The Horse Chopping Blade Great Soul Master, seeing that the Felt Hat Man intended to reveal the truth, wanted to speak up again to stop him, but Yun Ming glanced at him and said indifferently.
"If you say anything else unnecessary, I don't mind knocking you all out first!"
Hearing such an impolite threat from Yun Ming, the Black Armor Great Soul Master's expression turned ugly, shifting between shades of uncertainty.
At this moment, the Young Girl on the side also reminded the Felt Hat Man.
"Uncle, go ahead and tell them!"
Hearing the Young Girl's reminder, the Felt Hat Man recalled everything in the city and, with a hint of terror, blurted out a shocking piece of news.
"Saga City has had a massive outbreak of plague!!!"
"We didn't want to wait for death in the city, so we snuck out, only to be hunted down by the City Lord's Mansion."
'Shock!!!'
The Felt Hat Man's first revelation gave Yun Ming and his group a massive shock!
Regarding the fact that a plague was currently breaking out in Saga City, neither Yun Ming nor the Young Girl had heard anything about it before coming here.
The Felt Hat Man recalled the events and continued.
"About half a month ago, more patients with symptoms of the common cold appeared in Saga City than usual. Since it was the change of seasons, no one took it seriously at first!"
"It wasn't until three days later that this first batch of patients began to suffer from breathing difficulties and persistent high fevers. As the number of patients with these symptoms began to climb rapidly, the City Lord's Mansion and the residents realized that this wasn't a normal seasonal cold, but a plague similar to a cold!"
"After discovering it was a plague, the City Lord's Mansion immediately issued a lockdown order, mobilized physicians in the city to study treatments, designated isolation zones, requested help from outside, and so on. Furthermore, the City Lord of Saga City, Ye Chuan himself, gave a public speech in the city, expressing his determination to fight the plague, detailing measures, uniting the people, and comforting the populace."
"Under this series of swift and decisive policies from City Lord Ye Chuan, apart from some initial chaos when the plague first struck, the city calmed down quite quickly, stabilizing the public sentiment in the first instance."
Hearing this, Oscar was a bit confused and asked the Felt Hat Man.
"Then didn't the City Lord do a pretty good job? He did everything he was supposed to do, so why did you have to flee?"
The Felt Hat Man was silent for a moment, then looked into Oscar's eyes and said slowly in a suppressed tone.
"Have you ever experienced a slow, lingering death?"
Hearing the Felt Hat Man's counter-question, Oscar looked back on his short life. Although he had experienced a brief period of relying on the charity of others after his father passed away, he was soon brought into Shrek Academy by Flender due to his outstanding talent. Overall, his life hadn't been bitter, let alone a slow death.
The Felt Hat Man didn't expect an answer from Oscar, and continued.
"How should I describe that feeling?"
"Death hanging over your head, your heart racing, feeling both terrified and helpless—it's a form of torture, a life worse than death!"
"The policies promised by City Lord Ye Chuan were indeed issued and executed, but they were useless! Every day, new plague victims appeared in the city. People started dying eight days ago, and the daily death toll keeps rising."
As he spoke, the Felt Hat Man asked Yun Ming and the others with a hint of sorrow.
"My Lords Soul Masters, if you were me, what would you do? Wait for death?"
The Young Girl and Yun Ming did not answer the Felt Hat Man's question, because it was meaningless; Yun Ming and the others were not like the Felt Hat Man.
Yun Ming looked at the Horse Chopping Blade Great Soul Master and asked.
"Is everything they said true? You killed them just to make an example of them and intimidate others in the city who were harboring restless thoughts?"
Seeing that the other party already knew, and that there were too many people around to keep it hidden, the Horse Chopping Blade Great Soul Master stopped trying to conceal it and responded in a flat, firm tone.
"Yes! Everything is true!"
"If this kind of trend isn't nipped in the bud, it will inevitably lead to constant turmoil in the city."
He attempted to change the subject and muddle through.
Hearing the Horse Chopping Blade Great Soul Master's answer, Yun Ming gave him a strange look.
From the situation just learned and the Horse Chopping Blade Great Soul Master's previous desperate attempts to hide the truth, Yun Ming, the Young Girl, and Yang Wutian had all sensed that something was wrong. As Yun Ming's lips moved slightly, Yang Wutian suddenly erupted into action.
Scarlet Soul Power exploded around Yang Wutian, and the Soul Breaking Spear pressure of a peak Soul Saint was released, instantly knocking everyone present—except for the four of them—unconscious. Not only did Yang Wutian perfectly complete the task assigned by Yun Ming by subduing everyone on both sides of the fight, but he also unearthed a small surprise that wasn't entirely unexpected.
The moment Yang Wutian's Soul Power erupted, a piercing, explosive sound whistled in from afar, aimed directly at him. It was a golden arrow that looked like pure gold, carrying a sharpness that could pierce anything.
"Retreat!!!" Yun Ming discovered the divine arrow flying from afar in the first instance and grabbed Oscar to pull him back.
The sound hadn't arrived, but the arrow did. In the blink of an eye, it reached Yang Wutian.
The Gilded Divine Arrow came too fast, and the Soul Power fluctuations emanating from the arrow were too formidable. Yang Wutian had no time to block it and could only hurriedly retreat.
Afterward, the three of them saw the divine arrow pierce the earth as easily as if it were piercing a piece of paper, leaving behind a small, smooth-edged, bottomless hole in the ground.
Seeing this arrow, with its power condensed rather than scattered and its immense penetrating force, Yang Wutian knew he had encountered an expert. He immediately summoned his Soul Breaking Spear, his seven Spirit Rings appeared one by one, and his entire body's Soul Power was held in check, ready to strike. Yang Wutian shouted.
"Which friend is this? Please come out and show yourself!"
Seeing Yang Wutian suddenly lash out, the Young Girl was confused for a moment, but she quickly understood. Realizing her guardian seemed to have misunderstood, she hurriedly spoke up.
"Old An, don't attack! They aren't targeting me! Come out!"
In the shadows, an old man with a crane-like appearance, youthful complexion, dressed in black, and radiating an aura as sharp as a drawn bow, paused after hearing his Miss speak. He retracted his Long Bow Martial Soul, and with a flash of movement, he vanished from his spot and appeared beside the Young Girl.
Looking at the suddenly appearing 'Old An', Yang Wutian's expression turned grave. He couldn't sense the other party's specific Soul Power Level; there were only two possibilities for this: either the other party's Soul Power was much stronger than his, or their control over it was far superior. Judging by the standard of that previous arrow, neither possibility could be ruled out.
Old An first glanced at Yun Ming—his Miss seemed to have taken a liking to him—and then, seeing the Martial Soul in Yang Wutian's hand, he whispered.
"Soul Breaking Spear."
The young girl continued speaking to Old An.
"Old An, they are my new friends. They didn't intend to attack me earlier; it's just that someone among that group had a problem, and they acted suddenly to avoid causing panic among the others!"
Hearing this, and seeing that Yang Wutian had only summoned his Martial Soul after spotting his arrow, Old An accepted his young mistress's explanation and nodded.
Seeing that Old An had temporarily set aside his hostility, Yun Ming signaled for Yang Wutian to retract the Soul Breaking Spear.
Seeing that the misunderstanding had been cleared up, the young girl returned to the previous topic, her brows furrowed and her tone grave.
"The situation in Saga City is very serious!"
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