"The First Move to Open the Mountain!"
The broken iron knife slashed at the earth bear's neck, while its body blocked Ning Yanlan's path.
With a soft thud, the broken iron knife sank a foot deep into the Earth Bear's neck, while the Earth Bear broke several of Jiang Yuan's ribs with a single slap. However, this time it did not activate the Balance Messenger, so it seems the injury is not fatal.
Jiang Yuan pulled back his knife and practically dragged Ning Yanlan along. After dragging her for five meters, he finally picked her up in his arms, who had collapsed. "Wolf Step!"
Jiang Yuan pushed himself to an alarming speed, but his stamina was rapidly depleting, and he could only run for a few seconds.
His speed had reached 30 meters per second. Because of his broken ribs, blood kept gushing from his chest cavity to his throat as he ran, and he couldn't control it, spraying it all over Ning Yanlan's face.
Ning Yanlan was also terrified and didn't know what to do when Jiang Yuan held her.
Three seconds
Five seconds
By the seventh second, Jiang Yuan's speed had dropped to normal, but he was still twenty meters away from the defensive line established by humans. Jiang Yuan could even see the soldiers inside setting up their guns. If the monster dared to break through the defensive line, they would not hesitate to open fire.
"Jiang Yuan!" Ning Yanlan shuddered. Behind Jiang Yuan stood the giant earth bear, which was four meters tall when it stood up, radiating an invisible but powerful pressure.
At that moment, the Earth Bear slammed down with its paw. Jiang Yuan was powerless to resist this attack and could only hope that the Great Wilderness Body Tempering Technique would allow him to survive.
"Jiang Yuan, it's all my fault!" Ning Yanlan touched Jiang Yuan's face and said firmly, "It's alright, we can survive!"
"Mystic Ice Shield!"
Ning Yanlan's hands became extremely cold, but Jiang Yuan also sensed something strange, because a layer of ice shield had actually solidified around their bodies.
The bear paw slammed into the ice shield, causing it to crack but not shatter. Instead, the powerful force sent the ice shield flying.
The two men leaped about thirty meters like baseballs, reaching directly inside the defensive line.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two gunshots rang out, and the soldiers began firing warning shots to keep the monsters away.
After the gunshots rang out, the monsters began to retreat, and the Earth Bear roared twice before also leaving.
"Jiang Yuan, hang in there! I'll treat you!"
Ning Yanlan controlled the ice shield to fall, and then streams of natural light were thrown into Jiang Yuan's body.
"Ning Yanlan, I really owe you..."
"Are you stupid!" Ning Yanlan covered Jiang Yuan's mouth with her finger. "Call me wife!"
After saying that, Ning Yanlan gave several meaningful glances.
Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, but he understood when he realized that Ning Yanlan wanted to hide her identity.
Where did you come from?
The two had barely exchanged a glance when two soldiers surrounded them with their guns drawn.
“We’re from a nearby village!” Ning Yanlan replied while treating Jiang Yuan.
"Which village?" one of the soldiers asked, observing the two men.
"It's Xujia Village, just a few miles away. We couldn't stay there for the past few days, so my husband and I fled to Nancheng!" Ning Yanlan said, revealing her script.
"What's your name?" Another soldier asked, effortlessly pulling out a notebook.
“His name is Xu Feng, and my name is Xu Lian!” Ning Yanlan quickly replied.
"Alright, you can enter the city after signing and putting your fingerprint on the document!" The soldier handed over the notebook.
Ning Yanlan and Jiang Yuan began recording as instructed by the soldier. The soldier said, "They're here to steal cultivation techniques from the South City again! More than a dozen groups of people have entered the other outposts today, but we're connected to the Holy Spirit Temple, so this is only the first group to arrive!"
“That kind of thing has nothing to do with us. We just need to stand our posts!” another soldier said.
"Alright!" Ning Yanlan handed the notebook back to the soldier.
"Alright, go in!" The soldier didn't even look at it, put away the notebook and let the two in. This was just a formality; most high-tech methods had failed, so this old method was the only way to record the crowd.
"Thank you, soldiers!" Ning Yanlan quickly expressed her gratitude, then helped Jiang Yuan up. "Honey, let's go inside and rest!"
"Yan..." Jiang Yuan almost called out Ning Yanlan's name again, "Luckily I was wearing second-tier inner armor, otherwise this palm strike would have broken more than just a few ribs!"
"I'm sorry, I was a little scared just now, so..." Ning Yanlan lowered her head.
"Forget it, there's no point in saying anything more!" Jiang Yuan waved his hand.
"Are you angry with me?" Ning Yanlan looked timidly at Jiang Yuan.
"There's nothing I can do, I just can't move when I see a beautiful woman!" Jiang Yuan shrugged at Ning Yanlan, his expression full of helplessness.
After hearing this, Ning Yanlan seemed to stop worrying about it and said, "The registration was just a formality and doesn't have any real binding force! You can change it back to your own name later."
"And you! Where are you planning to go?" Jiang Yuan rubbed his chest. The pain wasn't as noticeable under the healing of the natural light, but it would still take some time to fully recover.
"I'll take you to a safe place to heal your wounds!"
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