The rebels that had appeared in the Golden Creek County were organized and premeditated. Based on the information he had gathered, Fang Chen felt that their goal wasn't to occupy the Golden Creek County, but something else.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it.
In the Sky Cliff City, all the martialists had fled. Only the weak commoners were left. They had been chased to the public square by the rebels.
"Kill them all at noon," the leader of the rebels ordered.
"Boss, we have received news that the Divine Wind Nation has already sent some martialists to the Golden Creek County. It is exactly as the higher-ups have guessed. They have sent some disciples from the royal palaces," the subordinate said softly.
"According to the information, there is already a team of ten people heading towards the Sky Cliff City. As long as they dare to come, we will make sure they do not return," the leader of the rebels said coldly.
Time passed by slowly. In the blink of an eye, it was already noon.
At this time, Fang Chen and the others appeared in the vicinity of the Sky Cliff City.
"The Sky Cliff City is right in front of us," Fang Chen said softly as he stopped in his tracks.
"Let's charge in directly," one of the disciples from the Sky Fiend Palace said. The other three disciples nodded.
Fang Chen wanted to stop them, but they didn't listen to Fang Chen's advice. "We still haven't figured out the situation inside. It is very dangerous to charge in without permission."
"If you are afraid of danger, then don't follow us in." The disciples from the Sky Fiend Palace sneered. Then, the four of them rushed into the Sky Cliff City.
As the four of them disappeared into the distance, the disciple from the royal palace asked, "Brother Fang Chen, what should we do now?"
"Let's find a higher place to observe the situation in the Sky Cliff City," Fang Chen said.
The four disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace had charged into the Sky Cliff City without any scruples. When they saw the rebels massacring the commoners, they roared angrily.
"Rebels, your time of death has come!"
With a roar, the four disciples began to fight with the rebels.
When the leader of the rebels saw the four of them, his face changed slightly. He said sinisterly, "Ignorant! Kill them!"
As soon as the rebel finished speaking, countless rebels appeared from every corner of the city. Although these rebels were not very strong, there were too many of them.
Bang bang bang
In just a short while, the four disciples of the Heaven Fiend King Palace were unable to hold on any longer.
"Boss, if this continues, we're all going to die here," someone asked.
"Charge out!"
The boss said in a deep voice. He regretted it now. If he had known this would happen, they would have listened to Fang Chen's advice. Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.
"You want to leave?!" The bandit leader sneered when he saw the four of them trying to escape.
A quarter of an hour later, the four disciples were captured by the rebels.
"These four people are disciples of the Heaven Fiend Mansion. Lock them up properly," the rebel leader said.
When the four disciples were captured, their faces were pale. When they came out, they swore that they would be able to complete the mission. But when they arrived at Sky Cliff City, they were captured by the rebels.
"Damn it! It's all because of the disciples of the Hu King's Mansion. If they had come, we wouldn't have been captured." The four disciples vented their anger on the disciples of the Hu King's Mansion.
They hated the disciples of the Hu King's Mansion. If they had the chance, they would have killed all of them.
At the moment, Fang Chen was standing on a mountain peak outside Sky Cliff City. He could clearly see everything that was happening there.
"As expected."
Fang Chen pondered and said, "There are too many of them. If we go there rashly, we will definitely alert them."
"The four of them have been captured. What should we do?" asked the disciple of the Hu King's Mansion.
Fang Chen pondered for a moment before replying, "Allow me to think about it."
Although the four disciples of the Heaven Fiend King Palace did not force the rebel leader to make a move, Fang Chen could guess that the rebel leader's cultivation was not too high. At most, he was in the Qi Transformation Sixth Realm.
Time passed by slowly. In the blink of an eye, night had arrived.
At this moment, in Golden Creek City, the Eighth Prince, who was overseeing Golden Creek City, was constantly receiving urgent reports.
"Damn it!"
After the Eighth Prince heard the report, his face was full of dignified expression.
He was very clear about the Imperial Family's intelligence agency. The intelligence agency had investigated in detail and said that the rebels in Golden Creek City were not too strong. Therefore, the disciples of the various King's Mansions were allowed to go and train.
But now, the situation was completely different from what the intelligence report had said.
In just half a day, the news that he had received was that five groups had been wiped out. This made the Eighth Prince even angrier.
However, he could only be anxious. There was nothing he could do.
He could only wait. If the losses were too severe, he would ask the Imperial Family to send troops.
At night, Sky Cliff City was pitch black. There was not a single person on the streets.
Suddenly, a black figure appeared on the quiet street. This black figure looked around and confirmed that there was no one around before quickly disappearing into the darkness.
Fang Chen pondered for an entire afternoon and finally came up with a plan. To catch bandits, first catch the leader.
The first thing he had to do was to rescue the four disciples of the Sky Fiend Mansion and then take back the city. In order to achieve this goal, he had to capture the leader of the rebels.
With the four captains, Fang Chen was confident that he would be able to silently capture the leader of the rebels.
After much difficulty, Fang Chen found a place to sneak into Heavenly Cliff City. Then, he quickly headed for the location of the rebels.
The leader of the rebels lived in the City Lord's Mansion.
Fang Chen had already figured out the situation in the City Lord's Mansion. There were no guards at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion. Fang Chen easily entered the City Lord's Mansion.
After entering, Fang Chen began to look for the leader of the rebels. In a short while, Fang Chen found the leader of the rebels.
"I have to kill him in one strike. Otherwise, I will alert the enemy." Fang Chen thought to himself.
Fang Chen secretly released the four captains. In this period of time, Captain Tian Hong had also begun to practice the Combined Attack Formation. When the four captains worked together to set up the formation, even a martial artist of the Seventh Level of the Qi Transformation Realm would not be able to break it.
"Set up the formation."
Fang Chen growled. Immediately, the four captains worked together to set up the formation. In the blink of an eye, the formation was completed.
When the formation was completed, the four captains each stood in a corner and maintained the formation. Fang Chen silently entered the formation.
This formation was huge and covered an entire pavilion. When Fang Chen entered the formation, the rebels were finally alerted.
"Who is it?" The leader of the rebels asked in a low voice.
Fang Chen knew that he had been discovered. He simply said, "You have been trapped in my formation. Be a good boy and surrender."
Hearing Fang Chen's words, the rebel tried to sense it. His expression changed. What kind of formation was this? Why couldn't he sense it at all?
"You're asking for it."
The rebel was furious. He unleashed a fierce attack and began to attack Fang Chen.
Because Fang Chen was familiar with the formation, he was able to easily dodge the rebel's attacks. Moreover, Fang Chen's prediction was correct. The rebel's cultivation level was at the Sixth Level of the Qi Transformation Realm.
Bang, bang, bang!
In this period of time, Fang Chen dodged the rebel's attacks while using the Taiyi Diffraction Sword to attack the rebel.
"Damn it. What kind of formation is this?" The rebel was trapped in the formation. It was impossible for him to inform his subordinates.
He only had one thought in his mind, and that was to kill Fang Chen. Unfortunately, Fang Chen could come and go without a trace in the formation. He couldn't attack him at all.
After attacking for a while, Fang Chen felt that it was about time. He said in a low voice, "All of you, come in."
Crash!
As soon as Fang Chen finished speaking, the four captains entered the formation and began to attack fiercely. They began to surround the rebel leader.
Back at the Azure Edge Sword Sect, the three captains were able to trap a martial artist at the Seventh Level of the Qi Transformation Realm when they worked together.
After a while, the rebel leader was finally stopped by the four captains.
After capturing the rebel leader, the first thing Fang Chen did was to cripple the rebel leader's cultivation level. Then, he had the four captains remove the formation.
"Pass down the order. Have them bring the four martial artists they captured during the day here," Fang Chen said coldly.
The rebel leader had no choice but to follow Fang Chen's orders.
After a while, the four disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace were brought to the pavilion. Then, the rebel leader ordered his subordinates to leave.
"Why is it you?"
When the four disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace entered the pavilion, they were shocked to see Fang Chen sitting beside the rebel leader.
"Damn it. The Sky Fiend Palace colluded with the enemy," one of the disciples said.
"Do you want to die? It wasn't easy for me to subdue the rebel leader and force him to release you," Fang Chen said coldly.
"What? You subdued the rebel leader?" The disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace asked curiously.
In the end, they realized that the rebel leader had lost his cultivation level and finally believed Fang Chen's words.
"Fang Chen, what should we do next?" The four disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace asked.
Although they hated Fang Chen, they still had to listen to Fang Chen. They had to leave this place first.
"The situation in Sky Cliff City is beyond our expectations. With our strength, we won't be able to take over the city. Therefore, we need to retreat," Fang Chen said.
"Okay, we'll listen to you." The four disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace instantly reached a consensus and listened to Fang Chen.
After a while, the rebel leader led Fang Chen and the rest out of the Sky Cliff City Lord's Mansion.
"Bring us out of Sky Cliff City," Fang Chen said coldly.
The rebel leader's cultivation level had been crippled, so he could only submit.
When they reached the city gates, the guard asked, "Leader, why are you going out so late?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Hurry up and open the gates," the rebel leader said coldly.
"Okay."
The guard didn't ask any more questions and directly opened the gates. The rebel leader and the rest calmly left Sky Cliff City.
When they were far away from Sky Cliff City, the people from the Sky Cliff City met up with Fang Chen and the rest.
"Escort him back to Golden Creek City," Fang Chen said.
Hearing Fang Chen's words, the four disciples of the Sky Fiend Palace nodded. However, a trace of killing intent flashed in their eyes.