56: Capture Tong Changshan and break through level five in a short period of time?

Although Su Duo had been cultivating, she was also paying attention to the people in the car. Xiong Mao had gotten off, but Ximen Chuifeng was still there.

So, she decided she wanted to get to know him. When it was time for her to get off, she and her cousin followed behind and waited for a while.

On the other side, after Xiong Mao got off the car, he originally wanted to wait for Ximen Chuifeng to come down and teach him a lesson. But considering the time, he had been out for so long that if he didn't go back soon, it might arouse suspicion from others in the Axe Gang. So, he just glared fiercely at Ximen Chuifeng in the car and left the forest... Outside the 155 Fortress, in a secluded alley.

"No way, are all the people in this Outside the Bastion guild so poor? There isn't even a hundred spirit stones in the storage bag."

Tong Changshan opened his "loot" and looked at it, saying disappointedly.

Ever since that night when he inexplicably took a ride, Tong Changshan had gotten a taste of it, so he planned to take another ride today. For convenience, he didn't run to other Walls but temporarily stayed in an abandoned wooden house Outside the 155 Fortress.

As a thief, he didn't mind poor living conditions, as long as he could hide.

This place rarely saw anyone pass by all year because it was too dilapidated, so no one wanted it, making it very secluded.

Just now, he went to the guild's periphery and stole a few people's money bags, but when he opened them, he found that the spirit stones inside were pitifully few, and other items were even scarcer.

"It seems I still have to go inside the Wall next time," Tong Changshan muttered to himself.

He had previously stolen things from a certain Wall and fled, escaping all the way to Outside the 155 Fortress. Although the people Outside the 155 Fortress were poor, the people inside the Wall definitely had money.

Tong Changshan was preparing to rest for a while before taking a ride. After getting off, he would run into the Wall to see if he could easily snatch something.

Thinking this, he quickly arrived at the wooden house. Just as he was about to push the door open, he suddenly stopped.

That's not right!

He was the only one living in the wooden house, but it sounded like there was noise inside.

Someone was inside!

Tong Changshan lowered the hand he was about to push the door with, slowly turned around, and then—ran like hell!!

"Stop, don't move!"

Sure enough, just three seconds after Tong Changshan ran out, the door of the wooden house was pulled open from the inside. The leading mercenary shouted at Tong Changshan in front.

Tong Changshan, however, showed no intention of stopping: "You tell me not to move, and I won't move? Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Several people quickly chased after him. They were the mercenaries who had chased Tong Changshan that day. After getting information about Tong Changshan from Ximen Chuifeng, they had been staking out since last night and indeed caught Tong Changshan this morning.

They just didn't understand where the flaw was that Tong Changshan managed to detect them.

Otherwise, the moment Tong Changshan pushed the door open, they would have all attacked together and captured him.

"This kid reacts pretty fast. Quickly catch him, or if he escapes, it'll be hard to catch him next time."

The leading mercenary said while chasing.

"Yes, boss!"

They had been staying in the 155 Fortress area for three days, all to catch this thief, Tong Changshan.

If they couldn't catch him, it didn't seem like a big deal, at most they'd have some money deducted. So they thought about giving up and going back, but their boss suddenly remembered that mercenaries needed to have credibility.

If they had no credibility, then in the future, before people hired them, they would just inquire a bit and find out that this mercenary team failed to complete a mission. Who would hire them then?

Therefore, for the sake of future earning plans, Tong Changshan had to be captured and brought back.

Tong Changshan was a professional thief, often chased and caught, and he had developed a skill for escaping. He didn't run towards the guild, nor did he go to crowded places, but instead ran towards the forest.

"Boss, he ran into the forest. What should we do, should we still chase?"

"Chase! Why not chase? Bring him back!"

"Yes!"

The mercenaries pursued relentlessly. Even if Tong Changshan ran into the forest, they were determined to catch him.

"So annoying." Tong Changshan realized that these mercenaries chasing him this time were a bit stubborn.

It was the same last time; he had clearly stolen things from another Wall and fled a long distance to the forest Outside the 155 Fortress. If it were anyone else, they would have either caught him early or found a clever way to outsmart him, but these people were single-minded, chasing him even late at night.

If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have encountered that car.

After Tong Changshan ran into the forest, he kept looking for a place to hide. But it was daytime now, unlike at night when darkness affected visibility, and with the large number of mercenaries, he was eventually caught.

"Surrender, don't force my hand," their boss threatened, standing in front of Tong Changshan.

Tong Changshan had been caught before, but he always escaped in the end, sometimes with only minor scratches.

But this time, Tong Changshan didn't give up just like that; he still had a trump card!

"Less nonsense, if you want to fight, then fight! I'm not afraid of you!"

The mercenaries didn't expect Tong Changshan to be so unyielding. This was different from the characteristics they had heard about from Ximen Chuifeng!

The information Ximen Chuifeng gave them listed Tong Changshan's characteristics: stingy, making stealing a profession, spineless, and so on.

Where was he spineless? He seemed quite spirited now.

"Since he's asking for a beating, you guys, go get him!" The mercenary boss turned and said to his subordinates.

"Yes!"

Several mercenaries had long been fed up with Tong Changshan. When they took the mission, they initially thought a thief would be easy to deal with, but they didn't expect Tong Changshan to be so good at hiding, almost impossible to find.

"I'm not afraid of you, hmph!"

Just as those mercenaries were about to reach Tong Changshan, he suddenly jumped up and popped several pills into his mouth.

Then, the elemental energy around him surged dramatically, forming a thick elemental energy barrier!

"What's going on?"

"It's an elemental energy barrier that only a Level 5 Martial Artist can use!"

"Attack this barrier together! No matter how strong his defense is, it can't compare to our numbers!"

They were all Level 4 Martial Artists. Faced with this kind of defensive barrier, they could only use a human wave tactic.

They never expected Tong Changshan to suddenly break through to Level 5. The information Ximen Chuifeng gave them initially stated Tong Changshan's level was Level 4.

Tong Changshan had just broken through to Level 5 after consuming several pills, which meant those pills were problematic.

Ximen Chuifeng indeed hadn't found out about the Martial Enhancement Pill because Tong Changshan had purchased his Martial Enhancement Pill in the car, and when Ximen Chuifeng was in the car, the Martial Enhancement Pill was already gone, so he didn't know.

The result was this small information gap, which gave Tong Changshan a chance to escape.

The defensive barrier enveloped Tong Changshan like a circle. He knew that two fists are no match for four hands, and the barrier would soon be broken by them, so he quickly ran towards the Inner Circle.