After conferring, Fang Mo and Tao Shang agreed that Tao Shang would join their group.
To their surprise, Xia Fanbai also decided to go with them.
Ji Changming and Zhan Tiancheng left. The two decided to lie low somewhere else and watch how things unfolded for the time being. They were far less likely to be exposed that way than if they stayed with Fang Mo's group.
Jiang Yuanjiu slipped away as well after seeing everyone leave. He knew Fang Mo and Tao Shang would never take him along.
Fang Mo's group kept out of sight as they quietly made for Red Flame Gorge. It was remote and rarely visited. From there, they could head out of the mountains and reach Red Rock Valley quickly, or retreat into the Yin Thunder Mountain Range and hide.
As they traveled, Tao Shang called out to Fang Mo and Xia Fanbai.
"Something's happened in Red Rock City!"
He looked at them with a grave expression and said in a low voice, "Yesterday, Red Rock City was massacred. A man in silver armor appeared in the city and killed the guards. Yan Kun died in battle. Then several enormous, metallic humanoid monsters appeared and slaughtered everyone in Red Rock City. They say only one person escaped alive!"
"The man in silver armor!"
It had to be Lei He.
"Enormous metal monsters? Those must be mechs!"
Fang Mo narrowed his eyes. Lei He had indeed made his move—and even managed to transport the mechs in.
But why did he want to take Red Rock City?
Tao Shang's eyes blazed with anger. Yan Kun was dead. He had been a talented martial artist of the Leixiao Lineage, and Tao Shang's subordinates left in the city had all been killed too.
"How vicious! There were over a