When they caught up to the headmistress and her group, they were resting beneath a bus stop sign.
The old woman was advanced in years. Walking this far had already been her limit, and there was also a group of children with her—the oldest was only ten, while the youngest was five.
They had already reached their limit by making it this far. The headmistress was considering having Pangpang and Su Wuming take the children and leave her behind. Otherwise, she would only hold them back.
Children were naturally sensitive. They sensed something from the headmistress's expression and lowered their heads one after another, infected by her mood.
However, the moment Su Wuming arrived on his snowmobile, everyone was immediately filled with hope. Seeing the two door panels being dragged behind the vehicle, they instantly guessed what they were for.
Lin Pangpang drove, while the headmistress sat behind him. Ten children sat on the door panels, all of them young and light.
As for the remaining four children, Su Wuming simply scooped them all up, wrapping them in his arms as he ran behind the snowmobile.
As a Black Iron Nine-Star, Su Wuming possessed a full 2,000 kilograms of strength. Carrying four children was effortless for him.
Even against ordinary Demon Beasts of the same rank, it would not affect his fighting in the slightest.
After they started the vehicle and traveled some distance, a large number of Nunu Beasts suddenly poured out of an abandoned warehouse on a street to the side.
Then screams of all kinds drifted over from that street. Many of the children turned pale with fright, while the two youngest immediately burst into loud sobs.
That crying was no small matter. It instantly drew the attention of the Demon Beasts across the street, and several had already begun climbing over the buildings toward them.
The calmest ones at the sight of this were undoubtedly Su Wuming and Tu Tu.
The moment Tu Tu saw the huge, ugly Nunu Beasts, he immediately shouted for Brother Pangpang to fight the little monsters.
At Tu Tu's shout, Lin Pangpang twisted the throttle all the way down.
Tu Tu! Are you kidding? Your Brother Pangpang would only become rations if he went up there.
Didn't you see the half-eaten thigh it was carrying?
And does this kid even know what fear is? Lin Pangpang frantically complained inwardly.
"Wow, such a huge snowball! Is it going to have a snowball fight with us?"
Tu Tu's reminder nearly made Lin Pangpang's heart leap out of his chest.
"That's right, Tu Tu is right. It's having a... snowball fight with us!"
Su Wuming kicked away the incoming snowball just in time.
This won't do. More and more Demon Beasts will gather, and the snowmobile can't outrun them or kill them all.
Just then, six people on snowmobiles rounded the corner ahead. The young man in the lead was roaring into the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"Why hasn't the barrier at the North City Wall been activated? What is the Guard Team doing?!"
"Qin Ming!!!"
Lin Pangpang recognized the leading young man at a glance.
"Lin Pangpang! Right, you came from the north side of the city. What happened over there? Why wasn't the barrier activated?"
"Forget that for now. Help watch the children. I'll crush these few beasts to death first."
Su Wuming interrupted their conversation. His arms suddenly stretched out, passing the four children over to them.
Then, he twisted his arms into a rope-like spiral, using the rebounding force to punch the chests of the two charging Nunu Beasts.
[Rubber Spiral Bullet]!!!
The Nunu Beasts' Beast Crystals were in their chests, which was also their weakness. With Su Wuming's two punches, the two Nunu Beasts charging directly at him had no chance to dodge.
Their chests were pierced straight through by fists coated in Armament Haki.
As he retracted his fists, two Beast Crystals appeared in Su Wuming's hands, which he quietly stored in the System Space.
At this moment, the five people Qin Ming had brought also made their move. They were all Bronze Tier Spirit Martial Practitioners, and through their coordination, they quickly dealt with the Nunu Beasts chasing them from the other street.
Without bothering to clean up the battlefield, Qin Ming impatiently asked, "What happened in the north of the city?"
Su Wuming pointed at the snowmobile Lin Pangpang was riding.
"Snatched from the Guard Team, though they had stolen it from someone else. By now, there probably isn't a single Guard Team member left at the North City Wall."
"Fuck!!" Qin Ming was about to lose his temper when he suddenly remembered that the Guard Team included people his family had sent there. For a moment, he could only grit his teeth in hatred.
The reason he had brought people here was actually to pick up his cousin. His cousin's father controlled nearly half the family's power, so he had no choice but to obey.
"Say, Qin Ming, does it really matter whether the barrier is activated in this situation? The Demon Beasts came through underground, after all."
"No! It matters. You don't understand. What the barrier blocks isn't these low-level Demon Beasts, but..."
Roar—!!!!!!!
Before Qin Ming could finish, an earth-shattering roar came from the north of the city.
The roar of some unknown creature made everyone's eardrums ache. Several children clutched their ears and cried out in pain.
Qin Ming no longer needed to explain the barrier's purpose to Su Wuming.
Even with the cover of night, they could vaguely make out the colossal creature beyond the northern city wall.
"This is...?" Su Wuming's voice trembled slightly.
"A Frost Troll! A Peak Golden Rank Demon Beast, the ruler of countless Snow Demons in the Frost Forest."
Qin Ming explained with some difficulty. When he had received this information a few minutes ago, his reaction had been the same as Su Wuming's now.
Despair, fear, helplessness—every emotion surged into his heart.
It was likely that ninety-nine percent of Dry City's people had never seen such a colossal Demon Beast in their lives.
After all, it had been nearly a century since a Golden Rank Demon Beast had led an assault on the city.
"All personnel, proceed immediately to the Safe Zone for shelter! Spirit Martial Practitioners in the city, including Guard Team members, are to immediately assist in evacuating civilians. Those who disobey will be executed without mercy!"
At that moment, this announcement broadcast from signal towers throughout the city.
Then Su Wuming and the others saw more than a dozen Spirit Martial Practitioners in the air, each using their abilities as they flew toward the north of the city.
Suddenly, the space before them distorted, and Instructor Mo Lan appeared out of thin air.
The moment she appeared, she wasted no words and handed Su Wuming a map, with many locations circled in red.
"Find a way to block these two tunnel entrances nearest to you. Gather the civilians and head to the Safe Zone."
"O-okay, Instructor Mo Lan." Su Wuming had only just recovered his senses and hurriedly agreed.
Mo Lan dared to assign him this task because she had seen the people Qin Ming had brought with him.
At the same moment her words fell, the tunnel entrance in the warehouse on the neighboring street collapsed with a boom.
The few Nunu Beasts in front were crushed into pulp on the spot.
Instructor Mo Lan had done that, conveniently helping them resolve the immediate problem.
After finishing this, Instructor Mo Lan's figure flashed, and she vanished into thin air.
What she needed to do now was head outside the city, stop the Frost Troll's advance, and find out why these Demon Beasts had traveled such a great distance to attack Dry City.
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