Just as Fourteenth Elder Yun sent a thought to reassure Thirteenth Elder Yun, something suddenly stirred in Jade Wave Pool below them.
The three hurriedly held their breath. They saw a person slowly surface, look around, then dart toward the mountainside behind him, moving faster than lightning.
Though they were hundreds of yards up in the sky, the three could clearly make out the person's features through the clouds. Who else could it be but that damned green-faced man!
The three suppressed their excitement and surged toward him with all their might.
At the same time, Fourteenth Elder Yun took out a jade token, dripped blood onto it, and infused it with his thoughts. The token immediately changed color. To ensure everything proceeded in silence, this was the agreed-upon secret method of communication.
In barely a dozen breaths, the three caught up and saw Xu Yi fleeing into a cave in the mountainside to the west.
"The fish is in the net, the bird in the cage. This is the perfect moment. One strike with a strange talisman, and we'll take that thief's life for sure." Thirteenth Elder Yun sent his thoughts, brimming with excitement.
Fourteenth Elder Yun also knew that this chance would not come again. The message had already been sent, and the main force would surely arrive in waves.
Fifteenth Brother and the others from his squad were scattered just over ten miles away. They would certainly all arrive within a dozen breaths.
The rest of the main force should be able to get here in half a tea's time as well.
That way, even if this attack failed, retreating should not be difficult.
Having made up their minds, the three raced toward the cave. They had barely reached a hundred yards from its entrance when three