Boom!
The crash of a collapsing wall erupted in the night. Rubble flew, and dust billowed into the sky.
The residents of Peach Blossom Spring Town jolted awake. Some threw on clothes and rushed out of their homes, some opened their windows and peered out, and others instinctively thought there had been an earthquake.
The streetlights still shone with steady white light, illuminating the rising dust as brightly as daylight.
Zhi Zhou was the first to arrive.
He had been on night watch at the Watchtower by the town entrance and rushed over with his sword when he heard the noise.
When he passed through the dust and saw the scene before him, he froze as though nailed to the spot.
The Qipao Weird, in Lin Wanqing's form, stood before the rubble. Her plain-colored qipao was torn in several places, a trickle of blood hung at the corner of her mouth, and her right arm dangled limply at her side, her shoulder caved in.
Her gentle face was now filled with anger and anxiety, her eyes fixed on what lay ahead.
Opposite her stood a Weird with blue-green skin.
Humanoid and female, she stood beneath the streetlight, which illuminated her icy face with perfect clarity.
She was not human.
There was no need for Monitoring Glasses to tell that. Her chilling aura and appearance alone made it clear.
Yet she stood right there on the streets of Peach Blossom Spring Town, directly beneath a streetlight, seemingly unconcerned that this place was forbidden ground for Weirds and Fierce Beasts.
"A Weird? How is that possible?"
Several guards arrived behind Zhi Zhou. When they saw the scene before them, disbelief filled every face.
Since Peach Blossom Spring Town had been founded, no Weird had ever dared set foot inside.
That was the