Chapter 439: Chapter 408: Arriving at the County City_1

“Is this County city? It’s huge!”

Looking at the towering city walls that reached dozens of meters high in the distance, and the continuous loft behind the city wall, Zhang Ergou couldn’t help but exclaim.

Xu Mu remained indifferent, while the other two’s mind was clearly not present.

Yin Wen kept silent, continually stroking the neck of the white-headed eagle, tensely directing it to fly in the direction of the east of the city.

Although Yang Jiang’s cultivation wasn’t impressive, he had rich experience in life and sensed something unusual about the eagle’s circling flight around the city.

“Young Master, shall we land here? Advancing any further may provoke an attack!” Yang Jiang warned.

Before Xu Mu could respond, Yin Wen interjected, “If we stop here, we will certainly get attacked. We should land at the designated location to avoid arousing suspicion. Animals often land in the County city and as long as we follow the rules, they won’t suspect us.”

Yin Wen racked her brains, coming up with a reasonably plausible explanation.

However, she obviously overlooked a significant doubt.

“Miss Yin, why have you suddenly become so benevolent?” Yang Jiang sneered.

“…”

Yin Wen froze for a moment, realising she had been too solicitous. Given her current situation, she definitely wanted the other three to die. She wouldn’t disagree if indeed landing here would lead to an attack.

But you couldn’t blame her. After all, she had never experienced such a situation, and the current state of affairs was unexpected.

Zhang Ergou also cast a suspicious look. He was naive, not an idiot. He naturally understood such a simple, clear circumstance.

“I… I… I just worry they may attack me too!”

Fortunately, Yin Wen thought on her feet and found a barely acceptable excuse. But, her nervous expression had betrayed her.

“Just now, I saw someone waving flags in the city. I’m afraid someone might be signaling you.”

Though Yin Wen was far more cultivated than Yang Jiang, in terms of worldly experience, she fell short.

From a series of reactions, Yang Jiang managed to put together an assumption.

Sweat poured down Yin Wen’s palms, and she thought to herself, damn.

After Yang Jiang succeeded in exposing her, anyone would be suspicious, and certainly Xu Mu wouldn’t let her off lightly.

“Head to the east of the city.”

Xu Mu’s voice carried a plain order.

“Young master, there might be…” Yang Jiang hurriedly tried to explain. He had been clear enough. Why didn’t Xu Mu understand?

To spare Xu Mu’s feelings, he had deliberately exposed Yin Wen by posing a question. As a result, Xu Mu, still like a naive man, insisted on going.

“Hmm?”

Xu Mu frowned slightly, giving him a glance.

Yang Jiang froze, his mouth open, face distorted. The next moment, he hung his head, gasping for breath, like a fish out of water.

For a moment there, he felt as if he were teetering on the brink of death.

He was reminded of a time in the Wilderness, when he ventured deep into a beast’s den and nearly died. It was that experience that made him choose to lead a peaceful life at home.

And Xu Mu, with just one look, had brought back memories of that terrifying experience.

He remembered once again the words Xu Mu had spoken, and consequently, he shut his mouth and lowered his head. Of course, he couldn’t help but grumble to himself.

Stubborn fool! When you suffer later, don’t blame me!

Pity I also have to accompany you into death!

The shock Yin Wen felt was imaginable.

She had not expected such an outcome. Yang Jiang had been very explicit. Even Zhang Ergou realized it was a trap, yet Xu Mu still chose to go forward.

Was this man arrogant or did he truly possess extraordinary abilities?

Yin Wen was unsure, but at the very least, she was relieved.

What mattered next was the president’s preparation. She hoped nothing unexpected would happen.

During their brief exchange, the white-headed eagle had already flown half-way around the city wall and reached the eastern part of the city, which had a small hill and several towering towers.

“There must be a trap!”

Even though the hill and the towers appeared deserted, Yang Jiang was convinced dangers lurked.

However, constrained by Xu Mu’s rules, he had to suppress his intense desire to express his belief.

All he could do now was pray that Xu Mu truly had something up his sleeve, rather being aloof to everything.

Zhang Ergou nervously licked his lips, expressing no opinion.

In any case, he knew he was living on borrowed time. And if he were to die, so be it.

But if he could avoid death, he would rather not die.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Ergou unconsciously shifted his buttocks closer to Xu Mu.

Having reached this point, Yin Wen felt a mix of anxiety and excitement. Her emotions were certainly complicated.

She thought there was no chance of failing, yet she was faintly disturbed and a little worried about losing something.

There was a relatively hidden symbol in the middle of the space. Yin Wen naturally controlled the white-headed eagle to land there.

Just as they were about to land, Xu Mu suddenly jumped off the eagle, ghost-like, and landed on the ground first.

Buzz!

A great virtual human-like shadow surged out from behind him. Then the shadow’s palms simultaneously pressed down on the ground.

“What’s he doing?”

All the three felt puzzled.

Why did he slap the ground? Did he still want to create a special landing platform?

Before the three could ask, the surrounding ground exploded with a roar.

Boom!

In an instant, the earth shook, and fire filled their sights.

The explosion lasted for three breaths, causing tinnitus in Yin Wen, and making the eagle curl up and shake with fear.

As for Yang Jiang, his brain was spinning, feeling as though someone had pounded his head with a hammer a few times.

The weakest, Zhang Ergou, passed out immediately.

After a while, the dust and smoke from the explosion gradually dissipated.

Seeing the surrounding scene, Yang Jiang and Yin Wen were utterly dumbfounded.

Beyond the small area beneath their feet, the surroundings in a hundred-meter radius had been turned into a several meters deep trench, with both the city walls, the tower, and the hill leveled to the ground.

“It was gunpowder! They buried gunpowder!”

Yin Wen turned pale, muttering to herself.

Other than being astounded at the president’s means, she thought, if it weren’t for Xu Mu’s action, she and the eagle would have been blown to ashes.

With so much gunpowder, even with her abilities, she could at best maintain the integrity of her corpse.

Which meant the League of Martial Artists intended to blow her up too, despite her being their own.

Ha Ha!

Lamenting her circumstances, Yin Wen was on the brink of collapsing.

Not many could accept the feeling of risking their own lives to lure the enemy, only to become a sacrifice themselves.

And Yin Wen wasn’t exactly the selfless type to begin with. Having been treated such, she felt even more devastated.

But Yang Jiang was shocked at Xu Mu’s prowess. Not only had he detected the explosives ahead of time, but he had also averted them.

Xu Mu had not just extinguished the explosives under their feet. He had also used his Beast Spirit to hold off the impact of the nearby explosives. Otherwise, even if the explosives under their feet didn’t go off, the immense shock wave from the surroundings would have been enough to kill them.

After completing this unimaginable feat, Xu Mu stood tall, still immaculately dressed, like someone who had just enjoyed a refreshing breeze.