42: Lu Xuan's doubts? Man-made weirdness?

As Lu Xuan approached the outside of the stockade, he noticed that the stockade had no gate, allowing him to clearly see the scene inside.

"What is that thing?"

Lu Xuan's eyes were fixed on the front.

He saw a person running desperately towards him, seemingly followed by a monster the size of an infant.

It's him!

Lu Xuan recognized at a glance who the person running desperately towards him was—it was the person who held hostility towards him.

Su Tianqi ran towards the stockade gate in terror, wishing he had more legs.

Because Su Tianqi had already realized that the eerie White Lotus Blood Infant had abandoned its struggle with Li Yanran and was chasing after him.

That bitch, Li Yanran!

Why, why couldn't she stop this monster!

He didn't want to die!

Su Tianqi, with red eyes, ran desperately towards the outside of the mountain stockade gate, trying to escape the monster.

It wasn't until Su Tianqi saw a tall and upright figure standing majestically outside the stockade gate ahead that he stopped.

Su Tianqi was instantly enraged; he was running for his life here, and someone dared to block his path ahead.

Only when he got closer did Su Tianqi realize that the person blocking the stockade gate was Lu Xuan.

"It's you, you bastard!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Ah!"

Just as Su Tianqi was about to speak again, his left arm was instantly severed by something sharp.

Intense pain struck, and Su Tianqi stumbled, rolling forward.

The monster had caught up to him.

Su Tianqi endured the excruciating pain, rolled over on the ground, and then saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.

The monstrous thing was, in front of him, holding his left hand and gnawing on it with relish.

A bone-chilling coldness surged from Su Tianqi's feet all the way to his head.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Tianqi ignored the severe pain from his left hand and continued to run towards the stockade gate not far away.

Su Tianqi looked up and saw that Lu Xuan was still standing foolishly outside the stockade gate, as if he had been scared witless by the monster.

And after Su Tianqi saw this, he seemed to have thought of a way to escape; a sinister smile appeared on his face as he charged straight at Lu Xuan.

He had already realized that his speed was no match for the White Lotus Blood Infant.

If he continued to stall like this, it would only be futile, a dead end.

Heaven truly helps me!

So the other party is a foolish boy, then in that case, he can die for this young master.

"You go to hell!"

After approaching Lu Xuan, Su Tianqi stretched out his remaining right arm and struck Lu Xuan with a full-force palm.

Since he couldn't outrun the White Lotus Blood Infant, he would let this foolish boy attract the White Lotus Blood Infant's attention, allowing him to seize the opportunity to escape.

However, things did not turn out as beautifully as Su Tianqi had imagined.

His full-force palm, as it approached Lu Xuan's body, found no resistance whatsoever.

He passed straight through Lu Xuan's body, as if the person Lu Xuan in front of him was an illusion, not existing in the real world.

Smack!

Su Tianqi, having missed his target, fell heavily onto the ground in front of him.

Why is this?

Su Tianqi's mind went blank, as if he was doubting everything he saw.

He clearly remembered striking at Lu Xuan.

However, as Su Tianqi lay on the ground, two small feet covered in bright red blood appeared before him.

Su Tianqi only then reacted, raising his head in terror.

What came into view was a horrifying head that kept growing larger in his pupils, with eerie white glowing eyes staring directly at him.

Su Tianqi could even see the uncleaned blood and flesh hanging from its mouth.

All of that was the flesh and blood from his own body!

"Save…"

The next moment, a blood-red mouth full of sharp teeth opened wide and bit down without hesitation.

Lu Xuan stood in the distance, his brows tightly furrowed, looking at the blood-soaked, infant-sized monster.

What is this thing?

How could there be such a monster in a stockade harboring bandits?

He hadn't heard the bandit mention it either.

At this moment, the monster was ravenously devouring the food beneath it.

Its two pale little hands, as if possessing immense power, continuously tore the things below into pieces.

Suddenly, a rapidly moving figure, radiating a dense aura of Qi and blood, rushed over from inside the stockade.

She angrily punched the eating monster, which let out a scream, its body flying away like a cannonball.

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, clearly seeing who the newcomer was.

It's that woman!

That Martial Artist of the Blood Refinement Realm.

However, her current state seemed to be poor; one of her thighs was bleeding profusely, staining the fabric of her pants red.

After Li Yanran punched the monster away, she quickly came out of the stockade gate and shouted at Lu Xuan behind her, "Run!"

Upon hearing the woman's roar, Lu Xuan didn't even think; he immediately planned to turn and leave.

A monster that could make a Martial Artist of the Blood Refinement Realm so afraid was clearly something troublesome.

So Lu Xuan naturally wouldn't waste his time on such a monster.

"Let's split up and run!"

"Remember, this monster is a White Lotus Blood Infant, an anomaly created by the Netherworld White Lotus Sect."

"No matter who survives in the end, you must report back to the Qingyun County Magistrate, otherwise, if this eerie monster appears outside, it will cause unimaginable consequences!"

After Li Yanran finished speaking to Lu Xuan, the White Lotus Blood Infant that had been struck away stood up again.

Blood continuously seeped from the White Lotus Blood Infant's body, and white smoke emanated from the spot where Li Yanran had hit it.

However, the white smoke vanished in an instant, and the terrifying Qi and blood that Li Yanran's punch had injected into its body also disappeared without a trace.

Li Yanran looked at the White Lotus Blood Infant in front of her with apprehension, her desire to retreat constantly surfacing.

"You go first, I'll hold it off for a while!"

The next second, the White Lotus Blood Infant transformed into an afterimage, rushing towards the outside of the stockade gate.

Li Yanran was just about to face it again and block the White Lotus Blood Infant's attack.

A tall and imposing figure swept past her, stirring up a gust of wind.

He was a step ahead of her, directly confronting the White Lotus Blood Infant head-on.

Boom!

A loud bang!

The White Lotus Blood Infant was instantly kicked away by a large foot, flying back into the interior of the stockade.

In less than a breath, it disappeared from Li Yanran's field of vision.

And that tall and upright figure also pursued the White Lotus Blood Infant, sweeping into the interior of the stockade.

Meanwhile, Li Yanran, standing outside the stockade gate, had a blank mind, standing there in a daze.

Because this sudden scene happened in an instant, even she didn't clearly see what had happened.