The large bearded man was very well aware that when people faced their death, they were more likely to become more fearful with every little movement. Thus, he deliberately made each step forward at a slow pace. As he raised the large cutlass in his hands up in an exaggerated manner, the expression on his face immediately congealed right before he was about to slash in Xiaocao’s direction. 

He Wanning looked over in the direction that he was looking when she noticed the scared expression on his face. She unexpectedly saw a dark colored barrel pointing in the direction of the large bearded man’s chest.

“A gun?” He Wanning shouted in surprise, “Why didn’t you take it out earlier if you had something like this on hand? You really scared me to death, making me think that I’d have to sacrifice myself to save you two from this bandit!”

“It wouldn’t be fun if I took it out early, right?” Yu Xiaocao steadily pointed the gun in her hands at the large bearded man, who had cold sweat dripping down his back, as she regarded him in a steely manner. A cold smile flashed on her face, “Oh ho! You recognize what this is, ah? Looks like you’ve already experienced the might of the Great Ming Empire’s new weapons! What’s wrong? Since you know that our firearms are powerful,...