<h4>Chapter 1292: Chapter 1600: Encirclement of Skyhawk Pavilion (2)</h4>


    Zhu Hong hurriedly turned to look at the position of those military transport trucks. Just as they were preparing to fend off the enemiesing from the north, hundreds of armed militants suddenly jumped down from the rearpartment of the trucks, each well-equipped with guns and weapons.


    "Master!" Zhu Hong shouted anxiously, "We’re being ambushed."


    "Everyone, retreat into the room," Zhu Chuan didn’t hesitate and immediately issued the order to retreat. However, even the Skyhawk Pavilion assassins couldn’t outrun bullets. In just the blink of an eye, nearly half the meny dead in pools of blood, with less than fifty people sessfully withdrawing into the house.


    Watching the direction Zhu Chuan and Zhu Hong fled, Ling Chen made a gesture, and Chen Junfeng, Qiu Yong, and others immediately followed suit. Capture the leader first! Resolve Zhu Chuan, the expert from the Heavenly List, first. As for the other assassins of the Skyhawk Pavilion, they can be dealt with slowly.


    Within the group, Du Kang stayed by Su Mei’s side, ensuring her safety. Witnessing the dire battlefield before them, Su Mei’s delicate little face appeared somewhat pale. Although she was the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion Master, she had never seen such a brutal scene and cruelbat.


    Here, human lives were like weeds, worthless, liable to be lost at any moment.


    At this moment, Ling Chen led the others into a building. This building was only three stories high. Ling Chen signaled to everyone to split up and search for Zhu Chuan and Zhu Hong’s whereabouts. Along the way, Skyhawk Pavilion assassins asionally pounced from both sides,unching sneak attacks. Fortunately, the surroundings were well-lit, and these assassins posed no threat to Ling Chen and his team.


    After a brief period, everyone had searched all three floors, yet failed to find any trace of Zhu Chuan and hispanions.


    "Ling Cheng, could they have escaped?" Yuan Yun asked.


    "Impossible, I clearly saw them enter this building." Saying this, Ling Chen nced outside the three-story building, where the view was entirely a wastnd of yellow sand, devoid of any human shadows indicating Zhu Chuan and Zhu Hong couldn’t have fled.


    "We’ve searched the whole building; where could they be hiding?"


    Ling Chen pondered for a moment and pointed to the ground beneath him, saying, "Most desert bases have underground structures; maybe this ce does too." Pausing, Ling Chen seemed to think of something and remarked, "Earlier, when I was secretly observing this base, there were about three hundred assassins, but we’ve seen less than half. The rest might be hiding in underground buildings."


    After he finished speaking, Liu Dongsheng hurried over, saying, "Mr. Ling, the assassins outside have been resolved."


    "How’s our casualty situation?"


    "It’s manageable,bat effectiveness hasn’t significantly diminished, Miss Zhu is currently leading efforts to treat the wounded."


    Ling Chen nodded and said, "Notify everyone to upy all buildings in the base and carefully search to see if there are any concealed passages."


    "Understood."


    ...


    "Master, what should we do now?" Zhu Hong looked at the surveince disy on theputer, his expression somewhat anxious. Despite all calctions, he hadn’t anticipated Ling Chen suddenly leading an attack on the Skyhawk Pavilion headquarters, catching them off guard.


    Zhu Chuan stood with hands behind his back, eyes fixed on the corpses in the footage, those had been the elite assassins cultivated by the Skyhawk Pavilion over several years, all dead now. It undoubtedly was a huge blow to the Pavilion.


    Noticing Zhu Chuan’s silence, Zhu Hong couldn’t help but speak, "Master, I just did a count; there are less than two hundred usable personnel now. Engaging in an all-out fight won’t benefit us. I suggest we hold our position, bolster defenses until Elder Su arrives."


    Zhu Chuan nced at Zhu Hong, pondered for a moment, and spoke solemnly, "In all these years since the formation of Skyhawk Pavilion, when have we been this embarrassed? I want to see who will be thest one standing." With those words, Zhu Chuan turned to summon a man in his thirties.


    Thetter rushed over, asking respectfully, "Eagle Head, what are your orders?"


    "Gather everyone, take a headcount. As soon as it gets dark in an hour and a half, that will be our time for revenge."


    "Yes!"


    After the man walked away, Zhu Chuan turned his gaze back to Zhu Hong, saying, "Follow me, I’ll show you something."


    Shortly, led by Zhu Chuan, Zhu Hong arrived at a room equipped with various advanced devices. Zhu Chuan pointed at the equipment lining the four walls and the screens, saying, "This room is the core of this base; everything can be controlled from here." With that, Zhu Chuan moved to the centralputer desk, ced his thumb on the fingerprint scanner, and suddenly all surrounding devices and screens powered on.


    On the over tenrge screens hung on the walls, one could clearly see the movements of Ling Chen and his team, with the entire base being under surveince via these disys.


    Zhu Chuan, seated at the mainputer, tapped on the keyboard a few times, saying, "What you’re seeing now is the most secret existence within this base."


    Upon hearing this, Zhu Hong immediately focused on one of the screens. Momentster, densely packed lines appeared on the screen, covering nearly all areas.


    "This...this is..." Awakened to the revtion, Zhu Hong was shocked, looking at Zhu Chuan incredulously, having no idea that the base had such a design.


    Another half hour passed.


    Da-da-da! Da-da-da!


    Amid rapid gunfire, wounded individuals were incessantly carried away for emergency treatment. Ling Chen and others leaned against the wall, watching thebat in front of them, expressions tense.


    This concealed passage was discovered ten minutes ago. When they sted open the outer explosion-proof door to charge in, they faced heavy fire from inside, unable to advance even a step forward. This secret passage was just a meter wide, two meters high, ten meters long, without any cover in between. Skyhawk Pavilion members hid at the far end, utilizing heavy fire to suppress them, ensuring death for anyone entering the passage.


    Both parties had been exchanging fire for over ten minutes; Ling Chen’s side faced increasing casualties, while the opposing side remained unscathed.


    "Mr. Ling, continuing like this is not a viable solution," Liu Dongsheng spoke, "There are fifty minutes until dark, and thetest update indicates that Su He is just over two hours away from the base; we must hasten the resolution of this battle."


    Ling Chen contemted for a moment, asking, "Uncle Liu, do we have any heavy weapons?"


    "Heavy weapons?" Liu Dongsheng thought briefly, replying, "I believe we brought a rocketuncher."


    "No, that won’t work." Ling Chen shook his head, "That thing can’t be used." Joking aside, he knew the rocketuncher’s power well— even if it killed the people inside, it would likely destroy the entire passage.