Chapter 00243: Gunpowder Barrel (Part 2)
# Gunpowder Barrel (Part 2)
Chapter 243
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 243: Gunpowder Barrel (Part 2)
The entire view began to shake.
Stalactites from the cave ceiling fell one after another, smashing to pieces on the ground.
Yang Yiyi's feeling was even more direct.
It was as if an earthquake was making the earth move and the mountains shake.
She could clearly see a huge crack splitting open on the rock wall carved with the Fire Cloud Palm, and large slabs of stone began to break off.
“Run, the cave is about to collapse!”
For once, Yang Yiyi didn't listen.
As the cave shook and rubble continuously fell, she grabbed one person with her left hand, another with her right, and slung two more over her shoulders.
“Run to the left! Right, there's a cave on the side with the torch, it's safe over there!”
Returning the way they came was impossible.
That cave entrance had already collapsed.
However, the cave that the two people who set the gunpowder barrels had ducked into was presumably safer.
While carrying four people, Yang Yiyi bit down on the candle she had brought and quickly ran towards the cave entrance Li Chengxi was pointing to.
As for the others, there was truly nothing she could do.
She could only wish them the best of luck.
Unlike a great hero willing to sacrifice their life for righteousness, Yang Yiyi was the type who would definitely help if she had the ability, but if she didn't, then there was nothing to be done, and she wouldn't force it.
There was more than one route into this karst cave, but it was obvious that the path Ning Xian'er had told Yang Yiyi about was the shortest and most convenient.
The other caves were extremely long, and the paths were very difficult to walk.
Yang Yiyi carried the people into the cave.
Thanks to her high physique attribute, her speed didn't drop too much.
But the speed of the collapse around her was very unsettling.
On his end, Li Chengxi watched Yang Yiyi sprinting wildly through the cave as the rock walls on both sides cracked apart.
A dense cloud of dust chased after her from behind, formed by the collapsing cave, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer.
The real problem affecting Yang Yiyi's speed was that the cave floor was uneven, and the candle couldn't illuminate very far ahead.
She ran forward, one step deep and the next shallow, and still couldn't slow down.
Watching from in front of his computer, Li Chengxi broke into a cold sweat for Yang Yiyi.
He even reached his hand out towards the screen, ready to pull her out at any moment.
The collapse drew closer and closer.
Carrying four people, Yang Yiyi was starting to struggle.
But the good news was that she could faintly see what looked like an exit up ahead.
The bad news was...
A huge rock fell from above, almost blocking more than half of the exit.
It wasn't too late to stop and drop the others.
Just as Li Chengxi was about to grab his microphone, he saw that not only did Yang Yiyi not slow down, she actually tried to speed up.
Carrying four people, she took a great leap and managed to squeeze through just before the exit was completely sealed off.
Because she used too much force, Yang Yiyi couldn't land steadily after passing through the opening while carrying the people.
She basically ended up falling flat on the ground.
The candle in her mouth rolled out and fell into a puddle, extinguishing.
Behind her, after completely blocking the entrance, the collapse finally slowed down and eventually stopped completely.
If she had been the slightest bit careless, her head would have slammed directly into the rock wall.
Even if Yang Yiyi had her Iron Head Skill and wasn't afraid, a slight delay would have meant being buried alive.
Seeing this, Li Chengxi let out a long sigh of relief.
Damn, this was more intense than being chased by killers!
Perhaps because one less gunpowder barrel was detonated, the power was a bit lacking and didn't completely destroy the cave.
Otherwise, no matter how fast Yang Yiyi ran, she wouldn't have had time to escape.
Speaking of which, what was going on? What was the deal with two people suddenly showing up to blow up the cave?
He recalled their conversation.
It seemed they had mentioned some Cult Leader...
Could it be the Heavenly Wolf Cult they had encountered before?
While Li Chengxi was thinking about this, Yang Yiyi was rubbing her bruised chin as she got up.
Seeing the collapse had stopped, she also let out a long sigh of relief.
She placed the four people she had carried out on the ground and fumbled around in the pitch-black cave.
Yang Yiyi felt for the candle in the puddle, shook off the water, and was about to relight it.
At that moment, her ears twitched slightly as she heard approaching footsteps.
“Why didn't it collapse?”
“Could the gunpowder have gotten damp?”
“Quick, let's go check!”
Along with the sound of two people talking, she saw a flicker of firelight appear in the darkness not far ahead, and the surrounding gloom was subsequently illuminated.
The place Yang Yiyi had run out into was also a karst cave, like an oversized room.
Not far across from her was an opening that seemed to lead to the outside.
The two men who had just lit the gunpowder barrels now walked in holding torches.
Yang Yiyi quickly rolled on the ground and hid behind a huge stalagmite nearby, peeking out to watch the two men.
These were two men around twenty years old.
Both their appearance and their clothes were that of people from the Central Plains.
Holding torches, they immediately saw the blocked entrance and the four people lying motionless on the ground.
“Huh? Someone managed to run out even after being poisoned?”
“Doesn't matter, we'll just finish them off. The entrance is blocked anyway, so the people inside definitely won't survive.”
Only now did Yang Yiyi get a clear look at who she had saved.
It was three women and one man, but she didn't recognize any of them.
Just now, she had simply grabbed the four people closest to her and run.
It seemed they couldn't speak, but they were conscious.
Noticing the culprits drawing their blades, their eyes followed the approaching firelight, and a look of terror flashed through their gazes.
She couldn't just watch any longer.
While her opponents hadn't noticed her, Yang Yiyi leaped out from the shadows behind the stalagmite.
“Who's there!”
The man with the saber had just shouted and turned his head when he saw Yang Yiyi's fist already closing in on his face.
He reflexively raised his long saber to block, but the refined steel saber was shattered in the middle by Yang Yiyi's punch.
The fist, along with several fragments, smashed into his cheek.
The sound of a bone breaking followed.
It was estimated that even if he survived, he would have to eat liquid food for a long time.
Seeing his partner sent flying, the other man hastily threw his torch aside and thrust his sword out to block Yang Yiyi.
Yang Yiyi dodged the sword edge sideways and raised her hand in a Mantis Pincer Hand, aiming for the man's throat.
The latter took half a step back, giving his blade room to maneuver, and in doing so, dodged the strike aimed at his throat.
With this, Yang Yiyi's advantage of a surprise attack was gone.
She could only face him head-on.
But it wasn't a big problem.
Her opponent's sword style was quite skilled, fast and decisive.
With a few swishes, he protected his vital points.
Yang Yiyi's earlier aim for his neck had probably left him with some psychological trauma, so he was now mainly using defensive moves.
Meanwhile, Yang Yiyi used her blade-proof Spider Silk Gloves to parry the sword edge, focusing on a fast attack.
After four or five exchanges, Yang Yiyi caught an opening and went straight for a knee strike.
Moreover, she made full use of the characteristics of the Eagle Claw Skill, which was to aim for vital points.
Whether it was underhanded or not was completely unimportant.
The man was not blind to how strong Yang Yiyi was.
If this flying knee strike landed, he would probably have to say goodbye to his future generations.
He was scared out of his wits, and the sword moves in his hand fell into disarray.
But he never expected that this move from Yang Yiyi was just a feint.
Seeing the man swing his sword to protect his lower body, Yang Yiyi spread her arms wide and struck him with Two Peaks Piercing the Ears.
When the latter realized he had been tricked, he tried to block with his sword.
But his sword wasn't good enough, and his own ability wasn't strong enough either.
Although the blade was in the path of Yang Yiyi's attack, with the Spider Silk Gloves, she wasn't afraid of being cut.
Instead, she put more force into her strike and smashed down.
A crisp crack was heard, accompanied by the sound of twisting metal.
Yang Yiyi had bent the sword blade and successfully hit the man's temples.
Her opponent's eyes instantly became bloodshot.
His body swayed, and he fell to the ground, twitching.
The Two Peaks Piercing the Ears was a move that couldn't be used carelessly.
It could really kill someone!
“What's happening!”
“There's the sound of fighting!”
Just as that man fell, conversation and the sound of dense footsteps came from the direction of the exit cave.
A group of people holding torches and weapons rushed in.
And the way they looked at Yang Yiyi...
It wasn't very kind, anyway.
(End of this chapter)