Chapter 475 - Chapter 475: Chapter 442 Siege_1 (1/2)

Chapter 475: Chapter 442 Siege_1

There have been instances where various countries unite to hunt even more powerful beasts in the Wilderness. However, at most, it involves four or five countries. Any more than that and it would be problematic to distribute the spoils of war. On the other hand, the beasts of the Wilderness are not idiots; the catch is not guaranteed just because there may be more people.

It is indeed odd for a group of human Martial Saints to suddenly appear now.

“The folks from the Yuan Tong Business Firm haven’t made a move yet. Could you be one of them?” Yin Wen said.

Although she couldn’t do much in terms of martial power, as someone directly related to Xu Mu, she was constantly worried about matters concerning him.

She observed the Yuan Tong Business Firm, their biggest enemy – at least that’s the case for now – as much as possible.

Thanks to Xu Mu, she had substantial influence within the Da Xia Nation and was privy to many secrets that ordinary people weren’t.

For example, before they entered the Wilderness, the Yuan Tong Business Firm had attempted to establish contact with other powers.

“Even if the Yuan Tong Business Firm wants to take revenge, with their resources, they’d be doing well to gather six or seven Martial Saints,” Xiao Tian Yuan said, slightly frowning.

There had been occurrences of entities hiding in the Wilderness and attacking the Martial Saints of other nations.

Xiao Tian Yuan could understand Yin Wen’s suspicion towards the Yuan Tong Business Firm. However, he found it hard to believe that the Firm could gather so many Martial Saints.

Even beasts that reach the level of Martial Saints are extremely cunning, let alone the humans.

It wouldn’t be easy to ambush and kill the opposition. Usually, one would consider the consequences unless the gripes were deep-rooted, and wouldn’t initiate conflict so easily.

This was a hugely risky endeavor. Even if the Yuan Tong Business Firm spent all its resources, it couldn’t hire more than a dozen Martial Saints. This was why Xiao Tian Yuan found the situation implausible.

“Regardless, we need to stay cautious. If they really do have malicious intentions, with more than ten Martial Saints joining hands…”

Xiao Tian Yuan was worried about potential harm befalling Xu Mu.

Even a Martial Emperor would likely retreat in the face of an attack by more than ten Martial Saints.

“Should we detour?” Yin Wen asked.

“In the end…”

Xiao Tian Yuan wanted to explain that a detour would be safer, but Xu Mu cut him off.

“No need, let’s continue forward,” Xu Mu said indifferently.

Unless it was the legendary Martial God, no one posed a threat to him.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded their heads. Since Xu Mu had made his decision, they had no room for objection.

The team continued to progress. Under Yue’s command, the tri-tailed Purple Mink took on the role of a scout, investigating constantly.

The scouting report wasn’t optimistic. The Martial Saints were stealthily closing in on them and forming some kind of formation.

After the tri-tailed Purple Mink managed to breach the inner circle, it discovered a substantial number of Martial Ancestors.

Their suspicions were confirmed – the group was the target.

There was no way the opposition could not recognize them given the size of their group.

“How did the Yuan Tong Business Firm manage this?”

While Xiao Tian Yuan was concerned, he was also somewhat confused.

According to the tri-tailed Purple Mink’s repeated investigations, the number of Martial Saints had surpassed thirty, almost half of the total number in the entire Eastern Continent. The Yuan Tong Business Firm could not have possibly achieved this, considering their influence, let alone gather hundreds of Martial Arts Grandmasters.

“Master, how they managed to do it is no longer important. What matters is how we’re going to respond,” Mu Chen and other Martial Ancestors said with a bitter smile.