Astral Apostle

Chapter 424: Infiltration and Changing Houses (1)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The sun set and the moon rose.

The forest at night was even deeper and colder. From time to time, the rustling of the wind could be heard.

After cursing for the entire day, the more than 2,000 minions finally stopped. They set up a simple camp and faced the Yellow Pond Mountain stronghold that was located under the cliff.

At this moment, on the other side of the cliff, a figure with a spear on his back was climbing up the steep rock wall. His movements were agile, like an ape in the mountain, as if he was walking on flat ground. It was Zhou Jing.

He acted according to his plan during the day. Taking advantage of the night, he prepared to rush straight to the main stronghold on the cliff and take down the leader of Yellow Pond Mountain.

“My current scope should be classified under special operations, right…”

Zhou Jing grumbled to himself.

He specially found a place to avoid the stronghold sentries and climbed up the mountain. He even turned on his map radar to confirm the movements of the small red dots of the bandits on Yellow Pond Mountain, thus avoiding even the hidden sentries.

Under the cover of the night, Zhou Jing managed not to raise the alarm. He secretly climbed up the cliff and found a gap between the patrolling bandits, quickly climbing over the tall wooden wall before entering the main stronghold area.

With his skills, even if someone saw him, they would only see a black shadow flashing past, making them think that it was an illusion.

“I’m in…”

Zhou Jing composed himself and moved in the darkness to explore the main camp of Yellow Pond Mountain.

The map radar function was completely a divine skill for stealth users. He avoided all the patrolling bandits and sentries from afar.

Although the defense in the main village was quite strict, it was very easy for him to sneak around without anyone knowing.

Not long after, Zhou Jing found a lone lackey. After confirming that there was no one around, he suddenly pounced forward, covered his mouth and throat from behind, and restrained him before dragging him to a remote area.

“Wuwuwu…”

The lackey struggled in fear as he let out a muffled sound.

Zhou Jing increased the strength in his hand and whispered, “I’ll ask and you’ll answer. If you don’t want to die, cooperate obediently. If you dare to shout and alarm others, I’ll crush your larynx!”

The lackey was so frightened that his entire body trembled. He quickly gave up struggling and nodded repeatedly.

Only then did Zhou Jing relax his grip and let him speak. He asked in a deep voice, “Where is the residence of the Yellow Pond Mountain leaders?”

“In… in the west wing…” The lackey replied in a trembling voice.

“Where are your chief and the other leaders now? Don’t lie to me, or else if I find out that you’re hiding something, you’ll lose your life!”

“T-Chief Xu is still in the Hall of Brotherhood. I passed by just now and saw that there were personal guards guarding there. As for the leaders, I don’t know. They took many of our brothers away during the day, and I don’t know where they are now…”

The lackey did not dare to lie and replied in fear.

“Huh? The other leaders are not around?”

When Zhou Jing heard this, he frowned. He could sense that something was amiss.

These leaders even brought troops. Could they be taking action?

As this thought flashed through his mind, Zhou Jing temporarily suppressed this doubt.

… Let’s not worry about this for now. In any case, he had already sneaked in. He just had to complete the mission of capturing the leader first. At that time, he would naturally be able to ask about it after capturing the chief. It was better than interrogating the lackeys here or making wild guesses.

Zhou Jing did not hesitate. He carried the bandit and asked him to lead the way towards Xu Gui.

Soon, a terraced hall came into view. It was Yellow Pond Mountain’s Hall of Brotherhood, currently being guarded by a few powerful guards.

Zhou Jing directly knocked out the lackey in his hand and hid him in a secluded place. Then, he crouched down and approached from the shadows, listening for any sounds and observing the situation.

On the map radar, there was only a small red dot walking back and forth in the Hall of Brotherhood.

At this moment, a messenger ran over from outside and hurried into the house.

“Chief, I have something to report!”

“Speak.”

A familiar male voice sounded in the room. It was Xu Gui’s voice that Zhou Jing had heard during the day.

The messenger continued, “Chief, Leader Yu is about to attack with his men. He specially ordered me to inform you.”

“I understand. You can leave.”

After a few simple words, the messenger left the hall in a hurry.

Zhou Jing’s eyes flickered.

Seeing that his target was in the house, he no longer hesitated. He suddenly jumped out like a leopard pouncing and used the Swift Wind Steps, at the same time activating his Martial Path Aura.

Swoosh!

He was akin to a tornado as he suddenly rushed to the side of the guards.

Only then did the guards notice the commotion and turn their gazes over.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Zhou Jing’s fists were like lightning. Before the guards could react, he had already launched a sneak attack and knocked them all down.

Immediately after, Zhou Jing strode into the Hall of Brotherhood without another word and bumped into Xu Gui, who was about to leave.

Only at this moment did the guards behind him fall to the ground.

Hearing the commotion, Xu Gui looked up in surprise and realized that the door was fully blocked by Zhou Jing’s burly figure.

He was stunned for half a second before he suddenly realized what had happened. His face instantly panicked, and he hurriedly wanted to retreat.

“Save…”

However, he had just shouted a word when Zhou Jing had already arrived in front of him, his fan-like hand grabbing out.

“Come here!”

His large hand grabbed Xu Gui’s neck and raised him up.

Xu Gui’s face turned red from having his breath cut off. He grabbed Zhou Jing’s iron-like arm and kicked in a panic.

Zhou Jing restrained his strength a little and spoke in a deep voice,

“Chief Xu, if you listen obediently, I won’t take your life. If you shout for help, I can break your neck in an instant, understand?”