The strength of the people around was far too low. They only saw their boss's big blade whirling and whistling through the air and were still cheering, never imagining he'd suddenly be sent flying by a kick from Ling Zhenfei.
Everyone stopped cheering; several people rushed up in a hurry to help that boss to his feet.
The boss had really lost face this time, and instantly flew into a rage, shouting at the people around him, "Everyone go together, take this brat down!"
Those people had long been prepared and charged straight at Ling Zhenfei.
They moved in on Ling Zhenfei, but of course Ling Zhenfei paid no attention to these low-level cultivators.
The power of the soul Ling Zhenfei released had already covered everything around. Just as these people rushed in, Ling Zhenfei immediately unleashed a Soul Attack.
An indiscriminate attack: anyone within the coverage area was hit.
Those whose cultivation in the power of the soul was lower were directly clutching their heads in agony and collapsing under the onslaught of the power of the soul. Those whose strength was a bit higher felt as if someone had clubbed them over the head.
They stood there dazed, heads buzzing. At that moment Ling Zhenfei moved; his feet stepped out the Butterfly Through Flowers Step Technique, Tang sword in hand, his body flitting through the crowd like a specter.
The people standing there with their bodies stiff all came under attack and were directly knocked to the ground.
The whole thing took no more than one or two seconds.
All the foreign races were lying on the ground, including the boss's close men; they were all sprawled on the ground, and the pain from the Soul Attack wasn't something that dissipated so easily.
The most shocked person was actually Lan Yan. The moment she saw the foreign races, she had been in a constant state of fear. Facing so many foreign races, Lan Yan thought they were definitely doomed.
But now Lan Yan was stunned; she had never imagined Ling Zhenfei's strength would be so overwhelming.
In the blink of a Cultivation Technique, everyone around had been knocked to the ground by Ling Zhenfei; some people hadn't even gotten close before they collapsed in pain.
The other person who was shocked was that boss himself. He couldn't believe his people were this weak and vulnerable.
Thinking back, Ling Zhenfei's kick to his body just now was already giving him a lot of face.
Crack!
A thunderclap exploded in the sky, and then a torrential downpour came crashing down, drenching the foreign races writhing in pain on the ground.
Lan Yan's clothes had already been dirty; now the heavy rain soaked them completely, plastering them to her body.
Ling Zhenfei glanced at that boss and said, "Still thinking about snatching my wife?"
The boss was scared out of his wits and said, "I wouldn't dare, I'll never dare again."
Ling Zhenfei said, "If you don't dare, then hurry up and get out of here. Don't wait until I change my mind."
The boss hurriedly helped up the people around him. Some of them had been injured by Ling Zhenfei's power of the soul; at this point they were starting to recover.
Others had been knocked down by Ling Zhenfei, some even suffering minor injuries.
Just then, one of them knelt to Zhenfei and said, "You're an Immortal, right?"
Ling Zhenfei said, "I'm not an Immortal, I'm just an ordinary person."
That man said, "You must be an Immortal, otherwise why would I collapse on my own before I even got close to you?"
Once he said that, several others also started kneeling to Ling Zhenfei.
Ling Zhenfei was truly a bit helpless and said, "I'm not an Immortal. Hurry up and get up."
At that moment that man said, "Immortal, please, go to our tribe and save our Chieftain."
"Yes, Immortal, please go save our Chieftain."
Ling Zhenfei froze for a moment and said, "What's wrong with your Chieftain?"
One of them said, "Our Chieftain has a serious illness. We hope the Immortal can save him."
Ling Zhenfei said, "Sorry, I still have other matters right now, so I can't help you."
After speaking he was about to leave with Lan Yan, when Lan Yan said, "Big Brother Ling, didn't you say you're a Divine Doctor? If you can, you should go help them."
Ling Zhenfei said, "Did you forget they almost snatched you away to be a wife? And now you're speaking up for them. What if this is a trap? What if once we reach their tribe they kill us?"
Hearing Ling Zhenfei's words, Lan Yan also froze; clearly she was a little worried.
At this moment that boss said, "Esteemed expert, it was our fault just now. Please come help our Chieftain. He truly is a very good Chieftain; it's only because he refuses to go to war with the humans that he ended up like this."
After listening, Ling Zhenfei was taken aback and said, "What did you say, he ended up like this because he didn't want to go to war with the humans?"
"Yes, it's precisely because he doesn't want to go to war with the humans that he offended the Supreme God. The Supreme God punished the Chieftain, and that's how he became like this."
Ling Zhenfei felt as if something had clicked in his heart and said, "I'm not an Immortal, but I am proficient in some Medical Arts. I'll go back with you and take a look."
The people around all cheered excitedly and led Ling Zhenfei and Lan Yan; the two of them walked on ahead.
Ling Zhenfei wrapped Lan Yan in Northern Spiritual Energy so she wouldn't be battered by the pouring rain.
But these foreign races were just left exposed in the rain.
Ling Zhenfei said, "How far is it?"
The boss said, "Not far. Once we turn past that mountain ridge ahead and walk a bit further, we'll be there."
Ling Zhenfei nodded and followed them forward. However, his Divine Sense remained locked on them; if they tried any tricks, he would wipe them out on the spot.
Being invited by a group of foreign races into their mountain stronghold was inherently a very dangerous thing.
If it were someone who deeply hated and feared the foreign races, they probably wouldn't come at all.
But Ling Zhenfei had interacted with some foreign races before—like Alice and Anna—and felt that in truth, the foreign races and humans weren't so different. It was just that some misunderstandings between the two sides were quite deep.
Among humans there are good people and bad people; in the foreign races there are bad people, so naturally there are good people too.
This was basically how Ling Zhenfei thought of it. That's just how things are: even though he's human now, his reputation among humans isn't very good.
He's human, yet his reputation on the human side is bad. And precisely because he's human, those foreign races naturally aren't going to treat him very well either, so Ling Zhenfei's position is quite awkward.
When foreign races and humans encounter each other, it seems like they have nothing to say and just start fighting, as if it always has to end in life or death.
But Ling Zhenfei didn't see it that way; some things aren't absolute.
Ling Zhenfei thought about it for a long time, mulling over human nature, considering many things.
It perfectly echoed that saying: "At the beginning, human nature is inherently good." It's just that as people grow, everyone receives different education from childhood, so the things they can accept are different.
On the way, Ling Zhenfei asked that boss some questions, partly to test whether the boss was sincere, partly to gather some information in advance.
It turned out that the boss's name was Tai Ming, a small leader in one of the sub-groups within the tribe.
He also heard that their tribe was very large.
They rounded that mountain ridge and kept going forward, walking a long distance through the heavy rain until they finally reached a hollow in the mountains.