22: predicament

He clenched his fists and, without much hesitation, charged outward!

Who would have thought that a flash of red light would appear at the school gate, and a blood-colored screen would suddenly rise, blocking his path.

Chu Yuan punched it, only to see the blood screen ripple for a moment before returning to stillness...

The reason Ma Hui did not encounter this thing when he arrived was that Yan Xuan knew he couldn't stop him, so he couldn't be bothered to waste his strength.

But Chu Yuan was different...

"Principal!"

Qi Da understood and punched the blood screen.

A passage several meters wide appeared, and Chu Yuan dove in without hesitation...

"What is he doing?"

"I don't know, but it certainly won't be fleeing the battlefield." Qi Da said in annoyance: "Since you have no solution either, why did you come? To stare blankly here with me?"

"Didn't I tell you? To preserve a batch of people."

"Are you really going to do this?" Qi Da felt resistant.

The combat power of Chenyang City is limited. If some must be diverted to preserve the so-called embers, then the strength of the front line will certainly not be enough!

Without anyone to hold them back, the speed at which Chenyang City falls will only be faster!

After all, the Blood Sucking Array still faces some resistance when extracting essence from living people, but if Martial Artists also participate in the slaughter...

Who knows how many accomplices that bastard Yan Xuan has, but they have been lurking and planning in Chenyang City for so long that they have long figured out the distribution of Chenyang City's combat power!

Even a fool could tell that the combat power mobilized by the enemy certainly exceeds that of Chenyang City.

Otherwise, why would Ma Hui be here wasting breath with him? He would have long since fought his way out to seek reinforcements!

Although Great Qin is vast, for a Seventh Realm Martial Artist, it is not that big. If the Seventh Realm Martial Artists of the Yunan Prefecture Prefectural Capital knew everything happening in Chenyang City, they could arrive in two minutes... Unfortunately, no one knows.

"Things have come to this..."

...

With Luo Yan Step running at full power, Chu Yuan's body streaked across the street like an afterimage.

At this time, the streets were also in chaos. Many people with abnormal expressions rushed onto the streets, launching attacks wantonly.

Their Realm was not high; most were only in the Qi and Blood Realm, with the highest being the Leakless Realm. However, their numbers were simply too many...

Just by passing through one street, Chu Yuan saw over a dozen such people.

But he had no time to deal with them now; he just rushed home with all his might. Until nearly half of the spiritual power in his body was consumed, he finally arrived at his residential complex.

Listening to the screams coming from inside the residential complex, Chu Yuan's heart sank again. In a few steps, he ran to the bottom of his building, climbed up the outer wall, and flipped into the house through his bedroom window.

Fortunately, he always had the habit of keeping the window open for ventilation, which saved him a window...

"Mom!" Chu Yuan shouted.

"Yuan Yuan!?"

Han Cui's voice, filled with surprise and doubt, came from the living room. Chu Yuan immediately opened the bedroom door and saw Han Cui guarding the entrance with a kitchen knife. A weight finally lifted from his heart.

"Yuan Yuan, how did you..."

"I came back from school." Chu Yuan said in a deep voice: "Mom, something happened. We need to find a place to hide!"

"Yingying is still at school!"

"I'll go find her!" Chu Yuan felt a bit annoyed. Why didn't he think of asking the principal for some self-defense items beforehand?

Taking his mother to find Chu Ying would certainly not be very convenient, but Chu Yuan was even more worried about leaving Han Cui alone at home. Ordinary residential complexes didn't have any reinforced Materials, and the steel-clad wooden doors couldn't stop attacks from a Leakless Realm Martial Artist...

"Okay... then go and come back quickly. I'll wait for you at home!"

"Let's go together."

"But..."

Just at this moment, there was a rapid pounding on the door from outside: "Mom! Open the door quickly!"

Both of them were stunned for a moment, because this was exactly Chu Ying's voice. Han Cui quickly opened the door, and a panting Chu Ying immediately lunged inside.

"You ran back from school so quickly?"

"Did you skip class again!?"

...

Han Cui knew her daughter's character better; she definitely didn't come back from school in such a short time, but rather hadn't gone to school at all. She probably spent the time playing wildly somewhere near home... But it was fortunate that this was the case.

The whole family was together, even if the situation outside was unclear, it was always a great comfort. Han Cui looked at Chu Yuan and asked: "Yuan Yuan, what exactly is going on?"

Chu Ying was also still fearful: "Yes, Brother, when I ran back, I saw that the security guards at the gate had all been killed!"

"I'm not very clear either." Chu Yuan shook his head: "It's likely that someone wants to sacrifice Chenyang City..."

Although he hadn't spoken with Qi Da since he retreated, it wasn't hard to guess from the effects of the Blood Sucking Array and the coverage area of the six pillars of light...

Han Cui's face turned pale: "But there are over a million people in Chenyang City... Someone will stop them, right?"

"I don't know... Mom, let's leave first."

"Where to?"

"I remember there is a shelter in the nearby Dafeng Mall." Chu Yuan said in a deep voice.

Even if the shelter doesn't have a strong Guardian, its building Materials are enough to block attacks from Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists and below.

"Sigh, how could such a thing happen out of nowhere..."

Chu Yuan was actually quite bewildered as well. He had merely sensed his own spiritual power on Yan Xuan and exposed him; how did it suddenly escalate into this situation?

Could it be that Yan Xuan and the organization behind him were so enraged by their failure to entrap him that they decided to make Chenyang City be buried with him...

Carrying Han Cui and Chu Ying, Chu Yuan naturally couldn't use Luo Yan Step to run at full speed, but his pace was not slow either. At the very least, along the way just now, no thugs capable of threatening him had appeared on the street.

Han Cui walked in a hurry, barely keeping up with Chu Yuan's pace. When they passed the gate, looking at the corpses of the security guards inside, her face turned ugly again.

"Brother! Someone is coming!" Chu Ying exclaimed in warning.

On the road to the right outside the gate, three people were sprinting over!

The long blades in their hands were stained with blood, and even their clothes were soiled with bloodstains. Yet, the expressions on their faces were extremely fanatical, and they looked at the three of them—Chu Yuan and his family—as if they were looking at prey!

In fact, there was no need for Chu Ying to remind him; Chu Yuan had already discovered them.

He activated Luo Yan Step with full power, surged forward, and reached out to grab the neck of the person in the lead!

With a slight application of force, a crack was heard, and he collapsed limply to the ground...

Chu Yuan grabbed the long blade from his hand and held it in his palm. He activated the Riding the Wind Sword Control Art, and two rays of cold light flashed; two heads rolled down with a thud.

The entire process was completed in an instant; concise, efficient, and like art...

Chu Ying couldn't help but widen her eyes, her body trembling slightly, as if she were looking at a stranger.

Her brother was usually mature and steady; but when did he... start killing people as easily as killing chickens?

Han Cui's throat also bobbed, and then she slapped the back of Chu Ying's head to wake her up: "Don't just stand there! Run!"