Chapter 722: Chapter 207: Shocking the whole county! Hundreds of officers and soldiers besiege! (10,000-word mega Chapter, please subscribe)_4

"Don’t panic! Don’t panic! How many of us have they even seen? Stop panicking!"

"Damn it! Which son of a turtle dropped their knife? It stabbed me in the foot!"

"Stop pushing, I can’t breathe anymore!"

"Charge! What are the people in front doing? A bunch of ball-less wonders, why are you in front? If you’re so afraid of death, don’t stay at the very front!"

"Ahhh! My hand! That woman, she cut off my hand!"

"Quick, save me, don’t step on me!!!"

"Stop panicking!!!"

"..."

In the end, this crowd was nothing but a disorganized mob; they could intimidate a lot of defenseless commoners, but when facing three cultivators, they became utterly bewildered.

Let alone facing three cultivators, even a dozen fierce soldiers from the army willing to risk their lives could rout this crowd! After all, such an unorganized assembly only dares to act boldly due to their numbers, whereas the other side...truly had blood on their hands!

This chaotic scene left the arrest officer of Iron Mountain County fuming.

It wasn’t Fan Wu and the others who frustrated him, but rather his own inept teammates.

The arrest officer of Iron Mountain County drew the blade from his waist, waving it and bellowing, "No one is allowed to retreat! Have you cowards forgotten how the Magistrate has treated you? Many of you have committed violent acts, and it was the Magistrate who kept it under wraps for you!"

"Don’t forget! The silver you’re holding was given by the Magistrate!" the arrest officer clenched his teeth and chopped down a constable.

Whether his hand was truly skilled or the victim was just unlucky, the blade struck right at the neck.

Blood sprayed, splashing all over the arrest officer.

With a fierce yell, the arrest officer threatened, "If anyone dares to step back now, they’ll end up like him! There are only four rebels. Can’t you deal with just four people? Whoever can take down a rebel, I’ll personally request the Magistrate to reward you with wealth and glory, today!!"

"If anyone continues to show cowardice, their families won’t be able to live in Iron Mountain County anymore! I mean what I say, I’ll remember every single one of you! Don’t test my patience!"

Under threats and temptations, the government officials, constables, and ranger roustabouts mustered their courage and continued to attack Fan Wu and the others.

Inside the inn, the cries of battle reached the skies.

The onlooking commoners outside were all exchanging bewildered glances.

Because they could sense something was off.

Logically, with so many people storming into an inn, even if there were a dozen rebels inside, they should have quickly been subdued, right? But the cries of battle inside seemed prolonged, and the accompanying chaotic noises also reached the outside, which was quite thought-provoking.

The onlooking commoners had heard that the so-called "rebels" inside were only four people.

Could it be that one or two hundred armed people were struggling against just four individuals for so long?

What a joke! Are you sure they’re not just putting on a play?

It couldn’t be said that there are more than four rebels inside, could it? Maybe forty?

That wouldn’t make sense either. Even if there were so many people, plus all the soldiers, how could such an inn, no matter how big, accommodate them all?

Among those filled with doubts was the innkeeper, who hadn’t left yet.

He was also completely baffled.

"Those... those four out-of-towners, can they really be that powerful?" The innkeeper swallowed nervously, knowing that the woman among those guests was formidable. With her own strength, she had managed to knock down six rangers and left them bleeding on the ground!

If the other three guests were as powerful as that woman, wouldn’t that mean... the four of them together could take down at least twenty-four people?

Well!

Thinking this way, it seemed more reasonable for the battle cries inside to go on for so long.

What if the four of them could handle even more than twenty-four people? Thirty-four? Forty-four?

The numbers beyond were too vast for him to fathom, as his limited imagination was overshadowed by a sense of weakness. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

As the innkeeper was lost in wild thoughts, a sudden cry from beside him startled him.

He feared he had been discovered, but then realized that wasn’t the case.

All he heard was that voice rising: "Someone is being carried out, look!!!"

Everyone hurried to look toward the inn’s entrance.

The innkeeper was taken aback...Could it be that those out-of-towners couldn’t hold on any longer? But why were there still such chaotic cries of battle inside if they were being carried out?

Stretching on tiptoes for a better view, the innkeeper’s own cry of surprise then escaped him: "It seems... it seems to be the authorities’ men! Men from the official ranks... are being carried out!"

To say they were being carried out was putting it mildly; they were dragged out in an utterly pathetic state.

The faces of the official men hauling out the wounded... displayed a grimace of terror; they all hesitated, wondering if they should enter again.