"I killed fourteen, sir." Elder Yi Potian was not displeased by Lin Yao's attitude. At this moment, he was filled with gratitude towards Lin Yao, thinking to himself that he had been unable to find the six people who were hiding, and that the master had actually come here to kill the six most powerful people after dealing with the twenty people on the opposite hillside. He was truly amazing.
At this moment, Elder Yi Potian had no doubt about Lin Yao's abilities.
Not to mention that Lin Yao was able to detect the danger first, and also used a method that he couldn't understand to notify the Yi family members in the three cars behind him to escape, and then flew out of the car windows and continued to fly up the hillside.
Next, the trajectory of the rocket mysteriously changed, and Lin Yao appeared at the explosion site, saving the lives of three seriously injured disciples.
Then, after rescuing the three, they started their pursuit, and their efficiency was even faster than his own.
The only thing that puzzled Elder Yi Potian was that when Lin Yao flew out of the car window and up the hillside, he did not sense any change in the energy of heaven and earth. Apart from the energy of heaven and earth that he had mobilized, he did not sense any energy of heaven and earth around Lin Yao, nor did he sense any energy of heaven and earth when the rocket deviated.
That must be an ability beyond my comprehension! Because even with my current understanding of the energy of heaven and earth, I can only watch helplessly as the rocket flies towards its target; its speed and power are simply beyond my current control.
The conclusion Yi Potian reached surprised even himself. At this moment, he believed what Lin Yao had told him: Lin Yao was capable of killing a Heaven-level expert.
What does this mean? It means that Lin Yao's relationship with the Yi family is entirely one-sided, as the Yi family's strength is not worth the effort to win them over.
This fact made Elder Yi Potian even more grateful to Lin Yao, and he decided that the entire Yi family would repay Lin Yao in the future, and would definitely fulfill any request Lin Yao made.
"Sir, what do we do now?"
Seeing that Lin Yao remained silent, Yi Potian, with the keen eyesight of a Heavenly-level expert, noticed the fierce expression on his face. He broke the silence and asked for Lin Yao's opinion.
"I don't understand this. Elder, you decide." Lin Yao's tone was still cold. He only wanted to kill everyone in the Jiang family, but he didn't impulsively issue his orders. "There are three people who can't participate in the operation. Don't include them."
"Yes, sir." Elder Yi Potian nodded in agreement, took a step back, turned around and let out a clear whistle in the direction he had come from, then used the walkie-talkie to notify the Yi family members behind him to come and join him.
The explosion of the first car created a four-meter-deep crater on the entire road, and many rocks collapsed along the roadside. Even though the two cars behind were intact, they could not pass. Fortunately, they were only six or seven kilometers away from the Jiang family headquarters, and it was not far to get there on foot.
Judging from the ambush, the Jiang family had long been prepared for the Yi family's arrival. Therefore, this operation was not a surprise attack, but a frontal assault. The Yi family members were facing a tough battle, not a sneak attack.
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Jiang Xianhua sat upright in a mahogany armchair, his face extremely cold.
He listened to the entire ambush process. During the conference call, his phone was the one initiating the meeting. Jiang Dayang was merely granted temporary speaking privileges, which is why Jiang Dayang's words were heard by all participants simultaneously.
The Yi family, with uncanny foresight, stopped their car to escape at the most critical moment, leaving the first empty car to be attacked by a rocket. Even the two cars behind it were unharmed, and only the fourth car was successfully hit. However, they could not know the losses that this caused to the Yi family.
But one thing is certain: Yi Potian, the Grand Elder of the Yi family and a Heaven-level expert, is unharmed and has even begun hunting down the Jiang family members they sent.
The forty-man ambush team was killed one by one by Yi Potian, the eldest elder of the Yi family. Fourteen of them were killed on the south slope, leaving only six Jiang family members, including Jiang Dayang, alive. The family head, Jiang Xianhua, immediately ordered them to find a place to hide and avoid the Heavenly-level experts, while instructing the members on the north slope to return to headquarters as quickly as possible to gather strength for the upcoming attack.
What happened next sent a chill down Jiang Xianhua's spine. The four disciples, including the one who was fighting against the Yi family's top-level expert, as well as Jiang Dayang and the others who were hiding, all inexplicably lost contact.
The cell phone communication was not interrupted, but there was no further response, which indicates that someone had rendered all the Jiang family members incapable of movement, including speaking, in an instant.
What does this situation represent? It means that someone even more terrifying than Yi Potian, the Great Elder of the Yi family, a Heaven-level expert, has appeared. Moreover, this person is clearly an enemy of the Jiang family, because only an enemy could cause all the Jiang family members to lose contact. Jiang Xianhua has never doubted the fate of these members; they must have been killed, and killed instantly.
Could it be that the Heavenly Realm expert from the Pei family has arrived? Or perhaps two Heavenly Realm experts have arrived at the same time?
The patriarch, Jiang Xianhua, was deeply shocked. The events that had occurred made him suspect that another Heavenly Realm expert was involved in the attack on the Jiang family, as the disappearance of Elder Jiang Chengen had already aroused his suspicions.
It is easy for a Heavenly-level expert to be defeated by another Heavenly-level expert, but it is difficult to be seriously injured. If the Heavenly-level expert does not insist on fighting to the death, escaping is a very easy thing. Even if surrounded by two or three Heavenly-level experts of the same ability, one can still escape after suffering injuries that can be tolerated.
Therefore, the head of the family, Jiang Xianhua, always suspected that the Pei family and other aristocratic families had Heaven-level experts involved in the Xiangxi incident. Only the two elders of the Pei family, who represented the highest martial power, had the ability to truly keep Jiang Chengen in place, make him disappear, or cause him to escape with extremely serious injuries and then go into seclusion to heal, or even die.
"Set up heavy machine guns and rocket launchers. Equip each person with fifteen grenades. Set up 'Shadow Incense' in all rooms." Jiang Xianhua coldly issued the order, his sinister expression terrifying.
No one saw this expression. The man in black, who had left the room after receiving his orders, did not dare to look up at him. The room, which was brightly lit, seemed to become cold because of this expression, and the air seemed to freeze into tiny ice crystals as if it were in a cold storage.
"Elder, how are Yi Yang and the others?" Lin Yao's movements were graceful, as if he were strolling leisurely. Every move he made was effortless, yet his speed was no slower than those Yi family members who were running at full speed. In fact, he was walking alongside Elder Yi Potian at the very front of the group.
"Mr. Hui, Yang'er is alright. We contacted them immediately after we were attacked and asked them to launch an attack at the same time. Although we encountered obvious resistance, and some Jiang family members even moved away beforehand, the effect was good. Even if the scattered Jiang family members were prepared, they would not be as strong as our targeted attack. Most importantly, they simply could not predict our strength."
Elder Yi Potian unconsciously used honorifics in front of the Yi family members, similar to the honorifics used by subordinates when reporting their work. This greatly surprised the elders, including Yi An, who were not far behind him. The elders who knew the whole story immediately realized that this was a message from the Elder Yi. From now on, the entire Yi family should show even more respect to this gentleman, and his orders would be the orders of the Elder Yi.
The encounter with the fourth vehicle served as a warning to everyone: Lin Yao's status as a guest elder was not taken seriously by the majority of the Yi family members. They still thought he was just a guest elder, and even though they knew that he was of great help to their cultivation, they did not think that he was a true member of the Yi family, let alone a member who transcended the status of an elder.
Elder Yi Potian did not want this to happen again, so he gave a direct signal, asking all the Yi family members to truly treat Lin Yao as one of their own elders, even more so than ordinary elders.
"That's good." Lin Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He cared a lot about Yi Yang because it was Yi Yang's help that enabled Xiao Cao to develop intelligence. This was a great favor, and he had to repay it properly.
"Little grass, how did you spot the bad guy back then? Why did you extend your tentacles so far? You don't usually do that."
Xiao Cao, being considerate of him, didn't have to run at all; it was as if she was carrying him. Lin Yao's footwork was just a pretense to match the movement, but he was actually quite idle. So he raised his previous question and thought to himself that if it weren't for Xiao Cao's behavior, the Yi family would have been truly finished this time.
"I discovered it just for fun. This car is going too fast. It's the first time I've been in the forest since I fused with Mingjin, so I extended my tentacles to the front beforehand to give myself more time to feel and manipulate the plants in the forest. It was just a coincidence that I found the bad guys." Xiaocao's voice was tinged with laughter. She wanted to comfort Lin Yao because she sensed that Lin Yao was in a very violent mood.
"Oh, thanks to you." Lin Yao replied briefly and then fell silent.
Xiao Cao's plan failed. She had originally wanted to get Lin Yao to talk to her more, but now that she saw that Lin Yao was not in a good mood, she stopped bothering him and focused on helping him "run".
Before they even reached the town where the Jiang family lived, the attack began.
Long-range sniper rifles, remote-controlled bombs, and heavy machine gun fire dealt a blow to the Yi family members. Fortunately, all the Yi family members had practiced in real combat and were very experienced in how to deal with such situations, so there were not many casualties. Only a few members who had just advanced to the early stage of the Earth level were injured, but their injuries were not very serious. They swallowed the "White Cloud Pill" they carried with them, and with Xiao Cao's secret intervention, they did not lose their martial arts skills.
"Little Grass, kill him!" Lin Yao gave the most ruthless order of his life, and rushed towards a sniper in a building on the right. Several sniper experts were lying in ambush in this position, and their frequent and accurate shooting posed a great threat to the Yi family members.
"Okay." Xiaocao's voice was also very serious, having been infected by Lin Yao and entered a murderous state.
Approaching, Lin Yao leaped up, appearing like a true master of the highest level, swiftly and vertically ascending to the roof of the three-story building.
The four Jiang family members who had ambushed them were lying on the ground. Except for one who was still curled up and trembling, the other three Jiang family members dressed in black were unconscious.
Holding the dagger given to him by Yi An, Lin Yao swiftly passed by, spurting two meters of blood from the necks of four Jiang family members. Lin Yao dodged to the side, quickly jumped off the balcony, and, guided by Xiao Cao, rushed towards another house.
The effectiveness of Xiaocao's remote poisoning cannot be fully tested. After all, one cannot attempt to kill someone with deadly poison on the Yi family members. Moreover, due to differences in cultivation techniques and individual resistance to poison, Xiaocao cannot guarantee whether her poisoning can directly kill someone. If she were to examine it carefully, it would inevitably take more time and reduce the efficiency of killing enemies.