Because Xuan Lengyan was involved, Xu Yi's original plan had been to throw everything he had into it.
But to keep Ghost Seven from growing suspicious, he split Station Number Seven's forces into two groups. One group had five men, and their purpose was to deal with Ghost Seven.
If everything went smoothly, he could send Ghost Seven away without disobeying orders. That would be ideal.
If anything went wrong, he could always bring in the second group.
To keep Ghost Seven from getting suspicious, he had hidden the second group well.
Originally, his plan had been to coordinate everything himself, so nothing could go wrong.
Who could have known that Jizhou Territory's forces would be lying in ambush for Ghost Seven from the very start? At the same time, Xu Yi had been pulled into the encircling force, making it inconvenient for him to appear among Station Number Seven's troops.
Worst of all, to keep Ghost Seven from sending out a message, Huo Zhongxing had deployed the Jingtian Dao Talisman Formation, cutting off communication between Xu Yi and Station Number Seven's forces.
Fortunately, Ghost Seven was powerful and mounted a brilliant counterattack. Only then had Xu Yi managed to issue the order to strike amid the chaos.
The ice flower that had exploded in midair was actually a character from a Night Army cipher scroll. It meant "strike."
After a nerve-racking battle, the Jingtian Dao Talisman Formation shattered, and Xu Yi finally regained command.
Jizhou Territory's preparations to capture Ghost Seven had been nothing if not thorough and meticulous.
Huo Zhongxing had prepared with the mindset of using all his strength to crush a lion even if it were only a rabbit. But no matter how well he prepared, he could never have expected a mole in his own