Boom! Boom! Boom! Three tremendous explosions rang out in the east, south, and west. The fierce blasts lit up the entire town as bright as dusk. My heart tightened. It seemed the enemy's preparations were no less thorough than ours. Changsun De and Jian Long had gone all out. They had blown up all three city gates.
"The city gates have collapsed! Changsun De has sealed off every gate except the northern one! He's left only the northern exit!" Ao Fengxia said nervously. Over the past month, she had also relied on Phoenix Goldstone to reach the peak of the Demon Emperor realm. As soon as immortal qi arrived, she would be able to break back into the immortal level. Of course, after looking into her earlier claims about creating people, we learned that they had merely been smokescreens. Even now, several simple-minded male townsfolk were still hanging on her every word, willingly working themselves to the bone for her, yet none had managed to win the beauty's heart.
But those matters were too improper to bring into the open. He Nai and I both knew about them without saying anything.
"Changsun De and Jian Long knew we would definitely evacuate the townspeople, so they blocked three city gates and left only one for us to escape through. If we go out, we'll immediately fall into their ambush. What a vicious scheme," He Nai said.
"In the end, they still have to use the common people. What a pity. Those two can't be allowed to live." I gritted my teeth, then summoned Wang Yan and sent all the Funeral Ghosts out, preparing to protect the townspeople. Everyone gathered in the center of the town while we thought of another way to escape.
With the Funeral Ghosts handling things, the three