<h4>Chapter 1293: Chapter 1601: Encirclement of the Skyhawk Pavilion (Part 3)</h4>
"I’ll try it." Ling Chen thought for a while and made a decision. No matter what, someone has to charge in and deal with the people on the other side of the secret passage. Otherwise, they will be stuck outside.
Before long, under Ling Chen’s arrangement, Liu Dongsheng came over with a bulletproof shield.
After weighing the shield’s weight, Ling Chen geared up with simple equipment and headed straight for the passage.
ncing at the situation inside the passage, Ling Chen took out a few smoke grenades and tossed them in. Instantly, thick smoke spread out, enveloping the entire passage.
Meanwhile, the firepower from the other end of the passage poured out angrily, bullets showering through the passage like raindrops. Hearing the unending gunfire, Ling Chen gritted his teeth, raised the bulletproof shield in front of him, and slowly advanced into the passage.
As Ling Chen entered the passage, the shield immediately rang with a series of crisp sounds, countless bullets striking it. In just a moment, the surface of the shield was riddled with cracks. Fortunately, this bulletproof shield was a reinforced type, temporarily holding up against the relentless assault.
However, the impact from the bullets striking the shield was not easy for Ling Chen to withstand. If it were just a dozen bullets, he could ignore it, but a hundred bullets together formed a terrifying force. Only a master like Ling Chen could withstand it; anyone else would have been pushed back by the impact long ago.
Hugging the wall, Ling Chen briskly walked through the smoke, intending to charge all the way through. However, at that moment, he suddenly heard a slight noise from the ground, like something was rolling towards his position.
What the hell is that?
In the blink of an eye, before Ling Chen could react, a loud ’boom’ resounded. mes shot out, and a powerful shockwave hit the shield, instantly sending Ling Chen flying and crashing heavily to the ground. "Ling Cheng, watch out!" Qiu Yong eximed, rushing over to drag Ling Chen out of the passage.
"Ling Cheng, are you okay?" Everyone gathered around, expressing their concern.
Ling Chen shook his head, looking at the cracked shield with a silent sigh of relief. Luckily, the shield had protected him from the grenade’s power, or else he would have lost an arm or a leg.
"How about I give it a try?" Chen Junfeng volunteered.
"No," Ling Chen said. "It’s too risky. You all saw what just happened. If they threw a few more grenades, even a master from the Heavenly List would find it hard to get through."
"Then what should we do?" Liu Dongsheng asked. "We can’t just wait it out; it’s not to our advantage."
"Why don’t we use an old tactic?" Xia Yue suggested. "If they won’te out, we’ll use fire and see how long they can hold out."
Tong Zhentian nodded, "That might be worth a try."
"Uncle Liu, have the helicopter and drone patrol around the base. Since this base has underground structures, there might be escape routes."
"Okay, I’ll notify them right away."
Over the next ten minutes, everyone smashed doors, desks, chairs, anything made of wood, to use as kindling. Meanwhile, Xia Yue instructed others to fetch tworge fans, aiming them at the passage to blow all the smoke from the burning wood into the entrance.
Time passed by the minute. Ling Chen stood at the passage entrance, waiting quietly. By now, there was no more noise from the other end, but Ling Chen didn’t dare rx, unsure if those guys were waiting for a chance.
Cough cough cough! Cough cough!
In the underground building, smoke pervaded the air, affecting many people’s breathing. Even with venttion, the smoke was too dense to bepletely expelled.
"Master, the people at the entrance can’t hold out much longer," Zhu Hong observed on the surveince monitors.
"Watch over them," Zhu Chuan instructed. "No matter what happens, you must guard the entrance. Don’t let them in."
"Understood," Zhu Hong responded and quickly headed toward the entrance.
At this moment, the passage entrance was piled with debris serving as barricades. Behind them, over twenty Skyhawk Pavilion assassins armed themselves, watching the passage warily to prevent intrusions.
Covering his nose and mouth, Zhu Hong stood by the barricade. After a moment of deliberation, he whispered a few instructions to some men. Shortly after, they returned carrying several fans.
The fans roared to life, the wind blocking the thick smoke at the entrance, blowing it outward.
Not bad, these guys are quite clever! Ling Chen smirked outside the passage, then turned to the busy Xia Yue and asked, "Fifth sister, ready yet?"
"Almost," Xia Yue replied, pouring gasoline from a drum onto a one-meter-diameter sphere. The sphere was made from stacked debris, tied and secured tightly.
After pouring the gasoline, Xia Yue pushed the sphere next to the passage and set it alight. Instantly, fierce mes engulfed the sphere, transforming it into a gigantic fireball.
"Here we go!" Yuan Yun said with a shout, giving the fireball a kick. It rolled directly into the passage.
Da-da-da! Da-da-da!
Hearing themotion from the passage, the assassins hiding behind the barricades instinctively pointed their guns at the fireball as it drew closer.
But bullets had no effect. In the blink of an eye, the fireball rolled close, and with a ’bang,’ exploded, scattering countless smaller mes everywhere.
The assassins behind the barricades couldn’t avoid being hit, instantly turning into human torches, their dreadful screams echoing through the passage.
Witnessing this scene, Zhu Hong’s face changed slightly, prompting him to retreat quickly.
"Second squad, prepare yourselves." At Zhu Hong’smand, dozens of assassins promptly arrived, setting up a temporary defense line behind the passage entrance.
Bang!
Gunfire rang out. Ling Chen, the first to pass through the passage, quickly ducked behind the nearest barricade. Soon, the others followed, sheltering and assessing the situation ahead.