59: Jedi Hunt and Reunion

Wen Youyi moved like a civet cat in the dark, speeding through the intricate mine tunnels. He dared not stop for a moment; the furious roar of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer leader and the sound of a Formation breaking could be faintly heard behind him.

[Successfully evaded pursuers, moving to Point Two.] He briefly reported via his communicator.

[Received.] [I also shook them off, arriving soon!] [En route, be careful.]

Zhao Iron Pillar and the others' replies came in succession, all with gasps, but no major issues. Clearly, they had also temporarily escaped the pursuit by relying on their 'pre-study' of the terrain and Wen Youyi's pre-arranged dispersed breakout strategy.

Wen Youyi's heart settled slightly. The core of Plan B was to break into smaller units, use the complex terrain of the mine and pre-arranged simple traps (such as falling rocks, tripwires) to delay the pursuers, and finally regroup at a pre-set rendezvous point to counterattack!

The second rendezvous point he chose was an abandoned small mining chamber with only one entrance, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was close to a crack said to lead to an underground river, serving as a reserved escape route.

When he was the first to arrive at the mining chamber, it was empty. He quickly checked the small amount of supplies and the life-saving Earth Escape Talismans hidden there in advance, confirmed everything was in order, then hid in the shadows of the entrance, waiting quietly.

Not long after, a rapid but light sound of footsteps approached. It was Wang Wu, who had a deep, bone-visible wound on his arm, but his eyes were still sharp.

“Junior Brother Wen!”

“Senior Brother Wang, are you alright?”

“Minor injury, nothing serious. I shook off a Qi Refining Fifth Layer guy, ambushing him with a method you taught me. He probably won't catch up for a while.”

After a brief exchange, the two continued to lie in wait.

Immediately after, Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Zhang also arrived one after another, both looking somewhat disheveled. Senior Brother Zhang even used an expensive Adamant Talisman to block a fatal blow, but both successfully escaped.

Finally, accompanied by heavy footsteps and a faint scent of blood, Zhao Iron Pillar rushed in. He was covered in blood, some his own, but mostly the enemy's. He grinned, revealing his white teeth: “Hehe, that kid chasing me was too greedy. I led him into a collapse zone and buried him in it!”

The core five people regrouped. Although all were injured, their eyes burned with Battle Intent and the excitement of surviving a disaster.

“They must be looking for us everywhere,” Wen Youyi said in a deep voice. “We have a numerical advantage (referring to the assassins still alive), we are familiar with the terrain, and they are in the open while we are in the dark. Now is the time to let them taste what it's like to be hunted!”

A daring counter-hunt plan was quickly formulated. They would no longer flee, but instead use the complex environment of the mine to actively attack and eliminate these Shadow Fiends' assassins one by one!

Wen Youyi distributed an Earth Escape Talisman to each person as a final life-saving trump card. Then, The core five people, like ghosts blending into the darkness, scattered again, but this time, they were the hunters!

The depths of the mine became a bloody hunting ground.

The Shadow Fiends' assassins were still furiously searching for their targets. They were accustomed to assassination and overwhelming force, and had never encountered prey so slippery, capable of using the terrain to ambush them.

A Qi Refining Fifth Layer assassin was cautiously investigating a fork in the road when his foot suddenly tightened, tripped by an almost transparent spiritual energy thread! Before he could react, several sharpened wooden stakes abruptly shot out from the mine walls on both sides!

“Pfft!” Although he tried his best to dodge, his thigh was still pierced by a wooden stake, letting out a horrific scream.

Wang Wu and Senior Brother Li appeared like phantoms from the shadows, Spell and Talisman pouring down mercilessly, instantly engulfing him.

In another mine tunnel, Zhao Iron Pillar, relying on brute force and familiarity with the terrain, forcefully cornered a Qi Refining Fifth Layer assassin who was chasing him into a dead end. In the opponent's terrified gaze, Zhao Iron Pillar grinned, punched down the entrance, and buried him alive.

Wen Youyi, meanwhile, targeted the last Qi Refining Fifth Layer assassin. He used the Hibernating Dragon Art to perfectly conceal his aura, tailing the opponent like a shadow. When the assassin became uneasy due to his companions' consecutive disappearances and paused briefly in a relatively open mining chamber, Wen Youyi moved!

He didn't use a Domain or a Formation. He simply pushed his speed to the extreme, closing in like lightning, and with a highly poisonous dagger obtained from Chen Jian, he precisely slit the opponent's throat!

The assassin clutched his spurting neck, staring in disbelief at the suddenly appearing Wen Youyi, and slowly fell.

In the blink of an eye, all four Qi Refining Fifth Layer Shadow Fiends assassins were annihilated!

Only the strongest Qi Refining Sixth Layer leader remained, raging impotently deep within the mine, like a mad dog trapped in a maze.

The core five people regrouped again, their gazes chilling as they looked into the depths of the mine.

“The last one,” Wen Youyi wiped the blood from his dagger. “Send him down to join his subordinates.”

The hunt entered its final phase of netting the prey. This time, The core five people would combine their strength to hunt down the strongest 'prey'!

(End of Chapter)