I relied on leveling up to achieve a comeback.

Xu Hao didn't hesitate for long. He glanced at his free attribute points and immediately started allocating them.

Strength +2, Stamina +1, Agility +1

In an instant, a surge of immense energy empowered his body.

Xu Hao felt a warm sensation all over his body.

In this way, all of his attributes except for his mental attributes reached fifty-eight.

It's only two points away from all attributes reaching 60!

Next, everyone went through the formalities.

Zhao Heshan went to meet with the township head of Baotou Township and explained the reason why Xu Hao killed the red-named person. With the confession of the members of the Changsheng Cult, everyone quickly reached an agreement.

The interrogators revealed the location and personnel configuration of the Changsheng Sect's temporary stronghold.

Next, just like in Huilong Township, the group quietly approached the Changsheng Sect's temporary stronghold in Fortress Township.

This time it's different from the temporary base in the Blackwater Swamp.

Because it is inside a cave.

Xu Hao and his group arrived at this remote mountain peak.

Everyone consciously kept quiet, then looked down at their noses and waited silently.

This wasn't a reed marshland, so there was nothing to cover their tracks. Plus, escape routes were limited in a reed marshland. Therefore, Zhao Heshan dared to ambush them on the only way, and then let Xu Hao charge in alone.

But this place is different; it's a mountain forest, and who knows if the cave might have other origins.

If too many escape, the effectiveness of this operation will be greatly reduced.

We waited until the sun set and darkness was about to fall.

Zhao Heshan stood up, looked at the crowd around him, and said directly, "Everyone be careful. Don't believe everything that Changsheng Sect spy says!"

All the constables naturally understood.

They wouldn't tie their lives to intelligence information that wasn't even fully confirmed yet.

"Everyone, spread out and search for the Changsheng Sect's temporary stronghold. Be careful, the enemy has a martial artist with the fourth level of cultivation. Once you find it, come here to gather immediately. Do not act on your own!" Zhao Heshan instructed.

"Don't worry, we're not that stupid!" the other constables replied solemnly.

Just kidding, even if you don't remind them, they won't act on their own.

This is a martial artist at the fourth level of cultivation. Even if the Longevity Sect took a shortcut and the fourth-level martial artist they promoted was weaker, a fourth-level martial artist is still a fourth-level martial artist!

If you're not careful, you could die!

"Let's go!!" Zhao Heshan waved his hand, and the constables immediately scattered.

The reason for choosing this time is twofold: firstly, it allows me to remain hidden and avoid being easily discovered.

Secondly, the caves of the Longevity Cult require lamps, making it easier to find the specific locations.

About half an hour later, all the constables who had been dispersed returned to this location.

"How is it?" Zhao Heshan asked.

"Found it! It's in a ravine. They covered it with green branches, but the light inside still managed to seep up a little!" Huang Guangliang said.

He was lucky; he found it on his first trip.

If he hadn't been afraid of alerting the spies outside the Changsheng Sect, he could have returned even faster!

"I wonder if they have a way out!" Zhao Heshan turned to Xu Hao and asked, "What do you think?"

"Let's just attack!" Xu Hao pondered for a moment and said directly, "In the previous battle in Huilong Township, some members of the Changsheng Sect escaped. So our situation must have been known to the Changsheng Sect's stronghold."

Therefore, the best tactic is a swift victory!

"That's true!" Zhao Heshan nodded.

With a powerful weapon like Xu Hao around, why bother with roundabout methods?

The fastest way is to charge straight in.

"Let's go!" Xu Hao took the lead.

"Keep up, and be careful to deal with the other hidden cult members!" Zhao Heshan followed closely behind, while also assigning tasks.

Whoosh.

The first crossbow bolt was fired from Huang Guangliang's hand, hitting a hidden scout.

Huang Guangliang was the first to explore this place, so he naturally knew best where the hidden stakes were located.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Everyone was a well-trained and powerful individual; upon contact, a large number of members of the Longevity Cult perished.

These people belong to the heretical path, their discipline is not high, and their cultivation levels are uneven. The outer circle consists of small fry who have not yet broken through to the next level.

Whoosh.

Xu Hao rushed into the cave entrance, wielding his long sword in a horizontal strike.

Each strike takes away a heretic.

"No experience points? Do regular red-name players no longer get experience points?"

Xu Hao looked regretful.

Previously, they would at least give a few experience points, but now they don't give any at all.

However, Xu Hao didn't hesitate for long; he had already followed the passage and headed towards the bottom of the cave.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" a spy from the Changsheng Sect shouted, but the next second, Xu Hao's longsword had already fallen.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the cave, a group of powerful members of the Longevity Cult were plotting how to attack Fortress Township and how to condense the Blood Pill.

"Captain, news has come from the Blackwater Swamp that Qinghe County has dispatched powerful individuals to patrol the surrounding area. Among them are individuals suspected to be at the Strength Realm. Should we lower our guard?"

"What are you afraid of? Even if it is suspected, so what? Qinghe County is so big, how could they possibly know where we are?"

"As long as Ren Hong and the others manage to break through the fortress village, we'll be able to storm in tomorrow night and refine those useless trash into blood pills."

After everyone finished discussing, they all looked at the first martial artist who had reached the fourth level of cultivation.

"Let's see how things go first, and wait for news from Ren Hong and the others. If conditions permit..."

"Ah. Enemy attack."

Just as the captain of the Changsheng Sect was about to give the order, screams and tremors came from one side of the cave.

"What?" The captain of the Changsheng Sect, who had broken through four levels of cultivation, was shocked.

They've already attacked our stronghold?

The key question is, how were they exposed?

"Who is he? I'll kill him!" shouted a powerful member of the Longevity Cult.

They're always the ones bullying others, and now someone dares to come knocking on their door—they're really courting death.

boom.

The next instant, a figure flew from the cave entrance and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Qin Fei?" The members of the Changsheng Sect who stayed behind to discuss the matter were shocked when they saw who had flown in.

This is a powerful cultivator at the second level of cultivation, yet he was just blasted in like that.

"Damn it, could it be that supposedly powerful expert at the Qi Refining Realm mentioned above?" someone exclaimed.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

A fourth-level martial artist is very strong and can act recklessly around Qinghe County, but a martial artist at the Strength Realm is a completely different level.

That is an existence that the Body Tempering Realm absolutely cannot contend with.

"Go! Don't be scared, I can kill Qin Fei too!" The leader of the Changsheng Sect shouted, trying to awaken the fighting spirit of the crowd.

"That's right. With so many of us, how could someone at the Strength Realm possibly be able to surround and annihilate us? He's just a slightly stronger Fourth Breakthrough Martial Artist!"

"Yes, there are too many of us. We could drown him with just one spit from each of us!"

"Moreover, we also have the Blood Fiend Pill. A mere fourth-level cultivator is nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter."

"Kill him! He dares to come to our stronghold? He's dead!"

After shouting for so long, the members of the Longevity Cult even believed it themselves. When they had rushed halfway out, they caught a glimpse of their captain running in the opposite direction.

"Captain, you...???"