novelraw Chapter 1971: The Fall of the City and the Escape!
Chapter 1971: The Fall of the City and the Escape!
Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.
It seemed that no one had expected this normally aloof senior to suddenly speak up.
At this point, Que’er quickly added:
"Senior Niu is right, Young Master Zhou is still heavily injured and can’t help. Mr. Liu, please explain this to the people at the City Lord Mansion, they should understand."
Liu Tang nodded.
"Alright."
After speaking, he glanced at everyone, then waved a large hand.
"The rest of you, follow me!"
Then, Liu Tang led everyone away.
After they left, Zhou Yu glanced at the cultivator surnamed Niu.
The cultivator surnamed Niu grinned at Zhou Yu:
"Young man, focus on healing well."
After speaking, he gave Zhou Yu a thorough look over, let out a peculiar smile, and then turned and went inside.
For some reason, upon seeing the cultivator surnamed Niu’s gaze, Zhou Yu suddenly felt a very dangerous aura.
However, he couldn’t figure out why he felt this way.
Could it be?
This person harbors ill intentions towards him?
But what does he have that would make this ’senior’ at the Core Formation Stage take action?
Seeing Zhou Yu’s uncertain expression, Que’er assumed he was frightened.
She comforted:
"Young Master Zhou, don’t worry. If there’s really danger, Senior Niu will take us away together."
"Nothing will happen."
Zhou Yu nodded, then he exchanged a farewell with Que’er and returned to his room.
As he returned, he glanced at the room of the cultivator surnamed Niu.
A flash of coldness crossed his heart.
This person had better not have any wicked thoughts, otherwise, he wouldn’t mind taking action.
His physical injuries have healed, which is his greatest trump card at present.
As long as he catches him off guard, he can definitely take him down in one move.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu let out a cold laugh in his heart, then strode back into his room.
Outside, the fierce battle was still raging, and it was growing more intense.
Zhou Yu continued to refine the medicinal power.
However, this time, he didn’t put all of his Heart Spirit into refining the medicinal power. He also split his attention, using his five senses to sense the situation outside his room.
The intense battle continued for an entire day and night.
Just at dawn the next morning, before the day broke, a sudden violent tremor occurred.
Followed closely by earth-shaking quakes, like an earthquake.
Zhou Yu’s eyes suddenly opened.
A look of gravity flashed in his eyes.
Such a big commotion must mean something significant is happening.
Zhou Yu immediately got up, opened the door, and was stunned by what he saw.
In the sky, the azure-blue light shield originally emitted by the Black Sand City’s City Defense Array could no longer hold and developed a breach.
And it was through this breach that hundreds of thousands of flying ants from outside, like a flood, found an opening.
Those flying ants rushed madly towards the breach, transforming into a black torrent that fiercely crashed against the walls of Black Sand City.
The walls of Black Sand City were not simply brick-built walls like those of the Human Clan Plane.
The walls of Black Sand City were crafted from a special kind of bluestone, with profound formation patterns carved on them.
Although the impact of those flying ants was incredibly powerful, when they hit the walls, they didn’t break them.
However, the violent shaking was unavoidable.
This terrifying impact immediately alarmed everyone inside the city.
Especially those at the city center.
These people are primarily influential individuals.
Upon seeing the City Defense Array breached, they promptly took action.
In a brief moment, Zhou Yu saw over ten streaks of light rushing from the city center towards the outside of the city.
Clearly, these light streaks could only be driven by cultivators with a cultivation above the Golden Core Stage.
Some people couldn’t hold back any longer and began to flee the city.
And because the City Defense Array was breached, chaos had erupted both on the city walls and inside the city.
As a result, no one tried to stop these fleeing people.
At this moment, a cold voice called out.
"Miss Que’er, the city is breached, it’s not safe here, come with me!"
This voice naturally came from the cultivator surnamed Niu.
He had already come out of the room in large strides.
Following closely, Que’er also came out with a look of panic.
"Senior Niu, is this city really beyond saving?"
The cultivator surnamed Niu nodded.
"Indeed!"
"How could this be?"
"Could it be that in this vast Black Sand City, there are no seniors above the Nascent Soul Stage?"
"If they acted, couldn’t they resolve these flying ants?"
The cultivator surnamed Niu shook his head and said:
"Miss Que’er is not aware, these flying ants belong to the Demon Beast Clan."
"Our Human Race and the Demon Beast Clan are currently allies!"
"Both sides have an agreement that forbids anyone above the Nascent Soul Stage from participating in internal conflicts between the Human Race and the Demon Clan."
"Otherwise, they will be jointly executed by both the Human and Demon Clans."
"While the desert black wind is formidable this time, the fire-eyed flying ants among them are only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, not even a Core Formation Stage Fire-Eyed King Ant has appeared, so even if there are seniors at the Nascent Soul Stage in the city, they can’t act."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu and Que’er both showed expressions of shock.
Unexpectedly, there was such an agreement.
Zhou Yu had not read about this in ancient books before.
It seemed that there were still many things not written in books.
Only time would slowly reveal them.
In this brief moment, several more breaches appeared in the sky on the City Defense Array.
Several more black torrents formed by flying ants descended from the sky, frantically assaulting the walls of Black Sand City.
Among them, one black torrent aimed straight for the city center.
Seeing this scene, a flash of coldness passed through the eyes of the cultivator surnamed Niu.
"We can no longer wait."
"We must leave immediately."
He finished speaking and directly waved his hand, revealing a magic treasure resembling a boat in front of him.
"This is my Flying Sand Boat!"
"I’ll take you all away!"
After speaking, the cultivator surnamed Niu infused True Yuan into the Flying Sand Boat, which instantly expanded several times, reaching about ten Zhang in size.
Then, the cultivator surnamed Niu enveloped Zhou Yu and Que’er with a strand of True Yuan, sending them onto the Flying Sand Boat.
The next moment, he urged the Flying Sand Boat to transform into a black shadow and headed straight out of the city.
Standing on the Flying Sand Boat, Zhou Yu watched as the dense swarm of flying ants whizzed past. Before they could even approach the Flying Sand Boat, they’d be shattered by the shield surrounding the Flying Sand Boat.
Wherever the Flying Sand Boat went, it forcibly carved out a path through the torrent of flying ants.
Seeing this magic treasure, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but be astonished.
This treasure was truly remarkable, quick in speed and strong in defense.
Thinking back, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered the Nine Heavens Star Shuttle.
If it were still around, it would surely outclass this Flying Sand Boat.
Alas, it had been destroyed.
Under the control of the cultivator surnamed Niu, the Flying Sand Boat quickly broke free from the desert black wind’s encirclement.
Once again seeing the clear sky, Que’er didn’t relax one bit. She looked back at Black Sand City, her eyes full of worry.
"I wonder how Mr. Liu and the others are doing?"
The cultivator surnamed Niu said coolly:
"They naturally have their ways to preserve their lives, no need to worry."
Upon hearing this, Que’er nodded and then glanced at their direction, her expression suddenly changed.
"Senior Niu, where are we headed?"
"Why does it seem like we’re going deeper into the desert?"