Xue Dong's words resonated with me.

The Black Robe Organization has many feng shui masters. The fact that they were able to find this place and use explosives to destroy it means they must have discovered something.

While Xue Dong was blocking those people, I quickly retreated, turned around and used the travel bag on my back to withstand the attacks of several people, then jumped to the side, preparing to escape the melee and rush into the valley.

Faced with these well-trained experts in black robes, I didn't know if the people we brought could withstand their onslaught, so I wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get to the entrance as quickly as possible and find out what was going on.

As I retreated, several of Jiang's bodyguards followed me, stepping back to avoid the immediate battle and rushing towards the people guarding the other side.

Among the people guarding the valley, the leader saw a group of us rushing towards them and pointed at us, saying, "Stop them!"

"kill!"

With a roar, the people around him charged towards us.

Seeing those people approaching, I quickened my pace. When the distance between us was about ten meters, I reached out, lifted my coat, pulled out two throwing knives, and threw them.

Caught off guard, I took down two of the opponents in an instant. Taking advantage of the fact that two of them were down, our team tore open a gap and rushed forward.

When the leader saw that we had broken through the defenses, he pulled out a nine-section whip from his waist and said, "Kill them all!"

"Buzz!"

The steel whip whistled as it swept towards us. A bodyguard in front, holding a steel pipe, instinctively used his weapon to block it. However, the steel whip collided with his weapon and then fell onto him, leaving a bloody wound.

It was only then that I noticed that the steel whip in the man's hand was covered in barbs; if you got one on it, you'd have to peel off a layer of skin.

As the leader brandished his steel whip, three of our men were knocked down as we rushed forward. The others, wary of his weapon, scattered and dodged.

In this way, the men in black robes quickly regained their footing and began to launch a counterattack.

"With your pathetic skills, you think you can compete with me?"

Seeing that we couldn't break through the defenses, the leader, who was holding a steel whip, rushed up and lashed me with it again.

I had just witnessed his prowess, and I dared not confront his attack head-on. I dodged to the side, but he simply flicked his wrist, and the steel whip changed direction, sweeping towards my ankle.

Just as I was about to jump up to dodge the attack, a figure suddenly appeared beside me and planted a staff in his hand into the ground.

"Smack!"

The steel whip struck the staff, instantly wrapping around it several times. The person wielding the staff hooked their ankle and stepped on the whip.

When I saw the person who came to my aid, my eyes widened in disbelief: "It's you?"

The man wielding the staff was the same tomb raider who had traded intelligence with me in Ping'an Village, and whom I had even given a pack of cigarettes to in Qingyun Town.

Although we had dealt with each other before, I didn't even know his name, so I never expected him to reach out.

"I've said it before, we're destined to meet, we should help each other."

As the other leader whipped back, the man kicked the stick and used the kicked-up sand and gravel to attack him: "Brother, we're all here to make money. Now I'm helping you. Once we're inside the stronghold, don't block my path to wealth. Let's fight it out! Brothers, charge through and open the gates!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, the seven or eight people who came with him rushed forward. The weapons these people carried were strange, including knives, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks of all shapes and sizes, and each of them was exceptionally fierce.

Under the cover of his companions, the man charged at the leader in black robes, wielding a staff. He feinted an attack to trick the leader into making a move, then raised the staff horizontally and struck the leader in the chest, knocking him down.

Seeing the man swing his stick, the team leader scrambled to the side and hysterically yelled, "Brother Xiong!"

"Charge!"

I seized this rare opportunity, broke through the black-robed guards' defenses, and sprinted inside, simultaneously slashing the power lines in the valley with my sword.

After running forward for more than ten meters, I could see a huge cave at the end of the valley.

The mountain wall on that side had been blasted open, and the loess collapsed down, revealing the rocks below and a cave above. Although the cave was naturally formed, there were traces of artificial carving at the entrance, with the patterns filled with soil.

In the depths of the mountains and forests, a cave that had been buried and showed signs of human activity appeared, which gave me a real thrill.

"Splash!"

At this moment, another group of people rushed out of the bushes next to the cave and ran into the cave.

Although I only saw their profiles, I recognized one of them.

Leopard!

Duan Jinyan's most trusted subordinate!

I saw the leopard appear in that group, and I knew Duan Jinyan must be in that group too. My heart was pounding as I roared, "Charge! Catch them!"

Just as I was about to take a step, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure flying past me out of the corner of my eye. It was the staff that had just saved me.

Hearing heavy footsteps behind me, I turned around and saw Cao Xiong rushing towards me.

Cao Xiong recognized me at a glance and roared with eyes wide with rage, "You little brat, you've ruined our plans time and time again, you're asking for it!"

After saying that, he leaned forward and punched me.

Seeing that Cao Xiong had come unarmed, in order to get rid of him as soon as possible and chase Duan Jinyan, I made a killing move and swung my knife straight at his neck. If he didn't want to die, he would definitely have to use his body to block it. Even if I only injured his arm, I would still have the upper hand.

I thought this strike would pose a threat to Cao Xiong, but to my surprise, he didn't retreat when facing my blade. Instead, he nimbly dodged and then stepped closer to me, using his shoulder to bump into my body.

"Bang!"

Cao Xiong's attack made me feel like I'd been hit by a car; my feet left the ground and I flew backward, gasping for breath in pain, too weak to even get up.

He practices Bajiquan!

This style of boxing emphasizes inch-by-inch interception and forceful strikes in its combat techniques, featuring the characteristics of striking, assisting, squeezing, leaning, collapsing, and shaking.

As one of the most lethal styles of Chinese martial arts, those who are proficient in Bajiquan are all fighting masters. It is said that Bai Wuchang, the master who served the beautiful snake, was a master of Bajiquan.

When Niu Tou was teaching me kung fu, he once said that for a master of Bajiquan, no other fighting technique on the market can compare, especially for someone who has mastered this style of kung fu, whose body is the most effective weapon for killing.

I should have realized that someone like Cao Xiong, who holds a high position in the Black Robe Organization, could not possibly be an ordinary person.