Boom! Boom!
Lin Nan gripped a steel saber and led the Third and Fourth Squads out through the city gates, leaving only over a hundred crossbowmen atop the walls to provide cover.
"The beast tide will arrive soon. Rescue the people first—do not get drawn into battle," Lin Nan said gravely.
"Yes!" The two squad leaders, Wu Cheng and Zhang Tao, immediately led their men to rescue the survivors.
Lin Nan squeezed his legs, turning his warhorse around. Raising his great bow, he fired three arrows in quick succession at the woman in white who was slaughtering soldiers amid the crowd!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The arrows tore through the air, but the woman in white dodged every one. With light, swift steps, she rapidly lunged toward Lin Nan.
So fast!
She was nearly as fast as he was!
In the blink of an eye, the woman in white had reached him.
Lin Nan's pupils shrank, but he did not hesitate in the slightest. With a light step, he shifted backward and to the side, barely evading the woman's sharp claws.
"You dodged?!" Empress Lingxi's expression gradually turned grave. "No, you're not at the second level of the Sinews-and-Bones Realm!"
She moved like lightning once more, claw shadows dancing through the air and swallowing the spot where Lin Nan stood in an instant.
Wave-Treading Step!
Lin Nan unleashed his Wave-Treading Step to its fullest, evading several claw shadows. His figure flickered, yet rather than returning to the city gate—
He raced toward the beast tide instead. When he was only a thousand meters from the charging horde, he suddenly came to a stop.
This unusual action left Empress Lingxi momentarily stunned.
That was right—this had been his purpose in leaving the city.
Since the mole wanted to force him out of