The operation began

Meanwhile, Wu Qi wasn't idle either.

Rescuing hundreds of miners is a dangerous task; the slightest mistake could lead to total failure.

Moreover, the New Mountain Sect has a considerable number of personnel stationed near the Mine Mountain.

The Spirit Hall sent a team with many powerful members, but none of them were assassins like Ghost Douluo.

To deal with those sentries on the perimeter, we must take them all into custody immediately; even a single one escaping would be a huge problem for them.

Therefore, Wu Qi had no choice but to use the Trialist squad sent by the Spirit Hall.

These people may not be good at other things, but when it comes to fighting, they are very good at it.

Wu Qi went to the group's residence.

Upon seeing him, the students couldn't help but ask, "Senior Wu, we can't just stay here forever, it's gotten so boring!"

The Soul Douluo in charge of supervising them angrily rebuked, "How dare you all speak like that! This is an important figure in the hall, not your senior!"

As he spoke, he turned to Wu Qi, adopting a very humble attitude, and took the initiative to apologize. "This subordinate failed to supervise properly and offended you, sir. Please punish me."

Wu Qi waved his hand, faced the group of trainees, and said with a smile, "Since you all can't sit still, then your task has arrived."

"Time is of the essence, I don't have time to train you. Next, Senior Tie Niu will teach you assassination techniques. At midnight, we'll all leave the city together and pull off a big heist."

Hearing that there was a big mission to be done, the trainees were all very excited and wanted to make a great contribution so they could brag about it to their classmates when they got back.

Iron Bull Soul Douluo shook his head slightly, not optimistic about the matter.

These trainees have never even killed anyone, what do they know about assassination?

If you can't bring yourself to do it when the time comes, it could really cause problems.

However, since Wu Qi had already decided to use these people, he couldn't object. He could only try his best to teach these students the key techniques of assassination.

How much of the essence they can learn depends on their own potential.

Next, Wu Qi sat aside and watched the group of trainees train.

As dusk settled and the trainees' training progress proved unsatisfactory, Wu Qi had no other options.

He couldn't spare any manpower from elsewhere in a short period of time.

After instructing Iron Bull Soul Douluo to stay and continue teaching, he went out to gather intelligence.

By observing the markings left in the Qiangu Changkong, one can know the deployment of sentries around the Mine Mountain.

Even if the next operation is destined to encounter unexpected problems, as long as we are fast enough to attack the Mine Mountain before the experts of the New Mountain Sect can react, we can succeed.

Midnight.

Led by Iron Bull Soul Douluo and many Soul Saint powerhouses from the Spirit Hall, the students quietly left the city.

Iron Bull Soul Douluo was well aware that the training of this group was ineffective, and could only pray that they wouldn't cause any trouble. Even if the process was rough, he would be grateful as long as the mission was completed.

Within the group, the trainees were whispering amongst themselves.

"Coming out to assassinate someone in the middle of the night, who exactly are we trying to kill?"

To prevent the news from leaking out, Wu Qi did not tell these people the actual situation.

According to the Spirit Hall, these people only knew that they were out for training, but what does training have to do with assassination?

These students were no children after all, and soon someone noticed something was amiss.

"Even if it's an assassination, shouldn't we operate in a small-scale manner? Judging from Senior Tie Niu's attitude, it seems he doesn't intend for us to split up. What kind of operation would it be if so many of us carried out an assassination?"

Seeing the commotion coming from the group, Iron Bull Soul Douluo immediately scolded, "What are you shouting about? Are you afraid others won't notice you're there?"

"I'm telling you, if this mission fails, hundreds of lives will be lost because of you."

"This is a rescue operation; if it fails, no one can afford the responsibility."

"I know you are all geniuses of the academy, each one arrogant and proud. If the hundreds of people waiting to be rescued suffer heavy casualties, you will all be in deep trouble. At that time, you can forget about graduating from the academy smoothly."

With graduation looming, the students immediately stopped joking around and became serious.

It's important to know that even the worst outcome of graduating from the Spirit Hall Academy is being assigned to a small city as Vice Hall Master.

Of course, all of this is contingent on graduating smoothly.

If you can't graduate, the best you can do is become a Deacon.

Who can accept such a drastic change, being demoted from management to a frontline worker?

Seeing that he had managed to stabilize the group, Iron Bull Soul Douluo breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Weren't those words also directed at himself?

If the mission fails, he, as the team leader, will inevitably be held accountable by the higher-ups in the palace.

After waiting for a moment at the agreed location, Wu Qi's figure descended from the sky.

This time, through aerial reconnaissance, he has roughly figured out the situation of the Mine Mountain.

Upon returning, he immediately laid out the Route Map he had drawn along the way in front of Iron Bull Soul Douluo.

"Sir, I'm worried that these trainees won't be able to carry out the assassination mission effectively. If our whereabouts are exposed, those hundreds of laborers and Young Master Qian Gu will likely perish."

Iron Bull Soul Douluo might not care about the lives of those laborers, but Qiangu Changkong was a genius that the palace was focusing on cultivating. If something happened to him, the loss to the palace would be too great.

Wu Qi understood his concerns and said, "These people need to grow. Even if there's a risk of failure, does that mean they shouldn't try?"

"This time, let's broaden their horizons. You and the other strong individuals should pay close attention and provide support for them."

After arranging the details of the task, we began to take action.

Wu Qi possesses the ability to fly, allowing him to survey the battlefield from high above and be ready to provide support at any time.

Inside the Mine Mountain.

As it was already late at night and the Mine Overseer had all gone to rest, Qiangu Changkong immediately approached Zhu Wusi.

"Rest assured, sir, I have already communicated with the others and we are just waiting for your order to organize everyone."

Qiangu Changkong hurriedly confirmed, "Are you sure you haven't let the news leak out? Once those people find out, I'm afraid none of us will be able to escape."

Zhu Wusi quickly explained, "Don't worry, sir, those Mine Overseer haven't left the Mine Mountain; they probably don't know about our plan."

That's true.

It's unlikely that the New Mountain Sect buried all of its own people in the Mine Mountain.

Next, we just have to wait for Wu Qi's actions.

This was the first time Qiangu Changkong had faced such a daunting rescue mission, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

As time went by, Iron Bull Soul Douluo led his team of students to the bottom of the Mine Mountain.

According to Wu Qi's markings on the terrain, there is a hidden sentry group of ten people here, the strongest of whom is at the Soul King Rank. The others are mostly Soul Grandmaster and Soul Elder.

With the students' abilities, they are more than capable of dealing with the others.

Iron Bull Soul Douluo quickly selected several trainees who had performed well during training from the crowd to cooperate with him.

The remaining trainees stood guard on the perimeter.