Thud, thud, thud!

More than a hundred people walked out of the woods. Under the arrangement of An Long and Chen Jiantao, the members of Long Ya began to rest, with An Feng and Xue Yu leading the people in charge of keeping watch.

"This must be Mr. Xue Yu," seeing An Long looking towards Mo Bao, Mad Tiger hurriedly spoke up.

Chen Jiantao nodded, "I am Xue Yu, are you Mr. Mad Tiger or Mr. Mo Bao?"

"I'm Mad Tiger!" Mad Tiger responded, and softly said, "There was a slight unpleasantness just now, I hope Mr. Xue Yu can persuade Mr. An Long and the others."

"Hmm?" Chen Jiantao was taken aback, then turned to look at Chen Jiantao.

Chen Jiantao's expression was icy as he glanced at Mo Bao and said coldly, "Mo Bao insulted the Dragon King."

"What?" Chen Jiantao's expression chilled instantly, he manipulated the bolt of his gun and aimed it at Mo Bao.

Rustle!

The recently settled members of Long Ya, prepared to rest, stood up one after another, chambering rounds, their dark gun muzzles pointing at Mo Bao and Mad Tiger.

"No, wait! Don't misunderstand, everyone!" Mad Tiger quickly stood in front of Mo Bao, waving his hands repeatedly.

"Enough!" Mo Bao shouted coldly, "You guys are really something! I am a Paladin Knight, do you think I have no way to deal with you? I merely said a couple of words about the Dragon King, he..."

"Mo Bao! Shut up!"

Mad Tiger glared fiercely at Mo Bao.

He could tell that if the members of the Dragon Flame Mercenary Group, besides the nine captains, were somewhat supportive of Jiang Chen, then these hundred or so new arrivals were utterly protective of Jiang Chen. If Mo Bao dared to repeat the derogatory remarks he had just made, these people would likely open fire immediately.

Then, they really wouldn't be able to calm things down!

Mo Bao glanced at Mad Tiger, feeling aggrieved as he closed his mouth. He, a mighty Paladin Knight, was actually threatened by a group of the strongest Earth Grade Peak martial artists, which was truly ridiculous!

Hm? Wait a minute! They're all martial artists?!

Mo Bao suddenly realized, turning to glance at Chen Jiantao and the others, and then at An Long and his group, his heart shuddering fiercely.

These two hundred plus people, they were all martial artists, and the least of them was at the Yellow Realm Peak.

This, how is this possible? Even their Blazing Flame Mercenary Corps only had around two hundred martial artists.

One must know, martial artists aren't cabbages, and even fewer are willing to mingle in the underworld. They were only a recently established mercenary corps, how could they possibly have so many martial artists?

"Why are you all martial artists?" Mo Bao blurted out his thoughts.

However, the moment his words fell, he suddenly noticed the killing intent in Chen Jiantao, An Long, and the others' eyes intensified by several degrees, almost becoming tangible!

"Mo Bao, stop talking! Do you want the mission to fail? Do you want to be expelled from the mercenary corps?"

Mad Tiger was startled and sternly rebuked Mo Bao. He saw that Chen Jiantao, An Long, and the others' fingers were already hooked on the triggers, and they had already pulled them halfway!

Upon seeing everyone's reaction, Mo Bao instantly understood that he had said the wrong thing. This was the secret of their mercenary corps; he had committed a taboo.

"Xue Yu, An Long, Mo Bao didn't mean anything else. He was once betrayed by his own boss for profit, which is why he said those strange words about the Dragon King. I hope everyone won't take it to heart!" Mad Tiger explained urgently.

"No matter what he has experienced, it's not an excuse for him to slander the Dragon King!" An Long said coldly.

Whir, whir, whir!

A vibration sounded, and a light noise came from the pocket of Chen Jiantao.

After a glance at Mo Bao, Chen Jiantao took out his phone and, with respect, answered the call, "Dragon King, we have arrived!"

"That's good, ask An Long if Mage Liesi and his group have left. When did they leave?" Jiang Chen's voice came through the receiver.

Upon hearing Chen Jiantao's name, Mad Tiger hurriedly shouted, "Dragon King, sorry, you talk to them. They are going to make a move on Mo Bao!"

Everyone's expression changed, glaring at Mad Tiger somberly. Chen Jiantao especially ignored Mad Tiger and turned to ask An Long the same question from Jiang Chen.

"They left about ten or so minutes ago," An Long spoke softly.

Chen Jiantao slightly furrowed his brows, "Ten or so minutes, how many exactly?"

"This..." An Long was taken aback, uncertain.

Chen Jiantao gently shook his head, his face bearing a trace of enlightenment!

"I finally understand why the Dragon King said to let me take command during the operation," Chen Jiantao spoke softly.

An Long was startled for a moment, his eyebrows slightly raised.

Chen Jiantao did not immediately explain but responded through the phone: "Dragon King, they left about ten or so minutes ago. The exact time is now unverifiable!"

"Alright, I understand. What's the deal with Mo Bao? Why are you about to lay hands on him?" Jiang Chen nodded and then asked, puzzled.

At that moment, in the dense forests west of Changlan City, upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, Scar and the others were all stunned, looking at Jiang Chen with faces full of confusion.

"Let An Long speak!" Chen Jiantao's deep voice came through the receiver; after a few seconds, An Long's voice followed.

After hearing An Long's explanation, Jiang Chen slightly smiled, "It's fine, understandable. After all, not many Mercenary Corps leaders prioritize profits. There's nothing wrong with what Mo Bao said. Don't harp on what he said anymore; he came to help us!"

After another remark from the other end, Jiang Chen's face darkened, and he retorted sharply, "Nonsense! Just because you're upset, would you drive away a Paladin Knight who's here to protect us and put our brothers in a life-and-death crisis? How are you acting as a deputy leader?

An Long, listen to me clearly.

I know you do this out of respect for me, but I'm telling you, in the face of a life-and-death crisis, what's the point of saving my face?

If stepping on my dignity could ensure all our brothers' survival, then I would rather plow the fields with my own face!"

Yan Mo and others were all stunned, somewhat unsure of what happened to make Jiang Chen so angry; they could tell that Jiang Chen was truly furious!

"Listen to me, An Long.

The sky is high and the earth is wide, but our brothers' lives are of utmost importance!

So what if he said a couple of things about me? What's the big deal? If he doesn't understand, you don't like what you heard, then just explain it, and it's settled.

Besides, Mo Bao is not one of our Mercenary Corps members; why do you care what he says? As long as our own brothers understand, isn't that enough?

Those who know me are my friends; those who don't are just passersby. Let the passersby say what they want!"

Jiang Chen continued to scold in a low voice:

"Let me tell you! There's no way the Dark Spider only consists of Mage Liesi's five Paladin Knights; get the big picture clear in your damn head.

Your mission this time is to storm the main base of Dark Spider, to kill eighty percent of their members in their stronghold, this is your primary objective. Everything else can wait! Do you hear me?"

Towards the end, Jiang Chen was nearly bellowing.

He was truly enraged this time.

Infighting before taking the field is a cardinal sin!

He hadn't expected An Long to commit such a grievous error.

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