Published: March 8, 2025
In front of the Amethyst mine, smoke and dust filled the air.
Xiao Chenlei looked at the corpses scattered before him, his body trembling. The unspoken anger had turned into a raging inferno, nearly burning him to ashes!
Just moments ago, that gang of ruthless scoundrels had ambushed his men right before his eyes!
Out of seventeen supreme experts, sixteen had perished in that one strike!
The lone survivor was barely clinging to life, covered in wounds!
The enemy's attack had come like thunder and lightning, striking before anyone could react, and before they could even gather their wits, it was all over.
Such a sudden attack!
They gave no opportunity for retaliation or pursuit; one strike and regardless of success or failure, they immediately retreated!
This was a typical killer’s style!
Faced with such an enemy, even if Xiao Chenlei's anger reached its peak, he found himself at a loss!
The enemy wouldn’t engage in direct combat with you, and they were masters of the art of concealment. Even if you had extraordinary cultivation, what could you do? You could only helplessly cry out in despair.
In the following four or five days, Mo Tianji commanded his brothers to launch consecutive surprise attacks, moving frequently. Their attacks came from all directions, striking fast and retreating quickly!
They came without a trace and left without a shadow!
The worst outcome was the loss of two or three men, but the best results were not much better, only killing a handful of enemies and destroying some facilities...
Yet the Xiao Clan was on the verge of collapse under such relentless attacks.
Everyone was anxious, feeling like the wind was howling and the grass was alive with enemies; it seemed that at any moment, an enemy could leap out from behind their heads...
“The current situation is that the enemy outnumbers us.”
“In a direct confrontation, we would be finished.”
“So, when the enemy thinks we will definitely strike, even if we have a surefire plan for victory, we must not act!”
“A head-on clash. Even with victory assured, there will be losses!”
“On the battlefield, we must use every possible means to kill!”
“So, when they are convinced that we will not take action, we must take action instead! And we must do it repeatedly!”
“One direct confrontation can annihilate the enemy, but we must bear our own losses. Ten sudden strikes can also annihilate the enemy while avoiding our losses. Therefore… as long as there are no special circumstances, even if we strike twenty times, I will minimize losses.”
“So, in this battle, every time we engage, each person is not allowed to have more than one chance to strike!”
“Best if we only make one move!”
In a dark corner, Mo Tianji was tirelessly explaining this strategy: “So, everyone should not feel ashamed, and do not hold onto that outdated thought of ‘I’m an upright man. I must confront the enemy head-on.’”
“On the battlefield, between enemies, there is only life and death, victory and defeat; there are no gentlemen. Nor are there despicable scoundrels!”
“In these five days, we have successfully launched over thirty attacks… So the upcoming attacks will be more difficult. And in these five days, we have attacked almost every day, so they must have taken precautions… Therefore, we will rest today.”
Mo Tianji issued a command to rest.
The brothers felt as if they had received a great reprieve.
They had truly been worn out during these past few days. The Xiao Clan members were tense, but how could we not be nervous as well? We were even more exhausted than they were, practically running for our lives...
Now, this bully-like Mo Tianji finally had a moment of conscience.
Everyone dispersed like birds and beasts.
Dong Wushang and Mo Lei Er disappeared in the blink of an eye; the others chatted idly, standing around awkwardly. Mo Tianji, who had not participated in the fighting, began to do some hard work, first using elemental force to dig a hole, silently creating a resting place underground, and then arranging Amethyst above ground to form a natural defensive formation for the brothers to enter.