Chapter 87 - Buying Time (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

They had 30 minutes left at most!

The crowd was shocked. The location where they were in had been plotted in accordance with the predicted route taken by the robbers, so as to allow them to intercept those people and prevent further escape.

However, seeing how assured Lu Xuan behaved, everyone felt at ease somehow. What Lu Xuan pulled just moments ago had been too shocking. It seemed like he had taught Yang Chengsi a lesson without breaking a sweat.

Lu Xuan’s authority was established because Yang Chengsi had been made an example of, after all.

Rising up by stepping onto others had been the quickest way to ascend the social ladder.

“Get ready, people. Be mindful that those people may have reinforcements backing them up at any given moment. Stay sharp and get all sides covered.” Lu Xuan continued, “We have five minutes. We need to end the fight in five minutes before we can think about taking on any reinforcements.”

Lu Xuan checked the course the robbers took. They had been going around circles for days, yet at that moment, they were all heading straight for the beach. It was obvious that the people they were supposed to meet had arrived, and they were on their way to rendezvous with those people.

That meant that it was extremely possible for Lu Xuan’s forces to run into enemy reinforcements, so much so that they would probably have had to take on two groups of enemies at the same time.

As such, it was imperative to end the fight as quickly as possible.

Even if Lu Xuan’s forces were to not clash with enemy reinforcements, he had no intention of letting them run free all the same. Those invaders had gotten all the way into the country, and he felt compelled to make sure the invaders were left on the soil, dead.

He wielded absolute power, so he did not care at all what kind of tricks those people would play.

Wuyi mountain appeared extraordinarily quiet under the moonlight.

Over a dozen shadowy figures zipped about in some remote part of the woods. All of them moved deftly about as if they were monkeys.

“Time for action.”

A shriek was heard, breaking the silence of the night as those shadowy figures intended to pass through the woods.

Over 30 people surrounded them from everywhere. Lu Xuan and the other notable figures took the lead.

Lu Xuan was able to tell the identities of those dozen or so people apart under the moonlight. There were both men and women in the group. All of them seemed to be dressed in rags, making it obvious that their escape had been difficult.

However, all of them looked very high-spirited, nonetheless. They showed no mental signs that they had been on the run for two days.

One of the leading figures of the group was a huge man with a square face, sporting blonde hair and blue eyes.

The other sported typical appearance of East Asian people, but everyone present was able to tell that person apart right away.

He was Japanese.

While Europeans and Americans alike often had trouble telling apart Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, those from all three countries were reliably able to tell each other apart, making almost no mistakes in telling apart each other’s nationalities.

The dozen or so people were led by those two, dividing the group roughly into two clear, separate factions.

Lu Xuan nodded. What he saw matched the intelligence gathered by the headquarters beforehand.

The ones responsible for the sudden operation had been from the States and Japan.

Those two countries had the highest number of spies lurking within Chinese borders, and their agents had been the most powerful as well.

It was a joint operation between those two countries, and they had mobilized extremely huge resources to pull that off. They would not have been able to evade the Special Task Force’s notice or what they had pulled off just now.

The headquarters had long been clear of the identities of those two leaders as well.

The huge man with a square face, blonde hair and blue eyes was probably an agent from the States named James.

As for the Japanese agent, his name was Sakata Juuzaburo. He was an agent who had been lurking in the country for many years. He had stolen classified information from the country countless times.

If it had not been for the operation being carried out so suddenly, he would have probably been able to stay undercover even longer without anyone knowing his identity at all.

James held a case in his hand. Lu Xuan was, nonetheless, able to sense the Spiritual Qi emanating from it despite looking to be little more than a metal case. He was sure by then that it carried the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.