Back to the Yellow City

After resting for a few hours, the group of seven men and two foxes were heading back to Yellow City. They traveled in three carriages, each pulled by low-level spiritual beasts, while one of them had a big cell attached to it.

Given the distance they had to cover, they expected to arrive in Yellow City after a day and a half of travel, which would also provide more time for some of them to recover a little more from the recent battle.

Among the seven men, one of them was left practically crippled and could no longer be able to fight throughout his life. That was because he had lost his leg, and that would render him unable to move normally during a fight. And although his spiritual cultivation was not crippled, it was challenging for him to make up for this loss.

Consequently, that person would undoubtedly have his fighting prowess immensely reduced. As for having any hopes of getting the lost limb back, well, that was almost impossible for him.

In the Spiritual World, there were two ways for one to recover a lost limb. The first involved being able to find a high-level doctor who was capable of regenerating lost limbs. The second, which was also more realistic for most people, required one to be reaching level 70 in their cultivation...

Attaining this level, cultivators would gain the ability to construct an entirely new body, so recovering a lost leg or an arm was relatively much easier.

However, for someone with Blue talent, like this man, even with the assistance of numerous high-level pills, the maximum cultivation he could reach was only level 69!

That was the upper limit of the body of someone with Blue talent!

Having a Blue talent granted one an understanding that made it easy for the cultivator to progress to level 29. But beyond that moment, someone with this talent would have to face bottlenecks that would be increasingly difficult to overcome.

And the final bottleneck for these people occurred between the 7th to 8th stages of cultivation. So, at that point, even if a level 69 cultivator with Blue talent possessed a medium-level grade-3 pill, still breaking through that bottleneck would remain impossible.

In fact, if someone with these characteristics attempted to breakthrough the level by using such a pill, they would only be trying to commit suicide!

The reason behind it is that the person's body would simply be unable to absorb a large amount of energy from the pill, resulting in the energy causing an explosion from within the body itself.

Not only would the person's body collapse after receiving such a greater strain of excessive energy surging within, but their very soul would also be obliterated along with the body!

While a cultivator's soul and body could be temporarily separated when having a high stage of spiritual cultivation, they could not be kept separated for a long period of time. These were two complementary parts of life, and their connection would only increase with the cultivation levels.

In this case, when someone raises their level, not only would the body get stronger, but so did the soul. But the same would happen if the cultivator were to ingest a considerable amount of energy, causing the destruction of both the body and soul by an explosion!

There was no possibility for the survival of a cultivator in such a condition. So this was not even an option for this bandit, but nonetheless, he was doomed since it would still be even more difficult for him to find someone with the requisite medical skills.

After all, even in tantamount places like the Flaming Empire, the presence of many high-level doctors was scarce.

As for the other bandits, none of them had suffered such high damage and were only severely depleted of energy from the battle.

...

While Gul's group traveled back to Yellow City, the news of Dry City's recruitment was already practically known by the entire population of this city. However, many people were skeptical since it was hard to accept that a town even worse than theirs could be able to engage in such a venture.

But some people needed to believe even if these rumors sounded the most absurd. There were many people suffering financial hardships in Yellow City, and any opportunity that might appear could be a lifeline for many such struggling families.

And because of this, many unemployed people who were struggling to survive in this place were now preparing to visit Dry City. In fact, there were also a few groups that had been formed and they were tasked with going to Dry City to see if the rumor was indeed true.

Should the rumors prove true, these people would return to Yellow City and prepare to relocate their families to Dry City.

After all, there was no reason for them to remain here if there was a better chance for them elsewhere that was not much different from their hometown.

People with low talent preferred to live in weaker regions because such places would have more opportunities and were relatively safer. However, the power difference between Yellow City and Dry City was not so significant. So, it would be worthwhile for them to move if this other place had better prospects of employment.

As for the potential losses that would be faced by these people by traveling to Dry City, most of the people who were undertaking the journey were unemployed and had a lot of free time. Moreover, the trip would also not last for more than a week, so that would not hinder them.

Along with that, some individuals with greater resources, such as owners of local stores, were financing these trips as they also wanted to know about it without taking the risk of going to Dry City themselves.

Consequently, many of these people journeying to Dry City would not even have to pay to verify this news, creating a beneficial situation for both parties!

Meanwhile, Minos and his group were preparing to ambush the bandits who had set out to hunt the Nine-tailed Foxes.

Based on the information that Minos had received from Dugal, this trip was estimated to take around 3 to 4 days at most. And given that it had already been two days since Gul's group began their journey, they certainly should already be returning to Yellow City.

According to what Sergeant Humbert had informed, the group of ten men comprised six cultivators at level 44, three at level 45, and one at level 47.

They could do some work for Minos' team with that strength since their group only had three people who could fight them.

But Minos did not want to depend too much on external aid. So, apart from when facing the bandit leader, Gul, he wanted to fight the other bandits with the soldiers of the Black Plain Army.

Typically it would be impossible for any of these soldiers to fight against such strong cultivators. But they had the advantage of numbers and could still plan how to proceed during the battle.

And based on Minos' knowledge, with his 24 Sergeants and 30 Corporal, they should be able to defeat these nine bandits of levels 44 and 45. The soldiers under Minos' command had undergone superior training and possessed much refined and classified techniques, which made their attacks more efficient, and along with their numerical superiority, the chances of their victory were high!

...

At this moment, another meeting was taking place inside Yellow City government mansion, with Minos and all of his group present.

Saying out aloud, the young Stuart declared, "The soldiers of the Black Plain Army will deal with the nine men of the enemy group.

We will position ourselves at the western entrance to the city, where we will spread ourselves at four different points.

Each group will attack from a different polar coordinate to limit the enemy's escape space. Then, we will attack them with everything we have, leaving no room for them to breathe or counterattack.

As for the bandit leader, Gul, Ruth, I hope you will hold him. But don't kill him. I believe he can still be of some use to us in some way..." Minos stated, looking at the black-haired beauty.

She nodded in agreement, as it was not difficult for her to capture someone at level 47. On Stone Island, she only had to spend a little more energy because she had to deal with three enemies at once.

At that time, guard Brian, with whom she fought against was at the peak of level 46 and certainly possessed better techniques compared to this bandit, Gul.

After all, the Nash family was a large house that hailed from the north of the Central Continent, so a guard protecting the young master of the family would undoubtedly receive certain privileges.

As for Minos' reason for wanting to capture the bandit leader, well, that was simple. Since he wanted to make friends with the foxes, offering the leader of the enemy group to the mother fox could help her get revenge!

This way, he would increase his chances of winning the faith of the two foxes to his side.

However, the possibility of the mother fox being able to win over the group was very unlikely.

According to Minos' knowledge, even if this fox was close to the sixth stage of cultivation, as long as the bandit group remained cautious and attacked her with all their might, they should emerge victorious.

Drawing from the memories of God Henricus Longus, Minos knew that if this fox was at level 49, she would be temporarily weakened after pregnancy and would have a strength that was equivalent to level 45.

Since it only had five tails, Minos was certain that her maximum strength could be at level 49. And with her experiencing weakness right now, she definitely couldn't beat Gul's group.

"That's it for today. Starting tomorrow, we will all be positioned at the ambush site and wait for the enemy group to arrive. So, make sure to prepare yourself thoroughly for this," Minos concluded as he stood up from the chair.

...

Time flew by, and Gul's group was currently only a few kilometers away from Yellow City. The silhouette of the city could also be already seen from their current position.

The bandits chatted and laughed as they approached 'their base,' while the mother fox was being carried in her cell with the little fox beside her.

'Ahhh, finally at home!' one of the bandits thought as he gazed upon his city...