Early the next morning, Su Yu had just finished cultivating when he heard someone outside mention Lu Qian.
"Him again?" Cheng Su's voice carried anger. "He intercepted one of our patrols yesterday, and now he dares come back!"
Su Yu opened the door and stepped outside. A deacon was reporting to Cheng Su. The formation materials being transported from the main mine to the western mine had been intercepted. The escorts had fallen back beside the mountain road, and some were already injured. Had they not sent word in time, the garrison would still have known nothing about it.
Lu Qian was the saber wielder in blue robes whom Cheng Su had previously held off.
After losing the western mine, the Scarlet Firmament Sect had stopped confronting them head-on. Instead, they sent men around to the rear to attack disciples traveling back and forth. Unless the formation was repaired, the Luochen Sect would have to keep powerful cultivators stationed there. If they withdrew anyone, Tao Lie could attack again at any moment.
Of course Cheng Su saw through their plan, but the formation materials still had to be delivered.
"I'll come too," Su Yu said.
Cheng Su glanced at him and immediately nodded. Yesterday's sword test had shown him just how formidable Su Yu's new sword move was. If Lu Qian still took him for the swordsman he had been before, he was bound to suffer today!
The two left the garrison and sped west. Before long, a tremendous crash came from the mountain road ahead. A blue saber ray slashed down at an angle, splitting a huge roadside boulder in two. Several disciples behind it scrambled aside, their faces filled with terror.
The middle-aged deacon standing at the front staggered back several steps, blood pouring ever more heavily from