Immortal Path Space - Chapter 312: Swallowing the Bait

Their families or factions had already been eradicated by the Treasure Hunters, and in the current chaotic environment, they had no place to hide.

As loose cultivators, they couldn’t enter the city either. Outside the city walls, they would sooner or later fall victim to the Treasure Hunters’ blades or be abducted.

In this dire moment, encountering Wang Hong’s group was like grasping a lifeline. In the face of life and death, who would be willing to give up easily?

Wang Hong might not be a saint, but for these female cultivators stuck outside the city, he felt a pang of compassion. After some consideration, he offered them a way out.

“My team doesn’t accept female cultivators, but I can introduce you into Azure Void City. If you’re willing, you can work at my trading business and receive Spirit Stones as monthly payment.”

Upon hearing Wang Hong’s offer, the group of female cultivators cast their eyes toward Yang Tiezhu and a few other female team members. They dared not object and quickly kowtowed in gratitude. At least, they had a safe haven now.

“You can use my East Zhou Trading Company token to enter the city, and I’ll also provide you with a safe route.”

Wang Hong intended to hand these people over to Xu Lun. Their appearances were pleasing, and they could serve as attendants in the shop, welcoming customers and making the place more attractive.

After bidding farewell to this group of female cultivators, they once again boarded the Flying Boat and headed to the next Treasure Hunters’ base.

In the following two weeks, under Liu Chang’s intelligence guidance, they managed to annihilate one Treasure Hunters’ team on average every day.

In those two weeks, they had slain over two hundred Treasure Hunters and collected several large crates of Storage Bags.

Many of the items they obtained in this world were exactly the Spiritual Objects Wang Hong had been searching for. While his Space could grow Spiritual Herbs and spirit wood, there were still many materials it couldn’t produce.

Among the items they harvested, there were even more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Pills.

As word spread among the escaping cultivators, the Treasure Hunters in the area all learned of the existence of this plundering Flying Boat.

This made it increasingly difficult for them to hunt down their adversaries. Many Treasure Hunters, upon seeing their Flying Boat, fled from afar.

Just a moment ago, a group of Treasure Hunters was only two or three miles away, but they immediately turned and ran upon seeing them.

The Flying Boat was too conspicuous, and it seemed like they needed to change their tactics.

They had been out for over ten days now, and it was time to return and rest for a few days. Despite the substantial gains, the continuous battles had left everyone looking fatigued.

As Wang Hong’s group traveled back, a small team of around a dozen people suddenly appeared in front of them.

Other teams would flee upon seeing them, but this team acted strangely; they didn’t avoid them and charged straight toward them.

Wang Hong’s group had just used their Spiritual Weapons to kill two people, but this team quickly turned and fled.

However, their escape was different from the norm. Typically, Treasure Hunters would disperse when fleeing, making it easier to escape.

But these people were running in the same direction and at a relatively slow pace, lacking the urgency of a life-or-death escape.

This made Wang Hong suspicious; unusual actions often hid sinister motives.

He cautiously pursued them for a short distance. His speed wasn’t too fast, and the enemy’s escape wasn’t frantic either, as if escaping wasn’t their top priority.

When he ordered the Flying Boat to stop pursuing, the group of Treasure Hunters ahead no longer wanted to escape.

Instead, they turned back and charged at the Flying Boat. Everyone on board coldly brandished their Spiritual Weapons to meet them, and the enemy once again turned and fled from a distance.

After this experiment, Wang Hong was sure that this group of people definitely had ulterior motives.He immediately ordered everyone to stand by while he rode Little Peng and flew out of the Flying Boat towards the approaching group of cultivators.

A medium-sized Flying Boat was designed to chase down small enemy teams. Although it could catch up to Foundation Building cultivators when using high-quality Spirit Stones, its agility was far inferior. Sometimes, when they were about to get close, the enemy would suddenly make a sharp turn, quickly increasing the distance between them.

Upon seeing Wang Hong alone on Little Peng charging towards them, this group of cultivators stopped running altogether and waited calmly in place, each with a smirk on their faces, as if they had already figured out Wang Hong’s fate.

Wang Hong rode on Little Peng’s back, wielding a Long Spear, and charged at the Treasure Hunters. Simultaneously, a golden Flying Sword flew out towards the enemy, seeking an appropriate target for attack.

This group of cultivators consisted of about a dozen members, with the highest cultivation level being a mid-stage Foundation Building cultivator. Wang Hong didn’t take them very seriously.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The attacks from their dozen or so Spiritual Weapons landed solidly on Wang Hong, causing a blaze of various lights around him. However, he didn’t take any defensive measures and simply charged out of the midst of the magical weapon radiance, leaving no injuries behind.

Meanwhile, the golden Flying Sword he had summoned earlier darted among the enemy cultivators, searching for suitable targets.

“Whoosh!” In an instant, the Flying Sword found a gap and pierced through a cultivator’s defensive Light Shield, cutting off his head in the process. Blood spurted several feet high from the severed neck.

By this time, Wang Hong and Little Peng had reached the vicinity. They plunged into the group of cultivators like a tiger among sheep.

In close combat, a body cultivator like Wang Hong left this group of Treasure Hunters defenseless, easily killing or injuring them with every strike.

In no time, Wang Hong had slain most of this group of Treasure Hunters, and he and Little Peng grew even more enthusiastic in their battle. They roared in triumph as they fought.

This scene filled the cultivators on the Flying Boat with excitement. Although they were also body cultivators, they couldn’t withstand Spiritual Weapon attacks as Wang Hong could. They had immense strength, but they hadn’t yet reached the point of overpowering spiritual techniques.

As for the newly recruited team members, they were all young and naturally admired heroes and powerful individuals. At this moment, their eyes sparkled with admiration.

In a ruined sect’s location, more than a dozen groups of Treasure Hunters had gathered.

The only reason these cultivators, who lived by the creed of killing and plundering, would come together was the promise of immense profit.

The leaders of the more than a dozen Treasure Hunter teams were currently holding a clandestine meeting in an open area.

“Fellow Daoist Qiao! We just received news that the plundering Flying Boat is heading southwest. Your people should take action,” a scar-faced man said.

“I’ve already given the orders; they’ll arrive soon,” replied another red-faced cultivator while sending out a Transmission Talisman.

“We should head to the ambush location now. Let’s await Fellow Daoist Qiao’s good news.”

These more than a dozen groups of Treasure Hunters had united primarily due to their fear of Wang Hong’s recent series of massacres of their kind. Their fear had driven them to band together, totaling over three hundred individuals in combined strength.

Since they were gathered together, their combined power emboldened them to consider turning the tables on the plundering Flying Boat.

They knew that the Flying Boat had recently made significant gains, and after deliberation, they decided to send a small team to lure the Flying Boat into a pre-set ambush zone and then surround and kill it there.

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