The Taoist priest uttered a soft cry and involuntarily looked eastward.

That direction is...

Immediately afterwards, the location and outline of Bada Town appeared in his mind.

Without a second thought, he decisively changed direction and fled eastward at top speed...

The rain continued incessantly, with occasional flashes of lightning.

Li Yu was leading the team slowly forward in the rain.

At this moment, Fu Xiyao suddenly pointed to the west and reminded Li Yu:

"Someone is approaching rapidly, and there's more than one."

Fu Xiyao focused intently on activating her special ability to sense things carefully, but involuntarily frowned slightly and said to Li Yu:

"These people... seem a bit strange."

"strangeness?"

Although Li Yu didn't understand what Fu Xiyao meant, he still waved to stop the group and shouted:

"All personnel on high alert."

Upon receiving the order, everyone immediately halted their advance, picked up their weapons, and warily watched the dim rain curtain in the distance.

At this moment, although no one was yet in sight, everyone could clearly hear a low, hoarse voice echoing in the rain:

"You can't escape..."

Not long after, a staggering figure suddenly burst out from the rain and stumbled toward them.

Li Yu looked closely and realized that the person who came was a Taoist priest, who seemed somewhat familiar.

The Taoist priest looked extremely flustered, as if something was chasing him closely.

Seeing this, Li Yu became curious, so he activated his Triple Eye and looked into the rain and mist behind the Taoist priest.

With just one glance, he froze on the spot, instantly understanding what Fu Xiyao meant by "strange".

"Human? Beast?"

Li Yu only saw that what was chasing closely behind the Taoist priest was actually a monster that was half human and half tiger!

The monster had a conspicuous white forehead and a fierce appearance. Beneath a hideous tiger's head was a human body with bulging muscles, and it could run extremely fast.

As it ran wildly, it pointed in the direction the Taoist priest had fled, its voice filled with ferocity and unruliness as it continued to curse:

"You filthy Taoist priest, today is your death day!"

Right behind the tiger-headed monster, a dog-headed, human-bodied monster opened its gaping maw and spoke in human language:

"You dare kill members of our Demon Alliance? You must pay with your life!"

There was also a fox-headed monster that seemed to have a woman's body; her face was full of anger, and she echoed in a shrill voice:

"That kind-hearted Yue Nian died at your hands! You are truly heartless and have no bottom line!"

The Taoist priest ignored the accusations and insults behind him and kept running with his head down.

The moment he caught a glimpse of Li Yu's figure through the rain, he immediately realized that this was his only chance of survival!

So the Taoist priest used all his strength to rush forward, shouting at the same time:

"Commander Li Yu, I am a member of the official Dao Alliance of Zhongzhou, and my Daoist name is He Youfengxian - Yun Youzi."

Although Li Yu had met this wandering Taoist priest once before when she was outside the town.

However, the two did not speak at the time, and he knew nothing about the Taoist priest's background.

Therefore, Li Yu is currently just observing and has no intention of intervening to help.

In a short while, Yun Youzi had reached Li Yu. He finally stopped, took a breath, and bowed slightly to Li Yu, saying:

"Please lend me a hand, and I will reward you handsomely with crystal cores afterward."

Li Yu had just reached out his hand, intending to stop the Taoist priest from getting any closer to the group.

However, the moment the words "crystal core" reached his ears, his outstretched hand seemed to be drawn by a mysterious force, and suddenly changed its original posture.

Suddenly, Li Yu's palm flipped over, her five fingers straightened, and it turned into a warm "please" gesture.

At the same time, he quickly uttered a sentence:

"Taoist Master, come in quickly!"

Seeing this, how could Yun Youzi dare to hesitate even for a moment?

He moved with lightning speed, charging into Li Yu's group like an arrow released from a bow.

Li Yu, mindful of Yun Youzi's generous thanks, didn't forget to remind the people behind him:

"Quickly, protect the Taoist priest!"

"yes."

Upon hearing this, everyone reacted quickly, immediately stepping forward to surround Yun Youzi and protect him in the very center of the group.

Yun Youzi finally breathed a sigh of relief, panting heavily.

After catching his breath, he extended two fingers and cast a talisman, quickly placing it on the wound in his abdomen.

Clearly, after being wounded in the battle and fleeing for a long time, Yun Youzi's physical strength had reached its limit.

If he had been just a little later, he probably would have been caught.

Feeling the calamity in his destiny gradually fading and the threat of death slowly subsiding, Yun Youzi realized that his life had finally been saved.

Looking back on what happened a few days ago, it all feels like a dream.

At that time, he took away the sealed Yue Nian's corpse outside Bada Town, intending to find a secluded place to refine Yue Nian into a powerful silver corpse for his use.

A few days ago, outside Bada Town, Yun Youzi took away Yue Nian's sealed corpse, intending to find a secluded place to refine the silver corpse.

According to the original plan, it would only take seven days to refine the silver corpse.

But at the most crucial moment of the refining process, Yue Nian's corpse suddenly emitted a strange and intense aura.

To make matters worse, this aura was actually detected by members of the Demon Alliance who happened to be passing by.

The Demon Alliance believed that Yun Youzi had killed Yue Nian, and even sent a demon king and many of his subordinates to besiege him.

In a desperate battle with the Demon King, both he and the Demon King were seriously injured, which led to them being relentlessly pursued by several half-demons, forcing him into a desperate situation.

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