In the scene, the encampment's main gate was pushed open, and a figure carrying two lanterns slipped quietly outside.
Xu Taiping's heart stirred at once:
Isn't that the signal Liu Cunzheng and I agreed on for the raid?
Just as he was thinking this, dozens of figures lurking around the encampment in the darkness suddenly converged swiftly on its main gate.
Those figures were undoubtedly their own group, who had been hiding in the shadows.
"Boom!..."
But almost simultaneously, with the ear-splitting report of a Qi Explosion, the torches along the encampment's fence all flared to life.
In an instant, the entire area around the encampment was illuminated.
At the same time, a familiar voice rang out from above the main gate:
"Junior Brother, it's been so long since we last met. Must we cross blades the moment we see each other?"
Hearing that voice, Xu Taiping's heart jolted violently.
For that voice undoubtedly belonged to Su Chan.
Immediately afterward, hundreds of mountain bandits poured out in full force, surrounding Xu Taiping and the sixty-odd villagers in front of the encampment.
The scene within the Divine Soul Mark ended there.
Xu Taiping took a deep breath and thought to himself:
Judging by this minor Power of Deduction from the Lotus Eye, Su Chan has not only seen through Village Head Scholar Liu's plot, but also intends to turn our scheme against us, luring us out to surround us.
At that thought, a fine sheen of cold sweat involuntarily broke out on his forehead.
Without this Divine Soul Mark, their group might very well have ended up dying horribly under the bandits' encirclement and assault, just as that scene foretold.
"Brother Taiping! Someone's coming out with lanterns!"
Just as Xu Taiping was filled with lingering dread, Gu Changming's voice suddenly rang