"Kill!"

"Come together! Come together! Surround him quickly!"

"Surround him to death! Surround him to death! Surround him to death, let's see what else he can do!"

The five gangsters, armed with knives, guns, shields and other weapons, swarmed Qingdeng from all directions.

Qingden's calm gaze, without sadness or joy, swept around along the blade of the ghost-fixing blade, and he had already calculated the positions of the five people in his mind.

In an instant, a sword shot up from the ground.

At the same time, the five gangsters completed the encirclement of Qingdeng.

But in the next moment, the encirclement circle suddenly opened wide, and the five gangsters flew out in the completely opposite direction to their previous charge.

Yes. It's not about running out or jumping out, but "flying" out.

Just like the arrow that was thrown out of the bow string, it drew a neat parabola in mid-air and then fell heavily to the ground.

There are fallen arrow feathers left everywhere in the air and on the ground. In other words, there are pieces of their cut clothes and pieces of flesh and blood left behind.

The cold wind of late autumn blows strongly, carrying the howls and cries, the breath of blood and fire into the distance, expanding like surging clouds.

The bandit army, which had just suffered a major defeat, was already frightened.

At this moment, I saw Qingdeng, the big killing star, breaking through the obstacles of the level and killing all directions again as if he was tireless. His morale collapsed as quickly and fiercely as an avalanche.

And at this moment, outside the checkpoint, there was a crowd of people, and a loud noise filled the sky - the large troops led by the "Huofu Tiger" and "Huofu Dog" were coming!

Thanks to Qingdeng's great power inside the pass, the gangsters focused their attention on Qingdeng at the moment and ignored the army outside the pass.

"Break the door!"

Following Tadatsuki Kanazawa's order, the "engineers" carried sledgehammers, saws, pull ropes and other items and started working again.

The commanders of the bandit army belatedly discovered the movement outside the pass and hurriedly ordered a return to defense - but there was no way to save the situation.

Courage is gone, morale is ruined.

The bandit army was defeated again and again, completely failing the chain of command.

Most of the gangsters just want to escape and survive at the moment, and no longer care about obeying orders or obeying orders.

It is impossible to organize a large-scale and systematic defense... This means that it is impossible to effectively block the pursuing army outside the customs!

With the support of high morale, the "engineers" were very agile.

They did not make everyone's expectations in vain - they lived up to expectations and opened the door under the expectant eyes of the friendly forces and the panic sight of the bandits!

"Follow me!" As soon as Mizushima Rensaburo entered the barrier, he slashed an unlucky guy who happened to be standing within his best attack range with one strike.

At this point, the battle situation is decided.

The entry of the pursuing troops became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Black "waves" overflowed the closed door! Sharp electric light burst out from the depths of the "thunder cloud"!

The bandits were defeated across the board.

Defeat is like a mountain falling - the scene unfolding in front of Qingdeng at this time has become the best portrayal of this ancient saying.

Wherever you could see, the gangsters were screaming in terror and pushing and squeezing each other.

Not to mention confronting Qingdeng again, or confronting the attacking army that had already come over, it was already too much to just dodge.

Although there is still a small group of people who pretend to be indifferent to death, with the mentality of "I will fight with the dog officers and soldiers" and "Even if I die, I will die like a samurai", they pick up their weapons and

"Go against the current" and pounce on the overflowing "black waves"... and then be quickly swallowed up.

There are only a handful of warriors like this who have the courage to fight again. They are so few that they can be counted with just a pair of palms.

Most of the gangsters were fleeing in a hurry towards the top of the mountain.

They were like a flock of frightened crows, scurrying up and down, leaving behind a mess and flying feathers all over the place.

In order to run faster, many people simply threw away their weapons.

He ran without caring about the weapon in his hand.

He ran without caring about the shoes that had been thrown off.

He ran without caring about the officers and soldiers behind him or the captured level.

Qingdeng held the Ding Guishen in hand with an expressionless expression and stood there, quietly watching the bandit army's sudden and sudden retreat.

He didn't move any further, didn't pursue anymore - he really didn't have the strength to continue fighting.

The mountain road is inherently rugged and difficult to walk.

Just going up and down such a steep mountain road is enough to tire an ordinary person, let alone fighting on it, and also conquering two levels in one go?

Originally, the expeditionary army's original battle plan was just to "capture the first checkpoint on the mountain road set up by the Soumas within today."

Being able to defeat the bandit army and capture the second level of Soumazhong in the process of chasing the remnants of the enemy has already exceeded the target and cannot be coveted for more.

The effects of buffs such as "Gu Gu" and "Gathering God" quickly faded away... Fatigue instantly surged towards Qingdeng from all directions like a tide and enveloped Qingdeng's whole body.

Qingden was now so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger.

The throat that was extremely dehydrated was horribly dry, and every time I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, it felt like I was swallowing a razor blade.

The limbs were shaking violently due to "overload operation".

My head is dizzy...and getting dizzy.

Qingden felt that everything in front of him was spinning around him, his steps began to waver, and his body swayed accordingly.

Fortunately, at this moment, a strong hand stretched out and supported Qingdeng.

Immediately afterwards, a weak, deep male voice floated above Qingdeng's head:

"Nioh, are you okay?"

"Mizushima-kun..."

Aoden raised his head and smiled at Mizushima Rensaburo who was supporting him.

"It's not good. I'm so tired that I feel like vomiting...but I feel very happy."

After listening to this, Mizushima Rensaburo twitched the corners of his mouth, and a faint smile appeared on his lips - but because he usually smiled carefully and his facial muscles were extremely lacking in movement, the lines of the smile he showed at this time were very...

It's stiff, and it looks like he's half-smiling.

"Tachibana-kun...Mizushima-kun..."

At this time, another weak voice floated slowly.

With the help of someone, Kanazawa Chusuke limped towards Aoto and Mizushima Rensaburo.

Qingteng asked: "Kanazawa-kun, what's wrong? Is your leg injured?"

"No. It's just a cramp in my right leg. Just take it easy." Speaking of this, Kanazawa Chusuke smiled bitterly, "Haha... I didn't expect that today's battle would be so hard..."

"Hard work is hard work." Qingdeng smiled, "But our hard work was not in vain."

"Hahahaha." Kanazawa Chusuke looked up to the sky and laughed, "You are right! Being able to clear two levels of Soumazhong in one day and clearing all the obstacles to mountain climbing... No matter how hard it is, it is worth it! Hiss,

Hiss——!”

Kanazawa Chusuke smiled so hard that he accidentally injured a certain injury on his body. In an instant, his smile turned into a twisted expression of gasping.

"Kanazawa-kun, withdraw your troops." Mizushima Rensaburo said calmly, "Your injury... it is best to go down the mountain quickly and take care of it."

"There's no rush, no rush." ​​Kanazawa Chusuke waved his hand, "We'll talk about this later. The most important thing to do now...is this -"

After saying that, Kanazawa Chusuke showed a mysterious smile, then jumped on one foot, turned around to face the soldiers beside him, and took a deep breath:

"Today's battle is our victory over the thieves -!!"

In an instant, huge cheers surged like huge waves towards Qingdeng, towards the surrounding space, towards the sky above our heads and the earth beneath our feet!

The team members, who were excited about today's glorious victory, celebrated their victory in various ways.

Those who raise their fists to the sky; those who brandish weapons; those who roar selflessly...

Kanazawa Tadatsuki struck while the iron was hot and raised his clenched right fist high above his head.

"Eh——! Eh——!"

The team members immediately responded enthusiastically:

"Ohhhhhhhh-!"

Kanazawa Chusuke turned to look at Mizushima Rensaburo.

Faced with Kanazawa Chusuke's gaze, Mizushima Rensaburo's expression suddenly became strange.

How could he not understand the meaning of Kanazawa Chusuke's eyes at this moment?

It's your turn - Kanazawa Chusuke said silently.

Mizushima Rensaburo looked hesitant.

After a moment, as if he had figured it out... or given up on something, he freed his right hand, pulled out the Bizen Nagabune from his waist, and pointed diagonally at the distant sky.
To be continued...