Chapter 247: Red-Haired Monster

Duan Rong flashed by with a figure as fast as a ghost, past the rockery and pavilion in the center of the Back Courtyard; his gaze was as cold as frost, for he was terrified that he had arrived too late.

Faint screams had already drifted over from the front courtyard, and in the Back Courtyard, some of the yamen runners who had entered from the surrounding walls with crossbows had already triggered the mechanisms.

In the pitch-black night, the crisp sound of copper bells rang out from several places, one after another.

Duan Rong had deliberately not told them that there were many mechanisms inside this Back Courtyard.

The ringing of the mechanism bells might just startle Wei Yutian, causing him to stop his cultivation inside the Secret Chamber, further buying time for him to rescue Xiao Yu.

The crisp ringing of bells rising throughout the Back Courtyard drifted faintly into the Secret Chamber, causing Bai Ai, who was guarding the entrance to the Mandala Secret Chamber, to feel a jolt in her heart.

"I'll go out and take a look! You stay here and guard this place!"

Bai Ai infused her Internal Breath, her figure surged, and she leapt up, moving along the stone steps.

Pei Qing watched Bai Ai, a flicker of nervousness crossing her eyes.

As soon as Bai Ai darted out of the Secret Chamber's opening, she could not only hear the bells ringing everywhere, but she could also faintly hear the screams from the front courtyard.

Her gaze turned cold, and she felt some resentment toward Su Di, who was guarding the door of the side room; with such a great upheaval, how could there be no reaction at all?

Bai Ai flashed to the door of the side room, the night wind whistling past; there was no sign of Su Di, only a lantern that had fallen to the ground, emitting a dismal yellow light...

Before Bai Ai could react, a Plum Blossom Willow Leaf Blade arrived silently, blasting a bloody hole right between her eyebrows!

Duan Rong arrived with a whistle, and the two passed each other at the door of the side room; the bits of flesh and blood foam blasted from Bai Ai's face even splattered onto his shoulder and neck...

The moment Duan Rong darted into the Secret Chamber, a Plum Blossom Afterimage bloomed at his hand, and a Willow Leaf Knife shot out silently from the Plum Blossom Afterimage; Pei Qing had not even achieved the Inner Breath Realm First Layer yet, so how could she withstand a Willow Leaf Knife infused with Duan Rong's Great Success Realm Internal Breath?

The Plum Blossom Willow Leaf Blade arrived silently, blasting her head into a pulp!

Fragments of flesh and blood splattered onto the stone door of the Secret Chamber Mandala; the remaining force of the Plum Blossom Willow Leaf Blade did not diminish, piercing into the stone door of the Secret Chamber Mandala and passing right through it!

Duan Rong's Divine Sense suddenly expanded; inside the Secret Chamber Mandala, smoke and dust were rolling, Xiao Yu was unconscious on the high platform in the center, and Wei Yutian was half-kneeling in front of her, the lust in his eyes like fire, burning fiercely...

At Duan Rong's hand, Plum Blossom Afterimages bloomed one by one, and Willow Leaf Knives shot out from the Plum Blossom Afterimages one after another, piercing through the stone door and shooting with absolute precision toward Wei Yutian, whose figure was submerged in the rolling smoke and dust on the high platform of the Secret Chamber Mandala.

Duan Rong fired several flying knives and immediately retreated violently!

Just as Wei Yutian was about to move, an unusual sound came from the stone door of the Secret Chamber, followed by several flying knives that, accompanied by a series of *pfft-pfft* sounds as they pierced the stone door, penetrated the smoke and dust and shot with absolute precision toward his chest, abdomen, and face!

Wei Yutian was greatly alarmed, his True Qi surged instantly, and he leapt out, smashing through the door!

The thick stone door, under the attack of his True Qi, was like paper, shattering all over the ground!

Wei Yutian looked down and saw, on the ground at the entrance of the Secret Chamber, Pei Qing's headless corpse with rotten flesh splattered all over the floor...

Moreover, without the soundproofing of the thick stone door, he also heard the chaotic sounds outside... A look of hesitation appeared on Wei Yutian's face; at this moment, he actually turned his head to look at the smoke-rolling high platform where Xiao Yu was still unconscious... Truly a gluttonous ghost of lust!

Although Duan Rong had retreated violently to the door of the side room, his Divine Sense had been scanning this area; the moment he saw Wei Yutian turn his head, his heart immediately tightened, and his hand once again bloomed with a Plum Blossom Afterimage; a flying knife shot out diagonally downward from the door of the side room with absolute precision, piercing into the entrance of the Secret Chamber, and with a *pfft*, it stuck into the ground at the entrance of the stone steps!

Hearing this, Wei Yutian frowned and looked toward the entrance of the stone steps!

Just at this moment, Duan Rong suddenly stretched his neck and shouted, "Wei Yutian, my turtle son, your daddy is here!"

Duan Rong shouted while retreating violently. He shouted like this not only to enrage Wei Yutian but also to call out to Shen Yanliu, who was not far away.

His Divine Sense had already scanned Shen Yanliu.

Hearing this, a muscle on Wei Yutian's right cheek twitched, and his figure flashed, leaping out of the Secret Chamber.

As soon as Wei Yutian flashed out of the side room door, he saw Bai Ai lying on the ground with a terrifying bloody hole in her face. Wei Yutian gasped, and remembering the many kindnesses of the past, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

And at this moment, Duan Rong was still several yards away, calling him a turtle son...

Wei Yutian glared, and Duan Rong's attire as an Escort of the Yuanshun Escort Agency made several thoughts churn in Wei Yutian's heart.

But his figure had already leapt toward Duan Rong; killing his beloved maid and disturbing his cultivation—each one was a capital crime!

Yet just as Wei Yutian's figure moved, a figure suddenly flashed out from behind Duan Rong; that person was wearing an official robe and a black gauze hat with double wings.

It was Shen Yanliu, who had come running after hearing Duan Rong's shout.

Shen Yanliu darted out, the black gauze double-winged hat on his head trembling incessantly, while the Steel Sleeve Iron Claw on his hand had already clawed toward Wei Yutian's face along with his explosive dash.

"Shen Yanliu?"

The moment Wei Yutian saw the person who had arrived, his face suddenly turned extremely ugly; he tapped the ground with his feet, instantly folded back, and retreated violently...

Just now, seeing Duan Rong in the attire of the Yuanshun Escort Agency, he was still wondering who had come to kill him; at this moment, seeing it was Shen Yanliu, Wei Yutian knew he was finished.

If it were someone else, he might have had a glimmer of survival, but with Shen Yanliu, he was afraid he could not escape a dead end.

At this moment, Wei Yutian dared not hesitate any longer and instantly blood threads exploded all over his body!

If he did not use the Filthy Blood Divine Art, he would not be able to last three moves against Shen Yanliu; he had no other choice!

Wei Yutian was originally naked, with only a piece of black cloth tied around his waist; at this moment, blood threads suddenly exploded all over his body, and countless blood threads darted out from the pores all over his body, like a large patch of thirsty leeches probing and drilling out of the mud... twisting and floating...

It was indescribably eerie and disgusting...

The darting blood threads grew crazily...

In the deep night, Wei Yutian at this moment instantly looked like a monster covered in red hair!

A large amount of blood threads gathered at his face at an extremely fast speed, densely intersecting; Shen Yanliu's iron claw arrived almost simultaneously and slapped onto the gathered blood threads; True Qi surged, and the blood threads immediately turned into powder and scattered!

But Wei Yutian also took advantage of this to retreat violently, putting a distance of more than a yard between himself and Shen Yanliu.

Shen Yanliu looked at Wei Yutian, who was floating with blood threads all over his body, and his eyes secretly brightened with joy.

"Indeed, it is a Tainted Blood monster!"

Wei Yutian stood a yard away, his expression listless, his breath gasping rapidly; the sudden explosion of blood threads just now had consumed him greatly; he glanced at Shen Yanliu and immediately fled toward the back.

Shen Yanliu sneered. "Want to leave now? Too late!"

Taking advantage of the fight between Shen Yanliu and Wei Yutian, Duan Rong secretly sneaked back into the Secret Chamber.

Duan Rong leapt with long strides, his figure as fast as a ghost, leaping into the smoke-heavy Secret Chamber Mandala.

The moment Duan Rong leapt in, he suddenly released his Divine Sense; under the envelopment of his Divine Sense, he clearly "saw" Xiao Yu, who was still unconscious on the high platform.

Duan Rong leapt onto the high platform, first testing Xiao Yu's breath; seeing her breathing was steady, he took her pulse.

Duan Rong let go of Xiao Yu's wrist, his heart relaxing; Xiao Yu was only unconscious and had no major issues.

(End of this chapter)