Chapter 491: Chapter 487

Walking through this corridor of about three hundred meters.

Along the way, there was no danger encountered.

Fang Xiaocao speculated that the guards arranged on the outer area of the pawnshop were probably the people they encountered before. If it weren’t for the strong individual abilities on their side, any other forces trying to gatecrash would find it impossible to succeed so easily.

Even if the number of people doubled, they might all end up dead.

Swish, swish—-

The moment they stepped out of the corridor, two sounds of sharp blades slicing through the air greeted them.

Fang Xiaocao and the other three were all startled.

Tom and Xuanwu, walking at the front, immediately reacted. The dagger in Tom’s hand quickly blocked the incoming blades.

At the same moment, Xuanwu instantly activated the Golden Bell Shield Iron Cloth Shirt, his muscles bulged, crossing his arms in front of him to withstand the incoming swords.

Fang Xiaocao snapped back to reality, looked towards the end of the corridor, and saw that there were actually two store managers stationed there, slashing towards Tom and Xuanwu.

Fearful that Tom and Xuanwu might be in trouble, Fang Xiaocao quickly flicked her wrist, launching several hidden weapons.

To alleviate some of the pressure on Tom and Xuanwu.

Shoo, shoo, shoo—-

The hidden weapons shot out.

Aimed directly at the two store managers.

Unhappy also flashed a savage look, darted forward, and pounced on one of the store managers.

Clang—-

Tom’s dagger firmly parried the store manager’s sword, and at the same moment, Fang Xiaocao’s hidden weapons struck, nailing into the store manager’s arm and shoulder while he was surprised.

Seizing the opportunity, Tom swiftly moved in closer to the store manager.

At the same time, the dagger in his hands struck out, stabbing fiercely into the store manager’s chest.

Squish—-

With the successful hit, Tom wasted no time, quickly withdrawing the dagger, slashing towards the store manager’s neck.

The glinting dagger streaked across.

Instantly, a burst of blood appeared.

The store manager died with his eyes wide open, staring at Tom, falling backward.

On the other side, Xuanwu.

Still fearlessly choosing to withstand the swords.

Blocking the blade with his arms.

Though his arms were bleeding.

The injuries were not severe.

Just a little cut, the kind that would heal on its own even if delayed for hospital treatment.

Seeing this, the store manager was stunned.

He has been through countless battles all his life, not to mention killing a lot, but to see skin so tough that even his sword couldn’t cut through, it was his first time.

Is this even human?

Even a wild boar’s skin isn’t this tough!

The next second!

While the store manager was in shock, Unhappy had already pounced on him.

Before Xuanwu could counterattack, Unhappy knocked the store manager down, and without hesitation, gave him a fierce, bloody kiss, fiercely biting down on the store manager’s neck.

Squish—-

The sound of a blood vessel snapping echoed.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

The store manager’s artery was sucked out by Unhappy, breaking into two pieces.

The store manager’s body convulsed a few times.

Then died from excessive blood loss.

“Proceed with caution.”

With the sudden change resolved, Fang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief and instructed in a deep voice.

“Yes!”

Tom and Xuanwu responded in unison.

“I have strong defense, I’ll go out first.”

“You support me from behind!”

Xuanwu said to Tom in a deep voice.

Tom nodded: “Alright!”

Tom naturally agreed to Xuanwu’s request to venture out and scout, after all, it matched Xuanwu’s expertise.

He’s a natural punching bag, a big meat shield that specializes in taking hits like a turtle.

Besides, such scouting missions aren’t usually his responsibility.

It’s always Taotie, who’s not around now, that handles this.

That Taotie guy has a tough, thick build, looking like a Siberian brown bear.

Obviously, he seems like someone who can take a beating.

Now that Taotie is not around, and there’s a Siberian wild boar, of course, Xuanwu has to take on the critical role of getting beaten up.

Fang Xiaocao also didn’t want Tom to take risks, after all, Tom’s close combat ability was relatively weak, therefore she silently approved of letting Xuanwu go.

Xuanwu clenched his fists and rushed out of the corridor.

He entered the hall at the corridor’s end.

The next second!

Swish, swish, swish—-

Several cold glints flashed.

All slashed at Xuanwu’s body.

Leaving several not-too-deep or severe wounds on Xuanwu’s skin.

“Go!”

“Support Xuanwu!”

Fang Xiaocao shouted.

Fang Xiaocao quickly glanced over, secretly admiring the thickness of Xuanwu’s skin.

His facial skin could probably serve as a city wall.

The opponents were six store managers.

Six knives slashed at Xuanwu, one of them hit right on Xuanwu’s face.

The five knives on his body all broke the defense.

Leaving him with scars upon scars.

But the one on his face not only didn’t break the defense; it didn’t even scrape off the oilskin.

On an ordinary person, that slash might not split their skull but would have disfigured them.

Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s order, Tom and Unhappy immediately sprang into action.

They dashed out of the corridor together, charging at the six store managers to help relieve Xuanwu’s pressure.

If it weren’t underground, Tom could just throw a Pokeball bomb and eliminate all these store managers, without needing Xuanwu to venture out.

Now that they’re underground, Tom dared not casually use any bombs.

Should the underground base of the pawnshop not be sturdy enough, it might collapse from the explosion.

Burying Unhappy and Xuanwu would be a minor issue.

But if Princess Your Highness got buried, it would be a serious offense.

Unhappy and Xuanwu, with their thick skin.

Burying them is not a big deal.

As long as rescue is timely, there would be no big issues.

Princess Your Highness is very precious.

She can’t be allowed to get hurt at all.

Fang Xiaocao flicked her hands repeatedly, launching hidden weapons one by one, aimed directly at those store managers.

With too many enemies, Tom and the others had to face two each on average, so Fang Xiaocao naturally wouldn’t stand idle and immediately joined the fight.

With Fang Xiaocao’s hidden weapons providing ranged support, Tom and Unhappy didn’t mind much, but Xuanwu breathed a sigh of relief.

He had put all his skill points into defense.

His speed and attack power were evidently lacking.

Getting hit without being able to retaliate was quite frustrating; Xuanwu was almost having a meltdown.

With Fang Xiaocao’s fire support, Xuanwu immediately felt relieved.

Taking advantage of the moment when the store managers attacking him dodged the hidden weapons, Xuanwu swiftly launched a counterattack.

His fists pummeled fiercely into the two store managers.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao immediately focused on Xuanwu’s side, quickly providing fire support, using hidden weapons to entangle the store managers, giving Xuanwu enough time to retaliate.

Bang—-

Xuanwu’s punch struck a store manager, making him cough blood and step back several steps. Although it looked miserable, it didn’t seem fatal.

Moreover, the two punches Xuanwu threw, even with Fang Xiaocao desperately providing fire support, did not entirely hit the targets, as one of the store managers dodging the hidden weapons staggered a step and evaded them.

Fang Xiaocao watched, shaking her head.

Deciding in her heart that she wouldn’t take Xuanwu out again in the future.