The six words that officially marked the start of the memorial service were not yet finished.
Du Jun coldly shouted, "Now!" He then grabbed Liu Juan with one hand and pulled Siyue with the other, while Du Lushui rushed to the side of the oblivious Gong Zhu, wrapped her arms around her waist, and the group rushed toward the throne at the same time.
The city lord on the throne sat upright, seemingly oblivious to the absurd scene before him. Conversely, the protectors who witnessed this scene, trapped in the fog and in a state of confusion, had no other reaction. They only felt dizzy and lightheaded. When they opened their eyes, they were greeted by lush greenery.
They finally came to their senses, but it was too late.
Three underground levels feature a cascading waterfall, and the treetops sway gently.
The empty water mirror was covered with a layer of black, and the viewing platform occupied the very center.
Cheng Shuang raised her head slightly. She should have realized that the water mirror, which was made of a similar material to the elevator, was another teleportation point.
After all, the existence of the Water Mirror is rather abrupt. Would a wanderer really have the leisure to go down to the third underground level to watch the sunrise?
Pairs of feet struggled desperately in the tree canopy. She pursed her lips, suppressed the complex and obscure emotions in her heart, lowered her head, took out several yellow-green road signs, and quickly threw them at Du Jun and the others.
These road signs were dropped by homeless people from the haunted house. She had wondered why she was carrying a wooden sign with her today; it turned out to be for the start of the real memorial service.
The five men, including Du Jun, were hanging upside down with difficulty, their hands gripping various points of the throne for support. Gravity was completely reversed on them, and the treetops above were their only refuge.
Fortunately, apart from the people from the city lord's mansion and a few selected attendants, the other guides and poor people have not yet reached the third underground level. Even so, the number of wanderers has reached more than thirty.
What's more, there's also 'Sister Xin'.
At this moment, seeing that the situation was not right, they did not take any action, but instead subconsciously looked at the city lord.
In that very instant, the palace maid who had caught the road sign fell to the ground beneath the throne with a thud, and she gave a delicate command, "Stop them!"
'Feng Jiakang', 'Du Lanshan', 'Sihai', and 'Sun Han', with their slender bodies, rushed towards the twenty-odd people in the city lord's mansion, while Du Jun and the others quickly took out water jugs and splashed water on the nearest attendants.
Even now, the city lord and his two burly guards remained standing there, dumbfounded.
Cheng Shuang immediately understood that the young man had used a skill called "Game Time," which had trapped the three wanderers in a game instance from which they could not extricate themselves.
Although the wanderers of Abyss City have little combat power, the 'Old Man's' card is definitely in the hands of a small number of wanderers, so they are not entirely without offensive capabilities.
Du Jun had been acting harmless all along, all for this moment. Because the cards were concentrated on the city lord and his trusted guards.
The scene was chaotic. Sihai used his skill to change the faces of his four followers, while Gongzhu used puppetry to control them. However, the four wanderers who replaced them were outnumbered and were soon countered by 'Sister Xin's' skills.
If there is a significant emotional fluctuation, Gong Zhu's puppetry technique could break free at any time.
Fortunately, 'Sister Xin's' skills were not consistent, and she even seemed to lack staying power, because she was ultimately an imposter.
Cheng Shuang dodged the wanderer who lunged at her and turned to run. Simple brute force was far less effective than the Spirit-Devouring Water. The little girl shouted, "Hundred-meter-long hose!" and a bear cub that jumped out of the spatial dimension leaped down and caught one end of the hose. She then shoved the other end into the waterfall.
Because the hose was too long, the Spirit-Devouring Water was slow to arrive. Several wanderers who broke through the encirclement tried to rush towards Cheng Shuang, but were all kicked into the waterfall by the bear cub, their bodies arcing through the air.
No one is fearless. Seeing the bear cub's incredible and ferocious kicking power, the bear immediately backed down and turned to pounce on Du Jun and the others.
Gong Zhu spat and cursed, "Pick on the weak, that's a truth that holds true everywhere!"
She clumsily dodged a homeless man who bared his teeth and lunged at her, and in the midst of the chaos, she yelled at Cheng Shuang, "Are you done yet?"
However, before Cheng Shuang could answer, several guides suddenly picked up the city lord, who was sitting alone and dazed on the throne, and ran towards the long, dark tunnel. They had obviously understood Cheng Shuang's purpose, and the remaining guides became expendable pawns to stop Du Jun and his group.
Having used all the available cards, Du Lushui was anxious and could only shout, "Don't let them escape! Watch out for traps!"
He didn't know if there were any traps or mechanisms, but it was impossible for the other side to have left no backup plan at all.
Hearing his roar, the wanderers present went even crazier, especially the few who dragged away the city lord, who ran even faster, showing that Du Lushu's guess was not unfounded.
Upon hearing this, April disregarded everything else, swiftly kicking away a vagrant who was trying to pin her down. Her paintbrush rose into the air, and several ink lines danced across the sky, forming a large cage that descended directly towards the direction the city lord had fled.
Her skill was limited by the size of the painting; just this one cage made her turn pale instantly, and her paintbrush shattered immediately.
Gong Zhu and Du Jun had long since exhausted their skills, leaving only Du Lushui. He used the characteristics of the paper doll to make the homeless ignore his existence, and could also occasionally rescue the other two ladies who were being attacked by the homeless.
Liu Juan cooperated with Du Jun. Although they didn't have any hot dance equipment, they still had a collection of cold weapons. Unfortunately, there were too many of them, and they couldn't keep up with the demand for candy to repair them, so they were temporarily at a stalemate.
Fortunately, Cheng Shuang's water pipe finally started moving. The bear cub felt the water rushing out and pointed the water pipe at the front, chasing after Du Jun and the others, the homeless people who couldn't be killed no matter how hard they tried.
The water left no trace; the wanderers who were first attacked by the spirit-devouring water didn't even leave behind a scream. Only the falling of their robes proved that they had ever existed.
'Sister Xin's' expression changed. Ignoring the fact that her skill was sometimes effective and sometimes not, she grabbed her follower and tried to run away, but was stopped by the four substitutes. She stopped just one step away, and the water flowed obliquely and vanished.
At the entrance to the pitch-black tunnel, screams rang out as the wanderers, who had been dispersed from the circular plaza to the third underground level, watched helplessly as the spirit-devouring water washed over the beast cages and devoured their city lord.
The scream turned into a roar.
"Kill them!"
"Activate the Soul-Stabilizing Artifact!"
"Quickly skin them alive!"
Several wanderers dressed as guides, their faces contorted with rage, disregarded the threat of the Soul-Devouring Water, stepped onto the water mirror, and charged toward the black viewing platform. Clearly, this platform contained a mechanism to activate the Soul-Stabilizing Device and devour the souls of the maintainers.
At that moment, another faint scream of terror came from the dark tunnel.
The wanderers who initially approached the water mirror looked bewildered, but more so angry at Du Jun and his companions. Soon, they realized what had happened.
"Sea, sea water!"
"The city has fallen!"
"Help!"
Amid the panicked crowd, a car sped out and ran over several guides who were running towards the center of the exhibition hall.
Whether to escape or for revenge, many homeless people relentlessly chased after the car, seemingly trying to climb up.
Du Jun and the others rushed towards Cheng Shuang. Xiong Baobao dropped the hose, immediately picked her up, and held her protectively in his arms, his bear eyes warily staring at the homeless people running wildly from behind the car.
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