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Chapter 154: A Planned Ambush

    <h4>Chapter 154: A nned Ambush</h4>


    Zhang Lie''s name had spread far and wide across the first realm of the dimensional world, and he was known to just about every hunter.


    "The same Zhang Lie who rose to fame during the Kez invasion of the capital, and who killed the Li n head''s two sons?" Long Sheng narrowed his eyes, barely suppressing a quaver in his tone.


    "Yes, that''s him!" The hunter nodded.


    Long Sheng grimaced. His brother''s killer would be harder to deal with than he expected.


    First, Zhang Lie had monopolized the entire stock of white-grub cores, and if the Long n were to stand against him openly, it would only end up like the Li n. Second, if Zhang Lie chose not to leave the cksteel settlement, even the Long n wouldn''t be able to do anything about him. Third, Zhang Lie was simply too strong. It would be near impossible to kill him within the dimensional world.


    But even so, how could he afford not to avenge his brother''s death? Otherwise, how would he be different from that cowardly n Head Li?


    "Young Master Long, it''s possible that only the hunters of Team Zenith were involved. The Dragonwolf Zhang Lie might not have had anything to do with it," the hunter suggested.


    "Whether or not Zhang Lie was part of it is unimportant. Would he stand idly by if I were to attack his team? What''s Team Zenith up to at the moment?"


    "They''ve been cooped up in the cksteel Inn ever since their return from the Desert of Silence. However, I learned that they were nning to head out tomorrow to hunt some superior-grade lifeforms," the hunter replied, having a surprisingly clear grasp of Zhang Lie and his team''s whereabouts.


    Long Sheng''s eyes gleamed. "Is that so? How arrogant they must be to not lie low after killing someone from the Long n! Help me find out where they''re going. I''ll pay you ten times the usual amount," Long Sheng instructed. Indeed, he nned on dealing with Zhang Lie and the rest of Team Zenith at the earliest opportunity.


    "I''ll let you know immediately!" The hunter''s eyes lit up with greed upon hearing Long Sheng''s offer. The next moment, she vanished in a puff of smoke.


    The next morning, Sun Mengmeng eagerly asked, "Captain, are we returning to the Desert of Silence?"


    "No. We''ll be heading to the Runic Forest this time."


    By now, there were so many hunters in the Desert of Silence that even the superior-grade lifeforms were starting to retreat closer toward the heart of the desert. Unless they were to go deeper into the desert, they would barely find any prey, but it would be too unsafe to go too far in. As such, the Desert of Silence wasn''t Zhang Lie''s preferred hunting ground.


    "The Runic Forest?"


    "Yes. As you can tell from its name, there are likely more wood-attuned lifeforms there, and it''ll be more suited to Zhou Ying."


    "Thank you, Captain." Zhou Ying''s eyes turned misty. She wasn''t a particrly strong hunter within the group, and because of her personality, she didn''t really stand out. As such, she hardly expected that Zhang Lie would direct everyone to the Runic Forest just to get a soulshard for her.


    "In that case, we''ll have to leave soon. It''s rather far from the cksteel settlement," Fang Yi advised. "And there''s more. The Long n seems to be trying to figure out our whereabouts, so we may need to be wary of them as well!"


    "No matter. Let theme: if they''re anything like that Long hunter, they might even save us some trouble." Zhang Lie''s face turned cold; to him, the hunters of the Long n were nothing more than walking sacks of soulshards.


    The other hunters blinked, then smiled dryly as they prepared to head toward the Runic Forest.


    "The Runic Forest? It''s a sparsely popted hunting ground—Zhang Lie''s really asking to be ambushed."


    A skulking shadow, trailing Team Zenith from a distance, began to make a move. She was the female hunter that Long Sheng had been talking to. After tracking Team Zenith for some time, she deduced their final destination by process of elimination.


    "The Runic Forest? Dispatch all Long teams to that location. We''ll leave immediately!" Long Shengmanded.


    Following hismand, the Long n''s hunters set off toward the Runic Forest. They caused such amotion that even the cksteel settlement learned about the news.


    Li Sheng sat in a pub. Turning to the person beside him, he whispered, "Are you certain that the Long n''s destination is the Runic Forest?"


    "Yes, sir. Before that, we''ve had a few reports that Zhang Lie''s Team Zenith also seems to be heading in that direction," his subordinate reported.


    "Hoh, interesting." Li Sheng narrowed his eyes. He believed that Long Sheng wouldn''t lead an expedition there for no reason, so his objective must have been Team Zenith.


    And if he were bringing so many hunters with him, then he had to have ascertained the culprit behind Long Fei''s death.


    "As expected of that fellow," Li Sheng murmured to himself.


    Zhang Lie had killed or harmed quite a few scions of the major ns: Qin Xiao and Li Hong, then Li Jin and Li Xin. Their backgrounds were all rtively illustrious, and no one had dared to stand up to them, no one but Zhang Lie.


    "Does the n have any instructions for me?" Li Sheng asked.


    "The n head has designated Zhang Lie as a mortal enemy, one whom we have to kill at any cost!" Li Sheng dismissed the hunter and bade him send word back to the real world.


    Indeed, the Li n would try to kill Zhang Lie at every opportunity. If the Long n were going to attack him, then the Li n could well take advantage of the opportunity to do the same. Once Zhang Lie died, not only would Li Jin and Li Xin be avenged, his monopoly on white-grub cores would also be no more. With the Long n as scapegoat, the Li n wouldn''t even have to fear judgment from the military or world federation.


    "Advance." Li Sheng himself led a team of Li elites out of the cksteel settlement.


    Themotion caused by the two ns was far toorge to have gone unnoticed by the other hunters.


    "This—they''re all nning to kill him, aren''t they?"


    "It looks as though Zhang Lie and his Team Zenith are going to perish in the Runic Forest!"


    "What a shame! They won''t even be able to participate in the Void Cup."


    "Don''t you know how strong Zhang Lie is? I think there''s a chance that Zhang Lie might ughter them instead!"


    "Hah! This is the dimensional world. No matter how strong Zhang Lie is on his own, do you really think he can defeat thebined might of two major ns?"


    Many of the cksteel hunters, eager to find out just what would happen, also began heading to the Runic Forest.


    The Wang, Qin, Zhou, Qian, and He ns didn''t make a move; it seemed like an opportune time to strike, but they were rational enough not to do so.


    On the other hand, the Yun and Chu ns, who were sorely hoping to establish a cordial rtionship with Zhang Lie, naturally dispatched a few reinforcements toward the forest as well.


    This was a perfect opportunity to demonstrate their resourcefulness as would-be allies.


    Furthermore, within the dimensional world, Chu Feng and Yun Bing were essentially in charge of their respective ns'' forces. After sending word to their ns in the real world, they hurriedly led a delegation of elites toward the Runic Forest.


    The hunters of Team Zenith had no clue just what sort ofmotion they had caused within the dimensional world.


    Within the forest, they saw countless trees reaching for the skies, surely decades or centuries old at the very least. Their thick branches were intercrossed and leafy, shrouding the forest underneath a canopy of green. The trees within the forest, unlike those found outside, all seemed to have runic inscriptions running the length of their trunks, giving rise to the name of the forest.


    The forest seemed as quiet as a ghost town.


    "Captain, is this the Runic Forest?" Sun Xiaowu swallowed a gulp of saliva.


    If the Desert of Silence, scoured by wind and sand all day long, were like the sea during a thunderstorm, then the Runic Forest was a calm, unperturbedke. The surface of theke was smooth and cid, but beneath it hid startling danger.


    "Yes, we''re at the Runic Forest," Zhang Lie replied. ording to his past memories, even though the Runic Forest wasn''t as well-known as the Desert of Silence, it was simrly dangerous.


    Many of the lifeforms who made this forest their home were extremely skilled at disguise. There was little light in the forest, much of it having been reflected by the canopy, and a hunter could easily be caught unaware.


    "Let''s go," Zhang Lie instructed, stepping forward as he sucked in a breath.


    Fireflies danced up from where he strode, lighting up the patch of ground surrounding Team Zenith.


    From a distance away, however, the entrance to the Runic Forest looked like a gaping maw, swallowing up Zhang Lie and the other members of Team Zenith.


    Soon, all they could hear were their own footsteps. However, the silence wasn''t destined tost long. Amidst a series of hurried footsteps, Long Sheng appeared over the horizon.


    "Young Master Long, we''ve arrived at the Runic Forest," one of his troops reported.


    "Team Zenith''s likely already inside. We''ll set up an ambush for them out here," Long Shengmanded.


    By the time Team Zenith left the forest, they would be weary and fatigued. That would be the best time for Long Sheng and his troops to strike; even at his full strength, it was unlikely that Zhang Lie could survive such an ambush, let alone when he was weakened.


    The Long troops followed Long Sheng''smand.


    Li Sheng and the other hunters of the Li n approached the Runic Forest from another direction. They were even more careful than the Long n, hiding amidst the trees and bushes a fair distance away from the entrance to the forest.


    The spectators arranged themselves even farther away from the forest, some even climbing up a nearby tree or two to have a better vantage point. The Long n was waiting for Team Zenith to leave the forest, whereas the Li n was waiting for the Long n''s ambush.
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