The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 95 Yao Ye Makes a Move

After taking an antidote pill, Ling Yun sat cross-legged on the ground again and began to neutralize the toxins in his body.

Under the watchful eyes of the three commanders, Ling Yun stood up, breathed a sigh of relief, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"This is truly a terrifying poison. Even after learning of its effects and taking precautions, I still fell for it." After personally testing it, Ling Yun felt even more how terrifying this poison pill was.

"We saw you first stand there motionless, staring at the pill, then your eyes gradually turned red, then blood red, and finally you attacked us. Just how terrifying is this pill? Even if you were on guard, it wouldn't have mattered," Raman said in a deep voice.

"After I came into contact with this pill, I first felt a heaviness in my head, and then a series of negative emotions directly impacted my brain. I gradually lost my mind, and you all saw the final result. Our mercenaries were affected by this poison pill and started killing each other," Ling Yun explained with a wry smile.

"So what do we do now?" Raman asked in a deep voice. Now that almost all the members of the three mercenary groups are dead, it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack for the few of them to find Xiao Yan in this vast magical beast field.

"What else can we do? We can only wait for the people chasing Nie Feng to come back, dispose of these bodies, and then go straight back," Ling Yun said helplessly.

"What? Does that mean all of us members died for nothing?" Dali roared.

"Sigh! It was expected! But it's better this way. Almost everyone is dead, so we're of little use anymore, and we're much safer now. Now that we've found the cause of death of the missing mercenaries, we can give that person in the capital an explanation," Ling Yun sighed.

"That's right! Although we suffered heavy losses this time, those who died were all at the level of Dou Zhe or Dou Shi. As long as we spend some money, we can recover our strength in a while. But if we stay in this Monster Mountain Range, our life and death will not be in our own hands," Jiree echoed.

"Things are clearly out of our control now, beyond our ability to influence. The royal family's offer is indeed good, but we don't have the ability to accept it. As for Nie Feng, we'll leave him to that person in the capital to deal with," Raman said in a deep voice.

"That's true. All our men are dead, so even that person in the capital can't say anything more. Let's just give her the poison pill and let her suffer the headache!" Dali nodded, though he was somewhat unwilling, he still managed to restrain himself.

"This is very advantageous for us! Even if we do that for the royal family, it will be difficult for us to get any benefits. We will most likely be killed to silence us afterward," Ling Yun said.

The group nodded in agreement with Ling Yun's statement.

When those who had been chasing Xiao Yan returned, the deputy leaders were initially quite frightened by the horrific scene. After hearing Ling Yun's explanation, although they were shocked by the horror of the poison pill, they merely sighed and began to deal with the corpses scattered all over the mountain.

Xiao Yan had been watching the situation closely from a distance. Seeing that they had found the pill he had lost and tested its medicinal properties, he immediately knew he was in deep trouble. Such a terrifying pill was extremely dangerous; those behind it, knowing that Xiao Yan could refine such a pill, would do everything in their power to deal with him.

Because they feared Xiao Yan's future retaliation. In fact, they didn't even need to wait until later; if Xiao Yan wanted, he could make them suffer heavy casualties like those three major mercenary groups, leaving only the leaders and some key members.

"I absolutely cannot let them know my true identity, otherwise I will be subjected to endless pursuit, and my family's power will also be implicated," Xiao Yan thought to himself.

Xiao Yan took out another Disguise Pill from his storage ring and put it in his mouth. As his facial muscles continued to move, Xiao Yan's appearance changed once again.

"I should be safe now!" Xiao Yan took out a mirror from his storage ring, looked at himself, and found that his appearance had changed drastically once again.

However, Xiao Yan was still not entirely at ease. After the three mercenary groups had finished cleaning up the corpses and left, he took out a Windwalking Pill from his storage ring and put it in his mouth.

Taking advantage of the brief moment when Xiao Yan's Wind God Leg reached the tenth level, he quickly summoned the Yin-Yang Wings, drew an arc in the air, and instantly disappeared from the spot.

After the three mercenary groups returned to their base, the three group leaders and Ling Yun received the men in black sent from the capital in the mercenary tent.

Upon hearing the four men's explanation, the man in black was immediately terrified and dared not delay any longer. He took the poison pill from Raman, left the tent, summoned a flying magical beast, mounted it, and flew straight towards the palace.

Inside the imperial palace in the capital.

After hearing the report from the man in black, Yao Ye leaped in front of him and said urgently, "Quickly, let me see that pill."

Upon hearing Princess Yaoye's words, the man in black dared not delay and immediately took out the small jade bottle from his bosom and respectfully handed it to Yaoye.

Yao Ye took the jade bottle and was about to open it directly when the man in black hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Princess, please wait. This elixir is extremely potent. Even if you are careful, you will still be affected."

Yao Ye listened to the man in black and realized he had indeed been too hasty. However, hearing about such a terrifying poison pill was still unsettling. If the poison pill was indeed as the man in black described, the harm it would pose to the empire would be immense.

Just imagine! If a large number of these poisonous pills appeared in densely populated cities, wouldn't the entire city immediately become a dead city?

If Nie Feng were to find out that it was the royal family behind this, and if he were ruthless enough to secretly plant these poison pills in the imperial city or directly distribute them among the army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Immediately notify General Muru, who is stationed on the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, and order him to send all his iron cavalry to block this place. Tell him that if even a fly flies past him, he can come and give me his head." Yao Ye loudly ordered the man in black. Yao Ye pointed to a location on the map, which was precisely the route Xiao Yan was bound to take.

"Yes!" The man in black knew the situation was urgent and dared not delay for a moment.

"Isn't this making a mountain out of a molehill? We've already sent out 50,000 iron cavalry to surround the Monster Mountain Range. 50,000 iron cavalry is more than enough, isn't it? General Muru has 50,000 iron cavalry, including 10,000 flying cavalry. If we send him out too... wouldn't that be a hundred thousand troops!" Liang Ye found it unbelievable that Yao Ye would send out so many troops to deal with a mere brat.

"Hehe! I have my reasons. I just want to make a big splash. Come with me first! Let's see just how terrifying this poison pill really is!" Yao Ye smiled.

Yao Ye led Liang Ye to a large training ground where nearly a hundred soldiers were training.

When the soldiers saw Princess Yaoye arrive, they hurriedly stopped and saluted her.

Yao Ye nodded, signaling them to continue training. Upon seeing Yao Ye, the soldiers instantly became fully focused and trained diligently.

Yao Ye stood on the high platform, looking at the soldiers who were training diligently. He narrowed his eyes, threw the poison pill directly into the center of the training ground, and then summoned the Battle Qi Gauze Robe.

Liang Ye, standing behind Yao Ye, also dared not be careless and quickly summoned his battle qi armor to envelop himself.

Some soldiers noticed Yao Ye's actions and the pill she threw, but they didn't pay any attention and continued training.

"It's not working!" Liang Ye said, frowning as she stood behind Yao Ye.

(End of this chapter)