Time passed swiftly, and another two months went by in the blink of an eye.
On this day, at Luoyan Pass, with its bizarre rocky formations and a scorching sun stretching for miles.
A group of people dressed in hooded robes waited here, and they were all Radiant Moon Level masters!
Besides the leader, a black-faced elder whose aura was the most profound, there was also a notable red-haired man.
At this moment, each person had a talisman activated at their waist, emitting strands of spirit light that enveloped them, concealing their auras.
These were High Stage Concealing Breath Talismans.
Just then, the ground stirred, and another Radiant Moon Level individual emerged from the earth.
"Elder Jiang, the people from Qingming Palace are coming!"
The black-faced elder, Jiang Yang, asked, "How many of them?"
"Two Full Moons, three Waning Moons, and more than twenty Shining Star Level, just as the earlier intel suggested."
Jiang Yang nodded and said, "This time, the transaction volume for Qingming Palace in the central region is considerable. If we can ambush them on their return journey, it will be a significant blow to Qingming Palace."
The red-haired man beside him asked, "Who’s leading the Full Moon?"
Jiang Yang replied, "It’s someone called Yin Jiushang, a relatively outstanding Full Moon Master that Qingming Palace recruited in the past six months, apparently from abroad."
The red-haired man crossed his arms, "Never heard of him. It’s a pity it’s not that ’Baili Binghe’ Teng Jinghua; I would be more interested."
Jiang Yang cautioned, "Ning Su, it’s better to be careful. Word is, this person is very young and quite talented."
"We’ll see how talented he is in a moment. Elder Jiang, you hold your action for now."
Jiang Yang raised an eyebrow but didn’t say more, as the red-haired man before him indeed had profound strength, being one of the Twelve Fierce Moons.
Jiang Yang turned to the remaining people and ordered, "Get ready, Four Viper Sealing Flame Array!"
Twenty kilometers away.
A slender, handsome, long-haired young man was swiftly making his way across the desert with a group clad in Abyss Black Robes, precisely the Yin Jiushang Jiang Yang had mentioned earlier.
As Yin Jiushang led his team forward, his eyes vigilantly scanned the surroundings, remaining intensely focused.
It was no wonder Yin Jiushang was so cautious, as this transaction was the largest Qingming Palace had undertaken in half a year.
Hundreds of elixirs, hundreds of Star Devices, and dozens of precious Spirit Plant Spirits, totaling over ten million Cent Star Stones!
The last time there was such a large-scale transaction, Teng Jinghua had personally led the team.
This time, with Yin Jiushang appointed to lead, the pressure on him was naturally enormous.
Nevertheless, Yin Jiushang did not refuse.
First, Qingming Palace’s influence was now no small matter, and ordinary bandits dared not challenge Qingming Palace.
Second, Yin Jiushang understood that such an important task was given to him as a sign of trust, a test, and training.
So Yin Jiushang dared not be careless for a moment, even though the task was more than half completed and they were on their return journey.
Yin Jiushang lowered his head, his gaze falling on the deep blue ring on his left hand, gently caressing it.
This was a ring given by Lady Ashley before departure.
However, Yin Jiushang still did not know what the ring was for, it could not be used as a Space Ring for storing cargo.
At this time, a Waning Moon Elder returned from ahead.
"Elder Yin, there’s no unusual activity up ahead."
"Good." Yin Jiushang nodded, immediately signaling to another Waning Moon Master beside him.
The Waning Moon Master cupped his hands and accelerated forward again.
With two Waning Moon Levels relaying in reconnaissance, it was usually possible to detect more than ninety percent of dangers in advance.
"Something’s wrong!" Leading the team, Yin Jiushang suddenly halted and gestured for the group behind him to stop, "At this time, why hasn’t Elder Du returned yet?"
Another elder beside him suggested, "Should I go look ahead?"
"Don’t go!" Yin Jiushang frowned, "Let me see."
Yin Jiushang formed seals with his hands, then spread them apart slightly, and a spiraling Wind Eye appeared between his palms, flickering with cyan spirit light.
Yin Jiushang closed his eyes, and the wind eye in front of him radiated with spirit light, a gale suddenly howling toward the distant Luoyan Pass.
Using the Wind Eye as his eyes and the gale as his feelers, Yin Jiushang rapidly expanded his perception range!
It didn’t take long for Yin Jiushang to make a discovery.
On the rock wall before Luoyan Pass, Elder Du, who had just gone out to scout, was pinned against it with a sand gun, already lifeless!
Yin Jiushang’s heart sank, he urgently directed the gale to probe around the body, but found nothing.
Gritting his teeth, Yin Jiushang formed seals with his hands and unexpectedly shattered the Wind Eye in front of him with a strike.
Instantly, two streams of fresh blood trickled from the corners of Yin Jiushang’s closed eyes.
At the same time, countless green lights shot out from the shattered Wind Eye, as the gale intensified, multiplying the detection range, penetration, and energy perception capability!
In mere seconds, Yin Jiushang detected the commotion beneath the nearby ground!
Yin Jiushang shouted loudly, while the gale around his body surged, lifting him higher into the air.
Upon hearing Yin Jiushang’s warning, the Qingming Palace members immediately heightened their vigilance toward the ground below.
The next moment, lines of intense heat shot out from beneath their feet!
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...!"
Bloody mist erupted, and in an instant, three were dead and two injured among the Qingming Palace members!
If not for Yin Jiushang’s timely warning, this ambush would have cost even more lives!
Subsequently, over a dozen Radiant Moon Level attackers burst out from the underground and charged forward.
With a fierce shout, Yin Jiushang drew his long blade, unleashing Star Power, and slashed at the attacker approaching him.
The attacker, a Full Moon Level fighter, fearlessly met him with a swung sword.
But the flow on Yin Jiushang’s blade surged, the speed increased sharply and became more fierce, striking first at the attacker, and with one slash, he killed him!
Gale winds surged around Yin Jiushang, and a pair of massive butterfly wings suddenly unfolded - the same style as Xu Hengjiang’s, gained from the Epic Star Beast Storm Overlord Butterfly, the [Hurricane Wings].
In his blade-drawing stance, Yin Jiushang gripped his long blade, gathered strength slightly, and slashed out!
"Flying Swallow Cut!"
Spirit Light flashed, a sharp Wind Blade resembling a flying swallow swiftly shot out, instantly shredding two Waning Moon opponents ahead and continued slicing forward with unabated force!
At that moment, a fire-lit Star Core flew over, crashing into the Wind Blade of Flying Swallow Cut.
"Boom!" The Fierce Flame exploded, destroying the Wind Blade as well!
"Huh?!" Yin Jiushang’s pupils constricted, staring closely at the silhouette within the blaze.
Robust muscles, hot waves lifting the hood to reveal a rugged face with a crooked smile.
Yin Jiushang’s pupils constricted, immediately recognizing the person in front.
Ning Su, capable of injecting Star Power to detonate objects upon contact.
The more Star Power he consumes, the higher the energy density of the detonated object, making the explosion more powerful.
Under a dual increase, Ning Su’s attack power surged tremendously, able to easily severely injure Radiant Moon masters even with a Shining Star Level Star Core!
Five years ago during the Fierce Moon selection, none survived his attacks - all were blasted to death, a notorious reputation indeed!
After the selection, Ning Su became one of the Twelve Fierce Moons and joined the Yin Yang Sect.
Screams rang out, Yin Jiushang turned his head, and in a moment, several Qingming Palace managers were slaughtered on the spot!
"It’s the Yin Yang Sect!" Yin Jiushang shouted, "Ning Su, you dare attack our Qingming Palace, do you want war?!"
Ning Su tossed his hood back, grinned: "If I kill all of you, who would know..."
As his words fell, a heat wave rushed in!
Flames soared from the four corners, and above them, Flame Dragons roared, encircling everyone in the center!
Yin Jiushang’s expression darkened; fierce winds swirled around him as he lunged to attack.
Ning Su raised a hand, sending another Star Core flying out instantly.
Yin Jiushang’s eyes narrowed, activating the Hurricane Wings to dodge.
The Star Core exploded behind him, with overwhelming power; fortunately, his Hurricane Wings were fast enough!
"Oh? Quite agile indeed..." Ning Su smirked, lifting both hands, revealing more than ten Star Cores in hand, "How about this?"
Face changing drastically: "This is bad..."
Ning Su tossed all the Star Cores out.
"Boom, boom, boom...!"
A huge burst of flames erupted ahead, Red Flame roared, and the thunderous explosions continued!
Watching the fireworks-like Spirit Light explosions, Ning Su grinned: "Not much, huh..."
Just then, the flames violently swirled, and the wind whistled; a figure abruptly shot out from the sea of flames!
Yin Jiushang’s chest was a bloody mess, his left arm dangling uselessly, while the Overlord Butterfly wings on his back were severely damaged.
However, Yin Jiushang’s eyes burned fiercely, forcefully activating the Hurricane Wings to transform into a wind shadow untraceable to the naked eye, and sliced towards Ning Su!
Ning Su, caught off guard, was directly struck away!
A massive, bloody wound tore across his chest, with remaining Wind Element continuously tearing at Ning Su’s surrounding muscles!
Ning Su quickly stabilized himself, using Star Power to disperse the lingering tearing effect, lifting his gaze to stare at the heavily injured and tattered Yin Jiushang, his expression turned sharply grim with anger.
"Kid, you’re ruthless indeed!"
Yin Jiushang bit down on the long blade, swiftly tearing off a piece of clothing to bind his useless left arm, preventing it from swinging wildly, and then gripped the blade again.
"Heh..." Yin Jiushang smirked, "The renowned Twelve Fierce Moons, I’ve been eager to experience it!"
With a surge of wind, he briefly fanned the Hurricane Wings, and Yin Jiushang rapidly dashed out to attack Ning Su again.
Yet Ning Su watched him drawing near, his eyes shifted subtly, and suddenly he smirked.
"Hmm?" Yin Jiushang’s heart immediately rose with a bad feeling.
Just then, a condensed water-fire line shot straight out from the ground not far away!
Suddenly, Yin Jiushang only managed to lift the damaged Hurricane Wings in front to shield himself and avoid vital spots.
The water-fire line flashed by, afterward, a fist-sized bloody hole appeared in his abdomen, making his already seriously injured body tremble.
Ning Su seized the chance, raised a hand and threw another Star Core.
This Star Core was an Epic Star Core of the Radiant Moon level!
Yin Jiushang’s pupils constricted.
Ning Su’s lips curled into a sinister smile: "Let’s explode!"
With a massive explosion, horrifying scarlet flames surged hundreds of feet tall, like a mushroom cloud, practically destroying everything!
The Qingming Palace members resisting in the back looked at the explosive red flames soaring into the sky, all with shock!
Such a terrifying blow, how could a Radiant Moon level withstand it?
The Bomber Ning Su, terrifying as ever!