127: First battle

Everyone's speed was not slow.

In a short while, they returned to the mountaintop conference room.

Shen Yansheng didn't bother with excessive pleasantries; the main business was important.

He took out a remote control, pressed it lightly, and the wall lit up.

Liu Yang focused his eyes and saw a huge map appear on the wall.

In the center of the map was an icon shaped like a small mountain.

Around the small mountain were canyons, swamps, forests, and rivers.

And each area had its own name.

With a thought, Liu Yang immediately understood that this was a map of the surrounding area.

Different names represented different regions.

Just like the Secret Forest of Dense Trees and the Green Grassland.

Because of this, he admired Shen Yansheng even more.

Because he counted carefully and found that there were more than twenty named areas marked on the map.

One must know that up until now, including the Fairy Forest, he had only visited three places.

With the map displayed, Shen Yansheng looked at everyone present with a serious expression, then pointed to a spot on the map and said:

"The situation is critical, so I won't waste time with pleasantries. Please forgive any lack of courtesy."

"Now, please look here. The place I'm pointing to is a canyon called 'First Line Sky.'"

"I believe you all have an impression of this terrain just by hearing the name. As you all thought, it is indeed a canyon passage."

"On the other side of the canyon, after delving a bit deeper, there is a group of Forest Sprites stationed there."

"They are using that as a base and spreading outwards."

"And our current target is them."

"Their numbers are not too many, nor too few, just right for us to coordinate our teams."

"What do you all think?"

Shen Yansheng briefly explained the situation, then turned to look at the people below.

"I have no objections."

"You guys handle the thinking; I'll just listen."

"Whatever, I'll do whatever you say."

"We agreed yesterday that as long as it's not intentionally sending people to their deaths, we can follow your command."

Shen Yansheng looked at each person, finally stopping his gaze on Liu Yang.

Liu Yang nodded and simply said, "I have no problem."

Liu Yang didn't care about command authority at all.

He didn't like it in his heart, nor was he cut out for it.

Furthermore, there was no mandatory contract, and no one was designated as primary or secondary; it was merely a division of labor.

Seeing that no unexpected issues arose, Shen Yansheng continued, "Since that's the case, based on the information everyone provided yesterday, I will first outline the action plan. If there are any objections, please raise them promptly."

So, Shen Yansheng assigned tasks to everyone based on the characteristics of each team.

On the other side of the First Line Sky Canyon.

At this moment, Li Guang was leading his team of Divine Archers, fighting and retreating.

He ran and shouted, occasionally turning back to shoot a few arrows, afraid that the enemy wouldn't pursue him.

"Hey, you stupid Sprites, come and chase your grandpa!"

"Faster, faster, quickly control your Forest Guardians to move faster! What a waste of such a big body."

"Sprites, pay attention! Your daddy is about to start shooting arrows again. Don't blame me if you get hit."

The Sprites were furious.

But hidden inside the Forest Guardians, they couldn't speak, so they just chased with all their might.

And at the canyon, the personnel there were much more relaxed.

Guan Ningyan sat in her flying vehicle, continuously spraying poisonous mist from the canyon entrance.

According to Mitra, Sprites are quite sensitive to poisons.

Unless it's a surprise attack, it's usually difficult to poison them.

But this time, Guan Ningyan did not use harmful poisonous mist; instead, she used a toxin that stimulated inner emotions.

Although its effect might not be significant, it could make those poisoned easily lose their judgment.

This way, when the Sprites fell into the trap, they might fight to the death with the humans instead of fleeing when things looked bad.

Besides her, the others were not idle either.

Yui Aragaki brought Kitajo Koji to ambush at the canyon entrance.

Yui Aragaki's profession was called Assassin. Just by the name, one knows it's an assassin class.

And she had two exclusive skills: one called Vanish, which allowed her to become invisible.

The other was called Fatal Strike, which could double her attack power. The exact multiplier was unknown, making it an ultimate offensive skill.

With these two skills, she was the best candidate to deal with the Fairy Elder.

Kitajo Koji's profession was similar to hers, but his skills were slightly weaker, making him a support personnel.

These two were fine, but Strafer was a bit terrifying.

He waved his magic staff, and a portal radiating a desolate gray-white appeared.

Then, skeleton soldiers emerged from within it, one after another.

Following them were skeleton cavalry, headless knights, bone griffins, and so on.

In an instant, the area around him became utterly desolate.

As for what his team members were doing?

At this time, they had caught some weak cave creatures and were bleeding them, splashing the blood onto the undead warriors.

Upon contact with the blood, the strength of those undead warriors surged.

As for Liu Yang...

Well, he had nothing to do and was watching the busy crowd around him.

Time flew by in a flash.

The canyon was now completely covered in poisonous mist.

Strafer's skeletons were also in position.

Soon, violent tremors came from the ground.

"They're here!"

Liu Yang's heart stirred, and he secretly looked into the distance.

Amidst the flying dust, rows of gigantic Forest Guardians gradually became clear.

On the canyon.

Everyone drew their weapons, holding their breath, waiting for the Forest Sprites to arrive.

As they neared the canyon, the Sprites' movements suddenly paused, and they communicated in secret.

"There won't be an ambush here, will there?"

"Humans are a weak race; even if there's an ambush, what can they do? They can't harm us in the slightest."

"Better safe than sorry; humans also have strong individuals."

"You all slow down; I'll go scout ahead."

Then, a Sprite flew out from within a Forest Guardian's body and ascended higher and higher.

On the cliff, Shen Yansheng had been monitoring the Sprites' movements with a telescope.

Seeing this, he immediately took out a scroll and tore it open.

Then, a faint white mist emerged from the void, enveloping the entire canyon from above, before the white mist disappeared.

[Advanced Concealment Magic Scroll: Can hide a large area. Without a certain level of strength, it is extremely difficult to discover.]

In the eyes of the Sprite flying in the sky, the rising white mist was not visible.

She looked carefully for a while and didn't see anything amiss above the canyon, so she nodded and descended.

"No abnormalities; continue the pursuit."

"Perfect, the reports say there are a large number of humans near the canyon, so we can test them out."

"Accelerate the chase and kill all those rats in front."

Saying this, the group of Sprites suddenly accelerated, chasing after Li Guang and his group.

"Almost there, almost there, almost there!"

"Get ready; we'll wipe them out in one go, not letting a single one escape."

1000 meters. 800 meters. 500 meters.

Soon, the foremost Forest Guardians had entered the canyon.

Although it was a canyon, it was very wide, enough for two Forest Guardians to walk side by side.

Everyone stared intently down into the canyon, enduring.

When the last Forest Guardian entered the canyon, Shen Yansheng roared:

"Kill!"