The mayor's poisoning, hasty actions, and even the note sent by the carrier pigeon were all bait!
Lu Cai crumpled the note in his hand, only anger remained.
The soldier who delivered the note told them that the carrier pigeon was flying towards the capital!
The small stone wall town is guarded by strong men who drive away monsters and provide a place for the people to live and avoid disasters. It is like a country of its own.
Therefore, natural disasters and man-made disasters are ultimately no match for power struggles.
Lu Cai clenched his fists. At this time, the superiors were still thinking about their own selfish desires and were not hesitant to exchange the lives of the people in the city for their own power!
She had promised Showa to at least spare his life, but at this moment, Lu Cai felt that he might have to breach his promise.
With one hand on the railing, Lu Cai flipped over and leaped down, the fluttering edges of her red cloak making a rustling sound in the air. She plummeted down, landing on the eaves of a teahouse. Steadying herself, she headed towards the turbulent city gate.
Shi Rukui also looked cold. He followed Lu Cai over the railing and headed towards the city wall together. Zhao Yan had already put one foot on the railing when he remembered Yue Xiaoyan behind him and paused slightly.
"You go and help!" Yue Xiaoyan is good at chanting spells, but her skills and physical strength are not ideal.
Zhao Yan then jumped down.
Yue Xiaoyan sprinted down the corridor and rushed into the restaurant. It was deserted. Ever since the scorpion monster erupted and the city gates were sealed, the town's inns and restaurants had become depleted.
She quickly jumped down the stairs and shouted to the shopkeeper at the counter, "Find a place to hide!"
The people of Stonewall Town all recognized the four instructors, especially the fairy lady, who was widely regarded as a living deity. Seeing the fairy lady in such a hurry, the shopkeeper panicked. He quickly called in his staff and closed the shop door early. As if that weren't enough, he moved a few tables to block the doors and windows.
After rushing a few steps towards the city gate, Yue Xiaoyan quickly stopped. The three of them had already rushed there, and she knew she was a slow runner, so she just wanted to join in the fun.
I need to go home first to see how the latest batch of poinciana amber is doing... Lu Cai said someone picked the amber, which is why the scorpion monster got in! I need to use the amber to block the way!
Thinking of this, Yue Xiaoyan quickly turned around and ran towards the small courtyard.
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Lu Cai ran all the way, and the screams were getting closer and closer.
She jumped down from the eaves and landed on the long stone-paved street. The crowd pushed and shoved, fleeing in the direction she came from.
Screams mixed with crying reached her ears, making her head buzz with pain.
He ran quickly, rushing forward against the crowd, the wind rustling. When he stopped, he saw a scorpion monster attacking the people indiscriminately not far away.
Those people who were used as skins by the scorpion monster were all wearing coarse cloth, ragged and dusty. They were probably refugees who had escaped from somewhere, but in the end they could not escape the disaster.
A scorpion monster with a fair face of a young girl rushed towards an old man who had fallen to the side. The old man's hair and beard were completely white, his face was tanned from constant work, and his old clothes were washed white.
He looked at the child in front of him who was being dragged away, and a hint of clarity flashed in his originally frightened and turbid eyes.
Whatever, I am just an old and frail body. I have lived for so many years. No matter how you look at it, it is enough.
The old man calmed down. Behind him, he could hear the crisp clash of insects' tiny legs scraping against the stone slabs. But at this moment, he could still think of the wonton stand that had just been knocked over, spilling soup all over the floor. A customer had paid in advance, and the bowl of wontons the customer had ordered had not yet been served...
This is a debt that must be repaid even in the underworld.
Just as he was daydreaming, a strange hissing sound came from behind him. The old man closed his eyes.
A cool breeze brushed across the back of his neck, and he heard a slight snapping sound, his heart skipping a beat. The cold, sticky liquid splashed across his body, causing him to shiver.
Something crashed to the ground and landed at his feet.
The old man opened his eyes in panic and saw the body of a scorpion monster with its head severed, lying on one side with its limbs twisted. Its head, with a dull look in its eyes, had rolled to the far corner of the wall.
A bright red shadow passed by, jumped farther away, and stepped on another scorpion monster that was trying to hurt people. The figure held the scorpion monster's head with both hands and twisted it off.
The scorpion monster under his feet stopped struggling. Lu Cai withdrew his foot from its back and turned around to look at the monsters that kept pouring in from the city gate.
At this time, even if the city gate is closed, this weak gate cannot withstand so many scorpion monsters!
Just at this moment, a gray figure caught up and swung a long stick, and a monster with bared fangs and claws was splashed with blood on the spot.
"You guys clear out the scorpion monsters in this town—" Lu Cai glanced sideways at Shi Rukui who had pulled back his long stick.
Shi Rukui looked at Lu Cai and understood what she meant almost instantly: "You are crazy——"
"Maybe..." Lu Cai gradually gathered supernatural energy in his palms, "Maybe it's because I'm crazy that I can break free from the control of the copy--"
"What's crazy?" A thick green vine brushed past his side, picked up three or four scorpion monsters, and crushed them.
Zhao Yan was about to land when the red shadow in front of him flashed away: "What is she doing?" His tone rose in surprise, because the direction in which Lu Cai pounced was the wide-open city gate.
In reality, Lu Cai's idea was the most correct choice at this moment. Only by blocking the scorpion monsters at the source could they control the situation. Otherwise, with just a few of them, these scorpion monsters would continue to pour in, and within a day, the entire Stonewall Town would fall.
But even if reason told them that this was the best way, they knew in their hearts how difficult it would be to block the city gate.
Amber is limited, and the amber pendants hung at the city gate are all calculated at a certain distance. It is not known whether the latest batch has been made. This doorway cannot be blocked by simply closing the city gate.
Shi Rukui turned around and looked behind him: "Where's Yue Xiaoyan?"
Zhao Yan manipulated the vine while following his gaze and looking back: "She's moving slowly, she should be coming soon."
She went back to get the amber. Shi Rukui breathed a sigh of relief and looked away. "Can you handle it by yourself?"
Zhao Yan noticed that the scorpion monsters had already scattered into the streets. Shi Rukui ran faster than him, so it would be more appropriate for him to clear the scorpion monsters across the entire town.
"You go ahead, I'll take care of the bastards here!" Zhao Yan raised his hand, and another vine as thick as an arm rose from the ground.
Shi Rukui gripped the long stick tightly and ran quickly. He jumped onto the wall on one side and ran quickly towards the alley.
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The red figure rushed towards the wide-open city gate, and the scorpion monsters that kept pouring in surrounded her.
Lu Cai didn't hesitate for a moment, punching a few of them, not engaging them for long, and slipping through the gaps between the scorpion monsters. She passed like a gust of wind, and two pale red beams of light passed through the air behind her.
Looking up, the road ahead was filled with a sea of black human heads, and scorpion monsters were huddled together, blocking the narrow path to the point of impassability. Lu Cai paused slightly, gathered his supernatural energy in his palm, and waved it forward.
A faint light fell on the scorpion monster's head, slowly spreading out into a narrow path about a meter wide. Under the narrow path, the scorpion monster was squeezed. Although the narrow path was flat and unobstructed, the scorpion tails swaying on both sides always blocked its way.
Lu Cai flipped over and jumped onto the narrow path paved with light. Before she could stand up, a scorpion's tail stung her. She ducked to avoid it, took a few quick steps forward, and another scorpion's tail stung her.
He moved forward, dodging and ducking. When he was near the city gate, he looked at the thick city gate that was squeezed by the scorpion monster and could not be closed at all. Lu Cai moved his wrist.
I remember she used this method last time in the Lantern Night side story.
Thinking this, Lu Cai raised his hands, palms facing upward, and slowly lifted them upwards, as if holding a heavy object. At the city gate, two pale red barriers rose from the ground, and the scorpion monsters became restless, with a hissing sound rising one after another.
Lu Cai held her breath, her movements pausing slightly. She took a deep breath. Pulling out two movable barriers, as tall as city gates, was a real struggle. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, trickling down her temples to her chin.
A breeze blew by, wiping the sweat on her face. The chill penetrated into her flesh from the side of her face, and her heart trembled slightly.
She tilted her head slightly, and out of the corner of her eye she saw the stinger swinging from behind her. She averted her gaze, her stilled hand continuing to lift upward, her body standing straight and motionless.
The tail stinger pierced her back, but about twenty centimeters away from her, a circular barrier with a diameter of no more than thirty centimeters blocked the stinger.
The pale red barrier of the city gate slowly rose, its top touching the upper edge of the gate. Lu Cai gritted her teeth as she heard the almost inaudible cracking sound of the circular barrier behind her.
She stared intently at the two barriers blocking the city inside and outside, but she had not yet succeeded. Manipulating her supernatural powers to resist in this way was not a long-term solution.
The outer barrier was attacked by the scorpion monsters that rushed over. No matter how strong the shield was, it would be broken eventually.
Lu Cai pointed his palm forward, clenched his fist as if pulling something, and pulled it back! The barrier of the inner doorway pushed the scorpion monster on the ground, and it moved towards the city with difficulty.
The scorpion monsters' feet pressed desperately against the stone slabs, being pushed hard, leaving faint marks on the stone slabs. The barrier pushed past the large group of scorpion monsters, revealing the city gate squeezed against the two walls.
Lu Cai looked at the precarious barrier outside, and at the same time, the broken circular barrier behind her finally gave out. She frowned and leaped over the barrier within the city right in front of her!
The tail sting behind her brushed against the fluttering edge of her cloak.
After she stood firm, she did not stop for a moment, condensed her supernatural power in her hands, and rushed out of the city!
A light red light flowed through the meridians on the back of her hand, and the mark on her wrist was burning hot, as if silently accusing her of abusing her supernatural powers without restraint.
Lu Cai jumped up at the city gate, his fist full of power, and the moment he landed, he punched down hard.
The red light exploded in all directions like sparks. Except for the scorpion monster that was hit by her punch and became motionless on the spot, the other scorpion monsters were scattered by the red light, and a small open space was instantly left at the city gate.
The two city gates behind him were pushed by two tiny red lights and slowly closed. The sound of the doors closing was drowned out by the scorpion monster's violent roar.
Three figures stood on the branches of a tree not far from the city.
The three men had handsome looks and stood tall and straight. They remained calm even when countless scorpion monsters crawled under the branches.
"She's alone, which is a good opportunity." The man in black said in a light tone, not like a reminder or an order, but just stating a fact.
The one in white was shorter and the youngest. He tilted his head to look at the city gate. "What level of combat power has she reached? Don't you want to know?"
The man in black didn't want to talk to this companion who only knew how to eat and wait for death, so he turned his head and shifted his gaze to the young man in red on the side.
666, from his appearance to his temperament, was aloof and distant. He hadn't spoken a single word since they'd been on the mission together.
People with ability will always be a little arrogant, and 444 also understands this truth, but after spending a long time with 666, you will find that he is not arrogant, and he is not as high-minded as 233.
There was a rumor circulating among the scavengers that although 666 had flaws, its original data was the closest to 233. Therefore, every time 233 was injured, the main system would recall 666 to assist in recovery.
How would they help? The scavengers couldn't imagine.
But at this moment, 444 couldn't help but think, is it true that the data 666 is similar to 233?
They both have red eyes, are both taciturn, and have both outstanding fighting abilities.
But why did 666 take over the task that 233 couldn't complete? And why did 666 completely refuse to receive messages from the main system...
Realizing what he was thinking, 444 hurriedly looked away, a little frightened.
The young man in red clothes and high ponytail on the side was completely unaware of 444's guess. He stared blankly into the distance.
There was a commotion of dust and noise, the scorpion monster's feet were in chaos, and its red cloak was thrashing around all the way, actually tearing out a piece of open space. The scorpion monsters around did not dare to move forward.
The young man's face remained calm as he stared quietly at the man in the red cloak who was becoming increasingly disheveled. A hint of confusion gradually rose in his red eyes.
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