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Chapter 128: The Gate Guard Kills the Beast
"Go, this beast has tasted human flesh, we can't keep it here."

Xu Ying pulled Zhou You and Li Hao and fought their way out of the crowded crowd.

Panic-stricken residents were everywhere, pushing and shoving each other to escape, screaming and crying could be heard everywhere.

There were several people lying on the ground, trampled to death, with blood oozing from their mouths and noses into the soil.

too messy!
In this situation, the crowded and narrow environment made it impossible to even swing your fists.

The apprentices of the martial arts school huddled together and pushed through the crowd, retreating as they went, hearing warnings in their ears.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the city gate guards are coming."

Strange beasts called bats wreaked havoc in the city, eating people alive in broad daylight, causing great panic.

At this time, no one was paying attention to the flower thief.

After leaving the wasteland, the group saw chaos everywhere on the street on their way back to the martial arts hall.

Occasionally, the dark shadows of strange beasts and bats would pass through the sky overhead, dropping their remaining limbs and arms like raindrops.

It's a battle royale.

Pedestrians and residents on the road were in panic and ran away, fearing that they might be eaten by bats that fell from the sky at any time.

"Zhou You, Li Hao, you two are young and energetic, so don't try to be too aggressive."

Xu Ying looked a little frightened and tried to keep the noise down.

"This bat might turn into a beast."

Beast spirit?

Zhou You was startled. If it really was a beast, things would get out of hand.

Although ghosts occasionally appeared in the past, they were all in legendary stories and rarely appeared in front of the public.

Some time ago, before the fall of Sucheng, ghosts appeared in the downtown area, and residents of all ages witnessed it with their own eyes.

"When a country is about to fall, there will be evildoers."

In ancient times, a country generally refers to a city-state, which is a settled tribe that built city walls to defend against natural disasters and wild beasts.

Once a monster appears in the city, it means that its role as a defense is crumbling.

After the appearance of the evil creature, Sucheng eventually went to destruction.

Is it Gongliangcheng's turn this time?

Zhou You felt murderous intent in his heart. If he stood on the roof and ambushed the bat, he could catch it and eat it when it flew lower. With his level of martial arts skills, he would be confident that he could beat the beast.

but……

While the strange bat was eating people, its body size also increased rapidly. Its trunk was nearly 3 meters long and its wingspan was 4 or 5 meters.

With such a sturdy body, even a Qi and Blood warrior would find it difficult to kill him with one blow.

"Don't stand there, go back quickly."

Xu Ying saw Zhou You slowing down his pace, so he hurriedly pulled him away.

"Zhou You, don't even think about trying to stand out."

"The environment is too chaotic. If you are not careful, you will be dispersed by the rioters. No matter how high your boxing skills are, you can't use them."

The biggest headache for people who practice martial arts is the situation in front of them. There are crowds of people everywhere, squeezing and shoving each other, and there is no place to stand. If you are not careful, you will be pushed down and trampled into a meat paste.

Zhou You nodded silently, "Brother, I will listen to you."

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard on the street, and the crowd that was fleeing like a tide was suddenly stopped.

At the end of the street, a team of city gate guards appeared, well-organized and exuding a solemn aura.

"Please move aside, everyone."

There were about a hundred guards at the city gate. After they appeared, they quickly lined up and attacked the strange bats.

The young officer leading the team was Zheng Qing, who served under Captain Chang.

Zheng Qing had a grim expression as he ordered his men to disperse the crowd and decisively kill anyone who panicked and rushed into the queue.

After a while, a large open space was cleared on the spot.

Tap, tap, tap, another group of footsteps sounded.

Support from the city gate guards arrived one after another, and another fresh force joined.

Zhou You took a quick glance and found a familiar face in the crowd.

Zhang Shiyu, he had indeed joined the city gate guards, and judging from his position, his status was not low, and he was no ordinary soldier. "City gate guards!"

Li Hao beside him sighed, "The city gate guard has appeared, this beast can't be so arrogant anymore!"

His father used to be a city gate guard, so he knew better how terrifying this force was.

The two teams of city gate guards attacked from the ground to the air in an orderly formation, forcing the strange beasts, the bats, to hover in the air, looking anxiously at the living people on the ground, and could no longer catch them and eat them easily.

"Shout!"

Zheng Qing shouted loudly, and threw out the spear in his hand. A hundred-meter-long straight line shot out and hit the strange beast bat in the lower abdomen.

The screams of the strange beast bats shattered the roof tiles within a hundred meters radius, sounding mournful and desperate.

Only a small half of the spear was exposed, and the rest was sunk into the bat's huge body.

"Die, die, die!"

The strange bat screamed in pain, vaguely like a person talking.

There was an iron chain at the end of the spear, and the other end of the chain was tied to the ground and became taut in an instant.

The scene was quite spectacular. The strange bat was like a large kite, struggling backwards in the air, but was firmly tied by an iron chain.

The city gate guards were very experienced in hunting evil creatures. They surrounded the strange bat and attacked it from a distance to avoid its angry killing.

Another moment passed...

"Get out of the way, the evil-killing crossbow has arrived."

A large crossbow was pushed to the front line. It was as big as three beds, with a frame made of thousand-year-old hardwood and covered with iron sheets.

The arrow was as thick as a human head, and it took three or two strong men to lift it.

The crossbow arrowhead was in the shape of a round iron cone, surrounded by a faint gray mist.

Zhou You noticed that the essence of the gray gas was similar to that of the tiger evil, but its volume was hundreds or thousands of times larger.

That’s right, the real killing power of the Evil-Destroying Crossbow lies in these gray gases.

There must be someone among the city gate guards who has mastered similar techniques of tiger evil possession and used them on crossbows.

The strange bat seemed to know that its end was near, and it struggled so hard that it even bent its spear.

The iron chain was creaking and rubbing, and sparks flew between the iron rings!
"put!"

A hammer hit the mechanism, and the bowstring made of thirty-two cow tendons, as thick as a bowl, tore through the air and stretched straight.

The power of the huge potential energy conversion directly sent the heavy crossbow arrow into the sky, piercing through the strange beast bat like a hot knife through butter.

The torso, as hard as iron and steel, felt like a piece of tender tofu when pierced.

The gray gas poured into the bat's body through the wound without leaving a single drop.

Dang rang rang!

The straight iron chain suddenly loosened and fell to the ground with a series of crashing sounds.

The strange bat at the end of the chain had its wings drooped, and its huge body instantly lost weight, falling toward the ground.

boom!
A residential house was affected and was smashed into the ground by the corpses of bats.

The local county annals record: On that day, evil spirits were rampant in the streets, and the guards at the city gates shot them with crossbows, leaving piles of corpses.

The strange beast bat died, and the flower thief also died.

The riot and panic in the city lasted until midnight.

However, anxiety and fear penetrated deeply into the hearts of all residents, and they sensed that disaster was imminent.

The most direct impact is that food prices in the market have risen rapidly, tripling in just a few days.

In other words, Zhou You's one million kilograms of grain, which had been stored in the warehouse and did nothing with, had already increased in value by three times.

As food prices rise, other daily necessities will follow suit, triggering a series of panic buying sprees.

People were in a panic, and an entire street of families even went bankrupt and became homeless.

More and more people can’t afford to eat, and serious crime rates are skyrocketing.

After the flower thief died, the situation in the city did not return to normal, but became even worse.

Chaos is coming!

(End of this chapter)