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Sophie and Qian Lan had brought back a total of ten thousand gold coins from Fragrance Pavilion. This time, Zuo Shangchen didn't have to worry about money anymore.

At the same time, Ren Ziling personally brought four beautiful maids in their twenties along with four guards in their thirties and forties, who had the strength of intermediate fighters and were extremely loyal to Zhou Tian Cheng to Zuo Ye's home that afternoon.

Sophie was duty-bound to become the housekeeper, and Qian Lan was helping Sophie by the side.

The second night just after nightfall, Zhou Tian Sheng, who was dressed in black and was wearing a black bamboo hat, came to Zuo Ye's house. and brought the Blood Essence Grass -- a blood-red grass.

Zuo Ye didn't take the Blood Essence Grass immediately after he received it. Instead, he put it away properly.

That night, Zuo Ye stayed with Sophie for the night, while Zhou Tian Cheng was sent out of the city by Zuo Ye to wait.

The next morning, Zuo Ye was riding in the midst of Sophie's reluctant farewell. As for the little black dog Zuo Ye, he didn't bring it with him. Instead, he left the little black dog at home to look after the house and protect Sophie.

After the meeting with Zhou Tiancheng outside Holy Dragon City, the two of them headed towards the intersection between the Holy Dragon Province and the Holy Shield Province.

He had been worn out from the journey!

On the afternoon of the third day, Zuo Ye and Zhou Tiancheng arrived at the encampment of the Holy Dragon Empire's garrison troops.

A pair of patrolling riders stopped Zuo Ye and Zhou Tiancheng. Zhou Tiancheng took out a military tablet, and without even asking Zhou Tiancheng if he was wearing a black bamboo hat or a mask, the group of riders directly brought Zhou Tiancheng and Zuo Tiancheng to the central military tent and saw the highest commander of this garrison, a young officer in his thirties.

"Company Leader Du!" "We meet again," Zhou Tian Cheng, who had his face covered as soon as they entered the tent, said to the middle-aged officer.

"General!" The young officer surnamed Du immediately trembled and knelt on the ground in a respectful salute.

"Get up! "I don't want others to know who I am, so just call me Mr. Wang," Zhou Tiancheng said to the young officer.

"Yes!" "Mr. Wang!" The young military officer was very obedient to Zhou Tiancheng's reply.

"Mr. Zuo!" This is the Supreme Commander here, Captain Du Yu Du, "Zhou Tiancheng introduced Zuo Ye," Du Yu! This is Mr. Zuo! "

"Greetings, Mr. Zuo!" Du Yu cupped his hands.

"Well," Zuo Ye nodded, "Tell me about the structure and strength of the bandits you have here."

Du Yu didn't respond immediately after hearing Zuo Ye's words, but looked at Zhou Tian Cheng.

"From now on, Mr Zuo's words are mine," Zhou Tiancheng calmly said.

"Yes sir!" Du Yu responded, "There are over a hundred different sizes of bandits here. There are over a thousand big ones, and tens or even hundreds of smaller ones. They are all located near the edge of the forest in the Thunder Mountain Range. Some of these bandits were strong and some were weak, while the strongest were six large bandit groups. These six bandit groups were led by Level 7 and above Warriors, and the leader of the first ranked three light bandit groups was also a Level 8 Warrior, with a total of two to three thousand people under his command. The strongholds of these bandit groups are all very secretive and dangerous, and many of them are easy to defend and hard to attack. All this time, the three big bandit groups and we are all in the water, so if we don't have the strength to eliminate them, they won't do anything to the government's supplies. "It's still relatively good."

"Do you know the strongholds of the six big bandit groups?" Zuo Ye said.

"We only know the strongholds of the top three light bandit groups and the fourth demon dragon bandit group," Du Yu said, "The rest are hidden very well, and the bandit groups also frequently battle each other to change their strongholds, so it's very difficult to track them."

"It's a good sign that bandit groups will fight each other to the death," Zuo Ye said. "Prepare your men. Tomorrow, we will go and exterminate the Tri-Light Bandit Group."

"With the help of me and Mr. Zuo, the two rangers that were passing by, a small group of robbers won't have much of a problem," Zhou Tiancheng said.

"Yes sir!" This time, Du Yu also understood Zhou Tiancheng's meaning — Zhou Tiancheng and Zuo Ye were going to participate in the purge as rangers.

"Tell them to try and catch as many survivors as possible, but as long as they are alive, it doesn't matter if they are missing an arm or a leg," Zuo Ye said again.

"Yes sir!" Du Yu nodded in agreement once more.

"Report!" At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the tent. Then, a soldier rushed into the tent and saluted Du Yu. We discovered that about a thousand people from the Tri-Light Thief Group had attacked a caravan on the public road, and are carrying their stolen goods and running towards the dense forest. "

"The heavens are truly helping me, haha!" "Captain Du, immediately gather your men and prepare to set off."

"Good!" "Send orders, gather the entire army," Du Yu immediately ordered.

"Yes sir!" The messenger immediately left the tent, and at the same time, a loud and clear assembling sound could be heard.

"Company Leader Du!" How many cavalrymen do you have here? " Zhou Tiancheng asked.

"Five hundred cavalry," Du Yu said.

"Good!" "Since the thieves have robbed a caravan, they should be moving slowly. We need to immediately mobilize all of our cavalry and catch up," Zhou Tiancheng said.

"Yes sir!" Du Yu said.

• • • The leader of the Tri-Light Bandit Group, Bast, had just personally led a group of three hundred or so mercenaries to rob a caravan. He had gained quite a lot, and was leisurely riding his horse, carrying a large blade dripping with blood, and then a group of thieves drove several tens of carriages, slowly advancing towards the headquarters of the bandit group. This time, these carriages were enough for the bandit group to spend several months' expenses, and the other three light bandit group had also captured over a hundred slaves.

After all, his Three Light Bandit Group was the largest bandit group here, and he had over a thousand people. Let alone the few bandit groups whose strength was far inferior to his own, even the Imperial Brigade stationed here did not dare to rashly touch him.

However, just as Bast was thinking about going back and savoring the smell of the two girls he had just captured, the sound of horse hooves rang out. Bast's expression slightly changed, carefully listening to the horse hooves' sound, the experienced Bast determined that the number of people on the team should be around five to six hundred. Five to six hundred cavalrymen, in this area, only the Triple Light Bandit Group and the Blast Bandit Group could bring out this kind of sound.

In every army, the cavalry was an absolute elite.

When the garrison troops sent out their cavalry, Bast's facial expression changed drastically — when it came to fighting solo Thieves, they were roughly the same as the garrison troops. However, when the garrison forces joined forces, their combined battle prowess was far greater than the Thieves who could only fight on their own, which meant that there were only three thousand of them, and there was only a Level 7 Warrior leading the garrison. However, their numbers were about the same as the garrison army's, and the Triple Light Thief Group, which was a Level 8 expert, did not dare to provoke the garrison army.

"Form up!" "Defense!" "Line up all the carriages to block the charge of the horsemen at the crossroads. The brothers with the pikes are at the back of the carriages, the brothers with the bows and arrows behind the brothers with the pikes, two hundred brothers each in the woods to the left and right, and half the brothers with the bows and arrows to the woods."

This Buster was indeed worthy of being the leader of a large bandit group. His arrangement was actually quite good, and in a moment he had ordered the Thieves, who were known for their courage, to arrange a formation that was highly resistant to cavalry.

"This bandit leader sure knows how to set up a good army," Zhou Tian Cheng said indifferently as he looked at the Thief's formation.

"This chief of the Three Light Bandit Group, Bast, previously graduated from the Imperial Family Academy's military academy. He is very proficient in military strategies," Du Yu said. "From the looks of it, Bast should be here."

"Hm!" In this terrain, using 500 cavalrymen to charge towards a thousand already prepared foot soldiers is very unwise, "Zhou Tian Cheng said," But it will take some time for the foot soldiers to catch up, how can we not do something with this little time? Company Leader Du! Go out and fight, and try to lure that Bast out. "

"Alright!" Du Yu immediately responded. Covering up his Warrior Energy, he urged his horse forward and loudly said, "I am Du Yu. Where is Bast?"

"Humph!" It's really you, Du Yu! "What do you mean?" A horse carriage was pulled open, and Bast slowly came out, carrying a bloody broadsword on his shoulder.

"Humph!" "I am a soldier and you are a thief. What do you mean by saying that I am a soldier?" Du Yu said very impolitely.

"Then are you sincerely courting death?" Bast narrowed his eyes and said coldly.

"Who's looking to die you don't even know?" With that, Du Yu swung his spear at Bast.

After all, Du Yu was only at the seventh rank, so he was at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

Just as Bast was preparing to defeat Buster in a fit of anger, two fast horses charged out from the cavalry. These two riders were both dressed in black and wore black bamboo hats. They were obviously not part of this army.

After the two of them rushed out, they urged their horses to charge towards Bast while covering the Battle Qi Kai. At the same time, a powerful aura surged over them. Bast immediately felt a tremendous sense of danger.

Not daring to fight, Bast turned and ran back to her own camp.

However, just as Bast turned his horse, a bolt of lightning shot towards him. Bast did not dare to hesitate and released a yellow saber Qi. However, the power of the lightning was far greater than the blade Qi. From this attack, Bast determined that this person had the strength of a rank 8 warrior.

Just as Zuo Ye let out a flash of lightning, Zhou Tian Cheng brandished his long sword and shot out a dozen wind blades, which came sweeping over and cut off the retreat of Buster's mount. At the same time, several wind blades cut into Bast's body, instantly shattering Bast's battle qi armor and leaving a few wounds on his body.

"Damn!" A warrior of the ninth rank! " After landing on the ground, Bastard cursed. At the same time, he used the Mirror Image Doppelganger technique and sent out five Mirror Image doppelgangers to run behind.

Of course, Zuo Ye had used his soul force to instantly see through Buster's real body. He immediately chased after him with the golden spear in his hand.

Dozens of arrows flew over. It turned out to be the thieves who had seen Bast's danger and released the arrows, but Zuo Ye, Zhou Tiancheng, and Du Yu were all Level 7 Warriors and above. All the arrows were blocked by their Warrior Energy, and at the same time, Zuo Ye had already sent out a few bolts of lightning to attack Bast's real body.

Bastian could continue to escape regardless of Zuo Ye's attack, because his attack would at most injure Bast. However, Bast didn't dare to ignore Zhou Tian Cheng's attack, because Zhou Tian Cheng's attack was enough to take away Bast's life. Bast had no choice but to turn around and launch an attack to reduce Zhou Tian Cheng's damage, to ensure she wouldn't suffer too much damage.

Just at this moment, Du Yu, Zuo Ye, and Zhou Tiancheng were already close to Buster's body. Two long spears and a sharp sword pierced towards him. Buster immediately ignored his image and rolled on the ground, barely dodging the attacks from the three experts.

However, after another round of attacks, a second round of attacks arrived. Bast hurriedly dodged, but Zhou Tian Cheng's sword still left a bloody wound on her back. Then came the third round of attacks. Under the combined attack of Du Yu, Zuo Ye, and Zhou Tiancheng, Bast was in danger. After a few rounds, Bast was riddled with wounds, his right arm was cut off, and his entire body was covered in blood.

The Thieves on the side had no time to rescue him. They could only shoot a few arrows that were neither too painful nor too itchy for Zuo Ye.

Of course, there were two warriors of the sixth rank and a few warriors of the fifth and the fourth ranks who rushed out to rescue Buster. But just as they approached the battlefield, Bast was stabbed in the back by Zuo Ye's black dagger, and then Bast collapsed to the ground, completely losing all resistance.