Chapter 1844 - 1843: They Won't Be Coming to Help
The forty-plus people in the mountain forest hurriedly chased after Su Yang. Hearing the commotion inside the cave, they all felt somewhat reassured.
In such a situation, it was utterly impossible for Su Yang to escape. Moreover, with so many of them, they didn't have to worry about Su Yang pulling any tricks.
Su Yang, on the other hand, remained calm. Although there was constant uproar inside the cave, he continued running straight towards it. However, he occasionally turned back to observe the position of those following him.
Seeing that those people had reached the spot he had arranged, Su Yang immediately stopped and shouted, "Action!"
With Su Yang's voice, over twenty people suddenly jumped down from the trees near those patrollers, directly knocking half of them to the ground.
These Feather Clan descendants had no time to react and were halved by these twenty-plus people. The others were also startled, never expecting such an ambush here.
However, these people were not overly concerned, for many of their own were still inside the cave. Even if there was an ambush here, what could it matter? The total number of Huaxia people in this valley was limited, definitely fewer than their side.
But just at this moment, an unexpected change occurred at the cave. A stone by the cave entrance was suddenly lifted, followed by a turtle rapidly growing to a colossal size at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few breaths, it had turned into a giant entity. Its shell just happened to block the entrance, sealing it tightly.
Those inside were close to rushing out the entrance when it was suddenly blocked, prompting a burst of angry roars inside. They attacked with all their might, throwing stones and kicking and stomping around in hopes of pushing the Little Turtle away.
However, the Black Tortoise's shell possessed the strongest defense. Even when the Little Turtle was small, it could withstand attacks from Land Immortals. Now that it had grown so large, who knows how much its shell's defensive power had strengthened? Not to mention stones, even a mountain crashing down might not harm the shell in the slightest.
And now, the Feather Clan descendants inside were no different from ordinary people. Though numerous, in truth, all their power combined was less than that of a cultivator at the Fusion Realm. Struggling inside, what use was it?
The Little Turtle stood guard here, its shell blocking the entrance, and no matter how the people inside attacked, the Little Turtle felt nothing. For them to want to force their way out of this cave in such a situation was simply out of the question.
The hundred-plus Feather Clan descendants were essentially trapped inside the cave. No matter what happened outside, they were incapable of coming out to assist.
The remaining twenty-plus people outside originally hoped for help from inside the cave. However, the situation at the cave completely dashed their hopes. Those inside the cave simply couldn't come out to support them.
These people finally realized the severity of their situation, but by then, Su Yang had already run over, and they were completely surrounded by Su Yang's side. Escaping was impossible, and as for counterattacking, Su Yang's side had already outnumbered them. With Su Yang present, the remaining people didn't hold out for long.
However, these people were somewhat reckless. Realizing they were outmatched, they didn't flee or fight to the death. Instead, they sacrificed over twenty people to forcibly send one person into the forest.
That person acted desperately, with many people charging behind, yet he stubbornly did not flee but ignited a bonfire, releasing a signal to summon those by the lake for help.
The Three Eagles of Yanbei followed closely behind Su Yang. Seeing this situation, their faces changed.
"This is not good, they've still sent out the signal!" Eagle anxiously said, "What should we do? The people down the mountain will be here soon. There are still fifty or sixty of them. If they come up alerted, we won't even have a chance to ambush them!"
"No need to worry!" Su Yang smiled and said, "They won't come up!"
"Ah?" Everyone looked at Su Yang in surprise, unsure where Su Yang's confidence came from.
In fact, those by the lake, the Feather Clan descendants, did see the signal smoke from the mountain, and some of them immediately threw down what they were holding, calling for everyone to go up the mountain for rescue.
However, most did not move. One of them said coldly, "It must be those little thieves from yesterday, deliberately setting this signal fire to trick us again. Hmph, we just gathered some food last night, they must be planning to come and steal it again. We mustn't fall for it again!"
The others also nodded in agreement, and those who were prepared to go up the mountain, upon hearing this, were suddenly enlightened. Thinking of the food stolen from them in the past few days, everyone was utterly furious. Using the same trick once is enough, but using it a second time, do they really take us for fools?
Everything went as Su Yang predicted. This group ultimately didn't ascend the mountain; instead, they leisurely waited at the foot.
After the signal fire Feather Clan descendant was dealt with, all those patrollers in the forest were also taken care of.
The previous group responsible for rescuing had already completed their task. All those imprisoned in the forest were rescued.
These people were tied to trees; freeing them was relatively easy.
However, during their captivity in the forest, they had suffered considerable torment, each bearing significant injuries. Moreover, being long without proper food, they were extremely weak, with many unable to even stand.
After being rescued, they all wore expressions of bewilderment, unaware of what had transpired. They only saw Su Yang leading people to kill those Feather Clan descendants, but they had no idea who Su Yang was, looking at Su Yang with confusion.
Seeing this, Eagle immediately stood up and loudly said, "Friends, allow me to introduce you. This is Su Yang, chosen personally by Qinghe Academy to be the Alliance Leader of the Ten Great Sects. Su Alliance Leader not only united the Ten Great Sects but also allied with other forces across the land, with the main task of resisting the Heavenly Realm and other Seven Realms."
Everyone looked at Su Yang in astonishment. When they entered the Feather Spirit Palace, Su Yang hadn't even been born yet. Naturally, they didn't know what kind of deity Su Yang was.
However, Qinghe Academy and the Ten Great Sects, they were well known to them, as was their might.
That Su Yang could be chosen by the Qinghe Academy to become the Alliance Leader of the Ten Great Sects indicated his identity was anything but simple.