"Female beast, instead of staying home nursing your cubs, you're out fighting outside. Don't cry if you hurt yourself!" The leader of the mercenary army mocked Shen Miao loudly.
Shen Miao raised her eyebrows. "Ah, so this is the kind of person who values male over female. That's quite rare."
"It's hard to say who hurt whom. I don't like people who talk too much nonsense. Come on, let your great-grandmother show you who your great-grandmother is."
The leader of the mercenary army was furious and felt insulted, so he dragged his long stone spear forward.
Shen Miao drew the God-Slaying Whip from her wrist and swung it fiercely in the air. The God-Slaying Whip was like a venomous snake, and it could even seek out enemies on its own. Upon smelling the scent, it pounced towards the leader of the mercenary army.
The leader had never seen such a strange weapon before, and was momentarily stunned. He was entangled in the stone spear by the God-Slaying Whip, and when he tried to shake it off, he found that the hard stone spear had already shattered into pieces.
Holy crap!
The leader of the mercenary army was completely dumbfounded. What the hell was going on? His weapon, the weapon that had accompanied him through countless battles and life-or-death struggles, was so easily damaged by a whip.
Without weapons, the mercenary leader could only use his superpowers to attack, but even superpowers were no match for Shen Miao. Shen Miao used both of her superpowers at the same time and quickly defeated the enemy leader, who fled in terror.
His hair was singed, and his face was charred black from being struck by lightning, making him look like he had crawled out of a coal pile.
The leader of the mercenary army finally realized that he had messed with the wrong person. He was able to be flexible and immediately ordered a retreat. The mercenary army, which had come with great momentum, left in disarray, abandoning their armor and weapons.
Xuanran's army wasn't satisfied and wanted to chase after them to continue beating them.
"Alright, let's not waste any more time."
Shen Miao told them to pick up the things that had been thrown on the ground. Most of them were left behind by the hired beastmen, who hadn't even taken their food with them because they were in such a panic.
They were scattered all over the ground, which ironically benefited Shen Miao and the others. It's unclear who actually robbed whom.
The rest of the journey went smoothly without any further mishaps, and we successfully reached the location marked on the map.
From a distance, it appears as a verdant mountain, shaped like a ribbon spread across the land. From the outside, no one would guess that a spirit mine is hidden there.
Shen Miao dismounted from the strange beast and found several Xuanran soldiers carrying tools, ordering them to try digging around the area.
Those people did as instructed.
In fact, Shen Miao didn't have much hope. She hoped that mining wasn't so easy, that if you could just dig and find ore, then there would be miners everywhere.
But she soon discovered that sometimes when people are lucky, nothing can stop them.
Those people just casually dug and actually unearthed spirit stones. However, because they hadn't been processed, they looked very rough, but this was enough to prove that this spirit mine was very rich in mineral resources.
Looking at the endless green mountains, Shen Miao suddenly felt an urge to throw her head back and laugh wildly.
Hahaha, I'm rich! I became rich overnight!
This feeling is really quite enjoyable. It's different from the unexpected windfall she received in her previous life. This time, she earned it through her own hard work!
Cough cough, I feel inexplicably guilty.
"Boss, something's wrong! A lot of people are coming from over there!"
Suddenly, a Xuanran soldier ran over to report.
Shen Miao looked in that direction and saw the green mountains faintly visible, the grass and trees swaying, and vaguely human figures mixed in among them. Her heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, wherever there is treasure, there will be people.
"Boss, boss, people are coming over here too!"
"And this side too!"
More and more voices rang out. Shen Miao counted them and found that people were arriving from all directions. They had all come at once.
A voice trembled as someone in Xuan Ran's army asked, "Are we surrounded?"
Everyone fell silent. Was there even a question? People had come from all eight directions; they were definitely surrounded and trapped.
Even the most formidable orcs couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive when faced with so many opponents; after all, one man's fists can't fight four hands.
"Go and find out more about these people. What are they? What do they do? What are their relationships with each other? Go quickly!" Shen Miao ordered again.
Xuanran's soldiers immediately ran to inquire.
After a while, news came that these people came from different factions. Some were tribes, and others were like the mercenary army they had encountered before. They all knew there were spirit mines here, which was why they came looking for them.
Upon hearing that everyone belonged to different factions, Shen Miao immediately smiled happily.
Xuanran's army exchanged bewildered glances. Had their leader gone mad with worry? Why was he laughing? There were so many people; just hearing about them was enough to give them a headache. Killing them one by one would take who knows how long.
Just as they were wondering, Shen Miao called over a few quick-witted soldiers and whispered something in their ears. The soldiers then ran off in different directions.
Shen Miao told Xuan Ranjun to eat something first and rest for a while to conserve his energy.
Everyone hesitated. The young orc who had been bitten by insects and was now invulnerable to swords and spears couldn't help but ask, "Boss, are we just going to do nothing? Isn't that a bad idea? What if they attack? Should we prepare in advance?"
"No need, don't rush, just treat this as a normal battle."
Seeing their leader so calm, Xuanran's army gradually calmed down as well.
As long as their leader is around, they will never lose.
This is a consensus among all Xuanran's troops.
Xuanran's army was following Shen Miao's advice and replenishing their food when they suddenly heard the sounds of fighting. Everyone put down their food and looked in that direction.
I was puzzled; why did they suddenly start fighting?
Before they could figure out what was going on, shouts of battle came from the other side, so everyone quickly turned around and looked in another direction.
This happened several times, and fighting broke out in several directions.
Xuan Ranjun was stunned, but quickly cheered up again and said to Shen Miao, "Boss, you were right. There was no need to rush. They started fighting on their own."
Shen Miao smiled slightly but did not speak.
A while later, the men who had been sent out came running back, panting, but their expressions were excited. "Boss, we did our mission well. They've all started fighting."
"Well done! Let's pack up and get ready to get started!" Shen Miao said cheerfully.
The other orcs, confused, surrounded the group and asked, "What's going on? What did the boss tell you to do? What were you saying? We don't understand!"
The chosen orcs said smugly, "This is a secret mission assigned to us by our boss. After learning that several factions had arrived, our boss came up with the idea of a dogfight. She wants us to stir things up and make them kill each other. Once they've killed each other enough, we'll deal with them."
The orcs, upon hearing this, suddenly understood and were completely convinced.
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