With Xiao Lingyu in the team, the operation of the silver-armoured cultivators could only end in a crushing defeat.
After leaving behind nearly eighty corpses, only a dozen or so people fled in panic. Xiao Lingyu's team only had two people killed in battle, and a dozen or so were seriously injured.
Although Xiao Lingyu was powerful, in such a chaotic situation, it was impossible for her to take care of everyone's safety. It was inevitable that there would be casualties in the team.
After cleaning up the battlefield, no one was in the mood to hunt again. Moreover, they had already gained a lot this time. In addition, they also wanted to report the incident of the Silvermoon Village cultivators to the village chief, so everyone unanimously decided that it was time to return to the village.
The journey back had been very safe and peaceful, but at this moment, the Linggu Valley was very noisy and lively.
From everyone's words, it could be seen that of the ten teams that went out this time, except for Xiao Lingyu's team, almost all of them had been ambushed by the silver-armoured cultivators from Silvermoon Village, and suffered heavy casualties.
The villagers who were injured last time had yet to recover. This time, close to two hundred people had died outside, and two hundred more were injured. This had already damaged the vitality of the Linggu Valley. It was no wonder that the entire village was furious.
They could tolerate it once, but if it happened again, the villagers of the Linggu Valley would not be able to tolerate it.
If they did not take effective action, who would dare to go out to hunt again in the future?
Even if everyone mustered up their courage and went out again, they would still be surrounded and killed, and there would still be heavy casualties. There were only so many people in the Linggu Valley, how many times could they be killed?
As for how the Linggu Valley would deal with this matter, Xiao Lingyu could not control it, and there was no need for her to worry about it.
The actions of Silvermoon Village had definitely crossed the bottom line of the Linggu Valley. Not only for their dignity, but also for their survival in the future. The Linggu Valley had to fight back. This was also the thought of the entire village.
The village chief and the deputy village chief gathered all the villagers who could fight together. These villagers were actually the large groups that took turns to hunt. Except for those who were injured, all of them gathered together. Then, the village chief and the deputy village chief reorganized them in batches.
There were more than two thousand five hundred people in total. They were divided into eight teams, each with about three hundred people.
After the team was reorganized, the old village chief led everyone to a smooth stone wall at the back of the valley. Then, he formed a hand seal and chanted an incantation, causing a cave entrance to appear on the stone wall.
All the Linggu Valley cultivators, including Xiao Lingyu, were dressed in standard metal armor. They entered the relatively spacious cave one after another and proceeded forward slowly.
Everyone's expression was very solemn, because this time, they were not going out to hunt, but to fight. This was something that had not happened for many years.
The defensive power of the metal armor was actually not very strong. It was just an ordinary low-grade defensive artifact. However, these cultivators did not have a strong physical body like Xiao Lingyu, so the low-grade defensive artifact was still very useful for them.
Before they reached the end of the cave, there were already eight forks. Each team of three hundred people chose a fork and continued forward.
To Xiao Lingyu's surprise, the deputy village chief stayed with her team. Needless to say, most of the cultivators in this team were definitely on the deputy village chief's side.
Soon, they reached the end of the forked cave. After everyone worked together to push aside a huge rock, they saw very dense shrubs intertwined together, blocking the exit.
The deputy village chief took the lead and used a sharp sword to cut the shrubs apart. Everyone followed behind him and left the cave.
After everyone left the cave, the deputy village chief used a spell to move the shrubs back to their original positions and restored them to their original state. There was no abnormality at all, so naturally, they could not see the cave hidden under the shrubs.
With everyone gathered together, the cultivators of Silvermoon Village would definitely not act rashly. Therefore, this time, the Linggu Valley cultivators needed to search for the cultivators of Silvermoon Village. Then, they would learn from the cultivators of Silvermoon Village and quietly approach the enemy, then suddenly launch a sneak attack.
Therefore, whether this mission would be effective or not depended on whether they could find the cultivators of Silvermoon Village. Furthermore, they had to surround and kill them in the dense forest before they noticed and retreated.
To search for the enemy's tracks, they naturally could not gather everyone together. They could only send people to search in all directions.
The deputy village chief was in this team, so the responsibility of leading the team naturally fell to him. Of course, he also had the authority to divide the work among everyone.
Under the deputy village chief's instructions, Xiao Lingyu and the other seven cultivators were selected. The eight of them would split up to search for the enemy's tracks.
Xiao Lingyu did not raise any objections. Instead, he chose a direction and quietly snuck away.
This kind of search was actually very dangerous because the enemy was not here to hunt, but to surround and kill the cultivators of the Linggu Valley. Therefore, they would also send people to search in all directions. Their team would also be very careful. When the team stopped or moved, they would definitely send people to guard the area. If Xiao Lingyu and the other Linggu Valley scouts were careless, they could be discovered by the enemy. Then, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that they would not be able to return alive.
Moreover, there were countless wolf demons in this dense forest. If the cultivators moved alone in the dense forest and encountered a large group of wolf demons, it would also be difficult for them to escape.
Many times, inexperienced cultivators would only die if they moved alone in the dense forest. The deputy village chief clearly knew that Xiao Lingyu had just joined the Linggu Valley, but still sent him out to investigate. It was most likely that he wanted Xiao Lingyu to die.
Xiao Lingyu was not afraid of being discovered by the enemy. He was also not afraid of the wolf demons in the dense forest. Therefore, while he was careful, he moved much faster and could search a wider area.
No matter what, Xiao Lingyu was already a villager of the Linggu Valley. Even if he did not have much feelings for the Linggu Valley, at least under the current circumstances, he definitely had to stand on the side of the Linggu Valley.
Since he had decided to stand on this side, Xiao Lingyu would do his best to do what he should do. This had always been his principle.
While moving through the dense forest, Xiao Lingyu often encountered wolf demons. However, those wolf demons could not stop him at all, let alone cause him harm. In fact, if he was accidentally surrounded by a large group of wolf demons, it was not his misfortune, but the wolf demons' misfortune. He did not mind replenishing his meat while carrying out his mission.
Moreover, Xiao Lingyu's condition deteriorated much slower than that of an ordinary great soul stage cultivator. He did not need to eat once every twenty hours. This could save him time and maximize his chances of being discovered by the enemy.
Xiao Lingyu could go days and nights without eating, but other great soul stage cultivators could not. They had to stop and eat once in a while, which also made it easier for Xiao Lingyu to search.
Three days after Xiao Lingyu left the group, he finally found a group of silver-armored cultivators.
Just as Xiao Lingyu discovered them, the cultivator in charge of guarding the group also discovered him. Therefore, before he could do anything, the others had already raised their guard and quickly moved towards him.
There were more than a hundred people on the other side, and they had just finished eating. They were all in good condition. Although Xiao Lingyu was not afraid of them, he was not in the mood to fight alone. He quickly retreated while sending a message to the deputy village chief.
According to the previous agreement, after receiving the message, the deputy village chief would bring people or send people to surround and kill the enemy.
However, Xiao Lingyu led this group of silver-armored cultivators around the dense forest for nearly a day, but no large group of cultivators from the Linggu Valley came. Xiao Lingyu could guess that it was not that the deputy village chief did not receive his message, but that his message had been ignored.
Xiao Lingyu could actually shake off this group of silver-armored cultivators at any time, but he felt that giving up now would not only be a waste of his time and effort, but also a waste of an opportunity. Therefore, he still appeared in the vicinity of this group of silver-armored cultivators from time to time, allowing them to chase after him.
Xiao Lingyu contacted a Linggu Valley villager in his group that he was familiar with. From this, he was able to determine the exact location of his group. Therefore, he led this group of silver-armored cultivators closer to the group.
"If you don't take the initiative to come over, I will directly lead the enemy to you!"
With this thought in mind, Xiao Lingyu circled around the dense forest with this group of silver-armored cultivators.
This group of silver-armored cultivators also had their own mission. They also knew that their group could not be led by a single person, but that person would always appear and constantly harass them. They had no choice but to chase after him every time.
Moreover, this group of silver-armored cultivators felt that their position had been exposed, so they had to constantly change their position. It would be best if they could kill that person to prevent that person from exposing their group's position.
In this way, Xiao Lingyu was able to lead this group of silver-armored cultivators. After all, the group led by the deputy village chief was constantly moving, so Xiao Lingyu's route was not a straight line. This could also reduce the group of silver-armored cultivators' suspicions.
After circling around for nearly a month, Xiao Lingyu finally led this group of silver-armored cultivators to the vicinity of the deputy village chief's group. Then, he sent a message to the deputy village chief and also sent the same warning to his familiar teammates.
The enemy was not far away, so the deputy village chief naturally could not ignore Xiao Lingyu's message. Therefore, he led three hundred people to surround Xiao Lingyu.
When the group of silver-armored cultivators saw the Linggu Valley's group, they knew that they had fallen into a trap. Therefore, they immediately retreated. However, at this moment, Xiao Lingyu blocked their path and repeatedly blasted out Primal Chaos Seals at them.
The battle of three hundred against one hundred began. The Linggu Valley had the advantage in numbers, and with experts like Xiao Lingyu and the deputy village chief, the hundred or so silver-armored cultivators were naturally unable to resist. In the end, only one person was lucky enough to escape. The rest of the silver-armored cultivators were all killed on the spot.
Of the three hundred people from the Linggu Valley, five died and thirty were injured. In comparison, the price paid was very small.
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