A group of people were currently advancing through the water forests of the two prefectures. In order to avoid being discovered by the Qin Dynasty, they all flew close to the ground as they flew towards their destination.
Their destination was the Wilderness River of the Shunshui Prefecture. When they arrived at the river, they would dive down and wait for the Qin Dynasty's vanguard to pass by. Then, they would catch them off guard and kill them.
This group was naturally led by the treacherous Eighth Elder. Lin Qian was also in this group.
Fang Ziqian, Li Yunfeng, and Yang Tianhao didn't follow along. The three elders had other things they needed them to do.
As for Lei Qian and Gao Benli, Lin Qian had already ordered them to lead a group of the Hua Xia Empire's soldiers to attack the three border cities of the Shunshui Prefecture.
The Qin Dynasty's army was gathered behind the three border cities. As long as they took down the three cities, it would be equivalent to dragging the battlefront into the Qin Dynasty's territory. To the Qin Dynasty, it would be quite a heavy blow.
The Eighth Elder, who was walking at the front, would occasionally turn his head to look at Lin Qian. When he saw how relaxed Lin Qian was, the Eighth Elder smiled and turned his head back.
However, when he looked up ahead, his expression was cold, "What a daring brat. You actually dared to humiliate me in front of so many people. This time, you'll die a tragic death."
"When the time comes, I'll bring Lin Qian's head to the Qin Emperor. It should be a great merit. At the very least, he'll be made a marquis and be in charge of an entire prefecture. Hahaha."
The Eighth Elder couldn't help but grow excited when he thought of that. His footsteps became much lighter as he led the group towards the predetermined location.
After entering the Shunshui Prefecture's territory, the group directly dove into the Wilderness River. The surging river water didn't affect their bodies at all.
The Eighth Elder led the group to the spacious riverbed of the Wilderness River. Everyone stuck close to the riverbed and quietly prepared for the arrival of the Qin Dynasty's vanguard.
"Why do I feel a little uneasy?" At that moment, the Walkabout Sect's Grand Elder felt a little vexed. He kept feeling that something bad was about to happen.
Just as he was thinking about this, intense Soul Power undulations suddenly spread out from above. Following that, Soul Power attacks pierced through the river water and shot towards them.
The sudden attack caught everyone by surprise and they hurriedly dodged in all directions.
"Charge!" At this moment, someone used his soul power to block off the river water and shouted loudly, his voice echoing throughout the entire river.
Hearing those words, everyone stopped hesitating. One by one, they activated their Soul Power, broke through the river, and charged out.
However, when they rushed above the Wilderness River and saw the scene around them, their expressions changed.
Unknowingly, the surroundings were filled with soldiers from the Qin Dynasty. The golden patterns on their armor made it very obvious who they were.
The vanguard of the Qin Dynasty.
Everyone stared at the scene in front of them, unable to react for a moment. What in the world was happening? Shouldn't they be the ones ambushing the vanguard of the Qin Dynasty?
No matter how one looked at the situation, it seemed that they had fallen into the enemy's ambush.
"How could the news be leaked?!" Seeing the vanguard surrounding them, the First Elder's face darkened. He couldn't understand what had happened.
The news of this operation should have been extremely confidential. How did the people from the Qin Dynasty know about it? Furthermore, they had ambushed them instead.
"There's a spy!" These three words immediately appeared in the Great Elder's mind. He constantly looked around, wanting to know who the person who betrayed them was.
When the people from the other three factions saw the situation, despair appeared on their faces.
This time, they had only brought a hundred thousand people. However, the Qin Dynasty's vanguard that had ambushed them had nearly three hundred thousand people.
If the two sides were to fight head-on, the three factions would have no chance of victory.
"There's no need to look. The spy is the Eighth Elder." Seeing that the first elder was still looking suspiciously at the crowd, Lin Qian only felt that it was a little funny and directly said.
Lin Qian's words immediately caused the First Elder and the people around him to be incomparably shocked. They all looked in his direction.
It wasn't just them. Even the Eighth Elder, who was actually a member of the Qin Dynasty, looked in Lin Qian's direction with a face full of surprise.
This was because he knew that right now, he pretended to be panicking and didn't rush to jump out. How did Lin Qian see through him?
At that moment, when the Eighth Elder saw Lin Qian look at him with a smile that didn't seem like a smile, he suddenly felt that Lin Qian already knew his identity.
However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it wasn't very likely.
If Lin Qian already knew his identity, then why would he follow him to his death?
"Eighth Elder!" At the same time, the First Elder also looked at the other party in disbelief. He slowly shook his head, not daring to believe what Lin Qian had said.
However, what disappointed him was that the Eighth Elder had already left their group and came to the side of the vanguard.
"That's right, I am indeed a member of the Qin Dynasty. Long before Li Xiao Tian became the Sect Leader, I was sent by the Qin Emperor to live in your territory. Then, I entered the Sect and climbed up step by step."
"So that one day, I would be able to contribute to the Qin Dynasty."
"Now that I have done it, you can no longer escape. Winning the first battle and taking Lin Qian's head is a great achievement, hahaha."
At this point, the Eighth Elder couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh as if he was extremely proud of himself.
Hearing the Eighth Elder's words, many people's faces turned ashen. Sending a spy from the Qin Dynasty to ambush the Qin Dynasty's vanguard was simply seeking death.
The First Elder's entire body trembled with anger as he stared at the laughing Eighth Elder. He wanted nothing more than to immediately rush up and skin the other party alive.
However, he still endured it. Right now, he needed to do his best so that the others could leave, especially Lin Qian.
Before leaving, the three elders had warned him that he had to protect Lin Qian, even if it meant sacrificing his life!
"I already told you to leave everything to the Hua Xia Empire. Don't come and cause trouble, but you didn't listen." At this moment, Lin Qian's voice suddenly rang out, causing the people of the three factions to glare angrily at him.
Now that everyone was in a desperate situation, Lin Qian still dared to say such a thing.
"The Hua Xia Empire? Is it that small kingdom in the Linhai Prefecture? I heard that they recently defeated five neighboring prefectures. Do you really think that you can defeat the Qin Dynasty with such a small achievement? " The vanguard general next to the Eighth Elder sneered. "For the armies of the Hua Xia Empire, even if a million people came, I'm afraid that we would only need 1,000 people to deal with them."
"Hahaha …" After the general finished speaking, the soldiers behind him all roared with laughter.
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