136: Chapter 136 Shi Dang's Defeat

"General! General Su! I was wrong! I was truly wrong! I beg you! Spare my life! I will never dare to do it again! I am willing to work like an ox or a horse for you, I beg you..."

However, Su Bai could not even be bothered to look at him again.

He turned around and walked slowly into the darkness.

Leaving behind only one cold sentence.

"Ma Lie, Zhao Ding."

"Clean this up."

"Yes! General!"

Ma Lie and Zhao Ding looked at Chang Feng's face, which had become somewhat distorted due to fear.

There was not a shred of pity in their eyes.

Only cold killing intent.

A traitor should have the fate of a traitor.

This was Ma Lie's true thought.

Looking at the terrified Chang Feng, Ma Lie slowly raised the long blade in his hand.

...

The Hour of the Rat.

At Piled Rocks Ridge.

Shi Dang looked at the secret letter in his hand.

His expression was uncertain.

"Big Brother! Could this letter be a trick?"

That sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked little leader leaned forward and said worriedly.

"That Su Bai was able to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator in battle; he is definitely no ordinary person! How could he be so careless as to leave the camp's defenses so lax?"

"Hmph! A trick?"

Shi Dang sneered, crumpled the letter in his hand into a ball, and threw it fiercely onto the ground.

"I think he is arrogant and doesn't take our Piled Rocks Ridge seriously at all!"

"Does he think that just because he could defeat that piece of trash Chang Feng, he can defeat me, Shi Dang?!"

"That is simply wishful thinking!"

A gleam of excitement flashed in his single eye.

"The letter says that the one surnamed Chang will set a fire in the camp tonight at the Hour of the Rat as a signal."

"At that time, we will work from the inside and outside."

"We will definitely wipe them out completely."

"Pass on my order!"

Shi Dang stood up abruptly, drew the ghost-head broadsword from his waist, and roared:

"All brothers, grab your weapons!"

"Tonight, let that brat surnamed Su know what true despair is!"

"Kill our way down the mountain! Seize all their food! Seize all their women!"

"Kill—!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

In the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness, all the bandits were ignited by Shi Dang's words.

Their eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light!

In their eyes, the Government Soldiers down the mountain were just a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

And they were the hungry wolves about to descend the mountain to hunt.

They had no idea what was waiting for them down the mountain.

...

When Shi Dang led over two hundred elites from Piled Rocks Ridge and crept near the Government Soldiers' camp.

He indeed saw a ball of fire suddenly ignite in the center of the camp!

"It's the signal!"

Shi Dang felt a surge of wild joy in his heart.

The one surnamed Chang really didn't lie to me.

"Brothers! Charge!"

He could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, jumped out from his hiding place first, brandished the ghost-head broadsword in his hand, and charged fiercely toward the Government Soldiers' camp.

However, the moment he charged into the camp.

His expression changed abruptly.

Because he discovered that the entire camp was actually empty.

Apart from the roaring tents, there wasn't even a ghost in sight.

Not good.

It's a trap.

Shi Dang's heart sank abruptly.

He subconsciously wanted to order a retreat.

But it was already too late to think about retreating now.

"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!"

At this moment!

Countless torches suddenly lit up around the camp.

Illuminating the entire camp as bright as day!

Immediately after, dense arrows, like a swarm of locusts passing through, shot over from all directions, covering the sky and earth.

"Ah—!"

"There's an ambush!"

The bandits of Piled Rocks Ridge instantly lost their formation.

They never expected that they would plunge headlong into a trap carefully laid by the opponent.

These people from Piled Rocks Ridge wanted to fight back, but found that they couldn't even see a shadow of the enemy.

They could only passively take the beating.

Screams rose and fell one after another.

Bandits were constantly shot into hedgehogs by arrows, wailing as they fell into pools of blood.

"Steady, everyone stay steady for me."

Shi Dang brandished the ghost-head broadsword in his hand, deflecting the arrows shot at him one by one.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared like a madman:

"Form up! Form a circular shield formation for me! Charge out!"

However, just as his words were shouted out.

"Rumble!"

A huge, earthquake-like roaring sound came from beneath his feet.

He looked down, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw that the ground beneath their feet had actually begun to crack inch by inch.

Immediately after, a huge, bottomless pit appeared.

Countless bandits fell straight in without even having time to let out a scream.

The pit was filled with huge, sharpened bamboo spears.

Those who fell in were instantly skewered like meat skewers.

A trap.

It's a trap.

And, it's a chain trap.

"Kill—!"

Just when the bandits of Piled Rocks Ridge were in disarray and suffering heavy casualties.

Su Bai finally led his Handao Camp and charged out of the darkness.

They were like grim reapers harvesting lives.

The long blades in their hands ruthlessly slashed at those Piled Rocks Ridge bandits who had already been scared out of their wits.

This was a thorough massacre.

A crushing victory with no suspense.

Shi Dang watched his brothers fall into pools of blood one after another.

Blood and tears flowed from his single eye.

He knew it was over.

Everything was over.

His Piled Rocks Ridge would be completely erased from this world today.

"Su Bai—!"

He let out a shrill roar.

Carrying his blade, he charged fiercely toward Su Bai.

He wanted to perish together with this devil who had destroyed everything he had.

However, Su Bai couldn't even be bothered to look at him directly.

He just gave a light instruction to Ma Lie and Zhao Ding beside him.

"Leave it to you."

Then, he turned around and strode towards the direction of Piled Rocks Ridge.

There was still a group of people there waiting for him to rescue them.

Shi Dang was now at the end of his rope, and his strength was less than one-tenth of what it had been; even Ma Lie could easily take him down.

...

When Su Bai led his men and charged into the stronghold of Piled Rocks Ridge.

Here, only some old, weak, sick, and disabled people, and a few bandits guarding the stronghold remained.

They were simply vulnerable.

Su Bai ignored those bandits who were kneeling and begging for mercy.

Instead, he directly had someone break open the dungeon of the stronghold.

A damp smell rushed toward them.

In the dungeon, dozens of ragged prisoners were imprisoned.

They were wearing shackles on their hands and feet.

Their eyes were numb.

Like a group of walking corpses without a Soul.

Su Bai looked at them, his brows slightly furrowed.

He walked up, grabbed a prisoner who looked slightly older, and asked in a deep voice:

"Who are you?"

The prisoner was grabbed by Su Bai, and his body trembled violently.

He raised his head, and a trace of fear flashed in his cloudy eyes.

"We... we... are... are miners..."

"Miners?"

Su Bai's heart suddenly stirred.

He suddenly remembered what Zhou Qingying had told him yesterday.