"Senior brother, who is the other party?" Another red-robed man asked in a low voice with a little nervousness.
"Luo Jingting, an inner disciple of the Yue Kingdom's Flame Sect!"
"Hostile sect!"
The young man's eyes narrowed. It turned out to be his mortal enemy. Then he would be in danger tonight.
"Zi Rui, the enemy is clearly coming for us. We are the only ones who know the route of this mission. It seems there must be a traitor among us, but now is not the time to pursue it. I will use my secret technique to break their trap. You take your junior brothers and escape first. I will hold them off for a while. The rest depends on your luck."
“Senior Brother, you…”
"Don't say anything, get ready!"
Zhao Zirui and his fellow disciples' eyes turned red and they felt choked up, but this was not the time to be sad. Soon they formed their sect's Nine Revolutions Defense Formation with Zhao Zirui as the center.
At this moment, a splash of blood appeared around Leon, his eyes were red, and a trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. It seemed that this secret technique must have caused extremely serious damage.
"Bloodmelt!"
As Leon screamed in pain, a rolling ball of blood gathered above his head and crashed into the wall of the trap, but there was no loud noise as imagined.
When the blood ball touched the curtain wall, it actually melted open an exit about ten feet in size.
"Not good, increase the output to block the hole."
Luo Jingting reacted immediately and gave instructions to block the cave entrance. Seeing this, Li Ang summoned his sword and took the initiative to attack, while sending his spiritual thoughts to Zhao Zirui, "I'll hold off for a while and find the right opportunity to lead the brothers to break through."
"Let me meet you for a moment. I was able to defeat you then, and I can still do it now. Watch this!"
Leon's attack was loud and powerful, and Luo Jingting on the outside dodged the blow by stepping back and returning a sword. The two fought more and more bravely, and the battle was so fierce that the sky and the earth were dark.
Inside, Zhao Zirui sensed that the fight between the two had become distant, and then he decisively led a group of fellow apprentices to quickly escape from the trap.
As soon as they escaped, the terrified miners fell into chaos. A few clever ones quickly ran towards the exit, but as soon as they went out, they heard several screams. They knew what was happening, which made the miners who were ready to move inside give up their ideas.
Soon, the exit was repaired and they couldn't escape, so they had to huddle closer to hide the fear in their hearts.
Ling Tian was not afraid, but curious, because the battle between Luo Jingting and Li Ang was very strange. Logically speaking, Li Ang used such a powerful secret technique, and was one small realm lower than the other party, so the battle should not be evenly matched. Moreover, the two seemed to be fighting extremely fiercely, but they did not have the ruthlessness of facing a mortal enemy.
“Could it be…”
Just when Ling Tian was suspicious, the trap outside was unexpectedly lifted, and more than 30 men in black stood in the night, looking particularly gloomy.
Ling Tian frowned as he looked at the dozens of men in black. He had indeed used his spiritual sense to observe them when they were trapped earlier, and there were only a dozen or so. Now there were twice as many? He also discovered something very interesting: the man in black next to Luo Jingting was none other than Li Ang, who had sacrificed himself to give his junior fellow apprentice a chance to escape. Although his face was covered with a black cloth, his aura could not be hidden from him.
"Oh my god! I didn't expect to run into the Infernal Affairs. It seems that the gang just now is in great danger."
As Ling Tian was secretly surprised, the leader, Luo Jingting, walked out. He looked down at the hundreds of miners with a condescending look and said with a smile, "You should be thankful to have met us. I can help you remove the Wrath Mark. However, you have to mine for us for a month. After that, we will let you go. If you perform well, you can even join our sect. If you don't need us to remove the Wrath Mark, you can leave now. I won't force you."
There was a great deal of astonishment at the scene, and people gathered in groups of three or four, discussing in low voices.
Luo Jingting and the others are not in a hurry. For them, there is only one outcome.
After a while, some people gradually chose to remove the anger mark, and Luo Jingting did not break his promise and helped them remove it on the spot, which made them excited and cry. They finally got rid of their anger and could live as upright human beings in the future.
Of course, there was also a small group who did not believe that such a cheap thing could happen, so they chose to leave. Luo Jingting and his men certainly did not stop them, and they even helped them to remove their shackles. This action made several miners regret their decision and make another choice.
In addition, there were more than ten people watching, and Ling Tian was one of them. After thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to leave. He could remove the Seal of Angry by himself. When he was about to step forward, he found that one of the men in black was missing, and it was Leon. This made him stop, and then he sent out his spiritual sense to look for him.
"this…"
Ling Tian discovered that the dozen or so people who had just left were all brutally murdered, and the murderer was Leon. This discovery made him feel cold.
"I should have thought of that earlier. Only the dead can keep secrets."
Ling Tian didn't think about it and just left without removing the seal of anger to continue being a miner. He thought of pretending to be nice and then looking for a chance to escape.
The one who removed the seal of anger was a man in black who was in the middle stage of foundation building. He placed his hand on Ling Tian's head. Suddenly, he felt a warmth in his body, as if something in his body had disappeared. He felt very comfortable.
"Hmm?"
At the same time that Ling Tian felt the slave seal removed, a tiny trace of external spiritual power was hidden outside his central qi sea. If it weren't for his strong spiritual sense, he really wouldn't have been able to discover it.
"It seems there's no way to make a living after mining."
In order to avoid any complications, Ling Tian walked back to his original position as if nothing had happened, and was not in a hurry to eliminate the hidden danger.
"Alright, since you've chosen to stay, then complete the mission well and don't have any greed or other thoughts. To allay everyone's concerns, we will remove the soul-locking shackles for you. Everyone, move forward in groups, and once you've completed your mission, we'll depart."
Luo Jingting has subdued most of the people present with this method, because the soul-locking shackles are the root of their enslavement. The slave seal can be broken as long as it is freed from its restriction. However, these shackles are made of crystal copper and cannot be damaged unless one is at the foundation-building stage.
Ling Tian was pleasantly surprised by this, as it saved him the trouble of doing it later.
"Okay, let's go!"
Luo Jingting gave an order and led this group of miners to continue according to the map provided by Leon. Wherever they passed, there were people responsible for removing all traces, and they were really meticulous.
The journey was very long, and gradually went deeper into the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range. Level one and level two monsters frequently collided with each other. Even with the guidance of several Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, it took more than a dozen miners to reach the destination smoothly after suffering casualties.
"Brother Luo, the spirit stone mine is inside this cave, but it's guarded by a Level 2 Diamond Tiger, so only you can deal with it."
"King Kong Tiger?"
Luo Jingting's face changed involuntarily. This tiger was a top-level second-level monster with extremely formidable defense and incredible speed, comparable to a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage. Even he did not dare to guarantee a sure win.
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