Su Chen walked to the end of the staircase, where a door made of special material blocked his way. He stood there, facing his face toward a screen.
This was a facial recognition system—after all, it was just a secret location. The Nether Temple had several hundred such secret locations around the world; it was nothing too special. Thus, they hadn't adopted a more high-end design, and the facial recognition system was sufficient.
A second or two later, the door made of special material opened. However, Su Chen was immediately taken aback as he walked inside...
Because at that moment, there were at least eight or nine people sitting in the underground room. The moment they saw him coming down, their eyes instantly lit up with an intense warmth!
All of them bent their bodies ninety degrees, shouting with both respect and excitement!
For this was their god in their hearts, and after more than a year, they could finally see him again!
"Why are you all here?"
Su Chen asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Of course, I brought them here!"
Just then, a figure walked out from a room on the side.
Afterward, the figure suddenly flew in front of Su Chen and hugged him tightly:
"Hall Master, I've finally seen you again!"
"Lone Wolf, why have you come too?"
Su Chen didn't expect Lone Wolf to make a sudden visit as well.
It took a few minutes before Lone Wolf finally let go of him, still looking somewhat excited.
"Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Su Chen sat down in a chair and asked.
"Shadow told Eniel about your whereabouts. Eniel, to be on the safe side, had me bring over a team from Group B."
Lone Wolf took a seat beside Su Chen, then poured a glass of red wine for both himself and Su Chen:
"Hall Master, it's been a long time. Let's have a drink first."
Lone Wolf ranked about tenth in the Nether Temple, but his relationship with Su Chen was the most special since he was the only person Su Chen had taken out of the Eighth Brigade.
Therefore, he was more casual with Su Chen than other people in the Temple, such as Demon—who, although second only to Su Chen in the Temple, would never dare to casually sit beside Su Chen.
Su Chen and Lone Wolf clinked their glasses lightly and downed the wine in one gulp.
"It's that little girl, Shadow, again. It looks like I'll have to spank her when I get back," Su Chen thought to himself, deeply suspecting that the little girl had already been bought over by that girl, Eniel.
Wouldn't it be too dangerous if he got involved with some other woman in the future?
With Shadow's skills, it wouldn't be easy to deceive her!
"Hall Master, why are you suddenly taking action against a low-level group like the Red Sun Mercenary Corps that can't make it to the big stage?"
Lone Wolf asked, puzzled. Although this mercenary corps was ranked in the top three in the Middle East, it was still considered too low-level in the eyes of the Nether Temple.
Su Chen simply explained the reason, and upon hearing it, Lone Wolf was so outraged that he slammed the table and stood up:
"Damn it, such trash dares to lay hands on the Hall Master and the Hall Master's wife, they are really looking for death!"
By now, almost everyone in the Nether Temple knew that Su Chen had married in Huaxia, and the woman's looks and figure were hardly inferior to Eniel's.
At first, they were all worried that Eniel would run amok, but later they heard that not only did Eniel not run amok, but she also started cooperating with that woman's group.
This shocked them, making them think Eniel had gone crazy!
"Don't worry, let them jump around a little longer," Su Chen said, "Let the brothers rest first, keep their spirits up, and we set off promptly at 9 a.m."
When it came to business, Lone Wolf immediately became serious.
At 8:55 PM, Su Chen, Lone Wolf, and about seven or eight others almost woke up simultaneously. They tidied up their attire and checked their equipment, and promptly at 9:00, they left the house.
Lone Wolf had long prepared two vehicles, parked not far away. After everyone got in the cars, they set off for their destination...
Meanwhile, at the Red Sun Mercenary Corps' headquarters, two men with large beards, each holding a bottle of liquor, staggered into a room.
"Brother, why don't you ever go out and have some fun?"
One of the bearded men said, slapping the shoulder of someone in the room.
"Yeah, you've been cooped up in here so long a bird could've nested!"
The other man said carelessly:
"Let's go, a nearby bar just got a batch of girls, let's check them out and see if there's something nice!"
"I'm fine, just a bit tired recently," Lv Shimo said with a smile, "You guys go and have fun."
"No way, brother, are you hiding something from us?"
The first bearded man's eyes suddenly narrowed as he spoke gravely. He was the Red Sun Mercenary Corps' big boss, Harde.
"No, Big Brother, you're overthinking it."
Lv Shimo's eyes flash sharply as if he thought of something, but then deliberately feigned astonishment and laughed awkwardly.
"Big Brother is right, brother, you're definitely hiding something from us."
The other bearded man chimed in, although crude in thought, he could see through the obvious attempt at cover-up, even if he was a fool!
"Lv, you've been staying in the camp these days, are you hiding from somebody?"
Harde was certain that Lv Shimo must have gotten himself into some trouble and continued to inquire.
"And, you sent some people to Huaxia a few days ago, does that have something to do with this?"
"Boss, stop asking, it's a trouble I brought upon myself, I don't want to drag you guys into it."
An apt mix of resolution and concern appeared on Lv Shimo's face.
"What kind of talk is that, we're all brothers here, can we just sit back and watch you have trouble?"
Harde sat down next to Lv Shimo, patting his shoulder and said.
He valued Lv Shimo highly; not only did he have formidable strength, but he was also sharp-witted, a person who could bear great responsibility!
"Yeah, just spill the trouble, I don't believe there's anything we at Red Sun can't handle!"
The other bearded man said indifferently, he was Sama, the second-in-command of the Red Sun Mercenary Corps.
Although he was rough around the edges, his strength was impressive. If according to Huaxia's Martial Arts ranks, he had already attained the Qi Refinement realm of the fifth level.
Harde's realm, of course, was even higher, having reached the seventh level of Qi Refinement, he was on the cusp of stepping into the rank of S-level master.
"Alright then," Lv Shimo said, feigning difficulty as he nodded, "You all know about my younger brother being killed."
"Right, wasn't that the reason you went back last time, to avenge your brother?" Harde nodded as well.
"Yes, I found the murderer who killed my brother. I was prepared to butcher him myself, but I didn't expect him to be too powerful, I was no match at all."
"Whoa, even you couldn't handle him? How strong is that guy?" Harde asked, somewhat surprised, as he knew Lv Shimo had reached R-level strength.
"I guess he's about as strong as you, Sama, but definitely not as high as the boss," Lv Shimo said, actually thinking that Su Chen's strength was surely higher than Sama's, and at least on par with Harde.
However, he was concerned that imposing too high a level of strength would scare them off. Dealing with the brainless Sama was one thing, but Harde would definitely weigh the pros and cons.