X-Dragon Era-Chapter 299 - s 226-228: Beginning to Set Up the Plan_5
Xin Yun wanted to find the Five Rats mainly because he valued their unique skills, which weren’t very useful in combat but exceptionally handy for stealing, scouting, and gathering intelligence. Imagine how marvelous it would be when these five guys silently crept into a warehouse, and conjured the Chaos Cauldron to swallow up all the metals!
While they were improving their status within the gang, the fragments of Xin Yun’s Sky-opening Axe would be gradually restored, achieving two ends with one means.
However, forcing matters wouldn’t do any good, as everyone likes money, including the Five Rats. Only by enticing them with something more attractive than money could they possibly forsake wealth and trade with Xin Yun for it.
Xin Yun’s plan was to have these five fellows steal metals—gold, silver, copper, iron, tin—wherever they could be found, and to quickly repair the Sky-opening Axe to twenty percent of its potential. This way, the Axe Soul could manifest more avatars, the gang could grow stronger, and with mutual reinforcement, the Sky-opening Axe would be restored even faster!
However, having learned from his past life, Xin Yun was much more cautious this time in selecting his followers, opting for quality over quantity. They must at least have the ability to save their own lives. Even if they angered formidable enemies in the future, they wouldn’t be annihilated, like the Five Rats, the Dual Assassins, and others of their kind...
In the following months, hounded by the Five Rats, the Wild Wolf Gang simply holed up in their subsidiary base and did not come out. With a crystal-level expert in charge, the five brothers didn’t dare to approach. The enemy was prepared; attempting an infiltration would be useless and might even cost them the lives of their brothers—not a worthwhile risk.
As days passed by, Xin Yun remained out of sight. On a routine day, either standing atop a mountain gazing down at Wave Valley City or practicing in the pool at the mountain’s base, Xin Yun had finally made another breakthrough after more than half a year, reaching Silver Seven Stars!
Advancing one star in half a year could not be considered slow, but it wasn’t particularly fast either. Although advancing through the silver ranks was much harder than the bronze ranks, it wasn’t by an overwhelming amount.
One day, as usual, Xin Yun gazed from the mountaintop, admiring the beautiful little town, the picturesque mountains and rivers, and the blue sky and white clouds. As he was lost in the bliss of the moment... suddenly, his eyes narrowed.
Looking up into the sky, through the layers of white clouds, eight dragon figures slowly descended, cutting through the clouds and gradually lowering toward Wave Valley City. At the same time, several dragon figures burst forth from within the city, flying up to meet the eight dragons.
As the distance closed, a look of ecstasy appeared on Xin Yun’s face. Among those eight Giant Dragons, there unmistakably was a shiny black Scorpion Dragon, and a black and yellow Bee Dragon! There was no doubt these two were the dragons of the Dual Assassins!
Taking a deep breath, Xin Yun dared not delay. He quickly took out the Taiji Diagram, sent a thought into it, and as the design spun, alternating with black and white light, a flash of golden light appeared, and then all was calm again.
Meanwhile, down at Wave Valley City, Rat Big Brother, who was wandering the streets, suddenly trembled. His expression profoundly changed as he quickly turned to speak to his brothers. Without heeding anything else, the five immediately summoned their Mouse Dragon and dove straight into the ground on the street, disappearing before the eyes of the onlookers.
"Shh..." Almost at the moment the Five Rats vanished, a piercing swoosh sounded, and a dozen Giant Dragons appeared in the sky. The breathing of the dragons was clearly audible, and their imposing aura covered the whole area. Seeing this scene, the faces of the nearby citizens turned pale. It was clear things had taken a turn for the worse...
The enemy had brought in even stronger reinforcements, and the Five Rats were probably in for trouble.
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Soon, the five brothers returned to the mountain, and although they escaped successfully, their faces were still pale with fright. They had been cautious and careful, but they hadn’t expected that such a fine line could be the difference between life and death! Explore stories at novelbuddy
The brothers all knew that if Xin Yun had notified them even half a second later, they wouldn’t have made it back alive. Even now, they had no idea where their adversary had come from.
Watching the brothers riddled with fear, Xin Yun took a deep breath. Obviously... the situation wasn’t one of the traps set by the Dual Assassins. Everything must have been a coincidence, for the Dual Assassins only ever played games involving themselves; they’d never relied on outsiders in their lives, and right now, they clearly didn’t have the power to mobilize masters for such a scheme.
The Dual Assassins’ schemes were like a Go game. With the world as the board and all living beings as the pieces, their plots encompassed everything from the very beginning. Unwittingly, one would find themselves marched toward a dead end, completely unable to fight back.
Of course, there are no absolutely unsolvable situations in the world, but the schemes of these two were extremely intricate. Throughout the entire process of dealing with their traps, there was no room for even the slightest error, as one wrong move could result in total defeat. If one fell a step behind, catching up would become an impossible task...(To be continued.
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