What a massive burst of fireworks!
Right now, the guards around the watchtower were all frozen in shock. When they turned to look, the watchtower had been reduced to a mere half-stump, standing alone in the darkness. Lifting their gaze further, the pavilion atop it was soaring skyward like a skyrocket, its tail spewing fierce flames, before it exploded into pieces with a thunderous boom. Countless fragments rained down like a shower of blossoms.
What in the world had just happened?
Before they could even process it, the pavilion on top of the watchtower had already gone flying?
The numerous Silver Wing Family guards all wore expressions of panic — they were completely at a loss.
The mob of miners, witnessing the spectacle, were momentarily stunned before erupting into frenzied cheers.
Those three inscription masters had been taken out, which meant the seals on their bodies had all been undone! Many of these people who had been captured as slaves possessed Silver or even Gold-level Warrior cultivation. Plus, since they had been mining Blood Crystal ore, many had also been secretly cultivating with the Blood Crystal ore, trying to break through their seals.
Those three inscription masters' seals had suppressed their cultivation, leaving them completely helpless. But now, with the seals broken, their cultivation instantly returned in full.
"Our seals are broken!"
"Kill!"
The miners let out furious roars, like wild beasts released from their cages.
They had been oppressed for far too long — no freedom, no dignity, mining ceaselessly every day. The moment they rested even slightly, Sikong Shou's whip would crack down upon their backs. They had endured it all, until this very moment, when they finally exploded with everything they had.
"Not good!" Sikong Shou and the others turned pale. Without the three inscription masters' seals suppressing them, these lambs who had once been at his mercy had instantly become ravenous tigers.
There were tens of thousands of miners here, and among them were quite a few Silver and Gold-level Warriors!
The miners surged forward like a raging tide, charging straight at the Silver Wing Family guards.
They had no sharp weapons — they simply raised their mining pickaxes, their eyes filled with fury and hatred as they looked upon the guards.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
The cut down swaths of miners, but more quickly surged forward to take their place, fearless of death, crashing wildly into the Silver Wing Family guards.
One miner took a greatsword slash to the shoulder, but he forcibly weathered the blow, then lunged forward like a wild beast and sank his teeth savagely into a guard's neck.
"Agh!" The guard let out a piercing scream.
These Silver Wing Family guards, while they did fight demon beasts from time to time, were in general deeply cowardly. Being stationed at a mine was no prestigious assignment, and they were hardly elite troops. Seeing these wolf-like, tiger-like miners charging at them, they were terrified out of their wits, and many turned tail and fled in craven panic.
"Kill!"
The war cries shook the heavens.
Sikong Shou cut down dozens of miners one after another, but the surging tide of miners had already surrounded him. It was he who had always been the most vicious of them all, the one who had killed the most. The hatred directed at him was immense — they swarmed him all at once, leaving him flailing in disarray.
He frantically looked for reinforcements, only to see that the guards behind him had already dropped their weapons and armor and were sprinting for their lives, wishing their parents had given them an extra pair of legs.
He had never imagined that retribution would come so swiftly — that he would end up in this state, besieged by a horde of lowly slaves.
In that moment, deep terror consumed him, but he could only keep fighting with his sword, for he knew that the instant he stopped, the miners would pounce and tear him to shreds.
Many of the stronger miners were converging toward Sikong Shou, vowing to cut him down.
"Agh!" Sikong Shou finally could not hold out against so many, and he was beaten to the ground by the furious miners, swallowed up in the torrent of their wrath.
Nie Li, the mastermind behind it all, swiftly vanished into the darkness, unnoticed by anyone.
Nie Li searched this mining area for a long time but could not find any trace of that child. All the miners had risen up in revolt, chaotic battles raged everywhere — the scene was total pandemonium. He would probably never find the child now, so Nie Li could only pray that the little one would be watched over by fate.
Just as the miners were rampaging through the guards' lines, a group of armored elites in silver arrived, led by none other than
"A bunch of wretched slaves, daring to run wild on my Silver Wing Family's territory — you're courting death!" Sikong Hongyue's sword came crashing down. Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Blood sprayed in every direction, and dozens of people dropped to the ground in an instant, rivers of blood flowing across the floor.