Super God Grandmaster

Chapter 199 - 199 193 Luring Da Gui Away

?Chapter 199: Chapter 193: Luring Da Gui Away Chapter 199: Chapter 193: Luring Da Gui Away Ye Chen planned to lead the people of Ci Ye away through these people. He believed that Ci Ye and his gang would definitely send out the Winged Dragon. Those, watching them, as they scattered out, should draw some of their attention. For a moment, it may not be easy to distinguish them.

“Are we really going to release the monsters?” a disciple asked.

Ye Chen, listening to this, let out a shallow smile, stood up and said, “Have we all eaten enough! If we’re full, let’s go quickly. If we don’t, they’ll be here soon.”

“Where are we going?” Li Mo Wen asked.

Ye Chen pointed towards the third path on one side and said, “Let’s take this one. We will hide first and see what Ci Ye and his people plan to do.”

“What should we do if they discover us while hiding?”

“If they catch Yang Jing’s men, they will quickly find out about Yang Jing’s situation. By then, they should stop chasing us as Yang Jing is not with us,” said Ye Chen.

“At that time, they will go looking for Can Mo and his men.”

Ye Chen nodded.

Once the large group of people had scattered, the news reached Ci Ye and his gang almost immediately.

A follower hurriedly came back with people, saying, “They have split into three groups, escaping in three directions.”

Upon hearing this, Ci Ye paused and asked, “What? They escaped? They divided into three groups and escaped?”

Da Gui listened and said, “How did they split up?”

At this point, a disciple suddenly said, “It seems like they don’t have that many people.”

Ci Ye was taken aback and asked, “What do you mean they don’t have that many people?”

“It seems there are just over a hundred of them, at most two hundred.”

Da Gui exclaimed, “That’s impossible! They have more than two hundred people.”

“I don’t know what’s going on,” said one of the followers.

“What about the rest of the people?”

Ci Ye looked towards the mountain top, saying: “It’s very likely they haven’t come down the hill.”

“So what should we do?” Da Gui asked.

Quietly pondering, Ci Ye said, “One hundred to two hundred people.” He suspected it might be a trap and said, “Da Gui, you go and deal with those people, while I go up the mountain to see what they are up to.” Ci Ye knew that the number of people Da Gui had was enough to handle two hundred people.

“Why don’t we join forces and deal with these hundred-plus people first?”

“Two hundred people, handed over to you, shouldn’t present a problem. I am worried that the attempt is to mislead us, and our leader might be with another group of people,” Ci Ye responded.

Finally, Da Gui said, “Alright.”

“Please, if our leader is with them, please rescue him.” When he got halfway down the mountain, Ci Ye began to hold some suspicions as he found there were not as many people as he had thought. He felt there was a ghost in the whole situation and assumed that they had intentionally lured them down the hill.

Da Gui nodded.

Ci Ye then said, “I’ll need a hundred men.”

“Alright, Er Gui, you take a hundred people and continue to follow Ci Ye.”

“Once you figure out what’s going on, notify us in time, to see if our leader is among them.”

“Don’t worry, I will catch them as quickly as possible.”

Ci Ye began to worry. He wanted to go up the mountain and figure out exactly what was going on.

Ye Chen’s group hid, concealing themselves high up in the trees at the edge of a cliff; cleverly using the arrested members to lead the pursuers away. But quite quickly, Da Gui succeeded in capturing Yang Jing’s men.

Only then did Da Gui realize that they had indeed decided to operate separately. Yet, they didn’t know where the separate New City Sect members were at that moment.

Ye Chen used the river to avoid the pursuers and arrived behind Da Gui’s team, watching Da Gui’s men pass by from ahead.

Yet Ye Chen noticed a problem – they did not have the stated number of over seven hundred people. At most, they had around four hundred. He became somewhat suspicious.

Li Mo Wen said, “It doesn’t seem like they have that many people.”

“No, didn’t you notice? It seems like the people from No. One Thieves did not come over, especially Ci Ye, whom we met that night. He was not among them.”

Li Mo Wen pondered for a moment and found no trace of the people from No. One Thieves. He said, “You’re right in your observation. Is it possible they already knew we were going to work separately?”

“It is likely they know, but when they came to know we aren’t aware. However, they haven’t been discovered by Ci Ye’s men yet. Had they been discovered, there should have been a battle by now, but we didn’t hear any fighting last night. They are safe for now but could be discovered at any moment,” said Ye Chen.

Li Mo Wen nodded when he heard this and asked, “So what should we do now?”

Ye Chen said, “We should circle back.”

“Yes, we must warn them. They could be discovered at any moment.”

After listening to this, Ye Chen realized the issue was urgent.

Ye Chen added, “We should signal them.”

Ye Chen said to everyone: “You all are very tired, but we had no choice. We are outnumbered and we don’t know when they found out. But we must rush over there, perhaps we can be of help.”

They quickly prepared to cross over the mountain.

Before they knew it, it was noon. The large mountains were always shrouded in fog. It was always dark before daytime ended. There was always a smell of death in the forest which made one’s nose uncomfortable, resulting in a lack of appetite.

Da Gui led the group and found No. One Thieves’ people. They were shocked, unaware of where the people from the New City Sect had gone. They spent the night in fighting, and San Gui was exhausted. Just when they thought about resting, the enemy started to move, so they had to wake up after only a couple of hours of sleep. They then started an exhausting chase.

Those they caught were all from No. One Thieves. They had no clue where the people from the New City Sect had gone.

Enraged, Si Gui was dumbfounded. He didn’t understand why these people from No. One Thieves sided with the New City Sect and betrayed them. He wished he could bury them all.

The people kept explaining.

Si Gui didn’t want to hear any of it.

San Gui said: “I can’t move anymore, I can’t go a step further, damn it, don’t let me run back up again. If you’re willing, then carry me back.”

Si Gui said, “We should report this to Ci Ye.”

Da Gui nodded in agreement.

“We need a break.” Si Gui said.

Da Gui was also tired.

They purposely kept us without sleep, trying to wear us out to death.” San Gui said. “This is not a flat ground. Walking a single mile here feels like several miles on the plain. Moreover, the mosquitoes here are more poisonous than any other place, and the bites blister up accompanied by a nauseating smell.”

Da Gui finally said: “Fine, let’s rest and eat.” It seems like they have done all they could.

When Ci Ye went up the mountain, he received news from Da Gui at the foot of the mountain. It was only then that he knew it was just seventy to eighty disciples of the New City Sect, with the members captured by the No. One Thieves, that led them away. He was so angry, he was at a loss for words.

They searched everywhere on the mountaintop while not knowing where the other group had gone, or perhaps it was not another group. Er Gui said, “We are now in trouble. They didn’t take the people captured by you from No. One Thieves with them. They only took your leader. We won’t be able to find them so easily.”

An underling stepped forward and said, “That’s not the main issue. The most important thing is that we don’t know how many groups they have divided into.”

“It should be two groups. They don’t have many people. The more groups they divide into, the less advantageous it is for them, especially in facing us, plus the possibility of encountering a monster group.” Ci Ye said.

Er Gui agreed with Ci Ye’s words, saying: “Yes, the remaining people must have taken your leader.”

At that time, a disciple said: “But in which direction did they go? Did they continue to go forward, or did they return back, or go down from the left side, or from the right side?”

Er Gui thought for a while and said: “Going back is impossible.”

Ci Ye said: “No, it is absolutely impossible for them to turn back.”

“We have been fighting on the right side all night, so they couldn’t have gone down from the right side. If they had, we would have noticed.”

A disciple said: “Then there are only two possibilities left: either they went down from the left side or continued moving forward.”

Er Gui said: “I would rather believe that they continued along the ridge. The path along the ridge is not that difficult.”

Ci Ye didn’t want to guess, and he didn’t like guessing.

Er Gui said: “I will soon send people to find out whether they have gone forward or down from the left side.”

Facing the dense mountain road, it was not easy to find. Even if they could really find it, it would probably take half a day. It has been half a day from last night up to no, he didn’t want to continue this way.

At this time, a disciple ran over with some strange leaves in his hand. Ci Ye hurried over. He found some leaves with landmarks on the left side of the mountain.

“What is this?” Er Gui asked, puzzled.

It was a symbol etched on the leaf by someone, it was their No. One Thieves’ symbol. Ci Ye immediately thought of Yang Jing and asked: “Where did you find these leaves?”

“Down below.”

It turned out that Yang Jing, without others noticing, secretly made these symbol-bearing leaves. Last night, while following those people, those people left no traces. However, Yang Jing left quite a few of these leaves with symbols.

“These are signals left by our leader. They went down from the left side!”

An underling stepped forward, saying: “I will have someone find out as soon as possible.”

Ci Ye fell silent for a while and then said: “Is Tong Hegan here yet?”

“They should be arriving soon.”

“Good, send a message to them by carrier pigeon, have them come over.” Tong Hegan owed Ci Ye a favor. He had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay him. Now, Da Gui and others were at the foot of the mountain, perhaps not being able to catch up. He needed more help.

“Do you want Tong Hegan to help,” Er Gui asked.

“Yes, Tong Hegan and I have some rapport, and they also have a bad view of the New City Sect.”

“If they are willing to help, that would be great.”

“Right, you guys finish eating, then prepare to go down the mountain. Quickly find out their exact whereabouts.”

The disciples nearby nodded and left.