115: Chapter 115 Rescue
The night deepened.
The firelight in the camp gradually dimmed.
Inside the tents, there were only faint whispers; everything seemed quiet and relaxed.
The leader of the men in black looked at the sky and made a gesture.
Seven dark figures darted out like ghosts.
Their movements were as light as cats as they crept toward the tents.
When they reached the spot where Lin Mo had just crouched and pressed his hand, the seven of them paused.
Scarface, who was in the lead, slowly crouched down. Using the faint moonlight, he carefully inspected the ground. Finding no traces of mechanisms or traps, he signaled his men to attack.
The seven rushed toward the tents with quick steps, and just as they were about to touch the canvas—
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several loud explosions rang out in succession, and the firelight instantly lit up the night sky!
"Awoo—my leg!"
"Ah! Help!"
"Son of a bitch! They actually buried landmines!"
After the explosions, a chorus of wailing and howling echoed through the mountain stream.
A tent was ripped open with a "shhh" sound, and seven heads poked out, looking at each other.
"Is it a feral beast?" Lu Mengmeng asked, rubbing her eyes.
"Doesn't sound like it; it sounds like human voices."
"It is people!"
As the smoke gradually cleared, everyone saw seven blood-covered men in black lying on the ground.
Some had broken legs or missing arms, and they were rolling on the ground, wailing.
"Damn, it really is people!" Lin Mo said, looking shocked.
The dozens of small Pill Furnace he had buried around the camp earlier were originally meant to defend against feral beasts.
Once any creature approached and stepped on a Pill Furnace, it would trigger a Soul Power explosion, with enough force to deter fierce beasts.
He hadn't expected it to blow up people instead.
The seven of them rushed out of the tents, holding lights, silently praying that it wasn't their own people, otherwise there would be big trouble.
But when they walked closer with the lights, Lu Mengmeng was the first to cry out, "Huh, these aren't people from the main party!"
They saw that those men in black were wearing uniform black armored outfits, with masks covering their faces; they were clearly not here with good intentions.
Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief, then his eyes turned cold. "It seems they are here for us."
Teacher Shen Yao stepped forward and kicked one of the still-wailing men in black. "Speak, who are you? Why are you ambushing us?"
The man in black grimaced in pain and glared at her viciously. "Bitch... if you have the guts, kill me!"
"Oh ho, quite tough, aren't you?" Lin Mo raised an eyebrow and walked slowly toward Scarface.
This guy was lucky; only his leg was injured by the explosion, so he could still barely speak.
"I advise you to be honest, otherwise I have ways to make you wish you were dead." Lin Mo's tone was calm, but his eyes were filled with a chill.
Scarface stared fixedly at Lin Mo.
Hatred churned in his eyes, but he refused to say a word.
This kid was too treacherous. To think that he, a dignified Sixth-Rank Soul Master, had fallen due to a moment of carelessness.
Teacher An Nuolan carefully inspected the group's attire and sensed the aura of slaughter that came from years of being stained with blood.
Her eyes suddenly turned cold. "They are professional assassins."
"Assassins?" Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, feeling confused. "We haven't offended anyone; why would we attract assassins?"
"We'll know once we interrogate them," Teacher Shen Yao said in a deep voice.
However, a few minutes passed.
No matter how they questioned them, the seven black-armored assassins either retorted with foul language or remained silent, refusing to reveal a shred of useful information.
"Looks like they have stiff lips." Lin Mo sneered. "If I don't show you some color, you won't open your mouths."
He directly condensed a huge Pill Furnace. "Come on, throw them in and add water to boil them..."
Soon, a series of heart-wrenching screams rang out in the camp.
The moonlight was bright, and the smoke around the camp had long since dissipated.
Inside the tent, the seven sat in a circle, their expressions extremely grave.
Lin Mo frowned tightly. "These bastards seem to have accepted some bounty. The target is me, and it seems they also intended to attack Captain Gu's main party to seize the items brought out from the ruins."
Teacher An Nuolan knitted her brows.
She felt a lingering fear in her heart.
If it weren't for Lin Mo's strange methods, their small team might have all died at the hands of these seven assassins.
After all, with one Seventh-Rank and six Sixth-Ranks, and using ambush tactics, they would have had no power to fight back.
"Then should we hurry to catch up with the main party? These people dared to target Captain Gu and her group, so they must have come prepared!"
Teacher Shen Yao also nodded. "I agree with catching up to the main party; it might be safer. Besides, we must inform Captain Gu about this news so they can take precautions in advance."
Lin Mo pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement. "There is no time to lose. Let's pack up and leave now. Since they've made a Move on us, I suspect it's likely the same for Captain Gu's side."
With Lin Mo setting the tone, everyone immediately sprang into action, quickly dismantling the tents and packing their luggage.
After extinguishing the campfire, Lin Mo condensed an alchemy furnace.
After everyone climbed inside, the alchemy furnace "whooshed" and shot up into the sky.
Then it flew toward the direction of Tiandu City.
The night was deep, and the wind in the mountain forest carried a chill; everyone felt a heavy weight in their hearts.
The alchemy furnace, like a meteor wrapped in red light, flew rapidly through the ink-black night sky for over ten minutes.
The forest below was as black as ink, with only the occasional ghostly glint of beast eyes, making the night seem even deeper.
Teacher Shen Yao kept holding up the communicator to adjust it, her brows furrowing tighter and tighter. "It's no use; the signal on the other side seems to be heavily jammed, and I can't make contact."
"As expected."
Lin Mo's tone was calm.
Among the loot they had just scavenged from the bodies of those assassins was a small signal jammer; it was clearly a premeditated plan.
"Over there! There seems to be firelight!" Mu Liuli suddenly pointed to the front left, her voice carrying a hint of urgency.
Lin Mo looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw firelight flickering vaguely in the distant valley.
Without a word, he pulled out a bottle of Recovery Pills, poured out a few, and tossed them into his mouth.
His Soul Power was suddenly raised to its Peak, and he piloted the alchemy furnace to dash toward that direction.
A few minutes later, the Pill Furnace quietly hovered over the valley camp.
The scene below was clearly visible.
Dozens of campfires were burning brightly, illuminating a chaotic battlefield.
Two groups were fighting in a fierce, inseparable battle.
On one side was the main party led by Captain Gu Miaoyu; although the members were resisting with all their might, they were already showing signs of fatigue.
On the other side were over twenty assassins in black armored outfits, each with ruthless skills, and their Soul Power fluctuations were all above the Fifth-Rank, with every Move being lethal.
Captain Gu Miaoyu, with a blue Dragon shadow attached to her body, was entangled in a fight with two men in black.
A wound deep enough to see bone had already been added to her shoulder, and she was clearly at a disadvantage.
Qin Changfeng of the Qin Family, Tu Jianghu, and several researchers were being besieged by two Seventh-Rank assassins, struggling to defend themselves, and were on the verge of collapsing.
Although other teams had guiding mentors standing at the front, they had suffered heavy casualties under the overwhelming strength of the assassins.
"The situation is not good!"
Teacher An Nuolan clenched her fists in anxiety. "These assassins are too strong!"
"Should we go down to help?" Teacher Shen Yao also looked anxious.
"No, with the limited strength of my team, going down would just be serving ourselves up on a platter."
"Then what do we do? If this continues, the main party will definitely be finished."
Lin Mo, however, called out to Da Chun and Lu Mengmeng, "Da Chun, Mengmeng, it's our turn."