Rice Ball seemed to sense the seriousness of the situation and didn't immediately act cute or playful when it saw its owner. Instead, it carefully surveyed the surroundings.
At the same time, the little one responded with an "mm-hmm."
He Zhiran pointed ahead and said, "Darling, call those dogs back."
She did this because she didn't want the drugs to harm them. The little ones had already suffered enough injuries in order to protect their home, and she couldn't bear to see them being drugged and losing consciousness.
Rice Ball was obedient and made a strange sound towards the dogs. Soon, the dogs rushed towards her like they were fleeing from a flood or a ferocious beast.
Meanwhile, Seventh Elder Brother, also known as Qi Ge, shouted, "Qi Ge, it's enough."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Ge covered his mouth and nose and released a white powder towards the barbarians in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, all the barbarians who were approaching him fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Eighth Brother, also known as Ba Ge, was far enough away and wasn't affected.
Qi Ge had suffered from drugged attacks on the battlefield and became a puppet of Mr. Si Meng. Now, when he saw this similar white powder, he reflexively wanted to avoid it. Even though he pinched his nose, he could still faintly smell the scent of drugs, and he felt a little dizzy.
It was evident that the drugs given by Ninth Sister were even stronger than those from Mr. Si Meng.
Without thinking too much, Mo Chuhan was still entangled with the barbarians.
Qi Ge tightly held the drugs and ran towards him.
Mo Chuhan noticed Qi Ge's actions out of the corner of his eye while fighting the barbarians.
He didn't know what method Qi Ge used to make those barbarians fall, but since Qi Ge had come to help him, he instantly felt a surge of morale.
Qi Ge arrived by his side and whispered, "Little Eighth, cover your mouth and nose."
Although Mo Chuhan was usually absent-minded, he had quick reactions.
Upon hearing Qi Ge's reminder, he immediately made a few fake moves and jumped out of the circle, covering his mouth and nose.
Qi Ge used the same method to release the drugs, and the barbarians who had just planned to pursue Mo Chuhan instantly fell to the ground.
With these two batches of poison powder, most of the barbarians were now lying down. Together with the ones they had just defeated, there were only a few dozen people left standing.
These few dozen people, seeing a large number of their own comrades falling, instantly lost their combat power. Some of them even started to retreat.
The villagers had already prepared themselves to fight to the death, but they never expected that these seemingly invincible barbarians would fall so quickly.
While the villagers were still in shock, the Mo brothers had already approached with their weapons.
Eighth Brother, Ba Ge, even shouted angrily, "Bastards, did you think this place was somewhere you could come and go as you please?"
Seventh Elder Brother, Qi Ge, also had no intention of letting these barbarians go easily.
"If you don't want to die, stop right there."
As the voice fell, the slower barbarians were already taken down by the brothers.
The person at the front of the group saw this scene and his legs went weak with fear.
Even without the Mo Family brothers taking action, those with weaker courage would have collapsed on their own.
A few barbarians exchanged quick glances and then someone shouted to the brothers, "Merciful heroes, we had no choice but to do this..."
Seeing their teammate begging for mercy, the barbarians lost all other thoughts and immediately turned to kneel before the Mo Family brothers.
Seventh Elder Brother and Eighth Brother stopped simultaneously, looking down at these people.
The inherent heroic aura of the Mo Family men made the barbarians shiver uncontrollably.
Seventh Elder Brother saw that these people had been intimidated by them and asked, "Tell me, who exactly are you?"
In response to his question, one of the barbarians trembled in fear and answered, "We... we are just common folk of the barbarian tribes. From the start of spring until now, we haven't had a drop of rain where we come from. The grass and tree bark on the mountains have been eaten clean. Helpless, we had no choice but to come to Da Shun to find a way to survive."
Others followed suit, echoing, "Yes, we truly have no way to survive. That's why we offended you."
Seventh Elder Brother didn't completely believe their words.
During the fight just now, he could sense that these people had no martial arts skills to speak of and were merely relying on brute force to engage in combat.
Furthermore, the weapons they used were only held by a few individuals and were clearly rusty from disuse.
Based on these observations, it was highly unlikely that they belonged to a regular army.
The rest were even more exaggerated, wielding the same hoes as the villagers of Xi Ling Village, and some even had whips.
This was enough to prove that these barbarians were not part of a formal army but rather most likely ordinary civilians.
However, he clearly saw that someone in the rear was holding up a flag and commanding them, which was why the barbarians hadn't scattered in confusion.
He just didn't know why that person holding the flag suddenly fell down.
He asked again, "I want to know who organized you to come to Da Shun and commit robbery."
Faced with the question, dozens of barbarians looked at each other, seemingly unsure how to answer.
Mo Chuhan, upon seeing their hesitance, narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Since you don't know, there's no point in keeping you alive."
With that, he looked at Seventh Elder Brother by his side.
"Seventh Elder Brother, shall we take action?"
Seventh Elder Brother nodded indifferently and said, "Yes, let's."
The barbarians saw the brothers raising their weapons once again and pointed towards the direction behind them, shouting, "It's the person holding the flag. He said that as long as we follow his commands, we'll be able to take food from the people of Da Shun."
In fact, Seventh Elder Brother's earlier question was meant to find out the identity of the person holding the flag.
"Who is that person?"
The barbarians vigorously shook their heads.
"We don't know who he is. All we know is that he's very capable. He spent ten days teaching us to follow his commands, claiming that this would ensure we could return from Da Shun with food."
Upon hearing their words, both Mo Family brothers fell into contemplation.
The barbarians noticed their silence and one of them stepped forward to say:
"That day, I overheard the commander talking to someone."
"What did they talk about?" Seventh Elder Brother asked eagerly.
"Commander told that person that he should take advantage of the opportunity when we, the common people, are brought to Da Shun for plundering, to investigate the truth about the Mo Family."
"What happened afterwards?" Mo Chuhan asked again.
The barbarian continued to answer, "Their words were not very clear. Later on, they seemed to have mentioned that the place where the Mo Family resides is too close to the western border. As long as they don't get involved, there is still a chance of winning."
He glanced at the two brothers of the Mo Family, his expression still unpleasant, and quickly added, "I only know these things, and I have told you all."
Though the account given by the barbarian was not very complete, the Mo Family brothers, being military commanders, were still able to analyze it to some extent.
The barbarians often harass the western border of Da Shun, and the western border is not very far from Yun City.
