"It's not far from here."
As the man's voice fell, Mo Yu glanced at the mound in the direction he pointed and nodded slightly.
After signaling Qing Lin to hide temporarily, Mo Yu grabbed the man's arm and stomped his foot on the ground. With a dull explosion, a huge sand pit was created on the ground. Using this recoil, Mo Yu and the man's figures abruptly rushed onto the mound.
Flipping over the mound, Mo Yu once again flashed a distance like lightning, finally stopping on a tall tree. He threw the stunned man onto a branch, stepped forward, and looked at the large group of people appearing in the jungle below.
In the jungle below, several mercenaries were holding weapons with their backs turned. Around them, dozens of mercenaries surrounded them. These mercenaries wore mercenary uniforms embroidered with golden lion insignias, clearly belonging to two distinct forces from the surrounded mercenaries.
"Are these the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group?" Mo Yu's gaze swept over these mercenaries, then he looked at the three mercenary leaders at the front. Their strength as Eight Star Dou Shi made him pay a little more attention.
"Little bro… sir, the surrounded group in the middle is a small team from my Magic Mountain Mercenary Group. We were originally going to return the way we came after obtaining the earth core soul fruit, but we didn't expect to be ambushed by these guys from the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group…"
The man's gaze swept over Mo Yu's back with reverence. The speed Mo Yu had displayed earlier had already made the man realize that this seemingly young boy in front of him was a hidden expert.
"Mm." Mo Yu nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the ten surrounded mercenaries again. Eight mercenaries, seven men and one woman. His eyes lingered on a graceful figure among them.
This woman seemed to be around twenty years old, with a rather delicate face. However, her slightly raised light eyebrows subtly revealed a hint of wildness, like a small female leopard in the forest. Judging by her temperament, one could imagine that although this mercenary flower was very beautiful, she was full of thorns.
This woman's attire was quite bold and sexy. Her short top only covered her chest and the area below, while her bronze-colored, sexy slender waist was exposed to everyone's view. Similarly, under a short leather skirt, a section of long, sexy thighs was revealed.
However, Mo Yu did not linger on the woman's graceful figure at this moment, but instead looked at the black cloth bag in her hand.
The cloth bag had nothing unusual about it, but a penetrating, exotic fragrance emanated from it.
"It really is the earth core soul fruit." Feeling this exotic fragrance, even from hundreds of meters away, Mo Yu's spirit was invigorated, and his Soul Power seemed to fluctuate slightly.
Heaven and Earth's rare treasures are indeed extraordinary.
"Kill them all, just leave Miss Se曦! She's the daughter of the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group's leader!"
A leading Crazy Lion Mercenary Group leader, with his vulgar Triangle Eye, scanned the woman, his excited gaze lingering on the black cloth bag, and shouted loudly.
Hearing the leader's command, the faces of the dozens of Crazy Lion Mercenary Group mercenaries around immediately surged with bloodlust. Holding long spears and broadswords, they pressed closer to the surrounded Magic Mountain Mercenary Group members.
"Everyone be careful! Norden has gone back for reinforcements. As long as we hold on for a while, we'll be saved!" Seeing the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group's actions, the sexy woman tightly pursed her rosy lips, her jade hand gripping the cloth bag in her palm, and shouted in a clear, cold voice.
Upon hearing this, the surrounding Magic Mountain Mercenary Group mercenaries also felt a little invigorated, but their hands gripping their weapons were still full of sweat.
Their highest Rank here was only around Seven Star Dou Shi, but the other side had several Eight Star Dou Shi. Moreover, the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group had a numerical advantage. This disparity… they wondered if they could hold on until reinforcements arrived?
"Kill!"
A leader of the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the surrounding Crazy Lion Mercenary Group mercenaries, who had been eyeing them like tigers, immediately rushed towards the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group in the center with ferocious expressions.
The Crazy Lion Mercenary Group was not only numerous but also incredibly powerful. In a short while, they completely routed the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group, leaving everyone injured.
"Hehe, Miss Se曦, this earth core soul fruit is ours, the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group's!"
Just as the sexy woman was fully resisting the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group's attack, the Triangle Eye leader appeared from nowhere, like a gust of wind, rushing directly towards the black cloth bag in the woman's hand.
"Not good!"
Feeling the danger approaching, the sexy woman's expression changed. This earth core soul fruit was obtained with great difficulty by her Magic Mountain Mercenary Group, at the cost of several skilled members' lives. If it could be sold to an Alchemist or Artifact Refiner, it would not only help them build connections but also acquire a vast fortune.
Now, to watch it be snatched away by the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group, how could the woman be willing? In her anger, she threw the black cloth bag far away.
Seeing the black cloth bag thrown out, the Triangle Eye leader's face immediately showed a burning desire. What was inside was the earth core soul fruit!
This group of them was originally ordered by their leader to capture a young Storm Wolf, but they happened to encounter the sneaky Magic Mountain Mercenary Group on the way.
The Triangle Eye leader, realizing something was wrong, caught one person and tortured him, learning that the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group had actually obtained an earth core soul fruit, which immediately excited them.
Their leader was currently troubled about what birthday gift to give the 'Little Beast King' of Mulan Valley. The young Storm Wolf was originally one of the options.
An adult Storm Wolf is a Fourth Rank Demonic Beast. If nurtured from a young age, it can serve as a battle pet, making it an excellent gift.
However, compared to the earth core soul fruit, a young Storm Wolf was simply not worth mentioning. By giving the earth core soul fruit to the Little Beast King, their Crazy Lion Mercenary Group would also curry favor with a truly important figure.
Thinking of this, the Triangle Eye leader immediately abandoned his original mission, changed his plan, and rallied his subordinates to pursue and kill the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group and others.
Watching the black cloth bag containing the earth core soul fruit being thrown past him naturally made the Triangle Eye leader extremely excited.
Just as he leaped, preparing to take the cloth bag into his hand, a sound of rushing air suddenly came.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp whistling sound suddenly rang out in the sky, a black shadow abruptly streaked across the sky, finally like a black lightning bolt. With a bang, it stabbed towards the Triangle Eye leader.
Feeling the danger, the Triangle Eye leader was greatly alarmed in his heart, twisted his body, and quickly retreated backward.
The dust gradually dispersed, and a slender figure holding a black long spear slowly appeared within everyone's sight, while the black cloth bag also steadily landed in this person's hand.
The sudden appearance of the handsome young man astonished both sides, but the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group was furious to see the earth core soul fruit snatched by the young man.
Their Crazy Lion Mercenary Group and the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group had been fighting for half a day, and someone actually wanted to reap the benefits? This was simply courting death!
Looking at Mo Yu, this uninvited guest, the Triangle Eye leader was stunned for a moment, then greatly angered. His Triangle Eye coldly swept over Mo Yu, and without further ado, he waved his hand. Five mercenaries, whose strength was around Two Star Dou Shi, rushed towards Mo Yu with fierce expressions.
Raising his eyes, Mo Yu first lightly sniffed the exotic fragrance of the earth core soul fruit in his palm, a smile gracing his lips. He quickly threw it into his storage ring, then looked at the pouncing mercenaries, scoffing disdainfully.
His hand slowly gripped the Divine Might Black Lightning Spear, his foot gently lifted, then slammed down. His body instantly transformed from extreme stillness to extreme motion. A figure, like lightning, rapidly crossed paths with the five mercenaries under everyone's gaze.
"Bang… Bang!"
Immediately after their figures intersected, Mo Yu's body suddenly paused again, while the five Crazy Lion mercenaries with ferocious expressions were struck heavily, their bodies trembling as they shot backward along the ground. As they shot backward, blood gushed from the gun holes in their chests.
Mo Yu's hand, tightly gripping the spear shaft, loosened slightly. His expression was calm. Five Two Star Dou Shi level mercenaries would be difficult even for a Five Star Dou Shi to deal with, yet Mo Yu only needed one spear strike.
"Hiss…"
The intersection of Mo Yu and the mercenaries, and the Crazy Lion mercenaries' vomiting blood and shooting backward, all happened in just about ten seconds. And in these ten seconds, the victor was decided.
Looking at Mo Yu's swift and decisive move, everyone present's mouths slightly widened, their faces filled with astonishment, their gazes staring dumbfounded at the young man's back.
They found it hard to imagine how such terrifying power could be hidden within that slender body?
"This guy… so handsome, so powerful." The sexy woman stared with slightly parted red lips at the young man who had defeated five powerful mercenaries with a casual blow, and she couldn't help but murmur.
"Miss Se曦, are you alright?" From the tree, the man excitedly ran down, dragging his injured leg, carefully avoiding a few Crazy Lion Mercenaries, and came among the Magic Mountain Mercenaries, smiling at the woman.
"Norden, didn't you go back to Lannister Town to find reinforcements? Why are you still here?" Looking at the man, the sexy woman, who was called Miss Se曦, raised her delicate eyebrows slightly and scolded him.
Being scolded by the woman, Norden gave a wry smile, pointed at Mo Yu's back, and explained the reason.
"He's also after the earth core soul fruit!?" Se曦 frowned when she heard the man's explanation.
"Probably. To save you, I had no choice but to reveal the news of the earth core soul fruit." Norden shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "But we should first repel the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group, otherwise our lives will be in danger."
"How do we repel them? Rely on him?" The sexy woman looked at the young man suspiciously. Although his thunderous strike just now had left a deep impression on her, the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group had three Eight Star Dou Shi, and Mo Yu didn't look older than twenty.
Hearing this, Norden was stunned, and he smiled awkwardly: "I think… he should be able to handle it. After all, I told him about the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group's strength. If he wasn't confident, why would he come?"
Se曦 frowned and pondered for a while, then she could only shake her head dejectedly. In the current situation, they could only hope that the young man in front of them would perform unexpectedly.
On the other side, seeing Mo Yu easily injure two of his subordinates and throw the earth core soul fruit into his storage ring, the leading Triangle Eye leader's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said sinisterly.
"Young man, offending our Crazy Lion Mercenary Group in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range is not a wise choice. If you know what's good for you, quickly return the earth core soul fruit!"
Hearing this, Mo Yu sneered: "I remember the earth core soul fruit belongs to the Magic Mountain Mercenary Group, right? If it's to be returned, it should be returned to them."
"You're looking for death!" Being rejected by Mo Yu, a trace of Evil Qi immediately appeared on the Triangle Eye leader's face. He waved his hand and said coldly: "Go all together, kill him!"
"Yes!" Hearing the leader's order, the surrounding Crazy Lion Mercenaries, after a slight hesitation, hardened their expressions, held sharp long spears, and surrounded Xiao Yan.
"Wounded stay put, others follow me!" Seeing that the Crazy Lion Mercenary Group intended to attack together, Se曦's delicate eyebrows shot up, and she waved her slender hand, coldly shouting.
"No need. You just stay there, so you don't get in the way." Hearing the commotion behind him, Mo Yu said indifferently without turning his head.
"You…" Hearing this, Se曦, who was about to rush out with her weapon, immediately stopped. Her delicate eyebrows were raised, and it was the first time she had been looked down upon like this.
However, looking at the young man's thin and cold back, for some reason, she actually felt that Mo Yu was more likely to win.
Not far from everyone, the young man stood holding a long spear. After a brief silence, a faint silver Dou Qi gauze gradually enveloped his entire body. Outside this Dou Qi gauze, wisps of crimson lightning flames occasionally surged, which was quite peculiar.
Seeing Mo Yu like this, the Triangle Eye leader also felt a bad premonition.
"Bang!"
The opponent had a large number of people, so Mo Yu decided to strike first. He appeared like lightning in front of several Three Star Dou Shi Crazy Lion Mercenaries. Mo Yu's eyes were cold, and the long spear in his hand, mixed with fierce Qi, quickly pierced into their chests.
Immediately, with a few faint muffled sounds, these people's pupils suddenly constricted, and then a mouthful of blood mixed with shattered internal organs gushed out. At the same time, a spear hole appeared on their chests, and finally, they slowly fell to the ground, lifeless.
In the blink of an eye, he killed several low-Rank Dou Shi. Mo Yu's figure suddenly shifted, and he once again appeared among several other Crazy Lion Mercenaries whose strength was only Four or Five Star Dou Shi. The long spear in his hand almost turned into a machine gun at this moment, piercing all the dozen or so fleeing mercenaries to death.
The Magic Mountain Mercenary Group members looked at this scene dumbfounded, exchanging glances. With such powerful strength, what was this young man's background? Could he be a descendant of a large Family from the Empire?
Seeing such heavy losses in just a few rounds, a bloodthirsty ferocity immediately surged onto the face of the leading Triangle Eye leader.
He exchanged glances with the only two remaining Eight Star Dou Shi leaders, and a fierce light appeared on their faces. Their entire bodies surged with Dou Qi, condensing powerful Dou Qi gauze. The three of them formed a wedge shape and angrily attacked Mo Yu.
Looking at the three's skilled coordination, it was clear that they had undergone long-term training. The combined strength of three Eight Star Dou Shi would probably make even a Great Dou Master expert proceed with caution.
However, who was Mo Yu? Although he was only a Six Star Dou Shi, his foundation was clearly not comparable to ordinary people.
The Divine Might Black Lightning Spear suddenly stomped the ground, Mo Yu circulated the Dou Qi in his body, and then a powerful silver Dou Qi covered the long spear.
As the Dou Qi on the long spear became more and more concentrated, at the very end, as the Dou Qi surged, it actually faintly formed the shape of an energy lion's head roaring up to the sky.
Looking at the Dou Qi lion's head condensed on the tip of the spear, Mo Yu's eyes became even colder. The long spear in his hand suddenly trembled violently and strangely. In an instant, his foot stomped hard on the ground: "Flash!"
His body furiously charged towards the three Crazy Lion Mercenary Group members, Mo Yu roared: "Crazy Lion Roar!"
This Xuan Rank High Level Dou Skill, which he had obtained while exploring the cave with Xiao Yi Xian, was quite powerful when Mo Yu used it!
As the roar fell, a huge energy lion rapidly running emerged from the tip of the spear in Mo Yu's hand.
The violent lion's roar echoed throughout this mountain forest, causing Se曦's face to lose color.
"Not good!" Seeing this scene, the faces of the three Crazy Lion Mercenary Group members immediately changed drastically. Mo Yu's strength was clearly beyond their expectations, and they quickly used their Dou Skills to resist.
"Crazy Lion Slash!"
"Heart Shattering Fist!"
"Tiger Subduing Palm!"
Three powerful Dou Skills were cast one after another. Unfortunately, although their Realm was stronger than Mo Yu's, whether it was their Dou Qi foundation or the Rank of their Dou Skills, they were clearly at a disadvantage compared to Mo Yu.
"Boom!"
The aftermath of the collision between the two energies caused the surrounding trees to break in half, and deep ravines continuously spread out beneath their feet.
The dust generated by the collision also obscured everyone's vision.
Just as the three Crazy Lion Mercenary Group members were resisting Mo Yu's attack with grim expressions, preparing to catch their breath, a black shadow, at some unknown point, suddenly leaped onto their heads.
"Instant Flash!"
With a cold voice that seemed like a declaration of death, the black shadow suddenly wielded the long spear in his hand and attacked the person to the left of the Triangle Eye leader.
Looking up at the terrified Crazy Lion Mercenary Group leader, Mo Yu sneered. Like an assassin, he swiftly flashed to the top of the man's head, and the long spear in his hand plunged down with a bang.
"Bang." Blood mixed with brain matter splattered from the air, and a section of a body quickly fell, until it was lifeless.
The other leader, seeing this, quickly tried to run, but was killed by Mo Yu with the same swift and decisive method.
Watching the successive deaths of his two companions, a trace of fear also surged onto the Triangle Eye leader's face.
"You can't kill me! If you kill me, our leader, no… Young Beast King won't let you off!"
After uttering a threat, the Triangle Eye leader quickly fled towards the cold depths of the forest.
Seeing this, Mo Yu frowned. His Divine Might Black Lightning Spear suddenly flew out of his hand, stabbing towards the fleeing Crazy Lion Mercenary Group leader.
"Pfft…" The long spear streaked across the sky like lightning, quickly catching up to the Triangle Eye leader, and finally shot out from his neck, carrying crimson blood, and plunged into the ground, leaving only the shaft of the spear exposed.
Mo Yu did not even look at the dead Triangle Eye leader, but slowly walked to where the Heavy Xuan Ruler was, grasped the shaft of the spear, and pulled it out.
"Young Beast King, huh…" Mo Yu murmured thoughtfully, recalling the Triangle Eye leader's dying words.