Chapter 328: Chapter 328: Don’t Be Afraid, This Is My Domain

The people who came this time were extraordinarily strong, far surpassing the few individuals Xu Qinghuan and Jiang Xingye encountered before, and there were many of them, a total of more than ten, holding weapons, their eyes like hawks as they scanned the surroundings, ready to fire at any slight disturbance.

Howl!

A fellow creature of Qing Xiao screamed in agony and fell to the ground, not waiting for Jiang Xingye to come out of the hot spring pool, these people were already within the field of vision.

They were Japanese.

Xu Qinghuan squinted her eyes. These people moved too fast. As they spotted the field, they made strange calls, and as their field of vision was about to sweep over them, before those people could discover them, she decisively pulled Jiang Xingye into the space.

There were too many of them, and their weapons were very sophisticated, but those were not the main issues. The main problem was that neither she nor Jiang Xingye was dressed.

Jiang Xingye felt a sudden whirl, taking a deep breath, his mind suddenly snapping awake, already situated in a place like a celestial pool pavilion, with magnificent and glorious halls, majestic mountains surrounded by celestial mist, cranes occasionally flying through the clouds, and the occasional call of spirit apes.

Several young deer were trotting along the ridge of a field, crossing a crystal-clear stream to forage at the foot of the mountains.

The sun began peeking through the clouds.

Jiang Xingye quickly used his clothes to cover himself and Xu Qinghuan, feeling anxious and uneasy, turning his head to look at the main hall, upon which the golden, sparkling plaque bore the words “Silver Light Hall.”

“Ah Xingye, don’t be afraid, this is my space.” Xu Qinghuan momentarily struggled with how to introduce him to this place.

She had never intended to reveal this space, not because she didn’t trust Jiang Xingye, but because she didn’t know how to explain it. It was indeed a troublesome matter to talk about.

But she also knew that Jiang Xingye might occasionally have suspicions, yet, out of trust and respect, he never probed into it and even worried about her.

Earlier, when soaking in the hot springs, Jiang Xingye had brought clean clothes, and now he hurriedly dressed himself in front of the square before the hall.

Jiang Xingye still felt worried, glancing around, “There won’t be anyone, right?”

“No, it used to be just me, now there’s you too.”

As she reached out, the previously stored firearms in the space arrived in her hands. She skillfully operated them: unlocking the safety, loading the bullets, and then she peered out from within the space, finding that out of the ten-plus people, only three were searching near the hot springs.

Although they spoke in Japanese, Xu Qinghuan understood.

“Even if people lived here, they wouldn’t be of any importance. What’s there to fear, just eliminate them.”

“What if it’s Jian Jingchuan’s daughter? We’re supposed to capture his daughter alive; taking back a corpse, how could we explain that?”

“Haha, just by chance? His daughter is supposed to be in the countryside, there’s no reason she’d be here, it’s a bit overly cautious.”

“No, don’t forget our lessons; caution can’t be overdone.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Qinghuan directly fired, her speed was swift, and with three shots, the three fell dead.

Xu Qinghuan swiftly exited the space and quickly picked up the firearms of the three people, emptying the ammunition on their bodies. Seeing that several people nearby heard the gunshots and were approaching, she ran to a vantage point, dodging and quickly reentered the space before they could start shooting at her.

After several gunshots, the opponents gathered around, but found the area empty.

“Where’s the person?”

“Where are they?”

“They should have been here just now.”

By then, Xu Qinghuan had already picked up a sniper rifle, aiming at the furthest person and fired, causing the opponent to fall instantly.

“Who?”

The group looked up towards the sky and quickly headed to surround the mountain peak.

In contrast, Xu Qinghuan aimed at the last person left, and with a bang, that person was shot through the head again.

The group running ahead quickly turned back, ignoring their dead companions and split some to go up the mountain peak. As they split into two groups, Xu Qinghuan handed a gun to Jiang Xingye, “Ah Xingye, can you handle it?”

Jiang Xingye had finally snapped out of his shock, now suspecting his fiancée wasn’t ordinary.

He felt very conflicted inside.

But for now, it seemed it wasn’t the time to focus on this.

Xu Qinghuan taught him how to use the gun. He learned quickly and the two of them each targeted and swiftly eliminated the remaining four.

Thus, eight were out.

Seven remained.

But those people didn’t come over.

Xu Qinghuan was about to go out when Jiang Xingye held her back, “Take me with you!”

Xu Qinghuan hesitated but seeing the worry, reluctance, and slightly gloomy look in his eyes, she said, “Alright, but you must stay by my side and not leave.”

Jiang Xingye nodded, clutching onto his fiancée’s hem like a puppy about to be abandoned.

Outside the space, there were fierce gunshots, wolf howls, and screams, very intense.

The two rushed out of the space, quickly heading towards the cave. The wolf pack guarded the cave entrance, falling one by one in the face of the Japanese’s rain-like bullets, but they did not move an inch.

Jiang Xingye’s eyes were red, ignoring the risk of exposure, and let out a series of wolf howls. Xu Qinghuan didn’t understand, but seeing the wolves hesitating slightly and then lying down, she understood.

Xu Qinghuan aimed her gun at those Japanese people, and once one fell, the Japanese instantly shifted their fire, aiming at Xu Qinghuan and Jiang Xingye.

After several exchanges of fire, the opponent probed into their tactics. Four covered while the remaining three charged towards them.

Although Jiang Xingye was handling a gun for the first time and was awkward in operation, his aim was decent and he was quite adept at handling the gun.

Xu Qinghuan’s shooting was swift, but alone, she couldn’t suppress the three opponents. Soon, they were only over a hundred meters away.

Xu Qinghuan pulled Jiang Xingye aside into the grass, then instantly darted back into the space.

Inside the space, the two swiftly eliminated the three people.

With three people dead, the remaining four hesitated.

Xu Qinghuan brought Jiang Xingye out again. The two were exposed, but the opponents dared not move and continued to shoot from their position.

Yet, to provoke Xu Qinghuan and Jiang Xingye, two pressured their side while the other two fired at the wolf pack. After several muffled gunshots, the sound of bullets hitting flesh was evident, driving Jiang Xingye to madness as he charged forward recklessly.

Seemingly fearless of death, he lunged forward, quickly rolling to dodge before the bullets could hit him, raised his hand and fired, hitting one opponent.

Xu Qinghuan called out “Ah Xingye,” summoning a puppet from the space to divert the enemy’s fire, while she snuck around, shooting the opponent once their attention was focused on the puppet.

With two enemies eliminated, the remaining pair clearly panicked.

Earlier, when the puppet appeared, the opponents hadn’t gauged the puppet’s nature properly, even though they hit its left chest, it sustained no damage.

Now, the puppet advanced rapidly towards the last two, one of them firing two shots at the puppet, leaving it limping a single leg, but otherwise intact. The puppet then swung the man who shot it down onto the ground forcefully.

The last Japanese was evidently bewildered.

The puppet, from its appearance alone, was indistinguishable from a human, yet its lifeless eyes were like those of a zombie.

Hence, once you made eye contact with it, it gave an unnerving feeling.

This was also why Xu Qinghuan disliked summoning puppets.

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