Chapter 4054 Commanding the Mountain

These Mao Min people are skilled at disguise; they even disguised themselves as stones from the Gobi Desert and launched a sudden attack on us. Fortunately, Meiling sensed something was wrong, otherwise we would have been in serious trouble.

What we didn't expect was that there were too many of these Maoist people, who launched a surprise attack on us from all directions.

Fortunately, we already had considerable combat experience, and before they could get close, we launched a fierce counterattack.

Little Begonia released a large swarm of ghost soldiers and generals, which scattered in all directions and contained most of the enemy's forces.

Then, a group of us grabbed our magical weapons and rushed forward to fight the Maoist people.

They attacked us for no particular reason other than because we were in their territory.

In this situation, if we don't fight back, we're doomed. What else is there to say? Since we've started fighting, we have to teach them a lesson. Only by beating them into submission and making them feel the pain will they dare not provoke us again.

The slovenly Taoist priest quickly made his move. These people from the Maomin Kingdom were covered in thick black hair, like a layer of armor, and sometimes even magical artifacts couldn't pierce their bodies.

However, the slovenly Taoist priest directly used fire to attack, his lightning-struck wooden sword continuously spewing out bursts of flame, instantly engulfing more than a dozen Maomin people.

When the flames landed on the bodies of those Maoist people, it was like dry wood meeting a raging fire—it ignited instantly.

In an instant, the dozen or so Maoist people turned into fireballs, screaming and howling in agony as they rolled on the ground in pain.

I can tell that these people from Maomin Kingdom are generally not very strong. Most of them don't have any cultivation. They just look bigger and have thicker fur. Their fighting power is no match for ours.

We acted swiftly and engaged in a fierce battle with those Maoist people.

As the disheveled Taoist priest continued to unleash flames, setting the Maomin people ablaze, he finally unleashed a powerful attack, striking a golden talisman onto his magic sword. Instantly, a massive fire dragon crashed into the Maomin people.

This move was incredibly powerful, instantly setting dozens of Maoist people ablaze, the flames crackling loudly as they burned.

Seeing this, the Maoist people behind them no longer dared to rush forward.

Immediately, those Maoist people retreated, and after retreating a distance, they seemed to have vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace.

At that moment, I shouted, warning everyone not to chase after them and to be careful of an ambush.

"Angkor, I've captured one alive!" Kassan said, stepping on a man from the Mao Kingdom while holding his magic sword against his back.

If there are survivors, things will be easier.

We immediately gathered around the living Mao Minguo and surrounded him.

Master Zhiqing asked in a deep voice, "Are you all from the Maoist Kingdom? Why did you launch a sneak attack on us?"

The one who was captured alive had even grown hair on his face, with only a pair of dark eyes showing. His eyes were still fierce, and he didn't seem to want to pay any attention to us.

When Master Zhiqing asked him a question, he turned his head away, as if he didn't want to talk to us.

"Don't waste words with him, just give us the Nine-Turn Bone-Scraping Pill," the slovenly Taoist priest called out.

Little Fatty immediately stepped forward, pried open the man's mouth, took out a Nine-Turn Bone-Scraping Pill from his body, and stuffed it directly into the man's mouth.

Then we waited for the medication to take effect.

Less than half a minute later, the hairy creature was trembling with pain.

One minute later, it let out a wail, and two minutes later it started rolling around on the ground.

We just watched him silently for three minutes, and then he started begging for mercy, asking us to give him a quick death.

“You’ll answer whatever we ask you honestly, or you’ll just keep in this pain until you die,” Kassan said angrily.

After almost four minutes, the man knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, indicating that he was willing to tell everything.

That's when I stopped the effects of the Nine-Turn Bone-Scraping Pill.

Upon stopping, the man immediately collapsed to the ground, panting heavily like a lump of mud.

"Speak," the slovenly Taoist priest said, stepping forward and kicking him.

“That’s right…we are from the Maoming Kingdom. Why should we take action? You should ask yourselves…who are you and why are you invading our territory…” The man still seemed somewhat unconvinced.

“We’re not invading your territory. We’re just passing through on our way to Guanxiong Kingdom. Why are you making such a fuss about us?” Chilang chimed in.

"Where did all those Mao Minguo people who escaped just now go? How did they all disappear into thin air?" the slovenly Taoist priest asked again.

The man hesitated, seemingly reluctant to speak.

"You won't talk, huh? Then let you continue to suffer. Answer us when you've figured things out." The slovenly Taoist priest's face darkened.

"No, no, no... I'll talk..." The hairy guy was in terrible shape from the Nine-Turn Bone-Scraping Pill and hurriedly waved his hands.

“They didn’t disappear into thin air; they burrowed underground. In this area, there are many hidden entrances under the black stones. After moving the stones, you can burrow underground. We, the people of Maomin Kingdom, live underground,” the man quickly replied.

We immediately looked at each other, somewhat surprised.

No wonder I hadn't seen a single Maoist along the way; they were all hiding underground. I guess the Maoist people had already noticed us when we entered this Gobi Desert, and the reason they hadn't made a move was that they were waiting for an opportunity to ambush us.

"How many people from the Maoist Republic are in your area? What is your leader's name?" I asked, leaning closer.

“There are over ten thousand people in this area. Our leader here is called Shanti, and he's the one who ordered us to attack you,” the man replied again.

"More than 10,000 people, all living underground, how do you live on a daily basis, what do you eat?" Master Zhiqing was very curious.

“Yes, we have a large underground fortress, and we usually feed on volcano worms,” the man replied.

The disheveled Taoist priest's face darkened, and he said, "Since these people from the Maomin Kingdom have attacked us, and we have killed so many of their people, they certainly won't let this go. Why don't we take the initiative, go down below to find them, capture that man named Shandi, and see if we can negotiate with him so that we can leave this place safely?"

To catch a thief, first catch the king; once you catch the leader, everything will be much easier.

No one had any objections, so this was the only way to proceed.

Then, we had the guy we captured lead us to an entrance, where Little Fatty pushed aside a rock, and sure enough, there was a dark hole underneath.