Clang, clang, clang!
The surrounding horse bandits quickly surrounded Bai Ye, waving their weapons and hacking at him.
However, all those weapons were blocked by seven-colored sword light, and the crisp sound of weapon clashes was incessant.
Bai Ye suddenly drew his Pulse Twin Guns and pulled the triggers around him.
Bang, bang, bang…
With the sound of gunfire, streaks of azure energy beams continuously shot out, easily piercing through the bodies of the horse bandits.
Crimson blood splattered everywhere, and the smell of blood in the air instantly became much stronger.
"Get out of the way, let me!"
A burly horse bandit roared, holding a Xuanhua great axe. After driving away the surrounding horse bandits, he spurred his horse and charged towards Bai Ye.
As Bai Ye watched him approach, he raised the Xuanhua great axe and swung it down at him.
Then…
Bai Ye made a swift move, grabbed the handle of the great axe, and with a powerful swing, flipped the horse bandit, along with his horse, onto the ground.
With a bang, the warhorse fell, making a loud noise, and dust billowed everywhere.
Bai Ye approached the horse bandit, looking down at him, and then aimed the muzzle of his gun at the horse bandit's head and pulled the trigger.
With a bang!
The horse bandit's head was hit by the beam and instantly exploded, with blood and brains splattering all over the ground.
Bai Ye murmured, "Just ordinary horse bandits?"
Horse bandits were not very powerful, and most of the Chosen could deal with them. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many Chosen lingering at the Great Wall, joining the Great Wall Guard, and accepting hunting missions from the quartermaster every day.
However, since it was a hidden mission, Bai Ye felt there might be some difference, but it didn't seem to have any special features now.
On the other side…
"Brothers, kill!"
The surrounding Chang'an soldiers seemed to have found hope. Although Bai Ye was alone, his bravery was impressive. In the blink of an eye, he had killed more than a dozen horse bandits, giving these Chang'an soldiers hope that they might survive if they fought hard.
The shouts of killing around them instantly erupted, and broken military banners were picked up from the ground and waved vigorously.
Bai Ye looked at the horse bandits and soldiers fighting around him and raised his Pulse Twin Guns.
"No matter what…" Bai Ye aimed forward, pulled the trigger, and said, "I'll complete the mission first."
Bang, bang, bang…
The Pulse Twin Guns continuously gathered energy, and then streaks of blue beams flew out, blowing up the heads of the horse bandits.
About a quarter of an hour later, figures reappeared on the ancient road.
Bai Ye looked back. Dozens of Chosen were rushing towards them, likely the first batch of Chosen who had completed their missions with the quartermaster.
This made the Chang'an soldiers even more excited.
"It's reinforcements from the Great Wall!"
"Reinforcements are here, it's okay, it's okay."
"Brothers, kill with me, don't let these horse bandits go."
…
Soon, with the addition of the Chosen to the battle, the horse bandits began to retreat steadily.
Although there were quite a few horse bandits, about five to six hundred, they were no match for the Chosen. The gap in strength was too obvious, far beyond what numbers could compensate for.
However, Bai Ye frowned.
So far, the story seemed to be developing in the right direction.
Horse bandits attacked, plundered the grain, then the quartermaster gave missions, and the Chosen killed the horse bandits to reclaim the grain and receive their rewards. It seemed like a happy ending for everyone.
But from Bai Ye's perspective, it was different.
It was a hidden mission, yet it only required killing ordinary horse bandits, and it even overlapped with the missions of other Chosen, effectively giving Bai Ye a large group of helpers…
Since when were hidden missions so gentle?
No matter how Bai Ye thought about it, he felt something was not right.
"Activate it, quickly, activate it for me!"
"Didn't you hear my order?"
"Hurry up, or we'll all die here."
At this moment, a horse bandit leader suddenly started shouting, whipping his horse and directing the surrounding horse bandits.
The horse bandits responded and quickly rode towards the rear.
In the center of those horse bandits, there was a huge flatbed cart, covered with a black cloth and securely fastened with ropes on both sides.
After the horse bandits quickly arrived at the flatbed cart, they cut the ropes with their knives and pulled off the black cloth.
On the flatbed cart lay a giant wooden puppet, about three and a half meters tall. As one horse bandit reached the puppet's head, he took out a square stone emitting light and inserted it into a groove in the center of the wooden puppet's head.
The next moment, red light suddenly emanated from the wooden puppet's eyes, and then its massive body suddenly sat up.
Bang!
The rising wooden puppet appeared extremely ferocious. It took a step forward, bent over, and swung its arm, sweeping away two Chosen in an instant.
When the two fell to the ground, their bodies twisted strangely. It turned out that most of their bones were broken, and they were completely dead.
Everyone around was shocked and immediately retreated.
Bang, bang, bang…
The wooden puppet did not stop, and began to march forward.
The horse bandit leader instantly became excited and shouted, "Kill, kill them all."
But at this moment…
A figure suddenly flashed past the horse bandit leader and appeared in front of the wooden puppet. He raised his hand high.
"Phoenix Flame!"
Bai Ye punched forward, a large area of flames burning fiercely around his arm, transforming into a pillar of fire that shot forward, directly striking the wooden puppet.
The moment the flames covered the wooden puppet, Bai Ye clenched his fist in the air.
"Flame Burst!"
Rumble!
A deafening explosion suddenly occurred.
The huge fireball exploded, and layers of airwaves pushed outwards like ripples.
The wooden puppet staggered from the blast but quickly stood upright again, raising its fist and smashing it towards Bai Ye.
"Teleportation!"
Bai Ye's figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared directly on the ground.
Looking at the wooden puppet, Bai Ye also became excited.
He knew that a hidden mission couldn't be completed so easily.
It had to be at this level to be interesting!
At the same time…
The wooden puppet quickly discovered Bai Ye's location, raised its arm, clenched its fist, and then smashed down again with immense force.
Rumble!
The giant fist hit the ground, shattering it. Large spiderweb cracks spread outwards, and huge rocks were overturned by the tremor, sending everyone around flying!
…