"Wh-what is that?!"
Wang Xu's entire body tensed as he stared in horror at the countless threads falling from the sky as far as he could see.
From those threads, he vaguely sensed a terror that made his heart tremble violently!
"Fiends!"
"Those fiends from overseas!"
Yet at that moment, perhaps because of his wife, who had only recently become pregnant, or perhaps because of his mother, who was eating inside, he shuddered and instantly snapped to his senses.
"Run!"
At a thought, his Qi and Blood surged rapidly, his muscles bulged, and his bones cracked. His entire body shot up several feet in an instant, making him look like a giant. Almost in the same instant, he scooped up his pregnant wife, then smashed straight through the doorway, which now seemed somewhat low, and plunged inside.
Almost in the blink of an eye, he had an old woman slung over one shoulder and his wife in his arms. Ramming the wall with his other shoulder, he smashed through the courtyard wall and raced for his life toward the distant capital!
The villagers around him had yet to realize the urgency of the situation. Seeing Wang Xu burst straight through the courtyard wall, they were all startled.
"Village head, you..."
"Run! Everyone, run!"
"Go to the Great Capital!"
Wang Xu swept his peripheral vision over the villagers.
The last shred of responsibility in his heart made him issue that final warning.
Then he strode away like a gust of wind, vanishing from their sight.
"What is the village head doing?"
"The Village Head looks so frightening, just like those monsters in the storybooks..."
"Wait, what is that?"
"Quick, run!"
"Ah-"
The villagers' screams and cries for help, the rushing wind roaring past on either side so swiftly that it was