"What do we know about their routes?" Wei Jun asked.
"As far as we know, they intend to bring the battle to us. Here." Sun Ruan replied before one of his subordinates added, "There are only three paths that lead to us. One of them is residential while the other two are highways."
"They obviously won't take the residential path if they want to avoid the CSF." Another elder chimed in, to which Wei Jun nodded and checked the other two paths. They were both nearly empty at night, so if a convoy was to travel using those, they'd be able to avoid the gaze of the law enforcement quite easily.
"Have someone place a police checkpoint on this highway." Wei Jun instructed and asked, turning to McCalligan, "I assume there are spells that can be used as traps to explode?"
McCalligan only smiled, which was all the answer Wei Jun needed. "We will place traps here, here, and here. We will also position long-range attackers, preferably mages and Qi archers, on these points. Other than that, someone needs to make sure we won't be disturbed."
McCalligan raised his hand and replied, "I can make sure of that, but the problem is that I won't be able to assist with the battle."
"No problem," Wei Jun simply replied.
He then checked more points on the map and relayed them to everyone in the room, and once the command was ready, they began to prepare to leave. Their plan greatly depended on their enemy taking that exact path, but Wei Jun was sure he'd be able to guide the enemy over there.
But nothing was wrong with additional assurance, so he called General Ming and said, "I was hoping you could do me a favor."
"..." General Ming remained silent before she said, "It depends. What are you offering?"
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"Why now, of all times?!" Elder Li shouted as he and the rest of the elders were gathered around a table along with some men in robes and a man with a long white beard but the physique of a man in his prime.
"It cannot be helped," Xuang Bei, otherwise known as the Miracle Doctor, the man with the long beard, spoke and added, "The military is the power we cannot afford to make an enemy at the moment. If it was just the CSF, then the story would have been different."
Elder Li, along with almost everyone in the room, nodded and asked, "Then what should we do?"
"We have no choice but to take this path. Have you brought any news from the other side?" Xuang Bei asked.
"Yes." Elder Li replied.
When everyone's attention was on him, Elder Li replied, "They've prepared an ambush for us on this highway. The news is brought to us by my most trusted subordinate, so there's no place of doubt."
"And who is that subordinate of yours?" Xuang Bei asked.
A handsome, blonde man stepped forward with a smile. As Xuang Bei sensed the energy from him, he said, "A mage, huh? Certainly not what I was expecting."
"Haha," Elder Li replied, "You can be sure that he always brings me great news along with accurate information."
"What is your name, young man?" Xuang Bei asked, and the man who seemed European in ethnicity replied in affluent Mandarin, "I'm called Mark Wilson, Elder Bei."
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"Be ready. They're coming." Sun Ruan said, and the magicians got to work. In the distance, a few cars could be seen speeding in their direction on the highway. Just as they reached a certain point, Sun Ruan signaled the magicians, and as soon as they got the signal, they activated the magic circles they had already prepared on the road.
A chain of explosions ensued, turning into a big explosion and destroying a good part of the road along with the cars that were on the road. Naturally, the people inside of them suffered as well.
After the explosion, while everything was burning, Sun Ruan, along with a few of his elders and some of the disciples, stepped forward to see the fate of those inside the cars, and as they approached closer, all they saw was fire, nothing else.
It was then that they saw some dead people inside the cars. However, the horrifying detail about them was not only were they badly mangled, they were also devoid of any supernatural power. In simpler words, they were simple and plain civilians.
Sun Ruan immediately figured it out, but by the time he yelled, "Take cover!"
It was already too late.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Spells rained on them, and people in black ops outfits attacked them, taking them by surprise. The surprise didn't last for long, but until it did, it was enough for Sun Ruan's forces to suffer a massive loss.
Fortunately...
[Qi construct]
Spears began to fall from the sky, piercing those in the distance, the long-range fighters.
Once the other side lost that disadvantage, it was hand-to-hand combat. Wei Jun saw Sun Ruan and a muscular old man with a long beard engaged in a fight, moving away from the crowd while the other elders also took their own matches and began to create distance between the lower-level fighters.
Wei Jun didn't bother with them and sped toward a mage who was busy casting a spell. An aura user blocked Wei Jun's path, and he seemed to be a six-star aura master, as informed by the system. Wei Jun simply used [Qi discharge] with the maximum output of 25 on one fist and struck the aura master in the middle of his chest and pierced through with little to no resistance.
Effortlessly passing the aura master, Wei Jun arrived before the mage, who just in time finished the fire spell and threw it at Wei Jun. A dense ball of fire fell on Wei Jun, and an explosion ensued. Just as the mage thought Wei Jun would have ended in that blast and was about to move, a hand appeared through the flames and grabbed him by his neck, suspending him in the air.
The face soon appeared, the face of the man holding him and the face of the man who had just been attacked by him. The most striking thing about the man was the grin on his face as he said, "Figured it out."
Those were the last words the mage heard before his neck snapped and he departed from the world of the living.
Wei Jun threw the dead body in his hand on the ground and focused on the several disciples and aura masters running at him. Wei Jun crackled his muscles, and a pair of daggers appeared in his hands. He ran in the direction of those advancing at him, the daggers in his hands imbued in something yellow.
Imbued in his Qi.
The first victim of his fell as the dagger in his left hand penetrated his Qi barrier and entered his neck, coming from the other side, killing him on the spot. Wei Jun didn't care whether it was an aura master or a cultivator, as those killed by his hand were just those.
Dead.
Wei Jun delivered a spinning kick to the next victim with [Qi discharge] in it, killing that disciple as well.
"Surround him!"
"Flank him!"
"Mages! Shoot!"
A plethora of spells and Qi attacks fell on him, but Wei Jun moved like he could bend his body like rubber, evading all attacks and killing all the people in his immediate vicinity with an accuracy that scared those who were yet to die.
But what scared them the most was the grin on the face of their killer.
The terrifying grin that shook everything deep down in their soul. Wei Jun was like a reaper, following through the battle like he couldn't be stopped, but he did stop. Only when most of the mages were dead and the cultivators met the same end. However, that wasn't the end of his battle.
As he looked at the man holding a sword as big as Wei Jun and a look of anger on his face, Wei Jun could tell he was an opponent he'd have a hard time against. But that would have been the case had the man with the sword been alone. With the addition of a robed man who was looking at the dead magicians with a cold expression on his face, Wei Jun knew he wouldn't be able to win.
It wasn't even a matter of struggle. He'd lose. He knew that with certainty.
Luckily, he had a hidden ace in the hole. Someone he was sure would be able to win against the mage, so all he'd have to do is deal with the aura master.
"Are you the one who did this?" The mage asked in English.
Wei Jun nodded and replied in flawless English, "And what if I did?"
"Then I'd have to eliminate you to avenge my students." The robed man spoke as lightning began to emit from him. Yellow strands of lightning that were sure to be lethal.
Wei Jun simply smiled before something began to rise behind him as well, surprising the mage, the aura master, and almost everyone in the vicinity.
A red giant wyvern appeared behind Wei Jun and looked at the mage with his giant eyes. Wei Jun smiled and said, "You might be able to avenge your disciples. But it will be very, very hard for you."