It was almost dark and the team five journeyed stealthily through the darkened parts of the forest that led to the Huan dynasty. The little fireflies Daiyu had summoned lightened their paths in the dark until they heard the rustling of leaves and assassins clothed in black appeared out of nowhere.

"Phoenix flames!" Zixin commanded bursts of infinite flames that shielded them from the incoming attacks.

"Shufen!" Liling screamed as she plunged her twin blades into the side of the assassin that had appeared out of nowhere. "Behind you!"

Somehow, something had managed to break the barriers of their fire and the men begun to dash through.

"Dews of heaven."

She heard him burn his qi before sending the enemy flying with dew-like daggers.

Jumping down their horses the rest pulled out their swords and without any cue they charged forward and begun to slay the assassins that moved at the speed of light.

Taking two steps forward Jiang twisted in the air in a way that made it look like he'd splitted into a thousand form, he clenched his fists, "Rings of lightening!"

Strobes and sparks of lightening appeared from his arms down his knuckles as he delivered a fatal punch that bounced back, shattering the other three assassins nearby.

Liling brandished her sword, leaning backwards to dodge an assassin's sword before driving hers through it's chest. Another charged towards her she hit him under the jaw but he swung at her. Daiyu shrugged her shoulder up and swinged her sword and cut it's head off.

Jiang brought small daggers, throwing it at three to his left and the two at his right, aiming for the skull and pinning them against the nearest tree.

Shufen kicked an assassin hard in the face, punched through the lower bone of it's eye socket with the butt of his sword he staggered back with blood dripping down it's cheek, zixin aimed for their head, making it pop off with his phoenix force.

"Blades of lotus!" Daiyu swipped at five of them at a speed as quick as lightening.

The more they killed the more they multiplied it seemed like the endless cycle of fighting wouldn't come to an edn. Shufen turned towards her.

"Liling! Burn your qi."

She shook her head in disagreement, anxiety coursing through her. The mere thought made her steps falter, giving an assassin beside her the chance to cut through her shoulder. She whimpered in pain before flying through the air, levitating a nearby dagger she pierced it's heart.

"Burn your qi already! And let's get this over with." Jiang said agitatedly.

"I can't!"

"You can Liling. Focus," Daiyu said calmly.

Just when they'd thought the day couldn't get any more worse, the assassins ran back, falling in line when a loud hiss echoed through the forest and the icy fingers of ice held them in it's cold embrace she heard the team burning their qi.

Adjusting his footings and ready to attack, Shufen stretched out his hand to summon his qi. "Flames ignite!"

"Clouds of mist!" Suddenly a great mist surrounded him.

"Lotus shield." A flower-like shield appeared right in front of her.

"Whip of lightening," the lightening from his fingers form some sort of whip he held unto it with a menacing look plastered on his face