As soon as they heard the words' Boundless Bandits', all the mercenaries' expressions changed drastically.
"Boundless Bandits!" Jianchen's brows furrowed deeply. He was no stranger to the Boundless Bandits. Back then, whether it was in the library of Changyang Prefecture or in the library of Kargath Academy, he had read about the Boundless Bandits. According to the description of the Boundless Bandits in the books, they were extremely powerful and had existed for over two hundred years.
Two hundred years ago, when the Boundless Bandits were first born, they were already very powerful and would often appear in the borders of the surrounding kingdoms. At that time, the Boundless Bandits were a nightmare to all the caravans. This was because the Boundless Bandits were very ruthless. They never left any caravans alive after robbing them, and countless merchants and mercenaries had died at their hands. Moreover, the Boundless Bandits would occasionally attack some villages and cities with weak defenses. There was once a time when two grade-3 cities were plundered by the Boundless Bandits, while a grade-2 city was attacked by the Boundless Bandits. Although they did not manage to capture the grade-2 city in the end, they still caused a lot of casualties in the grade-2 city. More than a dozen villages were massacred. At that time, the Boundless Bandits had caused a bloodbath in the surrounding kingdoms, causing caravans to not dare to go to remote places and causing great losses to the various kingdoms.
Because of this, the four kingdoms — the Kingdom of Gesun, the Kingdom of Blue Moon, the Kingdom of Wind, and the Kingdom of Walla — had gone to war. After sending people to investigate the Boundless Bandits' lair, they had sent troops to encircle and annihilate the Boundless Bandits several times. Unfortunately, the Boundless Bandits' strength was beyond everyone's expectations. Every encirclement and annihilation by the various kingdoms ended in failure and heavy casualties.
After a few failed encirclements and annihilations, the various kingdoms actually sent out a top expert at the same time. A total of four top experts were gathered to head to the Boundless Bandits' stronghold — the Boundless Mountains. Not long after the top experts of the four kingdoms entered the Boundless Mountains, an earth-shattering explosion was heard from the depths of the mountains. The entire Boundless Mountains shook and collapsed. The explosion lasted for a full day and night before it gradually calmed down. During this time, six towering peaks of the Boundless Mountains collapsed.
When the top experts of the four kingdoms came out, the four of them did not look very good. They left without saying anything. Within a day, the commanders of the four kingdoms who encircled the Boundless Mountains received an order from the King to immediately withdraw their troops and stop the encirclement and annihilation of the Boundless Mountains.
Although no one saw with their own eyes what happened after the top experts of the four kingdoms entered the depths of the Boundless Mountains, anyone with half a brain could guess what exactly happened. This outcome was unacceptable to all the mercenaries and merchant groups. From then on, the Boundless Bandits' reputation rose to a peak. In the hearts of some mercenaries and merchants, the Boundless Bandits had become the incarnation of the Grim Reaper, deterring the surrounding kingdoms.
However, the only thing that made everyone feel fortunate was that after the incident with the top experts of the four kingdoms, the Boundless Bandits had become much more low-key. Although there were still many merchants and mercenaries who died in their hands every year, the Boundless Bandits' appearance was not as frequent as before. They would only appear once a month and their methods were not as ruthless as before. This gave many merchants a chance to survive. However, the only downside was that the Boundless Bandits' appearance was uncertain. Therefore, even if some merchant groups wanted to avoid the Boundless Bandits, they could not figure out the exact time.
"Damn it, so what if it's the Boundless Bandits? I'll still chop off their heads." A mercenary glared at the Boundless Bandits in the distance with eyes full of hatred, not showing the slightest fear.
In addition to him, many other mercenaries were also looking at the Boundless Bandits with eyes full of deep hatred and resentment. The Boundless Bandits had run amok in this area, robbing countless merchant groups and killing countless merchants and mercenaries over the years. Therefore, many of these mercenaries had relatives and friends who had died in the hands of the Boundless Bandits. In the hearts of these mercenaries, there was only deep hatred for the Boundless Bandits, and not the slightest bit of fear.
As mercenaries who lived on the edge of the blade all year round, there were also many hot-blooded and unyielding men among them. Not everyone was afraid of death.
"More than a decade ago, my father died in the hands of the Boundless Bandits. Today, I'll avenge my father." A mercenary in his twenties stared at the approaching Boundless Mercenary Group with bloodshot eyes. His tone was filled with grief, indignation, and intense hatred.
A burly man with a valiant body and a bare upper body had eyes full of strong killing intent. He gritted his teeth and said: "Boundless Bandits, you killed my elder brother five years ago. Today, even if I have to sacrifice my life, I'll drag you down with me and avenge my elder brother. "
The black light was still flashing. In just a short while, a few more mercenaries who were shooting arrows fell under this strange black light. The rest of the mercenaries found cover to avoid the black light, which was difficult to guard against, while shooting arrows at the rapidly approaching bandits.
Seeing that the bandits were getting closer and closer, many of the mercenaries began to panic. The name 'Boundless Bandits' had a huge impact on them. Many of them were scared out of their wits, and they didn't even have the courage to resist. After all, not everyone was fearless of death. There were still some among them who were timid and afraid of death.
Noticing the situation of the mercenaries, a middle-aged man had a look of worry in his eyes. He shouted, "Don't be afraid, everyone. This is just a small unit of the Boundless Bandits. They are not necessarily stronger than us. As long as we work together, we will definitely be able to defeat them. Otherwise, the only thing that awaits us is death. Brothers, let's give it our all for the sake of survival."
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, some of the cowardly mercenaries couldn't help but feel emboldened. These words were extremely motivating to some of them. Only by fighting would there be hope for survival. At this moment, the strong desire to survive made many of the mercenaries abandon the fear in their hearts and decide to fight to the death.
The mercenaries tried their best to dodge the black light that was shooting at them from afar while shooting at the bandits in front of them with their bows and arrows. After nearly a hundred people fell, the Boundless Bandits finally arrived in front of a group of mercenaries. At this time, the bows in the mercenaries' hands had already lost their effectiveness. All of the mercenaries abandoned their bows and arrows and summoned their Holy Weapons to fight the Boundless Bandits.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
Battle cries shook the sky from the crowd. The collision of weapons was densely packed, and miserable shrieks were constantly heard. Behind the bandits, in the darkness that couldn't be seen with the naked eye, black light constantly streaked through the air. Every time, it would accurately hit a mercenary. In just a short period of time, dozens of mercenaries had already died to this black light.
"Leader and the others are being held back by the enemy experts. Carlo, Ge Seng, Myr, the three of you come with me. We must hold back the three people hiding in the dark and shooting arrows." In the chaotic battlefield, a mercenary in armor shouted. As soon as he finished speaking, he leaped into the air and rushed in the direction of the black light.
Just as the middle-aged man in armor left, another three mercenaries followed closely behind him and leaped into the air. Using the heads of the bandits as leverage, they rushed in the direction of the black light.
Facing the four mercenaries who had leaped over their heads, the hundreds of bandits were actually helpless. Although the Boundless Bandit Group's ferocious reputation had intimidated several kingdoms in the vicinity, this time, only a small group of bandits had come. Moreover, they weren't elites. The strongest among them had been blocked by the dozen or so experts who had rushed over earlier. At this moment, there was simply no one who could stop these four mercenaries who were not weak.
Three black lights once again shot towards the four mercenaries from the darkness in the distance. Clearly, the three people with darkness attribute Saint Force hiding in the distance had discovered the intentions of the four mercenaries.
Just as the three black streaks shot out, another three black streaks appeared. A total of six streaks of black streaks lined up in two rows and shot towards the four mercenaries at an extremely fast speed without making a sound.
The strength of these four mercenaries wasn't weak. They were far stronger than the mercenaries on guard duty. A weapon appeared in their hands at the same time, and they swung their weapons at the incoming black light. When the two collided, the black light shattered and dissipated. The speed of the four mercenaries was only a little slower, and they continued to rush in the direction of the black light. The four of them were very clear that if they didn't get rid of the three people hiding in the dark, it would bring a huge loss to their camp.
Although the three mercenary groups had several hundred people in total, they could only be regarded as a low level mercenary group in the mercenary world of the Tian Yuan Continent. Most of the mercenaries in the groups were still at the level of Saints and Great Saints. There were even very few people who had reached the level of Saint Masters. Only the captains and vice-captains possessed the strength of Great Saint Masters. However, the three captains and vice-captains had already been occupied by the bandits in the enemy camp, so they were unable to deal with the three archers.
As expected, when the four experts disappeared from everyone's sight, the black lights no longer shot over. It did not matter if the four experts were able to keep the three archers busy or not, they had at least bought some precious time for the mercenaries. After all, the black lights were silent and difficult to detect under the cover of the night. They were extremely fast as well, so some of the weaker mercenaries were unable to dodge them at all.
Without any potential danger, the mercenaries no longer needed to be on guard against the black lights that could shoot at them at any time. They all unleashed their full battle prowess, clashing with the bandits in an intense battle.
At that moment, all the mercenaries cast aside their fear of the bandits. For the sake of survival, for the sake of survival, all of them did their best to kill the bandits, all for the sake of obtaining the final victory.
Deafening cries filled the battlefield as the sounds of weapons colliding constantly rang out. Blood quickly dyed the ground red from the splattering blood. In just a short while of battle, over a dozen people from both sides had already collapsed.
Jianchen had now joined the battle as well. Even though he was only a Saint, his battle prowess would definitely shock everyone. Jianchen used profound footwork as he dodged the attacks from all directions. A silver sword that was only two fingers wide and one meter long constantly stabbed out with lightning-like speed. His sword stabbed out so quickly that only a tiny flash of silver could be seen. It was impossible to see the sword with the naked eye.
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