Strongest Soldier King

"Whoosh!" The sniper bullet roared out with the fury of the two men, fiercely striking the boulder where Tang Tian was hiding, sparks flying, leaving a massive bullet hole, but Tang Tian hiding behind the boulder remained unscathed. Luo Zheng quickly pressed one man's shoulder, shook his head, and softly said, "Don't rush, she's deliberately provoking us."

Lan Xue and Mountain Eagle nodded with solemn faces, took a deep breath to force themselves to calm down, and Lan Xue whispered, "I'm fine, it's intentional, let her think we've lost our cool and make a mistake. You can agree to her first, then find a chance to control her."

"Impossible. With her intelligence and cunning, this is too risky. I'll think about it more." Luo Zheng said softly, slightly closing his eyes, coldly gazing at Tang Tian's hiding place.

Suddenly, a commotion came from behind. Luo Zheng turned around in surprise and saw Zhou Gang, covered in dirt, with injuries on his face, but looking very excited. Luo Zheng couldn't help but say in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" Suddenly recalling that he had instructed Zhou Gang to scout the cave at night, he couldn't help asking, "Did you find something?"

"Yes, this thing is very deep, naturally formed cave, but unexpectedly found signs of someone being there, torches on the ground, but very old. We followed the traces and walked forward, unexpectedly, it took this long, but you would never guess what we saw." Zhou Gang said excitedly, his words becoming somewhat incoherent.

"Really? What did you see?" Luo Zheng said eagerly.

"It's a cave, accurately, it's Bloodsuckers' lair." Zhou Gang said excitedly.

"What?" Luo Zheng was shocked, covering Zhou Gang's mouth, cautiously looking outside, estimating that the sound wouldn't travel far enough for Tang Tian outside to hear, then lowered his voice and cautiously said, "Lower your voice, tell us, what's going on?"

Everyone heard, looked at Zhou Gang in surprise and joy, eyes full of anticipation.

"We followed the cave inside for a long time, then found burnt-out torches, followed the traces and climbed up, saw more torches, all burnt out, ventilation above. We continued searching, not knowing how long, no path, luckily had ropes. Finally came to a crack, not big, but enough for a person to squeeze through, inside was a chamber, there was light, and people. We were afraid of exposure, so we withdrew." Zhou Gang hurriedly whispered the discovered situation generally.

"Oh? Could this be the secret passage Lang Sen's father discovered? We stumbled upon it?" Lan Xue whispered in surprise, looking at Luo Zheng. Her cold face showed more joy. If above is indeed Bloodsuckers' lair, then things will turn around, proper planning, completing the mission, reclaiming the activation device is not impossible.

"It seems we're lucky, a narrow escape. With Bloodsuckers' strength, they can hold for two days, we'll hold here for a day, confuse the enemy outside, act at night, split into two shifts for rest." Luo Zheng said coldly, his face showing more joy.

In the following time, everyone hid inside the cave without speaking, occasionally being attacked by the Wild Wolves orchestrated by Tang Tian, which were resolutely repelled by them. After Luo Zheng asked Zhou Gang for details of his discovery, he found a place to rest. Having not slept well the previous night, another battle awaited when night fell, so he needed to recharge.

Hook, upon learning of a chance to fight back, was also happy, reassured his loyal warriors, and took a rest. Tang Tian outside, seeing people inside the cave neither speaking nor coming out, became cautious, instructing the White Wolf King to dispatch one or two Wild Wolves to attack the cave every hour. Although they were killed without suspense, as long as he confirmed Luo Zheng and others were still in the cave, he felt assured.

Time passed minute by minute, the sky gradually darkened. Having held steadfast all day, Tang Tian and her party felt tired, instructed the White Wolf King to keep an eye on the cave, then found a place to rest. As long as Luo Zheng and others remained in the cave, Tang Tian couldn't be bothered with anything else.

White Wolf King was, after all, a beast, didn't send more Wild Wolves to probe the firepower. Luo Zheng and others in the cave rested the whole day, now feeling energetic, sat down to eat dry rations, checked equipment, seeing no attack from the Wild Wolves, knowing there wouldn't be more, successfully deceiving them, joyously whispered, "Zhou Gang, you lead the way, Ghost Hand, take the point. Mountain Eagle, lead the team and follow, Xue Er, assist Hook's men to cover the rear."

"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.

After everyone was ready, Luo Zheng and Ghost Hand used tactical flashlights and followed closely behind Zhou Gang. Zhou Gang, having been here once, was familiar with it. The cave was very hard to traverse, with no path, scattered with hard and varying-sized stones on the ground. After walking a long distance, it still looked very deep, but Zhou Gang motioned everyone to climb upwards. Above was another cave, and a gentle breeze blew in, obviously a living cave.

Under the strong flashlight, everyone climbed up following the slope, gripping stones. Many people helped each other, so the marching speed wasn't too slow. Encountering impassable areas, they used ropes to make loops, fastened them to protruding stones above, and continued climbing.

The path became harder, but the wind from the upper cave grew stronger, signifying the exit was near. Everyone gritted their teeth and persevered. After over two hours, they rested on a giant stone, saw a crack ahead, barely enough for one person, inside was faint light, everyone was revitalized.

Luo Zheng let everyone rest briefly, regained some strength, and then continued climbing, soon reaching the crack. Luo Zheng went in first, walked about ten meters, and the front widened suddenly into a huge chamber. The walls of the crack were roughly twenty meters above the ground. The chamber was lit, and some people were treating the wounded inside; others were maintaining weapons and equipment.

"Hmm?" Seeing this scene, Luo Zheng immediately gestured to those behind him, signaling everyone to stay calm and continue observing quietly. Below the chamber, many smaller chambers were carved out, lit inside, unable to see too clearly. In the middle of the chamber was a huge stone slab, on which some people were discussing something, spreading out a map on the slab, the activation device was not visible.

If outside, Luo Zheng could connect with Lan Xing via earpiece, but in the cave, there was no signal, making it impossible to communicate. To find the activation device, he could only rely on himself. Luo Zheng observed briefly and found more than fifty people in the chamber, among them, more than twenty wounded, looking formidable. How should this battle be fought? Luo Zheng pondered, knowing he must not act recklessly when victory seemed near.

Luo Zheng coldly watched the chamber below, his eyes glinting brightly in the night.