In a house on a certain street, a group of people were hiding.
There were twelve of them in total!
This house was relatively large, so hiding so many people did not feel crowded.
Zhang Liang and his team members were all present, along with three of Mu Chenglong's teammates, and Shangguan Yun and Xu Shian.
These were all the people gathered here at the moment.
However, Xu Shian was severely injured and lay unconscious on the ground, a gash running through his abdomen.
Although he was not in immediate danger, he had lost too much blood and his face was pale.
"The people from the Tamu Mercenary Group are going too far, daring to attack members of our Huaxia Dragon Group!" Several people were indignant.
Shangguan Yun sighed helplessly, "The person who attacked was likely from the Guangming Hall. They are very powerful, and with the Tamu Mercenary Group's sheer numbers, there's nothing we can do against them!"
Zhang Liang nodded, "Guangming Hall, I heard it's a force comparable to our Yin Group. I didn't expect them to get involved!"
"It would be great if Mr. Ye were here!" Behind Zhang Liang, a few team members couldn't help but say indignantly.
They had known Ye Cangtian for a long time and had cooperated several times, their admiration for him even exceeding that of their captain, Zhang Liang.
In their opinion, as long as Ye Cangtian was present, they would never suffer such humiliation!
The three members of Mu Chenglong's team exchanged glances. They wanted to say that if their captain were here, they would also not fear those guys.
However, they had also heard that their captain had lost to that person surnamed Ye, so they opened their mouths but decided against it.
One of them walked to the door, pushed open a crack to look outside, and couldn't help but mutter, "We've been stuck in this godforsaken place for a day. We can't just waste away here, can we?"
Zhang Liang also nodded, "We need to find a way. Otherwise, if Xu Shian's injury is delayed, he might be in danger of losing his life!"
Just then, a sound seemed to come from afar.
"What sound is that?"
"It sounds like someone is knocking on the ground?"
Inside the house, everyone looked at each other, puzzled.
Shangguan Yun moved to the crack in the door to listen, then his eyes lit up, "It sounds like Brother Ye!"
...
"Dang dang... dang dang dang..."
At this moment, the sound could be heard for several blocks, echoing rhythmically.
It was as if someone was striking the ground with a weapon.
Almost everyone hiding in the stone houses on the nearby streets heard it. Many people pushed open the cracks to look outside, looking suspicious.
"Making such a loud noise in this place, aren't they deliberately attracting the Stone Man patrol team? Who is so suicidal?"
"Exactly! Don't anger those Stone Men. If they charge into the stone houses without restraint and kill people, we're finished!"
"Who's so idiotic!"
People from various factions, hiding in their stone houses, couldn't help but curse.
...
And in a certain street, Ye Cangtian was using the dagger in his hand to forcefully knock on the ground.
The entire ground was hollow but extremely solid, with no gaps.
Of course, he wasn't studying the ground, but hoping to attract Xu Shian and the others' attention by knocking on the ground. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to loudly ask them where they were, right?
He hoped Xu Shian and the others could understand his intention!
After knocking for a short while.
A hasty sound of footsteps approached from afar.
The Stone Man patrol team had arrived, and not just one patrol team; several were heading in this direction at great speed.
Ye Cangtian decisively put away his dagger and quickly slipped into a nearby stone house.
Just as he closed the door, he heard the Stone Man patrol team approaching. There were quite a few of them, and they were searching the vicinity.
Ye Cangtian could feel that several Stone Men were lingering outside his door for quite some time.
A moment later.
A faint sound of knocking on the ground came.
It was from a distance!
The Stone Man patrol teams that were searching this street immediately rushed towards the source of the sound after hearing it.
Ye Cangtian pushed open the door. As expected, the surrounding Stone Men had disappeared.
Listening to the sound of knocking on the ground from a distance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve upwards. They weren't stupid; they recognized the sound he made and knew how to respond.
It shouldn't be that kid Xu Shian, after all, that guy was so boisterous and didn't have the brains for this.
It must be Shangguan Yun then!
Ye Cangtian smiled, then quietly crept towards the source of the sound.
Before leaving, he also took off the silver mask on his head.
...
A group of Stone Men were currently surrounding a stone house.
They had very little intelligence, only knowing that the sound had come from here. Now that the sound had stopped, they were like headless flies, pacing back and forth outside the stone house.
But the people inside the house were terrified.
They didn't dare to breathe loudly, fearing they would provoke the Stone Men outside.
Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out.
The patient lying on the ground woke up, weakly opening his eyes. Seeing the group of people huddled on the ground like startled birds, he couldn't help but exclaim, "What are you guys doing?"
Shangguan Yun, seeing him awake, was surprised and alarmed. He quickly covered Xu Shian's mouth.
"Shh!"
"Ah... Ouch! Shangguan Yun, do you want to kill me!"
The sudden scream caused the Stone Men, who had been searching fruitlessly outside, to immediately turn back and return to the stone house.
They seemed to know the sound came from inside the stone house, but the Stone Men couldn't get in.
For a moment, these Stone Men became agitated, pacing restlessly outside the stone house.
Everyone inside the house instantly tensed up. Shangguan Yun couldn't help but glare at Xu Shian. Zhang Liang said in a low voice, "Don't make a sound, there are many Stone Men outside!"
"Stone Men? What are those things?" Xu Shian asked, confused, but his voice was much lower now.
Before he was seriously injured and fell unconscious, he hadn't encountered any Stone Men, so he didn't know what they were.
A day ago, he and Shangguan Yun's group had entered the city and arrived at the plaza.
Coincidentally, members of the Tamu Mercenary Group had also entered.
At the same time, a member of the Tamu Mercenary Group was a criminal whom Xu Shian had captured while on a peacekeeping mission abroad. That criminal had escaped and joined the Tamu Mercenary Group.
Upon encountering each other, that person, relying on his connections within the Tamu Mercenary Group, deliberately provoked Xu Shian, and a conflict erupted.
Xu Shian would not have been injured, but unexpectedly, a master from the Guangming Hall appeared. In the exchange, the opponent directly severely injured Xu Shian.
That master was a powerful figure from the Guangming Hall. Originally, they intended to eliminate the entire group of the Huaxia Dragon Group, but unfortunately, many Stone Men appeared later.
Afterward, both sides stopped fighting and fled into the stone houses to hide.
Xu Shian had been unconscious since being severely injured, so hearing about the Stone Man patrol teams and the like made him confused!
"Are they really that terrifying?"
"Just shut up and talk later!" Shangguan Yun rolled his eyes.
If it weren't for your earlier boisterousness about capturing them, that Guangming Hall expert wouldn't have revealed his identity and gravely injured you.
Serves you right!
After a while.
Perhaps because they heard no more sounds, the Stone Men outside finally began to leave.
A moment later, a member of the Dragon Group pushed open the door crack to look outside and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "They're gone!"
Everyone then slumped to the ground.
"Someone's coming!"
The Dragon Group member suddenly said nervously, then recognized the approaching person and exclaimed with joy, "It's Mr. Ye!"