"Brother Xiao, you are truly something else. Grand Marshal Mo Ya actually committed treason. But how did you manage to lure Grand Marshal Mo Ya and Gui Zhu from the Chu Yun Empire both to this place?"
Upon seeing Xiao Lin return, Mu Chen felt both shock and joy in his heart.
The shock was naturally because Grand Marshal Mo Ya had indeed committed treason, just as Xiao Lin had said. Think about it; if not for Xiao Lin's advance notice, their entire group might have fallen today in the Black Rock Mountain Range.
The joy was because Xiao Lin had not only exposed Grand Marshal Mo Ya's conspiracy but had also caused him to fight against Gui Zhu, the commander from the Chu Yun Empire.
With such strategic calculation, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Xiao Lin was the true Grand Marshal of the empire!
However, Mu Chen did not know that to accomplish this step, relying solely on strategy was impossible; at the very least, one needed extraordinary strength to pull it off.
After all, if Xiao Lin were truly just a Nine-Star Dou Ling, setting everything else aside, how he would kill the ten or so Dou Ling and over a hundred Da Dou Shi in this Black Rock Mountain Range would have been a problem in itself.
As long as this elite squad from the Chu Yun Empire hadn't met with an accident, any misunderstandings between Grand Marshal Mo Ya and Gui Zhu could have been explained clearly given time.
But now, under one misunderstanding after another, Gui Zhu was no longer in the mood to listen to Mo Ya's "mouth full of lies."
To Gui Zhu, there was only one word: "Fight!"
Being able to achieve this current effect could be considered a dual credit to Xiao Lin's own strength and his planning.
Well, plus a little bit of foresight.
"Speaking of that..."
Subsequently, Xiao Lin also briefly explained his plan to Mu Chen and the others.
Of course, it was limited to how he guessed Grand Marshal Mo Ya would send someone to contact the Chu Yun Empire.
How he captured that contact person, and finally, how he wrote letters to lure the two parties separately to the Black Rock Mountain Range. As for how that elite squad from the Chu Yun Empire died afterwards, that had nothing to do with him.
This blame should still be carried by Mo Ya.
It could be considered a way to slightly reduce his own burden of treasonous sins. That was how Xiao Lin thought about it. Seeing how much Gui Zhu hated Mo Ya, Mu Chen naturally didn't think too much about it.
In his mind, perhaps Xiao Lin had used some means to make the Chu Yun Empire's elite squad attack Grand Marshal Mo Ya, resulting in them being counter-killed.
He would never believe that Xiao Lin, a mere Nine-Star Dou Ling, could wipe out an entire elite squad from the Chu Yun Empire.
"Brother Xiao is truly a man of great strategy and talent! By seeing through the conspiracy between Grand Marshal Mo Ya and the Chu Yun Empire this time, you definitely deserve the top credit!"
At this moment, Mu Chen's admiration for Xiao Lin was like the waters of the Yellow River, surging and never-ending.
Let alone Mu Chen, even the thirty Da Dou Shi he brought behind him were all looking at Xiao Lin with expressions of admiration and gratitude. After all, without Xiao Lin, they might all have been buried here today.
This was undoubtedly the grace of saving their lives!
"That's right, we will never forget General Xiao's life-saving grace!"
"Exactly, if it weren't for General Xiao, we might not even have been able to return home."
"Sigh, who could have imagined that Grand Marshal Mo Ya would actually commit treason?"
"Tell me about it. I could have suspected anyone, but I never suspected the Grand Marshal!"
"It still took General Xiao's brilliance to see through all of this!"
"Yes, General Xiao, great kindness needs no words of thanks. If there is anywhere you need us in the future, please just speak up!"
"Right, we all owe General Xiao a life!"
...
With this round of "rainbow farts" (flattery), even Xiao Lin felt a bit light-headed. However, he quickly regained his composure.
At this moment, the most important thing was to see the final result of the battle between Grand Marshal Mo Ya and the Chu Yun Empire's commander, Gui Zhu.
This was the primary reason why he clearly had the strength yet hid himself in the shadows and lured Mo Ya and Gui Zhu into a conflict.
Because at this moment, Xiao Lin believed he did not yet have enough power to protect himself and did not want to expose his true strength.
Afterward, the group continued to hide to one side, watching Mo Ya and Gui Zhu as they engaged in a fierce battle in mid-air. After fighting for such a long time, both Mo Ya and Gui Zhu were already wounded.
After Gui Zhu consumed that medicinal pill that could increase his strength, his eerie poison Dou Qi truly caused massive trouble for Mo Ya.
Look, right now Mo Ya's entire left arm was purple-black, and the blood seeping from the corners of his mouth was also black, carrying a faint foul odor.
It was very clear that after fighting for so long, Mo Ya had already been poisoned. If it weren't for his Dou Wang level Dou Qi forcefully suppressing it, he might have died directly from the poison.
But even so, his movements had gradually become stiff and the pair of green Dou Qi Wings on his back had slowly begun to turn blurry, with the possibility of dissipating at any moment.
On the other side, Gui Zhu's condition was also poor, perhaps even worse than Mo Ya's!
After all, his strength was ultimately one level lower than Mo Ya's. Even with the pill and the boost provided by his poison Dou Qi, it only barely allowed him to fight Mo Ya to a draw; it wasn't enough to suppress the opponent.
It was only because Gui Zhu now held a determination to die that he hadn't been defeated yet. As for Gui Zhu at this moment, there was a huge wound on his chest carved by a wind blade, stretching from his right shoulder to his lower left abdomen.
Blood continued to gush out, dyeing his clothes red.
Not only that, there was also a wound on his right cheek carved by a wind blade, and his right earlobe had even been partially sliced off by the wind blade.
That face full of blood, combined with an incredibly pale complexion, made him look as if he might collapse in the next second. But the determination in his heart to take down Mo Ya kept him standing firm.
"This won't do, the medicinal effects are about to wear off."
"I must kill this despicable villain Mo Ya before then to wash away the humiliation of the Chu Yun Empire being played like a fool. I can die, but Mo Ya absolutely cannot live! It seems my only choice is a desperate final strike!"
In the flash of a thought, Gui Zhu had made a certain decision.
At this moment, Mo Ya did not yet know that Gui Zhu was harboring the intent to take him down even at the cost of his own life.
Because he was affected by the poison Dou Qi, after fighting until now, he had to spend a portion of his Dou Qi to suppress the toxins in his body that were constantly spreading toward his heart.
This resulted in him failing to notice the flash of decisiveness on Gui Zhu's face. By the time Mo Ya reacted, he suddenly discovered that Gui Zhu was actually enduring a wind blade he had struck out and was charging directly toward him.
"Is Gui Zhu crazy?"
This was Mo Ya's first reaction.
Once he noticed the Dou Qi all over Gui Zhu's body surging violently, his expression changed instantly.
"Not good, this idiot wants to take me with him by self-detonating!"
Just as this thought emerged in Mo Ya's mind, what he saw was Gui Zhu's hideous and distorted expression.
"Mo Ya, I told you, even if I die, I will drag a despicable villain like you down as a cushion. Die for me, Hahaha!"
"BOOM!"
Amidst the frantic laughter, Gui Zhu directly unleashed a magnificent self-detonation.
A brilliant firework erupted in the Black Rock Mountain Range under the night sky. The self-detonation of a Six-Star Dou Wang, who was vaguely approaching Seven-Star, actually possessed power comparable to a strike from a Dou Huang.
Facing such an attack, without any suspense, Mo Ya's entire body was swallowed up. The moment Gui Zhu self-detonated, let alone Mo Ya, even Xiao Lin and the others hiding in the dark watching the show were stunned.
They had imagined various possibilities, but they never thought that Gui Zhu's hatred for Mo Ya would actually drive him to the point of self-detonating just to take the other person with him.