"Be careful! They're using incendiary bombs this time!"
In the mountains, Zhang Tianyi looked at the dark cloud of drones overhead and warned in a deep voice.
After the first wave of missile attacks, the rescue team followed Luo Yan's plan and split into three groups, each heading in a different direction.
Besides Zhang Tianyi, his group also included Bai? and Murong Xuan.
The remaining group consisted of four Merlion executives, including Shen Zhixin.
Under the effects of the Shapeshifting Technique, Luo Yan and Li Yuqing had assumed the identities of two Merlion commanders and drawn away the pursuers.
But Marshall, one of the Black Knights, still led a large number of attendants after them while ordering the drone swarm to drop incendiary bombs.
They didn't care in the slightest whether the Merlion executives lived or died. Capturing them alive was naturally best, but bringing back their corpses would also suffice as an explanation.
Thus, from the very beginning, they had bombarded the area relentlessly, not caring whether the explosions would hit Shen Zhixin and the others.
The Black Knight Unit could afford not to care, but the Heavenly Fire Squad couldn't. Their mission was to escort the Merlion executives safely to the White Elephant Group's territory.
Seeing that the drone swarm was still hovering overhead, Bai? looked toward Murong Xuan.
"Murong, clear those things out. We can't let them keep pestering us."
Murong Xuan didn't refuse. "Leave it to me."
He took out a writing brush and circulated his cultivation technique, saturating the tip with Mystic Qi before painting in the air.
He drew a crane.
The crane was snow-white all over, with a bright-red crown, golden eyes, an iron beak, and two hooked claws. It looked extraordinarily mystical.
After its eyes were dotted, the snow-white crane "came alive."