"Let's go take a look."
Ye Zixiao bolted into the snowfield.
The others immediately followed.
This area wasn't an uninhabited zone yet, and the snow wasn't thick. Amidst the desolate bushes, one could see small paths where people had walked. One path was particularly clear, seemingly leading to a tribe.
"Put away your guns."
Ye Zixiao commanded as he ran.
The group of five followed the most obvious path for about ten minutes. In a basin ahead, they saw about twenty thatched houses, several of which were on fire.
Someone was firing a gun.
Women were running.
Children were crying their lungs out…
"Are they bandits?"
Tang Keke asked, her expression icy.
"No matter who they are, anyone who harms civilians deserves to die. Charge in with me, finish the battle as quickly as possible, but be absolutely sure not to harm any civilians."
"Understood!"
"Got it!"
The five headed straight for the small tribal settlement.
Upon entering the settlement, the first thing they saw was a woman lying on the ground, her legs being dragged by two men. They seemed to be trying to drag her into a house, but the woman was struggling frantically.
"Please, spare me!"
The woman crawled desperately, begging.
"Come on, come on!"
"Just let me have my fun!"
"Damn it, you want to die?"
"I'll… "
Two men in padded jackets, identified as from the Wu tribe, dragged her along while holding guns. Seeing that the woman still had considerable strength, one of the men lunged forward, raising his rifle butt to smash the woman's head.
*Swish—*
A cold glint flashed.
The man holding the gun froze on the spot.
"Who?"
*Slash—*
While the other man was momentarily stunned, a knife pierced his throat. He stared with wide, incredulous eyes at the Dragon Country beauty before him, utterly unable to make a sound.
"Beasts, die!"
Tang Keke violently withdrew the knife.
The man clutched his neck, swayed twice, and collapsed on the ground, twitching like a worm. The man holding the gun also began bleeding from his neck and fell to the ground with a thud, wriggling like a maggot.
Tang Keke was usually very demure.
However, her attacks were incredibly fierce.
Especially when encountering beasts who harmed women, Tang Keke never showed mercy. Of course, she didn't like to torture people, but once she made a move, no evildoer could escape.
"Ahhh, help me!"
The woman on the ground screamed in terror. But she was clever, quickly crawling to Tang Keke's feet, grabbing her ankle, and pleading, "Immortal maiden, please, save us!"
"Who are they?"
"Hmm? Dragon Country people?"
Just then, two more bandits rushed over, one carrying a chicken and the other a wine jar. Upon seeing the Dragon Country people, they immediately dropped their items and raised their guns.
"Your mom!"
"I'll kill you!"
Leng Shao and Shan Ge immediately launched their attack.
Having followed Ye Zixiao and received much guidance, Leng Shao and Shan Ge, now elevated to Martial Kings, had their combat power skyrocket. With two swift strides, they lunged forward, their blades directly slitting throats.
Both bandits were hit simultaneously.
Their guns fell to the ground, and then they collapsed.
"What's going on?"
Tang Keke crouched down and asked the woman.
"Bandits from Dahai Mountain, they've come to rob us again. Please, help us. Our men are all gone, and they want to snatch our children. Our children cannot be taken away!"
The woman explained everything in one breath.
"How many of them are there?"
"About twenty or so!"
"Where are the women and children?"
"I'll take you there."
The woman hurriedly got up, not even bothering to adjust her clothes, and sprinted towards a larger house in the distance. Ye Zixiao waved his hand, and the five of them followed.
Soon.
The woman arrived behind the large house.
"Hey, this one's good!"
"Sent yourself to our door, hehehe!"
"Beauty, come here quickly!"
Behind the large house, there were indeed over twenty bandits. They were in the process of picking the lock of a cellar door. Upon seeing the woman approach, they immediately targeted her.
However.
Before the bandits could even charge forward.
They all froze?!
Ye Zixiao and his four companions, all holding knives, suddenly appeared behind the woman, startling the bandits. After all, outsiders rarely appeared in this place.
Dragon Country people were even rarer?
"Who are you guys?"
"Oh my, what a beautiful woman!"
"This one's good, this one's good!"
"I want her…"
After a moment of alarm, the bandits quickly reverted to their brigand nature. They didn't take the five suddenly appearing Dragon Country people seriously. Instead, they raised their guns and charged towards Ye Zixiao and his group.
Of course.
Their targets were all focused on Tang Keke.
After all, Tang Keke was too beautiful!
"Kill!"
Ye Zixiao ordered with a cold face.
"Die!"
Tang Keke was the first to strike.
The first one to charge was decapitated while still running. His head rolled several meters away, and his body took a few more steps before crashing to the ground with a thud.
A decapitating blow?!
So fast it was invisible to the naked eye?!
Seeing their comrade's head severed from his body.
The remaining bandits were stunned!
"What happened?"
"I, I, I'm seeing things?"
"Not good, it's a master."
The bandits exclaimed and were about to fire.
But it was too late.
Tang Keke swung her blades twice more, slitting the throats of two bandits. Ye Zixiao leaped forward and unleashed a flurry of slashes, beheading four more. Leng Shao and Shan Ge had also arrived.
Twenty or so bandits.
They weren't even enough for Tang Keke to kill on her own.
Even the young beggar who didn't know martial arts picked up a large rock and smashed it repeatedly onto the head of a bandit who wasn't quite dead.
"Beasts that are not human!"
The young beggar cursed in anger.
A flurry of *swish, swish, swish*…
A chorus of *ahhh, ahhh, ahhh*…
The woman who had led them gaped, watching all this with disbelief. Before she could process the reality, all twenty or so bandits had fallen, with only two or three still breathing.
"Smash you, smash you!"
The young beggar used his rock as a finishing weapon.
Everything happened too quickly, so fast that the bandits didn't even know how they died. But this was the price evil doers should pay, to die with their eyes wide open, to never find peace.
When all the bandits were dead.
Ye Zixiao discovered another woman.
Near the entrance of the cellar lay a woman covered in blood. She was dead, clearly tortured to death. Her fingernails were filled with blood, indicating she had clawed at the bandits before she died.
"Sister, my sister!"
The leading woman rushed over and wailed uncontrollably.
Yes, the deceased was her sister!
When the bandits arrived, the elderly, women, and children all hid in the cellar. Only these two sisters did not enter. One was responsible for locking it, and the other for luring the bandits away.
Unfortunately and pitiably.
The one responsible for locking was tortured to death.
The one who attracted the bandits was captured.
If not for Ye Zixiao's arrival.
This tribe would likely have had no survivors.
Leng Shao severed the chains with a knife and pulled open the heavy iron plate. Ye Zixiao and the others gathered around, looking down almost simultaneously. After a glance, everyone's brows furrowed.
The cellar wasn't very large.
But it was packed with people below.
There were several middle-aged women, two elderly women, and several young women. The most numerous were the children, ranging from teenagers to five or six-year-olds, and a few crying infants.
The people in the cellar were extremely panicked.
Like a flock of sheep waiting to be slaughtered!
A young woman stood up, swept her hair back, deliberately revealing her face. Trembling, she looked up at the people above and pleaded, "Don't take the children. Do whatever you want with me!"
She was very beautiful!
But her eyes held an extreme despair!