Chen Jing, who was wearing the Heavenly Heart, also realized that fighting was pointless. He calmly said, "Ignore them and run with me."

"Run to the left ahead and you'll reach the Meijing Taoist Temple. Those back-spiked crab-claw monsters never dare to go near there!"

For those who lure monsters, these are common sense facts that Chen Jing already knows.

Inside the Meijing Taoist Temple, there is a withered woman whose head is covered with maple leaves, whom the scavengers call the "Maple Leaf Demoness".

It seems that these monsters have a sense of territory or for some other reason, the Backstab Crab Claw Monster never goes near the Meijing Taoist Temple.

Moreover, the Banshee doesn't always appear, so it's safer to run that way.

Thinking about it more deeply, given the large group of backstab crab claw monsters fighting a guerrilla war and a maple leaf banshee, Chen Jing would definitely choose to fight the maple leaf banshee. With so many people here, they could easily surround and kill her.

Unless that maple leaf banshee possesses an aura armor formed from her aura, making her a monster at the Qi Realm...

Chen Jing recalled the legend of the Maple Leaf Fairy.

She can make the land grow vines, lull people to sleep, create thick fog, make people do things against their will, and even make them laugh uncontrollably...

A group of scavengers once came to the vicinity and fell victim to these tricks. Some fell into a deep sleep, some made greedy moves, and some got entangled in the vines on the ground and could not escape... but some still managed to get away.

This is why Chen Jing dared to lead these people to Meijing Taoist Temple. In Chen Jing's view, it was unlikely that a Qi Realm expert would let even ordinary scavengers escape.

In the past, some scavengers ventured into Sheung Shui Street and were attacked by the Spiked Crab Claw Monsters. The monsters chased them and, after reaching the vicinity of the Meijing Taoist Temple, suddenly went mad and began to fight each other. Those who were still alive then fell to the ground and fell into a coma, as if their souls had been sucked away.

No one knows what caused the Backspining Crab Claw Monster to go mad. Some say it's because a master at the Meijing Taoist Temple performed a spell in the past, while others say it's because the Maple Leaf Banshee cast a spell from afar, but no one can convince anyone else.

But at this moment, he had no choice but to risk using someone else to do the dirty work. Chen Jing dared not gamble on escaping in other directions, lest he be ambushed and intercepted by the backstab crab claw monsters he had communicated with through telepathy.

They are even more terrifying than wolves! Wolves rely on howling to communicate, but they don't even need to make a sound.

Chen Jing and the others ran, and finally, Chen Jing saw a huge oak tree.

Even with the Heavenly Heart on his wrist, Chen Jing could still feel the joy of escaping death.

This oak tree is the symbol of the Meikyo Dokan (Meijyo Taoist Temple), and it is said to be older than the city itself! It is also enormous, taller than the surrounding buildings.

Chen Jing looked back and saw that the three or five back-spiked crab claw monsters that had gathered behind him were about to continue their pursuit. They also saw the oak tree and were so frightened that they did not dare to chase after it anymore, and scattered and fled.