As he moved through the darkness, Jack's eyes glowed faintly, making the otherwise pitch-black surroundings clearly visible.

Recalling the locations marked on the map in his mind, Jack moved forward silently like a ghost.

Even from a great distance, he could sense several wisps of energy hiding behind the trees.

Instead of getting close, Jack hid behind the tree, but he pointed the index fingers of both hands at the location he sensed, and silver battle aura condensed at his fingertips.

"Whoosh."

Two silver orbs of light streaked across the silent night sky with a whooshing sound.

After easily piercing through three trees, they precisely and simultaneously blew off two heads.

Hearing no other gasps of alarm, Jack knew that this hidden sentry post had also been eliminated.

"Fourteen," Jack murmured a number.

Thus, all fourteen bandits from the seven hidden outposts of Black Cloud Mountain died at Jack's hands.

"Phew." Jack let out a long sigh, but his face showed an unconcealable weariness.

Ultimately, battle aura is not as convenient as magic. Although one can release battle aura after reaching an advanced level, compared to the arcane missiles of a mage, the pure energy ball condensed by Jack's battle aura consumes far more energy. Even with Jack's profound foundation, he was somewhat overwhelmed by fourteen consecutive shots.

After drinking a bottle of vitality potion, Jack's internal energy recovery speed increased slightly.

Jack can finally give orders now.

"First, check your interference crystals. Are any of them missing?"

Twelve tall men emerged from behind Jack. They were the twelve guards who had come with Jack. They had dispersed to different areas earlier, fearing that gathering too close would lead to discovery. Now that the sentries had been eliminated, they had regrouped.

Each of them took out a transparent crystal from their pocket, with purple arcs of electricity constantly twisting in the center of the crystal.

Jack confirmed that the interference crystal was not lost, and then continued...

"The bandits' magician has set up a sensing array here, but we won't be detected because we have interference crystals. However, this is not enough to make the cunning bandits lower their guard, which is why I left Wu Yu, who doesn't have interference crystals, at the foot of the mountain. He is now our signal, and he will help us attract the magician's full attention."

“The enemy’s sentries have all been eliminated. Now, just as I arranged before, you infiltrate and sprinkle gunpowder into their stronghold. Then we’ll set the mountain on fire, so their low-ranking combatants won’t be able to interfere with us.”

"Now, please proceed to the positions I have designated. After I have set the fires, you will all move at the same time."

"Yes, sir, young master Jack."

The guards responded in unison and then dispersed; at least in terms of combat readiness, they were all competent.

But as Kevin moved forward, he suddenly threw the interference crystal on his body to the ground, and then continued forward as if nothing had happened.

As a fifth-tier superhuman, Jack was incredibly fast. He was the first to arrive at the gate of the stronghold, took out several high-energy magic crystals, threw them at the gate, and then retreated a distance, silently estimating the arrival time of the group of third-tier guards.

Feeling that the time was about right, Jack took out the rapier he had gotten from the blacksmith from his storage ring and casually swung it, the sword energy striking a high-energy magic crystal.

Cracks appeared on the high-energy magic crystal, and then violent power surged out from it, causing a chain reaction with the high-energy magic crystal next to it.

"Boom, boom, boom." A series of explosions rang out.

The towering mountain gate was blasted open, and flames spread from the fence, turning into a fiery serpent that slowly enveloped the entire mountain stronghold.

The shockwave reached right in front of Jack, only ruffling his hair without causing any other harm.

"Boom, boom."

Another series of explosions rang out, and sparks flickered in Jack's calm eyes.

He gripped his sword and slowly walked towards the mountain stronghold.

"Ah! Someone, come quick, put out the fire!"

"Quickly, someone come! Enemy has invaded!"

He heard the screams of bandits, and at the same time, bandits surrounded Jack.

But none of the vicious bandits dared to make a move against the seemingly gentle and refined man. They kept what they considered the safest distance and silently followed Jack.

Jack arrived at an open space in the center of the stronghold, where a large group of people had already gathered. Among them was the lone wolf, Croton, whom he had met a few days ago, and next to him stood a middle-aged man dressed in a magician's robe.

“Young Master Jack, I didn’t expect you to arrive so quickly, and you caught me completely off guard with your first move. You’re really something.” Instead of attacking directly, Cotton calmly chatted with Jack.

“The sooner we get rid of you, the less the passersby will suffer,” Jack said matter-of-factly. “Besides, killing a dog is no big deal.”

"Hahaha, young master Jack, you are as confident as ever. You are on my turf now, are you so sure you can take me down?" Keton laughed instead of getting angry. He waved his hand, and the bandits behind him drew their weapons, waiting menacingly for Jack.

"Not to mention that I am stronger than you, we also have a fifth-tier fighter on our side. As long as he stops you, I can kill your subordinates like slaughtering dogs. In addition, we also have eleven third-tier fighters. You won't even have a chance to escape," Jack said confidently.

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