Chapter 73: The City Patrol Unit Annihilated, Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain

Guan Shan stared in astonishment at the enthusiastic Gu Han, his brows involuntarily knitting tight.

"This operation is very dangerous; you'd better stay in the camp."

To reassure Gu Han, Guan Shan paused for a moment and then added,

"Rest assured, the spy from Jia Yu Trading House you caught this time is yours, and your first merit is definitely secured."

Gu Han is the top rookie of Mu Shan Cheng; he cannot afford any risk!

If Gu Han encounters any trouble in this operation, even his older brother Guan Zhen will not spare him!

But he didn't know that what Gu Han cared about was fundamentally not the so-called merit.

Rather, it was the attributes of martial practitioners, even martial masters!

In these nearby mountains, even the strongest batch of demon beasts only have mid-two-star strength, equivalent to human martial practitioners.

Gu Han was very curious about how much benefit he could gain by personally killing a martial master.

Even if it was a kill picked up from leftovers, or merely picking up a corpse, it would probably be far superior to a mid-two-star demon beast.

Gu Han's eyes shifted as he put on an admiring expression,

"General Guan is the strongest in our camp! I believe with General Guan here, those petty villains can't do anything to me."

This flattery instantly made Guan Shan feel a bit light-headed.

Although Guan Shan indeed considered himself the strongest of the Second Camp.

But the effect of saying this from different people's mouths is completely different!

No matter how you say it, Gu Han is still the top of this cohort, and being young, his prospects can be said to be limitless.

Such admiration for a genius of this level, Guan Shan could not withstand!

"Alright, since that's the case, you may come along."

Guan Shan thought for a moment, then waved his hand broadly, looking at the bewildered Deng Li,

"Old Deng, Gu Han's safety is entrusted to you; in the later operation, your task is to protect Gu Han no matter what."

Deng Li's face was even more bewildered at this moment.

"No, you just agreed like that?"

"General Guan, what about your principles as the Chief Instructor of the Second Camp?"

"If Gu Han runs into trouble, Deng Li will be the one hard-pressed to shirk responsibility!"

But Deng Li knew he could only mutter complaints in his heart.

Once Guan Shan makes a decision, not even nine oxen could pull it back.

Moreover, it's him?

Soon, under Guan Shan's order, a hundred-strong elite squad set out from the Second Camp, heading straight for the Jia Yu Trading House's garrison.

This time, Guan Shan did not notify the other camps.

Besides not wanting to delay time, lest plans go awry, he also worried that other camps would come to claim credit!

Within this squad, Gu Han for the first time truly sensed the combat strength of the military camp.

The hundred-strong elite squad, each member's strength exceeds that of a fifth-stage martial practitioner!

Even Lei Chao, who was supposedly ranked in the top ten of the previous session, could not possibly squeeze in a spot here!

Compared to that, their so-called Ten Camps Competition is more like children playing house.

The various camp instructors were like parents watching the children play and frolic.

"The water in the military camp is indeed deeper than I imagined."

Gu Han secretly startled, he resolved that the upcoming operation must be extremely cautious.

Even these soldiers, individually perhaps not his match.

But if they join forces, Gu Han would likely find it hard to cope.

Moreover, Jia Yu Trading House certainly will have experts at the level of martial master or above.

Dusk had deepened.

Under the command of each squad leader, the hundred-strong soldier unit quickly arrived near the Jia Yu Trading House's garrison.

"General Guan, before leaving, I specially had Gu Han call a city patrol unit to guard here, to prevent the Jia Yu Trading House's spy from escaping."

Deng Li came to Guan Shan's side and lowered his voice to speak.

Guan Shan nodded,

"Well considered, not bad."

But just as Guan Shan's words fell, his expression suddenly changed slightly,

"Not good!"

His body instantly turned into a fleeing afterimage, vanishing into the night in the blink of an eye.

Deng Li first showed a look of astonishment, then quickly smelled a peculiar odor as well.

"This is... a bloody smell?"

Deng Li's face instantly turned grim,

"Everyone, speed up!"

At this moment, Deng Li, just about to move, recalled the task Guan Shan had assigned him.

Gu Han must absolutely not encounter any trouble!

He immediately grabbed Gu Han with one hand and sped off in the direction Guan Shan had gone.

At that instant, Gu Han instinctively wanted to resist, but he endured it, thus avoiding detection of abnormality by Deng Li.

Just after Deng Li left, in a nearby pitch-dark hut, a faint footstep sounded.

The soldiers merely thought someone was getting up at night, didn't take it seriously, and continued onward.

In the dark night, a low groan like a demon's sounded at that moment.

"Action!"

The door of the cottage suddenly opened a slit.

One after another, sharp swords flashed with a blinding light in the night, and with a hiss plunged into the Combat Soldier passing by the doorway.

"Ugh!!"

A miserable cry rang out in the night sky.

The other Combat Soldiers walking away from the door immediately sounded the alarm.

But by the time they came to, they saw their comrades clutching their wounds and collapsing in a pool of blood.

Moreover, many black-clad attackers came rushing at them!

The great battle was on the verge of breaking out in the streets and alleys.

At this moment, Guan Shan and Deng Li had only just arrived at the garrison of the Jia Yu Trading House not long ago.

Seeing the ten city patrol members already severed limb from limb, Guan Shan's face instantly sank like water.

He desperately suppressed the anger in his chest, preventing it from erupting outright in the dark night.

But that frantic surging aura still made Gu Han's heart startle.

"General Guan seems far stronger than I thought!"

Deng Li, seeing this gruesome sight, couldn't help but tremble all over,

"The gang of traitors from the Jia Yu Trading House killed the city patrol and fled?"

Guan Shan said with a solemn expression,

"Not only that, these people likely had premeditated it; the city patrol didn't even get a chance to call for help before being killed in a single blow!"

Ten people, a full ten-member city patrol.

All were killed with a single strike, their necks severed by one blow!

This suffices to show the killer's ruthlessness and their thorough training!

"General Guan, I'll go investigate now—where exactly did those Jian Chi State traitors run to..."

Deng Li likewise spoke with fury shooting to the heavens, but before his words even finished, a miserable cry was heard coming from afar.

"Not good!"

Guan Shan's face changed drastically.

The direction from which that miserable cry came was clearly that of the elite squad traveling with them!

"Lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

Guan Shan swiftly turned back; when he reached the battlefield, he saw dozens of Combat Soldiers scattered across the ground, clinging to life.

Only a dozen or so remained, still desperately resisting the encirclement of the black-clad forces.

The black-clad attackers numbered far more than the twenty Deng Li had interrogated.

The few remaining Combat Soldiers kept retreating under their onslaught!

"Deng Li, go rescue the wounded!"

After saying that, Guan Shan burst forth with a mighty aura, his body like a cannonball, surging toward the battlefield with a powerful shockwave.