Guo Baiyu took out the orb Xiao Hui had given him. The orb floated in the air and headed towards the mountain. The two men followed the magic orb into the street, where they met twenty-five law officers in common clothes. Together, the men followed the orb and walked up the mountain path.
The orb led them into a dark cave. About twenty meters inside the cave, the group stopped advancing. There was a closed gate, and the magic orb continued to knock, making a very soft jingling sound. The team knew that the owner must be on the other side of the door. They heard two men talking on the other side. The tiny orb found an opening under the door and slid underneath.
The men in the open arena stared eagerly at the two Xiao sisters, waiting for Li Guangli to show up. These men licked their lips, stuck out their tongues, and waved their tongues at the two Xiao sisters. A coughing sound brought them back to their places quickly, and Li Guangli walked in. Li Guangli looked at the two Xiao sisters from head to toe.
Li Guangli was surprised by their beauty. "I have never seen such beautiful ladies," he remarked.
Xiao Hui flirted with Li Guangli with her eyes. "You are not bad, but compared to my husband... honey, you are still at the bottom." She covered her mouth with the tip of her left fingers, then began to giggle.
Li Guangli's expression immediately changed. "How dare you insult me?"
"I dare not insult you," Xiao Hui said with her sexy voice. "I'm telling the truth." She smiled lustily when she spoke.
"Where is our maid?" Xiao Dan demanded.
"Which one?" Li Guangli countered.
"The ugliest one," Xiao Dan flirted back.
Li Guangli approached Xiao Dan and said quietly, "Let me have you, and I will tell you." Li Guangli kissed Xiao Dan's right hand and then moved to kiss her on the neck.
Xiao Hui saw her orb floating inside like a firefly. She sent an eye signal to Xiao Dan.
Xiao Dan giggled then said, "In your dream." Her head began to change into a fox head. Li Guangli, who was still kissing her neck, didn't notice. Xiao Dan growled and bit Li Guangli, but Li Guangli pressed her neck with his right arm to avoid being bitten. Xiao Dan shoved Li Guangli backward towards the stairs.
Li Guangli was not prepared for this. That little soft woman had so much power. Her push made him lose his balance, and he fell on his butt on the stairs.
"Bitch! Release the dogs!" Li Guangli shouted at his men.
One of the bandits opened a wooden gate, and ten black dogs rushed towards the two Xiao sisters. The bandits walked away, standing by the stairwell, while Li Guangli sat on his throne chair, enjoying the show like many times before. The ten black dogs were growling and barking at the two sisters. Two of the black dogs lunged at the two sisters first. The Xiao sisters kicked the two dogs, and their kicks sent the dogs flying away, landing near the stairwell. The remaining eight dogs jumped at the Xiao sisters. The Xiao sisters also jumped towards the black dogs. As the Xiao sisters flew into the air towards the incoming dogs, they slowly transformed from head to toe into their original form. Now standing in front of them were two large foxes attacking the black dogs. The ten black dogs were losing the fight and retreating backward, slowly growling at the two foxes.
The two white foxes stood their ground and growled loudly at the black dogs and the men. The two foxes were closing in slowly toward their enemies. When the foxes and the dogs stared at each other, the ten black dogs decided to run away, leaving behind their owner.
"Attack them!" Li Guangli shouted. He looked at his men. "Take out the whip to attack them!"
The bandits grabbed their weapons and began to attack the two white foxes.
"That's our signal," Guo Baiyu said, turning to one of the officers. "Send out the signal to the rest of the law officers."
One officer quickly ran to the entrance and pulled out the fireworks.
Zhao Renshu took out a clean paper talisman. He sliced one of his fingers with an officer's sword, and then he drew a symbol on the talisman. He put the talisman on the ground, then Zhao Renshu put his hands together. He closed his eyes and chanted a spell. A magic circle appeared around the soles of his feet. He continued to chant, "The old spirit of the dead, I order you to show yourself to me, lend me your strength, I offer you blood of the living bandits!"
What emerged from the ground was a big black bear. All nine officers stepped back in panic.
Zhao Renshu clapped his hands to signal the beast. He commanded, "Open!"
The beast rushed into the closed gate and broke the wooden gate. The two people on the other side were thrown away and crashed into the cave wall. The two seriously injured men were speechless, lying helplessly on the ground. The beast turned around and looked at Zhao Renshu. Zhao Renshu nodded.
The beast tore up one of them, opening the bandit's chest apart and ripping out the heart with its mouth. The beast grabbed another person's leg and dragged the wounded bandit towards the sound of fighting.
"I'm glad I'm on their side," one of the officers shivered, his face turning pale.
The team followed the beast into a larger open arena, where forty men were attacking two foxes. A fox's neck was caught by a rope, and she lay on the floor when seven men tried to tie her legs tight. The other fox was still fighting off the ropes as the bandits attacked her.
Zhao Renshu's fast-flying sword cut the rope that bound the fox's neck free. Then, the bear in the distance roared and jumped into the arena and began to attack the bandits. A group of rescuers rushed behind the beast. In the prison cells, the prisoners screamed for help.
Guo Baiyu turned to the officers. "We will take care of these people here. You guys go help the prisoners."
Nine officers rushed up the stairwell with their swords drawn.
The black bear beast ate the heart of the last man, and then slowly retreated.
"He's not staying?" Guo Baiyu asked.
"The longer he stays, the more uncontrollable he will become," Zhao Renshu explained.
The two foxes walked towards Zhao Renshu and Guo Baiyu and transformed back into two beautiful ladies. There was a red mark on Xiao Dan's neck.
"The bitch's husbands came to rescue them," Li Guangli mocked, unsheathing his sword. "Where the fuck is that ghost?" He breathed heavily. "Where is the damn ghost?" Li Guangli ordered his bandits to attack the four friends.
Guo Baiyu dodged the bandit's attack and went straight to Li Guangli. While his three comrades were fighting Guo Baiyu in the rear, Li Guangli's sword went straight for Guo Baiyu's neck, but Guo Baiyu dodged Li Guangli's sword in time to avoid being cut. Li Guangli's swordsmanship skills were pretty good. Zhao Renshu picked up a sword and threw it to Guo Baiyu. Guo Baiyu and Li Guangli started fighting fiercely, aiming for each other's lives.
The officers released all the prisoners and led them down the stairs to the exit. When the officers and prisoners arrived at the entrance of the cave, they met the officer who had sent the signal and more officers.
Li Guangli knew that if he continued to fight with this man, he would lose. He jumped up, spinning in the air as Guo Baiyu swung his sword at his feet. He spun back towards the door.
Guo Baiyu read Li Guangli's plan, so he took out Ping'an's whip and sent the whip directly to Li Guangli's back, causing him to fall from the air. When Li Guangli got up from the ground, Guo Baiyu flew over and put his sword at Li Guangli's neck.
"Tell everyone to stop," Guo Baiyu commanded.
Li Guangli refused.
"Your leader is in my hands!" Guo Baiyu shouted. "Everyone, put down your weapons and surrender!"
The other bandits stopped and looked at Li Guangli who was now a hostage of Guo Baiyu.
"Attack! No one stop!" Li Guangli shouted.
"The court promised those who surrender will not be sentenced to death," Guo Baiyu announced loudly.
"Bullshit! Don't listen!" Li Guangli said angrily.
The forty bandits surrendered and dropped their swords on the ground, kneeling with both hands on their heads.
"You useless pieces of shit!" Li Guangli shouted angrily.
"Where is the girl with the dark birthmark on her left side face?" Guo Baiyu demanded.
Li Guangli refused to answer.
"I will ask you again. Where is she?" Guo Baiyu pressed, his voice hardening.
Li Guangli spat on the ground and gave Guo Baiyu a challenging, smiling expression.
Zhao Renshu lost his temper. He took out the white pouch and held it in his right hand. His eyes were full of anger, red, with blood vessels popping out.
"I've had enough of these creeps," Zhao Renshu growled. "Tell me where she is or your beloved ghost burns!"
"Bite me," Li Guangli provoked, scoffing.
Zhao Renshu was very angry. He felt every cell in his body boil in his blood vessels. Zhao Renshu dropped the pouch. The white pouch fell from his hand, and flames slowly engulfed it. Once the burning pouch fell on the ground, there was nothing but ashes. Zhao Renshu opened his right palm and conjured a red talisman floating on his open palm.
"Spirits of the mountain..." Zhao Renshu closed his eyes and began to chant. The ground began to bulge.
"No, you can't!" Xiao Hui shouted. She turned to the surrendered bandits. "Now is the time to tell him where she is!" She yelled at the bandits again, "Otherwise, everyone will die!"
"What is it?" Guo Baiyu asked Xiao Dan, concerned.
"It is the Earth talisman," Xiao Dan explained. "Another name is the annihilation talisman. When the mountain collapses and the ground breaks apart, everyone will die."
The ground began to shake. The walls of the cave began to crack, and dust floated in the air.
"You can't do this!" Guo Baiyu shouted. "We are here to save the prisoners. Don't let your emotions control you. Remember your master's teaching. Think about Ping'an. She is waiting for us somewhere out there."
Zhao Renshu exhaled slowly, trying to control his anger.
"I know where she is! I know where she is!" a bandit said, standing up in terror.
"You idiot! You can die now!" Li Guangli shouted. He swung his body quickly, then turned around behind Guo Baiyu's back, escaped from Guo Baiyu's sword, and lunged at the volunteer bandit.
Guo Baiyu sent Ping'an's whip at Li Guangli and quickly tied Li Guangli's right foot.
Zhao Renshu unsheathed his sword, jumped up, and with one sword swing, he cut Li Guangli in the middle of his waist.
Li Guangli's upper body fell down the stairwell and his upper body rolled down the stairs, with guts and blood were everywhere. His face landed at the bottom of the stairwell, facing the surrendered bandits, and his eyes were still blinking. While his other half was lying halfway up the stairs, blood and intestines overflowing the stairway.
This his horror the surrendered bandits were all shaken in terror. Some of the bandits and law officers vomited.
Guo Baiyu pulled the whip back and jumped off the small stage.
Zhao Renshu, with his sword still soaked in Li Guangli's blood, walked towards the volunteer bandit.
"She... she... she... was given as a bonus to Master Alagui from Magnolia City," the volunteer bandit said in terror. "You are a day late, but with them being chained, they couldn't have gone that far."
When Zhao Renshu pointed his sword at the volunteer bandit, the reinforcement officers just entered the arena.
"Let the law deal with them. We must hurry up to catch up with Ping'an," Guo Baiyu urged.
Zhao Renshu used a cloth to clean the blood from the sword and then slid the sword back into the scabbard on his back. He began to walk in the opposite direction of the law officers and bandits.
"Thank you to both of you," Guo Baiyu turned to the Xiao sisters. "Please go back to the inn and tell our friends we are fine. They can wait for us at home." He rushed after Zhao Renshu.