Chapter 716: Senior Ye, Save Me! (10/10, Autumn Subscription)

Unlike Fang Yue, Captain Wu was a true Native.

Growing up in Mo Cun, everything he saw and heard was bounded by the视野 of a small village.

In his understanding, a big city like Chunuan City should have extremely strict, capable defenses against the Gui.

Even if it might not match Mo Cun's heaven-defying ancient formations, it should at least have the proper look and substance.

But looking at the formation below, it seemed Chunuan City's ability to resist the Gui was actually inferior to what Mo Cun once had!

Clearly, Captain Wu had underestimated Mo Cun's ancient formations — that thing, in a sense, was comparable to Lord Han personally garrisoning a village; its safety was far beyond what a mere Chunuan City could match.

The disturbance below quickly spread to the surroundings; one Gui after another revealed their true forms, chasing down and tearing at the crowds nearby.

"Match suspended! Priority kill the Gui! Priority kill the Gui!"

The Blue Guard of Blue Coral and the Green Guard of Green Division, responsible for order, all roared out as they tried to organize personnel.

Yet the Heaven Alliance, which should have stepped forward at this moment, had completely vanished without a trace.

It was Yang Diandian of Blue Coral who forcibly called people over to form a temporary squad to fight the Gui.

Yang Diandian suddenly found herself missing Dou Hongyi, who used to bicker with her, even more.

But偏偏 at this moment, Dou Hongyi — the boss of Green Division, who should clearly be the most professional and most responsible for this matter — was not on the scene.

Although people had already been sent to Green Division to request support, in such a chaotic situation, whether they could hold out until Green Division's reinforcements arrived was uncertain.

The bustling spectacle of the Martial Decision had drawn virtually everyone in Chunuan City together.

Under the flickering firelight, shadows of people layered upon one another.

With so many people, even their Blue Coral could not control the chaos.

"The Gui really picked a fine time — and they're all acting together at once. Could there be a Gui with awakened spiritual intelligence hiding among them, acting as commander?"

Most Gui have low spiritual intelligence, but one cannot rule out some special Gui with exceptionally high intelligence who can understand strategy.

Originally, Gui were already stronger than humans; add strategy on top of that, and they only become harder to deal with.

Just as Yang Diandian was thinking this, she suddenly turned around and saw a familiar figure in the distance, rushing toward them at full speed — it was none other than… Dou Hongyi!

Yang Diandian was instantly thrilled.

"Over here! Come here quick! Martial Decision day, the Gui are running rampant! This is our moment to earn great merit. Today, the two of us will put aside past grudges and join hands to do something big…"

Yang Diandian was still speaking when her voice suddenly trailed off, because she realized something was off.

The expression on Dou Hongyi as she ran toward them was panicked and desperate, her face full of terror, as if a god of death were chasing her from behind.

Even though she clearly heard Yang Diandian's shout, she acted as if she hadn't heard it at all; instead, her gaze swept rapidly about, as if searching for something.

Suddenly, Dou Hongyi seemed to have found her target. After a brief pause on her face, a wild joy — like that of someone who had survived a calamity — instantly bloomed, and she dashed forward at once.

"Alliance Leader Tian Wangchuan, save me!!"

Tian Wangchuan?!

Save him?

Following the direction Dou Hongyi was running, Yang Diandian indeed saw Tian Wangchuan — the Alliance Leader of the Heaven Alliance — in a wretched state after losing an arm, his chest bared to reveal a massive cross-shaped wound frozen by frost, within which the beating of his heart was clearly visible!

How could this be?!

Yang Diandian stared at Tian Wangchuan in disbelief — he was the strongest person in their Chunuan City, how could he have fallen into such a wretched state?!

Earlier, everyone had been paying attention to the battle on the high platform; later, when the Gui began harming people and the scene descended into utter chaos, Yang Diandian had lost track of the situation up there. She never expected that in the blink of an eye, Tian Wangchuan would have fallen to such a state, his injuries looking so severe.

Looking back up at the high platform, she saw two people standing there — like sovereigns above the heavens, gazing down upon all living beings!

They were none other than Yese Liming, and that 'An Dong'er'!

The Alliance Leader of Heaven had actually been defeated?!

After closing to a certain distance, Dou Hongyi also saw Tian Wangchuan's miserable state. She froze for a moment, then kept running toward him.

Seeing this, Yang Diandian grew even more puzzled. She and Dou Hongyi were evenly matched in strength; if even Dou Hongyi was willing to swallow her pride and beg for help, then what had Dou Hongyi encountered?

Looking toward the direction Dou Hongyi had come from, Yang Diandian's pupils abruptly contracted, and every hair on her body stood on end.

She saw, in the direction Dou Hongyi had come from, a humanoid shadow — its head crowned with a white halo, its entire body constructed of densely packed tiny hands — walking toward them step by step!

Gulp!

Just one glance, and Yang Diandian recognized the newcomer.

She swallowed, and trembling all over, uttered those three words.

"Nuomian Gui!!!"

They had, time and again, organized many patrols and encirclement operations against the Nuomian Gui, all of which ultimately came to nothing.

Especially later, when various Gui kept popping up and draining their attention, it became even more impossible to track down the Nuomian Gui.

Coupled with the Nuomian Gui's sudden quietness, they had all tacitly stopped bringing up the matter of the Nuomian Gui.

Who would have thought that on this special day of the Martial Decision, the Nuomian Gui would actually show up!

That's right — it was the massive gathering of human presence today that had attracted the Nuomian Gui! That had attracted all those Gui潜伏 in Chunuan City!

In a sense, the Martial Decision was both a grand festival for everyone in Chunuan City, and a grand festival for the Gui!

Yang Diandian's face darkened as she shouted for people to go support Tian Wangchuan and surround the Nuomian Gui, while she herself took a small group to deal with the lower-level Gui causing trouble.

There was no choice — the Nuomian Gui's strength was simply that of a mid-tier or even high-tier disaster-class Gui! It was absolutely not something she could handle!

The Alliance Leader of Heaven — only the Alliance Leader of Heaven could fight this Nuomian Gui!

But to her surprise, the moment Dou Hongyi reached Tian Wangchuan's side, Tian Wangchuan kicked her to the ground. Tian Wangchuan then looked up in terror at a certain someone still on the high platform; his heartbeat steadied slightly, and he fled in panic, choosing a direction at random.

Judging by the route he took, he was clearly heading for the Heaven Alliance headquarters!

Dou Hongyi was stunned for a moment, a flash of viciousness crossing her eyes.

But Tian Wangchuan's accumulated authority over the years kept her from daring to act rashly; she could only swallow her anger.

Watching Tian Wangchuan flee with his tail between his legs, she couldn't help but spit on the ground, then raised her voice and ran toward the direction with the most people.

"Senior! Senior Ye! The Nuomian Gui has already appeared, the objective has been achieved — it's time to act and finish this!"

"Senior! Senior, where are you?"

"Senior Ye, save me! Save me! The Nuomian Gui is about to go on a killing spree!!"

Senior Ye, who is he calling for?

Wait! Could it be…

Yang Diandian's heart jolted. She instinctively raised her head to look at the high platform, and there, beneath the night sky, Fang Yue was carrying Captain Wu, plummeting like a falling sky, leaping down toward the path of retreat from Tian Wangchuan!

The make-up updates from the day before yesterday are finished.

Yesterday's two updates will be made up this afternoon.

Today's update will be posted in the evening.

(End of this chapter)