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Hu Zhong watched the natural disaster unfolding above, his expression shifting constantly.

Although the gloomy man beneath his feet was bleeding from his seven orifices and remained unconscious, his breathing had gradually stabilized, meaning he wouldn't die for the time being...

He watched as their captain, who always seemed to have everything under control, fled in a disheveled panic.

He watched as the mountain range, riddled with mine shafts, collapsed like a stack of blocks made of sand...

Until the sandstorm whipped up by the gale blinded his eyes, he suddenly wondered if ordinary people or low-realm Martial Artists felt the same way when watching him fight.

Feeling like a weak ant, with not even the slightest desire to resist in the face of a natural disaster...

Whether the captain had gone insane or had planned this all along, it no longer mattered in the face of such an absolute gap in strength.

If this Martial Artist, who looked like a youth, had displayed such strength from the very beginning, would the fate of the Blazing Fire Squad be any different now?

Perhaps the captain wouldn't have dared to make a move, and the three teammates wouldn't have ended up dead or crippled...

However, the captain didn't seem to give him a chance to show his strength, acting with extreme decisiveness.

It was as if... as if he had known this day would come, having rehearsed it a thousand times over...

"Take care of her for me!" A voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

Hu Zhong replied instinctively, "Yes!"

Immediately after, he saw a flash of golden light streak by, so fast it felt like a hallucination...

He looked down again; it was the female Inspector who had accompanied them.

Although her breath was faint as a gossamer thread, she had ultimately not died; it seemed a miraculous power within her body was sustaining her vitality!

Hu Zhong felt a wave of relief. As long as she wasn't dead! As long as she wasn't dead...

Dong Jianyuan truly regretted his actions now.

Just as Chu Yuan and Hu Zhong had guessed, he had actually betrayed them long ago; he hadn't suddenly gone insane...

At that time, he was only a Martial Artist in the Divine Power Realm, and certainly not a captain.

During a mission, his squad had encountered a powerhouse from the Crystal Fire Clan, who immediately began a slaughter...

Because he knelt quickly, his life was spared, but the price was... killing two of his own teammates with his own hands!

Then he was released to act as a mole... This was a very common occurrence; Great Qin did the same thing to other alien races.

Later, after advancing to the Sixth Realm and forming a squad, not only did his status within the Ninth Legion rise, but his value to the Crystal Fire Clan also grew higher and higher.

Therefore, the Crystal Fire Clan usually wouldn't let him take risks that might expose him...

But the Bell Tower Squad was different.

The Bell Tower Squad had slaughtered their way through the Lianshan Secret Realm, severely slapping the face of the Crystal Fire Clan, so they naturally had to retaliate!

Although the Crystal Fire Clan was unwilling to pay a high price to come and rescue him, fearing an ambush by the Ninth Legion;

They still needed to show their stance, otherwise other small clans might not pledge allegiance to them in the future...

He had actually known for a long time that the Bell Tower Squad was responsible for inspecting military discipline this time—this was the message the Crystal Fire Clan had passed to him... and the mission they had given him was to ambush and kill the Bell Tower Squad!

Initially, when he saw that only two people had come, he didn't want to make a move, planning to wait until the rest of the Bell Tower Squad arrived before killing them all together!

But Li Mengru insisted on taking the Blazing Fire Squad back to the Military Law Department... He had no choice.

Anyway, after killing one of their members, Yuan Yang would surely bring people to provide support, right?

But he was wrong—horribly wrong...

That Martial Artist, who looked like a youth, was terrifyingly strong! Although his aura didn't carry any oppressive feeling, the moment he made a move, it was as if the earth shattered and the heavens collapsed!

If he himself couldn't handle it, then those few teammates naturally didn't stand a chance!

He had originally wanted to complete the mission and take them with him when he defected, so that even if he arrived at the Crystal Fire Clan, he would have his own base of subordinates.

But now... he was afraid he wouldn't even be able to escape himself...

If he had known, he should have chosen to ambush him...

A feeling of needles pricking his back rose again, and the faint sound of something piercing the air reached him.

Dong Jianyuan knew it was that damned, strange sword again!

His battle armor was like paper before it, easily pierced through, and his body in the Nirvana Realm couldn't withstand its stabbing even less...

He struck back with his palm, gathering energy to form an illusory tiger head that opened its mouth to roar!

But after a slight collision, the tiger head dissipated, and the ink shadow easily severed one of his arms...

Divine light brewed in Chu Yuan's eyes; the Glazed Void Domain relied entirely on Divine Sense, and while the consumption was great, because spiritual power could be converted into Divine Sense, it had already been replenished by now.

Just as he was preparing to kill Dong Jianyuan, a figure suddenly broke into the boundary covered by his Divine Sense, flying at high speed toward their location!

"Crystal Fire Clan?" Chu Yuan's heart stirred. That made sense; on this battlefield of the Ninth Legion, Dong Jianyuan had the most contact with the Crystal Fire Clan and would only defect to them...

He silently activated the recording function on his terminal.

Executing someone who violated military discipline and executing a spy for an alien race were two completely different levels of merit...

But the ink shadow did not stop, circling Dong Jianyuan's body to carve him up.

Although he was in the Nirvana Realm and possessed astonishing vitality, Dong Jianyuan had taken a direct hit from Wind Chant at the mine, and his energy was already mostly depleted.

Consequently, he was increasingly unable to resist the attacks of the ink shadow...

He felt incredibly stifled; this Martial Artist who looked like a youth didn't have many techniques, yet he was powerless to deal with them.

He had made two consecutive, massive moves, yet showed not a hint of fatigue... Just how much energy reserve did he have?

If Chu Yuan knew what he was thinking, he would certainly be helpless.

It wasn't that he liked to throw out his ultimate moves the moment they met, but rather that he didn't know any techniques that consumed less spiritual power and had relatively lower power.

Only the [Swift] from the Riding the Wind Sword Control Art could be considered a conventional offensive method.

In the end, it was because his cultivation time was too short, and his foundation was still insufficient...

An extremely thin, scorching beam of energy shot over from a distance!

Chu Yuan had been paying attention to the newcomer all along, so naturally, he wouldn't be easily ambushed. With what seemed like a casual stroll, he dodged it.

The beam grazed past him, leaving behind a burning sensation, and then silently sank into the mountain range beneath his feet, leaving behind an incredibly deep hole...

Following closely behind the beam was that member of the Crystal Fire Clan.

The flame patterns on his body were more numerous than those of the Crystal Fire Clan members Chu Yuan had encountered before, and the crystal at the center of his brow was even larger, resembling a third eye.

In his massive claws, he gripped a long halberd that seemed to have been forged with a significant amount of fire flame gold; even without being activated, flames still leaped across it from time to time.

"Shuo Feng! Save me!" Dong Jianyuan, as if seeing a savior, shouted loudly, "He is the target of the mission! A member of the Bell Tower Squad!"

"Yuan Yang?" Shuo Feng spat out the two Great Qin characters in a strange tone.

"Well done, Old Dong! You finally lured him over! Let's join forces and slaughter him!" Chu Yuan's expression was excited, as if he had seen a big fish.

He watched as Shuo Feng instinctively distanced himself from him.

Dong Jianyuan: "..."

You son of a—!