Chapter 169: Killing Three Birds with One Stone (1/2)
The night was dark and windy, and outside the hunting city, a group of people wearing black night clothes were approaching quickly.
The group didn't stop until they were about a hundred feet away from the hunting city.
The two leaders, one with a knife and the other with a gun, were discussing how to attack the city.
"According to the plan, we will quietly control the city gate later, and then find out the location of the innate warrior guarding the city. Then we will need the two of us to work together to kill that guy."
The person who spoke was the man who wielded the gun, the innate warrior of the Jin family, Jin Fengguang.
Li Yan was quite impressed by him. He could be said to have mastered his marksmanship to a great level.
In the early innate stage, he is considered a relatively powerful master.
"Okay, let's go according to the plan, but I haven't fought with a warrior of the same level for a long time. I have to rely on Brother Fengguang to take care of me later."
The sword wielder who replied was an innate warrior from the four major families, the Chen family, named Chen Zhiye.
Jin Fengguang naturally said politely: "Brother Zhiye, you're welcome. Your skill of [Shocking Waves Sword Technique] is famous in Linjiang City. I, a younger generation, can't take care of it."
"On the contrary, you should take more care of me."
In this way, the two exchanged commercial compliments for a period of time before going to war.
It is not meaningless to do this. It can relieve the tension in the hearts of the two people, adjust their mentality, and be better prepared for the subsequent battle.
After a while, the two stopped talking and looked at each other. Then Jin Fengguang said to the group of people behind him: "Attack and occupy the city wall."
Everyone nodded silently, and then set off, approaching the hunting city at an extremely fast speed.
The city wall of Hunting City is not high, only four to five feet high. At this height, any blood-exchange realm warrior can jump onto the city wall with one leap.
So, more than 20 people jumped directly onto the city wall without using any strength on the city wall.
Li Yan was among the twenty or so people, serving as a team leader.
The entire team, excluding the two innate warriors, has a total of twenty-eight people. Four people work in groups, with three blood exchanges and one viscera in each group.
Li Yan has three blood-changing warriors under his command, one from the Jin family, one from the Chen family, and one from the Lieyan Martial Arts School.
Once you jump onto the wall, the battle begins.
The soldiers who were dozing off suddenly saw a figure appearing in front of them.
Before he could make any reaction, he was already killed, and then he leaned against the wall carefully without letting him fall to the ground and making a sound.
The gap in cultivation between them was so great that hundreds of soldiers on this wall were all killed in less than ten breaths of time.
During this period, although there was some noise, it was small and did not wake up the sleeping soldiers in the city.
"Follow closely. We are responsible for cleaning the northern city wall. If we encounter enemies, we will kill them directly without leaving any survivors. Do you understand?"
Li Yan stood next to a soldier whose neck was broken and said to the three people behind him.
The three people nodded quickly and replied: "Understood."
Seeing this, Li Yan turned around and rushed north along the city wall.
There are four walls in a county, and the walls are all connected to each other, but where they are connected, there will be a locked iron gate blocking them.
When Li Yan and the others quickly arrived at the gate, they found that there were people guarding both sides of the gate, and they needed to kill everyone on both sides at the same time.
Li Yan's solution to this problem was simple. He signaled the three people behind him to deal with the soldiers here.
And he himself turned over and came to the outside of the city wall, inserted his fingers into the masonry wall, and hung on the outside of the city wall to move.
In this way, when Li Yan came to the north wall and instantly killed two soldiers leaning against the gate, he also killed two soldiers guarding the gate on the opposite side.
Li Yan didn't look for the key on the soldier. He squeezed it casually and the lock on the door shattered into pieces of scrap metal.
After opening the door, the four of them got together again.
"Pay attention to our goal, not speed, but stealth."
"I don't ask you how to kill those soldiers quickly, but how you kill them quietly. Do you understand?"
After hearing Li Yan's instructions, everyone had serious expressions on their faces and nodded to express their understanding.
Today the moon is blocked by clouds and the earth is dark.
On the city wall, only every ten feet away, there would be a brazier filled with wood, releasing light and heat.
Generally, there will be three to five people guarding such a brazier.
One person is on guard duty, one person is watching to ensure that the fire in the brazier is not extinguished, and one to three people are resting, waiting for their turn.
With the eyesight of these soldiers, they were basically unable to see clearly the darkness beyond the light of the brazier.
Such an environment naturally created great conveniences for Li Yan and the four of them.
Therefore, Li Yan and the others succeeded many times along the way and never failed.
Until almost all the people on this wall were killed.
The remaining two people were guarding the iron gate leading to the southern city wall, and Li Yan did not touch them.
"Let's all take a rest and wait for news from the city."
Li Yan and the other three people sat quietly on the city wall, quietly waiting for news from the city.
During this period, Li Yan met his companions in charge of the south city wall. They all used bows and arrows to kill the four soldiers guarding both sides of the iron gate in an instant.
After that, the gate connecting the north and south walls opened, and the two sides joined together.
"Do you have any information?"
Li Yan asked directly.
The other party replied: "One thing, the two Xiantian adults have already obtained the location of the enemy Xiantian and have rushed over."
Then, the two sides chatted quietly while looking into the city, as if waiting for something.
The crowd waited for more than a quarter of an hour, and the light of true energy suddenly appeared in the center of the city.
If it weren't for the darkness of the hunting city at this time, it would not be possible to see the light at such a distance.
Then, along with the light, there were bursts of huge noises.
Obviously, the three Xiantian warriors have started fighting.
After a while, the three figures that were originally entangled suddenly separated.
One of the figures, with a yellow light, flew into the sky and rushed towards Li Yan quickly.
Behind the yellow light figure were two figures, one white and one blue, following closely behind it, and the distance between the two sides was very close.
"It seems that the two innate masters need our help!"
Among the eight people, another team leader besides Li Yan said with a smile.
Li Yan also smiled and took off the longbow behind him: "Start preparing, they are very fast."
"Okay."
As this sounded, the eight people took off the longbows behind them and put iron arrows on them.
Not only them, but others who could reach the north wall were on their way.
Moreover, everyone had a longbow behind them.
These longbows are specially used to deal with this situation, to block and harass hostile innate warriors.
After all, in a static battle, the acquired warriors will kill the innate warriors in seconds.
But long-range attacks, as long as the force is enough, can make the innate warriors afraid.
So, when the innate warrior of the [Red Blood Camp] was only a few dozen feet away from the city wall and was about to cross the city wall.
A series of breaking wind sounds came from below him.
Although he was filled with hatred, he was afraid that if he did not deal with these powerful arrows, he would be injured, or even die if he was hit in the vitals.
So, these continuous arrows successfully stopped his steps.
It also created more time for the two people chasing behind.
Finally, Li Yan shot all ten arrows, and Jin Fengguang and Chen Zhiye finally caught up.
At this point, the overall situation was determined.
When the innate warrior of the [Red Blood Camp] finally shouted: "We, the Red Blood Army, will not let you go", he was also blown up by Linkong.
It was Jin Fengguang's spear that blew him up.
After killing this person, their mission was completed, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, it was time for each of them to collect the spoils.
They had about half an hour to plunder the wealth of the city, and then they had to rush to the base camp of the [Red Blood Camp] - Wanhua County.
Li Yan was only interested in the collection of the innate warrior who was blown up, but it was obviously reserved by Jin Fengguang and Chen Zhiye, and he had no chance to get his hands on it.
So he had to follow the others, killing people in the [Red Blood Camp] camp while collecting the wealth that he didn't care much about in the [Red Blood Camp] camp.
When the [Red Blood Camp] camp was burning with a raging fire, everyone left the hunting city.
I just don't know what the city lord of the hunting city would feel when he returns to the hunting city again and sees the mess of the hunting city.
After everyone left the hunting city, because there was no task, plus the wealth they had just obtained, everyone was full of energy and smiling.
In this way, while comparing the wealth they had robbed with each other, they galloped towards Wanhua County.
Finally, at 10:00 am the next day, they arrived at the predetermined location.
It was a dense forest, more than 30 miles away from Wanhua County.
At this time, a clearing has been opened up in the woods, and there are many tents that have been built on the clearing.
Some people are cooking to entertain a group of people who have just arrived here.
"Fengguang, you are back too. How is it? Have you completed the mission?"
The second elder of the Jin family, Jin Fengxiao, a mid-stage innate warrior, came to greet them.
He is also the commander-in-chief of this operation.
"It is completed, and the harvest is good."
Jin Fengguang responded with a smile.
Obviously, the innate warrior of the [Red Blood Camp] has collected a lot of good things, which makes Jin Fengguang still in a good mood.
Jin Fengxiao did not explore in depth what benefits Jin Fengguang got, but treated everyone to a hot breakfast.
After breakfast, you can go to catch up on your sleep. The next action will be in the evening.
They have enough time to replenish their spirits and adjust their status.
While eating breakfast, Li Yan actually saw an acquaintance, the third elder of Guiyuan Sect.
Li Yan just glanced at the third elder of Guiyuan Sect and did not continue to keep his eyes on him.
He thought to himself, "Sure enough, are the people from Guiyuan Sect also involved?"
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"Yes, Wanhua County is right next to Guiyuan Sect. The Jin family will not fail to ask Guiyuan Sect for help."
"The Scarlet Blood Battalion is currently in a stalemate with the Guiyuan Sect. A wave of reinforcements suddenly arrived. The Guiyuan Sect may be ecstatic."
This was also Li Yan's second purpose, to pull Guiyuan Sect out of the quagmire of war.
Li Yan slept in the tent for half a day, ate something in the afternoon and inquired about the latest news.
The latest news is that all five counties occupied by the [Red Blood Camp] have been captured, and no accidents occurred during the period.
In fact, due to the gap in absolute strength, except for the five Blood Exchange Realm warriors, who were unlucky and were instantly killed by the Yunzang Realm warriors from the [Red Blood Camp].
There were no other fatalities.
There were more than ten people injured, most of whom were blood exchange realm warriors.
These people did not need to participate in the final battle, so they stayed where they were to recuperate and waited for the [Red Blood Camp] base camp to be conquered before returning together.
Today, there are only five innate warriors in the base camp of [Red Blood Camp], while there are seventeen innate warriors on the side of the joint forces that are attacking [Red Blood Camp].
Fourteen came from Linjiang City, and three were innate warriors from the Guiyuan Sect.
It can be said that the high-end strength comparison between the two sides is already very different.
However, even so, the innate bosses are still cautious and safe, in order to prevent the other party from having any chance of comeback and escape.
A series of temporary plans were made.
Because Li Yan and the others were also required to participate, all these plans were told to Li Yan and the others.
Of course, Li Yan and the others cannot leave here before the plan begins.
Even if you are not afraid of leaking secrets, you are still afraid of alerting the enemy, so all unstable factors must be eliminated as much as possible.
The plan Li Yan learned about was actually not complicated, just two steps.
The first step was for Guiyuan Sect to launch a counterattack and send people to sneak attack Wanhua County at night.
It was said to be a sneak attack, but in fact it was a deliberate rush into the ambush of the [Red Blood Camp].
The Guiyuan Sect accidentally leaked the news about this so-called sneak attack and let the people in [Red Blood Camp] know.
When the [Red Blood Camp] proudly led the Guiyuan Sect people into a trap, Li Yan and the others were about to appear.
This is the second step, the battle of encirclement and annihilation.
Li Yan and others appeared from the rear of [Red Blood Camp], their main goal was to catch the opponent off guard.
When the people in the [Red Blood Camp] began to become confused, the people from the Guiyuan Sect who were surrounded by them were no longer prey, but turned into hunters and began to hunt.
In such an unexpected situation and under double encirclement, if the people from [Red Blood Camp] could still escape, there would be nothing to say.
All I can say is that this person’s life should not be cut off.
After hearing this series of plans, Li Yan had to confirm that the minds of these elites were still very useful.
Soon, the night was getting darker and deeper, and the plan began.
Tonight's moon was not covered by thick clouds like yesterday, but instead poured silver light onto the earth.
Commander-in-Chief Jin Fengxiao set off, and everyone set off towards the east gate of Wanhua County.
Because the people of Guiyuan Sect carried out the sneak attack at the west gate of Wanhua County.
Li Yan looked at the old woman wearing a black veil next to Jin Fengxiao with some curiosity and doubts in his heart.
"Is this the ancestor of the Jin family?"
Li Yan guessed so.
It's not surprising that he made such a guess. This person was really mysterious. Li Yan didn't see this person all day long.
When it was time to set off, she was invited out by Jin Fengxiao.
Only the older generation of the Jin family could be treated with such respect by Jin Fengxiao, an innate mid-term master of the Jin family and a person second only to the clan leader.
Such people are all members of the Jin family. Li Yan guessed that if they were invited out this time, they might be used to deal with the opponent's innate late-stage masters.
Otherwise, if you are only an innate intermediate master, there is no need to expose your own secrets.
The group of people moved very quickly, and in just a cup of tea, they arrived at a hidden location one mile away from the east gate.
"When there is movement ahead, everyone quickly captures the east city wall, then advances along the south and north walls, and finally meets at the west gate."
"Remember, whenever you encounter an enemy, kill him quickly. What we need today is speed."
"Understand?"
Jin Fengxiao's voice was low, but it echoed in everyone's ears.
Obviously, Jin Fengxiao used his true energy to restrain the sound waves, and accurately transmitted them to everyone's ears.
This can only be achieved by sending out the true energy, which Li Yan is not currently capable of.
After hearing Jin Fengxiao's words, everyone nodded in understanding, but no one made a sound.
In response, Jin Fengxiao nodded with satisfaction.
The group of people just waited and waited here.
Finally, I waited for a roar of "It's a trap, everyone, be careful."
This sound obviously also added true energy, but it was not restrained, but also dispersed.
This made the sound spread farther and louder.
Otherwise, Li Yan would not be more than ten miles away from there, and still be able to hear this sound clearly.
"Move."
Golden Wind Xiao gave an order, and everyone shot up the wall of the East City at a high speed like arrows.
Nearly two hundred people, the lowest cultivation level was the Blood Exchange Realm, and there were fourteen innate masters among them.
Such a luxurious lineup, how could these soldiers who were only at the Flesh Refining Realm block it.
In a meeting, they suddenly didn't know what happened, and they all exploded and died, blood and flesh flew everywhere.
There was no way, the gap between the two sides was too big, and the action plan this time was fast, and no one had the intention to hold back, which led to this situation.
Afterwards, nearly two hundred people were divided into two teams, one team went over the south wall, and the other team went over the north wall.
Li Yan chose the north wall.
At this moment, everyone's speed was at the limit, especially the innate master in the front, who didn't make any moves at all, but directly crashed into them.
The soldiers they hit burst like balloons.
So much so that Li Yan, who was running behind, kept feeling a lot of warm liquid and meat falling from the sky.
This situation disappeared only after reaching the destination.
At this time, he had time to observe the people around him. Sure enough, they were all blood red, and some people had a few white bone stumps on their hair, which was extremely conspicuous.
However, everyone had no time to clean up the filth on their bodies. As soon as they appeared, they rushed directly to the large group of people wearing red clothes.
Obviously, those were people from the [Red Blood Camp].
In the air, at this time, the colorful true qi and spiritual light were flashing randomly, and more than a dozen figures, surrounding five figures, were frantically releasing martial arts.
After falling to the ground, the power was much smaller, but it was still not something that ordinary warriors could resist.
"This is a trap. Who are you? Why are you attacking our Red Blood Army? Aren't you afraid of being retaliated by our Red Blood Army?"
This voice resounded throughout the battlefield.
Li Yan looked over and saw that it was indeed the commander of the Red Blood Camp, Wan Hu, who was also the only late-stage Xiantian warrior in the Red Blood Camp.
Across from him was the mysterious old woman with a veil. She replied in a gentle tone that sounded more like a lady than an old man: "According to the order of the Taoist master, we will eradicate the rebels."
After that, a white spear condensed by true energy appeared in her hand, and then she rushed forward with the spear in hand.
The battle in the sky was very fast. Seventeen to five, even the battle between Xiantian warriors would not last too long.
Sure enough, after a cup of tea, the lowest Xiantian warriors fell one after another.
After another cup of tea, there was only one Xiantian warrior from the Red Blood Camp left in the sky.
There were still fifteen Xiantian warriors from the united forces, and two of them were injured and retreated.
Finally, after another cup of tea, under the restraint of Jin Shuimiao and the full-scale attack of the six mid-stage innate warriors, the late-stage innate warrior of the [Red Blood Camp] was blown up in mid-air.
At this point, the [Red Blood Camp] can be declared dead in Linjiang City.
Those people in the [Red Blood Camp] on the ground were directly surrounded by dumplings under the two-sided encirclement, and few people escaped.
However, just when everyone finished the work and prepared to count the spoils, they found that all the good things suitable for innate warriors were gone.
For this reason, everyone was suspicious of each other for a long time.
In the end, because there was no evidence, everyone had to return to Linjiang City in a hurry.
It can be said that this operation was generally very successful, and the only drawback was that the final spoils disappeared.
However, when they were about to return to Linjiang City, they were all notified of a major event: the Zhao family was gone.
Then, the atmosphere of the originally harmonious team suddenly changed.
The innate warrior of the Zhao family, upon hearing the news, his face changed greatly, and he flew away without caring about his sadness.
The other innate warriors immediately chased after him.
"Brother Zhao, don't be in a hurry to leave. We are about to return to the city. You still owe me a meal?"
In the end, the last innate warrior of the Zhao family returned to dust.
The Zhao family in Linjiang was destroyed.
The Zhao family's property was completely divided up by these forces, which made up for the loss of the spoils that disappeared before.
And just seven days after the [Red Blood Camp] was destroyed, two bloody people came to the Linshi headquarters of the [Red Blood Fu Zhou Army] in Shannan Road.
They claimed to be from the [Red Blood Camp] in Linjiang City. One of them died of serious injuries not long after arriving at the temporary headquarters of the [Red Blood Fu Zhou Army].
The other one survived and successfully joined the [Red Blood Fu Zhou Army].
In fact, these two people are Li Yan's clones.
When the other clone died, the two clones also staged a scene of deep brotherly love and separation of life and death.
This moved some people in the [Red Blood Overthrowing Zhou Army] so much that Li Yan joined the [Red Blood Overthrowing Zhou Army] smoothly.
The dead clone dug up the grave and ran away on the night after being buried.
The clone who stayed in the [Red Blood Overthrowing Zhou Army] was very receptive to him because of this scene and his hatred for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The cultivation level of this clone has reached the peak of the internal organs, and Li Yan intends to break through to the innate state immediately.
The opportunities for breakthrough are ready-made. In hatred and sadness, the spirit is severely stimulated and breaks through.
It is very reasonable.
At this point, Li Yan's third goal was also successfully completed.