcement.
"We are an alliance, I know I should be encouraging you right now but I think your decision to fight them is questionable." He continued, "well, frankly, I would call it recklessness."
"I did not expect you to help me fight them off, and that is okay, I will need you to lookout for me, if you see danger from a distance while I am attacking, I need you to send me a message on the badge," Ye Wei spoke each word clearly, "of course, you can fight them if you feel confident, just do it as clean as possible whether it be an escape or an ambush, we can't let them know who we are!"
"I will just kill as many as possible, make them panic, use the element of surprise, avoid them from communicating with one another."
Ye Wei paused for a while, watched the ripples spread on the pond's surface as the breeze swept across."What about Lu Ren, have you heard anything from the returned prime level elders?" He frowned, "actually, could this be a trap, maybe they want to lure the people responsible for his disappearance with the reinforcement?"
"Not possible, they are suspecting something yes, but as long as they cannot confirm Lu Ren's death, they have better things to worry about, you have to remember they are managing the Lu's all around the area," Lu Feng grunted and chuckled, "we have another week before the sandalwood box's effect wears off."
Lu Feng placed his hand onto his chest to make sure the box was still in his possession."After his spirit flame dies down, we will have a few days before the news reaches Green Moon City, only then should we worry about the two elders."
“If they do find out about Lu Ren’s death, will they interfere?” Ye Wei paused slightly and then spoke.
“The two returned prime level elders only care about the Drakehead, they will probably see Lu Ren’s death as a necessary sacrifice to get to the Drakehead.” Lu Feng just tried his best to summarize, retell what he saw and heard “When I last met them they were busy shouting at the other Lu’s, making sure they would keep the secret.”
‘As long as the returned prime Warriors are not there to help I should be able to make an impact one way or another.’ thought Ye Wei, his eyes brightened up, “However, the returned prime elders will come after I kill more of the ten-star condensed prime Warriors.”
‘So he is serious about it!? Are we going to have to fight the elders?’ Lu Feng’s face turned ashen, he did not think that far.
Lu Feng’s concern was written all over his face as he realized his partner's intentions. They both became silent.
‘He didn’t want my help. He summoned me here to talk about how we should clean up after he ambushed the Lu’s force on his own!’
The Lu’s condensed prime Warrior reinforcements were now close to the Drakehead, if left alive, they would be at the Drakehead in ten days; if killed, the the elders stationed at Green Moon City might intervene.
Ye Wei and Lu Feng’s operation was caught in a dilemma.
“I have one way to mess with the Lu’s and that would be announcing the Drakehead’s location, and let the other martial families fight.” Lu Feng’s lips were becoming pale, his frown grew deeper, We will crush the Lu’s at their weakest!”
“I will not allow that! It will do us no good, I am not going to risk losing control over the Drakehead, it’s my family’s land, my ancestor's treasure!” Ye Wei’s gaze intensified. “Green Moon City is going to become a mess, would you like to see your home becoming a war zone?”
“Pfft! Do you think your plan is better than mine?” Lu Feng grunted, he was more interested in revenge than anything else, to sabotage than to be constructive.
“Any plan is better than your plan!” Ye Wei stared at Lu Feng, surprised how someone could be affected by rage and revenge to such extend. “We are alive because of we are in control of the place, if they took over we won’t stand a chance to fight them by force.”
“As I suggested, I will assassinate as much of them as I can, I will buy us time and we shall improvise from there, be patient!” Ye Wei replied, he believed the underwater palace held the key to him evolving Supernova stance.
When Ye Wei managed to evolve the Supernova stance, he would have the power to fight a returned prime Warrior, if he then acquired gadgets and tricks from the Runemaster Union and the Glacial Temple, he would even be able to stand his ground while fighting against the best cultivators in the Lu family regardless of age.
As Ye Wei realized he there were more imporant matters to focus on, he decided not to tell Lu Feng about the underwater palace he discovered.
“I guess that is for the best.” Lu Feng nodded, realized Ye Wei’s decision was the sensible one. He decided to trust his calm and collected partner, to protect their secret.
The sun set into the west sea, darkness descended, the thick clouds covered the silvery moon, Ye Wei stood up, freshened by the cool evening breeze.
“Let’s move!” After covering his face by a black disguise, his ghostly figure shot out, headed straight towards where the Lu’s men set camp.
“Hope it will all goes according to plan!” Lu Feng ground his teeth and followed. He kept a distance, tried to remember all the little things he was told to do.
The woods were silence expect the noise of dried leaves dancing, the duo went past a few beast nests in the windy night. They eventually arrived at a flat site filled with tents, looking intimidated as they were lit by the wiggling fire.
The fact that they set up campfires meant they were either amateurs or not afraid of the beasts and other cultivators knowing their location. All of them who stayed up guarding the camps had incredible Qi persense, both Ye Wei and Lu Feng could feel the guards were at least condensed prime Warriors.
Ye Wei was standing on a bushy tree branch, surveilled the men dressed in white robes from afar. He could tell they were his target from the golden family crest on embroidered in front of their chests.
He could tell from the Qi disturbance that all three of them were condensed prime Warriors, and that their leaders were in the camps, resting.
The infiltration was done slowly and cautiously, Ye Wei had to wait for the perfect moment to strike, to make sure these condensed prime guards take their last breath before they could send their superiors a distress signal.
The gusts of winds grew stronger as the night got darker, the clouds dispersed and the moonlight showered onto the woods. The wild beasts were becoming more active but they avoided tents as they could smell and feel danger where the campfires were.
Next to the swishing trees, the three guards were jealously looking at a shaking tent.
“These Du women are surely energetic, Lu Li is going to be drained after this!” One of them licked his lips and said vulgarly.
“You can’t blame him, he is still young, he can’t really say no to this kind of temptation, good for him that he gets a night off, haha!”
“Good for him maybe, how is any of us going to sleep if they are going to be this noisy the whole evening?”
“It’s nice to be young!” All three of them took a sip of wine, laughing while they excitedly talked about women.
While they were all keeping quiet, distracted by what was happening inside the tent, Ye Wei rushed out of the side bush, three Qi Swords flew out as he approached the trio.
“Plop! Plop! Plop!”
The Peerless Swords slit all three condensed Warriors’ throats, their white robes were dyed red.
Their consciousness faded before they knew what took their lives and their eyes became dull and dim. Ye Wei quickly channeled his QI to hold them before they hit the ground, their bodies softened. He gently placed their bodies down, made it look as if they were falling asleep.
The campfire flickered in the night breeze.
Having been through numerous life-threatening battles, Ye Wei was less and less emotional than he once was, the compassion in him had turned to a compromised heartlessness.
‘These guys were guarding him while he does this!? He has got to be someone important in the Lu family…’ Thought Ye Wei.
‘He must have trained nonstop at the Drakehead,’ Lu Feng was shocked to see Ye Wei’s decisive and lethal moves, ‘and what stance was that? It took him less than a second to put them to sleep…’
‘This monster, I can’t believe he got this much stronger just in a few days!’ Lu Feng was trying to compare Ye Wei with other young cultivators but he couldn’t think or anyone comparable.
‘Even within the, Lu Fan, the strongest youngster of this generation of Lu would be no match for Ye Wei…’ Lu Feng had always looked up to his young cousin and used it as a reference point, to know what he could improve on in terms of cultivation. “I had been blind, I should have realized I only saw a small fraction of Ye Wei’s talent when I was in Ning City.”
Ye Wei sneaked close to the tent in complete silence after he gently laid the dead bodies next to the campfire.
‘How can he not notice I am here?’ Ye Wei chuckled as he heard the man’s pant and the woman’s moan. ‘This man is a ten-star condensed prime Warrior but a sloppy cultivator, I guess that’s what it’s like to be born into a big family, you get all the pills you need and your senses become blunt.’
Ten minutes past, the man in the tent groaned breathed deep and slow.
‘This is it, he is not alert at all!’ Ye Wei reached for a scroll from his sleeve, tore it to deploy a runic array. The sound of the man and the woman in the tent suddenly became inaudible.
At the same time as Ye Wei tore the scroll, his Qi sword struck towards Lu Li’s neck.
Lu Li was startled, his pleasure evaporated, replaced by a sharp sense of pain.