Under the escort of six team leaders, Zheng Jun escaped from the cave at the top of Wan'an Peak, but did not leave Wan'an Peak. The group returned to Wan'an Peak Valley. Zheng Jun said fiercely, "Concentrate your efforts to complete the collection of elemental power. The A-level ferocious beasts should not be able to stop the six of you. Fortunately, each of you brought two collection devices this time. Go."

The six captains accepted their orders and left. Zheng Jun found a safe place to rest. After all, he was just a mortal, and without the intervention of elemental power, it would be very difficult to recover quickly. Zheng Jun turned back and glanced at Wan Anfeng, saying fiercely, "Yin Tianbao, just watch how the Yin family is destroyed!" Then he went to recuperate.

After capturing a captain, Yin Tianbao did not rush to execute him. Instead, he removed the activation and collection devices from the captain's body and examined them carefully.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought that mere pigs and dogs would dare to turn the world upside down. Tell me, what are you Insulators doing here?" Yin Tianbao played with the two devices for a while, then tossed them aside and began his interrogation.

As expected of a squad leader from the Insulator Martial Division, he was still quite tough. He spat and remained silent. Yin Tianbao laughed loudly, "Hahahaha! Good! Good! Good! You have guts! Even pigs and dogs will bite before they die, but you don't even bite. You're even lower than pigs and dogs!" After a pause, he continued, "Do you know why Bailu City on this outlying island has the lowest crime rate?"

The captain remained silent, but Yin Tianbao didn't seem to care. He continued, as if talking to himself, "Everyone thinks it's because of the large number of adventurers—how foolish! For ordinary civilians and adventurers, Bailu City may be a city of joy, but for you shadowy rats, it's a city of a thousand hardships. It's fine if you don't want to talk now; I have a thousand ways—no, I didn't bring any torture instruments today—so I'll only have a hundred ways to make you talk. Men!" Several elite soldiers stepped forward in response. Yin Tianbao waved his hand: "Use torture!"

The guards took out small boxes from their backpacks. Upon opening them, they found medical tools used for manual treatment and bandaging, such as tweezers, needles and thread, knives, and scissors. These might seem normal in the hands of a doctor, but in the hands of these guards, they sent chills down one's spine.

Shortly after, a series of pitiful screams rang out. Yin Tianbao pretended not to hear them, leading his men to the center of the arena to examine the corpses of the Blood Squad members. As he examined them, he cursed, "Damn it, these useless trash!" Then, a pang of regret struck him: "Hey, I never thought that a piece of fabricated intelligence I made up would actually come true. It's really strange. Why didn't we find any real Rock-Bladed Beasts during our previous scouting?" After grumbling for a while, Yin Tianbao turned his gaze to the rock where the Yuwen siblings were hiding and shouted, "Yuwen Rongxuan, how long are you two going to hide? Why don't you come and kneel down in worship!?"

The Yuwen siblings, who were hiding behind the rocks, shuddered. Yuwen Rongxuan thought to himself, "We've been discovered after all." Helpless, the siblings could only emerge from behind the rocks and kneel before Yin Tianbao, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

Yin Tianbao, his face grim, scanned the area from head to toe before demanding, "Where is Lin Anlan from the Blood Squad? Is he alive or dead? Why is he nowhere to be found?"

"Your Excellency, I do not know. I only remember that she was seriously injured by the Rock-Beast and was receiving treatment on the ground. I never expected that she would disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye," Yuwen Rongxuan replied truthfully.

"Useless! You can't even keep an eye on a living person!" Yin Tianbao's anger surged, and he roared, "I see that neither of you has been putting your heart into your work! In that case, then..." Before he could finish the word "then," he was interrupted by the elite soldier who came to report: "Reporting to the lord!"

"What's wrong!" Yin Tianbao said impatiently.

"Hired."

"Oh? Okay, I understand." After saying that, Yin Tianbao turned to Yuwen Rongxuan and said, "I'll punish you later!" Then he walked towards the captain who was being tortured.

"Hahahaha, I thought you were a real dog with a backbone, but you're just a boneless worm. Tell me, what mission do you have here!" Yin Tianbao's merciless mockery elicited laughter from the surrounding elite soldiers.

"I said, I beg you, sir, spare my life. We came here to..." The captain was about to get to the point when he suddenly fell silent, which made Yin Tianbao even more displeased: "Go on! Are you mute!"

But then, the captain suddenly cried out in pain, "Ahhh! My head hurts so much! Ahhh!" He then collapsed to the ground, rolling around uncontrollably, and finally slammed his head against the ground, dying instantly. Yin Tianbao frowned and asked, "What happened? How did he die?"

The surrounding warriors were also puzzled. At this moment, Jin Huage, the commander of the People's Army in Bailu City, stopped activating his elemental power, walked out of the room with a gloomy face, summoned Zhou Tianwu, and said to him: "Keep your men in check. How can the people of the Martial Division be so spineless!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tianwu understood what had happened and immediately knelt down to apologize: "Your subordinate knows his crime!"

Jin Huaguo glanced at him coldly, then turned and went back to his room. Only after Jin Huaguo closed the door did Zhou Tianwu dare to get up, his face full of anger as he called to the messenger: "All personnel from the Martial Division at the base, get extra training!"

After the captain's death, Yin Tianbao felt defeated. He had thought that his unauthorized troop deployment would yield a good outcome, but he never expected it to end like this. He beckoned two generals to his side and said softly, "Wait for my order to execute the Yuwen siblings." The two generals nodded.

Yin Tianbao led them toward the Yuwen siblings, smiling as he said, "Alright, Yuwen Rongxuan, let's just forget about this defeat. Just pretend I never saw you today. You can go back now." He waved his hand and turned away as if he really wanted to let the siblings leave.

Yuwen Rongxuan immediately bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, sir. Then my sister and I will take our leave." After saying that, he looked up and stared at Yin Tianbao's back, slowly backing away, while whispering to Yuwen Zuoqing, "Watch my hand gesture later." Yuwen Zuoqing understood immediately; after all, they were siblings and understood each other's thoughts.

Yuwen Rongxuan turned and walked towards the passage with his sister. Yin Tianbao, who was behind them, turned around and made a gesture to the two generals. The two generals immediately showed their elemental bracelets and prepared to attack. At this time, the brother and sister had approached the rock where Su Yang was. Suddenly, Yuwen Rongxuan shouted, "Brother, why don't you show yourself and save me!" He pointed to the rock where Su Yang was hiding. Yuwen Zuoqing immediately understood and instantly activated the power of the cloud element, drew her sword and slashed at Su Yang. The power was enormous, and dust rose everywhere. In order to dodge this sword, Su Yang had no choice but to roll away from the rock with the unconscious Lin Anlan in his arms. When the dust settled, there was no trace of the Yuwen brother and sister in the cave. Only Su Yang was standing awkwardly with Lin Anlan in his arms.

It was truly a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The hunter drew his bow, ready to pounce, but was distracted by the cicada's song and blinded by the oriole. Yuwen Rongxuan, who was already in a hopeless situation, had already discovered Su Yang's presence and used this opportunity to escape his predicament.

Su Yang's heart was in turmoil; he wished he could tear Yuwen Rongxuan to pieces. The two siblings had run away, but they had dragged him into this mess.

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