Senior Sister Zhou turned to Junior Brother Yu again. "You said Yang Kai sold you Healing Pills?"
Junior Brother Yu nodded.
Senior Sister Zhou was puzzled. "Why would he sell you Healing Pills? Since when is he that generous?"
Junior Brother Yu said with anguish, "Generous? You have no idea, Senior Sister Zhou. A single Healing Pill of his costs an entire set of Sixth-Order resources!"
"What!" Senior Sister Zhou was stunned. What kind of Healing Pill was worth a full set of Sixth-Order resources? That was over a hundred million Open Heaven Pills! She finally reacted: "That's highway robbery!"
"Yes, exactly, highway robbery!" Junior Brother Yu and the others nodded vehemently. "It wasn't just us—Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Gongsun, and the others were all forced to buy them too."
"Outrageous!" Senior Sister Zhou gritted her teeth. "Coming to our Langya and bullying our Langya Disciples is one thing, but using this sort of scheme to fleece people? Does he think Langya has no one?"
The elder Fifth-Order said, "Senior Sister Zhou, you must avenge us!"
Senior Sister Zhou snorted. "Don't worry. Just let me find him. When I do, I'll beat him so badly even Junior Sister Gu won't recognize him! And then you can sell him a few Healing Pills too!"
The elder Fifth-Order was overjoyed. "We'll be counting on you, Senior Sister Zhou!"
Senior Sister Zhou glanced at them and waved her hand. "Since you've already been defeated by Yang Kai, focus on your recovery. Don't get involved in the trial anymore."
"Yes!" The few of them answered respectfully.
Senior Sister Zhou led her own team into the sky and vanished in short order.
In her group, a young man asked, "Senior Sister Zhou, is Yang Kai really that powerful? Junior Brother Yu's team had two Sixth-Order cultivators among them, and even they couldn't handle him alone?"
Senior Sister Zhou frowned in thought for a moment before answering. "He is absolutely the strongest Sixth-Order I have ever seen. Even Senior Brother Le Mang is no match for him. Do not take him lightly."
Everyone was shocked by this. They had heard before that Senior Brother Le Mang had been defeated by this Yang Kai, but they hadn't witnessed it firsthand and didn't know the details. Many of them had even dismissed it as a rumor—Senior Brother Le Mang's strength was well known, so how could someone of the same rank possibly defeat him? Now, with Senior Sister Zhou's confirmation, they realized it was actually true.
The young man who had spoken said, "If that's the case, the few of us running into Yang Kai wouldn't exactly end well either!"
Their team had three Sixth-Order cultivators, but based on Yang Kai's performance so far, they probably wouldn't fare any better if they crossed paths.
Senior Sister Zhou said, "It's fine. If we do run into him, just pin him down. Other Senior Brothers and Sisters will come to reinforce us. Once he's surrounded, there'll be no escape!"
The group nodded.
"Then where should we go, Senior Sister Zhou?"
Senior Sister Zhou said, "Yang Kai is proficient in the Dao of Space and an exceptional escape artist. He just finished dealing with Junior Brother Yu and the others, so he must have already fled to the other side of Langya. Let's head there to find him!"
"Senior Sister Zhou's planning is brilliant! This time Yang Kai will have nowhere to hide!"
Back where Junior Brother Yu and the others were recovering, they sat cross-legged in meditation. Yang Kai had not held back earlier—though they could still move, their conditions were far from ideal, and they planned to rest for a while before setting off.
Shortly after Senior Sister Zhou's group had left, two more figures streaked across the sky. Spotting the four below, they descended directly.
Seeing the sorry state of Junior Brother Yu and his companions, both were startled.
One of them said, "Junior Brother Yu, what happened to you?"
Junior Brother Yu's face flushed with embarrassment. He opened his eyes and said, "Senior Brother Wang, Senior Brother Ye—I'm afraid I've given you both a laugh."
Senior Brother Wang looked thoughtful. "You ran into Yang Kai, didn't you?"
There was no other way to explain the scene before them. Observing the aftermath, both men were quietly shaken—Yang Kai had certainly been ruthless.
Junior Brother Yu nodded awkwardly and was about to speak when his expression suddenly turned to alarm. He looked past the two men's shoulders.
At that same moment, both Senior Brothers sensed something wrong. They frantically channeled the power of their Small Worlds, world force swirling around them, but before they could even turn around, a terrifying force slammed into their backs, instantly engulfing them entirely.
Despite struggling desperately, they were no match. In an instant their Small Worlds trembled violently, and their vision erupted in flashes of golden light.
Moments later, Yang Kai crouched before the two men, whose faces were pale and auras in disarray. He produced a jade bottle. "Senior Brothers, Healing Pills from Void Land. Interested?"
"What do you mean?" Senior Brother Ye asked, confused.
Junior Brother Yu coughed awkwardly from the side and offered a brief explanation.
Senior Brother Wang and Senior Brother Ye were both dumbfounded. You could actually do it like this?
Junior Brother Yu was equally stunned. He had never imagined that Yang Kai hadn't left at all but had instead been hiding nearby the entire time. When Senior Sister Zhou and her group had come by, Yang Kai had kept quiet. It wasn't until Senior Brother Wang and Senior Brother Ye arrived that he had suddenly revealed himself and struck without warning.
Senior Brother Wang took it in stride, laughing through the blood trickling from his mouth. "Junior Brother Yang's abilities are truly extraordinary. Wang here simply isn't as skilled—nothing more to say about it. I'll buy one of those Healing Pills!"
Yang Kai turned to look at Senior Brother Ye. "And you, Senior Brother?"
Senior Brother Ye said through gritted teeth, "One for me too, then."