"Oh?"

Qiao Beiming was indeed bluffed. He immediately halted, on high alert for a potential sneak attack from underground. At the same time, he tentatively asked, "What realm are you?"

He wanted to determine Tang Bo’s exact strength and use his voice to pinpoint his location underground before killing him. After all, he also possessed an Earth System Totem, and its Power was greater than Tang Bo’s.

"Qiao Beiming..."

As he listened intently for Tang Bo’s reply, Qiao Beiming suddenly heard Lin Feng’s loud shout. He hastily turned his head to see a hand shoot out from the ground and grab Lin Feng’s ankle, severely impeding his movement technique.

"Cut him down!"

Seeing Tang Bo assisting from underground, Baishan Jun roared and led the charge, thrusting his sword at Lin Feng’s neck with all his might. Meanwhile, the other hundred or so people from Medicine King Valley rained down blows on Lin Feng, their blades clattering against his body. In the blink of an eye, they had struck him hundreds of times.

Even a swarm of mosquitoes can bite an elephant to death.

Lin Feng was protected by his powerful, iron-like defensive power, but Baishan Jun’s men were numerous, and their Attack Power was quite respectable. Though they failed to breach his defenses, the barrage of blows caused the qi and blood within his body to roil violently.

"Qiao Beiming, what are you doing?! Tang Bo is your opponent!" Lin Feng roared in anger.

Qiao Beiming was even angrier than Lin Feng. The moment he saw the hand emerge from the ground to grab Lin Feng’s ankle, he understood Tang Bo’s intentions. Tang Bo had used his unknown level of strength and his Escape Technique to intimidate him into inaction, only to ambush Lin Feng himself.

Just as he was about to burrow into the ground to kill Tang Bo, the hand holding Lin Feng’s ankle retracted. By the time he went underground, Tang Bo was long gone from his position beneath Lin Feng’s feet!

"Tang Bo, if you have any guts, come out and fight me fair and square! Hiding underground makes you nothing but a coward!" Qiao Beiming taunted, trying to goad Tang Bo out.

Hiding underground, Tang Bo chuckled to himself. Am I an idiot? Why would I go out there just to get myself killed? It’s nice and cool down here, and I can still spook you.

Seeing that his taunts were having no effect on Tang Bo, Qiao Beiming began to ponder how he could either force him out or pinpoint his exact location.

Suddenly, a sense of crisis made the hairs on his entire body stand on end. He reflexively dropped into a crouch and clearly felt something whiz past just above his head.

The next moment, a loud BANG echoed.

Qiao Beiming turned to look and saw that a hole had been blasted clean through the courtyard wall of a farmhouse several meters away.

An Dongye had made her move. While the others from the Dongfang Family had indeed fled, she had not. She had sprinted to the top of a nearby hill and was now providing covering fire for Tang Bo and the people from Medicine King Valley with a sniper rifle.

Her sniper rifle was no ordinary weapon. It was a Barrett heavy sniper rifle modified by the Gun God himself. A standard Barrett sniper rifle can penetrate a 30-centimeter-thick concrete wall from a kilometer away. The Gun God’s modified version was even more powerful; its armor-piercing rounds could easily tear through 20-centimeter-thick steel plates.

"A sniper?" Qiao Beiming scoffed. A sniper rifle can’t break through my iron-hard body.

"Qiao Beiming, stand still and don’t move! Let me see if a bullet from my sniper rifle can pierce that iron hide of yours!" An Dongye yelled at the top of her lungs from the hill several hundred meters away.

Qiao Beiming looked toward the source of the voice. That sniper must be crazy, revealing her position and making such an idiotic request.

Just then, an idea struck him. Why don’t I capture the sniper to force Tang Bo out?

However, before he could act on the idea, three walls suddenly erupted from the ground to his left, right, and rear, boxing him in like a lidless coffin.

What is Tang Bo doing? Qiao Beiming couldn’t understand the purpose of this move; it posed no threat to him whatsoever.

The next moment, the sense of crisis returned. He knew instantly that An Dongye was about to fire again and his body reacted, trying to dodge preemptively. But as he turned, he came face-to-face with a wall.

BOOM!

A bullet roared through the air and struck his left arm. An Dongye had originally aimed for his chest, but his turn to dodge had inadvertently made his arm take the bullet instead.

Qiao Beiming sucked in a sharp breath of cold air from the pain. He looked down and saw a bullet embedded in his left arm, its tip burrowed into his flesh.

Through her sniper scope, An Dongye saw it all clearly and couldn’t help but marvel. The defensive power of a Fourth Realm War God is no joke; the bullet actually couldn’t penetrate.

What kind of sniper rifle is this powerful? Qiao Beiming was even more shocked than An Dongye, and a wave of fear washed over him. If that bullet had hit his eye, he would have been blinded.

At the same time, he finally understood why Tang Bo had raised the three walls: it was to create a sniping opportunity for An Dongye.

Incredible! Their coordination is flawless!

"Tang Bo, since you won’t come out, I’ll join forces with Lin Feng and kill these people first!"

His patience with Tang Bo exhausted, Qiao Beiming brandished his Fine Steel Soft Sword and charged at full speed toward the members of Medicine King Valley. By now, they had already been battered by Lin Feng. Twenty-some of them had their throats slit or their hearts pierced, and the rest were all seriously injured.

The moment Qiao Beiming joined the fight, the people from Medicine King Valley would be quickly annihilated. Both he and Lin Feng knew all about the Life Totem. If they chopped their opponents into pieces, crushed their heads, or even just lopped off their heads and kicked them far away, the members of Medicine King Valley would be truly and permanently dead.

"Qiao Beiming, your daddy’s over here!"

Tang Bo knew this well. As Qiao Beiming charged toward the Medicine King Valley members, Tang Bo’s head popped out of the ground in an attempt to draw his foe’s wrath. This time, however, Qiao Beiming completely ignored him, continuing his relentless charge.

It’s over! Tang Bo’s expression changed drastically. He hastily used the power of his Earth System Totem to try and obstruct Qiao Beiming, but this time, his opponent seemed to have anticipated the move and easily neutralized the attack.

Finally, Qiao Beiming reached the spot where Lin Feng was fighting the group from Medicine King Valley. His Fine Steel Soft Sword instantly snapped taut as if it had taken Viagra, and he slashed it toward Baishan Jun’s head.

This is the end for me! Baishan Jun despaired. Qiao Beiming’s sword was simply too fast; he had no way to dodge it!

Watching this unfold, Tang Bo and An Dongye could only pray. They hoped that Qiao Beiming would merely slice off Baishan Jun’s head and not crush it or do anything worse.

"Die!" Qiao Beiming uttered coldly, his Fine Steel Soft Sword just centimeters from Baishan Jun’s neck.

Just as his blade was about to connect, in that fraction of a second, his phone rang. The sudden noise made him hesitate, and his Fine Steel Soft Sword paused its advance.

Baishan Jun seized the chance and scrambled away. Tang Bo, ever watchful, instantly capitalized on the opening. With a single move—Collapse—he sent Qiao Beiming tumbling into a pit once more.

"Who the hell is calling me at a time like this?" Qiao Beiming roared, furious as he pulled his phone out from the bottom of the pit. The caller was Kristina.

His rage vanished instantly, and he hurriedly answered. Meng Yinwan’s voice came through the phone:

"Kristina is in Ye Xiu’s hands. If you dare touch a single hair on anyone from the Wu Family Manor or the Wu Family Fortress, Ye Xiu will chop Kristina into pieces and make Lion’s Head meatballs out of her."

Hearing this, Qiao Beiming felt his soul practically leap from his body in terror. "STOP!" he screamed. "LIN FENG, STOP! STOP RIGHT NOW!"