Twenty minutes ago, Xia Chuhe had just obtained the dungeon core. This core wasn't anything special, and Xia Chuhe casually put it into his farm.
Among the new recruits who came with them was a woman named Dashan.
She took a half step forward, her combat boots crushing a clump of dry camel thorns: "Lord, there are two small factions around here. We need to leave as soon as possible to avoid them coming to demand benefits."
"What force? How big is it?" Xia Chuhe asked as he sent a message to Li Qiusheng and others to bring their troops over.
"One is called Sand City, and the other is called Silent Valley. They cover an area roughly half the size of Taotie City, but the exact number of people is unknown."
Upon hearing that the small force was only half the size of Taotie City, Xia Chuhe immediately felt relieved.
She wasn't exaggerating, but within the same area, no other city could support as many people as Taotie City. After all, besides the various resources Xia Chuhe had accumulated in the past, she also had farms that could continuously provide crops and meat.
Xia Chuhe said, "We won't leave. We'll wait."
...
And that's how the scene just now came about.
The lean man from Shacheng, intimidated by Xia Chuhe's imposing presence, remained outwardly calm, but his hands discreetly slipped behind his back. He feigned composure: "Who are you?"
"An unknown person, not worth mentioning."
Xia Chuhe wasn't lying; she was indeed the first of the 02 certified nobodies.
The lean man narrowed his eyes and said arrogantly, "I don't kill nameless people. Tell me your name and let's have a match."
Xia Chuhe frowned slightly, and flames quietly enveloped the people of Shacheng: "Xia Chuhe, that's my name."
At that moment, another woman in Shacheng pinched the thin man's ring finger, meaning that she had never heard of him and that he was not famous.
The lean man was overjoyed. He gently raised his arms, and the scorpion tattoos on his arms glistened in the blazing sun, instantly stirring up a cloud of dust that extinguished the flames.
A tall woman suddenly stepped out from the silent crowd of Jingmo Valley. She stood side by side with the lean man, placed a hand on his shoulder, and stared intently at Xia Chuhe. The lingering heat of the flames was completely suppressed, and a chill ran through everyone's faces.
Xia Chuhe snapped his fingers, easily dispelling the chill.
"Together?" The lean man looked at the tall woman, who nodded.
Xia Chuhe said slowly and deliberately, "Two against one is not fair."
The lean man and the tall woman didn't care about any of that; without saying a word, they attacked Xia Chuhe directly.
Amidst the swirling dust and sand, Xia Chuhe unhesitatingly transformed into soil and cried out urgently, "Mountain!"
Da Shan reacted quickly, first casting a protective shield on Xia Chuhe's other recruit.
The others from Shacheng and Silent Valley were equally unreasonable, following closely behind the lean man as they attacked.
However, Xia Chuhe, who used his earth-transformation ability, moved through the sandstorm with ease, his body transforming into countless tiny particles of soil, which then materialized behind the lean man like a ghost in the next instant.
With a thought, Xia Chuhe conjured a dagger out of thin air and swiftly plunged it into the lean man's chest.
All of this happened in just a few seconds.
The dust storm subsided instantly after the emaciated man died.
Having already escaped the encirclement, Xia Chuhe quietly wiped his dagger, as elegant as a dancer taking her final bow.
The tall woman who had just surrounded the mountain and the others were all a little confused and didn't realize what had happened for a moment.
However, they never had another chance to deal with it.
A cloud of dust billowed up from the ground, stirred up by someone driving at high speed. A figure slowly emerged from the dust, seemingly led by Wang Mei.
At the same time, a small crack suddenly appeared on the ground. The crack swam to the encirclement and then suddenly rose up, revealing a grinning, goofy Li Qiusheng.
Reinforcements have arrived!
The army marched through Taotie City, covering a distance of nearly 100 kilometers in less than half an hour.
The situation reversed instantly; the people of Sand City and Silent Valley, who were originally surrounding each other, were now surrounded by the people of Taotie City.
Li Qiusheng rubbed his hands together, eager to try: "It's been a long time since I've killed anyone, who can I kill?"
In the brief exchange just now, Xia Chuhe only remembered the lean man and the tall woman, and had no impression of the others.
Therefore, Xia Chuhe casually pointed to the tall woman: "Kill her first."
"Alright!" Li Qiusheng replied and made his move without hesitation.
The tall woman cried out in terror, "No..."
A phantom image of an ancient bronze bell appeared above the woman's head, and she immediately shut her mouth. Unfortunately, it was too late; blood was continuously gushing from her ears and nose.
The woman immediately waved her right hand in the air, the movement very small, as if she were writing. She did so quickly that no one else could see what she wrote.
As the woman moved, the bleeding gradually decreased. When she stopped moving, the bleeding stopped completely.
Confused, Li Qiusheng raised his knife and lifted the woman's chin: "What's going on?"
The woman silently begged for mercy, her mouth clearly saying, "Don't kill me."
Li Qiusheng remained unmoved, and the tip of the knife pierced the woman's skin.
The woman cried out in pain, and the ancient bronze bell exploded, blasting her body into pieces.
Li Qiusheng quickly turned and dodged behind him, escaping the aftershocks of the explosion. She got up, dusted off her soiled combat uniform, and muttered under her breath, "Damn it, I haven't even made a move yet!"
The death of the tall woman seemed to trigger a plea for mercy from the others.
The people of Shacheng knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Don't kill us, we were just following orders... Please let us go... We promise we'll never cause trouble again..."
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