A hurried voice quickly broke the momentary peace.
I saw a man sitting on a galloping horse not far away, his clothes were no longer visible, and he was covered in blood. He was sitting in a slanted position on the horse's back.
The sound I just mentioned was made by him, but this was already the sound he used with the greatest strength.
Perhaps because he was seriously injured, the man on the horse looked shaky.
Seeing this scene, everyone instantly became alert. They all drew their swords and stood ready.
Yuan Yi reacted immediately when he saw what was happening here. He quickly ran towards Yuan Xichen and shouted to the crowd, "Quick! Protect the prince first. Go and find out who that person is.
Everyone else, please pay attention to your surroundings! Hurry! Something must have happened that we don't know about, so don't let your guard down."
As soon as Yuan Yi finished speaking in a very urgent voice, Yuan Xichen next to him was quickly protected by the people around him and walked in another direction. He was also surrounded by a crowd of people.
The man on horseback saw that he was mistaken for an assassin and feared being killed without any reason. He anxiously shouted, "Your Majesty, spare my life! I am a soldier who just went to investigate. All of us are dead except for me. Your Majesty, please quickly turn the troops around and take another route. There is... ahead..."
Before the soldier could finish his words, he fell off his horse due to exhaustion.
When others saw the soldier fall off his horse, they also tiptoed forward to check on the fallen soldier.
Those who just came up were basically new recruits who had not experienced the cruelty of the battlefield, so everyone was a little afraid and did not dare to touch him.
One of them mustered up the courage, closed his eyes, and lifted the fallen soldier's face covered by his hair with trembling hands.
The others recognized him immediately. Wasn't this the man they had been with before? However, his face was now covered in pits and blood. No one knew what had happened to him, and everyone took a deep breath.
"Wake up! Don't faint yet. Tell us what happened in front of you, quickly!" The other people around probably also realized that something was wrong.
So he pushed away the person blocking his way and shook his arm quickly, trying to wake him up so that he could continue to say what he had not finished.
Perhaps because he had really exerted too much force, the fallen soldier managed to wake up with a single breath. He looked at the person in front of him with a look of horror and said weakly:
"There's a cave up ahead, not far from the road. When our people went to explore it, they startled some animals inside. There was a large, dark mass, probably some bat or something.
We thought it was nothing, so we ignored it. But then it pounced on us and took a mouthful of flesh. "Quick! Get out of here! Those things are flying around, and they're probably still biting... Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
The soldier's body began to tremble uncontrollably, as if he was thinking of something painful. A feeling of discomfort welled up in his stomach, and he vomited several times before fainting again.
It was probably his vomit that made these recruits feel sick.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" A lot of vomiting sounds were heard, and there was a commotion in the crowd.
"Quick! Lift him up, let's retreat first! We'll make a long plan later, quick!" Yuan Yi reacted quickly and took action immediately.
You never know if this thing will fly over here, so you better change the route first.
"Everyone, don't waste time. Hurry up! Hurry up!"
The others also quickly changed direction to a less dangerous one and returned along the way they came.
"Look everyone, that thing is coming over here so fast! There's so many of them! Run! Everyone, run!"
Suddenly, there was a temporary blindness in some places in the air.
"Ah! My arm, get out of my way! Help! Help me!"
"Hurry up! Everyone who's riding a horse should form groups of two and mount together! Throw away everything that can be thrown! Run!"
"Help! Woo! Woo woo woo!" One of the pots ran too slowly and was caught up by the group of things. In an instant, it was covered by a group of black things.
Fortunately, Yuan Xichen was not leading a team to transport food this time, otherwise the losses would have been heavy.
At this moment, the number of things in the sky was increasing. They were extremely excited after tasting the blood and flesh.
This is a blood bat in the mountains. If it wasn't alarmed, it probably wouldn't come out.
It’s really unlucky to be met by Yuan Xichen and the others this time.
"Everyone, throw away the unimportant things. Saving your life is the most important thing now! Hurry!"
Yuan Yi was getting very anxious when he saw more and more people getting injured.
Yuan Xichen galloped along on horseback, his mind constantly pondering. If he didn't find a solution for the many people in front of him, more and more people would die.
The horse's hooves ran on the ground, making a "clack! clack! clack!" sound, which seemed to be mixed with the sound of hay being crushed.
Yuan Xichen suddenly had an idea in his mind. In order to verify this guess, he quickly and beautifully turned over and got off the horse.
Yuan Yi, watching from the side, was horrified. He shouted in extreme fear: "Your Highness, what are you doing? Why don't you leave again? Come up quickly, or that thing will probably fly over here soon. We don't know how to deal with these things right now, so we can only find a safe place to hide first."
Occasionally, a few of them would fly over and attack Yuan Yi and his friends, but they were all killed with one sword.
Just then another one flew over. Yuan Yi was paying attention to Yuan Xichen and was almost bitten.
This time Yuan Yi finally saw clearly what attacked it.
Sure enough, this is a bat, but it is different from the others.
The thing on the ground in front of me had a pair of red eyes and many barbs on its wings, which were as black as charcoal.
Its teeth are sharp, thin and long. No wonder it can bite off human flesh. These teeth are really amazing.
Yuan Xichen quickly found some hay and lit it up.
The thick black smoke quickly floated into the air, and all the flying creatures in the sky avoided the smoke.
Yuan Xichen was overjoyed and immediately ordered, "Everyone, anyone who's not injured or attacked, quickly light a fire! These creatures are afraid of fire. Quickly gather all the hay nearby and light it on fire to drive them away."
When Yuan Yi saw this, he immediately ran over and picked up grass to light a fire as quickly as possible.
Others also felt that they saw hope and started to take action.
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