The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 573: Fierce Battle!

Chapter 573: Chapter 573: Fierce Battle!

Zi Yumo was currently the Chief of Jiang City Public Security Bureau, and Xu Qianli had ordered her to immediately lead a large police force to the vicinity of the Five-Colored Cave, to guard the entrance of the cave and not allow any unrelated persons to approach.

Ye Qing was an expert dispatched by the Six Gates to investigate the Qingshan Association in Qingshan Town. With the sudden emergence of the cave hiding the treasure, the Qingshan Association would definitely take action. Relying solely on the police would likely be insufficient to completely control the situation, so getting National Security involved was more than appropriate.

Then Xu Qianli made a call to Bai Muqing. The Bai Family was the number one martial arts family in the country, with an abundance of powerful individuals whose combat strength was off the charts, hence asking the Bai Family to send some experts would ensure even more control over the scene.

After a few calls, Xu Qianli also sprang into action, quickly heading towards the Five-Colored Cave in Qingshan Town.

It didn’t take long for Xu Qianli to arrive at the location. He saw the entrance to the Five-Colored Cave collapsed outward, less than two hundred meters away, around three meters wide and two meters high—it was undoubtedly large.

The cave descended vertically about twenty meters; below was a massive cavern, which was impossible to see clearly from above.

Standing at the entrance, there was no odd smell detected, and after sending a chicken in for about ten minutes, when pulled out it was still hopping around lively, suggesting the air inside was likely not poisonous.

By this time, Zi Yumo had already arrived with her team, and the people from the Bai Family had also reached the scene, sealing off the area.

Ye Qing appeared as well. She came alone but had already notified National Security, and the experts would be arriving shortly.

Just as they secured the area around the cave entrance, a dozen vehicles came from a distance. A group of people claiming to be tourists heard there was something fresh happening and specifically came to take a look.

Tourists?

Xu Qianli didn’t believe them for a second and immediately ordered the police to act, apprehending everyone.

These guys were likely from the Qingshan Association; better to take control first.

Contrary to the expectations of the police, many of the so-called tourists drew knives, wielding katana, and charged in like madmen!

Zi Yumo quickly gave the order to attack. One after another, the guns spewed flames, and bullets fiercely shot out.

In a short span of time, more than a dozen assassins lay in pools of blood, but the rest managed to break through the barrage of bullets, using their katanas to slash their way through and rush to the police, raising their swords to kill.

In the midst of danger, Bai Muqing led a group of Bai Family experts into the fray, powerfully engaging the assassins!

Xu Qianli wasn’t idle either; he charged at one of the assassins, eager to test his strength.

He had always sparred with Bai Muqing and frankly couldn’t defeat her, so today was the day to practice on these Qingshan Association assassins!

The workers at the construction site of the Five-Colored Cave were scared out of their wits.

Holy crap, it was just a collapsed construction site that revealed a cave entrance—how did it lead to such a huge commotion?

The arrival of a massive police force, attacks by assassins, and those assassins acting inhumanely fearless of bullets—it was terrifying.

Even more frightening was Vice County Magistrate Xu, who seemed so refined on the surface. Yet, when it came down to action, he was incredibly ruthless. He and his men were truly more merciless than the assassins!

Xu Qianli took down three assassins in a row, feeling surprisingly at ease.

It appeared that it wasn’t his strength that had failed to improve but rather that Bai Muqing was too strong.

Just as they were about to take down all the assassins, suddenly more vehicles approached from afar. Over twenty cars, while still at a distance, the people jumped out and charged over like specters, their speed and agility clearly beyond ordinary—it was undoubtedly assassins from the Qingshan Association.

Xu Qianli estimated there were at least a hundred people, and these guys seemed even stronger; he only felt his scalp go numb.

The Qingshan Association had actually arranged so many experts in Jiang City, apparently determined to secure the hidden treasure.

It was obvious that these people had been hiding in Jiang City, and now that they had emerged from the cave, they immediately came together to launch an attack. Could they really be dealt with his current group?

Just as Xu Qianli was nursing a headache, suddenly the sound of engines came from the sky. More than a dozen armed helicopters flew in from afar, sailing directly over the Five-Colored Cave, switching to air-to-ground flight without deploying any ropes.

The people above actually leaped down one by one, jumping from heights of twenty to thirty meters!

From such a height, ordinary people would surely die if they fell, yet these individuals one by one landed steadily, quickly formed squads, and charged to confront the Qingshan Association’s experts!

Xu Qianli and the Bai Family members all breathed a sigh of relief.

Wondering where these people were from, since they did not seem to be with the Bai Family, Xu Qianli’s gaze turned to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing nodded and spoke quickly, "Yes, they’re ours from National Security! We’ve long been aware of the Qingshan Association’s plots in Jiang City and had already arranged a large number of experts in ambush, just waiting for this day."

Xu Qianli gave a thumbs up, impressive, National Security really is incredible, they’ve made arrangements, the Qingshan Association is in for a tough time.

Xu Qianli had just relaxed when he suddenly noticed something wrong. Several people shot out from the back of the Five-Colored Cave and ghostly dashed toward the cave.

He quickly grabbed a gun and fired several shots in haste, but to no avail. He could do nothing to stop them as he watched them break in.

Xu Qianli also charged over, "Follow me, we can’t let them get there first!"

Bai Muqing, Ye Qing, and the eight powerful maidservants arranged for Xu Qianli by the Bai Family quickly gathered at the cave entrance.

When they arrived at the entrance and looked down, they saw that the people from the Qingshan Association had already entered the cave, and several of them hurried down as well.

Once they reached the bottom, Xu Qianli realized how vast the cave was. The ceiling was twenty meters high, at least fifty to sixty meters wide, and extended downward at an angle. Due to the dim fibers, it was impossible to see how deep it was, as if there was no end.

They had come down in such a hurry they hadn’t brought flashlights, so they used their mobile phones as lights, chasing the Qingshan Association’s troops deeper into the cave.

They had not gone far when an intense sense of danger surged through him. Xu Qianli tilted his head, narrowly avoiding a lightning-fast, willow-leaf-like dart, small and laced with deadly poison.

Following that were many more hidden weapons flying toward them. Bai Muqing dashed forward, her hands fluttering, deflecting all the darts.

After chasing about a thousand or two thousand meters inside the cave, they finally reached the end. There was no sign of those Qingshan Association experts, and in front of them was an underground river.

The river was fast and flowed towards the depths of the earth.

Ye Qing spoke rapidly, "They’ve entered the underground river, and this river must be the passageway leading to the treasure of the Ancient Country! We must hurry, and we cannot let them get ahead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing jumped in.

Xu Qianli took a deep breath and followed, jumping into the river.

Once in the underground river, the swift currents dragged him towards the depths.

Surprisingly, the underground river was not dark inside. The walls were lined with glowing crystal stones, extravagantly beautiful.

These things might be very valuable, but Xu Qianli couldn’t feel happy about it. Just relying on his strength to prevail, he had no idea how deep the underground river was. Having come down, there was no chance to go back; he could only keep moving forward, hoping to find an exit before he ran out of breath.