Just a few minutes ago, I was thinking about the gap between myself and people like Cao Xiong.

But when the two sides actually got to the point of close combat, I found that when people are facing life and death, they don't have much time to think.

My crossbow bolt shot out and struck Cao Xiong precisely in the chest.

However, no blood spurted out.

Cao Xiong's bulletproof vest protected him from the fatal damage of the crossbow bolts, but the powerful impact still knocked him to the ground.

"Bang! Bang!"

When the person behind me saw me attacking Cao Xiong, he raised his pistol and started shooting at us.

The bullet hit the stone pillar next to me, sending shards of stone flying and forcing me back.

At this moment, Cao Xiong also got up from the ground and roared, "Damn it! This bastard dared to ambush me! Drag him out and sever his tendons!"

"Bang! Bang!"

As soon as Cao Xiong finished speaking, the two men next to him began to take turns firing at the rock where I was hiding. The bullets completely blocked both sides of the stone pillar, leaving me no room to dodge.

"Throw grenades and blow them to bits!"

I roared from behind the stone pillar, then grabbed a rock and hurled it forward.

"Bang!"

The stone I threw landed perfectly in the campfire in front of me.

Cao Xiong and his two companions saw the sparks flying everywhere and scattered instantly, then began looking for cover nearby.

"Bang bang bang!"

I took the opportunity to run out from behind the stone pillar and fired continuously at their hiding place. While suppressing Cao Xiong and the others, I led Manjing towards Wei Shengnan and the others.

"Xiao Duan! Xiao Duan! Help me!!"

When Song Laosan saw me there, he immediately started struggling, shouting, "I'm here! Help me!"

At that moment, all my attention was focused on Jiang Man. When I heard Song Laosan's roar, I drew a throwing knife from my waist and hurled it at him with all my might.

Lately, I have been following Ma Mian's instructions, spending an hour every day practicing throwing knives. My accuracy is within ten meters, and I can almost say that I hit the target every time.

I cut the rope binding Song Laosan with my throwing knife and got up to rescue Qu Ruilin and the others. However, Cao Xiong noticed that the "grenade" I threw hadn't detonated for several seconds and realized something was wrong. He ran out from behind cover.

Seeing this, Song Laosan had no choice but to abandon his attempt to save the person and ran forward with me.

"Da da da!"

The other side realized they had been tricked and immediately pulled the trigger of their submachine gun all the way down.

This was the first time I had ever been shot at. I could clearly hear the bullets whizzing past my ears, and one bullet even grazed my head. The sensation of the airflow made me feel like I had been slapped.

The place where they were resting was located at the highest point of the ridge. It was a raised circular platform, somewhat like a large chessboard. As they opened fire, I jumped off the edge of the platform, dodging the dense bullets.

"thump!"

Song Laosan jumped off the platform behind me, panting, and asked, "How did you end up here?"

I saw the flashlight beams flashing ahead, but ignored Song Laosan: "Manjing, how are you?"

Manjing pulled out his belt and wrapped it haphazardly around his arm twice: "I took a bullet to the arm, but it's just a scratch, nothing serious!"

"Walk!"

I heard footsteps on the stone platform and knew that Cao Xiong was about to catch up. I took a few running steps and jumped into a crevice in the stone, quickly moving forward.

The crevice was only five or six meters long. When I reached the end, I could see the view above from above using my night vision goggles.

Outside this crevice is a valley five meters wide, with cliffs seven or eight meters high on both sides. The two large rocks at the front act like a gate, serving as the valley's exit.

The men from the Black Robe Organization who had just chased after them were all guarding the exit.

"Bang! Bang!"

I saw those people blocking the exit, and I kept pulling the trigger at them.

"Damn it! Someone's been let through from behind! Get cover!"

The valley offered excellent visibility, and the person opposite was completely exposed to my gun. Hearing the sudden gunshot, he could only hide behind a large rock to the side.

"Walk!"

My gun only had one magazine, and I was about to run out of bullets. Taking advantage of the enemy's dodge, I ran as fast as I could towards the valley exit.

"Bang! Crack!"

When I was halfway there, in order to prevent the other side from jumping out and intercepting us, I kept firing at the rocks, but soon I heard the sound of empty guns.

He's out of bullets!

A shout came from behind the rock, and then an arm holding a gun stretched out.

"when!"

Just then, a crossbow bolt struck a nearby rock, and the sparks startled the man, causing him to turn back.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, we rushed through the exit.

Behind the exit, the monkey was still holding its crossbow in a firing position. Seeing me pass through the stone gate, it shouted a warning: "Young Master Duan, be careful, there's a cliff behind you!"

Upon closer inspection, I saw that behind the exit was a three-meter-wide stone platform, and below that was a cliff.

Seeing that only the monkey was on the steps, I became nervous: "Where are Jiang Man and Lin Que?"

"Down there!"

The monkey pointed to the cliff: "We originally came around from the other side, but when we got here, we triggered the alarm! To avoid our pursuers, we had no choice but to evacuate from here! Everyone originally wanted to rappel down, but Lin Que, the first one to go down, got stuck in mid-air because the fall arrestor malfunctioned. Jiang Man went down to rescue him!"

As soon as the monkey finished speaking, Cao Xiong's roar echoed from the valley inside: "Where is everyone?"

The person inside replied, "They've taken cover on the other side; the terrain there is more advantageous than ours. We can't break through!"

Zhou Xiong was clearly still brooding over my attack, and he roared hysterically, "Useless! Hold them off, throw the explosives!"

"Da da da!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people outside began firing wildly at the exit.

"The space here is too cramped. We can't wait for them to throw the explosives. Let's get out of here!"

I waved to the others, then looked down and yelled, "Jiang Man, how's it going on your end?"

Our cliff is about 30 meters high, and Jiang Man and Lin Que were hanging halfway down it.

Hearing my shout, Jiang Man looked up and replied, "The situation is not optimistic. Lin Que's equipment is stuck and it will take some time to open!"

I heard hurried footsteps outside and growled, "It's too late, I'll pull you all up!"

"Da da da!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another gunshot rang out.

After Cao Xiong arrived, the people outside became noticeably more aggressive and began firing wildly at the inside.

"call out!"

The monkey fired a crossbow bolt outside, then grabbed another rope and swung it down: "Young Master Duan, it's too late, run!"