Chen Ping stood rooted to the spot for quite a while before finally recovering from Ning Tian's sudden sneak attack.
But just as he was about to follow the wolves to the den where they had rested earlier, Chen Ping heard hushed voices drifting up from below the mountain.
"C-commander, I, I, I saw, saw someone. S-someone's up above our camp, f-fighting."
Just as Chen Ping was about to turn and leave, a soldier slowly flew up from below the crag. He wore the Sun Moon Empire's standard-issue tanned cowhide armor, with a Level 4 Flying Soul Tool and a Soul Guidance Ray Gun strapped to his back, and pointed at Chen Ping as he stammered out a long string of words.
Chen Ping looked the Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer up and down. Aside from his cowhide armor, the stammering soldier before him looked well fed, with a rather plump face.
Beside that chubby face, a Magnetic Microphone rested against his cheek, transmitting every last detail of the information he had just obtained.
His equipment was not particularly fine, but it was quite comprehensive. He even wore Shin Guards and Thigh Guards to protect his lower legs and thighs. In a Star Luo Empire military camp, such equipment would have been reserved for at least a company-grade officer.
At the sight of this Soul Engineer, and hearing him mention a camp, an ominous thought suddenly flashed through Chen Ping's mind.
He seemed to remember Ju Zi mentioning in the original story that the Sun Moon Empire had troops stationed near the Jingyang Mountain Range.
Soon, Chen Ping's ominous premonition came true. As soon as the stammering soldier finished speaking, at least a dozen four-ring Soul Masters piloting Flying Soul Tools flew up from the foot of the mountain range