The next morning, Su Yu and his companions arrived at Golden Radiance Ridge.
Before they even disembarked from the flying boat, they saw ravines crisscrossing the mountains. Some stretched from the foot of a mountain halfway up its slope, while others severed entire roads. The broken edges were scorched black, and even the nearby vegetation had been burned clean away.
Outside the Main Mining Area, the pale golden defensive barrier was still operating, but several times as many warriors patrolled the grounds as at an ordinary outpost. Along the way, Su Yu sensed several half-step venerables, and his mood grew more solemn.
The struggle here was far fiercer than in Linchuan City.
The Sect Master had once again put Cheng Su in charge. Besides him and Xu Zheng, several more elders had been reassigned here. The Luochen Sect was short-handed everywhere now. Mustering this force clearly showed its determination to reclaim the Northern Slope.
Pei Duo was already waiting inside the mining area.
Silver hair, a tall, lean frame, and a silver spear standing beside him-these formed Su Yu's first impression of this Bridge Linking elder. He had heard about Pei Duo's fight with Tao Lie, yet now that he met the man himself, he found his aura quite calm, without any of the naked sharpness he had imagined.
But when the conversation turned to the Northern Slope, Pei Duo's expression turned cold.
"They've cleared the mountain road between the two mine tunnels and are rushing to set up their formations. Let them stay comfortably for another few days, and this place really will belong to the Scarlet Firmament Sect."
After studying the map, Cheng Su asked, "We strike the western side first?"
"Correct. The West Side is close to the Main Mining Area. Once we take it, we can