Regardless of the veracity of the information, Li Jin couldn't spare any attention for it. So what if the blue-squirrel stream had been controlled by another party? Once he finished matters here at the Bloodcrystal Valley, he could easily reclaim that territory.

Through a messenger, he relayed to those hunters at the blue-squirrel stream to hold out as long as they could. Once he was done here, he would make those raiders pay for what they had done.

Explosions rattled the battlefield in the valley below them: up till now, both the ant swarm and Li Jin's elite hunters had suffered significant losses from the battle.

Of course,...