On the left side, a lookout suddenly shook off his drowsiness.
“Hey, is something moving there?”
“Hahaha, don’t scare yourself! There’s nothing except rats here. Don’t you know that for many years, no one has ever intruded here?”
The other person laughed.
“No, I thought I heard something moving.”
The previous person shook his head and said, “I’ll go and take a look.”
He rubbed his eyes, picked up his weapon, and walked outside.
But after taking a step, a cold wind blew against him, and it felt like evil spirits had surrounded him.
In the next moment, a beautiful glove had penetrated his body.
His heart vein instantly withered as if by a deadly poison.
“Who’s there!”
The other person noticed that something was wrong and was about to stand and fight.
“You don’t need to waste your effort. It would be best to obediently close your eyes and wait for death——Bone Transformation Yin Wind! Die!”
Yin Ran was Yin Ran and very experienced. It was easy for him to deal with two Rank Five Martial Vein martial masters.
Ling Xiao nodded his head.
He truly was a good comrade in arms.
On the other side, Leng Mei’s battle was similarly surprising.
Leng Mei seemed to have even more combat experience than Yin Ran did. She was like a person who had walked on the line of life and death.
When she killed people, there was no hesitation.
Two plum blossoms fluttered, and two heads fell to the ground.
“This servant was once sent to a death arena to fight to the death against other servants and demonic beasts.”
After Leng Mei walked over, she explained her skill before Ling Xiao could ask: “Therefore, killing is nothing to this servant.”
Ling Xiao nodded. He had had in fact no intention of asking.
Everyone had their own secrets.
Moreover, for Leng Mei, that death arena might be something she didn’t want to recall.
“Okay, let’s move forward.”
Ling Xiao didn’t plan to stay any longer since they didn’t need to waste much energy to kill these few people.
This first battle was also an assessment of everyone’s strength.
After all, one’s cultivation was still very different from actual combat power.
Some Peak Rank Six Martial Vein martial artists might not even be able to deal with Initial Rank Six Martial Vein martial artists when they were as ferocious as these Dream Pill traffickers.
Naturally, they killed seven this time: six Rank Five, which added up to 18 military merit points, and a Rank Six Martial Vein who was worth 4 military merit points. In total, they now had 22 points.
The allocation of these military merit points was based on the captain’s allocation, so Ling Xiao had the final say.
Ling Yixue and Leng Mei had no objections.
Naturally, Yin Ran also had no objection. If he did, he wouldn’t have joined this team.
As for how the Side General Residence would know the exact amount of military merit points, that was simple.
When each disciple of Hidden Dragon Battalion went out, they would wear a common grade artifact without any markings.
Its sole function was to record the number and strength of the martial artists killed as well as the number of Dream Pills destroyed.
Thus, it was almost impossible to cheat in this matter, and naturally, there was no fear of calculation errors.
This was how fairness was ensured; those clans of Heavenly Peak City absolutely couldn’t do this.
Afterward, Ling Xiao led his team and advanced. Along the way, they encountered nine more enemies at Rank Five Martial Vein who were easy to deal with.
Ling Yixue still hadn’t made a move. Mainly Leng Mei and Yin Ran fought while Ling Xiao helped at critical moments.
These critical moments weren’t when these two people were in danger, but rather when those victims were about to escape. Since this was a secret operation, they couldn’t let these people spread the news and get reinforcements.
After dealing with nine people, they obtained another 27 military merit points, which added up to 49 points in total.
However, this was not important. The important point was that everyone tried to cooperate, so their cooperation obviously improved from their initial understanding of each other.
Soon, the four people arrived at the deepest part of the Dream Pill Factory, the gathering site of the Dream Pill traffickers.
“Now, let’s hide here and wait. Nighttime is the most suitable time to take action.”
Ling Xiao found a secluded place and let the three people eat and rest to restore their strength.
“But we killed so many people just now! What if we are discovered?”
Yin Ran frowned.
“This location is the only passage that leads outside. I choose this place to prevent someone from snooping outside news. In any case, nighttime is almost here, so we’ll eliminate whoever passes this place. If by chance the news is exposed, we can change our plan.”
Ling Xiao replied.
He chose this place to temporarily stall for time and prevent the deaths from being known to those inside.
Naturally, there was a limit to this tactic. If it weren’t for the sky already getting dark, it would have failed, and they would have had to immediately advance.
Ling Xiao’s words made sense, so Yin Ran didn’t argue any more.
They were lucky. Until dark, only three people approached this place.
Those three people were supposed to change positions with those three previous guards.
This time, Ling Xiao didn’t assign the task to others, directly killing these three to save time.
“Let’s go, tonight, let’s thoroughly destroy this Dream Pill Factory.”
After killing the three martial artists, Ling Xiao waved his hand and advanced towards the factory.
His attack was very fast but soundless, like a ghost in the night.
The other three followed closely. Since they too were quite powerful, they weren’t left behind at all.
“Look, this factory doesn’t stop work around the clock. But at night, there are comparatively fewer guards. Other than those forced labor slaves, all other Dream Pill traffickers must die!”
Ling Xiao pointed at the flame in front of them and said in a low voice.
“Brother Ling, can you confirm how many people are there?”
Yin Ran asked.
“Other than the slaves, there are not many. Altogether, there are just 20 people, but it’s somewhat troublesome.”
Ling Xiao frowned and said.
“Why?”
Yin Ran asked again.
“There are two Martial Masters, but fortunately, both are only Initial Rank Seven Martial Vein Martial Masters. In addition, there are ten Rank Six Martial Vein martial artists, and among them, four are at Peak Rank Six Martial Vein. The remaining eight are all Rank Five Martial Vein martial artists.”
Martial Masters! There were actually two!
Yin Ran frowned.
If there were just Peak Rank Six Martial Vein martial artists, even if there were twenty of them, he wouldn’t be afraid. Even if he couldn’t defeat all of them, he was confident that he could escape unscathed.
However, there were two Initial Rank Seven Martial Vein Martial Masters here. How should they fight?
He couldn’t help but regret following a lunatic like Ling Xiao.
“Brother Ling, this is no longer something we can handle. Let’s contact the other teams to deal with this matter.”
Yin Ran suggested.
Ling Yixue was indifferent and didn’t speak.
As for Leng Mei, she also had no change in her expression, as if life or death was not important to her.
“Why, Brother Yin, are you afraid?”
Ling Xiao asked with a smile.
Yin Ran nodded honestly.
“What if those two Martial Masters didn’t exist? Would Brother Yin dare to take action?”
Ling Xiao asked again.
“If there were no Martial Masters, I don’t care about the others.”
Yin Ran was a person who had done many life or death tasks. As long as there were no Martial Masters, he truly was not afraid.
