Chapter 697 Playing the long game to catch the big fish

Chapter 697 Playing the long game to catch the big fish

"Broken limbs? Are they all dead?" Lord Jinji's face darkened when he heard this.

"They are all dead. I even saw the head of Lord Jin Jing." replied the man in black.

After all, in their eyes, Jin Jing was the most powerful. If he died, the others would definitely not survive.

"Come on, follow me in and take a look." Lord Jin Ji said as he walked inside.

The other men in black followed immediately.

"The opportunity has come." Yan Li and the others became invisible again and followed.

"Emperor, what should we do?" The Great Elder looked at Yan Li with shining eyes.

"Of course we're going to close the hole and beat the dog." Yan Li said and followed him in.

The War King and his men followed closely behind.

Yan Li and his friends entered the cave again and found that the people from Fu'an Pavilion were very serious about their work and had dug out some of the collapsed areas.

However, this cliff was very solid and did not collapse completely.

Lord Jin Ji came to the place where Yan Li had trapped Lord Jin Jing and others with a formation.

"The formation is still there, but the person is dead." Looking at the broken limbs inside the formation, even an elder as strong as Jin Ji almost couldn't help vomiting.

"Master Jinji, who do you think did this?" The man in black at the side spoke, suppressing his discomfort.

"If you ask me, who should I ask?" Lord Jinji said unhappily.

"Did you see the mother of the night-shining pearl when you were digging?" Lord Jin Ji suddenly asked.

“No, let alone the mother of night-shining pearls, I haven’t even seen ordinary night-shining pearls.” The man in black shook his head.

"Jin Jing and his men were probably wiped out." Lord Jin Ji said as he walked around.

"Let's go out." Yan Li said to everyone around him after arranging everything.

Everyone nodded and quietly left the cave.

Yan Li used a formation to seal the entrance of the cave!

"Blow it up. This way you will know how Lord Jin Jing and the others died without any investigation." Just as Yan Li finished speaking, a deafening explosion was heard in the cave.

In the cave.

By the time Lord Jinji and the others felt something was wrong and ran towards the cave entrance, it was too late.

The cave entrance was clearly only a few steps away from them, and they could clearly escape from the cave anytime soon.

But for some reason, they just couldn't reach these few steps.

This is the beauty of the formation that Yan Li set up at the entrance of the cave, which is to find despair in hope.

Just as Lord Jinji and his men were still trying to find a way to escape, they were directly engulfed in the overwhelming explosion.

"Emperor, can we blow them all to death this time?" The Great Elder looked at Yan Li.

After all, we used medicine powder when we bombed Lord Jin Jing and the others before, but nothing worked this time.

"Okay." Yan Li's face was full of affirmation.

Just as Yan Li was about to take people away, a group of men in black fell from the sky again.

Yan Li: ...

It’s not over yet!

Are you going to let people go home?

Why are the black-clad men in Fu'an Pavilion like leeks? After one batch is cut, another batch comes. It's really annoying.

When this group of men in black arrived, explosions continued in the cave.

"Go and see what's going on?" the leading man in black ordered.

"Lord Jin Yu, someone has set up a formation at the entrance of the cave." said a formation master.

"Formation? Break it quickly." Lord Jin Yu spoke immediately after hearing this.

"This formation is too sophisticated and cannot be broken in an instant." The black-clothed formation master shook his head.

"Jin Ji and the others are not in there, right?" Lord Jin Yu looked towards the entrance of the cave.

"It shouldn't happen. Lord Jinji is so powerful that he won't be trapped inside." The black-clothed formation master shook his head.

Yan Li: ...

It's true that your Lord Jinji is very powerful, but he can't stop his stupidity!

Yan Li couldn't help but complain in her heart.

"Lord Jin Yu, if we still can't come up with any results after our investigation this time, will you give up on Sunset Lake as the site for refining the living dead combat puppets?" The black-clothed formation master looked at Lord Jin Yu.

"That's right. After all, many people have been killed here." Lord Jinyu nodded.

"I think this place is very weird. Why don't we just check it out and leave quickly." The black-clothed formation master looked at Lord Jin Yu.

"You're right. So many people came down to investigate but lost all trace. We'd better leave quickly." Lord Jin Yu nodded.

"In that cave..." The black-clothed formation master's eyes fell on the cave entrance.

"After the explosion just now, even if Jin and the others were inside, they would have been killed to pieces. It would be pointless for us to go in. It would just be a waste of effort." Jin Yu's eyes flashed.

He felt that if he insisted on breaking the formation in the cave, the consequences would be something he could not bear.

"Then what about us..." the black-clothed formation master asked tentatively.

"Let's leave." After saying this, Lord Jin Yu resolutely turned around and left with them.

"Your Majesty, are you just going to let them go like that?" Looking at the backs of Lord Jin Yu and the others as they left, Old Bian and the others were filled with confusion.

"Catch the big fish with a long line. They are all the baits I put down." Yan Li said with a smile.

A faint light flashed in Yan Li's eyes.

There will be something interesting to watch when they return to Fu'an Pavilion.

I want to see if the alchemist from Fu'an Pavilion can break this situation.

Yan Li was sure that no one else would come down from Fu'an Pavilion, so she walked in the direction of Captain Zhang and the others.

"Your Majesty, we can't help you in any way." Captain Zhang and his men looked apologetic.

"You have done a great job." Yan Li looked at them with a smile.

"Your Majesty, we..." Captain Zhang hesitated to speak.

"Just tell me what's going on." Yan Li looked at him with amusement.

"Emperor, I know our mercenary group is not very strong, but we want to follow you..." Captain Zhang's face became redder as he spoke.

On the one hand, I feel excited, and on the other hand, I feel ashamed.

After all, their strength is indeed not high!

He doesn't even have a decent weapon, and it was given to him by the Emperor.

"If you follow me, you will lose your freedom. Have you really thought it through?" Yan Li looked at them.

Their strength is not what Yan Li cares about most. What she cares about most is their character.

"As long as the Emperor is willing to accept us, we will naturally be willing." The mercenaries' eyes lit up.

They all came from poor families and had no one to rely on, so the big mercenary groups were unwilling to accept them.

Therefore, they formed a mercenary group and gradually made a name for themselves, but as mercenaries, they were still very poor.

"Okay, then you come with us." Yan Li nodded and led everyone out of the forest.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Captain Zhang's voice was very loud.

This time, Yan Li and the others returned to the Imperial Palace very smoothly.

"Great Elder, I'll leave them to you to arrange." After Yan Li handed Captain Zhang and the others over to the Great Elder, he walked towards the residences of the supreme elders.

Prince Zhan and Prince Xiao followed her footsteps.