Half an hour later, everyone had withdrawn from that ice cavern.

Dongfang Haojie had already learned the full story from Yang Ling and silently sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Chief Constable Yang, this Heavenly Wolf Guard is truly insane. What a pity this woman died—otherwise, we could've extracted some important intelligence from her mouth."

"What important intelligence?"

Yang Ling was slightly taken aback.

He had struck the moment he arrived and hadn't heard what this woman had said.

Dongfang Haojie immediately repeated the woman's exact words.

"Water Bodhi seed? Qilin Armor?"

Yang Ling's expression grew increasingly grave. So his guess had been correct after all.

Every team had a different target!

"With so many Seventh-Rank experts being deployed here, the Heavenly Wolf Guard Commander must have at least an eighty percent chance of success this time..." Dongfang Haojie said in a deep voice.

Then it should be less than eighty percent now.

Yang Ling thought carefully. If he hadn't been present, the Fourth Prince's group would have suffered heavy losses.

Dongfang Haojie and the others would either be recruited or die here.

Calculating it this way, the Heavenly Wolf Guard's operation this time truly had overwhelming odds.

"That Commander probably couldn't have accounted for players arriving in the Divine Realm..."

"Chief Constable Yang, there seems to be a map on her body!"

Zhang Shendao crouched beside the woman's corpse to examine it, and his expression immediately turned serious.

"A map!? So the Heavenly Wolf Guard really did get their hands on a map of Water Qilin Cave! How did they manage that!?"

Dongfang Haojie nearly cursed.

Water Qilin Cave was on Zhao State territory. Zhao State hadn't even produced a usable map yet, but the Heavenly Wolf Guard already had one?

The Divine Sect disciples were also at a loss for words at this moment.

Before long, the map landed in Yang Ling's hands.

Dongfang Haojie and the others crowded around to look as well.

This beast-hide map was strange. It didn't show any routes, just some black dots.

Some of the black dots were smaller, some larger, with deeper colors.

「Water Qilin Cave Map (Incomplete, One-Third)」

"What the hell kind of map is this?"

Dongfang Haojie instinctively looked up at the icicles hanging above: "Do these black dots represent those icicles?"

Everyone was also stunned. If that were the case, ordinary people really couldn't read a map like this.

To them, those icicles above all looked the same sometimes, and looking at them too long would make their eyes blur...

"I'm guessing this is a map using these icicles as markers."

Yang Ling nodded lightly. That was what he thought too. Some of the black dots matched the icicles in his memory.

「Water Qilin Cave Map loading...」

Information surfaced, and in no time, a new map appeared in the Map Section of his Status Panel—exactly the one in his hand.

Yang Ling opened it to take a look, and a virtual map instantly materialized before his eyes.

At this moment, he looked up and realized that the marked points on this virtual map aligned perfectly vertically with the icicles above.

"This way, cross-referencing the map will be much easier. A good memory is no match for a bad pen."

Yang Ling's eyes lit up.

"Chief Constable Yang, look here—there's a red circle drawn here. Does it mean there's a Water Bodhi seed here?"

Dongfang Haojie pointed at a spot on the map.

The Divine Sect disciples all stretched their necks to look, excitement flashing in their eyes.

But they immediately became a bit disheartened.

They couldn't understand this map at all. Having markings was useless.

"It's possible. This should be the final destination for this batch of Rong Tribe spies."

Yang Ling pondered. "But we can't read the markings on this map for now, so having it is useless."

He casually handed the map to Dongfang Haojie: "Senior Brother Dongfang, you're a Divine Sect disciple. This map should be kept by you for the time being."

Zhang Shendao's eyes went wide, wanting badly to remind Yang Ling.

Dongfang Haojie was slightly stunned, then gave an embarrassed smile and declined: "Chief Constable Yang, you're the one who killed her. The map should naturally be kept by you."

"I still need to go notify the others. Having the map on me is too dangerous."

Yang Ling waved his hand: "This map will be kept by Senior Brother Dongfang."

Dongfang Haojie's expression turned solemn: "Then I'll gratefully accept. Chief Constable Yang, rest assured, I will guard this map well!"

Yang Ling nodded slightly to himself. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about anything when acting.

No one would suspect that he already possessed this map, or even knew how to navigate the markings on it. At worst, they'd think he just spent some time finding the route.

Just then, everyone suddenly felt tremors coming from beneath their feet.

Looking up, they saw dust and snow flying in the distance.

A group of Frost Force Bears charged out.

These Frost Force Bears were generally smaller in size. The largest one led the charge at the front, and when it saw Yang Ling, it roared loudly.

"Frost Force Bear? It has this many kin? But these kin's attributes should be inferior to it—they're all a size smaller."

Yang Ling tried again, but still couldn't view the attribute panels of this group of Frost Force Bears.

He suddenly wondered if he had to kill one to unlock the Frost Force Bear data before he could see their attributes.

"Chief Constable Yang... this group of Frost Force Bears is coming with fierce momentum..."

Dongfang Haojie swallowed his saliva.

Before coming, he already knew there were mutant beasts like Frost Force Bears in Water Qilin Cave.

The one leading the charge, judging by its size, was definitely an adult specimen.

Its strength was at least at the lower Sixth-Rank level.

The others were at least at the Seventh-Rank level!

There were probably about twenty-something of them.

"You all run to the left later. I'll run to the right. They should be coming for me."

With that, Yang Ling was already making his escape, his figure turning into a blur as he dashed to the right.

Before Dongfang Haojie and the others could react, the group of Frost Force Bears, following their leader's roar, charged after Yang Ling, not even glancing at the Divine Sect disciples.

"This..."

Dongfang Haojie's expression was complicated: "So Chief Constable Yang offended the Frost Force Bears..."

"Senior Brother Dongfang, aren't we going to help!?"

Some Divine Sect disciples drew their weapons, their expressions solemn.

"Chief Constable Yang said to run. Do you know what that means? Going head-to-head with this group of Frost Force Bears? What are we worth? Are we qualified?"

Dongfang Haojie let out a soft sigh: "Put away your weapon."

"... "

That Divine Sect disciple awkwardly sheathed his weapon.

"Chief Constable Yang's movement technique is extremely high-level. He should be able to get away. We need to go find Chi Qingyao and the others now and spread the news about this Rong Tribe spy invasion."

Dongfang Haojie said in a deep voice: "This matter concerns the reputation of our Zhao State martial arts world. If the Rong Tribe spies succeed, not only will we die, but the entire Zhao State martial arts world will lose face!"

"What's that saying from our Divine Sect!?"

"Unbroken bones fear no fire's breath, only innocence left after death!"

The Divine Sect disciples shouted in unison.

"Keep it down!"

Dongfang Haojie was slightly startled, then immediately led the team away from here.

Meanwhile, Yang Ling pushed his speed to the limit across the Snowy Ice Plain.

The dust and snow behind him grew farther and farther away, until he couldn't see them anymore.

"Trying to chase me? Ridiculous."

Yang Ling let out a cold sneer, then began carefully examining the map, cross-referencing it with the icicles above his head.

Five minutes later, his eyes lit up as he found the marked location. Cross-referencing with this marker, he immediately worked out a route!

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