Hyacinth's Camp
Defeating Hyacinth was very satisfying, but it was not the most important thing to Xia Fei.
What was important was how to subdue this group and make them work for him. That was Xia Fei's main goal in coming to the Exiled Grounds.
Just as Xia Fei was about to show his conciliatory approach and convince these impersonators, the alarm went off one after another!
At first, only one person received the alarm, but a few seconds later, the terminal on everyone's wrist rang!
"Seems like Hyacinth is in trouble. What should we do?" Seth whispered into Xia Fei's ear.
"These people are useful to me, so I'll have to protect them at the crucial moment. Let's wait and see what happens first," Xia Fei whispered.
Seth rolled up his sleeves and patted his chest to assure Xia Fei. Xia Fei ignored him. He had never been interested in swearing loyalty, and what mattered was action. Making extravagant promises only proved that someone had a good mouth and nothing else.
"The Shepherdians are here!"
"Those despicable fellows actually ambushed us while we're not at the base!"
"What are you all standing around for? Hurry up and go back!"
After reading the message from the terminal, the crowd became flustered.
There were two major impersonator tribes in the Exiled Grounds, the Shepherdians and the Purpleblood.
As the saying went, those of the same trade were enemies. The two impersonators did not get along well with each other, and fights often broke out. You stab me, I hit you with a stick, and such things had not stopped for many years.
Hyacinth was the top organization in the Purpleblood Tribe, and they had become the key to the revival of the Purpleblood Rockies. They had taken down many of the Shepherdians' clients over the past twenty years, and they were in the limelight for a while.
The Shepherdians had been retreating, and their business was not as good as before. They had almost reached the point where they had no money to eat. They hated their old enemies, the Purpleblood Tribe, to the bone, and Hyacinth hated them even more.
Unfortunately, Hyacinth was very cautious, and their members were usually scattered all over the place, rarely gathering together like today. Though the Shepherdians had found out where Hyacinth lived, they had never had the chance to make a move. After all, Hyacinth was the face of the Purpleblood Tribe, and if they could not get rid of them once and for all, they were bound to suffer a frenzied retaliation.
That was why the Shepherdian had been waiting for the right moment to come, and it just so happened that Xia Fei had come today, which led to a chaotic battle. The hundred or so people before him were all elites of Hyacinth, and they had been gathered to deal with Xia Fei at the last minute.
The camp was empty, with the elite members gathered by the wooden bridge outside the bamboo forest. The Shepherdian believed that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally arrived. As long as he could wipe out Hyacinth in one fell swoop, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Purple Blood Tribe.
A sneak attack that had been planned for a long time finally unfolded, with the Shepherdians sneaking in under the guise of the Arhat Mercenary Group, attempting to wipe out Hyacinth in one fell swoop!
It had to be said that the Shepherdians were quite astute. The Chief Arhat Mercenary Group was an independently registered mercenary group, with more than ninety percent of its members coming from the Shepherdians. If Hyacinth were to be wiped out by the mercenary group, it would be very difficult for the Purple Blood Tribe to vent their anger on the Shepherdians. After all, this mercenary group was relatively independent and had little to do with the Shepherdians in name. Regardless of the outcome, the Shepherdians would be able to clear their name from the plan to attack Hyacinth.
The crowd was in an uproar as everyone requested to return to the headquarters. Hyacinth had just lost to Xia Fei, and his mind was in a mess, so he had no idea how to respond to the headquarters' distress signal.
"Alright, we'll immediately organize a counterattack! Kappa, take your men as the vanguard and get ready to launch a surprise attack. The rest of you, follow me and support the flanks! " Hyacinth was, after all, someone who had been through a lot, so he very quickly adjusted himself and calmly issued his orders.
The Purple Blood Rockies and the Shepherdians were mortal enemies, and now that they had charged into their home base, everyone was worried about the situation of their families while rubbing their palms, ready to go all out!
Xia Fei shook his head and coldly laughed. "If you all really counterattack, I'm afraid that you'll fall right into the Shepherdians' trap."
His voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally piercing in the midst of the crowd's agitation.
"My wife and children are both in the camp! You sure make it sound easy! "
"What trap? The Shepherdians have always been known for their savagery, a bunch of brainless muscleheads! "
"We must save the camp no matter what. My entire fortune is there."
Some were worried about their families, some were worried about their wealth, and some looked down on the Shepherdians. There were over a hundred elite impersonators, yet not a single one of them realized that something was amiss. Xia Fei was somewhat disappointed, but this was ultimately related to their own interests, so it was very difficult for them to be like Xia Fei and watch from the sidelines, making a quick and calm analysis.
"Brother Ah Fei, though the lives of three generations of us have been lost to you, now that our base is under attack and the situation is extremely urgent, we'll definitely give you an explanation once we get out of here!" Hyacinth said loudly.
Xia Fei's eyes turned cold as he berated, "Fool! What use is a dead Hyacinth to me? If you want to die, it's very simple. Don't drag your family down with you and trust your tribesmen to be your scapegoat! As the leader of the team, you can't lose your cool at any time. Look at yourself right now; what's the difference between you and a stray dog?! "
Xia Fei's words were rather harsh, but it actually made Hyacinth realize that it was useless to persuade someone when they were rash. All he could do was beat them down with a stick, to wake them up from their stupor.
Hyacinth was the spiritual leader of the entire team, so to be scolded by Xia Fei in front of all the members was quite a vicious blow!
"We Hyacinth don't need you interfering in our affairs!"
"I support Brother Hyacinth's decision. Even if he wants me to die, I won't say a word!"
No one believed Xia Fei, and everyone began to suspect that Xia Fei had some ulterior motive for not allowing them to return. Though Hyacinth felt that there was something fishy about the matter, he began to feel his blood boiling under the egging of his subordinates.
Xia Fei lit a cigarette and calmly asked, "How many people are in the base, and who are they?"
"Our parents and family are all in the base! They don't have the ability to protect themselves, and every minute they delay will put their families in more danger! Brother Hyacinth, hurry up and make a decision! "The man with the biggest build was on the verge of tears, and everyone was feeling extremely upset.
Xia Fei said in a deep voice, "It's very obvious that the Shepherdians' attack was meticulously planned. The base that was guarded by a bunch of old, weak, and disabled actually managed to survive, even allowing them to send out a distress signal? You all actually believed such an obvious scheme? To think that you all are impersonators, only to be fooled by a simple encirclement to attack reinforcements after spending your entire life doing this! "
* Shing! *
Everyone felt their scalps go numb. Xia Fei was right. There were only two to three hundred old people and children in the base. Putting aside the fact that the Shepherdians had already set up a trap, even a normal mercenary group would have been able to easily take down the base if they had attacked with all their might, so there was no way they would have given them the time to send out a distress signal.
Xiang Zhuangwu's sword intent was clear, and the reason why the Shepherdians surrounded the base and did not kill them was because they were waiting for Hyacinth to return so that they could capture them all in one fell swoop!
If there were no surprises, Hyacinth's base would have already set up a trap, waiting for them to return!
"There's indeed something fishy about this. There's no powerful person guarding the base, so there's no way they can stop the Shepherdians' attack."
"Then what should we do? We can't just watch as the Shepherdians slaughter our families, can we? "
"Even if it's a trap, we still have to return! My old mother is still in the base! "
Xia Fei fiercely stamped out his cigarette, saying, "Fools! It's precisely because of this that the enemy dared to openly surround the base. If you return, you'll fall right into the enemy's trap!
"The Shepherdians' target is you all. If you don't return, your families will still be able to live for a few more minutes, but if you show yourselves, you'll all be wiped out! If anyone thinks that their families have lived too long, feel free to return! "
Everyone was speechless. Xia Fei's words were very harsh, but they were reasonable, and no one could refute them.
"Then what should we do?"
Xia Fei took a look at the time and said in a deep voice, "It's been two minutes. Once the Shepherdians realize that you've seen through their scheme, they'll surely slaughter everyone in the base and retreat. There's only one way out now that things have come to this."
"What way?"
"I'll go!" Xia Fei's tone was firm. "I'm not of the Purple Blood Tribe, so the Shepherdians might think that I'm just an ordinary visitor and won't immediately start a massacre. Gather everyone and stay here, awaiting my orders."
Some people were born to be leaders, and the more dangerous the situation was, the more obvious this calm temperament would be. Xia Feis words exuded a sense of dignity that could not be rejected. Although he was not that old, it did not stop him from having a decisive heart.
"What's your plan?"
"I'll act according to the circumstances," Xia Fei said softly.
Acting according to the circumstances meant that he did not have a plan at all. Everyone was speechless. Though they were filled with worry, they could not come up with a more reasonable plan.
"What are you all waiting for?! Give me the coordinates of the base immediately! Then inform everyone you can get in touch with! Prepare to counterattack! "Xia Fei glared as he coldly said, his powerful aura spreading in all directions!
…
Hyacinth's base was at the foot of a snowy mountain. It was winter at the peak, spring at the waist, and summer at the foot of the mountain.
* Whoosh ~ *
The spatial passage opened, and Xia Fei stretched lazily as he walked out of it. He looked completely unscathed, though there was some fatigue on his face, as if he was a traveler who had just passed by after a long and arduous journey.
There was a village at the foot of the snowy mountain. Logically speaking, Hyacinth was the top impersonator organization in Exiled Grounds, and they had many enemies that they were on bad terms with. Their base should have been set up like a military bunker, yet this village was filled with wooden structures, and its defenses were a complete mess.
The Purple Blood Rockies were nomadic people, and they did not believe that a sturdy fortress could defend them against external enemies. The most effective way was to change their base every once in a while, moving between different parts of the Star River. This was also the foreshadowing of the ambush this time.
Xia Fei appeared to be a little clumsy as he walked with heavy steps toward the base with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. His eyes, however, were secretly observing his surroundings.
"There's no less than a hundred people hiding in the base, three hundred near the mound at the foot of the snowy mountain, two hundred in the river, and five hundred in the forest. That's a total of eleven hundred Shepherdian warriors. I'm sure the people in the base are preparing to slaughter the old, weak, women, and children. The real fighting force is all around us, surrounding us from three sides.
"As soon as Hyacinth returns, they'll start a massacre in the base and the grassland outside. It won't even take five minutes to wipe them all out. The Shepherdians sure have some tricks up their sleeves," Oro said in a deep voice.
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