Chapter 48：Charge

Although Ao Qing and Nie Yifan had only been here for two days and had limited knowledge of the situation, Mu Xuyang had learned from Ao Qing's account that this place appeared to be a normal stronghold from the outside, but was actually an iron mine.

The miners were not there voluntarily. They were either deceived or forced to work as laborers by the mine owner. In this iron mine, the miners had no personal freedom and were basically forced to work under the threat of the overseers' whips. What was most hateful was that they were not even guaranteed basic food, and there were cases of exhaustion and starvation every day.

The boss behind this iron mine had built this stronghold on the outside not only to provide a place for the leaders, thugs, and overseers to rest but also to achieve the goal of hiding their activities.

After listening to Ao Qing's account, Mu Xuyang was silent for a moment before asking, "Senior Brother Ao, have you figured out who the mine owner is?"

"When those overseers chatted privately, they mentioned the term 'Lu Mansion.' As to whether this 'Lu Mansion' is a person's name or a representation of a force, I don't know," Ao Qing replied truthfully.

"Whether it's a person's name or a force's name, imprisoning miners and forcing them to work as laborers without regard for their lives is a crime that deserves death," Mu Xuyang sighed and said to Ao Qing, "You wake up Senior Brother Nie and create a big commotion. When I deal with the patrol soldiers and overseers, you two take advantage of the chaos to mobilize all the miners and lead them to follow me in a charge to get them out of this den of thieves."

"Most of the patrol soldiers and overseers are people who have reached the late stage of the Transcendence Boundary, and at least ten of them have the ability to fly with magic treasures. They are at least in the Magical Power Boundary. This is really dangerous," Ao Qing said.

"Don't worry, I have a way to deal with it," Mu Xuyang said, and without waiting for Ao Qing's response, he quickly left the hut where Ao Qing and Nie Yifan were staying. Then he opened the spiritual weapon bag and released the old yellow dog, giving it the order to attack the patrol soldiers who were sleeping in the hut area where the miners were sleeping.

The more cultivators the old yellow dog devoured, the stronger it became as it absorbed the power remaining in the flesh and blood of those cultivators. Now the old yellow dog had already transformed, and ordinary cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Transcendence Boundary could not even harm it, and even cultivators in the Magical Power Boundary might not be able to kill it.

Muxuyang was very aware of the power of his trusted companion, the old yellow dog. Otherwise, he would never have released it in such a dangerous situation. Although the soldiers patrolling the miners' camp were somewhat surprised by the appearance of the old yellow dog, they did not pay any attention and did not worry that this seemingly gentle dog had the ability to devour and kill them.

The old yellow dog approached the patrolling soldiers and directly pounced, opening its mouth and swallowing the first target it had locked onto. The person who witnessed the process of the old yellow dog swallowing his companion was immediately frightened by the sudden scene where the dog could swallow a person directly.

It was not until the old yellow dog swallowed three people in a row that the other patrolling soldiers reacted and quickly shouted, "Monster, a monster has appeared in the mining area."

Upon hearing the cry of the patrol soldiers from a distance, the miners were immediately frightened and did not dare to approach the scene. They threw away their weapons and ran towards the area where the people with higher cultivation levels were located.

After the commotion caused by the old yellow dog, all the miners who were sleeping were awakened. Ao Qing and Nie Yifan, who were arranged by Muxuyang, saw the miners coming out of their huts one after another. They quickly acted and explained the situation to the miners, inciting them to follow them in their escape.

These overworked and suffering miners had long wanted to escape but did not have the courage to act. Now, upon hearing that there were powerful experts who wanted to rescue them from their suffering, they did not hesitate to follow Ao Qing and Nie Yifan's orders and move towards the exit in an orderly manner.

Muxuyang, who was not far behind the old yellow dog, saw that the patrol soldiers and supervisors were scared away by the dog. The miners were being led towards the exit by Ao Qing and Nie Yifan. Without hesitation, he flashed his figure and rushed into the camp of the thief soldiers who were fleeing. He swiftly attacked and hit the thief soldiers one after another with his fists.

Bang, bang, bang... When Muxuyang rushed into the camp of the thief soldiers, a series of collisions sounded. Then the miners who were rushing towards the exit saw the shocking scene of blood and people flying out in the light of the fire. They were overjoyed and thought, "There really are powerful experts who have come to our aid. Thank goodness, we have finally made it to this day. After we get out, we must find out who this expert is and personally thank him."

The patrol soldiers and supervisors were not much different from people like Ao Qing and Nie Yifan in terms of their strength. They could easily deal with ordinary people, but in front of Muxuyang, they were like ants and could not withstand even one of his attacks. In about thirty breaths of time, more than twenty patrol soldiers and supervisors were killed by Muxuyang. The bodies of those who were killed were immediately swallowed by the old yellow dog.

As Mu Xuyang cleared the roadblocks for the miners and rushed towards the area where the person in charge of the mine was stationed, the chief manager of the mine, Zhang Biren, was awakened from his sleep by someone.

When Zhang Biren learned about the appearance of a monster and a skilled person in the mine, who were massacring the patrol guards and overseers with great momentum, and that they intended to lead the miners out of the mine, he realized the situation was not good. He immediately ordered about ten high-level experts with mid to late-stage mana levels who were responsible for the safety of the mine to hurry to the scene and calm things down.

"Brothers, look, there's treasure light in the sky. That's the expert in charge of the mine flying with a treasure. He's coming to reinforce us. If we continue to flee like this, when those in charge of the mine arrive, they will think we are cowards and even withdraw our positions, throw us into the mine as laborers. Brothers, in order not to be looked down upon by the experts in charge of the mine and to prevent the troublemakers from escaping, we must unite and fight back, and put some pressure on them."

The fleeing patrol guards and overseers of the mine immediately realized that these were the experts in charge of the mine who had learned about what had happened here and had sent reinforcements in the first place when they saw the treasure light points appearing in the sky above the residence of the person in charge. They felt very excited.

The patrol guards and overseers who were originally very scared also stopped running away when they saw that experts were coming to reinforce them, waving their weapons and rushing towards Mu Xuyang.