"That Qi Clan's Divine Lord is really overestimating himself. How dare he challenge Senior Xiao with just that bit of ability!"
Zhang Hai said disdainfully. After the Qi Family's Divine Lord left, Miss Jing and the others surrounded Zhang Hai.
"You little brat, how dare you look down on others here? If it were you on the stage just now, I reckon you wouldn't even be able to take one move." Xiong Meng habitually slapped the back of Zhang Hai's head as he spoke.
"Hehe, why would he challenge a small fry like me?" Zhang Hai laughed dryly.
Miss Jing only frowned silently, as if she was thinking about something.
Then everyone headed back to the Wildfire's camp. On the way, Xiao Lingyu didn't look happy at all.
"Either we get rid of Qi Hongxuan or let Yueru leave the Guan family!"
When they returned to the suite, Xiao Lingyu already had a plan.
Because the Qi Family's Divine Lord had an agreement with the city guard commander, the Qi Family didn't use Xiao Lingyu's matter to pressure the Guan family. The Guan family, on the other hand, had finally found the enemy who had obstructed the Wildfire's mission.
Although any mercenary group would fail a mission, if it was because of someone else's deliberate scheme, then they would definitely think of ways to take revenge. If someone else schemed against your mercenary group and you didn't do anything, then you would always be schemed against in the future.
The failure of the mission last time had a great impact on the Wildfire's reputation. The Guan family had to deal with the enemy forcefully this time.
Under the Guan family's orders, the Wildfire mercenaries left the camp one after another. They all disguised themselves as ordinary cultivators and quietly left the city.
This was a secret operation. The goal was to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible. The enemy couldn't be alerted in advance.
However, Xiao Lingyu and Miss Jing still had doubts about the secrecy of this operation. Last time, Guan Yichuan had led a large group of mercenaries on a mission. It was also very confidential, but the enemy had found out about it first. Moreover, the enemy had predicted the route correctly. That was how they had been able to set up an ambush.
If the secret had been leaked last time, who could guarantee that the news wouldn't have spread to the enemy this time?
Wildfire's three thousand men left Duhu City from the north, south, east, and west gates. Then, they split into thirty 100-man squadrons and circled around to surround their target from all directions.
Just this encirclement alone took nearly a year because the target location was a little far from Duhu City.
According to the plan, after everyone completed the detour, they began to shrink the encirclement while gathering the mercenaries who were originally scattered.
"We'll reach the Evil Wind Valley in one more day, but there's still no response from the other side. I guess they're going to be in big trouble this time." Zhang Hai rubbed his fists and said.
"This is a little strange," Xiao Lingyu said cautiously.
"Indeed. Since the Evil Wind Valley dared to attack Wildfire last time, they must have thought of the Butler's revenge. We should have been watching the Butler's every move for the past few years. This time, they should have received the news that Wildfire has turned out in full force." Miss Jing nodded.
"It shouldn't be a problem. Evil Wind Valley has no more than five Monarch Gods, and Wildfire has four Monarch Gods. In addition to the Monarch Gods sent by the Butler, we should be able to take down Evil Wind Valley." Xiong Meng was very confident.
"Evil Wind Valley is near Duhu City. They often rob the mercenary groups in Duhu City. Don't tell me there aren't any large families, factions, or city guards to eliminate them?" Xiao Lingyu asked, puzzled.
"Brother Xiao, you haven't been in Duhu City for long, so you don't know much about Evil Wind Valley. They usually attack mercenary groups without strong backgrounds or rob passersby. Moreover, they aren't weak, so they haven't touched the interests of large factions for many years. Why would those large factions need to mobilize their forces to eliminate them? The most important thing is that the situation in Evil Wind Valley is quite bad. Cultivators below the Monarch God Realm will be greatly restricted when they enter. The enemy is hiding in Evil Wind Valley, which is a headache for large and small factions who want to eliminate them, "Xiong Meng explained.
"Then, even if we can win this attack on the Evil Wind Valley, we will probably suffer heavy losses, right?" Xiao Lingyu asked worriedly.
"That's not necessarily true. It depends on how the Butler plans to fight." Miss Jing shook her head.
In this operation to attack Evil Wind Valley, although the entire Flowing Fire Mercenary Squad had moved out, the several captains and vice captains, including Guan Yiyuan, didn't have the authority to command. Instead, a late Divine Lord powerhouse from the Guan Family was in charge. The captains and vice captains of the Flowing Fire Mercenary Squad had to obey their orders.
However, the Butler didn't know that Guan Yiyuan and his brothers were already under Miss Jing's control. Wildfire no longer belonged to the Butler.
Although Wildfire still had a vice commander who wasn't under her control, that vice commander Zou Gen was an outsider. Moreover, he wasn't a scheming person, so he wouldn't affect Xiao Lingyu's long-term plans.
Wildfire's development still required the financial support of the Butler, so Xiao Lingyu and the others didn't dare to separate the mercenary group from the Butler too early.
With that said, Guan Yiyuan suddenly took out his communication bead and said, "The higher-ups want us to reach within three hundred miles of Evil Wind Valley before nightfall."
Miss Jing frowned and said, "Although it's still early in the morning, it'll still take a day and a night to reach Evil Wind Valley. If we speed up, even if we reach Evil Wind Valley before nightfall, we'll still be in low condition. If we encounter a large group of enemies, we'll be in a passive position. After all, our speed wasn't slow either. Even now, everyone's condition isn't very good."
"I'm sure the late-stage Monarch God from the Butler has thought of this as well. They must have a plan for us to do this," Xiao Lingyu said.
Since they still couldn't leave the Butler, they naturally had to listen to the Butler's arrangements. Thus, Miss Jing had Guan Yiyuan send a message to all the brigades to tell them to speed up.
With double the speed, most of Wildfire's mercenaries reached within three hundred miles of Evil Wind Valley before nightfall. Then, they found a place to hide and did their best to recover.
In the hazy twilight, Xiao Lingyu flew into the air and gazed into the distance.
All she could see was a mountain range in the distance.
From the silhouette of the mountain range, she could see that the peaks were very tall and stretched over a large area, giving off a feeling that it was difficult to cross.
Evil Wind Valley was in that mountain range and there were countless strange winds that wreaked havoc all year round. These strange winds would occasionally emit ghost-like wails and wolf-like howls, causing cultivators to feel uneasy.
Cultivators below the Monarch God stage who entered Evil Wind Valley would gradually lose their breath and even lose their minds after a long time.
There were no heavenly treasures in Evil Wind Valley and no monster beasts lived there. Thus, ordinary cultivators, even Monarch God experts, wouldn't easily set foot in there.
The mountain range where Evil Wind Valley was located wasn't very large and was far inferior to the Floating Catkin Mountain Range. There weren't any high-level monster beasts in there and although it wasn't too far from Duhu City, it was basically forgotten by the cultivators of Duhu City.
It was also because of the special environment of Evil Wind Valley that many cultivators who were chased by powerful enemies or Duhu City's major factions to hide in there.
Over time, as more and more cultivators gathered here, it naturally formed a powerful faction.
Almost all the cultivators in the Evil Wind Valley were desperadoes. All of them had their own methods and were ruthless. If someone could gather them and train them, they would definitely be able to display a very powerful combat strength.
Evil Wind Valley's strength could not be underestimated from how it dealt with the thousand-man mercenary group of the Guan family.
Even from nearly three hundred kilometers away, Xiao Lingyu could faintly hear the strange sounds coming from Evil Wind Valley. However, no matter how she looked, she couldn't see a single person.
Wildfire was only given an hour to rest before the late-stage Monarch God from the Qi Clan gave the order to attack.
"Attack now? I've only recovered half of my strength. If we attack in this state, won't we be sending ourselves to our deaths? "Zhang Hai asked in confusion.
"What should we do? Attack or not? "Xiong Meng asked with a gloomy expression.
"Let's attack first and see. All of you, drink some fruit wine," Miss Jing said after a moment of thought.
Drinking a mouthful of fruit wine would quickly restore one's strength, but there wasn't much fruit wine. She couldn't give all three thousand people a mouthful, so she could only take care of those close to her.
Under Guan Yiyuan's orders, the cultivators of the Wildfire Mercenary Band donned their battle armours and surrounded the Evil Wind Valley.
Three hundred kilometers was a distance that could be covered in the time it took to brew a cup of tea for these Heavenly Gods. However, the fierce winds that constantly surged out from Evil Wind Valley greatly limited their speed.
Most importantly, under the influence of these gusts of evil wind, it was impossible for the mercenaries of the Flowing Fire Mercenary Band to hide themselves.
Even so, the enemy didn't react at all despite such an obvious encirclement.
There was definitely something wrong with Evil Wind Valley. This made Xiao Lingyu and the others suspicious of the late-stage Monarch God's order to attack.
Evil Wind Valley didn't have a proper entrance or exit. Even if there were, it would probably be a secret passage. Wildfire's cultivators braved the fierce winds and arrived at the side of Evil Wind Valley. They could only find a slope that wasn't too steep and rush to the top of the mountain.
To everyone's surprise, not a single one of the Evil Wind Valley's cultivators appeared at the top of the mountain. They were supposed to be guarding the surrounding mountain peaks so that they could attack the enemy head-on.
Wildfire's cultivators easily climbed to the top of the mountain peaks around the valley.
However, when they saw the fierce winds and rolling fog in this enormous valley, they all frowned.
"This fog is exactly the same as the one the enemy set up last time," Miss Jing said.
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