The south bank.
Huang Youlong, the ace mole, had been shot dead by Soul-Annihilating Nails in the dense forest. Even his corpse had been blasted apart by a Magic Treasure. Before he died, however, he had passed the intelligence he had learned to Ren Ye and Yin Tiger.
Among the eight grand artisan officers, one had to be a traitor.
Buzz!
Just then, dozens of strange auras suddenly surged through the dense forest, as though something were awakening.
The trees rustled. The auras of Super Grade Magic Treasures sent a sudden chill of dread through Ren Ye.
"Brother Tiger, we got what we came for. Let's go, let's go...!"
Ren Ye reacted instantly, spinning around and charging toward Yin Tiger. At the same time, a talisman appeared between two fingers of his left hand.
Boom.
Not far away, the phantom of the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo was holding off the attacking Magic Treasures.
Whoosh!
Ren Ye reached Yin Tiger in an instant, caught his wrist with his right hand, and pointed at the ground with his left. "Ground-Shrinking Talisman!"
"Don't drag me away! I can still fight!" Brother Tiger roared, determined to save face.
"Fight your tiger mother! Keep showing off and I'll kick you right out of the car...!"
Buzz!
The talisman ignited on its own. Space trembled, and the two vanished from the south bank in an instant.
Two breaths later, the phantom of the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo dispersed in the dense forest on the south bank. Dozens of Magic Treasures pursued them to the shore, but only hovered at a distance, without crossing the lake to continue the pursuit.
A murmur drifted through the forest shrouded in black light. "Let them go. Don't cross the lake. Avoid exposing ourselves too soon and jeopardizing the larger undertaking..."