Chapter 200 - 177: Ghost

Chapter 200: Chapter 177: Ghost

"Hold the line!"

"Anyone who retreats, I’ll fucking chop ’em up!"

Brother Dong roared.

In front of him, Zuo San’er and Wang Kang stood with knives drawn, their expressions fierce.

Unfortunately, these thugs weren’t afraid.

They all had a head on their shoulders and a knife in their hand—who was going to be scared of who?

At the same time.

"ROAR!"

The Spiritual Ape, with the strength of the First Grade Spiritual Ability Realm, roared triumphantly to the sky and beat its chest after killing three men.

"BANG."

A bullet easily tore through its flesh and embedded itself in its head.

With a THUD, the Spiritual Ape’s massive body fell backward.

Dead.

"Keep going."

Little Nannan didn’t have time to reload. She tossed the pistol aside, picked up her long rifle, and continued pulling the trigger, shouting, "Brother Kun, Brother Snake!"

"WHOOSH."

"WHOOSH."

Hearing her, Xie Shaokun and Hong She both fell back. Once on top of the giant rock, they immediately shouldered their submachine guns and started spraying.

Little Nannan, meanwhile, continued with single shots.

At first, she had shot at all the Spiritual Apes to relieve the pressure on the others.

Now, with too many Spiritual Apes, she began to focus her fire on the more powerful ones. The rest...

...would have to be handled by the thugs themselves!

"RAT-TAT-TAT."

"RAT-TAT-TAT."

With two submachine guns joining the fray, the situation, which had been on the verge of collapse, was instantly stabilized.

The Spiritual Apes began to fall back steadily.

Three minutes passed.

Inside the pile of rubble, not a single living Spiritual Ape remained.

The newly arrived Spiritual Apes were also frightened. They roared incessantly but didn’t dare to advance. They didn’t even dare to show their heads, because Little Nannan would blow them off!

Normally, everyone should have taken this opportunity to rest and prepare for the next battle.

However...

"Fuck this, I’m done! They tricked us into coming here just to be cannon fodder!"

"Why should we risk our lives for them? To hell with the money, I don’t want it anymore! I just want to live! Let me in! I’m not staying on the fucking front lines, fighting to the death for you guys!"

"That’s right, let us in!"

...

The thugs Brother Dong had found were indeed fierce.

They all brandished their machetes, glaring menacingly at Zuo San’er, Wang Kang, and a dozen or so of Brother Dong’s trusted men. Their sheer numbers were intimidating, and Brother Dong didn’t dare make a rash move.

"You all took the hundred-thousand deposit, and now you’re quitting? There’s no such free lunch in this world!"

"Besides, we can’t get out of here now either. If you pull this shit, we’re all going to die."

...

Zuo San’er and Wang Kang yelled.

The two sides began to argue.

At that moment, shouting was the only way to vent their inner terror.

This couldn’t go on.

Just as Hong She was about to make a move...

"Brother Dong! Brother Zuo! Brother Wang!"

"You guys won’t die right now, but once we’re dead, won’t it be your turn to charge the front lines? You understand that when the lips are gone, the teeth get cold, right?"

"Why don’t we all turn on him together!"

The bald man in the lead had a gruesome, thumb-thick scar on the left side of his chest. Though it had healed, you could tell he had once been very close to death.

Very close.

He had considerable prestige; many of the thugs listened to him.

’Sowing dissent?’

Brother Dong frowned and was about to rebuke him without hesitation.

Hong She suddenly raised the muzzle of his gun.

This instantly scared everyone into backing away. The bald man and his followers even ducked down instinctively. They were clearly terrified of Hong She; after all, the firearm in his hands was an absolute death-dealer.

It could take their lives at any moment.

"Brother Snake."

Xie Shaokun tugged on Hong She’s arm and reminded him in a low voice, "We still need them to hold off the Spiritual Apes."

"Don’t worry."

Hong She’s lips curled into a slight smile. "I won’t waste bullets on this bunch."

As soon as he said that, Xie Shaokun let go.

"Groups of fifteen."

"You’ll divide into five waves."

Hong She yelled down to Second Sister-in-law, Brother Dong, and the bald man, "Each wave will hold for five minutes, then immediately fall back to rest."

"While you’re rotating waves, we will provide covering fire to keep you safe."

"Everyone must participate in the battle, including Second Sister-in-law and Brother Dong!"

"How about it?"

"I agree."

Second Sister-in-law was the first to step forward.

Her people also shouted, "We agree."

Brother Dong hesitated for a moment, then also agreed.

The bald man had started this whole affair because he didn’t want to be cannon fodder, dying just to buy others a chance to live. As such, he couldn’t possibly object to this new arrangement.

"Baldy, you and the fourteen others who were just shouting the loudest with you will form the first wave."

Hong She spoke again.

The people behind the bald man immediately scattered, desperately trying to distance themselves from him.