Lin Bai circled the square several times, carefully counting the number of Guard Army personnel. His face darkened significantly as he did.
The Guard Army stationed in this square numbered a full one hundred thousand.
That number was even greater than Lin Bai had initially estimated.
"Even a master of Divine Elixir Realm might not be able to cut through these hundred thousand soldiers to carve a bloody path," Lin Bai murmured to himself as he walked.
This was a real problem.
With such a massive army standing guard, how would Lin Bai manage to get in and destroy the City-Destroying Cannon?
Destroying the City-Destroying Cannon would certainly cause a great commotion. Once that happened, Lin Bai would be completely surrounded by the hundred-thousand-strong Guard Army. Even if Lin Bai could fly, it was doubtful that he’d be able to escape their barrage of bullets and artillery fire.
Just as Lin Bai was deep in thought, trying to figure out how to destroy the City-Destroying Cannons...
Suddenly, a young man dressed in a general’s armor walked straight towards him from the front.
"Hmm? Scout of the Reconnaissance Camp, what are you doing here?" The young man asked, his eyes filled with suspicion.
Hearing this man’s voice, Lin Bai looked up. A thrill of joy flashed in his eyes.
A cunning plan suddenly took shape in his mind.
"Oh, it’s Colonel Mu Wanke. I inadvertently lost my way and loitered here for a while," Lin Bai responded with a faint smile.
The young man standing in front of him was named Mu Wanke, a colonel in the City-Destroying Cannon Legion and a commander of an army of one hundred thousand soldiers. The one hundred thousand soldiers guarding this square were his subordinates.
Mu Wanke frowned and queried, "You’re a scout from the Reconnaissance Camp, and you’re lost? Aren’t you supposed to be extremely familiar with terrains and jungles by instinct?"
Lin Bai faltered, remembering that the Reconnaissance Camp scouts of the Dayue Kingdom were strictly selected. Their Martial Souls were unusual, allowing them to rapidly adapt to harsh battlegrounds and quickly gather the most effective intelligence.
Lin Bai’s face slightly darkened before he responded with a chuckle, "Ahh, it seems Colonel Mu Wanke has seen through me. I won’t hide it any longer. I have an urgent message to report to Li Xiao, but I regretfully don’t have anyone to guide me there."
Mu Wanke spoke in a chilly voice, "You’re a scout of the Reconnaissance Camp. If you have gathered intelligence, shouldn’t you report directly to your superior? Why would you claim no one can guide you?"
Lin Bai murmured a light sigh under his breath.
Overhearing Lin Bai’s sigh, Mu Wanke inquired, "Why did you sigh?"
"I’m sighing because you’re so difficult to fool!"
As he spoke, Lin Bai moved quickly, appearing behind Mu Wanke like a flash of light. Gripping the back of Mu Wanke’s neck, he intoned in a frosty voice, "Move recklessly, and I’ll snap your neck."
Mu Wanke startled. The second he saw Lin Bai’s figure disappear from his sight, he felt a hand gripping his neck.
Such speed shocked even Mu Wanke, a warrior of the Heaven Martial Realm Seventh Layer.
"All right, all right, I won’t move. Just don’t kill me."
"Who the hell are you?"
In a bid to maintain calmness, Mu Wanke asked in a bland voice.
"Take me to the square." Lin Bai commanded, guiding Mu Wanke towards the square’s interior.
Utterly powerless to resist, Mu Wanke was pushed towards the center of the square.
Mu Wanke was desperate inside. Apparently, he’d deduced that Lin Bai knew the secrets of the square. If Lin Bai managed to infiltrate, the consequences were disastrous.
As they moved towards the entrance of the square and came face to face with the orderly rows of soldiers...
Mu Wanke frantically signaled to the soldiers on either side.
But the soldiers, upon seeing their colonel approach, simply saluted respectfully and shouted, "Greetings, Colonel!"
Mu Wanke had the urge to die. Silently cursing, he thought: You lot, can’t you see your colonel’s been taken hostage? Stop your goddamn saluting and bring out your weapons to help me!
"Stop fooling around, or you’re going to lose your little life."
Guided by Lin Bai, Mu Wanke was led toward the center of the square.
Upon reaching the center...
Lin Bai reached out ahead and touched a material as delicate as silk.
It was the stealth cloth Linde had described, erected over the city-destroying cannon. The cloth could totally scatter the surrounding light, camouflaging so perfectly that it seemed like there was nothing inside the square.
"What the hell are you trying to do!"
Seeing Lin Bai deliberately reaching out to touch the stealth cloth, Mu Wanke barked anxiously.
Lin Bai merely chuckled coldly.
Mu Wanke couldn’t hold back any longer. He’d realized that Lin Bai was after the city-destroying cannons. Lin Bai was well-prepared and knew all the arrangements in the square.
When Mu Wanke noticed that Lin Bai was completely engrossed in the stealth cloth, he seized the chance to shake off Lin Bai’s grip and shouted, "Help, there’s an enemy!"
Lin Bai shouted in terror, "The boat overturned in the sewer!"
After seeing Mu Wanke break free from his grip, Lin Bai watched him escape, running and shouting at the same time.
"All of the Guard Army, come to me!"
Hearing Mu Wanke’s loud shout, the Guard Army that had tightly encircled the square immediately rushed over.
"The Colonel is shouting, hurry, hurry, come on."
"We’re under attack!"
Calls of "attack" echoed throughout the square, and in an instant, a hundred thousand soldiers from the Guard Army gathered like a landslide.
"Trying to run?" Seeing Mu Wanke attempting to escape, Lin Bai, with a move of his Feng Lei Divine Wings, caught up with Mu Wanke in an instant.
Mu Wanke, looking horrified at Lin Bai, who had suddenly appeared before him, said nervously, "What are you trying to do? I tell you, even if you kill me now, you’re on a path to certain death."
"If you’re smart, I suggest you surrender immediately."
"Surrender is impossible!" Lin Bai said coldly.
With one step forward, Lin Bai grabbed Mu Wanke’s neck again.
He struck Mu Wanke’s head with a heavy palm.
"Martial Soul Secret Skill! Soul Searching!"
"Heh heh, I didn’t expect my useless Martial Soul Secret Skill to play such an important role at this moment."
Lin Bai also grinned in amusement.
If it weren’t for the Soul Searching secret skill, it would have been impossible for Lin Bai to get to the City-Destroying Cannon in the heavily guarded City-Destroying Cannon Legion so easily.
"He’s grabbed the Colonel!"
"Let the Colonel go immediately, and wait to die on the spot!"
"Meet your death, enemy general."
A group of Guard Army soldiers surrounded Lin Bai, and seeing him grabbing Mu Wanke, they all started shouting.
Lin Bai became anxious, not having the time to completely finish looking through Mu Wanke’s memories.
"How can I activate the City-Destroying Cannon?"
Lin Bai desperately searched within Mu Wanke’s memory.
A group of Guard Army soldiers charged forward.
Lin Bai was frantic, tirelessly searching through Mu Wanke’s life-long memories.
Finally, when the Guard Army was still a hundred meters away from Lin Bai, he found the method to control the City-Destroying Cannon in Mu Wanke’s memory.
"So, there’s a City Destroying Bead!"
Lin Bai said with surprise.
The City-Destroying Cannon and the City Destroying Bead were originally a pair.
The City Destroying Bead, created by the Dayue Kingdom’s Royal Family Artifact Refiner team through a secret method, was a powerful energy bead the size of a palm. Once inserted into the City-Destroying Cannon, it could unleash world-shattering power!
"Let go of the Colonel!"
At this moment, the soldiers of the Guard Army charged forward.
Lin Bai hit Mu Wanke heavily in the chest, sending him flying, and swiftly snatched the Storage Bag from Mu Wanke’s waist.
He opened the Storage Bag and saw that, as expected, it contained over thirty City Destroying Beads!
"The Colonel? Colonel!"
"The Colonel is dead, kill him, avenge the Colonel!"
The soldiers, attempting to help Mu Wanke, realized he was already dead with every nerve in his body shattered.
Immediately all the soldiers from the Guard Army charged at Lin Bai in anger, determined to impale Lin Bai with their long spears!