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Chapter 125 The Hunting Ground
"Someone save me! Help! I don't want to die!"

At that moment, a piercing plea came from several meters away.

A carriage was tangled up by two intestines.

The horse, just like a human, was quickly sucked into the intestines upon contact, and was rapidly lifted into the air. The coachman, jumping off the carriage, bumped his calf into the swaying intestines, watching in despair as his leg bone was pulled out.

Without hesitation, Liu Shuyue unleashed her sword strike, severing the intestines from above.

However, an unexpected situation occurred—the driver did not survive; instead, a large amount of blood and flesh gushed out from his ruptured intestines, splattering all over the ground, as if an invisible force was draining him dry. He opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but could only exhale with a "ho ho..." sound.

"Mom!"

The people around were terrified, wishing they had more legs. As the crowd dispersed, the driver saw Liu Shuyue and her entourage wearing waist tags. He reached out and grabbed at Liu Shuyue as if grasping at his last straw, but his flesh and blood quickly gushed away, and his body withered, becoming an empty shell.

"How is this possible?" Xu Xuanling covered her mouth in disbelief.

Liu Shuyue's expression grew even more solemn.

She jumped onto the roof, found another victim nearby, and severed the part of the person connected to their intestines. But it made no difference. The person still died, blood and internal organs gushing out of the cut at high speed, dying even faster than if left unattended.

After two failed attempts, she realized that this attack was completely unreasonable, and once her body merged with her intestines, death would be the only outcome.

The only piece of good news is that although there are many of these drooping intestines, they can only sway slowly within a small area, so you can keep your eyes on them and avoid bumping into them.

Compared to agile cultivators, it poses a much greater threat to ordinary people.

Liu Shuyue used to think that Zhang Weicheng's refugee camp was a living hell, but now compared to Chang'an City, it was nothing.

As more and more intestines dangled out, the number of victims in Chang'an was increasing rapidly. Everywhere she looked, she could see surging flesh and blood, and heart-wrenching screams.

Ten minutes felt like half a year. When they finally reached the city gate, everyone was stunned.

Where are the city walls now?
Even the ground here had turned into flesh and blood, and the houses were wrapped in countless tentacles and veins, looking almost like living objects. Numerous intestines hung from the sky, merging with the ground to form a dense, spiderweb-like blockade. Strangely, they couldn't see this wall from a distance; it only appeared suddenly as they approached it.

Tens of thousands of people completely blocked the streets. They dared not venture into this web of intestines, and when they tried to turn back, they were pushed back by the people behind them, leaving them in a dilemma. If they were accidentally squeezed into the web, they would be instantly entangled by several intestines, ending up with no trace of their bodies.

"What should we do now?" Xue Xiaojin couldn't help but panic.

"Why don't you come to my house for refuge?" Xu Xuanling said anxiously. "My house has a basement, and these disgusting things don't seem to be able to pass through the walls."

"Perhaps we can fight our way out and lead the people out?" Fu Jiaolu shouted. "At worst, I'll fight this monster to the death!"

"Don't be impulsive! Even if we cut off more tentacles, it probably won't make much difference!" Liu Shuyue scolded. "From this direction, we can't see how thick the intestinal network is. Maybe before we even get out, the intestines will have filled in all the way behind us."

As for finding a place to hide, Liu Shuyue didn't think it was a good idea either. Just look at the houses here... The erosion process seems to be progressing from the outside in. The guts can't really penetrate the roof and floor, but what if the houses eventually become part of their horde?

That's no different from sitting and waiting to die.

“Let’s go back,” Liu Shuyue said after a moment’s thought, “to find the source of the erosion.”

Even if the road is blocked, it doesn't matter; cultivators can easily jump onto buildings and run on the rooftops.

"Source Point? What's that?" Everyone looked puzzled.

Liu Shuyue didn't know how to explain it. She had heard Lin Qing mention that if a wanderer repeatedly crossed the intrusion point corresponding to themselves, the world entrance would rapidly expand in a very short time, forming a superposition of two worlds, which was essentially artificial erosion. This disaster seemed to be just like that; the clear sky that had been fine suddenly became overcast.

Before anyone could react, the erosion had become so extensive that escape was impossible.

All these signs indicate that the strange phenomena here are caused by a wanderer. Since there's no escaping it, we might as well trust Lin Qing's words and go find this wanderer. If we can catch the culprit, perhaps we can stop this disaster.

That being said, Chang'an is such a large city that once the point of entry expands, it no longer takes the form of a gate. Who knows where it came from?
Liu Shuyue had no clue.

However, all they could do was try their best.

They turned and jumped onto the buildings along the street, maintaining a distance where they could see each other, and split into several groups to search in the direction they had come from. Without a specific target, she tentatively designated two main search areas: the Moon Gazing Tower and the center of Chang'an City. The former was a gathering place for cultivators, while the latter offered a better opportunity to observe the situation in other parts of the city.

If you notice anything unusual or suspicious, wave your hands to make contact.

At this moment, the cultivators in the city began to display their various supernatural abilities, engaging in a fierce battle with the drooping intestines. Some used blazing fire to burn them, some used frost to freeze them, and others set up formations on the spot to try their best to protect their disciples.

However, one thing they couldn't change was that these terrifying and deadly flesh ropes were endless. As long as the erosion didn't completely stop, the people in the city would remain in danger.

At this moment, Liu Shuyue suddenly saw Ajiu, who was on the left wing of the line, waving his hands rapidly and accelerating his movement to the left.

That area already belonged to the West District, a place where the lower classes of people in Chang'an City lived.

Liu Shuyue immediately sped up and rushed over.

As they met, she noticed that Ajiu's gaze remained fixed on the rushing crowd below.

"Master Immortal! I saw it... the murderer who killed my family!" Ajiu exclaimed excitedly, "It's that person!"

The murderer? And at a time like this?
Liu Shuyue was about to calm him down when she noticed that the cultivator Ajiu was pointing at was actually moving against the flow of people. For example, while the people here were all fleeing towards the west gate, he ignored the civilians he bumped into and walked slowly towards the northeast, as if he were taking a leisurely stroll.

Even more unbelievable was that when she scanned this person with the Heavenly Cloud Technique, she found that his aura was somewhat unusual.

As a cultivator, his energy clusters and light spots were too loose, which didn't quite match the enormous amount of spiritual energy he possessed.

"I'll keep an eye on things for you. Go and call the others over as well," Liu Shuyue instructed in a low voice.

Ah Jiu acted quickly, knowing that the situation was extremely critical and the team absolutely could not be scattered.

Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was gathered, Liu Shuyue took out an invisibility talisman, ran forward for a few dozen meters, circled around to the front of the man, and sized him up.

The cultivator wore a long silk robe and had a jade pendant hanging from his waist, clearly a legitimate cultivator of the Immortal Alliance. However, his expression was ferocious, his eyes fixed straight ahead, as if something was drawing him there. Every wave of his hand and every step he took maintained the same amplitude; to put it nicely, he was well-trained; to put it bluntly, he was as stiff as a puppet.

Liu Shuyue returned to the rear, removed her invisibility, and waited for everyone to regroup.

Just then, the cultivator suddenly turned right and entered a dilapidated courtyard.

Rumble...!
Thunder rumbled in the sky.

Liu Shuyue subconsciously looked up and discovered that the clouds had been stained with a blood-red hue. They were no longer as dim as before; in fact, they seemed much brighter. But this light all came from the crimson glow flowing within the dark clouds, making it look as if the clouds had absorbed too much human blood and flesh, the blood seeping into them and staining them this color!

(End of this chapter)