Something's wrong with this demon.

"Bang!"

Zhang Jiu reacted extremely quickly.

He drew his sword, turned around, and slashed—all in one fluid motion!

However, the knife he raised did not slash out, but was frozen above his head.

Behind the two.

A terrifying monster, its entire body shrouded in black mist and standing over two meters tall, opened its gaping maw, full of fangs, and lunged at Zhang Jiu's head!

Zhang Jiu's knife had already been seized by the monster's claws.

A moment of life and death!

He immediately released the knife and shouted, "Brother Luo, run!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Luo Qingchen beside him and shoved her directly toward the monster.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he turned and ran.

Although Luo Qingchen was prepared, she did not expect him to be so insidious and to use all his strength.

Just as he was about to be swallowed by the monster's gaping maw, he spun around in a flash and narrowly avoided it!

The monster seemed to be taken aback for a moment as well.

However, before he could even regain his footing, the monster swung its claw and sent him flying.

He fell heavily to the ground.

Strangely, the monster only glanced at him with its terrifying crimson eyes before leaping over him and continuing its pursuit of Zhang Jiu.

"Help! Help me—"

Zhang Jiu ran for his life while shouting loudly.

As he fled to the entrance of Baixianglou, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps on the street not far away.

The monster that had been chasing him just moments before vanished instantly.

"Guard Zhang... what's wrong?"

The two girls standing at the gate were terrified by his shouts and frightened expressions.

At this moment, Zhou Qingyang also arrived with his men.

"What happened?"

Zhou Qingyang immediately asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Jiu was already terrified, his legs trembling, and he hurriedly pointed to the darkness behind him, panting, "Monster...monster! Monster!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingyang immediately led his men towards the darkness.

At this moment, Luo Qingchen was walking towards this place, clutching her bloodied shoulder.

Upon seeing him, Zhou Qingyang and his companions immediately drew their swords and asked, "Where's the monster?"

Luo Qingchen, pale with pain, shook her head and said, "The monster just chased after Zhang Tou'er, and I don't know where it is now."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingyang immediately led his men to continue chasing into the darkness ahead.

Zhang Jiu was trembling in the dim light at the entrance, too afraid to go inside the building or escape into the dark street, looking utterly terrified.

The two girls standing nearby were also huddled together, trembling.

When Luo Qingchen emerged from the darkness, clutching his wound, Zhang Jiu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly explained in a trembling voice, "Brother Luo, are you alright? I was just about to pull you along to escape, but in the chaos, I couldn't hold on."

Luo Qingchen arrived at the gate without saying a word.

Zhang Jiu didn't say anything more, his gaze still unsettled as he looked into the darkness ahead.

After a while.

Zhou Qingyang returned with his men, gave the two men a sharp look, and then walked up to Luo Qingchen and looked at the wound on his shoulder.

There was a deep claw mark there, revealing the bone.

"Did you see what the monster looks like?"

He asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Jiu quickly said, "Very tall, very large, its entire body shrouded in black mist, and its mouth full of terrifying fangs!"

Luo Qingchen added, "Their eyes are scarlet."

Zhou Qingyang pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhang Jiu and asked疑惑地问道, "Why is that monster chasing you? If it's hungry, it could have easily killed Guard Luo who was lagging behind. Why would it insist on chasing you?"

Zhang Jiu said with a long face, "How should I know? I'm puzzled too. Could it be because I'm a bit stronger?"

Zhou Qingyang raised his eyes, scanned the surroundings, and said with a solemn expression, "One moment he was chasing after you, and the next he's vanished. How could it be so fast?"

His sharp gaze suddenly locked onto Bai Xiang Lou.

"Unless, it jumps over the wall!"

These words immediately startled Zhang Jiu and the two girls.

Zhou Qingyang immediately ordered, "Liu Chang, go to the garrison headquarters right now and send another team to surround Baixiang Tower! From this moment on, no one inside is allowed to escape!"

"yes!"

A young man behind him immediately agreed and ran away.

"Now, I'm going to check every single person and every room in this building! I'll dig three feet into the ground if I have to, I'll find that monster!"

After Zhou Qingyang finished speaking in a cold voice, he immediately led his men into the building.

Then he turned to Luo Qingchen and Zhang Jiu and said, "You two go inside too, and don't leave for now!"

Even without him saying so, Zhang Jiu, still shaken, followed closely behind him.

The two girls at the door quickly followed them inside.

Luo Qingchen tore off her clothes, quickly bandaged her wound, and followed them into the building.

As he entered the hall, he glanced back at the dark courtyard wall outside.

If he wasn't mistaken, the monster had indeed jumped into the building.

"Sister Sun, have all the girls and guests come out and stand at their respective doorways. Nobody move!"

Upon entering the building, Zhou Qingyang immediately gave instructions in a deep voice.

Sun Ping frowned. Although she knew that this would offend the guests, she didn't dare to say anything more.

She was outside the door and naturally overheard their conversation.

If a monster really jumps in, then the girls and guests in the building are in great danger.

She quickly instructed her maid to call out to everyone one by one.

She hurriedly went upstairs to the second floor and personally knocked on the door of the room with guests to explain.

In an instant, the entire building was filled with the sound of hurried footsteps.

Many girls came out of the room, asking in a panic what had happened, but no one offered an explanation.

Several guests were also quite frightened.

Zhou Qingyang took out the Demon-Detecting Stone and began to check each of the rooms on the first floor.

In addition to inspecting the person, they also sent people in to inspect every corner of the room.

However, he seemed to have insufficient manpower, so he instructed Zhang Jiu, "Zhang, take Guard Luo to the second floor and keep watch. Make sure everyone in every room is standing at the door. If anyone doesn't open the door, or if no one is at the door, call me immediately!"

Zhang Jiu quickly replied, "Yes!"

He then said to Luo Qingchen, "Brother Luo, let's go upstairs!"

Despite the pain, Luo Qingchen followed him up to the second floor.

Sun Ping had already called out every girl in the room.

Several guests, dressed haphazardly, stood at the door looking flustered.

"Sister Sun, what exactly happened?"

A guest asked.

Sun Ping could only explain, "As you know, the town's security personnel came to inspect. These days, everyone in the town has to be inspected."

"People from the garrison?"

Upon hearing that they were from the town's garrison, the guests dared not say anything more.

Luo Qingchen and Zhang Jiu walked around the second floor to make sure that every room door was open and that someone was standing at each doorway before returning to the stairwell and standing guard there.

Zhang Jiu was clearly terrified; his legs were still trembling.

He sat down on the stairs, sighed, muttered a few curses under his breath, and began to ponder things.

At this moment, Luo Qingchen felt a burning pain in her shoulder.

The blood from the wound had already stained the clothes and strips of cloth red.

As he leaned against the wall, silently enduring the pain, Zhao Yun, who was standing at the door of the first room, suddenly noticed his condition. She immediately went back into her room, took out gauze and medicine, and called out, "Brother Chen, come quickly, let me bandage you up."

Luo Qingchen glanced at her, hesitated for a moment, and then walked over.

Zhao Yun quickly untied the bandage and was shocked when she saw the wound inside. She hurriedly picked up some wound medicine, sprinkled the powder on the wound, and then quickly bandaged it with clean gauze.

"Brother Chen, does it hurt?"

While bandaging her wound, Zhao Yun asked softly.

Luo Qingchen said, "It's just a superficial wound."

At that moment, his gaze suddenly stopped.

A trace of scarlet seemed to remain in the girl's pink nail polish.