Soul Emperor Martial God

"You go down first," Lin Chong said to the Captain who had just arrived.

"Uh," the Captain still had a look of urgency on his face.

"Deputy Commander, a decision still needs to be made soon on how to handle this matter."

"Huo Di is a madman."

"I'm worried about that missing squad, they might encounter unpredictable dangers."

"Go down first; I have my ways of handling this," Lin Chong said sternly.

"Yes," the Captain nodded, bowed, and turned to leave.

The door closed.

Lin Chong looked at Xiao Yi and asked, "Northern Mountain Sword Master, how about I leave this matter to you?"

Disciples of the Sword Sect, each one possessed remarkable strength.

Even after joining the Flame Martial Guard, they were the elite of the elite.

Not to mention a Sword Master, let alone the Strongest Sword Master.

Xiao Yi gave a bitter smile and said, "If it were just me alone."

"I could go gather information or chase down Huo Di with no problem."

"But I won't have my subordinates follow me into danger."

Lin Chong frowned.

After a long pause, he said, "Rules are rules."

"You're just a squad leader; you can't act alone."

"Forget it, you go down too."

"I'll have someone else deal with this."

"Yes," Xiao Yi nodded, bowed, and left.

...

Outside the stronghold.

Zhou Ping and others waited anxiously.

"Captain, the Deputy Commander didn't give you a hard time, right?" Zhou Ping asked.

"No," Xiao Yi shook his head, offering a faint smile.

"Although we failed the mission and Huo Di escaped."

"We still saved Black Rain City and avoided casualties; how could we be punished?"

"It's just that we won't receive any merit."

"That's good," Zhou Ping and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go; I've already accepted some tasks, and we can set off now," Xiao Yi said.

"Ah? We just got back, and now we have to go on another mission?" Hu San complained.

The others also complained slightly.

They had just become Flame Martial Guards, and it was their first mission.

But they hadn't expected their first mission to be so dangerous.

They had nearly lost their lives in Black Rain City.

Naturally, they were somewhat scared.

Moreover, they often had to travel long distances with short rest periods.

It was indeed very hard.

Zhou Ping said solemnly, "Let's still follow the Captain's orders."

"The duty of the Flame Martial Guard is to patrol the counties."

"Since we have become Flame Martial Guards, we must be prepared."

The Flame Martial Guard, in a way, resembled Demon Hunters.

Demon Hunters accept tasks from the Demon Hunting Hall and complete them.

Flame Martial Guards also accept tasks from various strongholds and complete them.

The difference is, Demon Hunters get relatively lesser reward money for their tasks.

While Flame Martial Guards are official government employees with a fixed monthly salary.

And the salary is high, enough to lead a wealthy life.

Moreover, although the tasks of Flame Martial Guards are dangerous and numerous.

Correspondingly, the speed of earning task points to exchange for treasures is also sufficiently rapid.

For many martial artists, the Flame Martial Guard is an excellent path to becoming a powerful warrior.

Of course, not just anyone can join the Flame Martial Guard.

The Flame Martial Guard has an extremely strict assessment mechanism; only the elites are part of it.

On the other hand, becoming a Demon Hunter is relatively easier.

However, the vast number of Demon Hunters spread across the world.

No other force can compare.

Back to the main topic.

The group set off once again.

This time, Xiao Yi had accepted a mission to eliminate bandits.

Ordinary mountain bandits naturally did not require the intervention of the Flame Martial Guard.

This group of bandits was special.

Two days ago, they got a new leader.

This leader was a fugitive wanted by the Flame Martial Guard.

Initially, he was an assassin.

His actions were too extreme, and his methods exceptionally cruel.

He even dared to kill official government personnel, which eventually led to his being wanted.

According to the information, a team of ten from the Golden Armor Guards had been slaughtered by him during a pursuit.

He had escaped multiple times from Flame Martial Guard pursuits since then.

Two days ago, the Flame Martial Guard finally got a trace of his latest whereabouts.

He had entered a dense forest and taken over a bandit group.

The former leader was beheaded in an instant, shocking the rest of the bandits.

He had become the new leader.

According to intelligence,

that dense forest was located on the edge of a large city two thousand li from the county.

The distance was somewhat far.

A group of people immediately set off on the road.

Almost two days later, the group had reached the large city.

"The usual rule," Xiao Yi said, "I'll go scout around."

"You all rest here and be ready to fight at any moment."

"Yes," everyone nodded.

Whoosh, Xiao Yi's figure flashed and he vanished on the spot.

A few minutes later,

Xiao Yi had arrived at the mountain bandits' lair.

Releasing his perception, he grasped the presence of all the bandits.

"Hmm," Xiao Yi nodded, "The leader is only at the Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer, no big deal."

With that, he casually sent up a flare.

Inside the mountain bandits' den, seeing the flare, they immediately were in an uproar.

"An attack!" Over a thousand mountain bandits reacted instantly.

Whoosh, Xiao Yi instantly appeared.

"Who are you?" The surrounding bandits asked coldly.

"Flame Martial Guard, Squad Leader, Xiao Yi," Xiao Yi responded indifferently.

"Flame Martial Guard?" The bandits around him were initially startled.

But upon hearing the words 'Squad Leader,' they immediately scoffed.

"Just a mere Squad Leader dares to come here seeking death?"

At the same time, a figure suddenly appeared, standing in front of all the bandits.

"Gongsun Luan, you dare to show yourself?" Xiao Yi said indifferently.

The person who had appeared was the new leader of this group of bandits,

and also a wanted criminal, Gongsun Luan, with a Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer Cultivation.

Gongsun Luan, having lived a life on the run for too long, was extremely cautious.

Seeing that Xiao Yi was alone and only a Squad Leader, he dared to show himself.

"Men, take down this scum for me," Gongsun Luan shouted loudly.

"Hmph, I've killed plenty."

"Even Golden Armor Guards have fallen by my hand."

"But as for Flame Martial Guards, especially a Squad Leader, I've never tormented one."

"This time I can get some pleasure from it."

As the words fell, the surrounding bandits attacked at once.

Right then, ten figures rapidly approached.

"Thinking of attacking our squad leader? Ask us if we allow it first."

Zhou Ping and the others had seen the flare and had immediately rushed over.

Now, they had just arrived.

"Hmm?" Gongsun Luan first furrowed his brows.

Then, sensing that Zhou Ping and the others were only at the Sixth Layer of Mystic Breakthrough Realm,

he burst into arrogant laughter, "And here I thought who it would be, just a bunch of trash."

"Capture them all."

The two sides clashed instantly.

Gongsun Luan did not take action.

Nor did Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi had specifically taken this job to hone the abilities of Zhou Ping and the others.

Though numerous, the bandits were not very strong.

The old leader was only at the Mystic Breakthrough Eighth Layer.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been beheaded in one strike by Gongsun Luan.

The strongest under him were only two at the Mystic Breakthrough Seventh Layer.

After that, there were some at the Fourth and Fifth Layers.

And about a dozen at the Second and Third Layers.

The rest of the ordinary minions were just warriors of the Mysterious Profundity Realm.

It was difficult for Zhou Ping to fight them, but not a big problem.

The fight erupted, and clearly, Zhou Ping and his group were initially at a disadvantage.

Zhou Ping and Hu San each faced one of the strongest bandit minions.

Though both were only at the Sixth Layer of the Mystic Breakthrough Realm,

every one of the Flame Martial Guards were elites with impressive combat prowess.

As the fight continued, they gradually began to gain the upper hand.

As for the other eight, seven were up against fairly strong bandits.

Zhou Ziyang, the weakest, only at the Mystic Breakthrough Second Layer, was up against over a thousand bandits of the Mysterious Profundity Realm.

But he possessed the Blast Fire Blade Martial Soul.

The blade in his hand was tremendously powerful.

With one slash, flames burst forth, instantly killing a large group of bandits.

"Hmm?" Gongsun Sheng, who previously underestimated his foes, scowled.

He prepared to take action, otherwise, all his minions would be killed.

Just at this moment, an overwhelming aura deterred him.

"Just watch quietly from the side, and don't force me to kill you right here," Xiao Yi said, standing with his hands behind his back.

...

The third update.