Chapter 393: Luring the Snake Out of the Cave (III)

Chapter 393: Luring the Snake Out of the Cave (III)

“Then let’s add another,” Violet Moon suggested. “Three Solars should have an easier time of things.”

Blue Moon thought for a bit and nodded in agreement, calling upon another person. “Zheng Ping, you go too!”

A man with nondescript features nodded in the crowd. The others paid more attention to him—he was stronger among his peers as he was a late Solar. The previous two had been initial and mid Solar.

The group looked at Violet Moon, startled that just a few words from her had induced Blue Moon to add more personnel. Blue Moon was a Nova, but it looked like he quite respected Violet Moon. She was just a peak Solar, but he had to show her face when she spoke up.

Three Solars, of which one was a late Solar. Violet Moon had nothing else to say now. These three would be able to overcome their enemies even if they met a peak Solar and would stand a chance of defeating the other. They wouldn’t have much trouble unless they ran into a Nova.

The matter of the Skywave base being destroyed had come to an end. They had much more to do at the moment. Blue Moon had summoned so many powerhouses to Silver Moon not just for the ruins of Battle Heaven, but also the more important task of capturing Li Hao!

“The coordination of the four institutions, the involvement of the Silver Moon Guards, and the fact that Li Hao has gone to the Guards...” Blue Moon’s intelligence reports were thorough enough. “Two transport trucks left the Guards yesterday, some say that it was Li Hao taking his team out for training. But after a thorough investigation through the night, we did not find any traces of the Silver Moon Guards.”

Red Moon attached quite a bit of importance to the occurrence and sent people for a close look. However, the report that came back was that it was two empty cars. Earlier reports indicating that there were occupants in the carriages could not be confirmed.

“We need to continue setting a watch on them,” Blue Moon determined. “And to continue exerting enough pressure on Silver Moon. If the Guards really mobilize, we might be able to draw Li Hao out of the city!”

There were only rumors of the young man setting foot outside the capital with no actual sighting that indicated he was truly out. Therefore, Blue Moon desired to further suppress Silver Moon so that they sent out the Guards. Li Hao would very potentially be with them in that case. Even if he wasn’t, Red Moon was confident of destroying the Guards’ base as soon as they deployed en masse.

The Guards were located on the northern outskirts of White Moon City, close to the Moon Sea. If they snuck in through the sea, Hou Xiaochen wouldn’t be able to react in time if they were fast enough.

A hubbub of conversation broke out. Not many were aware that their main mission was Li Hao instead of Battle Heaven! Although they all knew that the organization highly valued the matter of the eight families, they’d thought that Red Moon’s powerhouses were converging for the purposes of the ruins and Hou Xiaochen.

To many people, Li Hao was still the half step Dominator who’d killed Sun Moxian. After all, it’d been less than a month since that fight.

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Evening of September 16.

An abandoned town could be found on the northern side of Rift Canyon. Typically, only sand and dust swept through the area, but there was certain activity to be found there tonight. Some occupants were in town, laughing and chatting as fragrant meat and wine wafted from a blazing bonfire.

It was the same trick as last night, a camp that proclaimed to the entire world that here were rich children out for a lark. Wang Ming’s energy ring was particularly eye-catching in the firelight.

“This place is nice, it’s so quiet! There’s a different kind of beauty to it!” he roared with laughter. “We don’t need to worry about safety—who dares provoke us in Silver Moon? We don’t need to be afraid of the three great organizations either, they can’t afford the consequences if they do anything to us!

“The White Dragons will immediately declare war on us if they so much as touch us! My grandpa is someone they cannot offend!”

The ground ruptured from the blow, as did the Sunflare that they’d surrounded!

Sunflare after Sunflare fell as Yama was quickly defeated. The sound of martial masters cheering rose from the crowd. They were so much stronger in their second battle compared to the inaugural one of last night. The team was further elated by the might of the formation!

Morale soared and one of the Slayers that didn’t advance last night succeeded over the course of battle.

The slaughter continued for a while, ending when Liu Long erupted with the Nine Forged Force and hacked a late Sunflare to death.

Then it was time for cleanup and mysterious power collection...

The team was old hats at this part of the process. The dead were moved to another locale for burial. After their mysterious power was collected, there was no further use for their bodies. Being exposed one day later would buy the Demon Hunters more time.

“Demon Hunters!” Liu Long growled, raising an answering wave of shouts from the rest.

“Demon Hunters!”

Li Hao’s instructions weren’t needed this time. The team captains directed their teams to retreat and locate a hiding spot for the night. They would strike again tomorrow night.

Significant gains after two big victories buoyed everyone’s spirits. Martial masters were further overjoyed that their minor teams had killed Sunflares by themselves. The saying that martial masters below Dominator were less than supernaturals seemed to have been overturned.

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And so the Demon Hunters became active throughout the land, killing members of the three great organizations. More than one hundred supernaturals were dead or missing after four days, stirring up currents of activity throughout Silver Moon.

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Within a mountain cave.

“Celestial has lost a branch!” Half Mountain declared coldly. “Seventeen supernaturals have gone missing, which means they are probably dead. Not only us, but the same goes for Red Moon and Yama. Intelligence indicates that martial masters may be behind it. That brings one person to mind—Li Hao!”

Celestial had been the first to receive word that Li Hao had left the Silver Moon Guard camp. However, the young man vanished after that.

“Additionally, I’ve received another report having to do with the grandson of the White Dragons vice commander. He and his merry band have been having a ball throughout the province the past couple of days. They are frequently sighted at places close to where the branches disappear!”

Wang Ming and his friends had raised attention from the three great organizations after all, since they were an ostentatious group that happened to show up close to where a base would disappear. It raised the suspicion that they were possibly bait thrown out by others.

Losing more than a hundred supernaturals over four days was an enormous loss for any organization.