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Whoosh!

A terrifying force erupted, throwing Shen Qing and Lei Peng away. Then, the black tail dragged the young guard along and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

"Xiao Bei!!"

When Lei Peng saw this, his eyes were filled with tears, and he was about to chase after them, but Shen Qing held him back.

"Brother Lei, now is not the time to act rashly. Let's go into the inn first, or everyone here will be devoured by that beast tonight!"

Shen Qing said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Lei Peng could only calm down and then quickly followed Shen Qing into the inn.

In this situation, even if he rushed out, it would be of no use. This beast is too ferocious; he probably wouldn't be a match for it in a head-on fight, and might even lose his life.

As Shen Qing and his companion closed the gate, the rest of the innkeeper quickly put the prepared wooden beams on.

Now that they have encountered a powerful beast, everyone has abandoned their goods and carriages outside and taken refuge in the inn to avoid the attack.

The atmosphere inside the inn became tense and frozen, making everyone suppress their breathing.

"Even two Iron Skin Realm warriors wielding sharp weapons couldn't break through its defenses; this beast is truly powerful..."

Su Hao's gaze swept across the windows of the inn, and he gripped the knife even tighter.

Such a monster, if dealt with by force alone, would probably require a warrior at the third level of the Blood Realm to have any chance of fighting it.

If they hadn't had an inn to hide in, who knows how many of them would have died tonight!

But clearly, the matter is not over yet.

Because at this moment, a series of rustling sounds began to come from outside.

The sound was like the rubbing of the shells of a large group of cockroaches crawling, or like the sound of a long snake crawling on a haystack.

But regardless of the type, such a situation is terrifying.

boom! !

at this time,

The inn's wooden door slammed shut again.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the direction of the door.

Su Hao took out some kerosene bottles stored in his shoulder bag, tore off some strips of cloth to plug the bottle openings, and then lit them for the others.

These kerosene bottles are only about the size of a thumb, making them easy to store. They were the things Su Hao prepared before going out this time.

Because he was terrified of the crickets after his last mission, and those creatures are mainly afraid of fire, he prepared extra crickets, mainly to add to the torches.

I never expected it would be used to deal with alien beasts.

However, considering that this thing is a beast, it should instinctively fear fire. If this oil is effective, this amount should be enough to drive it away.

When the others saw Su Hao take out kerosene, they all took out kerosene bottles from their own bundles and lit them in the same way.

In their haste, they momentarily forgot that they could use fire.

bang bang bang! ! !

The banging on the door continued, growing increasingly violent, and it looked like the wooden door was about to give way.

Everyone in the inn held up lit bottles of kerosene, their eyes tense and solemn.

boom!

The wooden door shattered, and a roar, accompanied by a foul stench, rushed into the inn.

In that instant, everyone disregarded everything else and threw their oil bottles at the dark figure that was about to rush in.

A series of sounds of porcelain bottles shattering ignited the kerosene inside, and the fire spread rapidly!

Ho ho ho! ! !

In the flames, the dark figure was ignited and burned, roaring as its massive body rolled and writhed, trying to extinguish the flames that had stained its body with oil.

But it was to no avail. In the end, its thick tail swept wildly in place, smashing the already dilapidated wooden house to pieces. Finally, unable to withstand the scorching heat, it roared angrily and fled into the depths of the forest.

"Phew...that beast finally escaped!"

As everyone watched the dark figure disappear into the distance, they couldn't help but slump to the ground, panting heavily.

Everyone witnessed the terror of that strange beast.

If it weren't for the help of this kerosene, it would have been very difficult to deal with this beast tonight by relying solely on manpower.

You must know, this is a ferocious beast whose defenses even Iron Skin Realm warriors cannot break through with their weapons!

If he were to break into the inn, it's uncertain how many people here would survive.

Su Hao put down his long sword and sat on a dilapidated chair, secretly relieved.

Tonight's events have truly been full of twists and turns, starting with an encounter with bandits and then being attacked by a strange beast.

Su Hao guessed that the strange beast must have been attracted by the bloody smell of the battle here.

They stole and ate the corpses when no one was paying attention, and only then did they begin to attack people.

Clearly, this thing must be a creature with some intelligence.

He glanced around the inn and saw that many of the guards were already pale with fright.

What just happened has left a deep shadow in their hearts.

After a while, everyone calmed down and started to tidy up the scene.

The first thing to check was naturally the medicinal herbs being transported this time.

Fortunately, we were lucky this time; only one carriage of medicinal herbs was damaged, while the other two carriages were completely undamaged.

It should be possible to complete the task smoothly.

In addition, Shen Qing and the others also took a headcount.

The purpose was to confirm how many people were still missing during the chaos.

Finally, it was discovered that, in addition to the two people who had been dragged away, there were two other people who had completely disappeared.

One of them was a coachman, and it's unclear whether he ran away because he was scared.

The other person was a female guard who saw people when they encountered the bandits, but disappeared after encountering the strange beast.

If all of these people have met with misfortune, then they have lost a total of four guards tonight!

Such a loss can only be described as devastating.

Looking at the bloodstains and remains still on the ground, Su Hao couldn't help but sigh, feeling increasingly heavy-hearted.

It's still too dangerous outside the city!

And their strength is clearly not enough!

Even a strange beast whose face they hadn't even seen clearly left them completely helpless.

Their strength is indeed too weak!

After Shen Qing and the other team leaders finished counting the number of people, they found that there were as many as four dead or injured, which accounted for almost a third of the team. Their expressions turned extremely grim.

Such losses have already exceeded the limit.

Moreover, these people are all teammates who have gone through thick and thin with him.

But they were helpless, having already taken action, yet to no avail.

After finishing other matters, everyone was no longer tired and sat around outside the inn, lighting a campfire to treat the wounded.

Because of the appearance of the strange beast, Shen Qing and the other team leaders discussed the matter and finally decided to wait until dawn to set off.

The team has already suffered heavy losses, and if they continue traveling at night, no one knows what will happen.