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Chapter 169 We will protect your backs!
The group finally managed to dig out Dong Changsheng.

He was lucky not to have been captured during the attack.

"I...I've...gone ahead of you once again!"

"I'd rather... be injured by an explosion myself, just so you can... see clearly what the consequences of cowardice are..."

"You...don't hurt me, yet I am hurt because of...you..."

"Today... I... used my own blood... to teach you the most important... lesson..."

After saying that, Dong Changsheng tilted his head to the side and gloriously fainted.

"Immortal Master!!!"

"Senior Brother Dong, you...!!!"

Yes...we were too weak...we harmed Immortal Master Dong...

Master Dong endured all of this in order to enlighten us!
Several undercover disciples immediately rushed over in a flurry and carefully helped their beloved Senior Brother Dong up.

"Quick! Medicine! I have some excellent healing medicine here!"

After confirming that everything was alright, Su Ling'er quietly squatted down.

She picked up the scattered magic-breaking arrows one by one and put them into her storage bag.

These... are all ritual implements.

I'm skillfully collecting these evil items myself, and my senior brother... he probably does the same thing.

She didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Under the influence of the elixir, Dong Changsheng slowly awoke.

Su Ling'er subconsciously counted the number of people, and her face instantly turned ashen.

"...Is someone missing from the team?"

"what?!"

"One, two, three... Oh no! Senior Brother Jia has disappeared!"

"He...he was right next to me just now! Didn't he follow me?!"

“It’s not just Junior Brother Jia… there are only four of those mortals left now…”

Li Chunfeng kept a tense expression on his face, and his hands moved faster than ever before. The clanging, clicking, clattering, and rattling sounds of friction were particularly jarring in the deathly silent passage.

This even drew uneasy glances from several ordinary people.

He didn't know what to say, as if only by repeating this familiar action could he slightly dispel the chill in his heart.

This bone-chilling coldness sent a chill down everyone's spine!

They merely dodged the arrows for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, several people had vanished silently from the ranks!
"choke!"

This time, after Li Chunfeng drew his sword, he did not immediately sheath it.

He stared wide-eyed at the empty spot where Senior Brother Jia had stood:

"How...how could this be...?"

The previous casualties weren't obvious, but now, after the chaos of this sudden rain of arrows and the rampant hunting by the Cursed Ones, they finally realized the seriousness of the problem!
Those few surviving ordinary people were already on the verge of collapse.

"Immortal... Immortal Master... what exactly happened just now?"
Why... why are there so many people missing all of a sudden?!
Did you see where they went?!

Su Ling'er's heart sank. She had been so focused on blocking those magic-breaking arrows that she hadn't had time to think about anything else.

Only then did they realize that Senior Brother Jia and several ordinary people had disappeared.

Panic also spread among those four ordinary people.

Fear is the root of folly.

When people are driven by panic, they will do things they would never normally condone, because their rationality has been hijacked by their emotions.

"It's over...we're all going to die here..."

"It's all your fault! You talked a good game, but you couldn't protect us at all!"

"Maybe you're the ones who orchestrated all of this!" "Please... let us out..."

In despair, various complaints mingled together.

Su Ling'er also felt a little wronged. If she hadn't taken action just now, everyone might have died under the rain of arrows. She was the only one with Foundation Establishment cultivation and didn't have time to spare.

But she still tried to speak calmly, saying, "As long as I'm alive, I will do my best to protect everyone."

Just then, Dong Changsheng stepped forward.

"Since you are so worried,"

"Then Fellow Daoist Li, my fellow disciples, and I will personally protect you!"

He then turned to his three other undercover agents and gave them orders:
"Disciple B, Disciple C, Disciple D!"

"You three, lead the way!"

Upon hearing this, the three disciples looked panicked.

"Senior Brother Dong..."

"Clear...clear the way? But...but what about Senior Brother Jia..."

"Yes, Senior Brother Dong! It's too dangerous there. We... our cultivation is too low. If we go, we'll just be throwing our lives away!"

Seeing the fear on their faces, Dong Changsheng showed a disappointed expression.

"Death?"

"You...you actually think I'm sending you to your deaths?"

"That's not how you behave!"

"I'm offering you the best opportunity in the world, a chance to prove myself!"

"And yet you turn around and doubt me? Slander me? How could you do this to me?!"

He pointed to himself, then to the group of ordinary people behind him, his expression filled with extreme grief and indignation.

"Do you think staying here, by my side, is the safest option? Do you think the danger ahead is the greatest danger?!"

"Wrong! The point of this matter is not how dangerous it is for you to clear the road!"

"The key point is that I gave you the simplest task, while leaving the most painful and agonizing burden to myself!"

"Go ahead and you'll only need to face those visible swords, spears, and halberds!"
And what about me?!

I will stay here and face the fear, cowardice, and doubt emanating from the hearts of these ordinary people!
These things are invisible knives, cutting into my heart piece by piece!

What I'm enduring is a thousand cuts to my soul! Do you even understand?!
Don't worry, people may bully the kind-hearted, but Heaven will not; people may fear the wicked, but Heaven will not!
If you do good deeds and accumulate virtue in your daily lives, would God be so blind as to let you really die?

You'll wake up to find that it was all just a dream!

"We will protect you from behind!"

Honestly, if it weren't for the need to stabilize the rear and to bear this heaviest mental burden for you, I would really like to go to the front myself!

That feeling of charging forward with passion—that's what success is! That's what exhilaration is!
I'm giving you this precious opportunity, so go ahead and seize the success that's rightfully yours!

We are here for you!

Under the combined effect of his persuasive words and the "True Words of Universal Salvation Heart Sutra," the fear in the eyes of the three disciples, who were already terrified and at a loss, gradually subsided.

"Yes, Senior Brother Dong!"

"We understand! We will definitely live up to our senior's expectations!"

"We're entrusting our future to you!"

Finally, he looked at Su Ling'er and Wang Xiedi: "Junior Sister Su, Junior Brother Wang, you two are responsible for covering the rear. In this way, we can fully protect these remaining ordinary people."

The four ordinary people immediately breathed a sigh of relief and were extremely grateful.

"Immortal, we will repay your kindness once we are out!"

(End of this chapter)