Cave Refuge

At this moment, the purple arrow floating in front of the Treasure Hunter resembled the 3D map navigation on a smartphone right before a Natural Disaster. Seeing all members of the raiding group rush into the snake swarm, heading towards Ye Liuyun's location, Dong Tianyu decisively picked up his phone.

The call had barely connected when he immediately heard Ye Liuyun ask with a casual tone, "Are there enemies who've entered the camp, that round of gunfire just now, was it them firing, have they entered the camp now?"

Dong Tianyu replied irritably to Ye Liuyun's barrage of questions, "Didn't you see that I got shot and fell from the sky just now? You're firing off questions like a machine gun, not even caring about my injury."

Hearing this, Ye Liuyun rolled his eyes, then still in a relaxed tone, teased, "Worry about your injuries? Those crappy guns couldn't even scratch you. If they did, I'd think I was piss drunk on fake booze, hallucinating all of a sudden.

"And I have to praise your act of falling from the sky, so fake even a three-year-old could see through it. If you really want to deceive people with acting, I suggest you forget that notion. You have to believe, you truly don't have any acting chops."

Dong Tianyu didn't agree with Ye Liuyun's assessment at all and was about to argue when he heard Ye Liuyun drop the frivolous tone and seriously ask, "What's the call about? I don't believe you're calling me for a chat at this time for no reason."

Thinking of the raiders who were quickly moving toward Ye Liuyun's location, Dong Tianyu dropped the banter and said directly, "You're right, those shooting are outsiders.

"When I spotted them in the air, they greeted me with gunfire without a word. While the bullets didn't do much harm to me, it still hurt to get shot. Judging by these outsiders' behavior, it seems they're up to no good.

"And based on my observation just now, not only are these outsiders strong in combat, but they also seem to possess some kind of positioning ability. Although I don't know their specific target, they are currently slashing through the snake swarm and heading in your direction."

Hearing Dong Tianyu's warning, Ye Liuyun was not panicked. Even though he knew that these outsiders were cutting through the snake swarm towards him, Ye Liuyun wasn't overly concerned.

Although the camp had been expanded several times, the distance between the east and west sides wasn't too far. Even though the black snakes on the road slowed their progress, before Dong Tianyu and Ye Liuyun could hang up, the raiders had already spotted the Companion Spiritual Treasure summoned by Ye Liuyun.

The raiders' and Ye Liuyun's eyes met on the deck of the Companion Spiritual Treasure and saw intense killing intent in each other's gaze.

Because Ye Liuyun and the Patrol Team members were standing on the deck of the Companion Spiritual Treasure, and the dense black snakes on the ground not only did not attack Ye Liuyun and his group, but there was even a clear area between them and the Companion Spiritual Treasure.

Seeing this scene, the raiders immediately misunderstood, thinking that the seemingly endless black snakes in the camp were some kind of method Ye Liuyun had cultivated to command against the enemy.

It was because of this incorrect conjecture that the raiders mistakenly believed that slaughtering the black snakes in the camp would deal a significant blow to Ye Liuyun.

After all, according to normal reasoning, if all the black snakes in the camp were creatures Ye Liuyun had raised, then for their numbers to reach the level before them, a hefty price must have been paid. So, killing more black snakes now not only could reduce the pressure faced during battle later on.

It could even psychologically impact Ye Liuyun. If they slaughtered the black snakes en masse, it would represent a massive financial loss for Ye Liuyun. If enough were killed, suffering such a loss would inevitably affect Ye Liuyun's mentality.

Whether it's distress or anger, as long as Ye Liuyun loses his calm and reason, it would certainly affect his mindset, and a slight effect could spell the difference between life and death in battle.

While the raiders were slaughtering the black snakes that relentlessly attacked them and hurriedly advancing towards Ye Liuyun's area, an object suddenly appeared beside Ye Liuyun.

Seeing the thing that appeared beside Ye Liuyun, the faces of all the raiders changed drastically at that moment. The raiders, who had gathered together to minimize the space for the black snakes to attack, instantly dispersed in perfect tacit understanding.

This situation arose because two black portals had suddenly appeared beside Ye Liuyun.

Although from the raider's perspective, they could only see two black portals, based on the raiders' knowledge, those two sudden appearances were very likely cannons.

If one had heard the rumors about the cannon's flat trajectory and the military tribunal, they would understand the extent of damage a direct hit could cause.

There was no need for specific calculations concerning the complex and potent firepower; simply put, at that moment, aside from Companion Spiritual Treasures, there were no living spirits or buildings within the camp that could withstand the cannon's assault.

Since those people made a living by looting other's camps, they had not only seen cannons but had also personally experienced their attacks. A direct hit aside, if one were within five meters of the blast center, the likelihood of survival was very low.

Therefore, when the raiders saw Ye Liuyun pull out two deadly weapons, they scattered in horror.

Normally, if faced with such deadly weapons, even seeking cover would mostly be futile, as most structures are no match for the might of a cannon.

But, as with a group encountering a wild beast in the forest, they don't necessarily need to outrun the beast; they just need to be faster than their companions.

The situation was much the same at that moment; their aim in seeking cover was not to withstand the cannon fire but to hide their presence so that Ye Liuyun wouldn't target them.

Although the cannons were powerful, they didn't believe that Ye Liuyun had much ammunition at that time. And even if Ye Liuyun did have enough Ammunition, the loading speed of the cannons wasn't fast, and they weren't far from Ye Liuyun's area.

Even if the opponent was all skilled gunners, it would only take the time of two rounds of attacks for them to reach the area. Once they got close enough for hand-to-hand combat, they didn't believe Ye Liuyun's men would attach bayonets to the cannons; the cannons wouldn't be used in close combat.

Unlike the raiders, who were carefully hiding behind cover and continuously clearing the black snakes that attacked them from all directions, growing increasingly exhausted,

Ye Liuyun had not given the order to fire. Even though he clearly knew the raiders' approximate hiding spots, he had not used the cannons to strike.

Just as it was once said, a fist hidden behind the back holds the greatest deterrence to an enemy. Therefore, by restraining the cannons from firing, Ye Liuyun kept the raiders in a constant state of fear and apprehension.

After all, compared to the raiders, who were still dealing with the continuous attacks from the black snakes, Ye Liuyun and his team could wait leisurely on the deck for the raiders to show themselves.