"Seeking death!"
Si Ya thrust her sword at Zhang Hao.
Her Martial King level cultivation erupted. This sword strike was extremely overbearing.
"Sister!"
Lili was greatly shocked to see her sister attack Zhang Hao.
"Clang!"
A flash of sword light came from the side, deflecting Si Ya's sword strike.
Si Ya was greatly startled. The power of this sword strike was not below hers, and even surpassed it, leaving Si Ya incredibly astonished.
"Ge Xia is being overly domineering. To covet others' wealth and still be so self-righteous, truly befitting the leader of the Zijing Mercenary Group."
It was Ye Yun who blocked Si Ya's sword strike.
"You... you're not a Great Martial Master, but a Martial King?"
Si Ya was utterly shocked.
"Being a Martial King is nothing remarkable either." Ye Yun smiled disdainfully.
Si Ya's expression became extremely gloomy. Originally, she was confident she could force Zhang Hao to comply, as she was a Martial King.
But now, realizing that Ye Yun was also a Martial King, and his cultivation seemed no weaker than hers, coupled with the unfathomable Zhang Hao beside him, it was clearly impossible to force Zhang Hao to comply.
"Brother, please save them." Lili listened to the Zijing Mercenary Group members dying tragically under the poisonous mist, her heart aching like a knife cut, and looked at Zhang Hao pleadingly.
"Lili, please forgive Brother Zhang Hao for not being able to agree." Zhang Hao said lightly.
It wasn't that Zhang Hao was cold-hearted. If Si Ya had been a little more polite to him initially, or agreed to travel with him, Zhang Hao would naturally have helped these people after becoming friends, even if it cost him quite a few points to exchange for Dan. However, Si Ya not only had a terrible attitude towards him, but also repaid kindness with enmity just after he saved her sister. Zhang Hao naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to repay evil with good.
Si Ya glared resentfully at Lili. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Lili, let's hurry and get through here."
Lili glanced at Zhang Hao longingly, then reluctantly accelerated through the poisonous mist zone with her sister and the others.
"Let's go too!" Zhang Hao smiled slightly.
The Zijing Mercenary Group finally made it through the poisonous mist zone, but they lost a full forty members. This could be considered a severe blow to the Zijing Mercenary Group.
After passing through the poisonous mist zone, over a dozen dragon flowers came into view. Si Ya immediately picked the dozen or so dragon flowers. These dozen dragon flowers were enough to make up for the recent losses. However, Si Ya was far from satisfied. A dozen dragon flowers could sell for over ten thousand lower grade crystal stones, but if they could pass the area of the second stage, they would definitely get more dragon flowers. Although the poisonous mist zone was terrifying, there were still some Martial Warriors who could pass through, so many dragon flowers here had been picked. But the terror of the second stage was far beyond that of the first stage.
The second stage was Tianlei Valley.
This short three-mile stretch was filled with endless heavenly lightning. Let alone people, even a mosquito couldn't fly through. Therefore, few people could pass through Tianlei Valley, and it was three miles long.
Zhang Hao and the two others also exited the poisonous mist zone and arrived before Tianlei Valley.
"You're late, the dragon flowers here have all been picked by us." Si Ya said coldly.
Si Ya thought Zhang Hao came to Dragon Seeking Valley just for the dragon flowers, so she sneered at him.
"Oh, is that so!" Zhang Hao didn't mind.
Although these dragon flowers were precious, they were not Zhang Hao's objective this time.
Seeing Zhang Hao's indifferent reaction, Si Ya felt like she was punching cotton, feeling a bit frustrated.
Lili just looked at Zhang Hao and didn't greet him, also afraid of making her sister angry again.
"Who wants to give it a try?"
Si Ya asked the members of the Zijing Mercenary Group.
The members of the Zijing Mercenary Group looked at each other. Three members with relatively fast movement techniques stepped forward and rushed towards Tianlei Valley.
The three of them pushed their speed to the limit, but just as they rushed about fifty meters into Tianlei Valley, several sounds of heavenly lightning rang out, and several bolts of heavenly lightning struck down from the sky, aiming at the three of them.
Their speed was too fast, and the three had no way to dodge.
"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"
Three consecutive screams rang out.
All three were killed by the heavenly lightning, leaving not even a trace.
Si Ya was greatly startled. Although she knew how terrifying Tianlei Valley was, she never expected it to be this terrifying.
Even Zhang Hao and Ye Yun felt their expressions become solemn. The power of this heavenly lightning was indeed very strong.
Si Ya frowned. The power of the heavenly lightning far exceeded her expectations. However, this was not enough to make Si Ya retreat. This time, the Zijing Mercenary Group had suffered too great a loss. If they couldn't make up for this loss, the Zijing Mercenary Group would be at risk of being downgraded in the future. This was something she, who was determined to upgrade the Zijing Mercenary Group from B-class to A-class, absolutely would not allow.
"Ye Long, you go try, but don't overexert yourself." Si Ya said to a member next to her.
Although Si Ya knew how powerful Tianlei Valley was, she was excited by the thought that there would be more dragon flowers if they could pass through Tianlei Valley.
Ye Long was the master with the strongest movement technique in the Zijing Mercenary Group, at the Half-Step Martial King Realm. When it came to movement speed, even Si Ya dared not say she was definitely stronger than him.
Si Ya letting Ye Long try was also to take the opportunity to observe the power of the heavenly lightning in Tianlei Valley and find a way through.
"Yes, Leader!"
Ye Long unleashed his movement technique. He rushed towards Tianlei Valley like a streak of light, his speed reaching the extreme. Even Zhang Hao on the side secretly praised him.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
Over a dozen bolts of heavenly lightning struck down from the void.
Ye Long's movement technique was indeed very strong, and he calmly avoided them. But more heavenly lightning bolts rained down from the void, leaving no gap whatsoever.
However, Ye Long's speed was slightly faster after all. He narrowly avoided one heavenly lightning strike after another.
But the further in he went, the stronger the number of heavenly lightning bolts became.
"Ye Long, come back!"
Si Ya clearly saw Ye Long's peril. The characteristics of Tianlei Valley were now very clear: the further in, the denser the number of heavenly lightning bolts.
Ye Long also knew that reaching the one-mile mark had reached his limit. He unleashed his movement technique, ready to rush back. But coming was easy, going back was difficult. In the void, heavenly lightning struck down like raindrops towards Ye Long.
Ye Long's expression changed dramatically. He used his movement technique to the limit. He had just avoided one heavenly lightning strike, but more heavenly lightning bolts completely sealed off all his paths forward and backward.
"No!"
Ye Long exerted all his strength to the limit, wanting to fly out of the range of the heavenly lightning strikes.
"Boom!" A bolt of heavenly lightning struck Ye Long squarely.
"Ah!" A sharp scream rang out.
Under the powerful force of the heavenly lightning, Ye Long vanished into thin air, blasted into dust.
"Ye Long!"
Si Ya's expression was filled with endless regret. This Ye Long was a Genius of their Zijing Mercenary Group. She never expected him to be gone just like that.
"Ye Yun, let's go over!"
Zhang Hao's words not only surprised Si Ya, but also Ye Yun and Song Sitian.
Seeing the tragic state of the several Zijing Mercenary Group members just now, Ye Yun thought Zhang Hao would back down! He didn't expect Zhang Hao hadn't given up yet.