Chapter 9 - Ball Of Light

"I will take a bath first." Lucas decided when he realized that he couldn't enter a city with his body covered in blood.

So, he visited a river on the way and cleaned himself.

The blood almost covers the whole river, but with the help of the stream, it just flows to the lower part of the river.

He didn't mind the blood splattering on the river at all. Since it's not even a problem because it will eventually go back to its normal state.

After bathing in the river, he used his spare clothes from his storage magic.

When he was finally clean, he continued to find the next city.

A few hours later, he stumbled upon a road. He decided to slow his pace since he could hear some laughter and noises from afar.

Looking for an opportunity to peek at what it was, he searched for the source, only to discover that it was a crime in broad daylight.

Lucas saw a luxurious type of carriage surrounded by a great number of bandits.

"So, if I guess, those maniac-looking guys are bandits. And the carriage is the victim. Oh, what stupid reasoning. I must have damaged my brain from living thousands of years."

Meanwhile, at the crime scene, which is currently ongoing, 3 guards are guarding the carriage, which is used by a beautiful young lady.

The bandits are screaming in delight, with their vicious grins filling their faces.

The bandits outnumber the guards protecting the carriage by nine. Realizing they were at a disadvantage, the guards looked at each other before taking out a jade slip and a life-saving talisman that would teleport any user randomly away from the scene, at least 10,000 miles.

"Young Lady Sora, please use this talisman to save yourself. We can't let these fiends catch you."

"Yes, Young Lady, we will take care of this."

However, the young lady inside wasn't agitated or bothered by their words. She just looked at the eyes of the guards in disgust.

"You pathetic creatures. You can't even manage to protect me without using expensive treasure? Those are just bandits. Why are they threats to you?" The young lady hissed, his delicate yet powerful voice resonating.

"But Young Lady, even if we sacrifice ourselves, we can't still be complacent that you'll be safe. Who knows, maybe they have reinforcements coming."

"Yes, Young Lady, please listen to us."

"We are already surrounded by these fiends."

The young lady just rolled her eyes in disdain, seeing his servants encouraging her to be a coward.

She just sighed before shouting to her servants. "Don't make me do such a disgusting act like you! I will never leave this place. I will never waste this treasure on bandits! Go kill them before I kill you!"

Seeing their young lady act, the guards just surrendered in defeat, dispiritedly facing the bandits surrounding them.

The bandits, on the other hand, can see through their worries, laughing at them and mocking their very souls.

"I didn't think the Su family's guards were such cowards. Look at your young lady, she is eager to be captured by us!"

"Hahaha! Don't even try to waste that treasure. Don't worry, we will surely sell it and use the money for our good!"

"Come here, lady! Let me fuck you before we sell you as a slave!"

On the other hand, Lucas can hear everything from 100 meters. He is thinking of whether he will even try to help these people, but something hinders him from deciding. This isn't his problem, and he should not be bothered every time he witnesses such a crime.

But alas, the previous personality he had was already gone. He only thought that way since, in his previous world, he couldn't just touch things to let the balance flow.

However, this isn't his previous world anymore. Maybe he could do something for his own enjoyment.

Lucas took a peek at the bandits' cultivation. He was surprised when he saw that they were at least the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Spirit Realm.

He just smirked, realizing that he could easily defeat them if he used his magic.

Even if he decided to only use magic in an emergency, using a small amount of his mana for a second won't change his emergency strategy because they are only 9 bandits. He can just release one ball of light and control it to maneuver it.

Lucas nodded to himself before jumping into the scene.

"Yahoo! Are you all bandits?!" He jokingly exclaimed before activating the spell.

In a second, a ball of light emerged from the point of his index finger. Despite its small feat, it was powerful enough to melt skin with only a touch of it.

When the bandits heard him, they looked at him in surprise. He was standing behind them, and they didn't sense his presence!

However, when they looked at him again and saw that his cultivation base was at least at the peak of the Apprentice stage, they laughed and sneered at him.

"What can a puny guy like you do with us? Or maybe you want a share of our operation?"

"Scram! We won't let you have a share! Are you a newcomer, right?!"

Listening to their words, Lucas just snickered and snorted, suppressing his laughter. The bandits thought that he was one of them since he wore average clothes.

Lucas lifted his other hand and pointed to the guards. "I'm with them, dumbass?"

The guards behind were surprised, but alas, it was futile for them to feel hope since they were skeptical of what an Apprentice stage cultivator could do to defeat nine bandits.

While the bandits just laughed at Lucas, not only because of the light but also because of what he had just said.

"What? Don't tell me you're going to act like a hero. Scram kid before we take you too as our prize."

"Wait, he has a handsome face. Maybe we can sell him to hungry ugly ladies?! They would surely waste tons of gold on this treasure!"

"You're right! Hey, kid! Wait there, we will come back to you. This carriage is more important than you!"

The bandits are about to ignore him and look back at the carriage. He just shook his head and released the ball of light, hitting one of the heads of the bandits.

At the speed of light, a bandit instantly dies in front of his comrades. All of them were baffled when they saw blood violently gushing out of his body.

They gazed back at Lucas, where the attack came from, and couldn't believe that he killed one of their comrades.

"You dare!" One of them tried to pounce on Lucas, but before he could, he instantly died in front of his comrades.

Everyone was baffled again, almost crying because of the fast development of the play.

"Where's that light?! I can keep up –!"

Before one of them could continue to talk, Lucas cruelly hit the head of the bandit, instantly killing him.

The guards who were watching the scene were dumbfounded by the play. A young man is playing the bandits who they fear to fight since they are just mediocre in cultivation.

However, the young man was even enjoying his play, killing all of the nine bandits in an instant. It didn't even take a minute to wipe them all out.

If this one turns out to be an enemy, they can just hope that their young lady will use the life-saving treasure she was holding.

When finally settled, Lucas kicked the corpse. He just clicked his tongue and mumbled, "If I meet someone I can't handle with cultivation, I'll just use magic to defeat them."

While he was saving his mana, he was busy on the other side of his brain getting accustomed to the feeling of the spiritual energy and his mana at the same time.

In fact, when he activated a spell, he was using the breathing technique of his cultivation technique, hoping that he could become accustomed to both feelings and merge them.

But alas, it didn't change the fact that he still needs to save his mana. He doesn't need to use a grandiose spell to kill someone like them. At least he can use his cultivation with the assistance of his magic.

Wanting to grasp cultivation with a little bit of his magic, if he can discover how to merge mana and Qi, maybe in the future he will be the first cultivator who uses spells instead of weapons.

From a distance, Lucas looked at the wary guards. He smiled at them before bowing a little and introducing himself as a cultivator.

"Hello seniors, I hope you are okay with the outcome and don't be wary of me. I am merely a passing rogue cultivator.." He said in a low, but assuring tone.