Chapter 2840

"Li Ruanyu! What happened?"

Li Ruanyu shook her head at Zhao Chi and said, "I was on my way back from Copper Rock Town when I was suddenly ambushed. There were over ten enemies, and they were very strong. I was caught off guard and hit by a barrage of skills in an instant—I couldn't move at all."

Zhao Chi stared in shock: "Then you…"

Li Ruanyu said, "At the moment of death, a Nuwa Stone fragment activated and gave me a few seconds of invincibility. Luckily I had your skill, otherwise I might have died over there."

"Very strong enemies? The ones I sent you information about?"

"I don't know… I couldn't identify the enemies, but there were 13 of them."

13…

Zhao Chi was certain the number he'd just seen was 10.

Probably another squad of werewolves.

Zhao Chi said worriedly, "It seems the werewolves who infiltrated aren't just that small squad I saw—there are more. What are werewolves this strong doing here? Specializing in assassinations?"

Li Ruanyu nodded and said, "Exactly. The 13 of them used a wide variety of skills. I was attacked without any time to react. Judging by that level of strength, they really are the enemy's elite assassination unit."

"Then there can't be too many of them, right?"

"Of course not. I can't figure out why they showed up there either… Copper Rock Town and Iron Bridge Village are our alert patrol zones, yet they managed to set up an ambush there without a sound… I have this feeling they came specifically for me?"

Zhao Chi frowned and said, "Came for you? That shouldn't be the case, right? They probably just randomly found one of our powerful lords to attack."

"Maybe. I need to hurry over now—my territory connection point is still there, I have to bring it back."

Gu Qing said, "Wait a moment, Sister Li Ruanyu. Tang Ruan and Qi Yue both just used their Clan Summon abilities, so neither can use it again. Zhuang Ya and I will link to you."

The instant they received Li Ruanyu's notification, Tang Ruan and Qi Yue used their Clan Summon abilities almost simultaneously.

Tang Ruan was a fraction of a moment faster.

Li Ruanyu was first summoned to Tang Ruan's side, and then immediately summoned again to Qi Yue's side.

So neither of them can summon Li Ruanyu again today.

Although the repeated summon wasted one of today's uses, this was something Zhao Chi had specifically arranged as a precaution.

After all, if there was only one person, they might be delayed by other matters.

With two people, it was much more reliable.

But judging by the results, both Tang Ruan and Qi Yue reacted very quickly.

Worthy of praise.

Facing Gu Qing's proposal, Li Ruanyu nodded.

"Alright, sorry to trouble you."

Zhuang Ya shook her head: "It's no trouble at all, but Sister Li Ruanyu, when you have time, you should convert to the Taoyuan race as soon as possible—otherwise it's too dangerous."

Li Ruanyu nodded: "Mm, but there's no time right now. Once this crisis is resolved, I'll definitely convert right away. I'm leaving now!"

Zhao Chi quickly said, "Wait a moment, take this."

He handed over the Nuwa Stone fragment and the Fuxi Qin fragment.

Li Ruanyu shook her head: "No need. I didn't use the Fuxi Qin fragment just now, only 1 Nuwa Stone fragment, and I still have 1 Nuwa Stone fragment on my side—it's fine. Luckily Gongsun Bai and Yu Chan didn't come with me, otherwise they'd be in danger too."

Gu Qing said, "Maybe those enemies chose you as their target precisely because no one was with you and you were alone."

Li Ruanyu nodded: "That's certainly possible… Alright, enough talking, I'm leaving first."

Zhao Chi quickly said, "Let me go with you. I have an extremely powerful Perception ability."

Li Ruanyu shook her head: "It's fine. Although those people are strong, they wouldn't dare linger too long. After a failed attack they'd definitely retreat immediately. Besides, I'll bring people with me. If they haven't left…"

Li Ruanyu's eyes hardened: "…I'll kill them all for revenge!"

With that, Li Ruanyu vanished.

Zhao Chi stood where he was, still a bit shaken.

The moment Li Ruanyu sent the distress signal, every pore on Zhao Chi's body stood on end.

Fortunately she was fine.

But those werewolves really are strong.

To think they could one-shot Li Ruanyu…

Although that was the result of 13 werewolves attacking together, as killers they were absolutely qualified.

The werewolves have some ruthless ones too.

But right now we still know too little about them. I'll ask Li Ruanyu again once she's done on her end.

At this moment, Lu Yi also ran out.

"Zhao Chi, what's wrong?"

Gu Qing, Zhuang Ya, and the other two women all turned to look at her.

Lu Yi was so startled she froze in place, not daring to come any closer.

Zhao Chi shook his head: "Nothing, just a small hiccup. It's already resolved."

"Oh, okay."

Gu Qing narrowed her eyes and said gently, "Sister Lu Yi, why are you standing so far away? Come closer, let us have a look at you."

"Oh, okay…"

Lu Yi wasn't stupid.

Seeing Gu Qing and the others' looks, and the way they looked at Zhao Chi, she could guess that all four of them were definitely Zhao Chi's women—probably among the seven women he had mentioned.

In a sense, they were all Lu Yi's "sisters."

And during the battle just now, she had also seen that all of them were absurdly strong.

Meeting them now with no mental preparation, Lu Yi was very nervous.

But fortunately Gu Qing and the others were all very friendly. The two sides just did a brief self-introduction, then complimented Lu Yi for a while, after which Gu Qing and the others went off to their own tasks.

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