The Mountain Rain Is Coming

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

For those three days, the Capital City appeared calm on the surface, but beneath it, preparations were proceeding at a fever pitch.

The Demon Suppression Division, the elite troops of the capital garrison, and the experts of the Astronomical Bureau quietly completed their assembly and deployment under the overall command of Prince Rui and Mo Qianqiu.

To avoid alerting the enemy, all movements were carried out at night and disguised as other missions.

Lu Chen's Evil-Quelling Guard, serving as the vanguard, conducted repeated sand-table simulations and tactical coordination drills.

Lu Chen repeatedly explained to his men the terrain of Yin-Gathering Mountain, the known cave entrances, the possible layout within the mountain's belly, and the strengths of the Bone-Eroding Demon General and Ye Hong, drawing up multiple contingency plans.

Yun Qingyue worked around the clock, refining large quantities of pills for healing wounds, neutralizing poisons, and resisting yin qi corrosion, then distributing them among those taking part in the operation. Her two senior martial siblings also stayed behind temporarily to help.

Though Xiao Jingyan did not directly take part in the military operation, he used his intelligence network to closely monitor the movements of the Ye Family's remaining forces in the capital. He also provided detailed information on Western Hills Manor for reference in the later Cold Crow Pool operation.

On the third day, at dusk.

Beside a large hidden teleportation array beneath the Demon Suppression Division, the three hundred elite troops assigned to the raid had fully assembled.

All wore fitted black garments and black face coverings that revealed only their eyes, their auras condensed and murderous.

Besides Lu Chen's eighteen Evil-Quelling Guards, there were also two Supernatural Power Realm retainers dispatched by the Demon Suppression Division, ten Innate Great Perfection