Chapter 39

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Accompanied by Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui, and Wu Meng's unrestrained laughter, Xu Haoran's face gradually turned white, then blue, then purple, and finally black. The veins on his forehead prominently protruded, like earthworms wriggling beneath the skin. The anger hidden beneath his eyes could no longer be contained, and it was about to erupt like a volcano.

At this moment, from the originally empty wilderness outside the city walls, the sound of breaking air could be heard. Over a hundred figures staggered towards the city gate. Hearing the distant footsteps and the desperate cries for help from over a hundred people, Xu Haoran's heart sank, and he thought to himself:

"It's over! The Mystic Valley has been breached."

Lifting his eyes to look into the distance, his heart bled even more, for within his line of sight, he could only see over a hundred figures.

"Could it be that out of my thousand family disciples, only a hundred remain, and the rest have all died in battle?"

Thinking of this, a mouthful of blood surged up his throat. Xu Haoran forcefully swallowed the blood, turned his head, and glared fiercely at Xu Haoliang beside him, his anger evident in his eyes.

Xu Haoliang, standing beside him, was also dumbfounded. He had expected that the thousand disciples of the family would suffer some losses, but he never imagined such a massive loss. If he had foreseen this outcome, he would rather die than have done it that way. He would have sent more family experts, not just Xu Haoran's direct lineage, and he would not have limited the number of experts. At this moment, Xu Haoliang felt like dying; he really didn't know how to face the elders of the family, and he stared blankly at the approaching hundred people.

At this moment, although Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui, and Wu Meng had stopped laughing, the smiles on their faces were even more pronounced. Thinking of the Xu family's losses and the fact that the Xu family's thousand-year legacy was about to become theirs, they felt as refreshed as if they had drunk iced water on a scorching summer day. Their three faces smiled like three chrysanthemums.

The over a hundred figures gradually drew closer, and the few people on the city wall watched the fleeing figures with different thoughts. Suddenly, Xu Haoliang, who had been standing there in a daze, jumped up from the ground and shouted loudly:

"Brother, those are not our Xu family people, those are not our Xu family people!"

Hearing Xu Haoliang's shout, Xu Haoran was taken aback. He raised his eyes and looked carefully, and indeed, they were not his family members. At this moment, the expressions of Li Wanpeng, Xiao Rugui, and Wu Meng changed, especially Li Wanpeng's, which turned frighteningly dark. Because everyone had now recognized that the figures running towards the city gate were the people from the City Lord's residence, and the one running at the front was none other than Li Wanpeng's younger brother, Li Wanbao.

At this moment, Li Wanbao was in a wretched state, his clothes torn, and his face filled with fear. From a distance, he saw the City Lord Li Wanpeng standing on the city wall and, with a sobbing voice, shouted:

"Brother, it's bad, the demonic beasts are attacking from the official road!"

"What?"

Li Wanpeng was startled, filled with questions, but there was no time to think. It was his own younger brother, and from their wretched appearance, it was clear that a large number of demonic beasts were chasing them. They seemed to have almost exhausted their true essence and could not fly up to the city wall. Thus, he anxiously shouted:

"Open the city gate!"

The soldiers guarding the city gate immediately opened the gate in a panic. After the over a hundred people rushed into the city gate, they quickly closed it again. As soon as Li Wanbao entered the city gate, he let out a sigh of relief, and his spirit relaxed. He plopped down on the ground, and the others also felt a sense of survival, which made them suddenly feel dizzy and weak, and they swayed and fell to the ground one by one.

Seeing his younger brother and subordinates in such a wretched state, Li Wanpeng's heart was filled with anger. He shouted down at them:

"Get up here!"

Li Wanbao shuddered, trembling as he got up from the ground and staggered towards the city wall. The disciples behind him also struggled to get up, their faces pale, and they followed Li Wanbao with their heads down.

When they reached Li Wanpeng, Li Wanbao and the others "thud" to the ground, kneeling before Li Wanpeng, their faces filled with sorrow, not daring to make a sound.

"What happened?" Li Wanpeng asked in a low, stern voice.

"Brother!" As Li Wanpeng asked, Li Wanbao's tears flowed, and he sobbed:

"Brother, I don't know what happened! The demonic beasts suddenly attacked from the official road, covering the sky and the ground, stretching as far as the eye could see. As you know, there is no defensible position on the official road. In an instant, the group was swallowed by the demonic beasts. By the grace of heaven, I saw the opportunity early and turned to run before the demonic beasts reached us. That's how I managed to save my life and come back to see Brother! Otherwise, Brother and I would have been separated forever, Brother!"

Li Wanbao crawled forward two steps, reached out, and hugged Li Wanpeng's leg, sobbing loudly. Li Wanpeng stared blankly at Li Wanbao, who was hugging his leg, then suddenly grabbed Li Wanbao's collar and lifted him up, asking in a trembling voice:

"You mean the demonic beasts attacked from the official road?"

"Yes, Brother!" Li Wanbao wiped the snot from his face.

Li Wanpeng let go of his hand, and Li Wanbao fell back to the ground. The city wall was silent, with only heavy breathing. Besides Li Wanpeng, who looked defeated, Xiao Rugui, Wu Meng, and Xu Haoran all had heavy expressions, their faces not looking good.

Xiao Rugui and Wu Meng immediately thought that if the demonic beasts attacked from the official road, after swallowing the people from the City Lord's residence, they would have three choices.

One is to retreat back to Fangtian City, which seems unlikely. The second is to follow Li Wanbao and the others, attacking Zhongdu City, which would depend on whether a beast tide would appear outside the city. The third is to attack the Cangmang Mountains, striking from behind the Xiao, Wu, and Xu families. In this case, the Xiao, Wu, and Xu families would be caught between two fronts, completely enveloped by the beast tide.

Li Wanbao fled early, seeing the opportunity, and managed to escape. The remaining three families, if they were completely enveloped by the beast tide, would likely not survive, and even if they did, there would be very few.

Seeing Li Wanbao still sobbing, and thinking of his early retreat, which put the disciples of his family in danger, everyone's hearts were filled with hatred and anger, and they glared fiercely at Li Wanbao.

Thank you, Bored Grass, for your concern. The weather is too hot, and work is busy, so writing is indeed very tiring. However, with readers like you, I am full of motivation, hehe.

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