Chapter 482: The Mo Family Isn’t to Be Taken Lightly

Chapter 482: The Mo Family Isn't to Be Taken Lightly

As Mo Chuhan left, the Mo Family brothers began to prepare themselves, waiting for him to return with news.

In the midst of everyone's anxious wait, Mo Chuhan finally returned as dusk fell.

His appearance remained unchanged, indicating that he hadn't engaged in any fights.

Mo Chuhan quickly approached his brothers.

"Those people are indeed not far from us. They are hiding in a place 80 li away from here. I waited until they started moving before rushing back to report.

It shouldn't take more than two hours for them to reach here.

Also, they are not dressed in black cloaks and masks as we imagined, but instead, they are disguised as ordinary villagers and are hiding in multiple locations. If I hadn’t noticed their muscular builds, unlike the frailty of ordinary villagers, I might have been fooled."

Mo Jiuya turned to the direction of his men and commanded, "Everyone, take your positions and prepare to engage the enemy."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Mo Family brothers each led a team to their assigned positions according to the earlier plan.

Mo Jiuya stood at the highest point, using a night vision telescope to observe the situation in the distance.

Two hours later, a group of people indeed appeared on the main road, with their numbers estimated to be at least 200.

The experts sent by the Empress were naturally highly skilled martial artists, and their hearing was exceptional.

The Mo Family brothers and their men dispersed to hide. Since Mo Jiuya couldn't loudly alert everyone of the approaching enemies, he took out a prepared signal flare and launched it when the enemies were approximately two li away.

The signal flare had a very unique appearance upon launch, with no sound, just a thin line of light, resembling a meteor streaking across the night sky.

Anyone unaware might mistake it for a meteor.

Despite being in ancient times, this was a common natural phenomenon and wouldn't arouse suspicion from the enemies.

Sure enough, the leader of the assassins only glanced at the quickly disappearing light before calling out to his men to continue forward.

"Everyone, move faster. We must reach Xiling Village before midnight."

With that, he led the way, pushing his speed to the limit with his lightness skill, and the assassins followed closely at the same speed.

Soon, the assassins entered the ambush set by the Mo Family brothers.

The Mo Family brothers and their men were seasoned veterans of the battlefield and were highly experienced in ambushing enemies.

The only difference today was that the enemies were skilled martial artists, unlike the soldiers on the battlefield who only knew basic combat techniques.

So what if they had internal energy and martial skills?

They would ensure that these enemies would not return alive.

Each of the Mo Family brothers commanded their squad to act.

Countless arrows shot through the night sky, aimed at the assassins.

The leader of the assassins reacted quickly, immediately shouting a warning when he sensed danger, "Ambush, be careful!"

However, his words couldn't outpace the speed of the repeating crossbows. As soon as he finished speaking, the sounds of people falling one after another echoed.

Further warnings were too late, as the second batch of arrows had already flown towards him, piercing various parts of his body.

The deadly warriors quickly drew the soft swords hidden at their waists to fend off the dense arrows.

The head of the deadly warriors immediately sensed that this defense could not last. At any moment, a moment's lapse might allow an arrow to hit its mark.

Behind him, many of his subordinates had already fallen.

In this situation, the best strategy was to locate the archers' hiding spots and launch a counterattack.

However, how could the Mo Family brothers possibly give them such an opportunity?

Arrows continued to rain down on the deadly warriors like a relentless storm.

The deadly warriors could only desperately resist and had no chance to pinpoint the attackers' positions.

In the blink of an eye, half of the deadly warriors had fallen, their screams filling the air.

Fortunately, the location was remote, surrounded by vast mountain ranges, with no villages or passersby nearby.

No matter how loudly they screamed, it would not attract anyone’s attention.

The Mo Family had prepared thoroughly for the ambush and had considered that the number of people coming from the Imperial City would not be few. Before setting out, they had brought plenty of arrows.

The soldiers had not experienced the exhilaration of such combat in a long time, and as they saw more and more deadly warriors fall, their morale only grew higher.

According to the pre-arranged plan, to prevent any deadly warriors from quietly escaping, Mo Jiuya led a team to quickly move to the rear of the deadly warriors to encircle them.

Now, the deadly warriors were trapped between two fronts, and those with less resolve who wanted to escape had no chance.

Within a quarter of an hour, all the deadly warriors had fallen, and even those still alive were pierced by numerous crossbow bolts.

The Mo Family brothers were already aware of the identities of these individuals and had no need to obtain any confessions.

Mo Jiuya shouted, “Stop.”

At his command, the soldiers ceased their actions and moved in an orderly fashion from all directions to surround the deadly warriors.

At the same time, the eldest brother had already ordered the torches to be lit.

As the torches were lit, the area instantly brightened.

Looking at the deadly warriors lying on the ground, it was clear, as Mo Chuhan had said, that they wore ordinary civilian clothes and were all strong and robust individuals.

Without any orders from the Mo Family, the soldiers began checking for any signs of life among the deadly warriors, and for those still alive, they would finish them off with a final blow, ensuring no one survived.

In the past, after handling the deadly warriors, the Mo Family brothers would have silently disposed of the corpses and cleared the battlefield to make it seem as though nothing had occurred.

However, considering how the Empress had gone too far, Mo Jiuya intended to do otherwise this time.

He intentionally left the bodies of the deadly warriors where they lay.

Leaving the bodies was one thing, but Mo Jiuya was not negligent enough to leave behind the arrows shot from the repeating crossbows.

More importantly, all the money and identification tokens on the deadly warriors' bodies were collected.

The soldiers understood this principle as well, and without waiting for orders from the Mo Family brothers, after dealing with the deadly warriors, they collected every single arrow that had been shot, leaving none behind.

Although this place was not far from City Yun, it was still under the jurisdiction of the prefecture.

It was believed that by early the next morning, the local prefect would receive news of the more than two hundred bodies there.

All the mercenaries were confirmed dead, so even if he wanted to investigate, there would be no clues, and he could only report it to the imperial court.

At that point, the mastermind would surely grasp what had happened to these mercenaries.

With so many mercenaries silently wiped out in a single night, if they intended to target the Mo Family again, they would need to reassess their own strength.

Of course, the mastermind could only assume that the Mo Family was responsible, but they couldn’t act openly, since there was no evidence linking the killings to the Mo Family.

Ultimately, Mo Jiuya’s actions were a warning to the Empress’s faction.