Chapter 240: Saving People, Wu Shuang's Doomsday

Longyou Year 48, April 17th

Only one hour left until dawn

On the south side of Yangyuan Peak, Yu Wentao saw the hundreds of pieces of Fire-Condensing Oil in the package, as well as more than a dozen torches. His face was instantly full of joy. He hurriedly lit the torches and then covered his whole body with Fire-Condensing Oil.

Just now, the Fire-Condensing Oil was limited, and he could only use it on the dewdrop parts. Now that it was so abundant, he directly crushed it and smeared it all over his body. Watching the white dewdrops on his body quickly fade away, his mood was finally not so heavy.

"Yu Wentao, what is the situation inside?"

Yu Wentao looked up and saw Yuan Cheng on the other side of the gully, as well as more than a hundred people in light golden armor beside him, who were dragging a few large trees, clearly preparing to build a bridge. He immediately shouted loudly:

"Don't come over, this ghost hasn't appeared yet. Once you get close, many white dewdrops will grow on your body. The dewdrops will heat up and burst, and blue flames will emerge. Applying Fire-Condensing Oil is useful!"

By the gully, Yuan Cheng's expression sank. He immediately waved his hand to stop the crowd who were preparing to build the bridge, then looked down at the white dewdrops emerging from his own arm, and quickly took out Fire-Condensing Oil and applied it on his body.

"First use Fire-Condensing Oil to cover your whole body, don't let the dewdrops spread!"

Yu Wentao's reminder was clearly a bit late. Not only himself, but at this moment, the more than a hundred Great Xia people by the gully were also starting to grow dewdrops on their arms and faces.

Learning that the dewdrops would heat up and explode, Yuan Cheng no longer dared to be the slightest bit careless and immediately asked everyone to stop and apply Fire-Condensing Oil first.

"The Lord's guess was too accurate. This Yang Dew encampment really has a problem. Fortunately, we brought a lot of Fire-Condensing Oil, otherwise, we would really have to fall here."

Watching the more than a hundred Great Xia people constantly taking out Fire-Condensing Oil from their waist bags and applying it on their bodies, Yuan Cheng's face was full of fortune.

Just now at the Beehive encampment, Xia Chuan ordered him to bring people to Yang Dew to help Yu Wentao and specifically instructed him to bring some Fire-Condensing Oil. He didn't understand it at that time, but now seeing the weird blue flames around Yangyuan Peak, he suddenly understood.

Seeing that everyone had applied the Fire-Condensing Oil and the white dewdrops on their bodies had all disappeared, Yuan Cheng turned his head to look at Yu Wentao behind the big fire and immediately gave an order:

"Use Fire-Condensing Oil to suppress the big fire in the gully!"

He had seen with his own eyes that the first iron arrow coated with Fire-Condensing Oil could suppress the big blue fire in the gully. As long as the big fire could be suppressed, Yu Wentao behind the gully would naturally be able to escape.

More than a hundred people moved upon hearing the order and immediately shot iron arrows coated with Fire-Condensing Oil toward the bottom of the gully.

Chi chi…………

The blue flames in the gully were indeed suppressed by the Fire-Condensing Oil, gradually shrinking from tens of meters high to more than ten meters, and finally lowering to below the gully.

Hu…………

The moment the flames were lower than the gully, a figure suddenly rushed over from the opposite side. Except for Yu Wentao who had been observing the fire, who else could it be!

In mid-air, Yu Wentao's expression was still a bit panicked, especially when he looked down at his chest and saw a few new white dewdrops emerging, his expression became even more nervous.

That large bag of Fire-Condensing Oil thrown over by Yuan Cheng was enough for him to apply to his whole body several times. The problem was that after he applied it again and again, he found that the white dewdrops would still grow out endlessly.

Especially the chest, which had been pierced by Li Xuantian's snake spear before. Although the injury was stabilized with Golden Sore Pill, the wound was always there. The white dewdrops were clearly abnormally bloodthirsty and very easy to recur at the wound position. No matter how much Fire-Condensing Oil he applied, new ones would constantly grow out.

"It's highly likely a location problem. Staying on Yangyuan Peak will keep growing white dewdrops. Continuing to stay here will also be death in the end. I can only gamble. If I can't jump over, I can only accept my fate!"

Just now, standing on this side of the gully, except for applying Fire-Condensing Oil on his body, Yu Wentao had not been idle at all. He saw very clearly that Yuan Cheng and the more than a hundred people on the opposite side of the gully, after applying Fire-Condensing Oil once, the white dewdrops on their bodies did not recur. This proved that it was highly likely Yangyuan Peak's problem.

The radiation range of that White Dew Ghost's ability was centered on Yangyuan Peak. The further away, the weaker its ability. Since that was the case, he must escape Yangyuan Peak first.

The problem was that a little white dewdrop had been added to his chest, and he was worried that he would be contaminated when jumping over the flames. This was also the reason for his panicked expression.

"The fire has already come down, it shouldn't, just jump over!"

Thoughts were flying in his mind, but in the end, it was only for a moment. Seeing that he was only one step away from the opposite bank, a rich joy appeared on Yu Wentao's face.

But this joy turned into horror in the next second!

"Want to run, it's not that simple!"

Boom…………

The blue sea of fire that had just been suppressed to the bottom of the gully actually rose up suddenly the moment Yu Wentao was about to cross over.

It was not that all of it rose up, but the flames below first gathered, then condensed into a fire snake, suddenly upward, rushing directly toward Yu Wentao's body.

Chi…………

The white dewdrop on Yu Wentao's chest burst!

The blue flame suddenly rose, and then quickly detonated the remaining dewdrops around the wound. From Yuan Cheng's perspective, it was Yu Wentao's chest that suddenly burst into a blue flame, and then his whole person was directly swallowed by the flames.

"Ah…………"

Yu Wentao in the flames instantly let out a fierce painful roar.

"Save him!"

Yuan Cheng did not have the slightest hesitation. He crushed two pieces of Fire-Condensing Oil with both hands, jumped up, directly hugged Yu Wentao who was flying from mid-air, and then used Fire-Condensing Oil to rub and apply on his chest non-stop.

The more than a hundred Great Xia people were not idle either. They quickly raised their bows and shot arrows, suppressing the blue flames that were still chasing Yu Wentao behind him.

"You have an injury on your chest, what's going on?"

"Ah... injured by Li Xuantian. This ghost should have just awakened. We didn't see the entity the whole time. This dewdrop is like a plague. It should be one of its attack methods. As long as there is a wound, it is very easy to be infected. Its body is likely still on Yangyuan Peak, don't get close to that side..."

Although the fierce pain was still continuing, Yu Wentao still endured and said everything he had roughly inferred.

Fortunately, Fire-Condensing Oil was still useful.

Under Yuan Cheng's constant application, the blue flames on Yu Wentao's body were soon extinguished, and the white dewdrops on his chest did not recur. Only at the wound position were many terrifying scars left by the flames.

"This flame can actually burn through the skin membrane!"

Yuan Cheng looked at the scars, his face full of shock. The skin membrane of the Cold-Resisting level was all reshaped. Ordinary flames, unless burned continuously, could not burn through at all. Just now, although Yu Wentao was surrounded by blue flames, the whole process from burning to extinguishing was only five or six breaths. Being able to burn Yu Wentao's skin membrane like this showed its power.

"Lord, the people over there are asking for help!"

Yu Wentao had already fainted. Yuan Cheng had just looked up when he heard the voice of someone beside him. Turning his head to look toward Yangyuan Peak, his gaze suddenly condensed.

"Help, Lord help!"

"Save us, save us."

"Woooo, I'm so hot, I'm so hot, save me..."

………………

On the opposite side of the gully, it was already crowded with people.

At a rough glance, it was estimated that there were thousands of people.

Just now, Wu Ying, Han Jiuli, and a group of Earth-Digging Realm members had disappeared, probably looking for other escape channels. Now, these people standing here were all from above the earthen mound.

Seeing that the vast majority of these people were ordinary people, and there were few Woodcutting Realm members, Yuan Cheng immediately realized that these should all be people from the previous Yang Dew encampment.

Their bodies were covered with white dewdrops, emitting an unusually creepy cold light in the night. Especially because the earthen mound side was an ice surface, the cold light of the dewdrops reflected on the ice surface, looking like a large group of ghosts from the underworld, crying for grievances and help.

Yuan Cheng looked down at Yu Wentao who was seriously injured and fainted, struggled for a moment, then gritted his teeth and asked: "How long until dawn?"

"At most half an hour!"

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Yuan Cheng turned his head to look at the opposite side of the gully again. Hearing those desperate cries for help, he finally made the decision to save people.

"Leave two pieces of Fire-Condensing Oil on each person, throw all the rest over, shoot all the arrows on your body, and after the flames are suppressed, build a bridge immediately. How many people can live depends on themselves."

"Yes, Lord!"

The Great Xia crowd heard the sound and immediately began to draw bows and shoot arrows, first suppressing the big fire in the gully. Immediately, two people rushed out, directly lifted the large trees prepared before, and placed them across the top of the gully.

Bang…………

"This black oil block can wipe away the white dewdrops on your body. Wipe it well before walking over the wooden bridge. How many people can come over depends on yourselves, quick!"

Yuan Cheng roared, directly threw the Fire-Condensing Oil on his body to the opposite side, and the rest of the Great Xia people followed suit, shouting while throwing the Fire-Condensing Oil to the opposite side.

This was undoubtedly the last straw for those who fled from the top of Yangyuan Peak.

Countless people began to scramble for the Fire-Condensing Oil. Those who were faster were applying it while rushing onto the wooden bridge, rushing toward this side of the gully.

Yuan Cheng's brows condensed. Seeing the scrambling behavior in the other party's crowd, he subconsciously wanted to roar, but thinking that even if he stopped it at this moment, it wouldn't have much effect, he could only endure it and continue to shoot arrows to suppress the flames under the gully.

In the face of intense fear of life and death, the good and evil of human nature were instantly magnified countless times.

"Son, I grabbed a piece, you run quickly, take that wooden bridge with the fewest people, you can't grab other bridges from others."

A father grabbed a piece of Fire-Condensing Oil, directly applied it to his son, and then painfully sent his son onto the wooden bridge.

"Brother, you run, you run, I have too many dewdrops on my body, it's too late, you quickly take Dad and Mom, run!"

An elder brother, for the sake of his family, directly gave up the opportunity to use Fire-Condensing Oil and let his younger brother take his elderly parents away.

"Ah Ying, you go, you go quickly, there is still a chance to live."

"No, I won't go, I won't go, if we die, we die together."

Young lovers all abandoned their own chances to survive and wanted the other party to escape, but in the end, love defeated fear and chose to die together.

"Woooo………… Dad, Dad where are you, I'm so hot."

A helpless child, unable to bear the scalding dewdrops all over his body, cried and looked for his parents who didn't know where they were in the crowd.

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The good side, although eye-catching, was ultimately only a minority.

On the several wooden bridges of the gully, more of what was staged was the drama of pushing and shoving. Everyone was afraid that they wouldn't be able to run out and began to scramble.

"Don't block the way, get out of the way for me, get out of the way, go to hell."

Even some vicious ones even directly pushed away those who were blocking the front.

Puchi…………

Yuan Cheng finally couldn't hold it anymore and directly shot and killed those malignant tumors. But even so, he knew very well in his heart that at this juncture, there was no possibility of stopping the riot, so he could only watch helplessly. "Suppress for another ten minutes, save the arrows!"

Estimating the time until dawn, Yuan Cheng gave the last order, then turned his head to stare at the people on the opposite side of the wooden bridge, hoping that more could run out.

The premise of saving people is to ensure one's own safety.

There were at most twenty minutes until dawn. These more than a hundred Great Xia people were all Earth-Digging Realm members and couldn't bear until dawn. He must leave time to find a hiding place for everyone, so he could only do this much.

"This ghost should have just awakened. We didn't see the entity the whole time. The dewdrop is like a plague. It should be one of its attack methods. As long as there is a wound, it is very easy to be infected. Its body is likely still on Yangyuan Peak."

Yuan Cheng looked down at the fainted Yu Wentao, recalled what Yu Wentao said just now, and then turned to look at Yangyuan Peak, his expression becoming a few shades more solemn.

Judging only from Yu Wentao's description, this ghost on Yangyuan Peak was much harder to deal with than the Wood Puppet and Mirror Immortal encountered before.

"Finally broke into Pingxi Plain, actually encountered a ghost awakening!"

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While Yuan Cheng was saving people on Yangyuan Peak, the Wu Shuang encampment, located in the northwest direction of the Beehive, was also erupting in an extremely intense battle.

!

The outskirts of the Wu Shuang encampment were surrounded by hundreds of pure black giant stones. These giant stones were more than ten meters high, between three and five meters wide, and the thickness was even more shocking, close to ten meters.

What was commendable was that with such large giant stones stacked together, the largest gap between them was only the width of a finger, which was simply tight to the extreme.

The entire giant stone formation had only one exit, located on the east side.

The exit was only more than three meters wide and more than six meters high. Theoretically, considering the height, thickness, and gaps of the giant stone outer wall, if there was a real battle, just guarding this place would basically make the entire encampment worry-free.

How difficult is it to guard a gap more than three meters wide?

The people of Wu Shuang might not have known before.

But now, they certainly understood!

The exit on the east side of the encampment had long been broken through, and the Great Xia people in light golden armor were rushing into the encampment like a tide.

And the defenders on Wu Shuang's side were all retreating steadily, and soon bumped into those people shooting arrows behind them.

"Brothers, kill!"

"Wanting to stop us with just this many people, dreaming!"

"One Earth-Digging Realm is 100 contribution points, brothers, charge!"

"Taking down the Beehive is all the credit of several Lords. We didn't exert much effort at all. This Wu Shuang should finally be our turn to exert effort."

"Brothers, don't be cowardly. If you don't want these big contribution points, I want them!"

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Just as the Great Xia charging people said, taking down the Beehive before basically didn't rely on these Earth-Digging Realm members. All the big troubles were solved by Xia Chuan taking a group of Cold-Resisting levels. These people, at most, shot arrows for a while after rushing open the Beehive iron gate.

It was not easy to have the opportunity to expedition to Pingxi Plain, but they ran from far away and didn't exert any effort at all. The fighting spirit accumulated in everyone's hearts hadn't been released at all, and they had long been suffocated.

At this moment, finally able to fight a hearty battle, and facing the Wu Shuang encampment with only more than five hundred defenders, the 1,500 intermediate hunting team members on the Great Xia side were all like they had been injected with chicken blood, frantically rushing forward.

If it could be said that the Great Xia people were all high-spirited as if injected with hormones, then the people on Wu Shuang's side were really like eggplants beaten by frost. The faces of the vast majority of them were still confused.

"Where did so many people come from?"

"Great Xia, is there an encampment called Great Xia in Pingxi Plain?"

"Didn't the leader take people to take down Yang Dew? How could there be so many people coming to attack us?"

"Not Longshan people, Great Xia, which encampment is it exactly?"

"Exit, how was the exit opened?"

………………

The front-row forces of the two sides had already been entangled together, but most of the people on Wu Shuang's side were still a bit confused. From this, one could see how serious the one-sided situation of the battle was.

Clang……

In the crowd, Hong Mu had already rushed to the front row. Just after using his blade to hack a Wu Shuang Earth-Digging Realm member to death, his helmet was shot away by an iron arrow, and a large blade followed closely, hacking into his shoulder.

"This... how is it possible!"

However, the owner of the large blade, seeing that it only hacked open the armor and didn't hurt Hong Mu's shoulder, instantly had his pupils shocked, his face full of disbelief.

"Mere ten-forged armor, how could it block my blade!"

Hong Mu turned his head. Seeing the dense patterns on that person's large blade, he immediately recognized it as a hundred-forged large blade. Noticing the huge pain coming from his shoulder bones, a touch of fortune instantly flashed in his eyes.

His basic strength was only nineteen thousand. Just now, that blade, he could clearly feel that the person in front of him had strength of at least twenty-five thousand or more, which meant that the other party was better than him in both cultivation and weaponry.

"Thanks to this ten-forged iron armor, mixed with Lei Kui skull, otherwise, with this blade, my arm would be gone!"

Hong Mu's fortune didn't last long. The first blade of the person in front of him failed, and the second blade immediately went for his head.

What was fatal was that just now, his helmet was shot off!

Hong Mu retreated in a panic, trying to retreat into the middle of the Great Xia charging crowd, but he had rushed too excitedly just now and was already very far from the crowd. It was impossible to retreat quickly.

Seeing that person's large blade hacking toward his skull, Hong Mu could only give up fleeing and hurriedly raised his blade to block and respond.

Crack…………

Hong Mu used one of the four Great Xia blades, the Barrier Blade. The blade body was narrow and short, which was the most flexible, so he easily blocked that person's large blade.

What was shocking was that after the two blades collided, there were actually signs of slight edge rolling.

"Also a hundred-forged blade, it's a pity your strength is not as good as mine!"

That person from Wu Shuang saw that Hong Mu was also using a hundred-forged blade. His face first showed a touch of surprise, but then he snorted coldly, his hands suddenly exerted force, directly pressing Hong Mu's body wildly backward.

His strength far exceeded Hong Mu's. This was the biggest advantage.

As long as Hong Mu was not allowed to retreat into the Great Xia crowd, killing him had no suspense, it was just a matter of time.

Hong Mu was pressed to retreat repeatedly, and it was retreating into the middle of the Wu Shuang defeated crowd. Realizing the other party's intention, regret instantly surged in his heart.

"After all, it is a giant camp. There must be quite a few experts inside. I shouldn't have rushed so fiercely. It's over now!"

Sou…………

An iron arrow attacked from behind his head. Hong Mu lowered his head to avoid it, but seeing more arrows flying toward him from behind, his heart instantly turned cold.

"Losing is losing, but I must kill a few of you to cushion my back!"

That person from Wu Shuang had the victory in his grasp, and a few ferocious smiles appeared on the corners of his mouth. Taking advantage of Hong Mu's desperate distraction, he suddenly withdrew his large blade and hacked down toward his head.

Bang…………

However, the scene he expected did not happen as scheduled.

That person was actually kicked flying for tens of meters by a foot, and his body directly smashed into the middle of the Wu Shuang defeated crowd, emitting a fierce collision sound, and smashed more than a dozen people flying.

With this power, he was definitely not going to live!

Hong Mu looked up and saw a burly figure standing in front of him wearing golden hundred-forged iron armor. A strong joy instantly erupted in his eyes.

"Father, why are you here?"

The one who kicked that person flying was actually his father, Hong Gang.

Hong Mu turned his head and saw that there were several more figures on the battlefield at some point, dressed similarly to his father, beating the already defeated Wu Shuang crowd into pieces. The joy in his eyes became even richer.

"Uncle Yong, Lord Zhu, Lord Lu... why are you all here?"

"Nonsense, if it weren't for us, how could you have rushed in so quickly."

After Hong Gang answered, his expression turned cold and he scolded: "If you have some strength, you don't know how much you weigh. I told you to try your best to stay with the hunting team members when you come out. Look at where you have rushed to?"

Hong Mu turned his head upon hearing this and saw that wave of Green Wolf team members fifty or sixty meters behind. His neck shrank immediately, and he gave a dry laugh twice.

"Father, I thought this time, only Lords Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and Zhao Long came. You are all here, then taking down Wu Shuang has no suspense."

"Originally there was no suspense. The Lord mainly wanted to train your strength. Look over there, that Cold-Resisting level of Wu Shuang is about to lose his life!"

Hong Mu looked in the direction of his father's eyes and found that a Cold-Resisting level battle was erupting in the core area of the Wu Shuang encampment.

"Duan Pingyu, I want your life!"

"Peng Bo, you dare to collude with extraterritorial forces to cause chaos in Pingxi Plain. I will definitely report to Lord Hou and let him punish you severely!"

"Whether you can live through today, I can't take the lives of Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli for the time being, so I will take your life first to sacrifice to my Yang Dew dead souls!"

Peng Bo's roar was earth-shaking. The hatred contained in the voice, even Hong Mu, who was far away, felt his heart hair-raising when he heard it.

"The Si Cheng and the other Lords didn't make a move the whole time?"

Seeing Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, and several other Cold-Resisting levels around that Wu Shuang person standing still, and the gazes of several people were basically staring at the Earth-Digging Realm battlefield, Hong Mu couldn't help but be stunned.

"I already said it was to deliberately train your strength. I also watched for a while just now. You fought too stinky. Lord Si Cheng's face doesn't look very good. I guess we will all have to be scolded!"

Hong Mu was stunned upon hearing this. Looking at the ground where he couldn't find a few Great Xia corpses, his heart was full of confusion.

"Fought so well, still have to be scolded, how is it possible?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 241 =====