Chapter 845

Had that man already reached the ground?

Zhao Qinghe shouted: "Zhou Ming! Zhou Ming, did you go down?" He shouted three times, but it was quiet below.

Where did Zhou Ming go? How could a living person suddenly disappear?

He Chunhua didn't believe in evil and pointed to two more people to go down.

As a result, these two people also went missing.

Everyone stared fixedly at the surging mist under the city, their hearts feeling numb.

No one knew what the result would be if they went down rashly.

The unknown is the most terrifying thing.

At this time, the monsters had already gathered around.

Originally, there weren't many of them, but the Heishuicheng army guarded the passage up the wall and intercepted a few using the temporary defensive works, and as a result, the remaining monsters came smelling the blood.

Everyone stood above the city gate and looked down into the city; white shadows could often be seen running in the streets and alleys, and beast roars rose and fell one after another.

At this rate, there were probably more than three or five hundred of them.

With the strength of these monsters, it would be tough for all the teams combined to deal with eighty; with more than three hundred, humans could only run for their lives.

Moreover, the red light was still sending monsters out, without a moment's pause.

He Chunhua really didn't expect that things in the illusion could actually run into reality and slaughter everyone; it clearly wasn't like this last time he entered the Panlong ruins.

The most terrifying thing was that this time, it was clearly someone who had secretly set a trap, turning the ruins into a besieged city; in terms of means, it was much higher than people like Sun Fuping and Nian Songyu.

It was just unclear who the mastermind's target was.

Was it all the living people who entered the ruins, or a specific team here?

He Chunhua subconsciously glanced at his eldest son, who had already taken the Rongshan disciples down to the front line of city defense, just in time to swing his blade and chop off a monster's arm.

Although they were in a predicament, their fighting will remained high. If it weren't for them, the losses and casualties of the Heishuicheng army would be more than just this little bit.

Chuan'er... He Chunhua shook his head secretly; it couldn't possibly be him, right? Just at this moment, Zhao Qinghe ran down and reported loudly: "The military equipment on the city gate tower has been counted; there are two artillery carriages and one catapult that can still be used, and the angle can also attack the foot of the city. It has now been cleaned and tested. What do you think?"

There was ready-made military equipment on the Nanchengmen; after more than a hundred years of wind and frost, most of it was broken, but a small part was still usable.

He Chunhua's mind was full of distracting thoughts, and without thinking much, he said: "Use it." Dealing with the monsters below, it was best not to use flesh and blood.

Zhao Qinghe took the order and went up.

He Lingchuan was fighting fiercely on the front line when Qiu Hu suddenly said: "They are going to fire the cannons on the city gate tower."

Reminded by him, He Lingchuan looked up, his heart startled.

"Stop!" he roared at He Chunhua, "Stop the shelling!"

This shout used true power and penetrated the noisy battlefield to reach He Chunhua's ears. The latter was startled and looked down, only to see He Lingchuan jumping several times in the crowd, more agile than an ape; others didn't even see how he climbed, and he was already standing in front of He Chunhua.

So, so fast! He Chunhua was just a little surprised when his eldest son said: "The sound of the shelling is too loud; it's unwise to alarm the monsters."

"But..." He Chunhua admitted that his eldest son made sense, but the monsters coming out of the red light were endless, and it was difficult to resist with just the hundred or so people under his command. In the time it took for the two to talk, two trusted aides below were careless and were bitten and dragged out of the bunker by monsters.

Everyone on the city wall could only watch helplessly as they were eaten alive. These two weren't dead yet when their limbs were torn off and their bellies were gutted.

Fortunately, their screams were also short, lasting less than a dozen breaths, because their throats were finally bitten through.

Who wouldn't feel their hearts turn cold seeing this scene? Trapped in a besieged city with nowhere to escape, how could they know this wouldn't be their final end?

He Chunhua was so angry he wrung his wrists: "Idiots!"

One of the dead was a sorcerer. As a character who controls magic, why run so far ahead? There weren't many sorcerers in the team to begin with, and now there was one less.

"If we don't fight side by side with other teams, now it's a competition of who is more careful and who can live to the end." He Lingchuan said quickly, "Once the cannon sounds, all the monsters will come here, and we will be reducing the pressure for other teams. Perhaps they will take the opportunity to seize the treasure."

The last two sentences hit He Chunhua's heart. Things like making wedding clothes for others should not be done easily.

He immediately turned his head and signaled to Zhao Qinghe: "Stop, stop!"

The military equipment on the city gate had already creaked and turned, the shells were loaded, and they were about to light the fuse; being roared at like this, they stopped on the spot.

Just at this moment, the Soul-Sucking Mirror suddenly reminded He Lingchuan that there were shadows flickering in the square not far away.

Under the cover of night and the shadows of buildings, it was attempting to bypass the beast herd and run toward the city gate tower.

He Lingchuan looked closely, eh, isn't this Zhou Ming who climbed down the rope earlier and disappeared into the thick fog of the city gate? How did he appear in the city? Zhou Ming approached cautiously, having been exposed in the wilderness twice, and Zhao Qinghe and the others also discovered him, exclaiming: "Zhou Ming? Quick, quick, come up!"

As soon as the words fell, monsters discovered Zhou Ming. With a roar, seven or eight monsters pounced over.

Zhou Ming could no longer care about cover and strode toward the city gate.

The two sides were nearly a hundred zhang apart, and his companions were all cheering him on; He Chunhua also said: "Go pick him up, quick!"

Asking about Zhou Ming's experience might reveal the mystery of the city gate.

But before they had time to send people to meet him, dozens of monsters rushed out from the streets and alleys, cutting Zhou Ming off.

He dodged and weaved, using all his ability to dodge and move, but the number of monsters was truly too large, and there was no lack of agile ones.

In the end, the Yuan people on the city wall could only watch helplessly as he was submerged by the monsters, their hearts full of frustration.

In fact, everyone held the thought of "at worst, jump off the city and leave," but now that Zhou Ming suddenly appeared in the city, everyone finally understood that jumping off the city wall wouldn't help them escape! This is what you call being unable to fly even with wings; what to do? He Chunhua's face was livid.

Who could have such great magic to move Zhou Ming, who jumped off the city gate, into the city without anyone knowing? Most likely, it was the Great Fang Hu itself, right?

Because Zhou Ming appeared, the attention of most monsters was drawn away, and the attack on the city gate stairs weakened significantly.

At this time, two more shadows flashed at the end of the city gate square and ran into the streets of the city.

He Lingchuan saw it immediately; those were the other two personal guards who jumped off the city gate earlier.

They were probably intimidated by Zhou Ming's end and didn't dare to approach the city gate tower again, so they fled in the opposite direction.

But as soon as they moved, the surrounding monsters immediately noticed and turned to chase them.

He Chunhua calmed down and ordered his men: "Retreat into the wall, quick!"

He was also decisive, discovering that the monsters under the city gate had decreased, so he immediately abandoned the defense of the passage up the wall and let everyone retreat into the intermediate layer of the wall.

In fact, the thick wall was enough to protect most people.

No one wanted to be on the front line, and everyone was eager to retreat to save their lives. He Chunhua's order was popular, and everyone rushed back into the city wall impatiently and closed the doors.

Looking from under the city like this, the city wall was empty, and there wasn't a single person.

Of the two fleeing personal guards, one had already been caught and eaten, and the other was flying through the streets and alleys, using many tricks, and was about to jump into the river ditch. The space there was narrow, and the monsters might not be able to enter.

Just as he was about to succeed, a cold chill flew from somewhere and hit him accurately.

Before this person landed, his limbs went stiff, and he rolled twice after landing.

Only then did a big guy pace over unhurriedly, pick him up, and swallow him in one bite! He Chunhua, hiding in the sandwich wall, saw this monster, and cold sweat broke out immediately.

The monsters that came out earlier were strange in shape, and the biggest one was only one zhang and a half tall. But this guy was definitely over three zhang; standing up, it was the height of a two-story building, its body as thick as a bear, but with horns on its head.

Other monsters were very afraid of it and didn't dare to approach within ten zhang of it, only daring to lower their heads and follow behind.

If the Heishuicheng army had fired cannons or thrown stones earlier, creating a rumbling sound, this monster would have likely rushed straight to the city gate.

It was still the eldest son who had foresight.

No one wanted to provoke this big guy; thinking of the military equipment on the city gate, everyone felt a lingering fear.

"Leader." Qiu Hu whispered to He Lingchuan, "Finally saw the leader of this group of monsters."

He Lingchuan gave a hum.

With so many frost monsters, it would be abnormal if a few leaders didn't appear.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror in his arms asked him: "Wow, was this also arranged by you?"

He shook his head.

Everything in the city tonight was beyond his expectations, and the Great Fang Hu really arranged quite a few surprises for him, um, shocks.

Where did these frost monsters come from?

What is certain is that the pool well in the temple should lead directly to the Great Fang Hu. In other words, these frost monsters came out of the Great Fang Hu.

That was strange.

He didn't remember these ghost things in the world inside the pot at all!

That red light was simply like poking a monster's nest.

Wait a minute, a monster's nest? A strange thought popped into his mind. Perhaps, probably, these monsters were indeed not native to the Great Fang Hu? Sigh, tonight's operation should have been very simple, but with the Great Fang Hu messing around like this, the complexity has risen in a straight line.

The worst part was that he himself was also facing a life-threatening danger.

This pot really never saves him any worry.

After eating the snack, the giant monster was still unsatisfied; it looked around, sniffed a few times against the wind, and paced toward the city wall step by step.

He Chunhua ordered quickly: "Go hide in the middle sandwich wall, don't move, don't make a sound!"

The Nanchengmen had two barbicans and three walls; everyone retreated to the partition wall of the first barbican, leaving the outermost side to the monsters.

They had just hidden well when the giant monster also arrived at the foot of the wall.

The inner wall was much higher than it, and the giant monster could only barely lift its head to get close to the small hole in the wall and sniff carefully.

Between its breaths, it sprayed tiny ice crystals, and whatever it touched, whether it was the wall or the passage inside, formed a thin layer of frost.

If it sprayed on a person, at the very least, they would be paralyzed.

It sniffed around, seemingly a bit confused, and reluctant to leave.

But at this moment, a loud explosion suddenly came from inside the city, boom—

No one knew which team had set off a big thunder.

The giant monster immediately turned its head and ran toward the source of the sound.

Other small monsters also followed behind, moving majestically all the way, and the team grew larger and larger.

Only then did He Chunhua breathe a sigh of relief.

This adventure was becoming more and more bizarre.

(End of chapter)