Shi Lang took a deep breath and said, “Senior Brother Yan, you will handle a point five hundred meters south from me. You can take one person with you. Senior Sister Jing, you will move on the northern point with one more person, and at the same distance. We will move in a triangular formation. Senior Brother Tonk, you and the rest of the people will be inside the triangle.

The purpose of the formation is to prevent the enemy from linking us together.”

The girl in blue hanfu asked, “Junior Brother Shi, why? Why are we preventing the enemy from linking us together?”

Shi Lang replied, “Senior Sister, when a group of enemy finds two people closing in on them, they sort of let their guards down. It will be easier to rob and kill.”

The people looked at Shi Lang and Tonk said, “Junior Brother, you are very malicious. I did not expect that.”

The guy from the spear hall, Yan, asked, “Why are you putting Tonk in the center of the triangle?”

Shi Lang replied calmly, “When any of the points of the triangle encounter the enemy, the other two points will flank the enemy and counter them. Senior Brother Tonks will play the rear guard and if needed, his team would be able to rush in and quickly enter a close quarter fight with the enemy.”

Yan and the rest were surprised, and the former commented, “I am glad you are not my enemy.”

Shi Lang could not help but reveal a small smile before going back to normal and said, “Let’s move.”

The people followed Shi Lang’s instructions and they moved together in one unit. They were all smart people and knew how ingenious the formation was. Shi Lang used his sensory ability and sent out a communication message, “We have an enemy team straight ahead. I will engage, you guys surround them from the sides. Okay?”

The two teams nodded, and they moved faster to flank the enemy in the front.

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Before long, they came to the location, Shi Lang stopped and he waited for everyone to get into position before he looked at his partner, a girl from Broken Moon Hall, and said, “Senior Sister Maya, can you provide support?”

Maya nodded and took out her bow and arrow. Shi Lang did not give her the sniper rifle to ease her situation. He did not trust her enough yet. The Terran saw this and holding his spear he dashed toward the team of three people. They had just finished fighting with a spiritual beast and were trying to dig out the precious herb on the ground.

Suddenly they sensed a bunch of people coming onto them, and the three were alerted. One of them saw Shi Lang charging at them alone and dashed with a sneer, “Hmph, you dogs from the Martial Spirit Hall sure have death wish.”

The Terran watched the person come close to him and stab with a long sword. However, Shi Lang channeled his lightning energy in his legs, and changed his direction abruptly before stabbing his spear at the back of the enemies head.

The two accomplices of the enemy exclaimed, “Krum, be careful!”

One of them took out a set of flying knives to attack Shi Lang, when a sharp whistle sound echoed through the woods and hit the guy square on the shoulder. The victim yelled, “Ambush!”

Shi Lang’s movement was so fast that Krum did not have any chance to react and his head was pierced by the spear directly and then it exploded like a watermelon. Shi Lang then turned his focus to the two survivors, and he found Senior Sister Jing, and Senior Sister Yan dealing the final blow to the guys as they took them by surprise.

Shi Lang to them and quickly came forward to pick up the precious herb on the ground. The injured guardian beast growled, it was a black tiger, and Shi Lang said, “Big guy, you were defeated by them, and we defeated them. This belongs to us according to the rules. No?”

The tiger roared softly but he was still radiating the battle intent. However, that was all, he did not move from his place. Shi Lang extracted the sunflower like herb and said, “This thing is good. Take their space rings and check their bodies carefully to salvage all that you can find. We will divide the loot at night.”

The people nodded and so the legend of a notorious group of bandits spread among the disciples. The people from the three families all channelled messaging talismans around trying to gain help from the disciples of the two sects, however, nothing happened.

The two big sects did not see the Three families as an ally, they were aware how mean and arrogant the three families were. If they were to side with the three families, it would cause a certain war among the seven powers.

Another thing that made them not attack the Hall Disciples because the alleged bandits had never once challenged any of their people. They have even given up many treasures solely because the disciples from the two sects had reached their first.

So, the people from the three houses were left to fend off for themselves. Shi Lang was very clear about the dynamics inside the Garden of Eden. The disciples from the two sects were stronger than the people from the two halls, by at least one minor realm. They were all people in the Dao Lord realm.

Out of the forty two of them, Shi Lang had found at least three peak Dao Lords. However, they had been content in doing what they wanted to do. The disciples from the two sects chased after treasures and secluded cultivation.

Over the past week of raiding, Shi Lang and his assault team had found many of the people hiding in seclusion, and they did not disturb them. Every night, the Hall disciples from the assault team would divide their spoils and Shi Lang was given the first choice.

It was his mind that enabled the assault time to not only gain a lot of knowledge, but also learn tactics that could put even the smartest strategist to shame. His wits and cunning had become a charming quality for the people in the team.

At the moment, Shi Lang and the rest of the people were taking shelter inside the cavern, when they received a distress message from the treasure hunting team. The Terran frowned and said, “You all should stay alert, I will go and handle it.”

He had given a space token to his senior sister, and a space tunnel really appeared next to him. Shi Lang did not hesitate and moved through the tunnel.

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In a clearing more than thirty people were surrounded by a rather large group of people. One of the people said, “You all have been surrounded by a spirit diminishing array. Slowly, your spiritual energy will reduce to zero, and then I will have my brothers kill you all. Hahaha, bloody bandits.”

At this moment, a space tunnel opened between the group of thirty six people. Shi Lang appeared holding a long sword in his hand. He asked, “Lady Marissa, what is going on?”

Marissa sighed and said, “They are all from the three families, and they came looking for you and your team. In the past few days, you have killed quite a few of them, and looted all of them.”

Shi Lang shrugged his shoulders and said, “I killed, it was the rest of the people who failed to do so.”

His indifference to the situation shocked the people, and the next moment, one person from the surrounding group yelled, “Brother Dalton, it’s that guy who beat us up and killed Krum.”

The young man called Dalton turned to look at Shi Lang and asked with a cold smile on his face, “So, you are the bloody bandit? Would you like to tell me about your partners and get a quick death or should I torture you first?”

Shi Lang took a look at the person and his figure flashed. He appeared at the edge of the barrier before Dalton laughed out loud and leaned closer to the edge. His brothers and sisters also started laughing. Dalton thought Shi Lang was a fool, and he looked in Terran’s eyes.

The next moment, Dalton found himself surrounded by the disciples of the hall and he was shocked. Shi Lang said, “Trash, would you kneel down to wag your hips, I will give you a place to sit.”

Dalton shivered and he yelled, “You think I am a spineless bug? I will take as many of you down with me as I can.”

Then he turned around to look at the group of disciples rushing toward him, and Dalton made a hand seal, before he yelled, “Die, you swines.”

His body began to turn golden, and then a terrifying explosion shook the Eden Garden.

Boom!!

In reality what happened was that Shi Lang cast an illusion over Dalton, and then forced him to see that he was surrounded by the disciples of the two halls. He was cruel.