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Just like the concerns of these sand bandits, Geng Xuan had no worries at all about the attacking sand bandits.

His biggest concern was that he couldn't keep them completely.

Therefore, if possible, Geng Xuan really wanted to give them a clear guarantee before they split up into teams - just charge with confidence, I guarantee that no one in the other courtyard will run away.

After using a gust of wind and a roar to stop the entire group of people hiking across the mountain.

Geng Xuan, who was standing on the top of the hill, immediately fell rapidly towards the villa.

At this moment, the cavalry that had surrounded the courtyard from the other four directions all abandoned their horses and quickly rushed into the courtyard.

——For the sand bandits, horses are a means of transportation, not a combat aid.

Firstly, horses without any protective capabilities would become complete targets in battles between practitioners.

Even an ordinary person without any cultivation can deal a fatal blow if he handles it properly.

Secondly, they wanted to break into the villa, which was not a convenient place for horses to move.

If you are in an open desert, you can also avoid close combat by riding on horseback and shooting arrows and throwing hidden weapons from a distance.

……

Watching waves of bandits climbing over walls and houses and rushing into the courtyard.

Geng Xuan, who had already stood in a favorable position more than a hundred steps away, withdrew his hand that was reaching for the quiver, and slowly put down the copper-framed, iron-backed bow he had raised.

With his archery skills, this wave alone is enough to launch five or six waves of deadly arrows before these bandits can react.

The number of invading sand bandits was quickly reduced by more than one third.

In addition to the subsequent efficient killing, Cao Ao and others had already set up a trap and were waiting for them.

It won’t be long before all these invading bandits will be left here.

but--

Is this really good?
According to his plan, except for the dead, the rest of the attacking bandits will be absorbed into the Black Wind Group.

The rapid growth of the Black Wind Group brings more good luck, but also brings more "bad luck disasters" to the Black Wind Group.

In this way, he can quickly build a large enough team through this snowball method.

However, the actual combat capability of such a hastily assembled team must be very poor.

Even when facing the Giant Bear Gang, which was of the same size and had its own ulterior motives, they were almost shattered at the first touch.

Even without a real encounter, they may scatter and fall apart.

Therefore, he had to not only use the snowball method to make the black wind group grow bigger and bigger.

You should make good use of every "collision".

For the Black Wind Group, every collision is a rare opportunity for tempering!

As to whether the result will be better or worse, it depends on how carefully you control the temperature and strength during each "refining".

……

Many sand bandits avoided the biggest disaster without knowing it.

But after successfully rushing into the villa, what greeted them was not the panicked and embarrassed figures running around as they had imagined.

Instead, they were already on high alert, waiting for their murderous intent.

Throwing knives.

javelin.

A blade-like light suddenly appeared from the shadows.

The flash of a cold sword...

Before they even landed on the ground, these attacks had already penetrated into their bodies like the bared fangs of vicious beasts.

In an instant, exclamations, screams, sounds of panicked responses, and the sound of swords clashing resounded throughout the courtyard.

"careful!"

"There's an ambush!"

"It's a trap!"

The high-ranking bandits who were attacking one by one responded to the attacks coming towards them while giving loud warnings.

It is also obvious that all members who originally belonged to different bandit gangs, except for those who died, subconsciously distanced themselves from other bandit groups.

The looks he gave to other teams were full of scrutiny, vigilance, and distrust.

The already fragile Sand Bandit Alliance showed signs of complete disintegration in an instant.

It can be said that at this moment, within this small villa, the number of sand bandit forces has been reduced from two to five.

This change did not stop the fighting, but made it more chaotic and intense.

Because the various bandit groups broke into the courtyard from different directions, no one could see the overall situation at the first time.

They only knew that they were ambushed, and could only fill in their minds about the situation based on their own experiences and those of their companions.

They all put themselves in the position of being "trapped" at the first opportunity.

In a villa that has suddenly become a fog, the safest and most reliable response is, of course, to resolve the current battle as quickly as possible and clarify the information fog in front of you as much as possible.

This caused the intensity of the fighting in various parts of the villa to almost reach the brink of boiling point the moment the various bandit groups rushed into the villa.

Under normal circumstances, this foggy state would not last too long.

Because the gap in numbers between the two sides was too great, even though the Black Wind Group had the initiative and the advantage of terrain.

But after all, there are too few people.

Although they gave the invading bandits a great fright, their ambush forces scattered everywhere were like a thin layer of spider web on the faces of these bandits. As long as they tore it apart with force, the situation in the villa would immediately become clear.

But unfortunately, what they encountered was not a normal situation.

Just as these bandits were climbing over walls and houses and rushing into the villa from several directions, Geng Xuan also disappeared into the continuous and extensive villa buildings like a ghost.

He was like a third party who was completely outside the fierce battlefield.

Neither the members of the Black Wind Group nor the attacking sand bandits could see his presence.

But on the other hand, his influence is everywhere.

From the beginning to the end of the battle, the attacking bandits were unable to even discover a basic fact -

The ambush force in the villa was far less than they thought.

Because those bandits who were standing were moving quickly between the houses, trying to meet up with more of their companions.

What they could feel personally was that even though they were constantly gathering companions, the number of companions around them did not increase significantly, and always remained at a level that was evenly matched with the enemy in front of them.

Therefore, they soon realized that in addition to the enemies who sniped and blocked them in the open, the more dangerous ones were the enemies hiding in the dark. These enemies exposed in the open were probably just a cover.

"Be careful in the dark!"

"Be careful in the dark!"

"..."

The bandits were on edge, warning themselves in this way, but it did not help change the current situation at all.

In this way, Geng Xuan manually controlled the intensity of the entire battle based on the absolute difference in strength.

On the one hand, all ninety-three members of the Black Wind Group felt the threat of death and tremendous pressure.

On the other hand, he couldn't let this pressure really crush them.

It was an intense battle, with each fight almost a life-and-death struggle.

To Geng Xuan, who was watching, it was just a brief confrontation.

But for everyone who has experienced it, each one is unforgettable, long and torturous.

Soon, everyone in the Black Wind Group was injured.

What they didn't know was that the attacking bandits were in far more torment than they were.

The pressure he endured was far greater than theirs, and he was almost on the verge of complete collapse.

At this moment, a voice suddenly spread throughout the courtyard.

"Surrender and avoid death!"

When this sound suddenly spread to every corner of the villa like the wind, all those who heard it, whether they were from the Black Wind Group or the attacking sand bandits, suddenly felt their hearts skip a beat.

The offensive of both sides could not help but slow down.

His defenses had long been on the verge of collapse when faced with the invading bandits, and the string in his heart was completely broken.

"I surrender!"

"I surrender!"

"..."

At first, only a few people were shouting.

Then, the voices shouting surrender spread throughout the villa.

Along with the sound of surrender, there was also a constant clanging sound.

That was the sound of a group of bandits throwing their weapons far away and dropping them to the ground.

This was not only a demonstration of their sincerity in surrendering, but also a way for the remaining bandits to realize that in this strange and dangerous villa, the weapons in their hands could not bring them any sense of security.

They had almost squeezed their abilities to the limit, and the battle between life and death was over. From the physical to the mental, the feeling of exhaustion almost flooded over them like a tide.

Seeing the attacking bandits surrender so quickly and easily, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hu-hu-"

Cao Ao pressed the broken long sword in his hand to the ground, his chest heaving violently and breathing heavily.

After catching his breath, he saw a figure slowly walking out from the corner. He immediately held his breath and hurried forward, bowing and saying, "Captain!"

Geng Xuan nodded slowly and asked, "How do you feel now?"

"……very good!"

Cao Ao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his mouth cracked and he gave such an answer.

This was not just a lie to please Geng Xuan, but his true feeling.

For all practitioners, a hearty and evenly matched battle is almost what they desire most.

And it would be even more perfect if you could survive such a battle unscathed.

Now, Cao Ao is obviously in such "afterglow".

Although I am tired physically and mentally, I feel extremely fulfilled inside.

"Do you have any energy left?" Geng Xuan asked.

"Of course." Cao Ao nodded quickly.

After replying this, Cao Ao immediately organized people to quickly clean up the battlefield that was almost everywhere in the villa.

It was not until this moment that Cao Ao and other members of the Black Wind Group were horrified to find that in those seemingly inconspicuous corners, there were bandits lying there.

Some of these bandits who collapsed in the deserted corners had already turned into cold corpses, completely dead.

Most of them just lay there limply, with looks of fear and suspicion in their eyes when they saw them approaching.

Of course they knew that these were the achievements of their own team leader.

It was not until this moment that they realized that their leader had secretly done so many things in a corner without their knowledge.

The dissatisfaction that had accumulated in many people's hearts due to Geng Xuan's "invisibility" throughout the whole process naturally dissipated after seeing these.

Especially when they counted all the bandits who had silently left the battlefield due to the action of the team leader.

Even those who were most suspicious had to be convinced.

"It turns out that the leader did so much in secret."

After Cao Ao and his men had roughly counted all the battlefields in the villa, Hake and Tao Bin, under Geng Xuan's instructions, organized a group of people to go to the low hill and bring back more than 30 paralyzed bandits, including the one-eyed leader, back to the villa.

By the time Hake, Tao Bin and others brought the bandits back to the villa, Cao Ao was already giving Geng Xuan a post-war report.

"There were 362 bandits in total in this attack, 74 of whom were killed in the battle and 128 surrendered.

There are 160 people subdued by you alone, captain.

Among them, 30 people died and 130 people survived. "

“However, although we have achieved amazing results, we have also paid a huge price.

Before this battle, excluding you, the leader, my Black Wind Group had 93 people.

Now, there are only 72 people left, and 21 of them have been killed.”

"Among the 72 people who survived, almost all of them were injured.

Nearly thirty people were seriously injured or disabled. "

Both the proportion of casualties and the proportion of seriously injured and disabled people are huge.

But not only Cao Ao, who was reporting, did not think the situation was serious, the members of the Black Wind Group who were listening nearby also looked relaxed.

It seems that no one takes it as a big deal. (End of this chapter)