Lu Shi stepped over the hyena carcass and led Zhang Qinglan into the Huang family home.
The Huang Family Manor is a beautiful garden-style architectural complex.
Everywhere you look, there are small bridges and flowing water, red walls and black tiles, showcasing the Huang family's simple and elegant style.
But now the Huang family manor is littered with corpses. Most of them are hyenas, but occasionally you can see human corpses as well.
Judging from their clothing and appearance, some of them are the corpses of magicians, but most are the corpses of ordinary people such as servants and household servants.
They all died tragically, their limbs showing signs of being gnawed by wild animals.
Lu Shi shook her head, ignoring the corpse on the ground, and focused on sensing the direction of the Shadow Cheetah's magical resonance.
Then, she turned to face Zhang Qinglan, pointed in a direction and said, "I need to go to the area below that building over there. What do you say?"
Zhang Qinglan looked in the direction he was pointing, and after carefully examining it, she replied with delight, "I've been there before. That's the location of the Huang family's dungeon, which is connected to the secret passage. My grandfather usually guards it there. It's wonderful that Teacher Lu is going there too."
Unexpectedly, by sheer coincidence, the two ended up going the same way.
"Then what are we waiting for? Follow me and let's charge in."
Two figures in cyan rushed up.
Along the way, we saw many novice mages fighting against packs of hyenas, and even ordinary people wielding simple weapons such as kitchen knives and hoes, desperately fighting against the hyenas.
Meanwhile, some mid-level and high-level mages were entangled by equally high-level magical beasts, and were even more deeply surrounded by the beast horde, so their defeat was only a matter of time.
Lu Shi and her companion glided quickly along the road, where they were spotted by some ordinary people who had been hiding. They reached out their hands, pleading and begging Lu Shi and her companion to protect them for a while.
However, Lu Shi and her companion did not linger, since there were magical beasts everywhere, and if they lingered even for a moment, they might also be surrounded by them.
The ordinary people who cried for help attracted the attention of the hyenas, and a new round of escape ensued.
Lu Shi and his companion moved quickly; although the Huang family manor was large, it only took them 5 minutes to reach the dungeon entrance.
This place is very remote; there aren't even any buildings within a hundred meters, just a solitary, exposed dungeon entrance. Looking in from the outside, the downward passage seems rather eerie.
Lu Shi felt a very strong magical resonance within, which must be located somewhere inside.
The passage gave her a bad feeling, and Lu Shi hesitated whether to go down.
But Zhang Qinglan was very direct. Without pausing, she rushed into the passage alone and was quickly swallowed by the darkness.
Looking at the dark, unlit interior of the dungeon, Lu Shi felt conflicted.
My own life is more important!
Or maybe we should just hide and wait for J City to come to our rescue.
Judging by the time, they should have arrived in County N by now.
"Tch." Little Scissors made a disdainful sound in the consciousness space.
Lu Shi didn't care at all. She looked around, preparing to find a place to hide, completely forgetting her bold words about dominating the battlefield.
What a pity!
Even if you try to live a life of ease, others won't let you have your way!
Before Lu Shi could find a hiding place on the outskirts of the empty dungeon, she first noticed a large group of people rushing towards the dungeon.
The group of people arrived in two waves. The first wave consisted of several dozen people, but they were being chased by seven men in black.
The men in black behind them kept shooting out shadow nails, and those fleeing in front dared not fight back, with one after another falling down.
When Lu Shi arrived at the dungeon, there were only six people left in front of her.
The first thing that caught Lu Shi's attention was that one of the people was carrying a long, rectangular object about half a person's height on his back. The object was wrapped up tightly, and it was impossible to tell what was inside.
However, Little Scissors had already cheered again in the consciousness space.
"Master, it's another Kunlun Mirror. The small piece that awakened me last time was cut from this one. I sensed it. Good master, beautiful master, great master. Quickly, go and retrieve that mirror..."
The incessant noise was giving Lu Shi a headache.
"If you want it, then shut up."
She interrupted Xiao Jianjian's shouting. Lu Shi noticed that these people were looking her up and down, their expressions a mixture of amazement and curiosity.
These people hadn't spoken yet. However, one of the seven men in black who were chasing them spoke up.
"Teacher Lu, I didn't expect to see you here." Wen Tianming's warm voice came, still as pleasant as ever.
Hearing the voice, Lu Shi muttered to herself, "What bad luck! I can't seem to run into this hypocrite anywhere."
“Eighty leaders, the Huang family is trying to escape,” a man in black beside Wen Tianming suddenly said.
Lu Shi also noticed that after the six members of the Huang family glanced at her, they all prepared to enter the dungeon.
“They can’t escape,” Wen Tianming said with a grin.
Immediately, his eyes emitted a black light, and a black barrier suddenly appeared at the dungeon entrance, completely sealing it off.
The leader of the Huang family tried to rush in. He shot a fireball with his right hand, attempting to break through the barrier. However, the fireball struck the barrier, and the Huang family member suddenly screamed in agony, clutching his head and groaning in pain.
This unexpected turn of events also stopped the other members of the Huang family from attempting to break the barrier.
"This shadow barrier is a bit strange." Little Scissors analyzed seriously, "It seems to be a combination of mind magic and shadow magic, a combination of defense and reflection, a very amazing move. This person is a genius to try to fuse magic systems at such a high level of talent."
Hearing Xiao Jianjian praise Wen Tianming, Lu Shi felt very uncomfortable and couldn't help but retort, "Wen Tianming is just a mid-level mage. When did he become a high-level mage?"
"My senses are not wrong. His soul strength is definitely at a high level, and it is very likely stronger than that one flying in the sky above."
Lu Shi looked up and saw Huang Tian fighting against a level 5 flying magical beast. He had already killed one level 5 flying magical beast, but the other two were still relentlessly pursuing him.
Huang Tian's eyes would occasionally sweep over this side, and you could tell from his eyes that he was very anxious.
"Even stronger than Uncle Huang? This Wen dog is really good at hiding his true strength!" Lu Shi couldn't help but think that Wen dog's ability to play dumb and outsmart others was truly remarkable. But what if, over time, he really turns into a pig? Then he'd be worse than a pig or a dog, haha.
On the other side, the members of the Shadow Society, seeing that the Huang family was being obstructed, did not hesitate to attack.
Black light flashed, and shadow spikes flew everywhere. The Huang family's mages deployed various defensive magical artifacts, barely managing to resist.
Lu Shi was also preparing to make her move.
Suddenly, a little girl rushed out from the back of the Huang family's group, instantly hiding behind Lu Shi, tightly gripping her clothes, and pleading, "Beautiful sister, save me. I don't want to run away with them."
"Huang Junya, do you want to betray the Huang family?" Upon seeing this, the man carrying the Kunlun Mirror shouted angrily.
Oh, so this little girl is the one Uncle Huang is determined to save!
Lu Shizun bent down and carefully examined the girl. She was quite pretty, with rosy lips and white teeth, and Lu Shizun, who was obsessed with looks, liked her at first sight. Hmm, this girl was even cuter than Zhou Rui.
Okay, for the sake of his looks... no, for Uncle Huang's sake.
I'm protecting this young girl, Huang Junya.
Lu Shi stood up, slapped away the hand of a member of the Huang family who tried to grab the little girl, and said sternly, "Your people are almost all dead, and you still have the mood to cause trouble for a little girl!"
The man turned around and discovered that the three Huang family members who had fought against the Shadow Society had all died under the Shadow Nails.
Now, only Huang Junya, the one carrying the Kunlun Mirror, and a leader of the Huang family remain.
The seven members of the Shadow Society on the other side were unharmed and walked over step by step with sinister smiles.
"Little girl, stand over there. I'll deal with these seven beasts," Lu Shi said to Huang Junya, pointing to the dungeon gate.
Upon hearing this, the other two members of the Huang family also wanted to run over.
"Hey, you two grown men, how can you leave a girl like me to face the vicious Shadow Society?" Lu Shi called out to them.
"My lord, we are of limited skill and know we are no match for the Shadow Demon Society. Let's try to break through the barrier and storm into the dungeon. There are many direct descendants of the Huang family magicians inside. Once we're in, we can have them come out to rescue you!"
"Yeah! You said you could handle them, so don't drag us into this."
Completely disregarding their pride, the two responded to Lu Shi and rushed to the edge of the barrier, attempting to forcibly break through the barrier blocking their path.
"Teacher Lu, it seems that 71 and 72 also failed. As expected. But with the entire 70th rank wiped out, our 80th rank can finally rise again. I really have to thank you!"
Wen Tianming looked at Lu Shi with a smile.
Lu Shi shook her head, ignoring those two good-for-nothings from the Huang family; they had no ability to break through that barrier.
Turning around, she faced Wen Tianming with the same warm smile and happily sang:
"Listen to me, thank you. Because of you, you gave me my soul. Thank you, I am grateful to have you, my soul is inexhaustible."
Her voice is beautiful and pleasant to hear.
This also caused Wen Tianming's expression to change.
But then, Lu Shi's face darkened, and she said loudly:
"Thank you so much, Wen Tianming, you're such a kind person!"
At the same time, the purple light in his hand flashed and disappeared.
Lightning gathered in the sky and then fell.
[Thunderclap]
Wen Tianming and six other members of the Shadow Society were enveloped in the lightning's range.
The hissing sound was incessant.
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