Chapter 298: Killing Two Birds with One Stone and Silence

Xu Jin rushed back to Guan County city and killed his way to the front of the star gate.

Xu Jin's original intention was to clear the field quickly, have him seal the star gate, guard this passage, and then let the County Magistrate and County Lieutenant lead the team to clean up those fish that slipped through the net.

The invading foreign races had quite poor discipline, and there were those who acted alone in the chaos.

But when Xu Jin arrived, he was stunned.

The Fourth-tier present-world humans fighting in front of the star gate were only one County Magistrate.

Outside the battle circle, Xu Jin discovered the County Lieutenant's corpse; only half of the remains were left.

Inside the star gate, Second-tier, Third-tier, and Fourth-tier foreign races were continuously rushing out.

Xu Jin joined the battle silently.

Once Xu Jin came, the pressure on the County Magistrate, who was leading the county government elites to fight, was greatly reduced.

In less than twenty breaths, Xu Jin had cleared the foreign races nearby.

However, inside the star gate, the foreign races were still continuously rushing out.

One after another.

"True Transmission Xu, I will recover for a moment." The County Magistrate bitterly hugged his fist at Xu Jin and walked toward the County Lieutenant's corpse, swallowed a pill, and quickly recovered.

This... is war!

"I am here; those who are recovering, go recover, or go participate in the battle elsewhere."

Following Xu Jin's roar, many county government patrolmen who had consumed a lot went to recover.

As for those who were pushed to the limit, they were either killed in action or seriously injured.

There were no heroic words, only silent support.

Xu Jin continuously killed the foreign races rushing out from the star gate.

On average, one or two came out every breath, some Third-tier, occasionally Fourth-tier, and also Second-tier.

With Xu Jin's strength, guarding here was very easy.

But a quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin frowned.

Can't kill them all!

The foreign races rushing out continuously like this—killing them all wasn't a big problem; at this frequency, he could keep killing.

However, the foreign races didn't stop, which meant Xu Jin couldn't draw upon the Sealing Jade Tablet to seal the current star gate.

After the Sealing Jade Tablet sealed the current star gate, it needed about half an hour to completely fuse with the Star Domain boundary wall, and only then could the sealing be completely finished.

And during this half hour of fusion, as long as there were foreign races on the opposite side of the Star Domain blasting at will, they could quickly blast open the seal, causing Xu Jin's star gate sealing to fail.

"This Fourth-tier Star Domain should have been prepared long ago. The Star Domain King inside likely made preparations to mobilize troops before the Nine Star Tidal Surge to blast open the star gate, and this star gate opened in a good position, likely close to one of their big cities.

That's why a large number of foreign races rushed in continuously.

Currently, it seems we can only hold on!

The foreign races on that side cannot know the battle situation here; all they can do is continuously send troops.

All we can do is hold on and keep killing.

Kill all the foreign races sent over through the star gate, and when that side realizes it, we can seal the star gate." Having recovered slightly, the County Magistrate came over.

Xu Jin frowned, "How long does this need to hold on?"

"At least half a day. According to past experience, at least half a day, at most a day or two. However, according to the current situation, the difficulty of holding on is not too great. True Transmission Xu, if you are tired, you can switch with me.

It's just that if Fourth-tier mid-to-late stage foreign races rush out, I still have to ask True Transmission Xu to lend a hand.

Otherwise, they will cause disaster again," the County Magistrate said.

Xu Jin casually blasted to death a Fourth-tier foreign race rushing out from the star gate, his brow slightly furrowed.

Holding on here for half a day or a day was no difficulty for Xu Jin.

The Fourth-tier foreign races that rushed out were at strongest Fourth-tier Ninth Layer.

No danger to Xu Jin.

Even stronger, could they be stronger than the Gold Star-level Gatekeeper and Inner Demon?

So theoretically, any foreign race below Fifth-tier Second Layer, Xu Jin could easily kill.

But the problem was that the time was too long, which would extremely amplify the danger brought by Xu Jin's current identity.

The Grand Master had set the best task completion time for Xu Jin at two hours.

Now, it had already been over half an hour.

If the two Star Palaces had the intention, they likely already knew the news of Xu Jin supporting Guan County.

However, because of the Star-Plucking Tower teleportation control, it would take quite some time for the experts of the two Star Palaces to rush over.

As for the Fifth-tier experts left by the two Star Palaces in Yangjiang County, they were at most Fifth-tier; sending them over was just sending food to Xu Jin.

One or two months ago, during the assassination in Wanyi, they used Fifth-tier Ninth Layer experts, and they all failed!

Xu Jin not only had to complete the mission but also had to consider his own safety.

Suddenly, looking at this star gate, Xu Jin's heart moved.

"County Magistrate, I have a method that can seal the star gate in a short time, and then you can lead the troops to clean up those fish that slipped through the net and quickly organize the villagers to unfold rescue, but it requires you to hold on for at least half an hour," Xu Jin said.

"I am the County Magistrate; guarding the land is my responsibility. Let alone holding on for half an hour, even holding on for a day is a must!

But if Fourth-tier mid-to-late stage foreign races rush out again, I might not be able to hold on!" The County Magistrate gritted his teeth.

"That's easy to handle."

Xu Jin directly gave the County Magistrate four Fourth-tier top grade emblems for emergencies.

But Xu Jin didn't start acting immediately; Xu Jin now wasn't so reckless anymore.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin directly captured a Fourth-tier mid grade captive, interrogated him on the spot with Dream Warmth, and very quickly, he got the information he wanted.

This Fourth-tier Star Domain was named the Flame Wolf Star Domain; long before the Nine Star Tidal Surge, the two great kings within the Star Domain had reached a consensus to mobilize heavy troops waiting for the Nine Star Tidal Surge to blast open the star gate.

The star gate opened directly a hundred miles outside the Flame Horn King City. The foreign races that killed their way in this time were all from the Flame Horn clan.

And according to the captive, the elite troops of the Green Wolf clan would also rush to outside the star gate in the near future, and then kill their way out to make a big haul.

That is to say, there were massive reinforcements!

In this situation, Xu Jin's idea became even more firm.

The next instant, Xu Jin transmitted his thoughts to Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao through the Star-Plucking Token.

Such a big matter still had to be notified to the Grand Master.

【Do you have the confidence to return within two hours?】 The Grand Master sent a starlight message.

【As long as my luck isn't too bad, I should be able to return within two hours,】 Xu Jin affirmed.

【Good, with two hours as the limit; two hours later, regardless of whether you have come out or not, if I have time, I will go to meet you; if I have no time, Peng Lao or other Seventh-tier experts will go to meet you.】

Having received the Grand Master's affirmative reply, the next instant, Xu Jin handed the Flame Wolf Star Domain Star Domain marker he had made to the County Magistrate, just in case.

"County Magistrate, you hold on first; within half an hour, I will definitely be able to reduce the pressure for you from the inside!"

The next instant, Xu Jin leaped and disappeared into the star gate.

The County Magistrate looked at Xu Jin's disappearing figure and immediately felt solemn, "A true warrior!"

The next moment, two more Third-tier foreign races rushed out; the County Magistrate didn't say a word and rushed up.

Tianyang Star Palace Main Palace, Great Elder Wang Kan hurriedly came to see the Tianyang Star King.

"How is the situation?"

"King, currently within the territory of Great Hong, there are two Seventh-tier Star Domain star gates, four Sixth-tier Star Domain star gates, eleven Fifth-tier Star Domain star gates, twenty-seven Fourth-tier Star Domain star gates, fifty-one Third-tier Star Domain star gates, and sixty-five Second-tier Star Domain star gates.

The number of star gates appearing during the Nine Star Tidal Surge is a full double that of the star gates appearing during the star tide every three years.

Fortunately, Great Hong is well-prepared and has already sent out most of its elites according to your requirements.

It is expected that within two to three days, it can be completely suppressed, and three or four days later, the territory of Great Hong will be able to restore peace; the losses will not be too great." Great Elder Wang Kan replied.

"What about Chen Guo, the barbarians, and Great Chu?" the Tianyang Star King asked again.

"King, on the barbarian side, their luck this year is a bit bad; the number of temporary star gates is more than any previous Nine Star Tidal Surge. Chen Guo and Great Chu are about the same. But Great Chu and the Cangming Star Palace side are powerful and handle it relatively calmly. As for Chen Guo, they should also be able to handle it, but it will be quite strenuous."

After Wang Kan finished speaking, he suddenly said again, "King, just received news that the Chen Guo National Dao Academy True Transmission disciple Xu Jin has been sent to Guan County, Yangjiang County, Danzhou to seal a Fourth-tier Star Domain."

Once these words were spoken, the Tianyang Star King's eyelids lifted abruptly, "What do you intend to do?"

"King, the Star-Plucking Tower is temporarily under control; it takes time to rush over!

And the previous assassination by Fifth-tier experts failed.

With Xu Jin's current identity, Xu Jin must have Sixth-tier top grade life-saving emblems in his hand, and definitely more than one.

Therefore, it is better to send Seventh-tier experts to finish it in one go!" Wang Kan made a slashing gesture.

"Can they catch up?"

"Hard to say! The nearest Seventh-tier expert flying all the way would take at least two hours or more. It's a pity, if it weren't for the Eighth-tier being too eye-catching, I would have wanted to make a move personally!" Wang Kan laughed.

"You making a move would be foolproof!

However, the commotion would be too big.

Perhaps it would fail instead!

Then you arrange it."

After speaking, the Tianyang Star King frowned and suddenly said again: "Theoretically, Chen Guo's manpower is extremely tight now and it is impossible to arrange Seventh-tier experts to protect Xu Jin closely. To be safe, send two Seventh-tier experts!"

"King is wise!"

After a small compliment, Great Elder Wang Kan said again, "King, should I send Deputy Commandant Hu Jinshan of the Hu family? Last time Hu Zhen died at the hands of Chen Guo, the Hu family is holding a fire in their hearts.

If he is sent to assassinate Xu Jin, he will definitely use twelve points of strength!

It will definitely succeed!"

"Hmm, not bad, send another one who is steady."

While Great Elder Wang Kan received the order, the Tianyang Star King suddenly moved his gaze, "Does the Cangming Star Palace know about this intelligence?"

"Back to King, they should know. Among the spies of our Tianyang Star Palace, there are a few three-faced people; through them, the news can be revealed to the Cangming Star Palace. The Cangming Star Palace, nine times out of ten, will not let go of this opportunity to make a move." Great Elder Wang Kan said.

The Tianyang Star King pondered for a few breaths, then suddenly said, "For the other candidate, let the Sixth Elder Xia Zhong go; only Xia Zhong can suppress Hu Jinshan."

When Wang Kan nodded in agreement, he was a bit puzzled, "What does the King mean?"

"Tell Sixth Elder Xia Zhong, if the experts of the Cangming Star Palace also arrive, then we will delay our move, or secretly help the Cangming Star Palace people succeed, and then expose the experts of the Cangming Star Palace!

At that time, the relationship between Cheng Yuexiao or the Chen Guo National Dao Academy and the Cangming Star Palace will inevitably drop to freezing point.

You say, at that time, when you go to unite with the Cangming Star Palace, what choice will Cangming make?" the Tianyang Star King said.

Great Elder Wang Kan's eyes suddenly revealed a look of realization, and he gave a thumbs up, "King is brilliant; this plan of killing two birds with one stone is too superb!"

"Go, but no matter what, don't let that boy Xu Jin run away!"

"Yes!"

In the main palace of the Cangming Star Palace, the Cangming Star King was making similar arrangements, giving face-to-face instructions to Seventh Elder Huang Kejia.

"Elder Huang, you go and act according to the situation! If the people of Tianyang arrive, don't make a move if you can avoid it. The villain should still be the one from Tianyang. In the future, we still want to unite with Chen Guo to weaken the Tianyang Star Palace.

In this matter, don't offend Chen Guo if you can avoid it!

Also, if we have to kill Xu Jin as a last resort, then find a way to frame it on the Tianyang Star Palace.

Elder Huang, you are an expert in this aspect; it shouldn't be a problem, right!" the Cangming Star King said.

"King, rest assured, I will do my best."

"Hmm, go."

Seventh Elder Huang Kejia took people and left, but the Cangming Star King let him be instructed, "Elder Sun, send out all the experts in the Star Palace who can be sent! This year Great Chu has to bear half a percent more tribute, and it happens to coincide with the Nine Star Tidal Surge; let the people have less loss if possible."

"King is benevolent!"

Great Elder Sun Xianzu of the Cangming Star Palace received the order and left.

During the Nine Star Tidal Surge, only the two great Star Palaces had the energy to do other things.

Within the Flame Horn Star Domain, Xu Jin had just killed a team of foreign races, and after capturing and interrogating them, he determined his position.

That's the bad thing about star gates.

Coming out is a fixed point, but going in, that will be randomly teleported.

This time rushing in, Xu Jin's luck wasn't too good; the bad news was that the landing point was in the Green Wolf clan territory.

But the good news was that although the landing point was in the Green Wolf clan territory, it was only about a thousand miles away from the Flame Horn King City, not far.

A thousand miles, Xu Jin spared no cost to rush at full speed, and would arrive in more than half an hour.

There was another good news: the elite army led by the Green Wolf King was about five hundred miles ahead of Xu Jin.

Under normal circumstances, in another hour, the elite army led by the Green Wolf King would be able to kill their way to the vicinity of the Flame Horn King City, and then kill their way into the present world through the star gate near the Flame Horn King City.

A quarter and a half hour later, Xu Jin rushed into the elite army led by the Green Wolf King like a collision.

Calling it an elite army, there were only ten thousand people in total.

Five hundred Fourth-tier elites, four thousand Third-tier, and the rest were all Second-tier.

It seemed because it was discussed with the Flame Horn King, because it was an army marching into the vicinity of the Flame Horn King City, only two Fifth-tier powerhouses were brought.

This greatly facilitated Xu Jin.

Charging the formation for no more than twenty breaths, he killed the Green Wolf King and two Fifth-tier powerhouses, and then quickly fled far away.

The remaining foreign race elites were already in a mess.

Of course, Xu Jin also brought the Green Wolf King's corpse along the way.

For safety, Xu Jin spent a quarter of an hour refining the two Wind-type Wills of Heaven and Earth Stars that fell from the Green Wolf King's body, completely integrating them into this world, before rushing to the vicinity of the Flame Horn King City.

This operation was even smoother.

With the addition of two First-tier Green Wolf Hearts, combined with invisibility, Xu Jin quietly sneaked to within twenty meters of the Flame Horn King who was directing the battle without being discovered.

Launched a surprise attack.

Spiral Flame Explosion under the Dazzling Purple Heavenly Fire, combined with the Seventh-tier mid grade Void-Breaker, directly killed the Flame Horn King in seconds.

Subsequently, Xu Jin propped up the Fish Screen Golden Bell, activated the Earth Root brought by the Earth Source Star Pattern, stood firmly in place, killed two Fifth-tier and hundreds of Fourth-tier elites of the Flame Horn clan on the spot, and then took a step out and rushed into the star gate to leave.

"Kill!"

Just after passing through the star gate, Xu Jin heard the roar of the Guan County Magistrate, and the attacks poured onto his body; just as he wanted to counterattack, he suddenly reacted.

"It's me!"

"So fast!" The Guan County Magistrate was stunned, his heart filled with surprise that couldn't be described.

In less than an hour and a half, he had killed a round trip inside the foreign race star domain—this speed was too fast, right?

This was also too brave, right?

"There shouldn't be any problem on the opposite side; the Flame Horn King has been killed, the foreign races are completely chaotic. This star gate, I will leave it to you to seal," Xu Jin directly handed the Sealing Jade Tablet to the Guan County Magistrate, and at the same time, reported to the Grand Master.

【Since it was solved directly from inside the Star Domain, then the matter of sealing the star gate will be left to the County Magistrate; you return quickly! Your safety margin is almost up.】 Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao sent a starlight message.

【Yes, I will return now.】

A few breaths later, the Guan County Magistrate watched Xu Jin move away.

Xu Jin, who stepped on the stars and rose, went straight to Yangjiang County city.

He intended to teleport away from the Star-Plucking Tower branch building in Yangjiang County city.

In just over half a quarter of an hour, he arrived at Yangjiang County city. The Star-Plucking Tower branch building disciple who verified his identity didn't know when, but had actually been replaced by a Fifth-tier expert.

This made Xu Jin frown.

Putting a Fifth-tier expert here to guard the door—wasn't that too wasteful?

Everywhere was fighting for their lives!

But a Fifth-tier expert was left here idle?

However, this wasn't something Xu Jin could manage. He would tell the Grand Master when he returned. He glanced at Yangjiang County city and was about to enter the Star-Plucking Tower to leave.

But when he turned around to look at Yangjiang County city, he was stunned.

At this time, it was not yet Hai hour, about eight or nine o'clock in the evening in his previous life.

But the entire Yangjiang County city was incomparably quiet.

Let alone human voices, there wasn't even a light!

"Eh, why is Yangjiang County city so quiet?"

Xu Jin asked in surprise, and this Fifth-tier guard disciple's expression suddenly changed!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 299 =====