Xiao Lingyu had asked Jiang Kui to look for him at the Imperial Beast Hall in five or six days, but three and a half days had already passed. Xiao Lingyu was unable to deliver the Devil Stones to Jiang Kui within the time limit he had promised.
He did not want to break his promise, so after asking for the location of the Heavenly Bandits, he rushed there at full speed.
Fortunately, there was a twenty-day gap between the two rounds of the competition. As long as he could make it back before the competition began, it would not be too late.
Three days after leaving the Demonic Scorpion Valley, Xiao Lingyu was less than a day's journey away from the Heavenly Bandits' location. However, he caught up with a group of bandits who were also moving at full speed.
This group of bandits was moving in the same direction as Xiao Lingyu. It seemed like they were also rushing towards the Heavenly Bandits' location. Even if they were not going for the Heavenly Bandits, they would still have to pass by the Heavenly Bandits' temporary hiding place.
There were about 150 bandits in this group of bandits. One of them was a Devil Lord in the advanced stage, two Devil Lords in the intermediate stage, and five Devil Lords in the beginner stage. With such strength, they could be considered a very strong group of bandits. If the Heavenly Bandits did not have the True Demon Stage experts, they would probably be defeated.
For such a strong group of bandits to be moving at full speed without making a sound, they must have a more important mission to carry out. Although Xiao Lingyu had no intention of interacting with this group of bandits, he still slowed down slightly and quietly followed behind them. As his cultivation level was higher, the bandits naturally could not detect his presence.
The Heavenly Bandits' current location was at the edge of a mountain range called the Qu Dang Mountain. It was said that they had joined forces with two other strong groups of bandits.
Xiao Lingyu had sent a message to ask. The group of bandits he was following was not one of the two groups that were working with the Heavenly Bandits. As for why this group of bandits had come, Zhu Jin did not know.
Of course, with Xiao Lingyu's reminder, Zhu Jin and the other leaders of the Heavenly Bandits would also make preparations to avoid being ambushed.
Just as the bandit group was about to approach Qu Dang Mountain, they suddenly stopped and found a small forest to hide, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Xiao Lingyu felt that there was something fishy about this matter. Of all the places this bandit group could have stopped, they just had to stop less than five hundred kilometers away from the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group. He reckoned that there was something fishy going on here, so he stopped as well. He then used his consciousness to cover the small forest.
Among the hundreds of people on the other side, there were no True Demon Stage existences. Naturally, no one was able to discover Xiao Lingyu's spying.
At this time, under a big tree, several bandit leaders at the Devil King Stage gathered together, all of them silent.
After a long while, the Devil King Late-stage bandit leader took out a communication pearl, and then said with a smile, "They are already in position and will soon meet up with the Heavenly Bandits. They asked us to attack together in two hours and destroy this group of guys who have been extremely arrogant recently!"
"Haha, Heavenly Bandits? Their strength is average, but their tone is not small! "A Devil King Late-stage bandit laughed.
"They have indeed been a little too arrogant recently. They actually intend to annex us. They are really tired of living!" A bandit leader echoed.
"It is said that there are True Demon Stage experts in the Heavenly Bandits. We should not underestimate them too much." A Devil King Late-stage bandit said calmly.
"Whether or not the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group truly has a True Demon Stage expert is another matter. However, even if they do, they will still be unable to escape this calamity. In order to be safe, the Meng Family has sent two True Demon Stage experts over to help. In addition to our three bandit groups, the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group will definitely be removed from the list of bandit groups forever!" After the late stage Devil King bandit leader replied to the message, he spoke with confidence.
Hearing this, Xiao Lingyu already understood a little, and immediately sent a message to Zhu Jin. Then, with a flash, he turned into a silver light, rushed straight into the small forest, and landed under the big tree.
When the silver light flew over, several bandit leaders were already vigilant, but before they could react, there was already one more person beside them. It could be seen that the strength of the person who came was far beyond them, so although they suddenly stood up with a solemn face, they did not dare to move.
"I wonder what senior has come to visit us. What can we do for you?" The Devil King Late-stage bandit cupped his fist respectfully and asked.
"It's not a big deal. I just want to discuss a deal with you." Xiao Lingyu said with a smile with his hands behind his back.
"What kind of deal? Please speak frankly, senior, we will definitely cooperate. "The Devil King Late-stage bandit seemed to be straightforward.
"I want you to follow me in the future. What do you think?" Xiao Lingyu said calmly.
The bandit leaders were all stunned, and then the Devil King Late-stage bandit leader cupped his fist and said, "Junior doesn't understand senior's meaning."
"What I said is very profound, or did you not hear it clearly? What I mean is, you will recognize me as your boss in the future and listen to my orders. Of course, I will also take care of you. It's that simple. "Xiao Lingyu said impatiently.
"I understand senior's meaning. Senior wants to recruit us, but we are just bandits with low status. It's useless for senior to recruit us." The bandit leader responded.
"Listening to your words, you want to refuse?" Xiao Lingyu said unhappily.
"Senior, please don't misunderstand. We just want senior to reconsider." The bandit leader hurriedly explained.
"There's no need to reconsider. I've already made up my mind. If you are willing to submit to me, you will naturally receive many benefits. If you are not willing, hehe, you might not know, but I hate being rejected the most." Xiao Lingyu's threat was very obvious.
The bandit leaders pondered at the same time, and their expressions were very complicated.
It was obvious that the newcomer should be a True Demon expert. In terms of strength, he was definitely not weak and was enough to be their boss. However, they did not know the newcomer, so how could they rashly submit and entrust their lives to him?
However, if they did not agree and the other party really attacked, although they had the advantage in numbers, they might not be able to win. Even if they could beat this person away, they would probably suffer heavy losses.
"My patience is limited!"
After waiting for a while, the other party did not give a response. Xiao Lingyu's face darkened, and he snorted coldly. The aura on his body began to gather, and a violent wind suddenly raged around him.
If he wanted to subdue these bandit leaders, it was definitely impossible to not show some strength.
Under the oppression of Xiao Lingyu's aura, the bandit leaders felt as if there was a mountain pressing down on their shoulders. The aura in their body gradually became chaotic, but their bodies were unable to move.
Originally, the bandit leaders wanted to try to resist and see if they could beat the other party away, but now they all gave up this idea, because the other party could make them unable to move with just his aura. If they really fought, they were afraid that they would all die here.
"Senior, please calm down. We are willing to follow senior from now on. We will follow senior's orders without any hesitation." The bandit leader shouted.
"Make an oath." Xiao Lingyu said with a light expression.
Hearing that they still had to make an oath, the bandit leaders' faces changed again, but in the end, they could only helplessly make a soul oath of allegiance.
Originally, they wanted to perfunctorily wait for the Meng Family's True Demon expert to arrive, and then drive the other party away. It seemed that this plan was going to fail.
"Now I can tell you one thing. In fact, I am the leader of the Heavenly Bandits."
After the bandit leaders finished making the oath, Xiao Lingyu restrained his aura and said with a smile.
Hearing this, the bandit leaders' faces became more complicated, but they all remained silent.
"Now, tell me about your plan to deal with the Heavenly Bandits." Xiao Lingyu casually found a place to sit down and then listened.
Two hours quickly passed. Xiao Lingyu let the bandit group go to Qu Dang Mountain according to the original plan, while he himself hid among the ordinary bandits.
Only half an hour later, the bandit group had just arrived at the mouth of a mountain stream when they suddenly heard earth-shattering fighting sounds erupting in the mountain stream.
According to the original plan, the bandit group didn't need to participate in the battle. They only needed to block the mountain stream exit, and the other two bandit groups were responsible for fighting the Heavenly Bandits in the depths of the mountain stream. In this way, the main force of the Heavenly Bandits could be wiped out in one fell swoop.
The strength of the two bandit groups had already far surpassed the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group. Coupled with the two True Demon Stage experts they had invited from the Meng Family, no matter how united the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group was or how strong their fighting strength was, they would still be completely annihilated.
However, this group of bandits just happened to run into Xiao Lingyu while they were on their way. Their plan was doomed to fail.
The three bandit groups had already agreed that as long as the bandit group accepted by Xiao Lingyu blocked the exit, it would be the time for them to act.
However, as soon as the two bandit groups inside made their move, the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group calmly charged towards the exit of the mountain stream. The two bandit groups also followed behind them at a moderate pace. However, what surprised them was that the cultivators of the Heaven Smiting Bandit Group actually managed to exit the mountain stream very smoothly.
There were clearly many experts blocking the mountain stream exit, so how could the people of the Heavenly Bandits get out so easily?
The two bandit groups were very surprised, but they also rushed out, ready to give chase. But as soon as they got close to the exit, they were hit by countless streams of light. Before they could understand what was going on, they had already lost nearly a hundred bandits.
"Gao Peng, come out for me! What the hell is going on?!"
In the mountain stream, a bandit leader shouted angrily.
Gao Peng was the bandit leader with Late Demon King cultivation outside the mountain stream. When he heard this, he directly ignored it and continued to command his subordinates to cooperate with the cultivators of the Heavenly Bandits to attack the bandits inside the mountain stream.
"The First Master is really amazing. He actually invited so many experts to help!" A Mid Demon King leader of the Heavenly Bandits praised. There were some things he still didn't understand.
"The other party seems to have invited a True Demon expert," Cang Ju said calmly. He already knew that Xiao Lingyu would come, so even if the situation just now was critical, he wasn't worried.
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