Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 53

After the first battle, Wang Wei had to find a new outfit as his old one was unusable. As such, he had to stitch a new outfit out of the pelt of the animals he hunted. He burned his old one as the blood could attract certain dangerous animals in the forest.

After resting for a day, Wang Wei hunted his breakfast and headed toward his next target. There were three of them at the same time camping further down the river from the previous rich girl.

It was a combination of two boys and one girl. Wang Wei stalked them from a distance based on their Qi Dragon.

Wang Wei pondered his next course of action and came up with the idea of assassinating each of them at night, while they were sleeping. However, he soon gave up this plan as he realized that his purpose in this trial was to experience combat, not just to kill people and reach the number one spot to receive the rewards at the end.

Only by fighting in direct confrontation can he learn something and increase his fighting experience. Although he did a lot of training with Li Jun before he came here, it was not as effective as true experience in life or death battles.

However, there was still a problem. There is one Wang Wei, while the enemy has three people. Wang Wei knew his limits, he was not yet ready to fight more than one person at once.

So, he waited for one of them to be separated from the group. Those three people were very cautious unlike the rich girl. They spent most of the time in a group, and they took turns as watch guard to provide the other two with enough rest to fight when necessary.

Wang Wei was very patient and observed the three of them for more than four days without any rest. Unlike ordinary people, Wang Wei’s body was already inhuman. He did not need food everyday to survive.

Due to the fact that he cultivated the [Ten Thousand Things Adapt To One Sutra], Wang Wei only needed a bit of sunlight everyday and his body could function normally for a whole 7 days without problem.

Soon, Wang Wei’s patient was rewarded. The female companion complained that she was tired of eating fish from the river for 4 consecutive days and she wanted to go hunting for other animals for food. The other two agreed with her and one of them left with her, while the other stayed and guarded their home base made of cozy tents.

As soon as they were separated, Wang Wei approached the guy left behind. However, things did not go as easy as last time. The other guy was always on guard and immediately noticed someone approaching him.

Wang Wei watched as his opponent took out a knife similar to his. He was not flustered at the fact that his enemy was alerted to his presence. In fact, his objective was never to be subtle.

Wang Wei watched this guy carefully. He was slightly shorter than him, but more robust. He noticed the calluses in his hand signifying that this man was well either trained or used to do hard labor as a living.

The two people stared at each other in order to find the right opening to attack, testing each other’s patience. Ordinarily, Wang Wei would be more than happy to wait for the right time to attack. However, time was not in his favor.

He knew that this guy had companions that would eventually return. The longer Wang Wei waits, the less favorable the situation will become for him. As such, he no longer waited and attacked directly.

If there was no opening, then he would make one.

Wang Wei launched toward the guy and stabbed him. This time he went directly for a vital organ, the lung. The other guy dodged the knife by slightly twisting his upper torso, then retaliated by stabbing Wang Wei in his eyes.

Wang Wei moved his whole body to dodge, then followed his first attack with a kick directly in the back of the person’s kneecap to stop his opponent from moving. The other guy slightly move legs so that Wang Wei’s kick will hit his knee instead.

When Wang Wei noticed this change, he had to lower his kick to hit the guy’s shin otherwise the bones on his feet would crack if he directly hit the person’s knee.

After this attack failed, Wang Wei did not stop and continued to stab his opponent in different parts of his body: eyes, heart, lungs, and brain.

However, this guy managed to dodge all of his attacks and retaliated against him. They both fought for more than five minutes, each person trying to stab the other without saying a word to one another.

Suddenly, the guy said, "You copied my dodging technique."

"So what?" responded Wang Wei. "Is there any rule that says you cannot learn from your enemy?"

After saying that, Wang Wei attacked him again, this time heading straight for his eyes. The guy tilted his head to dodge again, however, Wang Wei’s attack was actually just a feint. The moment his head moved, Wang Wei changed the upward grip on his knife to a downward one and stabbed the man’s shoulder.

The man screamed loudly and involuntarily held his bleeding shoulder with his other hand. Wang Wei took this opportunity to take the knife from the guy’s hand and stabbed it directly in his heart, dealing a fatal blow to him.

Afterward, the man dropped to his knees, then said. "The world is truly unfair. I have spent more than 8 years as a gladiator, forced to kill everyday in order to buy my freedom. It took me 8 long and painful years to summarize that dodging method, yet you learned it in less than 5 minutes. I’m not willing."

After saying his last word, the guy fell to the ground. He had no breath left before he even hit the floor.

"Yes, you are right. Fate is the greatest mockery to us all," muttered Wang Wei. Then, he turned the guy over, closed his eyes, and buried him as a way to honor the first true opponent he encountered on his cultivation path.

After doing all of this, Wang Wei left the camp. Unfortunately for him, as soon as he left, he encountered the two people who went out hunting earlier.

As soon as these two noticed the direction that Wang Wei came from, they felt that something was wrong and immediately surrounded him to prevent him from escaping.

Wang Wei--who had just finished a hard fight-- was exhausted both physically and spiritually. He knew that he was in for a hard battle.