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Chapter 57 Too Fragile

Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Too Fragile

The leader of the black-clad men arrived outside the cave and shone his flashlight on the ground, then suddenly let out a sinister laugh.

"The woman is inside, there are bloodstains on the ground."

The other black-clad men gathered around.

The leader pointed the flashlight into the cave.

Lan Jiaojiao’s face was pale, and she pressed her back tightly against the stone wall, trying not to expose herself.

"Miss Lan, I can see you, come on out," the leader of the black-clad men called out with a creepy laugh.

Inside the cave, Lan Jiaojiao knew she absolutely couldn’t go out.

"Miss Lan, we just want the thing in your hand and won’t harm you. As long as you hand it over, we’ll let you go."

Lan Jiaojiao’s expression changed slightly. These people were after the White Dragon Scale. She had just obtained the White Dragon Scale, and they made their move. The only one who knew she had obtained it was Qin Yi.

Poor Qin Yi was lugging his wheelchair around searching for Lan Jiaojiao all over the place, little knowing he was now a suspect.

"Miss Lan, if you don’t come out, we’ll have to get nasty," said the leader of the black-clad men, firing two shots into the cave.

Lan Jiaojiao pressed closely against the stone wall. She absolutely couldn’t go out; the White Dragon Scale was for saving her grandfather’s life and couldn’t be stolen.

"Boss, let’s go in and drag her out."

The leader coldly laughed, "The situation inside the cave is unknown. It’s said Lan Jiaojiao has practiced martial arts since childhood and is quite capable. Rushing in is unwise."

"Then what do we do?"

The leader of the black-clad men sneered a few times and instructed, "Go find some branches, damp ones."

The mountain was full of branches, and soon several black-clad men brought back a pile.

The leader lit the branches, and thick smoke billowed into the cave.

This was indeed a vicious tactic. Inside the cave, it quickly became like an oven filled with swirling smoke. Even though Lan Jiaojiao covered her nose and mouth, she was still choked into a cough.

"Hahaha..." the leader of the black-clad men laughed arrogantly, "Miss Lan, if you don’t want to suffocate in there, you’d better come out obediently."

Lan Jiaojiao’s clothes were damp, which could block some smoke, but not entirely, and the air inside grew thinner, making it difficult to breathe. But stubbornly, she didn’t make a sound; she couldn’t let them take the White Dragon Scale even if she died.

"Boss, this Lan Jiaojiao sure is a beauty, hehe..."

"You’ll die over a woman someday."

"Hehe! Boss, the client said not to kill Lan Jiaojiao, but didn’t say we couldn’t enjoy ourselves, as long as she’s not dead."

The leader sneered, "That will have to wait until she comes out."

"Boss, watch me, she’ll come right out." This black-clad man began loosening his pants and then urinated onto the fire.

The other black-clad men were stunned, then started swearing.

"Damn, that’s disgusting."

"You’re really nastier than most."

The other black-clad men stepped back a few paces, the smell was really unbearable.

Not long after, inside Lan Jiaojiao inhaled the strange smell and almost vomited.

"Miss Lan, doesn’t it smell good? I’ve been holding this all day, now it’s all for you," the black-clad man shouted arrogantly from outside.

Lan Jiaojiao’s mind was foggy, there was no air left in the cave, and the smoke was foul and unbearable, her consciousness was already fading.

"Damn, you really held it in all day? Don’t put the fire out," another warned.

The urinating man sneered, "You don’t get it, once the fire’s out, it’s just more smoke...ah..."

However, he hadn’t finished his sentence when he let out a shrill scream, clasped his hands over his crotch, and fell to the ground twitching, checking his hands to see them covered in blood, and shrieked again in horror before passing out, no one could tell if from fear or pain.

This sudden scene petrified the other black-clad men.

"What happened to you?"

"Boss, there...there’s someone," the man on the ground groaned in agony.

"Be on guard," the leader commanded sternly. Suddenly, a sharp sound of something slicing through the air came, and a rock the size of a child’s fist struck his temple, shattering on impact. The leader dropped without a sound, his face covered in blood, it was uncertain if he was dead or alive.

"Boss..."

The other black-clad men cried out in horror.

Whoosh...whoosh...!

The sharp slicing sound echoed again, followed by agonizing screams as four more men fell to the ground, their heads bloodied and gushing.

The remaining men were terrified out of their wits.

"Who’s there, come out?"

Whiz...whiz...!

The remaining black-clad men, scared out of their minds, fired wildly in all directions.

Whoosh, whoosh...!

The sound of things cutting through the air was harsh, and a few more men were hit in the head by suddenly appearing rocks, their blood splattered, falling to the ground, their fate unknown.

Only two black-clad men remained, their pupils widened in terror, screaming madly while firing in all directions.

Bam! Bam!

A dull sound struck, and the two men stiffened, their eyes fixed, falling straight to the ground with the back of their heads gushing blood.

Behind them, Qin Yi discarded the thick, blood-stained wooden club and muttered, "Not tough at all."

If those two could hear Qin Yi, they’d surely leap up and fight; hitting us on the head with such a thick stick, even iron couldn’t withstand it.

Qin Yi, still holding the wheelchair, set it down and shouted into the cave, "Lan Jiaojiao, it’s me, Qin Yi, come out, I’ve dealt with the bad guys."

But after waiting a while, there was no response.

"Could she have been suffocated?" Qin Yi frowned at the cave, he could smell the stench from the smoke himself.

"Ah, might as well see it through," Qin Yi sighed and rolled the wheelchair towards the cave.

"Lan Jiaojiao, where are you?" Qin Yi shouted as he walked.

Lan Jiaojiao was already disoriented, had even lost her hearing, yet stubbornly refused to collapse, clutching tightly to the box with the White Dragon Scale.

Vaguely seeing someone enter, Lan Jiaojiao, operating on instinct, used her last bit of strength to lunge at the person, raising the White Dragon Scale box to smash at their head.

"Whoa..."

Although the cave was dimly lit, Qin Yi’s vision was astounding, seeing someone lunge at him, he almost reflexively struck back, realizing in time it was Lan Jiaojiao.

Lan Jiaojiao was driven purely by willpower, in fact, out of strength; her lunge landed her directly in Qin Yi’s arms, and she passed out.

"Hey, even though I saved you, you don’t have to repay me with yourself, I have a wife," Qin Yi raised his hands, "I’m not holding you."

"Huh, fainted?"

Qin Yi shook his head helplessly and carried Lan Jiaojiao out of the cave.

Outside, Qin Yi checked on Lan Jiaojiao to find only a leg injury and that she’d just fainted. Qin Yi had seen smoked rabbits but never smoked people. This woman was pretty stubborn, willing to suffocate rather than come out.

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