Do you want to leave?

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the stairs suddenly looked startled. Without even a word to reply, they turned around and quickly ran up the stairs. The remaining people who had been thrown to the ground cursed and hurriedly followed, no one knew what they were thinking.

Suddenly, the dozen or so people running in front looked a little unhappy.

"What are you following me for?!" someone yelled. "If you don't believe me, then get down and stay here. Don't get in the way!"

These words were purely out of personal anger, but the others didn't say anything. After all, dragging along such a long, useless, and necrotic tail of people was more harmful than beneficial. The people at the back weren't strong, but they weren't easily defeated either. If they kept them around, who could guarantee they wouldn't jump out and get in the way at a critical moment?!

Thinking of this, the little thoughts that had arisen in many people's hearts when they saw the reckless man who died suddenly at the city gate were instantly strangled. "This kind of person cannot be kept alive. He is a disaster!"

"Who knows what you're up to?!" the people behind shouted, unwilling to be outdone. "I wonder what treasure you've found that's why you're guarding us like this! We haven't made any contributions, but we've worked hard. You're just using us and want to send us packing?! I tell you, it's impossible!"

Others also echoed:

"Yes, absolutely impossible! You must tell me clearly what is upstairs!"

"What darling, you guys won't even talk about it like this?!"

"Then I'll follow you. Don't even think about getting rid of us!"

Holy shit…! The person running ahead had a grim expression on his face, cursing viciously in his heart, “A bunch of debt collectors!”

Many people on both sides cursed in their hearts as they ran.

“Bang!”

A deafening roar suddenly blew up from the ancient tower, and a fierce cold wind blew from behind, followed by the sound of hurried and continuous footsteps.

The people who were running on the stairs and repeatedly pulling with the people behind them were suddenly frightened and looked back. They saw a large crowd of people rushing in from the stone gate of the high tower like a flood.

“Outsider!!!”

"Damn you outsider!! How dare you disturb the peace of the 'Bobcat'--!"

"Those who trespass into the tower shall be damned, damned, damned, damned!!!"

A cacophony of sharp, earth-shaking cries reverberated, like tiny knives stabbing into people's brains and then scraping them back again and again. Faces twisted, and everyone bent over in agony, covering their ears.

“Run!”

Amidst the vicious shouting and cursing, someone shouted, "Run!"

The panicked, urgent voice was mingled with suppressed pain. As soon as the words fell, everyone on the stairs had grim expressions and began to run desperately up the stairs.

"Run, run, run, run!"

"Stop asking questions and run!"

"Hurry up, the one in front! I'm about to be caught! Aa ...

Everyone kept shouting, but their feet were getting faster and faster.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom—"

The old wooden steps under my feet made a series of loud muffled sounds, which were quickly drowned out by the curses that came from behind.

As they chased each other, the orange-red candles in their hands fell backwards with a mighty roar, like countless will-o'-the-wisps swimming in the darkness. Everyone looked panicked, and those at the back kept asking those in front, "Where are we going?! If we don't get there soon, those residents behind us will catch up!!!"

Most of the people running ahead gritted their teeth in silence, only one or two shouted, "We're almost there, almost there! We'll be there when we see the stone gate!"

Following closely at the end was a large crowd of city residents with hideous and distorted faces, bared teeth, and murderous eyes, as if they wanted to skin and pull out the tendons of the rats in front of them.

“Outsiders, damn it, outsiders, damn it——!!!”

The mountain city resident who was chasing after them screamed, and formed his hands into claws, grabbing straight at the hairy head of the person in front of him.

"arrive--!"

"We've arrived at the Stone Gate, we've arrived at the Stone Gate!"

A burst of screams erupted from the crowd ahead, as if they had just survived a catastrophe. However, the next moment, the expressions on their faces froze.

“Here, here, here…”

The people who ran forward looked up and their pupils suddenly shrank.

The tall and heavy stone gate stood majestically not far in front of them. Because of the movement of the people coming, dust fell down from the gray-white stone surface. It looked like it had been there for thousands of years, revealing a sense of vicissitudes of life.

Looking down, I saw a row of young men and women in coarse linen standing in front of the tall, gray stone gate. They stood there like guards, motionless, like delicate stone sculptures. Only when someone came, they turned their cold eyes and looked at the ecstatic outsiders rushing in.

The smiles that had just appeared on the outsiders' faces froze instantly.

"Damn, why is there someone guarding here?!" Someone saw this scene and couldn't help but curse out loud.

No one responded, but instead took out their weapons in a state of alert. They glanced at each other, then their eyes became fierce as they leaped towards the stone gate.

“Zheng——”

“Ding-ding-ding—ding—!”

Swords, knives, and hammers flashed with cold light, cutting through the darkness. They attacked at first, but were then defeated.

Liu Jingyu, who had merged into the melee, frowned, drew his sword and stepped back, trying to distance himself from the woman in coarse linen clothes in front of him.

She retreated, but the woman in front of her leaped after her. Barehanded, the woman's taut muscles collided with the blade, but there was no trace of blood, only the crisp sound of metal clashing echoed in the dim environment.

A huge fist was reflected in Liu Jingyu's eyes. Her heart tightened and she took several steps back.

As that fist struck her—

Liu Jingyu turned on her toes and nimbly twisted around to the woman's side. She grabbed the woman's left arm with one hand, but was forced back two steps by the woman's strength.

this? !

The expression on Liu Jingyu's face was suddenly filled with surprise.

You know, if a normal monk was pulled like that, his entire arm would be crippled! But this woman in coarse linen clothes was able to hold her back?!

Liu Jingyu's pupils shrank——

If the woman's punch had landed on her, she would have been seriously injured if not killed!

Seeing this scene, Liu Jingyu knew her original plan was impossible to carry out. An idea flashed through her mind, and she swiftly wrapped her entire body around the woman's back like a snake. She grabbed the woman's neck again with one hand and lifted her head up. The long knife in her other hand instantly transformed into a dagger. As the silver light flashed through the dim yellow sky, there was a sound of piercing the air, and the dagger fiercely pierced the woman's eye.

Dark red blood burst out instantly, and the woman in coarse linen clothes let out a sharp and meaningless roar like a wild beast with a ferocious look on her face.

Then, her body began to twist and struggle, and she reached behind her with her hands, as if she wanted to tear Liu Jingyu, who was clinging to her, off her.

Liu Jingyu locked the woman's neck tightly with her arms, making it impossible for her to evade. A cruel and cold light flashed in her eyes, and she kicked the woman hard in the waist, directly kicking her sideways to the ground.

And she was still tightly wrapped around the woman, holding the woman's head with one hand, and pulling the dagger out of the flesh with the other hand, and then stabbing it fiercely into the woman's other intact eye, which was filled with strong resentment!

The woman let out a wild beast-like roar from her throat. She struggled, her limbs slamming heavily on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dense gray dust.

Liu Jingyu decisively released the arm that was locking the woman's neck, and slapped the ground with her hands. The pink dress glittered in the dim light, and she flipped in the air. When she landed, she had retreated dozens of steps away, away from the woman who was struggling like a fish on the shore.

The next moment, a white shadow flew past her at high speed.

The man fell on his back on the ground, his facial features twisted in pain, he covered his abdomen and wailed, "Ouch, ouch."

He struggled to open his eyes a crack and looked, then was immediately horrified. He rolled over to avoid the lightning-fast black shadow that was rushing towards him. Ignoring the pain, he trembled and climbed to his feet, running through the chaotic crowd.

Because of this sudden flying man, Liu Jingyu paused and dodged another flying figure by turning sideways.

Her face turned grim and she turned to look at the gray-white stone door behind her.

The stone door was tightly closed. As she looked over, people tried to push the stone door open in the chaos, but every time they got close, they were beaten away by the city residents who joined the melee and the guards.

The guards here are very strong, but the residents in the city are just like ordinary people. They can work together to easily eliminate one monk after another.

Amidst the curses, an anxious voice rang out from the distance in the crowd: "There are too many people, we can't open the stone door at all!!"

The other person heard this and shouted, "That's right! What's in there? Tell us so we can discuss a solution!"

"You're still thinking about the treasure at this point?!" someone said angrily. "There's only 'Bobcat' in there. If you want to leave, work together to hold these people back and let some of them in. If you want to die, keep asking these nonsense questions!"

Hearing this, the man from before became dissatisfied and cursed, "Such a good thing?! You really dare to think of it! If there was only the 'Bobcat' in there, why would you keep silent before?! You just want to leave us all alone and divide the treasure among yourselves, right?!"

"Be honest and explain everything to me. Once you explain clearly, we might consider helping you!" another voice said viciously.

The people in the melee were so angry that they gnashed their teeth and their eyes flashed with fire. The swords, knives and hammers in their hands were immediately turned towards the people who were shouting next to them.

"What are you doing?! Are you angry because your true feelings were pointed out?"

Several people jumped up and down, shouting in panic.

Dozens of people gritted their teeth, squeezed out a "Die!" from between their teeth, and fought without distinguishing between friend and foe, completely forgetting to push open the stone door.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Suddenly, amidst the noisy and increasingly darkening dusk, a burst of brisk and unrestrained laughter rang out from somewhere. The laughter was filled with obvious ease and joy, and it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"who?!"

Everyone was startled and the swords in their hands paused. The next moment, they were all knocked away by the flood of city residents. They fell to the ground and spit out blood. They immediately stood up and looked around vigilantly.

"Haha... Do you want to leave the mountain city?" The clear female voice sounded again.

"Then just kill the residents of the mountain city."

Her tone was very relaxed, with a smile on her face: "Kill the residents, then work together to deal with the guards, and you can leave directly."

"You, you want us to massacre the city?!"

Everyone was shocked.

"Oh?" The smile in the voice faded a little. "How can you call it a massacre if you kill a bunch of lonely ghosts who don't want to be reincarnated?"