While the Vikings were lost in thought, three heavy hammers slammed into Gao Jianfei's body, creating several shattering craters. The hammers were only a few centimeters away from hitting Gao Jianfei, a truly close call!
Gao Jianfei rolled on the spot, dodging the charge and trampling of three heavily armed warriors.
He rolled several meters before Gao Jianfei did a somersault and jumped up.
Three heavily armored warriors, as if injected with adrenaline, continued their charge towards Gao Jianfei. In fact, Gao Jianfei only needed three punches to defeat these three Vikings. However, he knew that he must conserve his strength and play dumb when necessary, and absolutely could not show off.
So Gao Jianfei not only didn't fight back, but intensified his performance. Under the siege of the three heavily armed warriors, Gao Jianfei sometimes rolled like a donkey, sometimes jumped over a wall like a dog, sometimes rolled on the ground... in short, he made a complete fool of himself.
However, no matter how poorly they performed, the three heavily armed warriors could never hit Gao Jianfei!
The scene was quite suspenseful, and the audience, including Beckenbauer, were on tenterhooks... because whenever they thought Gao Jianfei deserved to be beaten, he always managed to dodge in a comical way.
This situation lasted for half an hour!
Finally... because the armor worn by the heavily armored warriors was so thick, each of their all-out attacks was actually a drain on their own physical strength.
The half-hour entanglement, during which they failed to land a single hit on Gao Jianfei, caused a shift in the mindset of the three heavily armed warriors.
Their movements began to slow down; they started to feel the exhaustion of their bodies and the restlessness of their minds.
Gao Jianfei began to fight back!
Using his agile movements, he weaved between the three heavily armored warriors, delivering punch after punch with effortless ease. The Seven Injury Fist's power pierced through their armor, seeping into their bodies and relentlessly ravaging their internal organs.
After another 20 minutes of grinding, Gao Jianfei threw a total of 39 punches, hitting the three heavily armored warriors. Finally, all the organs in the three heavily armored warriors' bodies were completely destroyed. Blood gushed from their eyes, ears, mouths and noses, and they fell to the ground dead.
Gao Jianfei breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the performance was finally over. He had gone all out in his act, and probably pretended to be completely exhausted. He staggered along with Li Yun, Blank, and the others, got into the bear carriage, and returned to his palace.
Beckenbauer and his colleagues were left stunned and angry.
Beckenbauer was nearly driven mad… “Why? Why can’t even three warriors working together defeat him! It looks like his stamina is about to be completely drained; he’s on the verge of a cliff edge, but why does he manage to dodge it every time? He’s shown amazing endurance! No! We Vikings will not give up so easily! Tomorrow! Tomorrow I will send four warriors to fight at the same time! I will definitely defeat him! I will!”
While Beckenbauer was roaring and yelling, Gao Jianfei and the others had already been driven back to their palace by Scholes in a bear-drawn carriage.
After saying goodbye to the ashen-faced and dejected Scholes, Gao Jianfei immediately went into the Ghost Den, exchanged some tools such as shovels, and then gathered Blank and the others together, telling them that they would officially start digging the tunnel that night.
The excavation route has been changed.
Starting from the back garden of the palace where Gao Jianfei was staying, the excavation would not only lead directly to Beckenbauer's secret palace chambers, but also connect to the treasure chambers of the 10 princes. In other words, the excavation route would radiate outwards like a spider web.
The excavation was led by over 200 sailors, a dozen mercenaries, and 54 polar bears. Blank and Mario's task was to precisely control the excavation route based on the map.
As for Li Yun, Song Ying, and other women, if they want to join in and help, they will be responsible for keeping watch.
In fact, at night, there weren't many pedestrians near the palace where Gao Jianfei and his group were staying, nor were there any Viking soldiers specifically assigned to guard and monitor them. As long as Gao Jianfei and his group didn't make any loud noises during their digging, there wouldn't be any problems.
No one would have imagined that Gao Jianfei would use tunnels to steal from the Viking kingdom.
Of course, just in case, to avoid failure, Gao Jianfei also released a large number of level 1 ghosts to keep watch around the palace.
At 1 a.m., Gao Jianfei's "engineering team" officially began work!
Later, construction began on a secluded spot in the garden, with in-depth excavation underway.
At first, digging was a bit difficult, but as the excavation space increased, more and more people joined in. In the middle of the night, polar bears entered the dug pit to assist in the digging. Polar bears don't need shovels; they use their sharp claws and the digging techniques taught by Gao Jianfei to dig quickly and efficiently.
With clear division of labor, by 5 a.m., they had already dug a 100-meter-long tunnel. On the main tunnel, they also dug branch tunnels that could lead to the palaces of the 10 princes.
As dawn broke, the group packed up their tools, concealed the excavated area, and then went back to their houses to rest and sleep.
Gao Jianfei also lay on the bed and slept for several hours.
He was calculating in his mind that it would take about 10 days to completely dig the main tunnel and the 10 branch tunnels according to the map.
However, 20 polar bears guard the Beckenbauer Chamber, and Gao Jianfei must ensure that he can take care of these 20 polar bears when he enters the Beckenbauer Chamber to steal.
How to deal with polar bears?
It's very simple: just release 20 level 1 ghosts and possess them.
In this way, Gao Jianfei can obtain a huge amount of gold and silver jewelry, as well as the polar bear he wants... It can be described as killing two birds with one stone!
Currently, Gao Jianfei's exorcism points have only recovered to 12,000; he still has to wait.
Okay, there is a buffer period of about 10 days.
However, for Gao Jianfei, the next few days would be filled with challenges from the Vikings.
The next day, four heavily armed warriors surrounded and attacked Gao Jianfei.
Following his usual routine, Gao Jianfei first dodged in a disheveled manner. Then, when the four heavily armed warriors' physical and mental strength were still rapidly declining, Gao Jianfei launched a counterattack, unleashing dozens of punches in a flurry, killing the four heavily armed warriors.
Beckenbauer and his Vikings were once again driven to madness by this outcome!
But there was nothing they could do. Gao Jianfei hadn't used any modern technology or weapons; he won with his fists. They had no leverage over him and could only accept defeat while vowing to defeat Gao Jianfei next time.
After each defeat, Beckenbauer would send an extra Viking warrior into battle the next time.
Five men attacked... and failed!
Six men attacked... and failed!
Seven men attacked... and failed!
Eight men attacked... but still failed!
Nine men surrounded them... and it was still a failure!
Failure! Failure! Failure!
After several days of challenges, dozens of Viking warriors perished under Gao Jianfei's Seven Injury Fist!
Beckenbauer had become almost numb to repeated failures!
“Tomorrow! Tomorrow I will send 10 warriors into battle! I refuse to believe that this skinny fellow is so strong that he is invincible! Every time he is about to lose, he inexplicably relies on luck and endurance to turn defeat into victory! We Vikings are not convinced! We are not convinced!” Beckenbauer’s face was almost a paste.
Of course, to stall for time, Gao Jianfei tampered with things again.
In the battle where he defeated the nine Vikings who were besieging him, Gao Jianfei killed the nine Vikings and then deliberately did a backflip, breaking his right hand in the process!
Gao Jianfei was complaining incessantly, crying out in pain, and asking for a "leave" for a while.
In front of 10 Viking spectators, Gao Jianfei's fracture was clearly visible. According to the Vikings' understanding, after this injury, Gao Jianfei would need to rest for at least ten days, or even longer. It's said that it takes three months to recover from a broken bone.
Left with no other choice, to save face and to avoid appearing to have won unfairly, Beckenbauer could only angrily agree to Gao Jianfei's request.
After some bargaining, Beckenbauer allowed Gao Jianfei to rest for 20 days before returning to the game!
Having won this 20-day buffer, Gao Jianfei was overjoyed!
After returning to his palace, he investigated the tunnel construction that evening and learned that...
The main tunnel, the passageway leading to the secret chambers of Beckenbauer's palace, is half-excavated.
Of the 10 branching paths, 3 have been fully completed and lead directly to the treasure chambers of the 3 princes.
The remaining 7 are being excavated at an accelerated pace.
"Hehe, after these 20 days, my exorcism point should have recovered a lot, and the tunnel should be fully completed. At that time... hehe, a huge amount of gold and silver jewelry will all be mine! Haha! I'm going to empty the entire Viking Kingdom!" Gao Jianfei was very happy!
Chapter 510 We're going to strike it rich tonight!
Chapter 510 We're going to strike it rich tonight!
Gao Jianfei used a self-inflicted injury to gain 20 days of respite from Beckenbauer. A broken arm is indeed a serious injury for most people. However, for Gao Jianfei, whose medical skills were unparalleled and whose bone-setting techniques were masterful, it was child's play!
Now, Gao Jianfei's exorcism points have recovered to 72,000. If we add the exorcism points that can be recovered during the 20-day buffer period, he will have nearly 30 exorcism points.
30 exorcism points mean that Gao Jianfei can do a lot of things!
For the rest of the time, Gao Jianfei accompanied his men in the deep excavation of the tunnel. Sometimes, they were so engrossed in their work that they even secretly dug during the day. Fortunately, Gao Jianfei released a large number of Level 1 ghosts to roam the area around the palace. Whenever they encountered anything unusual, the Level 1 ghosts would immediately inform Gao Jianfei. On several occasions, while Gao Jianfei was supervising the work in the tunnel, the Level 1 ghosts told him that Scholes was riding a polar bear toward the palace. This caused Gao Jianfei to hurriedly deal with Scholes's inspection.
Gao Jianfei applied a simple plaster cast to his right hand, his face turning slightly pale from the internal force he used, his eyes filled with dejection, loss, and utter loneliness.
With that kind of appearance, it would be incredibly easy to fool Scholes.
Scholes came a few times, then stopped, only instructing Gao Jianfei to use the next 20 days to recover from his injury before continuing to accept challenges from the Viking warriors.
Gao Jianfei, while complaining of arm pain, reluctantly agreed. Scholes gave Gao Jianfei a few disdainful glances before turning away.
Gao Jianfei cursed Scholes's retreating figure under his breath, then continued into the tunnel, directing his men to dig.
With the addition of 54 polar bears, the excavation work went incredibly smoothly.
The main tunnel is over 4 meters high and nearly 2 meters wide, with some concealed ventilation openings. The side tunnels are over 3 meters high and 1 meter wide. Both the main tunnel and the side tunnels are covered with cheap oil lamps, high-powered flashlights, and other items that Gao Jianfei obtained from the ghost den or from certain ghosts, illuminating the entire tunnel as brightly as day.
Gao Jianfei walked freely through the tunnel, somewhat like walking through an air-raid shelter. The cave was relatively dry, windless, and slightly warmer than the outside, making it somewhat comfortable.
Song Ying and the others accompanied Gao Jianfei as they explored the tunnels. The young woman, Li Yun, spoke up, asking, "Jianfei, you said before that we came to this Viking Kingdom mainly for the treasure and the polar bears. I think the reason you dug the tunnels and delayed things was to carry out your own plan, right?"
Gao Jianfei was quite frank with these women, after all, they already knew too many secrets. "Well, I haven't told you the specifics before, but in short, this tunnel leads to the palace where Beckenbauer's treasure is hidden, as well as the place where the treasures of the 10 Viking princes are stored."
The women all nodded in sudden realization. "Oh, it really is a treasure heist!"
Then, Li Yun frowned and said, "Jianfei, after we get the treasure, how do we get away? Right now, although those Vikings completely believe your lies, they send people to fight you every day. If one isn't enough, they'll send two, if two aren't enough, they'll send three... After you finish pretending to be injured, you'll have to face an attack from ten Vikings! Jianfei, although I know you haven't fully shown your true strength yet, and even if ten Vikings joined forces against you, you would still be defeated... But the Vikings won't give up their right and opportunity to challenge you. They will only keep coming up with all sorts of despicable methods to try and defeat you. When will this ever end!"
Li Yun's words made her meaning quite clear: she wanted Gao Jianfei to think about his escape route and expressed some concern about the current situation.
Zheng Cuiyun also expressed her concern, saying, "Yes, Jianfei, this is their territory. No matter how good you are at fighting, can you defeat hundreds of thousands, even millions, of Vikings? Besides, those Vikings all have pets—polar bears, hunting dogs, and the like. In your previous battles with those Vikings, they didn't use their pets to fight alongside them. I can assure you that once you defeat ten Viking warriors combined, you will face not only Viking warriors, but also a large number of ferocious wild beasts!"
Nie Xiaoxia muttered, "Yeah, yeah, Jianfei, you've killed so many Vikings, they probably hate you to the core now..."
Faced with the women's whispered concerns and worries, Gao Jianfei couldn't help but feel a faint sense of happiness, a happiness of being cared for. He touched his nose and said, "Ladies, I've already thought about our escape route."
Upon hearing this, the women all looked at Gao Jianfei with tense and concerned eyes.
Gao Jianfei didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "Anyway, our people have already mastered the technology of digging tunnels, and with a bunch of polar bears helping them, the tunnel-digging efficiency is very high. I'll find the dock where the Vikings are mooring their ships, dig a tunnel directly there, and then, when the Vikings aren't paying attention, I'll steal a ship and leave this damned Viking kingdom. What do you think?"
"Huh?" The women's eyes widened.
Li Yun sighed, "Jianfei, we only have a few hundred people. Even if we manage to seize a ship and escape successfully, the Vikings have many ships and people. Once they catch up, they can easily catch us!"
"Hehe, well... don't overthink it. I'm a man, you know. Just leave all the troublesome and tricky problems to me." Gao Jianfei chuckled nonchalantly. He thought of Ling Zhen, the 'Thunderbolt' from the Ghost Den, and the cannon he'd exchanged for from Ling Zhen. He thought, "Damn it, if those Vikings dare to chase me during the evacuation, I won't hesitate to use the cannon to teach them a lesson they won't forget!"
Seeing the confident smile on Gao Jianfei's face, the women felt a sense of security for no reason, and their bodies involuntarily leaned closer to Gao Jianfei.
Song Ying was pressed against Gao Jianfei on the left, while Zheng Cuiyun gently nestled against Gao Jianfei on the right, her eyes glazed over.
Gao Jianfei didn't interfere or call out Zheng Cuiyun, lest he reveal his true feelings. Besides, after spending so much time together, Gao Jianfei had subconsciously developed a subtle affection for Zheng Cuiyun and the other Emei women.
Without going into details, after a long period of hard work, under the supervision of Blank and Mario, and with Gao Jianfei personally overseeing the project, the tunnel was finally completed!
A main tunnel leads directly to Beckenbauer's palace treasury. Ten branch tunnels lead to the treasuries of the ten princes.
The entire tunnel system was interconnected, much like a subway system!
Even architectural engineers from the outside world would be amazed by this underground engineering project. Moreover, it was excavated shovel by shovel, without using any modern building materials, and the entire project was completed in just about 10 days!