Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 149: Difficult Breakthrough

Seeing the increasingly precarious situation and everyone struggling to break through, especially Du Jun in grave danger, Gu Fan, who was watching, couldn’t sit still any longer and signaled Su Hui with his eyes.

Su Hui understood immediately, she took the initiative to clash with Hai, with the aim of restraining this strongest opponent, so that Gu Fan could rush to assist the others.

"Over here, come here!" Gu Fan shouted and used his fists and legs to clear a path, finally managing to reach Lu Yi and the others’ side with great exertion.

Lu Yi quickly asked, "Brother, what do we do? It’s so chaotic here, so dangerous, not fun at all."

"Sister Su has fewer people over there. You all go there, then follow Sister Su to break through. I’ll go help Du Jun. Hurry up!" After saying this, Gu Fan rushed off, completely ignoring the reactions from Lu Yi and Jie.

Lu Yi wanted to say something, but Gu Fan had already run off. In this cacophony, even shouting was useless.

Jie was a bit worried: "What do we do? We can’t just leave Gu Fan and Du Jun behind. We should all stick together, come and leave together."

"Now is not the time to be sentimental, listen to Gu Fan, we’ll go help Sister Su repel the enemy first, secure our escape route." After saying this, Lu Yi shouted loudly, assumed a fighting stance with his shield leading, leading the others to march forward.

"What?" Just as Hai was about to launch a full attack, after landing a punch on Su Hui’s shoulder, he saw a group of people rushing over, including Jie.

Hai assessed the situation and saw the chaos. His subordinates were either brushed off, knocked down, or dispersed. Looking left and right, he was the lone commander left, so he decided to retreat and look for Leng Le.

Seeing the enemy retreat without a fight, Lu Yi immediately asked, "Sister Su, how are you? Are you okay?"

Su Hui sat on the ground, back against the wall, clutching her shoulder and gritting her teeth. It looked really painful. She wouldn’t be able to fight in a short time, as her arm was in so much pain that she couldn’t lift it.

Everyone saw that even Su Hui, who was the most skilled among them, couldn’t hold on, their hearts could not help but sink. At the same time, they looked in the direction of Gu Fan and Du Jun, but there were too many people, and they could not see what was happening at all.

As the battle raged on, most of Hai and Leng Le’s men had been taken out, even many of the ogres had been killed or injured. From start to finish, the only group maintaining the upper hand was the people from the ancient town. They had now completely surrounded Gu Fan and Du Jun, as if to say, "let’s see where you can run to."

Du Jun clutched the key tightly, as if he wouldn’t let go even if he died. But seeing the enemies surrounding him, and the circle tightening, he was suddenly gripped by despair, wondering how they would break through.

Gu Fan had no solution either, one’s fist can’t fight against four hands, let alone, the opponent had more than four hands.

At this moment, Du Jun gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and surprisingly gave up the key voluntarily. He even said: "If I give you the key, let us go."

"What?" Gu Fan was astonished, and Du Jun sighed: "I don’t want to either, but in this situation, we can’t hold onto it."

"Never give up until the end, this is a matter of life and death for twelve students." Gu Fan’s words were lofty, but he also had no confidence in his heart. Just like Du Jun said, even if they risked their lives, they might not be able to keep the key.

"No matter what, the key is in my hand, this time I’ll make the decision." After saying this, Du Jun threw the key to the side where there were three ogres.

"My god, you’re not thinking of...?" Gu Fan was a bit stunned, and the ogres had already picked up the key and were carefully examining it, not knowing what it was.

Someone unknown shouted, "No matter what ogres, get the key back for me. "

The people in the ancient town, who had been fighting fiercely, rushed towards the ogres from different directions, completely ignoring the vicious opponents. Throwing out several nets and immediately covering the ogres.

There is strength in numbers, three ogres, even though fierce, were overwhelmed by the rushing crowd. Even though they were still ferocious under the restraint of the fishing net, their combat power was greatly reduced, essentially posing no threat.

But the people of the ancient town were too numerous. They could divide their forces into three, one group to block Jie and his team, another to deal with the ogres, and another to surround Gu Fan.

"No matter, let’s fight our way out!" Gu Fan directly executed a flying kick, hitting two people, and then another series of punches knocked down more men.

However, the people from the ancient town were not easy to bully. They joined hands, and several batons came swinging towards Gu Fan. He couldn’t handle it all, his body taking several hits, causing him to wince in pain, all the while observing the situation with Lu Yi on the side, it seemed they couldn’t make it over.

At that moment, several ogres suddenly emitted piercing screams, sounding so harsh that Gu Fan could hardly resist covering his ears.

"Shut up, you pest!" People of the ancient town struck mercilessly, disabling the screaming ogre with one swipe of their club.

Suddenly, more ogres jumped down from above, landing directly on the heads of the townsfolk before biting down with their sharp claws and teeth. This immediately prompted screams far more unpleasant than the squeal of slaughtering pigs.

The earlier cries for help from the ogres had drawn even more of their kind. They kept descending from above, their sharp claws and fangs slashing indiscriminately, capable of gutting a person instantly.

"God, there’s more of them!" The townsfolk tossed fishing nets over several ogres and beat them fiercely, but the swarm of incoming ogres was overwhelming. A few fishing nets were entirely insufficient to hold them back.

The people who initially intended to besiege Gu Fan were also under attack from the ogres. They could barely defend themselves. Seizing the moment, Gu Fan and Du Jun fought their way out of the encirclement, intending to join Lu Yi and the others. However, they saw the townsfolk battling the ogres ahead, blocking their way.

Out of options, Gu Fan called out, "We need to split up and find a way to regroup later."

"Alright, you guys stay safe." After saying this, under Su Hui’s lead, the rest of the group began to retreat while Gu Fan and Du Jun headed off in another direction.

Meanwhile, Leng Le and Hai, leading the remaining members, hid in a corner. As they watched everything unfold, especially when seeing Gu Fan and Du Jun run past not too far away, Leng Le was fuming with anger, itching to give Gu Fan a good beating.

However, Hai restrained Leng Le’s shoulder and said, "If we want to still be the dark horses, we need to pick the right timing."

Leng Le looked back at their group, reduced to just ten men. Two tumultuous battles had gained them nothing, bringing heavy losses instead. Even though the townsfolk had many more casualties, Leng Le found this difficult to accept.

Hai then spoke again, "It seems like the townsfolk have got the key back, so what should we do next?"

"Now it’s not a chaotic battle, but the townsfolk fighting the ogres. We can hope for both sides to suffer losses and we’ll reap the benefits," dreamed Leng Le. But reality didn’t agree. More and more townsfolk arrived, vastly outnumbering the ogres. Armed with all sorts of weapons, including firearms, they swarmed the ogres. Even trampling the ogres could squash them to death.

A bullet could take down an ogre, and a net could cover two. The townsfolk, paying enormous sacrifices, engaged the ogres in deadly battle. Eventually, the ogres were driven into a rampant run, climbing the walls to escape.

Although they triumphed, their victory came at a heavy cost. Bodies lay strewn across the battlefield, most of which belonged to the townsfolk. They’d arrived in force, over four hundred strong, but less than a hundred remained. Losing two-thirds of their number was a hard blow for anyone to take.

Seeing the low morale, the ancient town’s leader shouted, "What’s there to be upset about? Every sacrifice for our cause is worth it, glorious even! No one can stop us now. Let us open the gate and welcome the moment we’ve been waiting for over millenniums!"

After hearing this, the townsfolk perked up a bit. Each of them looked at the leader with hopeful eyes and then at the door behind him.

At that moment, someone brought Lin Xi and Professor Luo over. Professor Luo, bristling with indignation, spat at the leader of the ancient town. "You shameless grave robbers, I haven’t finished with you. I will never let you destroy national cultural relics."

The leader of the ancient town was unimpressed, "Okay, with you two as my hostages, I believe your companions won’t cause any more trouble and disturb our sacred moment."

Only then did Lin Xi and Professor Luo understand why the townsfolk had captured them - they were meant to be insurance against any interference from Gu Fan and the others at the crucial moment.

Meanwhile, Gu Fan and Du Jun had already run far away to a safe place. Checking that there were no pursuers, and out of breath from running, Du Jun suggested they rest on the spot.

"Alright, we’ll rest here for a while." Gu Fan surveyed the surroundings to ensure they were alone. With that, his lips curled into a smirk full of hidden meanings, odd for their current situation.

Seeing Gu Fan’s expression, Du Jun, puzzled and sensing something wasn’t quite right, asked, "What’s so funny, Gu Fan? You didn’t crack under the pressure and go crazy, did you?"

"Don’t worry, I’m perfectly sane. I just think it’s an excellent opportunity now that it’s just you and me." Gu Fan said, squinting his eyes and then looking Du Jun up and down.

It was the first time a man had ever looked at Du Jun this way and it made him uncomfortable. He asked, "What do you mean, Gu Fan? What are you trying to do? You’re not actually thinking about attacking me, are you?"

"Relax, I’m not into guys. I just want to have a heart-to-heart chat with you." After saying that, Gu Fan smirked again, crossed his arms, and added in a deep, mocking tone, "Speak up. You must have had a tough time as a double-crosser all this time, Du Jun!"

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