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Chapter 4609: 5.0361 Ambush

Everyone followed his gaze to see a scrawny rat scurrying out from behind the brick wall. It scurried a couple of times, then disappeared into a crack in the ground.

At this, everyone turned their heads and collectively gave Ah Li a look usually reserved for the intellectually challenged.

Ming Yasi's handsome face completely darkened. He snapped at his younger brother, "Stop being so jumpy over nothing. Look carefully before you scream." It was utterly humiliating. His esteemed brother, the Crown Prince of the Underworld, was terrified by a rat that barely had two ounces of flesh on it. It was completely undignified!

Ah Li, knowing he was in the wrong, quietly shrunk his neck and secretly glanced at the expressionless Little Stoic. Ever since she entered this place, he couldn't tell if it was his imagination, but she seemed even colder than usual. Her small face was etched with frosty coldness, and when her gaze swept past, you could almost feel ice shards subtly shimmering within.

Ah Li shivered, feeling a chill creep over his body. This stoic look was too frightening. What was it like? Like a moving jade sculpture of ice, only knowing how to move forward, with no hint of tenderness in her eyes.

Everyone secretly watched the silent Little Stoic, silently warning themselves: Little Stoic must be in a bad mood right now. Whatever you do, don't provoke her… lest you become the next cannon fodder after Ah Li.

The group's pace quickened slightly. After entering the village, they followed the dirt road for about four or five minutes before several forks appeared in the path.

"Which way did the teams go?" The Little Crown Princess suddenly asked.

Rong Qing looked down at his communication jade slip. "This fishing village is estimated to have a thousand residents. There's also a forest and a spacious breeding farm behind the village."

"Our teams have split up," Rong Qing said, pointing to a group of people emerging from behind the brick houses. "Ten teams are staying here to search house by house."

"The other teams are heading towards the forest and breeding farm behind."

"That area is more open. The breeding farm is said to be quite large."

"Then let's go check out the forest side," Qiao Mu said indifferently, glancing at the stone houses behind her. With so many houses here, ten teams should be enough for the search.

The main reason was that a cloud of gloom lingered in her heart; she had a persistent feeling that something might happen within this fishing village.

As they were heading towards the forest, a sharp whistle suddenly pierced the air. Hearing this sound, everyone instinctively tensed. The whistle was quite jarring and surprisingly invigorating. Qiao Mu's expression immediately changed upon hearing it.

"What's wrong?" Duan Yue noticed her change in demeanor and quickly asked, "Did that sound hurt your spiritual sense?"

Qiao Mu shook her head. "I'm fine."

However, Long Xiangyun, who was standing nearby, swayed slightly, and a trickle of blood appeared at the corner of her lips, which she hadn't even noticed herself.

"Block your consciousness," Duan Yue said gravely. "This whistle is harmful."

Qiao Mu was all too familiar with this whistle. She had heard this kind of assembly whistle more than once when entering the underground villages in the past.

"There's an ambush here," Qiao Mu finally realized why she had been feeling so uneasy.

"Activate defensive shields!"

It turned out… the Heaven's Will Cultivators who previously deployed the medicine-person bombs had calculated that they would come to eradicate the medicine-person bombs in the village. Therefore, they had set up an ambush here from the very beginning.