"Yes, boss, let's search in the arbor again," one of the younger members said obsequiously.
Afterward, the members of the Dark Night Pavilion quickly departed. Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han immediately flew to the ground.
"Jun Mo Han, they've discovered we've broken in."
"It's alright. Let's explore the cave first, see if any innocent people were captured here, and then we'll rescue them all before annihilating the Dark Night Pavilion's headquarters." Jun Mo Han's gaze, sharp and cold, fell upon the main entrance of the Dark Night Pavilion.
"Okay, I agree with your plan. However, we should leave two people to hide near the cave entrance. If anything happens to us, they can go out and alert us," Leng Ruo Li said after a moment of silence.
"Alright, then Ye Wu and Ye Liu will guard the outside. Everyone else, follow me inside." Jun Mo Han immediately assigned two people to stay.
Then, he and Leng Ruo Li led their hidden group into the mountain cave entrance.
As they stepped into the cave, they discovered it was incredibly vast, as if the entire mountain had been hollowed out. The cave was like an underground city that never slept, complete with small bridges, flowing water, and artificially dug lotus ponds.
Moreover, various houses were built within this large cave. Each house had a large oil lamp hanging outside, so they did not feel any darkness as they walked through the cave.
As Leng Ruo Li and her group entered, they heard the footsteps of patrolling guards again.
They quickly hid themselves.
"How is it on your side?" the leader of the guards patrolling on the left asked the leader of the guards patrolling on the right.
"Everything is normal! No suspicious individuals have been found," the leader of the guards patrolling on the right replied.
"We've patrolled twice and haven't found anyone suspicious breaking into the pavilion. Let's all go back to rest," the leader of the guards patrolling on the left suggested.
"No, Military Advisor Huo said that the formation we set up outside to conceal the entrance has been breached, and he said someone has broken in. We should patrol two more times and then report to Military Advisor Huo. Since the Pavilion Master is not here, Military Advisor Huo makes all the decisions. We should be careful in our actions," the leader of the guards patrolling on the right advised.
"Then, alright. We'll follow your lead. After two more rounds of patrolling, we'll go back to rest. My room has a beautiful wife waiting for me," the leader of the guards patrolling on the left said with a lewd chuckle.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
"Haha..."
Then, the group merged together and patrolled along the main avenue.
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the underground city, Aunt Lan and Military Advisor Huo were having a heated argument about the breach of the outer formation.
"How could you have led people from the outside into our underground city?" Military Advisor Huo furiously pointed at Aunt Lan.
"What do you mean I led people from the outside in? I, Aunt Lan, escaped the dungeon without anyone discovering me. If they managed to break into the underground city, it's all because your formation is too weak. It has nothing to do with me. Don't try to put the blame on me," Aunt Lan retorted, aggressively pointing a finger at Military Advisor Huo's nose.
"You old hag are truly detestable!" Military Advisor Huo cursed.
"What did you call me? You stinking turtle! I'll kill you tonight."
Aunt Lan was so enraged by Military Advisor Huo that she gnashed her teeth. Her slender, withered, skin-and-bones devil claws were clenched so tightly that they dug into her palms, drawing blood.
In an instant, Aunt Lan gathered her internal energy and sent it towards Military Advisor Huo.
This stinking turtle always liked to oppose her. He really thought that just because he became the Pavilion Master's military advisor, no one dared to provoke him. But she, Aunt Lan, was not afraid of him.
Military Advisor Huo swiftly dodged the palm strike that Aunt Lan suddenly sent his way. However, Aunt Lan's palm strike still hit Military Advisor Huo's arm, causing a dull ache.
"You crazy woman, this is too much. Do you really think I dare not hit you?"
Military Advisor Huo's eyes were about to burst with rage. He raised his hand and flipped over a large oil lamp on a platform not far from him, attempting to distract Aunt Lan.
Immediately afterward, he quickly unleashed a venomous palm strike towards Aunt Lan.
Due to being imprisoned in the Cold King's mansion's dungeon for too long and sustaining injuries, Aunt Lan's martial arts movements were stiff. She was hit directly by Military Advisor Huo's palm strike.
"You stinking turtle, you actually played dirty. Watch me finish you."
Subsequently, Aunt Lan, dragging her injured body, unleashed her full power and engaged Military Advisor Huo in a fight on the spot. As they were both high-ranking officials in the Dark Night Pavilion, the numerous assassins within the Dark Night Pavilion were soon drawn to watch the fight, but none dared to step forward to stop them.
The two were soon locked in a fierce struggle. The large oil lamps used for illumination in the main hall were all knocked onto the ground by their blows.
The floor of the main hall was covered with burning fires everywhere.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Aunt Lan began to fall into a disadvantage. If it were in the past, Military Advisor Huo would not have been Aunt Lan's opponent. However, with Aunt Lan injured today, Military Advisor Huo was confident of defeating this old woman.
He did not know what Aunt Lan had gone through in the past half year to turn her once fair and beautiful face into a wrinkled old visage.
But if it were in the past, Military Advisor Huo would have shown mercy to Aunt Lan, considering her lingering charm and beauty. But now, seeing her hideous appearance, he felt utterly disgusted, and it even affected his appetite.
Meanwhile, as they were locked in this heated battle, it provided Leng Ruo Li and her group with an opportunity to scout the entire underground city.
"Jun Mo Han, it seems there's internal conflict in the underground city's main hall. Look at how the patrolling guards are all running towards there."
Leng Ruo Li rejoiced in her heart. Tonight was truly a blessing from heaven!
"They're fighting inside," Jun Mo Han said.
"That's great! Let's quickly loot all the treasures in the Dark Night Pavilion, then plant explosives in every corner of this underground city and blow up the Dark Night Pavilion's lair. It would be best to blow up all the assassins inside the Dark Night Pavilion."
Leng Ruo Li sneered, a hint of cunning flashing in her eyes. Immediately, she and Jun Mo Han, along with Ye Ying and the others, practically ransacked the entire underground city. Wherever they passed, she planted two explosive packages.
However, her only regret was not finding the Dark Night Pavilion's treasury.
The group skillfully avoided the guards stationed in the underground city and arrived at a place that seemed to be a forbidden zone of the Dark Night Pavilion.
Over twenty guards were stationed here, and they appeared to be elite fighters. However, they were different from the Vajra death warriors they had encountered before; the difference was that these individuals were not wearing iron masks.
Therefore, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han deduced that this place must hide a great secret, otherwise, it would not be so heavily guarded.
"Jun Mo Han, we're going to make a big score this time." Leng Ruo Li stealthily pulled out two sniper rifles from her sleeve pocket and attached silencers.