Fight to break the sky

The vast desert is filled with yellow sand.

"Qing Lin, are you sure you are here?" Xiao Yan looked at the flat desert in front of him with a face full of astonishment. The terrain here is extremely ordinary, without any features that can attract people's attention. Flat sand like this, in There are almost countless people in the vast desert. It is hard for Xiao Yan to imagine that there are traces of "strange fire" in this inconspicuous place?

Behind Xiao Yan were Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, as well as dozens of elite members of the Motie Mercenary Group. However, at this time, they all cast suspicious eyes on Qinglin who was leading the way. They had no idea about life in Shimo City. For them, who have lived here for several years or even more than ten years, this place is simply too ordinary to be ordinary. Some of them have even done several missions here, but they have never felt that How is this place different from other places...

Although Qing Lin was a little timid under the gaze of everyone, she still mustered up the courage to stare at Xiao Yan and said softly: "Master, according to my induction, the place where the strange movement occurred six months ago is indeed here."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan frowned slightly, slowly took two steps forward, stood on a small sand dune, raised his eyes and looked around, a look of deep thought on his face.

"There are no special buildings or strange caves here, but Qinglin doesn't seem to be lying... Since there is none on the ground, and there is none in the sky... then, maybe it is here." Xiao Ding looked around and suddenly knelt down. , grabbed a handful of sand with his palm, then slowly sprinkled it, and chuckled.

"Brother, what do you mean...underground?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan was slightly stunned and said in astonishment.

"Well, although there are many strong people who can use the distortion of the air in the desert to create mirages that confuse people's sight, the degree of distortion of the air around Stone Desert City is not enough to form such a spectacle. Therefore, this possibility can be ruled out... Since Without the cover of mirage, and we can't see it with the naked eye, the most likely possibility is that it is underground..." Xiao Ding analyzed with a smile.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, stepped on the ground lightly, and then said with a wry smile: "But even if the secret is underground, we can't just dig it up randomly, right?"

"Haha, of course it's impossible. If you dig a hole randomly in the desert, you might end up burying yourself alive. But since the Medusa can go down, I guess there should be a hidden passage." laughed. Xiao Ding shook his head and said with a smile: "There happen to be some experts in our group who are proficient in surveying the terrain. As long as we let them test it, it should not be difficult to find a passage into the underground."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "In that case, we have to trouble them."

"Looking for a passage is a trivial matter... but this place is not far from Stone Desert City. If our people are detecting it with such great fanfare, I think they may be noticed by other forces in Stone Desert City. The night in Tagor Desert is very short. If we only do it at night If the construction starts, not only will it consume a lot of time, but some important places may be lost due to the darkness... In this Stone Desert City, with the strength of our Motie Mercenary Group, other small forces dare not provoke it, but That mercenary group of sand... is unlikely to jump out and interfere." Xiao Ding shook his head and said helplessly with a frown.

"Sand Mercenary Group?" Xiao Yan frowned.

"The Sand Mercenary Group is the strongest force in Stone Desert City besides the City Lord's Mansion. Although our Desert Iron Mercenary Group is not inferior in terms of overall strength, their leader Sha Luo is a great fighting master. You should be aware of the difference between a great fighting master and a fighting master, so if there is nothing major, we usually do not provoke the Sand Mercenary Group, but this time if we conduct a large-scale search, it will always arouse their curiosity. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for them to remain on the sidelines." Xiao Li on the side said helplessly.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan pursed his lips, pondered for a long time, looked up at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the eldest brother and the second brother can just let people search for them, but please don't tell the news about the strange fire. Spread the word, and as for the Sand Mercenary Group, if they really want to intervene... then let me handle it."

"Haha, the people here are the backbone of the Motie Mercenary Group. The brothers who followed us to build up the power little by little, there is absolutely no problem with confidentiality." Xiao Li smiled and patted his chest, but then he became a little worried. Said: "Can you deal with Sharo of the Sand Mercenary Group? Your strength..."

"Second brother, don't worry. I will say this. I am sure of it. You just need to send people to find the passage." Xiao Yan smiled mysteriously.

Seeing the mysterious Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li could only nod helplessly, but they believed a little in their hearts. After all, they knew that with Xiao Yan's temperament, he would never act in this situation. What a joke.

"This little guy is getting more and more difficult to see through." Xiao Ding muttered in his heart, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li looked at each other, both seeing the same feeling in each other's eyes.

"Okay, in that case, Xue Lan, you immediately rush back to the Motie Mercenary Group, find those members who are good at detecting terrain, and try to find a passage within a day." Xiao Ding turned around and faced Xue Lan commanded.

"Well, okay, leave this to me!" Xue Lan nodded with a smile, turned around quickly, whistled in her mouth, and a camel galloped from not far away, its delicate body leaping vigorously. Getting on the horse, Xue Lan drove it, bringing up the yellow dust all the way to the sky, and galloped towards the Stone Desert City in the distance.

Looking at Xue Lan who gradually disappeared from sight, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, slowly squatted down, inserted his palms into the hot sand, and murmured softly: "The strange fire...is there really something down there? ?”

…

Soon after Xue Lan returned, he brought out all the personnel who were proficient in terrain detection in the Motie Mercenary Group. Half an hour later, all the personnel arrived at where Xiao Yan and the others were. According to the instructions, more than 40 terrain surveyors began to carry out the division of labor detection with a very clear division of labor.

As a major force in Stone Desert City, there are naturally countless eyes watching their every move. Therefore, soon after Xue Lan came out with a large number of people, some stragglers began to appear where Xiao Yan and the others were. Zone, looking at the Motie mercenary members who were slowly exploring the terrain with puzzled faces.

The area outside Stone Desert City where strange fires might be hidden was previously mobilized by Xiao Ding to seal this area tightly. Therefore, the mercenaries and other personnel who came to watch were all It was ruthlessly blocked from outside.

As the detection progressed, more and more people were watching around. Although Xiao Ding said to the outside world that the Motie Mercenary Group moved in large quantities because they wanted to hunt down a third-level monster, the crowd around them was still It is gradually increasing.

Standing on a sand dune, Xiao Ding and others looked at the crowd outside. They couldn't help but shook their heads and said with a wry smile: "From this look, I'm afraid that within half an hour, the Sand Mercenary Group will send someone coming."

Xiao Li frowned, and there was a hint of viciousness on his face. With a flick of his hand, a tungsten steel spear appeared in his palm, and he stabbed it fiercely into the sand dune. He said coldly: "If it really makes you anxious, Don’t even think about it easy for the Sand Mercenary Group. Except for one Sharo, the rest of the Sand Mercenary Group are just a bunch of cowards!"

Xiao Ding smiled faintly, and the same cold light flashed in his lowered eyes.

On the side, Xiao Yan, who was sitting on the sand dune, also chuckled softly, raised his delicate face slightly, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and raised a faint cold arc at the corner of his mouth.

Carefully scanning the three Xiao Yan brothers, Qing Lin suddenly realized that these three people were indeed brothers. No matter how different their personalities were, there was still a chilling cruelty hidden in their bones. , it’s okay not to provoke this kind of person, but once you do, he will be like a wounded hungry wolf in the desert, staring at you until death, waiting for the moment you relax.

At that time, Xiao Yan was able to give up the comfortable life in his family for the humiliation of Nalan Yanran's divorce, gritted his teeth, fought monsters in the mountains and forests, endured loneliness and loneliness in the desert, and practiced hard for three years. How could he be so cruel, let alone face an enemy?

…

When the scorching sun in the sky gradually set, the crowd of onlookers suddenly burst into commotion. A team of at least forty mercenaries slowly separated from the crowd and walked towards the isolation area.

"They are from the Sand Mercenary Group. They are having fun again this time..."

"Hey, Nasha Luo finally lost his temper." Looking at the mercenary team coming out, whispers suddenly broke out among the surrounding crowd.

"I still overestimated that guy's patience..." Looking at the approaching team, Xiao Ding shook his head and said sarcastically.

"Let's go and have a look. Without detecting the situation clearly, that guy Sharo won't show up yet. The one leading the team now seems to be Mo Xing, who is second only to Sharo in the Sand Mercenary Group, right? Hehe, Our defeated generals still have the nerve to find fault with us." After looking over, Xiao Li sneered.

"Yes." Xiao Ding nodded slightly, waved his hand, and more than twenty members of the Motie regiment were immediately separated from the surroundings. With the cold weapons in their hands, he walked out of the isolation area and looked at the approaching people calmly. That mercenary team.

The two teams met slowly, and the atmosphere between them was slightly tense. As the two major forces in Stone Desert City, they had had a lot of conflicts in the past.

"Stop. The Motie Mercenary Group is performing a mission. Please don't interfere." He raised his eyes and Xiao Ding's voice sounded as routine as Gujing Wubo.

"Hey, Captain Xiao Ding, I have never heard of when the mercenary union issued this kind of mission? And the dozens of miles around Shimo City are all public areas. I brought people here, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it. Is that okay?" Among the crowd of the Sand Mercenary Group, a man with a sinister face walked out. He glanced at the detection personnel in the isolation zone and chuckled.

"Mo Xing, if Sharo hadn't taken action last time, you would have become a useless person by now, right?" Xiao Li glanced at this man who deserved a beating, and said with a malicious smile.

His face twitched slightly, the man known as Mo Xing glanced at Xiao Li with some fear and resentment, took a step back, and sneered: "People in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secrets, and our group leader also cares about this place. I’m very interested, so…”

"So you can go away..." A plain voice suddenly came out from Xiao Yan's mouth, who had been watching coldly, with a smile.