Meeting an Old Friend

Liu Duanyue kicked away another monster that was about to pounce on him. The monster was kicked far away, but it quickly got up from the ground and charged at him again as if it were tireless.

He frowned, held the little girl in his arms tightly, and continued rushing out of the house.

"What should we do, Lord? I feel like all these monsters are chasing us!" The young man followed Liu Duanyue, his sword broken when he tried to stop the first monster.

The young man could only brandish a half-broken knife in front of the surging monsters, but how could that scare these mindless monsters? It only drew them closer and closer.

The young man panicked instantly. Seeing that the monster was about to surround the three of them, he couldn't help but ask the question.

At this moment, Liu Duanyue's expression was extremely ugly. He hadn't expected that when he went out to rescue someone, he would hear a child crying in this dilapidated house and go forward to save the child. Who would have thought that he would alarm so many monsters, and that many of them would even abandon the meat that was about to be eaten and turn around to rush towards them!

Liu Duanyue was still holding the child in his arms and couldn't move for a moment. He led the young man back into the house and kept looking for a new way out.

Those monsters were quite strong, and they broke through the door that Liu Duanyue had closed to block their way in no time.

Not only the gate, but even the courtyard wall here probably won't be able to stop them for long.

Sweat had appeared on Liu Duanyue's forehead without him noticing. He turned around, handed the child to the young man, and drew his sword again.

"After I open the door, stay close behind me. Once I create an opening, you take the child and rush out!" Liu Duanyue said solemnly.

The young man instinctively took the unconscious baby girl from him. After listening to the city lord's words, he was about to nod when he sensed something was amiss. "But city lord, if I leave with the child, what will you do?"

"I have my own way of getting out of here, you don't need to worry about it." With that, Liu Duanyue was already about to step forward to open the door.

But the young man wasn't so easily fooled. He wasn't stupid; these monsters would even abandon their prey if they had it in hand, so they must be after the two of them. He was just a small fry, and he hadn't made any enemies. They definitely weren't targeting him.

Since it wasn't him, then it could only be the city lord.

After he ran away with the child, whether the city lord would survive was another matter entirely. Having figured this out, he immediately grabbed the city lord's sleeve and said, "You must come with us! We came together, so we should leave together!"

Liu Duanyue ignored him, used her sword to cut the corner of her clothes, took two steps forward, kicked open the door, and began the melee with her sword raised.

There were many monsters, more than the young people had imagined.

Before he could even utter a word of persuasion, the city lord had already rushed in. Seeing this, the young man had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

Liu Duanyue was, after all, the city lord. He had been able to hold the position of city lord for so many years, so his abilities were naturally considerable. Even though these monsters seemed to be indestructible, he still managed to carve a gap in the encirclement with just his sword!

The young man followed behind him, feeling a sense of security he had never experienced before.

He kicked away a few more monsters, then shoved Liu Duanyue still-dazed young man aside. He then headed in the opposite direction from the young man, intending to attract as many monsters as possible and lure them all outside the city.

If he's lucky enough to run into the City Guard, he might be able to deal with these monsters; if he's unlucky, then he can only leave it to fate.

As soon as Liu Duanyue left, the surrounding monsters seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force, and they all frantically chased after him.

Even though the young people were standing nearby with their children in their arms, they were not affected in the slightest.

The young man was even more frightened by what he saw. He wanted to chase after the city lord to check on him, but he also needed to take care of the child in his arms. He stood there, caught in a dilemma.

Just as the young man was getting anxious, a familiar voice drifted into his ears on the wind. "Douzi, Douzi! Where is the city lord? Where are the City Guard?"

The young man immediately realized that it was the voice of a jailer he was on good terms with. He quickly looked around, but the surrounding streets were pitch black, and he couldn't see anyone at all.

The voice immediately turned impatient. "Hey, look up!"

Upwards?

Douzi looked up, puzzled, and her eyes widened instantly.

Several miles above his head, a massive longsword floated silently. Just as Douzi was about to cry out, a familiar head popped out, grinning at Douzi: "It's me! Impressive, isn't it? This is the sword of Spirit Transformation cultivator!"

Now Douzi didn't know whether to be surprised by the sword or by the arrival of a Spirit Transformation cultivator in their city.

"Why are you telling him all this useless stuff? Just ask him where the city lord is!" Duan Hanyi couldn't help but urge him.

Douzi overheard this and, without the jailer needing to ask further, immediately pointed in the direction. "The city lord just led those monsters in that direction. It seems he's trying to take them outside the city. Those monsters are acting strangely; they're all chasing after the city lord. The City Guard have been taken somewhere by Li Jie, and now the city lord is all alone. You must go and rescue him!"

Hearing this, Sang Ying peeked out and nodded to Douzi, "Thank you."

After speaking, she immediately spurred her flying sword and chased after Liu Duanyue in the direction he had left.

Douzi on the ground could see was a beautiful, otherworldly face that suddenly appeared in the night and vanished just as quickly as the sword. It was as swift as if it were just a dream the Douzi had had.

Meanwhile, Liu Duanyue's luck was clearly not so good. He successfully lured the monsters out of the city, but in doing so, he also attracted even more monsters. Originally, there were only one or two hundred monsters chasing him, but now the number had increased to four or five hundred!

Even the well-informed Liu Duanyue was taken aback by this number.

These monsters didn't seem to have run in from outside; it was more like they had been hidden inside the city and suddenly released.

The more Liu Duanyue thought about it, the more she felt that the person behind this had probably been plotting and scheming in Moonless City for a long time.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky. His only able-bodied son was not by his side, and the City Guard had been transferred away. He hadn't seen them even after being out of the city for so long.

It seems he is likely to lose his life here today.

Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well kill a few monsters to take with me before I die!

Liu Duanyue turned around, gripping his sword, and charged towards the group of monsters. Just as his sword was about to strike one of the monsters, a blinding white light suddenly entered Liu Duanyue's vision.

He quickly withdrew his hand, blocking the sudden white light.

"Why are you in such a hurry to die? Don't you want to see your old friends?" Jiang Zhuoxue looked at the man below and teased him gently.