Chapter 43: Soul Beasts Attack the City, Five-Ten-Thousand-Year Windchaser Weasel Instantly Killed
While they were talking, Lan Zheng's communication crystal suddenly rang, and a somewhat panicked voice quickly came from the other end.
"Lord Lan Zheng, many people have arrived at the city gate, all from other gathering places, chased here by soul beasts."
"There are also a few soul beasts with strength exceeding ten thousand years lurking in the shadows."
After receiving the communication crystal, Lan Zheng and the others exchanged glances and quickly headed towards the city gate.
At the city gates of Blue Silver City facing the Star Dou Great Forest, many people who had rushed from various places gathered.
Initially, it was just people, and some soul masters who arrived first explained the situation to the city guard soldiers.
They were allowed into the city after it was confirmed that there were no issues, and they were not Fallen Soul Masters or wanted targets.
Later, they realized something was wrong; more and more people arrived, over one hundred thousand from various places, and even some soul beasts were mixed in, attacking humans from time to time.
This prompted the city guards at the gate to quickly call for reinforcements, requesting high-level soul masters to come.
And someone also notified the leaders of various departments within Blue Silver City.
Outside the city, a riot broke out among the people who hadn't entered yet, resulting in many casualties, some from soul beast attacks, and others from infighting among human soul masters.
Upon arrival, a Blue Silver Grass Soul Douluo released a large area of Blue Silver Grass, quickly enveloping a large group of people, lifting them swiftly. The next moment, countless thorns pierced out from the ground, impaling the soul beasts that remained on the ground one after another.
These were a group of rat-shaped soul beasts mixed in the crowd, chasing them all the way, and they could also burrow underground, making them difficult to deal with.
"Everyone, prepare to enter the city in an orderly manner. Anyone who dares to lay a hand on those around them will be killed."
After placing the people in a safe spot, he didn't forget to give orders.
And his men quickly moved through the vicinity, successively dealing with some troublesome soul beasts.
They also dealt with some individuals who were secretly killing people for treasures, or even killing just for the sake of it.
With his command, the other city guards naturally didn't hold back.
If someone was truly seeking death, they would be sent on their way, with the safety of Blue Silver City as the top priority.
"Windchaser Weasel, a fifty-thousand-year-old Windchaser Weasel."
"That guy actually chased us all the way here."
At another city gate, a greenish-blue weasel, just over a meter tall, floated, occasionally stirring up whirlwinds. As soon as it landed, bodies lay everywhere; the creature seemed to be playing, enjoying the thrill of killing.
Some of the gathering places where people came from were destroyed by this Windchaser Weasel leading the charge. Now, it had actually chased them all the way here, causing panic, commotion, and chaos.
And this naturally caught the attention of the Blue Silver City guards.
"A fifty-thousand-year-old Windchaser Weasel, worth killing."
Upon discovering the appearance of a fifty-thousand-year-old Windchaser Weasel, an eighty-fifth-level assault-type Soul Douluo, clad in golden armor, swiftly made his move.
His martial spirit was a set of golden bows and arrows. He drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and a terrifying pressure, accompanied by a golden arrow, shot through the air towards the Windchaser Weasel. The Windchaser Weasel's agile ears perked up, and upon spotting its opponent, it immediately ceased its actions.
It transformed into a storm and quickly retreated, its movements agile and cunning. The golden arrow was fast and could change direction to a certain extent, but it only grazed the Windchaser.
The speed of this Windchaser Weasel surpassed that of many speed-specialized Soul Douluos.
"Sizzle, sizzle."
Red blood from the Windchaser Weasel dripped onto the ground. It glared unhappily at the Soul Douluo on Blue Silver City's wall.
But it didn't continue the pursuit, as if it had played enough, or perhaps it sensed danger and abandoned the group it had been chasing earlier.
It headed in another direction.
However, while it was easy to come, it wasn't so easy to leave.
The figure who had previously drawn his bow and nocked an arrow didn't seem to make any further moves.
A golden arrow silently pierced the fleeing Windchaser Weasel.
Causing it to fall from the sky.
As the Windchaser Weasel's life force was destroyed by soul power, its eyes remained wide, filled with confusion. Hadn't it run away?
Why was it still hit?
Did it just die like that?
The death of the Windchaser Weasel somewhat relieved the panic of many "refugees," but they still rushed towards Blue Silver City.
This scene was also witnessed by those who had arrived at the city gate, eliciting surprise.
The most excited were the city guards.
"General Huang Yu's Shadowless Arrow is too powerful! Instantly killing a fifty-thousand-year soul beast with one arrow! He truly lives up to his reputation as a leader of Blue Silver Academy!"
"A fifty-thousand-year soul beast, that's a rare existence even deep within the Star Dou Great Forest. Now it's actually run into the human world."
"Just one arrow shot down a fifty-thousand-year soul beast. Blue Silver City truly has experts like clouds."
"I wonder if there's a soul bone?"
The fifty-thousand-year Windchaser Weasel still caused some commotion, and people even fantasized about the possibility of a soul bone appearing.
Some also felt it was a pity, thinking that if it had been killed by someone in need of a soul ring, this Windchaser Weasel would have provided an excellent one.
While others were lost in thought, Huang Yu, standing on the city wall, had sharp eyes and quickly discovered something. His figure moved like a phantom, swiftly arriving beside the Windchaser Weasel's corpse.
He placed both the corpse and the soul bone into his storage soul tool.
This scene also made people envious, as they already guessed that he might have truly gained something.
At the other city gates, many battles also took place.
There were humans and beasts. A Soul Emperor, wanting to be the first to enter the city, directly unleashed his soul power at the city gate, only to be instantly killed.
His identity or any special circumstances were completely disregarded.
In the eyes of the city guards, they had entered a state of combat readiness; anyone who disobeyed would die.
This also made everyone else behave. Regardless of their strength or background, people honestly lined up.
With the sacrifice of some lives, others also realized that there was basically no danger at the city gate, and most people returned to a "rational" state.
As many high-level soul masters from Blue Silver City arrived and successively left the city to kill soul beasts, the bloodthirsty soul beasts that had been chasing people discovered the danger. One after another, the soul beasts quickly dispersed; some returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, while others clearly headed in different directions.
These creatures were highly uncontrollable.
"These beasts are truly asking for it."
When Lan Lu, Lan, and Dugu Bo arrived, there was basically nothing left for them to do.
After all, there wasn't any particularly extraordinary combat power; the strongest were just the Windchaser Weasel and a few other ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
But they were instantly killed as soon as they showed their heads; the Soul Douluos of Blue Silver City were not to be trifled with.
In their youth, these individuals were all considered geniuses and even absolute prodigies by everyone, but many had disappeared from the eyes of other forces for quite some time.
Now, one by one, they emerged, unleashing the power of Soul Sages and Soul Douluos, allowing people to recognize the strength of Blue Silver City.
The rampage of the soul beasts and the large number of people entering the city also brought news that soul beasts had attacked various human gathering places the previous night.
This news also reminded people of the rumors that had spread the previous night, verifying part of the information. Many people exchanged glances, somewhat worried.
Anyone who wasn't a fool knew that trouble was coming for Blue Silver City.