Of the four groups, Xiao Moshan and Xiao Qin were together, along with Yuanyuan and Duo Gan.
This arrangement was designed to catch people off guard. Even in the Empire, no one would have linked these four together.
With Duo Gan present, even if the other side sent out a Supreme, they could not pose a threat.
Sure enough, their caution was not misplaced. At dusk the next day, someone found the place where Xiao Moshan's group was camped.
The four were stationed beside a patch of woods at a highway fork, next to a small mountain stream. They had an off-road vehicle and a tent.
Traffic on the highway was fairly heavy, but anyone turning onto that side road would make their intentions rather obvious.
Three off-road vehicles arrived. Instead of stopping somewhere like Xiao Moshan's group had, they drove directly up beside them.
One vehicle parked extremely close, while the other two stopped in front and behind, clearly intending to block off their escape routes.
After the middle vehicle stopped, two men got out, both A-rank.
Seeing the wariness on the faces of the four people opposite them, the short, stocky A-rank man smiled and greeted them.
"Friends, relax. We're here to discuss business, nothing else."
Xiao Moshan and the other three exchanged glances. Without another word, they flashed into the woods.
"Fuck..." The slightly taller A-rank man was dumbfounded. "They just ran? How guilty are they?"
The short, stocky man waved a hand and gave the order. "Chase them!"
The other two vehicles also held two A-ranks, three B-ranks, and several others.
With such a lineup, they felt no apprehension at all about pursuing the other side, which only had two A-ranks.
The key was that as long as they tied them down, they had plenty of