“Really?” Ocean Martin exclaimed upon hearing Casey’s words.
“Hmm!” Casey nodded slightly.
“Commander Gardner, what should we do?” Ocean Martin turned to Billy and asked.
“Let’s go and take a look first!” Billy replied casually.
A few minutes later, the snow carriage crossed over a hill and arrived near a valley. Looking ahead, they saw figures moving in the valley, constantly loading Spirit Stone mines into their carts.
“I knew it! There’s more Spirit Stone in that place than what we saw!” Ocean Martin remarked.
“That’s good. Saves us the trouble of searching ourselves.” Vermilion Bird chimed in.
“Commander Gardner, should we go back and call for reinforcements?” Ocean Martin continued.
“No need!” Billy shook his head.
“Commander Gardner, there are at least a hundred people there. We only have a few of us. Will it be…” Ocean Martin hesitated.
“Let’s go!” Billy interrupted him.
“Well… alright then!” Ocean Martin didn’t insist any further and stood up to prepare to get off the car.
“What are you doing?” asked Azure Dragon.
“Aren’t we going to sneak over?” Ocean Martin responded.
“They’re just a bunch of riffraff from Oriana. Just drive straight in!” Azure Dragon spoke up again.
“Huh?” Ocean Martin was taken aback once more.
Soon, the snow carriage stopped at the entrance of the valley.
“Who are you?”
As the group approached, people from Oriana surrounded them from different directions. There were about a hundred or so people, and an elderly man in his sixties or seventies spoke. After getting closer, the elderly man seemed to recognize Ocean Martin and his pupils slightly contracted.
“It’s you? How dare you come back? Haven’t you been taught a lesson yesterday?”
“Do you know him?” Billy asked Ocean Martin.
“Yeah! It was him who led his men to steal our Spirit Stone yesterday!” After speaking, Ocean Martin walked two steps closer to Billy and whispered, “Commander Gardner, he’s strong, probably at least at the mid-level Sovereign Realm…”
“I know!” Billy nodded slightly. As he spoke, he felt slightly surprised. He had already probed the opponent’s cultivation earlier and confirmed that he was indeed at the mid-level Sovereign Realm. However, based on his previous understanding of Oriana, the entire faction shouldn’t have more than two or three mid-level Sovereigns. But now, they seemed to encounter one casually with the strength of the Fifth-rank Sovereign Realm. It seemed that most countries had sent all their old monsters who hadn’t appeared in a hundred years to the Polar Domain.
“Leave the snow carriage and the Spirit Stone mines, then get out of our sight if you want to live. Or, die!” Billy then scanned the rest of the people.
“Hahaha…” Another young man from the other side burst into laughter.
“You ignorant fools. Do you think you can…” he didn’t finish his sentence as Azure Fang’s wrist flipped, and a blade of light flashed towards him.
Naturally, the man didn’t take Azure Fang seriously and took a few steps forward, raising his hand to block with a few gusts of wind. However, the blade entered his chest without any resistance. The man looked down at the gash on his chest, mouth agape, unable to utter a single word. He collapsed straight to the ground, a torrent of blood gushing out.
Ocean Martin couldn’t help but suck in a breath at the sight. Did it end just like that? He had heard about Commander Gardner’s ruthlessness, and now he witnessed it firsthand.
“Samuel!” The leader of the group cried out in pain. Then he roared at Azure Fang, “You bastard! You killed him! I’ll make sure you suffer a fate worse than death!” With a wave of his hand, he shouted, “Attack! Kill them all!”
All at once, about a hundred people launched themselves towards Billy and his group.
“Boss, should we fight back?” Azure Dragon asked.
“Since they’re asking for death, let’s grant their wish!” Billy pointed at the middle-aged man leading the group and said, “Except for him, anyone who doesn’t run will be killed!”
“Understood!”
Casey and the others responded in unison and charged into battle. Ocean Martin hesitated for a moment but quickly gathered his strength and followed suit.
“You underestimate us!” the leader roared, launching a full-force attack. His aura instantly soared to its peak, clearly intending to end the fight in one move. But he was sorely mistaken. Just as he charged halfway, Billy casually raised his hand, and a violent gust of wind lifted the leader into the air. Flying through the air for three to four hundred meters, he crashed into the ground, creating a large crater, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
“How is this possible? Who… are you?” After catching his breath, the leader looked at Billy and asked, “The young people from Glavale in the Polar Domain couldn’t possibly possess such skill…”
But Billy paid him no attention, turning his head to observe the rest of the battle. It was nearing its end. Except for the leader, the highest cultivation level among this group of people was only at the Second-rank Sovereign Realm. They were no match for Casey and the others. In less than two minutes, half of them were lying on the ground, and the remaining half, seeing the situation, lost their will to fight. They dropped their weapons and fled. Casey and the others didn’t pursue, allowing them to escape.
The leader, panting heavily, managed to crawl out of the crater and staggered to run away. Before he could take a few steps, a gust of wind swept past, sending him flying another two to three hundred meters forward. He collapsed like a dead dog.
“Casey, load all the Spirit Stone mines onto the carts and take him back to the city!” Billy instructed Casey.
“Understood!” Casey and the others replied before turning to carry out the task.
After about half an hour, they loaded all the Spirit Stone mines onto the carts and headed back to the town.
“Are these Spirit Stone mines considered small or large in the Polar Domain?” Azure Dragon asked Ocean Martin.
“They are considered small-scale mines, and the purity of the Spirit Stone isn’t very high. Only low-grade Spirit Stones can be refined from them.”
“Are there many Spirit Stone mines in the Polar Domain?” asked Black Tortoise.
“I’m not entirely sure, but based on the mines we’ve discovered so far, they aren’t plentiful.” That’s why sometimes countries engage in fierce conflicts to fight over a single mine. Last month, Glavale had a massive conflict with Northfortia over a large-scale mine. Both sides suffered casualties.”
“And what was the outcome?” asked White Tiger.
“In the end, Northfortia joined forces with Xidengia and managed to seize the mine.”
“Xidengia? They’re not easily intimidated, huh?” Azure Dragon narrowed his eyes.