Originally.
When Jiao Yin, in her grief over the tragic deaths of the 12 members of the Rhode team, shamelessly filmed them with a look of schadenfreude, Rhode and his men were filled with such loathing that they wished they could shoot her on the spot.
Now, she wanted to interview Rhode.
This was simply too much bullying!
All of Rhode's subordinates behind him were furious. With a whoosh, they all raised their guns.
They were waiting for Rhode's command, ready to pull the trigger and riddle Jiao Yin with bullets.
Rhode wanted to do the same.
Not only did he want to riddle Jiao Yin with bullets, but he also wanted all his brothers to have their turn with her first.
But he couldn't –
Rhode suppressed his raging anger, put on his most amicable smile, and nodded.
Jiao Yin was overjoyed.
Rhode pointed behind the cross and said, "Esteemed lady, I believe that filming the words on this cross will certainly enrich your video content."
Words behind the cross?
Jiao Yin's eyebrows shot up. Seemingly instinctively, she was about to step forward to look behind the cross.
A sinister smile played on Rhode's lips—
But just as Jiao Yin was about to take a step, she stopped.
Rhode was surprised.
Jiao Yin giggled, "Sir, do you really think I don't know you're trying to trick me into crossing the line? The moment I stand behind the cross, I'll be trespassing on the boundary you've set. Then you can pounce on me like wolves and tear me apart."
Damn it!
This woman is too sharp.
Rhode cursed inwardly after his trick was seen through.
Jiao Yin became even more smug.
She even provocatively swayed her body in front of Rhode and his men, "Come on, come on, cross the line and catch me, come and molest me."
Rhode and his men—
Jiao Yin continued to taunt, "What, gentlemen, you are all gods of war, but you dare not cross the line to pin me down and molest me? Bah, a bunch of spineless fools! No wonder my master used to call you idiots whenever he mentioned you. Heh, indeed."
Rhode and his men—
"Come on, come on."
Jiao Yin swayed even more provocatively, further pushing Rhode and his men to the brink of self-destruction.
"Let me kill this bitch!"
One subordinate couldn't take it anymore and roared, lunging at Jiao Yin.
Rhode's face changed dramatically, and he shouted sternly, "Get back!"
By the time the siege of Blackwater Forest had reached this point, many rules had become customary.
One of them was—
Even the Lord of Dragon's Lair, Li Xiao, would be killed without mercy if he trespassed into Rhode's team's outer defensive zone.
However, if anyone from Rhode's team dared to step beyond the line of warning, they would be deserved of death by all.
If Rhode's team dared to seek revenge for them, Dragon's Lair would use it as an excuse to intervene!
Moreover, this woman outside the line was the woman of Li Qianfan, the Young Master of Dragon's Lair?
If Rhode's team dared to harm even a hair on her head while she was outside the line, it would provide Dragon's Lair with an excuse to bring in a large army!!
Therefore.
Seeing his subordinate, unable to bear Jiao Yin's provocative taunts, suddenly lunging beyond the line of warning to kill her, Rhode was greatly alarmed.
He quickly shouted for him to come back.
But it was too late—
The subordinate, blinded by rage, only wanted to strangle Jiao Yin.
Bang—
A crisp gunshot.
Rhode and his men trembled.
Just as the subordinate who had lunged beyond the line of warning reached out to grab Jiao Yin's neck, this frail woman, from who knows where, produced a gun, pointed it at the subordinate's head, and pulled the trigger.
Blood splattered!
After being shot in the head, the subordinate could not believe that he had died at the hands of a plaything.
He slowly knelt down, then slowly collapsed at Jiao Yin's feet.
After killing someone, Jiao Yin's face was also deathly pale. She even bent over, covered her mouth with her hand, and dry heaved uncontrollably.
But when she raised her head, she still smiled as if relaxed.
Pointing the gun in her hand at Rhode, she said, "Come on, who else dares to come out and rape me?"
While doing all this, she kept her phone recording.
And look at Rhode's team—
After their impulsive subordinate was shot dead at Jiao Yin's feet, all those filled with righteous anger became miraculously calm.
Indeed.
This woman deserved to die.
But she was, after all, outside the line, and, after all, the woman of the Young Master of Dragon's Lair!
Let alone Rhode, even those who planned the siege of Blackwater Forest would not dare to step outside the line to harm her.
"Does no one dare to come out and rape me?"
Jiao Yin retracted her flirtatious demeanor and yelled sternly, "Because I provoked you from outside the line, you wanted to kill me? Then when you trampled on my compatriots at will inside the line, why didn't you think that was the greatest provocation to us? I, Jiao Yin, although a weak woman! Even if I am torn to pieces by you, I will let you know! If you dare to step outside the line, you will only die!"
No one from Rhode's team spoke.
Because Jiao Yin was not wrong at all.
But they didn't know that the beautiful Miss Jiao was using them to further boost her own score.
She firmly believed.
After this video of hers was released, whether it was Dragon's Lair, the Li family of Sijiu, or the hundreds of millions of people in the Eastern Lands, they would all admire her.
She would gain unspeakable benefits.
"Fall back."
Rhode, completely calm now, slowly raised his hand and said to his subordinates, "No one is to pay attention to this bitch. Unless you want to end up dead at her feet. And don't even think about rushing out to kill her. Because not only will it get you killed, but it will also get our entire Rhode team killed. And it might even get your whole family killed. Everyone, you must remain calm."
He was right.
The subordinates behind him silently retreated, completely ignoring Jiao Yin.
Jiao Yin, having made a big show of herself, also knew the principle of "too much is as bad as too little."
She stopped provoking Rhode and his men, and simply said to the video, "Who exactly hanged these people? Please wait a moment, and I will report to you immediately if there are any new developments."
As Jiao Yin was summarizing, Rhode began to order his men to take down the six corpses.
Hanging them up like this would affect morale, wouldn't it?
The subordinates who were ordered to take down the corpses did not dare to stand outside the warning signs.
They were afraid that Jiao Yin, who was holding a gun, would shoot them.
They carefully placed the six corpses on the ground.
Rhode looked down at the corpses, and after a long silence, suddenly looked up, "Krus, why isn't he back yet?"
Krus.
He was the subordinate Rhode had ordered to ride a snowmobile back to the command post to get reinforcements to search for the "killer."
Although this place was 2.5 kilometers away from Rhode's team's command post, with the speed of a snowmobile, it should only take a few minutes to get there.
Krus had been gone for over half an hour, and there had been no activity from the command post.
Rhode's subordinates also realized this problem.
They all looked confused and shook their heads collectively.
Due to fear of hackers hacking the aerial command system, the one-kilometer-wide outer defensive zone had no signal (the drones could be driven, but only controlled by Bluetooth from inside the command post), so communication devices could not be used.
"Tostafor, take some men and go to the command post to see."
Rhode commanded, "Bring those male prisoners too, and have them help search the defensive zone. We must find out who ambushed our brothers in the dark."
Tostafor agreed.
He took a subordinate, jumped on a snowmobile, and sped off.
They would reach the command post in a few minutes and bring back a large number of people. Rhode didn't rush to start searching. He lit a cigarette, turned around, and scanned the vast snowy plain, hoping to spot anything unusual.
At this time, the snowflakes falling from the sky had noticeably increased.
The time had also come to six in the morning.
However, the sky was as dark as night.
Suddenly—
Bang!
Just as the northwest wind grew stronger, making Jiao Yin feel very cold and forcing her to wrap her down jacket tighter, a crisp gunshot sounded from the direction of the command post.
Who was shooting!?
As Rhode and his men's faces changed dramatically, they heard the roar of snowmobiles faintly from within the falling snow.
Hearing the sound of snowmobiles, Rhode and his men's tense nerves relaxed again.
The approaching people could only be their own people.
As for the gunshot hundreds of meters away, they would ask about it once the team arrived.
Soon.
Two bright headlights appeared in their sight.
Rhode took a puff of his cigarette—
He saw the snowmobile, even though it had reached the edge of the defensive zone, still maintained its speed and roared directly towards them.
Oh my.
What the hell.
What was going on?
Dodge—
Rhode and his men were greatly alarmed, shouting and scattering to the sides.
But the snow was deep, and their hasty evasive movements were certainly not smooth.
One subordinate, who reacted a moment too late, let out a cry of despair as the speeding snowmobile brutally hit him.
Whoosh—
The subordinate was directly thrown out of the line of warning and landed with a thud. Then, with a loud bang.
The out-of-control snowmobile crashed hard into the cross.
Fortunately, the cross was buried firmly enough. After being violently hit by the snowmobile, it merely vibrated and blocked the impact.
The snowmobile then stalled.
"Tostafor, what's going on?"
After the snowmobile crashed to a halt, Rhode recognized the driver as Tostafor, who had just personally led a team to the command post to "call for reinforcements."
Facing Rhode's stern questioning, Tostafor did not respond.
Because the back of his head—
Had a bloody hole in it!!
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Can't afford to slack off anymore, feeling cold all over. Let's see how many chapters I can write. Everyone, please take care of your health!