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Zhao Xuanjing stood before everyone, speaking eloquently.

On the wall opposite him hung a massive map with the breadth of nearly three meters, displaying all the tunnels and terrains of the Underground Maze of Flame Ridge.

"...There are twenty-seven critical nodes of the Earth Fire Vein, and only by destroying two-thirds of these nodes simultaneously will Flame Ridge... burst suddenly with a loud rumble. At that moment, endless magma will spurt out, flooding the entire underground maze, coupled with the sudden madness of the Earth Fire Salamanders.

At that time, we will intentionally collapse most of the passages, leaving only one escape route.

"What interesting events do you think will occur then?"

It must be said that having been around Zhao Sheng for a long time, Zhao Xuanjing had also developed a taste for mischief.

Though he spoke the last sentence in a teasing tone, he couldn't hide the overtly fierce and ruthless intent in his words.

But... towards enemies, one must be as ruthless and merciless as the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves!

In the Cultivation World, this is considered a significant advantage!

There is a saying that goes well: only the completely dead enemy is a good opponent!

However, as good as the plan is, it must be completely feasible.

Zhao Jijian was the first to express doubts, "Xuanjing, how are we going to destroy two-thirds of the twenty-seven nodes simultaneously? And how do we induce a collective frenzy among the Earth Fire Salamanders?"

No sooner had he spoken than Zhao Keru also expressed doubts, "Just this tactic may not be enough to kill the two Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Shen Family. How to deal with them is our biggest challenge?"

Faced with these doubts, Zhao Xuanjing chuckled innocently, "Seventh Uncle said he has a way. I believe in Seventh Uncle."

Upon hearing that Zhao Sheng had already devised a solution, everyone felt an inexplicable relief.

Over the years, Zhao Sheng had frequently accomplished great merits for the family, and everyone had long been profoundly convinced of his intelligence and strategies.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Just then, a weary Zhao Sheng walked into the stone room.

Before entering, he had just heard everyone's doubts.

Thus, as soon as Zhao Sheng came in, he confidently said, "Regarding Fourth Master's doubts, I have already thought of two methods, which I will now share for everyone to offer their opinions on?"

"Firstly, as for how to destroy the Earth Vein nodes simultaneously, I have designed a Second Order True Talisman called the Mother-Child Linked Talisman, which can be exactly used for this purpose."

The Mother-Child Linked Talisman is a Second Order True Talisman recorded in the 'Jade Void Mysterious Talisman Scripture.' It consists of a mother talisman and child talismans; there is only one mother talisman, but the number of child talismans is unlimited, depending entirely on the skill level of the Talisman Master. As long as the mother talisman is activated, the child talismans will also activate simultaneously.

"...There are many ways to make the Earth Fire Salamanders go mad. Fortunately, we have a powerful artifact, the Red Cloud Banner, at hand, combined with the volcanic eruption crisis. With these three-pronged approaches, it would be hard for the Shen Family not to perish."

So cunning, too cunning!

After Zhao Sheng explained, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Someone couldn't help but think wildly, "As members of the same Zhao family, why are you, Zhao Chonghe, such a poisonous show-off?"

Zhao Sheng was unaware that someone was secretly cursing him.

He continued, "To ensure that we kill the two Foundation Establishment members of the Shen Family, I have deliberately preserved one life path. Just waiting for them to rush out, giving them a big surprise."

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Although Zhao Sheng did not specify what the surprise was, after this meeting, the Zhao family mobilized the majority of their manpower and resources into the plan to annihilate the Shen Family.

A month later, after all the plans and materials were ready, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Xuanjing secretly returned to Flame Ridge.

Re-entering the underground maze, the two felt as familiar as if they were returning to their own home, without any need to consult the map or remind each other repeatedly.

The two exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and each took a Storage Bag and started to act separately.

In a certain tunnel, lava flowed slowly, and suddenly, a head popped out from the top of the tunnel.

Zhao Xuanjing, hanging upside down, placed his hand on the stone wall, and a yellow light emerged, instantly creating a deep pit in the wall.

Zhao Xuanjing skillfully took out one child talisman and two Fire Bombs, placed the items in the pit, and then used a spell to seal it.

This was already the twelfth Earth Vein node he had set up.

There were eleven more to go, and time was pressing.

"Little Gold, let's go!" Zhao Xuanjing slapped the stone wall and commanded in a low voice.

Whoosh!

As soon as his words fell, he was instantly pulled back into the soil layer,

This tunnel quickly returned to its previous silence, as if the recent change was just an illusion.

Four hours later, as the sun set and night fell,

Zhao Sheng and Zhao Xuanjing met by the lakeside.

Zhao Sheng gazed at the faintly glowing blue starlight below the lake, his expression becoming solemn and serious.

"Xuanjing, is everything set?"

"Uncle Seven, you can count on me when it comes to tasks!"

"That's good, we'll launch the attack immediately once the clan members arrive at Flame Ridge in three days."

"Mm," Zhao Xuanjing nodded silently.

With Uncle Seven there, he always preferred not to think too much and would just follow his plans.

Three days went by in the blink of an eye.

As the sun climbed high and Shen Family members entered the Underground Maze, Zhao Sheng also quietly appeared in a tunnel within the maze.

This tunnel housed a small magma pool, where five scale-armored, gold-colored creatures with crocodile-like mouths and bodies resembling giant lizards, Earth Fire Salamanders, floated.

This was one of the nests of the Earth Fire Salamanders, discovered by Zhao Sheng two months ago.

In fact, the nest was not hard to locate; what was rare was killing them before they could escape.

The Shen Family had been entangled with Earth Fire Salamanders for nearly half a year, and the reason they were still troubled was that the salamanders had the nasty habit of escaping into the magma when outmatched.

Watching the Earth Fire Salamanders bathing in the magma, Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and slowly began to wave a Red Cloud Banner he retrieved from his bosom.

In a moment, strands of pink mist began to seep from the Red Cloud Banner, quickly filling the tunnel.

As the pink mist thickened, the Earth Fire Salamanders in the magma pool lifted their heads and hungrily inhaled the mist from the air.

They soon became excited and agitated, their golden eyes turning a fiery red.

Seeing that the cooking was enough, Zhao Sheng reabsorbed most of the mist in the tunnel with the Red Cloud Banner and then hurried to another nest.

As time passed, Zhao Sheng successfully refreshed all the nests.

Meanwhile, the Shen Family members were thrilled to discover that the Earth Fire Salamanders no longer fled from humans but crazily attacked instead.

This was exactly what the Shen Family had hoped for—they did not fear the crazed attacks of the salamanders but their tendency to escape when outmatched.

The Shen Family had been immensely frustrated by this over the past half-year, almost to the point of disgust.

Yet, a few members of the Shen Family were cautious about this abnormal behavior.

They couldn't immediately discern the trickery and could only report it to the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of their family.

Shen Yangao, and the Great Elder, already aware of the anomaly,

The Great Elder, naturally suspicious, immediately proposed evacuating the Underground Maze, but Shen Yangao was very excited, believing this to be a God-given opportunity to wipe out the Earth Fire Salamanders once and for all.

Meanwhile, Zhao Sheng had already quietly left the Underground Maze and flown to a dense forest on the west side of Flame Ridge.

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