mtl008 Chapter 396 Are you okay?
Chapter 396 Are you okay?
Upon hearing the order, the bandits turned around and smashed open the nearby prison cells, releasing all those imprisoned inside.
Among these people, some were gambling addicts who owed gambling debts, some were gang members who had offended the Salt Gang, just like the bandits, but others were just ordinary merchants who had problems in their businesses.
Those people were released, but they were already terrified. Under such circumstances, they had nowhere to run and could only huddle together, desperately trying to shrink back into the crowd.
The rest of the people, incited by the bandits, actually surrounded Lu Yangyang.
Lu Yangyang almost swore again.
"If you want to live, rush out and open the door now, and you'll still have a chance. If you keep wasting your time here, you'll only die!" Lu Yangyang shouted, kicking down a thug with a knife and snatching the knife from him. Pointing at the people surrounding her, she yelled, "As for those who want to make me pay with my life, don't even dream about it. Even if I'm going to die, I'll chop down all of you scum first!"
Lu Yangyang was too lazy to waste words with them, so she kicked one of them away and whipped another away.
While fighting, she moved towards Luo Jing's direction. After realizing her intention, Luo Jing also rushed over to her.
After taking down a few more people, the two finally leaned against each other back to back.
Luo Jing was already covered in wounds, and after a fierce fight, he was now in an even more disheveled state. He gritted his teeth and asked Lu Yangyang, "How did you find this place?"
While guarding against the approaching attackers, Lu Yangyang asked, "Let's put that aside for now. Is Elder Meng here?"
“No,” Luo Jing said through gritted teeth. “The Salt Gang believes I ruined their business, and this matter won’t be so easy to get over. I’m sorry, I’ve dragged you into this. With your abilities, you can definitely escape. I’ll hold them off, you go quickly! Please help me find Elder Meng. I can die, but Elder Meng absolutely cannot die!”
"Stop talking nonsense, we'll all go together!" Lu Yangyang lashed out with her whip at the people rushing towards them.
Meanwhile, the remaining bandits, along with a group of men, were closing in on them.
Behind them, a raging fire was burning, and the air was filled with increasingly thick smoke. Across from them were menacing bandits.
There was almost no way to retreat or escape.
Am I really going to die here?
Lu Yangyang recalled the time she and His Highness were in danger on the ship, and the image of countless arrows piercing His Highness's body. His Highness had carved a path to her survival in that way. How could she allow herself to die here!
Lu Yangyang bit her tongue, the tingling pain bringing her back to her senses. She put away the whip, gripped her knife tightly, and shouted, "Let's fight our way out!"
Luo Jing was so startled by the shout that his body trembled.
For so many years, he has forgotten. For so many years, he has never felt this way again, as if he were on the battlefield, with his back to his comrades, fighting desperately!
How could he forget?
He was a soldier, a soldier who shed his blood for the country, for the people, and for his ideals, and who never surrendered until his death. How could he forget who he was, forget the faith engraved in his blood!
How could he possibly be defeated by just a few bandits?
No, absolutely not!
The passion and power that had been dormant for who knows how long suddenly boiled over in that instant. Luo Jing gripped his knife tightly and shouted heartily, "Charge out!"
He will die, but he cannot die here. He must die on a battlefield from which he cannot return, so that his survival from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood will not have been in vain!
Almost simultaneously, the two men swung their knives at the people rushing towards them, managing to force back the onrushing men amidst the billowing smoke, and slowly retreated to the passageway leading to the interrogation room!
To get out, you have to go through the passage to the stairs, but the place is now covered by fire and thick smoke, making it impossible to see anything!
How to do?
Are we supposed to walk through the fire?
Lu Yangyang saw that the passage was completely obscured, her eyes were burning from the smoke, and her breathing became rapid and unstable due to the thick smoke. More and more people were falling down with cries of pain. Even the bandits who were chasing after her covered their mouths and noses and cautiously did not rush up again!
Luo Jing shielded Lu Yangyang behind him, saying, "Follow me, I'll handle this!"
As he spoke, he covered his mouth and nose with one hand using his tattered sleeve, then gripped the knife tightly in his hand, and was about to rush into the billowing smoke—
"Lu Yangyang!"
Suddenly, a voice descended like a thunderclap, cleaving through the fog.
Lu Yangyang looked at the billowing smoke in disbelief.
Sheng Junyi's figure gradually emerged from the thick smoke, and Lu Yangyang instinctively called out, "I'm here!"
The next instant, Sheng Junyi rushed through the thick smoke and pressed a soaking wet cloak over Lu Yangyang's head. "Run!"
The moment the wet fabric touched her face, Lu Yangyang's cheeks, which had been almost numb from the smoke, finally felt a sense of reality. Without a moment's hesitation, she rushed towards the passage.
"Trying to leave? No way!" The bandits, who had been hesitant, saw that someone was rushing in to rescue them. With their last bit of strength, they shouted at their brothers, "Kill them! Charge out!"
Sheng Junyi stood next to Lu Yangyang and asked, "Who is it?"
Lu Yangyang gritted her teeth, "Damn it!"
Sheng Junyi understood, pushed her aside, and with a backhand slash, thrust his sword straight through the bandit's brow.
Blood splattered out. Sheng Junyi drew his slender sword, tossed it into the air where it spun once, and then slit the throats of the remaining men. Sheathing his sword, he asked in a calm voice, "Anyone else who wants to die? Come here, I'll give you a count of time."
No one dared to make a move.
Sheng Junyi turned and left.
Lu Yangyang, her cloak still damp, tore off a piece and threw it to Luo Jing, who was right behind her. The two of them struggled to run out of the interrogation room, which was already engulfed in flames. They found that most of the flames on the stairs had been extinguished, so they quickly ran towards the exit. Just as they reached the exit, Sheng Junyi caught up with them, grabbed her wrist, and dragged her out of the room, which had already collapsed halfway.
Panting, Lu Yangyang threw off her cloak, turned around and saw Luo Jing looking disheveled, with the collapsed house already ablaze behind them.
Just then, a voice came from behind, "Quick, put out the fire!"
Countless people rushed in carrying buckets of water and poured it onto the fire. Lu Yangyang turned around and saw two young men leading a group of people over. She stared in shock at the face of one of them.
How could it be him?
"Mingruo!" Lu Yangyang looked at the person walking quickly towards her in disbelief.
"Miss Lu, are you alright?"