Divinity

The Heart of Man

Loud explosions sounded above the Bia tribe, one section of the sky was fury red while the next was icy cold. The two opposites made the environment very uncomfortable for those who felt it, the battle between experts at the level of True Masters was very shocking and the aftershock produced by their fighting destroyed many buildings in the process. 

"Evacuate the tribe now" 

Bia Anue rushed out at his fastest speed possible, his body flashes over and over as he grabbed the mortals of his tribe, throwing them to safety. The rest of the elders follow in his feet steps, whether it was old or young, they would rush in to take them away at the fastest speed possible. 

"Run, the roofs are breaking"

"We must get out of here, run"

"Ahhh"

Various shouts could be heard coming from several locations all of the tribe, screams of fear and panic resounded without pause. Blood could be seen in the streets and also on the walls of many homes. It wasn't that Bia Ginze wanted for this to happen, each time he tried to leave the tribe and take the battle elsewhere, the middle-aged man would always try to force his hand, letting him stay back. If he tried to leave, he would target the citizens

Thus leaving Bia Ginze no other choice but to keep the fight above the tribe grounds. And even though they withering fighting to the death, the martial abilities that they used were very powerful, and as such, avoiding destruction was impossible.

"Suyu, lead everyone to the south gates now. Try to reduce the causalities as low as possible"

Bia Anue had never stopped giving orders while he ran across the tribe. Most of these people were his family members, all his Bia Anue's descendants, if he couldn't protect them at a critical moment, then he wasn't worthy enough of controlling such a large tribe. 

"Father be careful"

Bia Suyu dash towards the south side, fire blazing around his body while punching to his left. A falling wall was shattered into pieces then reduced to dust. The force behind this one punch could be imagined, even though he wasn't as strong as his father, he was after all a True Master at the end of the day. His battle powers could not be looked down upon even though he wasn't as strong as the tribe leader. 

"Elders, protect the people, get all those who can help, to move out at once. Elders one, two, and three, go on ahead to clear at beasts that might be roaming the edges of the forest to the south"

Bia Suyu was, after all, the first elder of the Bia tribe, only lower in position to his father Bia Anue. This is battle experience, planning, and control of the situation was top-notch, he sent of several orders in a breaths time without him pausing, the saying, with age, comes experience could never fit a better picture than this one.

"We obey the first elder"

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As the members of the tribe rushed to the south gates with the aid of the many elders and able body young martial artist, Bia Long and his underlings silently made their way over to the residence of Bia Xiao under the cover of the chaos. No matter what he did, he couldn't shake the heart demon that was Bia Xiao, he couldn't shake the fact that he could've been killed under his hands with just the stab of his spear. Who was he, he was Bia Long, the most outstanding talent of the Bia tribe's younger generation. 

The disgrace that had befallen him and his underlings at the time were just too much for him to bear, and even though he had advanced to the 6th level of the meridian opening realm, his battle powers were still not enough for him to take revenge. His underlings were all at the 7th level of the meridians opening realm and even then, he had the means to dispose of them.

“Let’s see how you lot beg me for mercy now”

Bia Long had long received messages from the elders to help evacuate the citizens of the tribe but due to his irresistible hatred, he ignored the calling of these elders. If anything, he could just lie about his whereabouts, if the salves or workers of the Xiao residence turned up dead, he could even blame it on the battle, he had a well thought out plan that he believed was iron proof.

“I want no mistakes this time, that girl his mine, do away with the others as you see fit. No one will mess with my business and walk away alive”

A brutal light flashed in Bia Long’s eyes as he ran at full speeds towards the west, going further and further away from the south gates. The heart of man was filled with pride and greed, it would not stand to lose out to others and it would always show its corrupt side when one least expected it. 

"Do worry young master, we will not let anything happen or make this leak out"

"Yes yes, rest assured young master Long. Tonight will be a night of enjoyment" 

The two persons who spoke were the too strongest underlings of Bia Long, Lie Ao, and Xue Miny. They were both people taken under the wings of elder Bia Suyu for Bia Long's protection on his path of cultivation, such scenes could also be seen almost everywhere. 

When a clan or tribe place a lot of hope into a single person, they would use a lot of resources to grow that person, thus they would also ensure that person's safety as well. Most of the powerful clans or sects would have elders as protectors for these people but small tribes or powers, using powerful underlings could get the job done as well.  The major clan normally refer to these people as death sworn protectors.