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"Enemy attack, send a message quickly!" A loud shout came from inside the cave, and several people came back to their senses.

The leader grabbed the collar of the man in black who had run out and angrily asked, "What's going on?"

The man in black trembled. "Someone attacked the granary, and many of our brothers died... My Lord, my Lord has ordered us to quickly support the granary and transport the "stone powder" out to protect the research and production cave!"

The leader heard what he said and jumped out of the cave to sound the fire signal. "You stay here to guard, the rest of you, quickly follow me to provide support!"

The twenty or so people who were summoned quickly entered the cave, leaving only eight people guarding the cave entrance.

Looking at the twenty or so people who went in, Luo Yao felt worried for Yuan Zhaoling and his group.

"Aren't there too many people? Will my second brother and the others be in danger?"

Bei Zhenting shook his head. "The Qixia Zhou Clan's reputation as the world's best martial artist isn't in vain. Furthermore, these people are top-notch experts called over by the Qixia Zhou Clan's young master."

All the defending forces in the cave rushed towards the stone forest. Yuan Zhaoling's hands were sore from chopping people, and he cursed Bei Zhenting in his heart.

"Master, why are there more and more of them the more we kill? Are all of them going to come here?"

Yuan Xueying's eyes were red with rage. "No matter how many of them come, I'll kill them all!"

They were all killed in one wave, and just as they were catching their breath, nearly a hundred people jumped out of the cave.

"Oh my god! Why are there so many!"

Yuan Zhaoling used his sword to block the attack of a burly man in black. The man was so strong that his hand became numb and the sword almost slipped out of his hand.

The man's attack was too fierce. Yuan Zhaoling had just tightened his grip on the sword when the strong man immediately followed up with a few more slashes. Yuan Zhaoling had no way to fight back and could only keep defending.

Yuan Xueying was also fighting with difficulty. Glancing at Yuan Zhaoling who was at a disadvantage, he wanted to stab the man to death immediately. However, he was surrounded by five people and had no time to provide support. He was extremely anxious.

While paying attention to Yuan Zhaoling's situation, he was fighting with the five people. Yuan Zhaoling was overwhelmed and was almost injured by the five men in black several times.

"Hahahaha, you guys are so small and you still want to fight us? Tell us who sent you here, and I'll spare your lives. Otherwise, I'll send you all to hell!"

"It's you who will go to hell!" Yuan Zhaoling blocked the strong man's machete.

"court death!"

The sturdy man flew forward with his eyes wide open and slashed with a knife. Yuan Zhaoling tried to block with his sword, but was directly knocked away.

"It hurts... It hurts so much... " The hand holding the sword was shaking and he couldn't hold the sword at all. After being beaten for such a long time, Yuan Zhaoling felt a sense of grievance in his heart.

"You can't even catch my sword! What a weakling!"

The sturdy man swung his sword towards Yuan Zhaoling.

"Master!" Yuan Xueying shouted, "Get out of here!"

Yuan Xueying struggled to block the person who attacked him, turned his head to look in the direction of Yuan Zhaoling, and the strong man's sword was cut in half by a sword, and the man was kicked out.

"Li Yi!" Yuan Zhaoling blurted out an unfamiliar name. Li Er turned his head and looked at him strangely, "My name is Li Er."

Yuan Zhaoling pouted, "That's not your real name, I don't..."

Li Er's eyes became very stern, with an inquiring look in them. Yuan Zhaoling felt as if he had been seen naked, and his words became hesitant. "Thank... Thank you for saving me."

Li Er looked at him for a long time, then said quietly, "Don't call that name in front of others. Get up, if you can't fight, start a fire."

Yuan Zhaoling patted his butt and stood up, saying disdainfully: "Who said that I can't win? I can still kill a hundred people!"

Li Er grabbed his hand and pinched his knuckles. He didn't know where he pinched, but Yuan Zhaoling's face turned pale with pain. "Young Master Yuan, can you still kill a hundred people now?"

Yuan Zhaoling looked at his trembling hands and finally gave in. "Can I really light the fire now?"

Li Er nodded, "You go light the fire and we'll lure the other people into the circle."

Yuan Zhaoling left, and Li Er and his group retreated in defeat. The men in black wouldn't let them retreat, and they rushed forward, intent on killing them all. The two sides pursued each other, and the battle shifted from the cave entrance to the center of the stone forest, where a stalemate ensued.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Yuan Zhaoling had arrived at the ignition site.

"Retreat!" Li Er gave an order, and the group retreated while fighting.

"You killed so many of our brothers and you still want to run away? Give me your life!"

Yuan Xiaobei: "Do you dare to come over?"

The man in black, who was about to fly forward to kill, stopped and said, "There's a trap? What did you do?"

The group looked at each other and didn't dare to move forward.

The assassins laughed heartily. Yuan Xiaobei's expression was truly provocative. "Aren't you planning on hunting us down? Why aren't you coming over?"

"Looking for death!" A burly man in black flew forward and aimed at Yuan Xiaobei's vital point. Li Er blocked the man's sword with a knife and kicked him back.

When the men in black saw Li Er's kung fu, they looked at him with fear and no one dared to step forward.

"Do you smell anything?" A man in black looked around in confusion. There was a pungent smell in the air.

"What is this? Poison?" Everyone quickly covered their mouths and noses and held their breath.

Suddenly there was a deafening explosion, and all the people in the circle were blown away. The black-clad man in the lead had his arm blown off, and he fell heavily on the stone pillar, spitting blood.

"What did you... do?"

"Gunpowder, aren't you researching gunpowder? Haven't you seen the power of gunpowder?" No one present had seen the power of gunpowder, not even Yuan Xiaobei, but that didn't stop him from mocking this group of people.

Yuan Xueying: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's so loud, I'm almost going deaf!"

When the explosion occurred, everyone quickly retreated several meters to avoid being injured. The terrifying scene of the machete exploding and the earth collapsing left everyone with lingering fears and horror on their faces. "What the hell is this? Such destructive power!"

"I didn't believe the prince when he said he'd use gunpowder. Now it seems that if we can lure these people into the encirclement, we won't have to do it ourselves. This thing is too terrifying!"

"Oh my god, my ears are deaf!" Yuan Zhaoling's voice came from a hidden place. Everyone looked in his direction, only to see that the stone pillars he used to hide were blown off in half.

People from both the black and white factions came forward one after another, "Lingzi, are you okay?"

Li Er frowned as he looked at Yuan Zhaoling rubbing his ears.

Yuan Zhaoling shook his head. "What could possibly be wrong with this young master? I just have a little tinnitus in my ears."

The scene after the explosion was disgusting. The few men in black who were not killed in the explosion stumbled into the cave. Li Er and others chased them into the cave through the corpses on the ground.

Hearing the explosion, the people carrying the "stone powder" in the granary stopped and looked, "Could it be that the lord has succeeded?"

"No, it's in the direction of the cave entrance!"

Before they could figure out what had happened, the contents of the opened boxes made them pale. The "stone powder" had been replaced with stone.

After realizing what had happened, the ten people simultaneously dropped the empty boxes and retreated.