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Xu Ming's team wasn't traveling urgently.

Several days later, they finally arrived at the Gu family's secret mine in the Martial God Kingdom.

The two veteran Half-Step Core Formation martial artists responsible for guarding the mine—Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong—were overjoyed when they saw Madman: "Madman, you're leading the team? That puts us much more at ease!"

"Me leading the team?" Madman gave a self-deprecating smile.

Chen Yu, standing to the side, said with a hint of sarcasm, "It's not Captain Madman leading the team, but this… young hero!"

Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong exchanged strange glances: "Xu Ming?"

They had, of course, heard of Xu Ming's name and acknowledged that he was a very talented young man.

However…

Talent wasn't equal to strength!

No matter how talented a young person was, they were still just a young person—whether in terms of strength or experience, they certainly weren't as reliable as older 'veterans' like them.

"How could the sect master let him be the captain?" Sun Bo's tone was full of complaint.

"Why did the sect master send such a useless captain to support us…" Sun Bo couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't worry, Old Sun!" Chen Yu said in a low voice, "On the way here, we already discussed it—we don't care whether he's the captain or not; anyway, we brothers only listen to Madman!"

"That's good, that's good!" Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong repeatedly said, "Madman's strength is obvious to all! With him guarding the place, we feel much more at ease!"

Xu Ming, Gu Hanmo, Second, and the other four had a strong feeling of being isolated.

"Brother Ming, this feeling is too unpleasant!" Luo Feng clamored, "Why didn't you just show your strength and slap that Madman?"

"That's right, Brother Ming, the prestige of Palm God can't be weakened!"

"It's frustrating, Brother Ming!"

Xu Ming smiled mysteriously and scolded, "I brought you here to watch a show; why so much nonsense? Just watch carefully!"

In fact, it wasn't just Second and Luo Feng who were unhappy; Xu Ming himself was also very unhappy—that Madman had even offered his face for a slap; of course, Xu Ming's hand was itching to slap him.

However, Xu Ming couldn't slap him!

Xu Ming still remembered what Sect Master Gu had told him before setting off.

Gu Kongshan had sent a message like this: "Xu Ming, this time, I feel that the Hidden Kill Sect's operation isn't as simple as it appears on the surface. When you go to the Martial God Kingdom, you must hide your strength, pretend to be just an ordinary Half-Step Core Formation martial artist, keep a low profile, and take a good look at what the Hidden Kill Sect is trying to do!"

At that time, Xu Ming was speechless: "Sect Master, I'm just a Half-Step Core Formation, and you're entrusting such an important task to me?"

"Stop pretending!" Gu Kongshan scolded with a smile, "Even Liang Weihe's sneak attack couldn't do anything to you; is this small task important to you? In short, remember to hide your strength and keep a low profile!"

In order to hide his strength and keep a low profile, Xu Ming had to endure Madman's provocation.

"Hmph, I want to see what the Hidden Kill Sect is trying to do!"

Fighting internally with Madman, Chen Yu, and the others wasn't fun. Xu Ming's real goal in coming to the Martial God Kingdom was the people of the Hidden Kill Sect!

If the Hidden Kill Sect dared to do anything shady, that would be the time for Xu Ming's spear to be unsheathed!—Kill one if they come, kill a pair if two come!

As for whether there would be a Hidden Kill Sect expert even more powerful than Xu Ming?

Of course not!

Xu Ming, at full strength, could almost match a weaker Perfect Core Formation! If he used the True Dragon Spear at any cost, it would be hard to say whether he could find an opponent in the Core Formation realm!

Perfect Core Formation was undoubtedly the most top-tier combat power in a Yellow-Rank force—would the Hidden Kill Sect send a Perfect Core Formation expert to a small place like the Martial God Kingdom?

It was impossible to even think about!

Xu Ming estimated that even if the Hidden Kill Sect had some shady operations, they would at most send Early Core Formation or Mid Core Formation martial artists; it was impossible for them to even have Late Core Formation! Therefore, Xu Ming dared to bring Gu Hanmo, Second, and the others with such confidence to sightsee and travel together.

Near the entrance of the secret mine, there were several rows of low-key pavilions built.

After settling down in the pavilion, Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong began to introduce the current situation.

"A few days ago, the people of the Hidden Kill Sect already discovered our secret mine, but they haven't taken any action," Sun Bo said.

"Oh?" Before Xu Ming could speak, Madman preemptively asked, "Did you discover how many Half-Step Core Formation martial artists they have?"

"Only one."

"Hmm…" Madman pondered for a while, "I heard that the Hidden Kill Sect sent dozens of Half-Step Core Formation to the Martial God Kingdom this time; I guess they should be scattered throughout the Martial God Kingdom—now that they've discovered this mine, they'll probably gather together and launch an attack soon."

"We think so too," Lu Xiaolong also said.

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"The Core Formation experts in the sect can't conveniently take action, so we can only rely on ourselves to defend this mine!" Madman said, "Chen Yu, you have some attainments in formations; take a few brothers to set up a formation first! When the enemies attack, we can also occupy the home-field advantage!"

"Okay!" Chen Yu immediately got up and pointed to a few brothers; throughout the whole process, he didn't even look at Xu Ming.

Xu Ming didn't care; he let them play house there.

Anyway, Xu Ming brought Madman and his seventy people purely to make up the numbers; they could do whatever they wanted; Xu Ming was too lazy to care.

However, just as Chen Yu and the others had just gotten up, preparing to set up the formation, arrogant and overbearing laughter suddenly rang out outside the pavilion.

"Hahahaha… the Barbarian Sect's efficiency is really low; only now have the reinforcements just arrived! Don't hide inside; come out!"

It was the people of the Hidden Kill Sect!

Madman stood up with a "whoosh", glancing at Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong with dissatisfaction: "There are people from the Hidden Kill Sect hiding nearby, and you didn't even know?"

"We… we…" Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong were also shocked at this time, "These past few days, we've been patrolling nearby every day and haven't discovered any traces!"

Xu Ming spoke up to smooth things over: "Don't blame them! If the people of the Hidden Kill Sect really want to hide, how could they be easily discovered?"

Sun Bo and Lu Xiaolong couldn't help but look at Xu Ming gratefully. At this time, they discovered that Xu Ming, this captain, looked quite pleasing to the eye! It's just that… this captain had already been sidelined; no one would listen to him.

"Let's go out and take a look!" Xu Ming was the first to walk out the door.

Madman, Chen Yu, and the others, not wanting to be left behind, all rushed ahead, walking even faster than Xu Ming.

However, when they walked outside the door and saw the Hidden Kill Sect's massive force, their expressions all changed.

"This… so many!" Madman was the first to walk out the door and the first to see the situation clearly.

Outside the pavilion, four to five hundred densely packed Hidden Kill Sect martial artists directly surrounded them!

Madman casually glanced and had already seen thirty to fifty familiar faces—all of them were Half-Step Core Formation martial artists from the Hidden Kill Sect!

Moreover, there were still many Half-Step Core Formation that he hadn't had time to see!

"Hidden Kill Sect… what are they trying to do?"

In such a situation, even Madman, who had experienced life and death many times, couldn't help but feel a tingling scalp.