This Martial Saint’s Health Bar is Too Thick!

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Fear

The Mage from the Righteous Court needed to be within a certain distance to perform his searching magic, and at this moment, the Calming Sect members were close enough and numerous enough for him to sense their approximate location.

This meant that Li Fei no longer needed to lead the way.

“Xiao Fei, your task is complete, you don’t need to participate further.”

Cao Mu spoke to Li Fei.

He now addressed Li Fei as “Xiao Fei.”

Without hesitation, Li Fei replied, “If possible, I would like to be involved in what follows.”

He had faced the challenge when the odds were against them; there was no reason to back down now when the situation had turned favorable. He did not want to miss out on the opportunity to prove himself.

Cao Mu glanced at Hao Yi, then nodded, “Alright, then join in.”

He gave his consent readily.

The group then hurried towards the due east.

Before long, they sighted members of the Calming Sect sprinting through the forest ahead.

“Old Wu, Brother Jiang, Brother Wang, have people carry the Mages around to encircle this group, and then have the Mages cast their spells,”

Cao Mu instructed the other martial masters who were with him.

The others nodded and each took a few martial masters and martial artists, along with a Mage, and departed.

After Lu Sheng led his team back, they did not know how the four official martial masters were defeated, but they were indeed affected by magic spells that made them unconscious, which was why the Zhi Ge Court had requested the involvement of the Mages from the Righteous Court for this operation.

The Mages brought along did not only help track the Calming Sect but also prepared to counter the same tactics used before.

Moreover, these Mages were also capable of dealing with a large number of ordinary believers.

The young Mage with a pattern on his forehead, who remained by Cao Mu’s side, became busy. He walked ahead alone, took out a sandalwood box from his backpack, and then took out several greenish talisman papers from the box to stick them on numerous trees.

After sticking about fifty talisman papers, the young Mage stopped, packed up the wooden box, and retreated back to Cao Mu’s side.

A few minutes later, the crowd a few hundred meters ahead began to stir, and cries of alarm were heard.

Soon, those members of the Calming Sect turned around and ran towards Li Fei and the others. Each one of them carried a gun and many bags of belongings.

As these people passed the area where talisman papers had been posted, the young Mage at Cao Mu’s side stretched his hand toward the front and shouted:

“Bind!”

The next second, the talisman papers on the trees ignited without fire, and the Calming Sect members running towards them—as if encountering something extremely terrifying—had their eyes wide open, showing expressions of horror.

“Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!”

Cries echoed as the people ran in all directions.

Li Fei was shocked by the scene and turned to his teacher, hoping for an explanation.

Hao Yi indeed opened his mouth to explain, “This is the Horror Technique, a unique magic of the Righteous Court from the Da Lan Dynasty, capable of instilling immense fear in those affected. Some with weaker willpower might even suffer mental breakdowns, turning into idiots or lunatics!”

Li Fei suddenly understood. Cao Mu had the other Mages make a detour to surround the Calming Sect members ahead, then simultaneously cast the Horror Technique from all sides.

With the Horror Technique activated from all around, over a hundred Calming Sect members were like flies trapped in a cage, bumping into walls, their psychological defenses increasingly crumbling.

Seeing that the situation was almost under control, Cao Mu waved his hand,

“Charge!”

He then led several martial artists and seven or eight martial warriors as they rushed forward.

“Drop your weapons, put your hands on your heads, squat down, or die!”

Cao Mu’s voice, firm and forceful like a blade chopping wood, resounded through the forest.

“Put down the gun, hug your head, and squat down, or die!”

The other people also shouted loudly.

At the same time, the same shouts came from several other directions.

The believers of the Calming Sect in the jungle were already on the verge of psychological collapse, and upon hearing these shouts, the majority of them cried and did as told, putting down their guns and squatting with their heads hugged.

A very few believers with strong wills wanted to resist; gunfire continued to sound in the jungle, but they were quickly dealt with by Cao Mu and the others.

Li Fei originally thought that he could capture a few heads by joining them, but now he found that he only needed to stand aside and shout “666.”

Hundreds of cult members with guns would definitely not be controlled so cleanly by martial artists like Cao Mu if there were no mages. Additionally, there might have been casualties on Cao Mu’s side.

However, with a few mages taking action, they easily handled these Calming Sect members.

“Is magic truly inferior to martial arts?”

Li Fei couldn’t help but wonder.

Hao Yi seemed to see what Li Fei was thinking and spoke:

“Such magic is useless against a truly elite army. If they were on the battlefield, overwhelmed by the blood, evil qi, and killing qi, many spells couldn’t even be cast. In this world, a true enemy of a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand, still depends on martial artists.

Our Da Lan Dynasty established the Righteous Court mainly to refine Sha Qi for the Imperial Camp Army, forming military formations and Military Evil. If it hadn’t been for the serious crimes committed by the Calming Sect, these mages of the Righteous Court wouldn’t have come out as their time is very precious, busy with the court-assigned refinement tasks. Engaging with opponents is not their duty.”

Li Fei nodded, “Student understands.”

Hao Yi looked at the battle that was almost ending:

“It looks like the sect hierarch of the Calming Sect is quite astute. He has already run off early with the elite, leaving these as sacrificial pieces.”

The battle would not have ended this easily for Cao Mu and the others if there were martial artists, magicians, and mages among this group of Calming Sect members.

Next, Li Fei finally had something to do: helping to collect the firearms thrown on the ground.

Under the deterrence of magic and powerful martial force, Cao Mu and others easily controlled the situation, gathering all the Calming Sect believers together, squatting with their heads hugged, and collecting all their firearms.

“The sect hierarch of Calming Sect has run away with a group of elites, taking Wang Ping and others. I plan to continue pursuing them.”

Cao Mu approached Hao Yi and Li Fei and said,

“Brother Hao and Xiao Fei, you don’t need to follow anymore.”

“Alright.”

Hao Yi nodded.

He had come this time primarily to rescue Li Fei, and now that he had rescued him, he no longer cared about the rest.

Li Fei also didn’t intend to continue the chase; the merit he had established this time was already enough.

“The people from the Inspection Bureau are still behind; when you see them, please ask them to hurry here and take all these Calming Sect believers back.”

Cao Mu continued.

“Alright.”

“Then let’s part here, until we meet again.”

Cao Mu bowed to Hao Yi and nodded to Li Fei, leaving half of his men to guard the hundreds of Calming Sect believers, while the rest continued to track Zhao Yu and the others.

“Let’s go, you should return and claim your reward.”

Hao Yi’s face rarely showed a smile, he patted Li Fei, smiling as he spoke.

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