"Come on. Let's keep hunting Undying Battle Souls!"
Qingming Yijian held the scroll and pointed in one direction.
Lu Ren said, "If I remember correctly, four Battle Bodies from the Lihuo Flame Clan and Xuantian Bone Clan are over there. If we go, they'll probably take offense."
Over the years, they had hunted Undying Battle Souls in this area. They had once tried venturing west, where the Undying Battle Souls were more numerous and all at the Third-Step Supreme Realm.
But the Lihuo Flame Clan and Xuantian Bone Clan had divided that area between themselves. They forbade the four of them from hunting there and threatened to attack if they did.
At first, the four of them had paid it no mind. Now they had killed every Undying Battle Soul they could find. If they wanted to keep hunting for Battle Marks, they would have to enter that territory.
"So what if they take offense? They carved out a huge territory for themselves and left us this tiny patch. If it comes to it, we'll fight them!"
Qingming Yijian spoke.
Qingming Mufeng tugged at Qingming Yijian's sleeve. "Don't be rash, Qingming Yijian. All four of them have Three-Mark Battle Bodies, while only three of us do. If we fight, we might not come out ahead!"
"If we can't win, we'll run. What's there to fear?"
Qingming Yijian spoke.
Between Three-Mark Battle Bodies, crushing an opponent outright was extremely difficult.
Take his fight with Lu Ren. Though he could not beat Lu Ren, he could still escape.
"Rather than steal Undying Battle Souls from their territory, we might as well take Battle Marks straight from them!"
Lu Ren spoke calmly.
"What?"
All three froze, thinking they had misheard him.
"Lu Ren, even if you can defeat them, you can't take their