Chapter 104: The Third Team Members
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Gong Jiu was terrified. The very thought of being thrown into the water, her menstrual blood staining the pool red... Would she ever be able to show her face again, or even continue living?! She wished she could silence everyone here immediately! Yet, the burly man behind her still lifted her up, preparing to toss her into the two-meter-deep pool...
"Oh, no~~~~" Gong Jiu let out a scream that shook the heavens, piercing and unending, echoing across the vast plaza and spreading toward the palace. Because of the open space and the massive palace obstructing that side, it seemed as if there was a response.
No, no, no~~~~~
Her anguished cries, like a ghost's wails, reverberated through the air. The tribe members’ faces changed; Agona turned around, glaring as if he wanted to flay Gong Jiu alive.
Then suddenly, behind the echo, a response roared back!
Howl! Howl! Howl!
Furious, terrifying roars—deep, wild, and savage—resounded back and forth, growing louder and closer!
The sound was truly horrifying. Everyone instantly fell silent. Gong Jiu froze, thinking, “I just shouted once, does it really need to provoke such an overwhelming reaction?”
Of course, she soon realized this was not the worst of it.
“What is that?”
“What kind of creature?”
“Oh my god!”
Both the tribe members and Gong Jiu’s group turned their gaze toward the place pointed out by Hua Yaofei.
It was at the corner of the palace’s left side, near a fork seemingly connected to the moat, pressed against the sand wall behind it.
At that moment, a group of people burst forth from the fork, running wildly...
They were indeed people.
A woman led the charge, with others chasing behind her—likely people as well.
It was hard to describe the scene.
A beautiful, slender woman sprinted across the smooth, splendid palace plaza. Her black hair was darker than ink, softer than water. Her face was not perfectly stunning but strikingly captivating.
Such a woman naturally drew attention, and behind her, countless snarling, howling figures pursued her.
What frustrated Gong Jiu and the others immensely was that the person running ahead was Sui Yi.
Behind her, chasing relentlessly...
They could vaguely make out the shapes and clothing of the pursuers, but their faces were blurry.
“A Dan!”
“Han Li!”
“Zheng Wei!”
“It’s them—they’re not...”
These people recognized the faces of Sui Yi and those behind her. Sui Yi, from hundreds of meters away, also spotted Gong Jiu and the others.
Her expression shifted rapidly. Damn it! It was Gong Jiu’s group...
She pivoted sharply, no longer running wildly. Instead, she executed a spinning kick that sent the nearest pursuer flying. She twirled the Xieya dagger in her hand, slashing across another’s neck!
In a few swift moves, she took down three enemies. Without a word, she taunted the remaining thirty-plus behind her with the dagger, then turned sharply and dashed rightward.
As expected, the pursuers followed, drawn to her.
Although Sui Yi said nothing, Gong Jiu and the others understood immediately.
This woman was trying to lure them away.
“Chief... how could such a thing exist here in the sacred land?” Several middle-aged men looked to Agona, surprised by the unexpected turn of events.
Agona remained calm, staring intently at Sui Yi, who was now surrounded. His sharp brows furrowed as he lowered his gaze, removing his bow from his back and nocking an arrow, his eyes locked tightly on Sui Yi's direction.
Gong Jiu’s face turned green. That bastard wouldn’t be thinking of using this chance to kill Sui Yi, would he?
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At that moment, the bowstring was drawn and released...
Whoosh!
The arrow sliced through the air!
The distance was only a few hundred meters... The arrow left ripples in the air, cutting the silence...
Take that!
Sui Yi leapt up, kicking one away with her long legs in midair. She slashed another with her Xieya dagger. Three more leapt toward her, and dozens more lurked beyond.
Her breathing quickened. Sui Yi thought perhaps this was truly the path to her death.
Yet, even with such thoughts, her movements never ceased. Until the very end, she never gave up.
Pfft!
The stench of blood splattered...
There was a lot of it, more than from just two people...
Sui Yi turned her head and saw an incoming arrow aimed at her... Whizz!
It pierced through her hair bun, a single arrow piercing the skulls of three people!
Such terrifying penetration power!
Sui Yi paused for a moment, then smiled lightly, brandishing her Xieya dagger.
Slash, slash, slash!
The killing was swift and satisfying!
Meanwhile, Agona had come running at full speed, shooting arrows as he ran.
Arrow after arrow, every shot hit its mark.
The tribe behind him raised their bows in response...
Under the dense barrage of arrows, many of the people around Sui Yi fell.
Agona reached Sui Yi’s side. Neither spoke of the strange situation nor questioned each other's stance, only focusing on the fallen enemies.
Agona frowned, asking, “What are these...?”
“People,” Sui Yi answered flatly.
“Is that your people?”
Agona frowned. He had just heard the shouts from Gong Jiu’s group—these were apparently their former comrades. But why were they attacking Sui Yi, and why did they look so strange?
Agona seemed to recall something, his face paling.
Just then, Sui Yi finished glancing back at Gong Jiu’s group and noticed Agona’s expression. She hesitated, then said, “This place is strange. You should know it better since it’s your homeland. These people may be familiar to us, but they only took on this form here... You don’t know?”
Actually, Sui Yi suspected this was related to something outside, like the monsters in the backyard pool and those attacking the villa...
But for now, she just wanted to learn what this man knew.
He seemed to know something.
“This matter...” Agona said slowly, nocking an arrow and aiming it at Sui Yi’s head.
“We’ll talk later.”
The man who had just saved her now pointed an arrow at her head. Sui Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but waved her dagger.
“You don’t have to do this. I’ll go on my own.”
She already knew rescuing Gong Jiu from these highly skilled fighters would be extremely difficult, even saving one person. So she hadn’t held much hope.
This result wasn’t too hard to accept, but...
Sui Yi suddenly stopped a few steps forward.
She flicked her arm sharply.
Agona seemed to anticipate a counterattack and quickly dodged to the side just as the arrow was about to be released...
Thud!
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A bullet hole appeared in the ground.
Agona’s expression changed, and Sui Yi shouted toward Gong Jiu, “Get down!”
Gong Jiu and Hua Yaofei were all too familiar with the sound of gunfire. Gong Jiu bent over, rolled on the ground, then sat by the pool’s edge. Hua Yaofei did the same and shouted at the unprepared tribe members, “Damn it! Untie them now! These people will kill us all!”
Puff, puff, puff!
Dense gunfire came from the forest beyond the plaza. People emerged in rows from the trees.
Almost everyone held firearms...
Their numbers and equipment were even better than Gong Jiu’s team. If the two groups combined, they might be evenly matched. But since they were enemies from the start, and now severely depleted and scattered, fighting was out of the question.
Several tribe members fell instantly but quickly recovered and began firing arrows.
However, the range and power of arrows could never match bullets.
Except for Agona, who was almost superhuman.
“Those people can’t be yours, right?” Agona shouted as he shot arrows and ran alongside Sui Yi, covering her.
“No, they’re another faction... Trust me, they want to kill everyone here. Get your people to untie Gong Jiu and the others quickly.”
He was sure Hua Yaofei and Gong Jiu wouldn’t kill innocents, but these people were out for blood from the start.
Agona whistled sharply.
Without a word, some tribe members rushed to untie Gong Jiu and the others.
The ropes had just loosened when Gong Jiu reached into her bra pocket...
She pulled out a delicate pistol!
She kissed it lightly on the lips. “My dear, long time no see!”
Then she raised the gun, eyes narrowed, firing without hesitation.
Two bullets flew out, blasting the heads of three men!
So accurate it was infuriating!
“You sneaky woman, hiding a gun inside your clothes...” Hua Yaofei sneered, then nonchalantly pulled out a similar exquisite revolver from her own bra...
Isn’t a bra part of clothing?
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Sui Yi and Agona were the most skilled fighters here, moving with terrifying speed. In the blink of an eye, Agona had shot seven or eight people. Their enemies realized Agona was the hardest to deal with, so they concentrated fire on him, dragging Sui Yi into the fray as well.
“Get into the forest!”
“This is no place to fight!”
“Kasso, you guys hide and cover us!”
Sui Yi, Agona, Gong Jiu, and the others shouted instructions, then Gong Jiu’s two and Sui Yi’s two charged from different directions toward the forest.
Sui Yi used her terrifying perception to dodge bullets, each evasion more perilous than the last. She leapt and sprinted toward the trees...
Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters...
A bullet sliced through the air, heading straight for her forehead.
Whiz...
Sui Yi ducked low, sliding across the ground. Her palm picked up a small stone, pinched between her index and middle fingers...
In an instant, she sprang up, swung her arm!
Flash!
The stone shot out like a bullet!
Puff!
A man wielding a pistol jerked his head back slightly, a drop of blood splashing from his forehead...
Thud. The man collapsed.
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