Chapter 1793 - 2095: Captured (Part 1)
Before He Honggang could react, a powerful recoil force suddenly surged from his fist. In an instant, his body was violently thrown back by that force. Fortunately, Chen Younian and a few others arrived just in time and supported his back with their hands, thus helping him stabilize his footing. However, the strength displayed by that towering figure shocked everyone.
No wonder Ling Gengqiu was eager to make them leave. When they retraced their steps earlier, they must have encountered the opponent and even engaged in a fight. Ling Gengqiu must have suffered at the hands of the opponent, prompting his hasty retreat.
This person... At this moment, everyone’s gaze was focused on that tall figure. As the person moved to a well-lit area, his features finally became clear. A very plain face, angular and well-defined, with a vacant look in his eyes, a large, formidable physique, and bulging muscles, as if the entire body contained explosive power.
It was such a person who made Ling Gengqiu and He Honggang suffer a great loss.
"Everyone, together." Chen Younian said coldly, "I refuse to believe that with so many of us, we can’t take down one of him."
He Honggang hesitated for a moment and said, "There’s no need to fight hard now. This person’s strength is unfathomable. Whether or not we can defeat him, we’ve already got what we came for, so there’s no need to waste time here. Moreover, once those elders arrive, we won’t be able to leave even if we wanted to."
Hearing his words, everyone nodded in agreement. Indeed, there’s no need to take risks at this moment.
"Let’s go!" He Honggang decided swiftly, not hesitating any longer, turned and rushed out of the cave, then grabbed the pre-set rope and quickly climbed to the top. Meanwhile, the two Dark Pavilion members following He Honggang took out several smoke bombs from their backpacks and threw them on the ground. Soon, the entire passage was filled with thick, acrid smoke.
With the protection of the smoke, everyone successively climbed the rope to the top of Qiu Nanshan. Ling Gengqiu carried the injured Chen Junfeng, glanced at the passage, sighed inwardly, then grabbed the rope and left the cave.
Before long, the group successfully returned to the mountaintop. Without stopping much, He Honggang led the team onwards down the mountain. They were still in the opponent’s territory and could face pursuit and blocking at any time. Until completely safe, they dared not stay in this place long. As the saying goes, it’s easier to go up a mountain than to come down, plus Qiu Nanshan is very steep, which brought them a lot of trouble.
When they ascended the mountain yesterday, it took them five to six hours. Descending is harder than ascending, with any carelessness possibly resulting in a fall to the bottom of the mountain. So, although everyone was eager to leave this cursed place, for safety’s sake, they could only proceed downward slowly.
By this time, it was already dawn, with thick fog surrounding the mountaintop, which provided a natural cover for the group. Even if the guardian clan followed, they wouldn’t be able to find their position. Taking advantage of this moment, the group spent more than two hours finally reaching the mid-hill cave of Qiu Nanshan.
The continuous rush took a toll, even for a master like He Honggang, who was a bit tired. At the moment, everyone rested briefly in the cave and then continued heading down the mountain. However, as they descended along the mountain wall not long after, they suddenly heard a clinking sound from the surroundings, like something colliding with the mountain wall.
As the sound became clearer, everyone followed the sound, and saw several figures swiftly chasing down the mountain. The speed of those figures was very fast; they didn’t move down slowly using hands and feet like everyone else, but used a rope and claws. The rope’s end was tied with iron claws, which hooked onto protruding rocks on the mountain wall, then swung down, repeating this way, faster than He Honggang’s group.
No wonder these guardian clan members live in Qiu Nanshan all their lives and must be very adept at the methods of ascending and descending the mountain.
Seeing those figures rapidly closing in, He Honggang hurriedly urged, "Faster!" As he spoke, he rushed down the path while reaching into his pocket for a phone, unclear who he was contacting.
Not long after, when they reached seven or eight hundred meters on Qiu Nanshan, those figures got closer, with only a little more than a hundred meters separating them, and they could overtake at any moment. At this moment, a sudden ’whooshing’ sound of something moving through the air was heard. He Honggang looked down and saw several arrows shot and embedded firmly in the mountain wall not far.
Attached to the end of the arrows was a rope. Seeing that rope, He Honggang’s expression relaxed a little, quickly moving to the position where the arrows were and then pulling out a belt and suspending it on the rope. The rope was at a 45-degree angle, using inertia, his body quickly slid toward the bottom, vanishing in no time.
The others, seeing this, imitated him. Shortly after the pursuing figures arrived, the group had already reached the foot of Qiu Nanshan using the rope.
At this moment, several cars were parked at the foot of the mountain. As soon as everyone arrived, they immediately followed He Honggang into the cars. Clearly, this was all pre-arranged by He Honggang. "Let’s head back to Tianxi Town first," Ling Gengqiu suggested.
"No way!" He Honggang shook his head, "If we return to the small town, those people will undoubtedly follow us. Let’s head back to Beijing first, and we can discuss other matters later."
Hearing this, Ling Gengqiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Chen Younian suddenly chimed in, "His injuries are severe. The medical conditions here are far from sufficient. You don’t want to watch him die, do you?"
Glancing at the increasingly unconscious Chen Junfeng, Ling Gengqiu sighed inwardly and eventually chose to remain silent.
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It’s unclear how much time passed, but Ling Chen finally awoke from a deep sleep. He rubbed his slightly aching forehead, slowly sat up, and looked around. This was a dim stone chamber, very small in size, with just a bed and a table inside. Aside from that, there was nothing else.
Getting off the bed, Ling Chen took a couple of steps forward, feeling immense pain throughout his body, especially in the chest area, making even breathing seem difficult. He opened his clothes and looked down to check his chest wound. This sight immediately startled him.
His chest was a patch of blue and purple, looking very frightening. Yes! He suddenly remembered that during the escape earlier, he was grabbed from behind by someone, whose strength was extremely formidable, hitting his chest with a punch, leaving him no chance to resist.
Fortunately, he is a Heavenly List master with decent physical resilience; if it had been anyone below the Heavenly List, that punch might have taken their life.