Chapter 965: Return to the Capital! (2/2, begging for monthly votes)

Rolling Black Cloud, a sky full of eerie beings plummeting like meteors, as if the end of the world had come.

This scene left Niu Niu gripped by terror.

Such a massive number of Wuyu Clan eerie beings crashing down like a meteor shower — this scale was no less than what had happened back at Mo Cun.

"Something's wrong! Everyone follow me out, we'll regroup with the others first!"

You Xingchen's face darkened, and he took the lead, charging out.

The others exchanged glances, then followed behind.

Niu Niu, trembling, hid among the crowd and spoke to everyone in a low voice.

"Family, the situation looks bad. This mess in Jingcheng is even more outrageous than I imagined. I thought getting far away from the Blazing Fire Sect would let us dodge disaster, but Jingcheng is even more dangerous! I say we should run for it right now!"

Jing Yan, carrying Qing Chen, followed at the back of the group and shook his head slightly: "You don't need to worry too much. This is Jingcheng after all. If even Jingcheng can't handle this crisis, then nowhere in all of Qing Guo would be safe. And don't forget — Jingcheng has the Nation-Protecting Stone Lions. That thing still seems to have an undefeated record."

"But I've also heard that thing can only be commanded by His Majesty the Emperor. No one else can drive it. And we don't even know where the Emperor is right now. By the time he comes back to destroy that eerie Spirit Tree, it'll be too late — we'll all be dead!"

Even so, Niu Niu's words still managed to shake some people's hearts.

You Xingchen clearly heard Niu Niu and the others' conversation, but he only swept them a cold glance before continuing to lead the charge against the Wuyu Clan eerie beings.

With a thunderous explosion, You Xingchen's sword sent the Wuyu Clan eerie being before him flying — yet more Wuyu Clan eerie beings closed in from the distance, surrounding them. At the same time, the black meteor shower in the sky kept falling, and every now and then new Wuyu Clan eerie beings would drop into You Mansion.

Sounds of battle had already risen from every corner of You Mansion.

He had barely had a moment to observe the situation when three Wuyu Clan eerie beings suddenly lunged at him from three different angles. To make matters deadly, Niu Niu behind him let out a scream — clearly more eerie beings were charging toward the weaker members at the rear.

"Leave the rear to us!"

As the three eerie beings attacked, he severed their insect limbs with three sword strikes and was sent staggering back — only to have someone catch his retreating form.

"There are people protecting the rear. You don't need to worry about their safety."

Xu Shu's voice gradually calmed You Xingchen down.

Looking back, he saw the ground behind them covered in frost — those wearing Extreme Ice Sect uniforms were locked in combat with the Wuyu Clan eerie beings.

Those people were, unmistakably, the elite disciples of the Extreme Ice Sect whom Fang Yue had brought back to Jingcheng to reinforce.

One Elder among them was fighting with such tremendous force that he was suppressing the Wuyu Clan eerie beings.

Only then did You Xingchen set his mind at ease. At the same time, more You Mansion disciples, along with Qing Si and Qing Wei personnel, began pouring out from within You Mansion to provide support.

The situation gradually eased, but You Xingchen still couldn't feel happy no matter what.

Because before long, casualties began appearing on their side.

Most of these Wuyu Clan eerie beings took the form of insect-shaped white bones, roughly two to three meters tall. Each one possessed considerable individual strength — every one of them was around Calamity-level. If the bone color was darker, their strength was even greater.

Fortunately, no Fiend-level Wuyu beings had appeared yet — otherwise…

The instant You Xingchen thought this, the courtyard wall was suddenly smashed open by something, and a black shadow charged toward him as if catching his scent.

"What the hell is that?!"

You Xingchen hastily raised his sword to block, and his body was immediately blasted over ten meters away by Supernatural Strength. When he finally stopped and looked up ahead—

He realized that what had sent him flying was, unmistakably, an insect-shaped black-boned eerie being standing a full five meters tall!

In appearance, it bore some resemblance to the white-boned Wuyu Clan eerie beings, but compared to an ordinary insect, its skeletal form was closer to that of an ant.

Its entire body was composed of enormous pitch-black bones, shaped like an ant.

Only the head took the form of a white-boned skull.

Every one of its legs was sharp as a divine weapon, easily slicing through human bodies and causing mass casualties.

"Fiend-level… eerie being!"

You Xingchen's face darkened. At that moment, the eerie being had already shifted direction, its six legs moving rapidly beneath it, and in an instant it crashed into the Extreme Ice Sect disciples behind.

"Watch out!"

Amid You Xingchen's cry of alarm, the Black Insect Eerie's limbs swung like afterimages, forming a dense black whirlwind.

The next instant, the black whirlwind vanished.

The surrounding Extreme Ice Sect disciples were sliced into pieces on the spot, their faces still frozen in expressions of shock and terror, their body parts scattered across the ground.

"You brazen eerie being!!"

With a thunderous roar, You Xingchen charged forward and immediately engaged the Black Insect Eerie in combat.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!!"

Not far away, Niu Niu was so scared he tumbled to the ground in a sorry heap, scrambling backward on all fours. Waizui Xiaowang in front of him yanked him up with force, slung him over his shoulder, and carried him away at a brisk pace.

Ahead of the two of them was Ye Shao, who ran while shouting back over his shoulder.

"Niu-ge, keep up with me, run faster!!"

Beside them was Jing Yan, panting heavily, carrying Qing Chen on his back, drenched in sweat, looking as if he might collapse at any moment.

He clearly wanted to say something, anxiously pointing ahead.

Niu Niu's gaze followed — his pupils instantly shrank, and his heart nearly stopped.

He saw a Black Insect Eerie burst out of the ground ahead of them!

"T-t-turn… turn around…"

Niu Niu was so terrified he started stuttering. The others' faces all changed drastically as well, but even slamming on the brakes, at this distance they were about to collide.

And the nearest reinforcements, because of their panicked running, couldn't reach them in time.

It's over!

The group's faces went ash-gray as they watched the Black Insect Eerie fully emerge from the ground and open its bony mandibles, too terrified to move.

And at that very moment…

Boom!!

A thunderous explosion suddenly erupted from the direction of the great hall behind them.

Accompanying the explosion was a figure moving at extreme speed!

Almost without pausing, that figure charged straight at them, accompanied by a sudden flash of black light, crossing past the black Guai in front of them!

Buzz—!!

A sharp ringing of a sword sounded, and the head of the black Guai was severed on the spot, falling down.

"... D-dropped, dropped, dropped... head?"

Only now did Niu Niu, still trembling, finish the sentence about turning tail and running, except this "turning" was not that "turning."

Staring in astonishment at that black shadow, they saw that black shadow not even pause for a moment, sweeping across the entire field like a black whirlwind—wherever it passed, insect limbs flew about, and the Wuyu Clan Guai fell one after another.

In just over ten seconds, the majority of the Wuyu Clan Guai had fallen, greatly easing the pressure on everyone.

(End of this chapter)