Just as Huangfu Dengyun had said earlier, while he personally entered the secret passage to hunt down Ye Weiming and the others, he had also arranged for another force to intercept those escaping from the passage's other exit.
In fact, Huangfu Dengyun had stationed not only pursuers at the passage exit, but a great many of them.
Besides the Tianyi City Lord and four of the Yuan Mongols' Five Great Experts he had mentioned earlier—Ma Guangzuo, Xiao Xiangzi, Yin Kexi, and Nimo Xing, excluding the Golden Wheel Dharma King—there were also a large number of Tianyi City assassins, as well as part of the Beggar's Sect led by Chen Youliang, who had set up the Dog-Beating Formation!
Faced with such a lavish lineup, even if Ye Weiming were personally present, breaking out while protecting Xie Xun, Zhou Zhiruo, and the Heartbreak Valley disciples would not have been easy.
As for Huangfu Dengyun himself, once he dealt with the enemies inside the passage, he could quickly catch up and use his overwhelming advantage to surround and wipe out the other rescuers!
After all, the exit of that secret passage was more like a cliff, narrow at the top and broad at the bottom. Back then, Yang Guo and Gongsun Lüe had needed ropes to climb up from below, but Ye Weiming was different—and naturally, so was Huangfu Dengyun.
That meant that whether aboveground or underground, the rescue party had no chance of breaking out successfully. In theory, they were doomed to be slaughtered by Huangfu Dengyun and his men!
That was why Huangfu Dengyun had not chosen to wait at the exit for his prey, but had personally entered the secret passage to join the pursuit.
Fortunately, Ye Weiming had prepared for every possibility beforehand. Not only had he promptly brought