135: Someone else

"Mr. Long, why don't you go outside and rest for a bit? I'll stay here and watch over these Xuan Beasts," Bai Shan said.

Long Yuan shook his head and said, "Senior, I'm fine! However, I want to see where that passage actually leads. Also, I want to see if there are any other anomalies here that we haven't noticed..."

"This... so many people have already gone down that passage, there's no need for us to join the crowd. As for the anomalies you mentioned, we can just happen to investigate them while we're here!" Bai Shan said.

"Alright!" Long Yuan nodded and began investigating with Bai Shan... In fact, Long Yuan's Divine Sense had already enveloped the entire villa. He had even attached a small portion of his Divine Sense to Geng Yun. This way, he could monitor the situation in the passage. Although he could have monitored it through his Heavenly Eye, attaching his Divine Sense allowed him to observe from a first-person perspective, which was different from the God's eye view of the Heavenly Eye, offering a different observational experience.

He had already discovered several anomalies earlier, but he hadn't mentioned them in front of Geng Yun. Now, he used the opportunity of the investigation to gradually approach one of them.

This place wasn't far from the passage entrance that Lei Hao and the others had found. On the surface, it looked like an ordinary wall, but with Long Yuan's powerful Divine Sense, he could see marks of long-term friction and rotation on the ground, as well as very fresh, messy footprints. He tentatively guessed that this might be a hidden passage entrance!

In other words, there were actually two passage entrances in this underground space. The one Geng Yun and the others had chased through had been opened long ago and was easily discovered, so what about this hidden one?

Long Yuan pondered as he approached the wall. He reached out and tapped on it, finding that the sound was unusual—it was clearly hollow inside!

Bai Shan was also startled by Long Yuan's actions. He hurriedly tapped on it as well, and his expression couldn't help but change!

"There's something strange!" He drew his long saber, intending to slash through the wall and see.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"... A series of air-piercing sounds suddenly rang out. Bai Shan saw arrows shooting out from the wall and quickly stood in front of Long Yuan, swinging his saber to deflect the feathered arrows... "Haha, since you've discovered it, then none shall be spared!!! Everyone, attack!" a voice roared.

Suddenly, the wall rotated, and seven or eight people rushed out from behind it. The two saw that there was actually a long corridor inside, and those people had been hiding in there just now. As the leader gave the command, others hidden in several other locations also charged out, and people even jumped out from the ventilation ducts above. A total of over a dozen figures brandishing sabers and swords charged at the two!

While deflecting the flying arrows, Bai Shan had accidentally been hit by two; one in his right arm which held the saber, and one in his left leg. At this moment, black blood was seeping out, clearly indicating that the arrows were poisoned. Seeing the enemies surrounding them, he roared and met them head-on. His saber light flashed fiercely with a powerful momentum. The opponents were startled by this and didn't dare to get too close, instead surrounding him to wear down his stamina. Due to the poison, Bai Shan's stamina was depleting rapidly. He was a Martial Master, and the enemy leader was also a Martial Master. Beside him was a Martial Artist at the Peak, plus over a dozen other Martial Artists and Martial Apprentices attacking from the sides. Bai Shan soon fell into a disadvantage... Long Yuan saw that these people were all wearing masks, but his Heavenly Dao Eye could display their names and other information. What made his eyelids twitch was that Lin Han and Cai Xiang were among them, and they were the two leaders!

These people hadn't fled earlier but had hidden in the shadows, likely waiting until now to move the Xuan Beasts away. Now, they naturally wanted to kill the two of them first, then seal the passage where Geng Yun was, and proceed with moving the Xuan Beasts... He looked at Bai Shan. Earlier, to protect him, Bai Shan had blocked the arrows but ended up being hit by two poisoned ones, which made him feel a bit awkward. He had been a bit distracted just now, checking where the enemies were hiding. Now that Bai Shan was under siege, he naturally had to help him. With a thought from Long Yuan, a Soul Needle was released. Lin Han, who was fighting Bai Shan, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and screamed as his Profound Weapon fell to the ground. Bai Shan happened to swing his saber at that moment, instantly severing one of his hands!

"Ah—!" Lin Han howled in pain and collapsed to the ground with a thud... Seeing this, Cai Xiang hurriedly raised his saber to block Bai Shan's next strike. However, he suddenly felt his head go numb, and his whole being became dazed. Then, a wave of pain hit him. Looking closely, he saw that his own arm had been severed by Bai Shan's saber. He felt a pang of grief, and his mind went blank... The others panicked at the sight. They hadn't expected both leaders to be severely injured in the blink of an eye. Just as they were about to retreat, they heard Lin Han roaring from the ground, "Don't worry about us! He's already poisoned, kill him quickly!!!"

Hearing this, they all came to their senses and charged at Bai Shan desperately with their sabers. Bai Shan was indeed at the end of his rope. He sighed inwardly, thinking that today next year would be his death anniversary... However, to his surprise, although those people charged forward, they all collapsed to the ground one by one, rolling around while clutching their heads. Some even continued to howl in pain despite being injured by the weapons on the ground, their facial expressions extremely agonized... Lin Han and Cai Xiang were also dumbfounded by the scene, constantly shouting for them to get up and kill. Unfortunately, how could these people listen to them now? They only cared about rolling on the ground and screaming in pain, their robes soaked with blood and sweat... Seeing this, Lin Han's heart turned ruthless. Enduring the pain, he grabbed a long saber with his left hand and charged at Bai Shan. At this point, Bai Shan didn't even have the strength to lift his saber and stood there dazed. However, he witnessed another miracle: Lin Han also collapsed to the ground with a thud and began to scream frantically!

Seeing such a bizarre scene, Cai Xiang was scared out of his wits, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering. He didn't even care about his arm anymore and immediately jumped up to run toward the passage. As a result, after only a few steps, he also fell face-first onto the ground, rolling around while clutching his head... Bai Shan was so shocked his mouth hung open. He had thought he was about to die, but he had unexpectedly escaped death. He suddenly reacted and quickly turned around to look, only to see that Long Yuan was perfectly fine, looking at the people on the ground with a "curious" expression... "Mr. Long, did you do this?!" Bai Shan asked suspiciously.

"Me? I didn't do anything. I didn't expect you to be so formidable, Senior, fighting over a dozen bandits alone and even capturing them all alive. This record is truly astonishing!" Long Yuan laughed.

"This... not at all, I didn't defeat them. It must have been someone else!" Bai Shan said, his eyes frantically searching the surroundings to see if someone was hiding in the shadows and helping. But before he could find anyone, his vision blurred, and he also collapsed onto the ground with a thud, his face turning bruised and black...