The Bandit Leader stormed into Thousand Blades' room, still struggling to put on his pants after being interrupted during his pleasure time with his women and cried out,

"Lord! I think we've got a problem! They've arrived already and started killing my men! Help me stop them!

"

Thousand Blades quickly stood up from the bed he was cultivating on and questioned while pulling two of his daggers out and yelled,

"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier?! Did your men lure them into the trap we set up?

"

The bandit leader finally managed to pull his pants up and called out frustrated with anger visible on his face,

"No, they killed each scouting group which was released in the forest and I only learned about it from the distress signal they sent. I didn't get any more signals after that so I guess all of my men are dead already. You better help me get revenge. Screw the trap! They probably already know about it as they still didn't arrive here. We should go out and fight them head on!

"

"Idiot, wait! That's exactly what they want! Let's wait for them inside our trap and let them come to us instead. They want to kill us, but we want to do the same. We can wait, but they cannot so we can just play it patiently. We can stay in front of our hideout and taunt them into entering. I doubt they would wait.

" Thousand Blades cursed hearing the bandit leader's stupid idea and quickly corrected his thoughts.

The bandit leader clearly did not like when people ordered him and cursed at Thousand Blades while pointing with his finger at him,

"Idiot? You said you can deal with them and now you want to turtle inside the hideout while they kill my men?! Pussy!

"

He didn't expect that Thousand Blades would suddenly throw a dagger at him, which flew straight towards his face, cutting right in between his ear and head before crushing the door behind him. A few strands of the bandit leader's hair fell to the ground as he stared blankly at Thousand Blades, who approached and went past him, saying with an ugly expression on his face,

"Say that one more time and I won't miss the second time...

"

The bandit leader could feel the oppressive energy wrapping around his body with which the amount of pressure on his body was limiting his breathing. He knew he wouldn't be able to dodge that attack even if he tried, so it wasn't a surprise that he was quite scared.

Hearing no response and seeing the anger disappearing from the bandit leader's face, Thousand Blades smiled and said, letting out more pressure from his body,

"You are going to do exactly what I say, got it? I think you forgot who you're dealing with.

"

"Yes, Lord…

" The bandit leader couldn't help but agree right away, feeling that soon he will suffocate under Thousand Blades power. He was after all only in the Spirit Overlord stage so it wasn't a surprise he had no chance against a Sage.

He was once a normal cultivator from the Sacred Sword Kingdom, but wanting more power in his hands, he moved to a small neighbouring country, which to his knowledge had very little cultivators above Spirit Lord stage if it even had any at that time.

Now after already securing his safe position, becoming an overlord in the nearby area, suddenly powerful cultivators start appearing one by one, destroying his life. It was understandable that he was frustrated about the whole situation.

"Then go and do as I said. Gather everyone in front of our hideout and we will wait for them inside of my trap. She's not some kind of idiot who I can easily kill. I need the help of my artefact, which will lower her strength. All you need to do is to stop the other people in their group from grouping against me and I will be fine.

" Thousand Blades finally released the pressure and explained while picking up his precious dagger which went through the door, hitting the nearby wall.

The Bandit Leader already calmed down and listened calmly, nodding in understanding before calling out to all of his brothers who waited for his orders in the main hall,

"Everyone! Gather outside the hideout and wait for my call! We are going to get revenge for our fallen brothers! Anyone who dares to lay his hand on anyone in our brotherhood shall die a painful death!

"

Hearing that the battle was about to start, every bandit cried out happily, chanting while swinging with their swords in the air,

"Yeaaaah! Long live the leader!

"

'Heh, let's see how you are going to deal with this, my dear Wen…

" Thousand Blades thought, already imagining Xiao Wen being his.

...….

After scouting near the bandit's hideout, Wuying reappeared not far away from her group and reported,

"Xuefeng, they are all standing together in front of their hideout. I don't think they plan on leaving any time soon. Also, I couldn't get any closer to them to count their numbers as I would get sensed by the strong cultivator in their group. His cultivation is definitely not small, being much higher than that of a Saint. I somehow get a similar feeling about him as I get from Wen.

"

"How come they have a sage? What does he look like? There should be only one sage apart from me in this region, and that's Thousand Blades. To think that he is recuperating inside their hideout?

" Xiao Wen asked curiously the moment she heard her.

"He was covered with a black hood but I saw he was playing around with two daggers in his hands,

" Wuying replied with what caught her eyes as she didn't stay there for long, worried she would be discovered by him.

"Okay, then that has to be him. I doubt we would be unlucky enough to meet a different Sage stage cultivator who used daggers like Thousand Blades in such a place… Interesting, I guess I'll have to get serious this time. Let's regenerate our Qi fully before we start to fight him.

" Wen squinted her eyes, thinking of what method she should use to kill him and finally a smile appeared on her face as she cracked her neck, beginning to get excited with the incoming battle.

Seeing her sitting down and planning to use pills to regenerate her Qi, Xuefeng asked, as he decided to help,

"Wen, I can help you with that. What elements do you need?

"

"Why do you ask?

" Xiao Wen asked confused. She didn't mind telling him if they were in private, but they were in public right now. It was hard for her to expose her secrets in such settings.

"Nevermind, just give me your hand and don't resist. I will help you regenerate your Qi.

" Xuefeng sat down in front of her and took the liberty to grab both of her hands. Without waiting for her response he called out in his mind, 'Ling, I know you are mad at me but I want you to help me right now. I will spend some time with you later. Check what elements she is lacking and fill them up with Fate Stones.'