The communicators they wore on their hands were standard equipment for every soldier of the Righteous Plane. This was because neither adventure teams nor regular soldiers could stay in the base all the time; they had to go out on missions.
This communicator could display the positions of friendly forces and also send out distress signals. Upon activation, it would emit a signal from the sender as the center, spreading outwards. All friendly forces within a million-mile radius could receive the signal.
Base regulations stipulated that anyone who received a distress signal was obligated to rescue their comrades. Failure to do so without a valid reason, such as being unable to disengage, would result in punishment.
"Ling Xin is calling for help? What kind of enemy did he encounter? How many enemies are there?"
This was the question everyone was most concerned about.
"I don't know. The system only shows dozens of red dots representing friendly forces, not the enemy's numbers, as the enemies don't wear communicators.
However, if it takes dozens of people like Ling Xin to call for help, the enemy must not be too weak. We should hurry over."
"Although Ling Xin is annoying, he's saved us before. We can consider this as repaying him."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Even if he hadn't saved us, we should still help our comrades. Alright, let's go.
Returning to the base is fighting the demon race, and saving Ling Xin is also fighting the demon race. It's all the same."
The group was originally flying eastward but now turned south.
They pushed their speed to the limit. Even the few Tai Xu realm cultivators who were slower rode on the backs of the Fire Phoenixes to be carried.
With everyone's full sprint, they reached Ling Xin's besieged location in just a few minutes.
At this point, they discovered that they were not far from a demon stronghold. Ling Xin and his team were surrounded by tens of thousands of demon soldiers. Fortunately, most of these demon soldiers were at the Mortal realm, while Ling Xin's group of dozens were all at the Immortal realm. They could fight and retreat, but they couldn't break through.
"Charge in directly."
Wan Lei gave the order and was the first to use his Wind Blade escape technique to charge in, accompanied by Fang Xiaoyu and the Four Little Ones.
The six of them were the main force in the team and now led the charge, heading towards the enemy.
They arrived very quickly. Before the demon army even noticed them, they had already reached their rear.
Tens of thousands of soldiers formed a encirclement, but that didn't mean they had to fight tens of thousands of soldiers to get in.
They killed all the enemies they encountered along the way. When the Fire Phoenixes arrived, they directly charged through the formations that had been torn open. The dozen or so people thus broke through the demon encirclement by crashing through, successfully reaching Ling Xin and his men.
At this moment, Ling Xin looked exactly as he had two months prior, his armor stained with green blood, ferocious and bloodthirsty.
The soldiers around him were also extremely battered, almost all of them wounded, with some being supported by others.
"Ling Xin, we'll help you break out."
Wan Lei shouted as he flew.
"Why is it you who came?"
Ling Xin recognized the armor of Wan Lei and his group and immediately knew who it was.
"What, judging by your tone, are you disappointed?"
Wan Lei said with a smile.
"No, I just didn't expect you to be nearby. How did you manage to kill your way in?"
"We just killed our way in. It's just tens of thousands of demons, much less than last time.
Last time you could break out of the encirclement of millions of demons to save us, so why can't we break through the encirclement of tens of thousands of demons?"
Wan Lei was very proud. Although it was a bit difficult for them to kill tens of thousands of demons without any heavy weaponry, they could at least break out.
Tens of thousands of demons were nothing compared to millions of demons.
"Alright, Ling Xin owes you a favor this time. Let's break out. The base is under attack right now."
Ling Xin wiped the blood from his face and said.
"What favor? Once on the battlefield, we are comrades. As long as they are comrades surrounded by enemies, no matter how many enemies there are, we will go to their rescue without hesitation."
Hearing Wan Lei repeat his own words back to him, Ling Xin let out a chuckle.
"Good lad, you're starting to act like a soldier."
"What are you doing here, and why are you surrounded?"
"Last time, you captured some scavengers. We learned about some demon strongholds from them. This time, I brought dozens of people out as scouts to investigate the troop strength of the demon strongholds. After the intelligence is sent back, the commander will decide how many troops to send to take down this place.
Unexpectedly, we were careless this time and were discovered by the demons. We were surrounded, and the base couldn't spare any troops to rescue us, so we had to call for help from friendly forces around us.
What are you doing here?"
"Ah, we're here for the same reason as you, also heading for the stronghold. However, we weren't planning to gather intelligence; we intended to take down this stronghold directly."
"...You're going to attack a stronghold with no intelligence about it, not even knowing the troop strength or the combat effectiveness of the enemy? Is that how you fight a war?"
Seeing Wan Lei's plan was so crude, even lacking a plan, and that they had charged in blindly, Ling Xin, who had years of experience leading troops, was very angry.
There was no such way to fight a war.
Arrogant and conceited.
"Do you know that the demon race is targeting you right now, and yet you dare to assault a demon stronghold? The greatest outcome would still be for you to be deeply trapped and then have others come to save you."
"Cut the crap. It's you who are trapped right now, and we are the ones doing the rescuing."
Wan Lei knew Ling Xin was right, but he refused to admit defeat verbally.
"Stop chatting. The Fire Phoenixes have broken in. While the enemy's encirclement hasn't closed, let's quickly break out."
Wan Qianxin, who was fighting the enemy, turned around and shouted.
"Go, let's break out."
Wan Lei waved his hand, about to lead everyone out.
However, at this moment, the demon army suddenly tightened its encirclement, trapping them firmly. At the same time, from the distant demon stronghold, a bugle call sounded.
Instantly, countless demons, along with black bears several dozen feet tall, covered in ferocious bone spurs, flew towards them.
"The Hou Pi Legion? How is that possible? Wasn't the Hou Pi Legion besieging Base No. 18? How can there be so many troops here?"
So this was the Hou Pi.
Everyone looked at the terrifying bears, which were like small mountains, and their minds went blank for a moment.
"This is a trap, a demon trap!"
Wan Qianxin roared furiously.
Upon hearing this, everyone was incredibly shocked and found it hard to believe.
"The demons knew we came out, but they didn't attack us. Instead, they attacked Ling Xin, all to lure us into their encirclement."
This was a trap, specifically designed for Wan Lei.
The character design for Han Fengxue has been uploaded. Although she doesn't have double horns, she still has a human appearance. Her handsome and cold image is fitting for a major boss.