Chapter 1422 - 375: The City That Eats People (Part 2)

Chapter 1422: Chapter 375: The City That Eats People (Part 2)

It’s just to extract money from their hands.

The citizens lined up like a long dragon, in considerable pain, but there was nothing they could do. They could only watch one another, and finally, they handed over all their gold and silver treasures. Those who had money gave silver directly, those who didn’t gave some jewelry, and those who had nothing were robbed of everything by the soldiers.

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Outside the small city, a few cultivators kept their heads low and hid behind a small hill in the distance, which was covered with various weeds and some messy trees. These things became their cover for the moment.

"Boss, should we rush over now or wait for reinforcements?" a middle-aged man asked as he looked at another man lying in front of him.

The man’s eyes were fixed on the distant city; they were quite far from it, so they couldn’t see the city’s details clearly—only the corpses burning in raging fires were visible.

When the corpses were burning, sometimes they would suddenly stand up like ghosts, but the surrounding soldiers, far from feeling fear, laughed heartily like they had seen amusing puppets.

The man was extremely angry now, a rage like never before.

His hands tightly grasped the grass in front of him, with the grass deforming under the pressure of his fingernails.

"We can’t wait any longer; we should go into the big city to see the situation now."

"Although their cultivation is a little stronger than ours, it’s not that we can’t beat them!"

"We got weapons from the Celestial Craft Workshop, so if we can find an opportunity to attack the enemy suddenly, we can wipe them out directly!"

The man held a crossbow, a resource from the Celestial Craft Workshop, brought to support them in the sixth province. With this weapon, they could kill many enemies they normally couldn’t defeat and rescue many civilians once the timing was right.

The weapon was good, but it took a long time to recharge. If they wanted to fire it continuously, the power would greatly reduce.

If going all out, it could only sustain one attack. So, to utilize this attack well, they needed to meet the enemy leader; otherwise, if the attack was wasted on other soldiers, meeting the leader would be very difficult!

"Ah, if only we had powerful cultivators on our side now, we wouldn’t be so passive."

"Don’t think too much. Now the cultivators coming to us aren’t much good. Apart from those supporting us, do you think we wouldn’t have fallen into such a state if it weren’t also their fault?"

"They can’t escape blame. If it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t be chaotic. Although our hometown isn’t very prosperous now, it still exists as a quiet place."

"Exactly, so now we can only rely on ourselves. We appreciate the help from the Celestial Craft Workshop and other forces, but their numbers are still very few. We can’t expect them to help us with these matters; we must handle them slowly ourselves to save our compatriots!"

"Alright, since the boss says so, we’re sure to follow you over."

With that, these few people left the small hill, disguised themselves as travelers on the road, leading a very skinny short-legged horse. Behind it was a small wooden cart filled with various scattered furniture.

After arriving at the city, they walked towards the city entrance. Upon seeing Long Yan and various soldiers at the gate, they pretended to want to leave immediately, with the cart driver urging the horse more anxiously.

As a result, others thought they were travelers passing by by chance, trying to rest in the city.

A few soldiers came over immediately: "Everyone, where are you headed? I see you’re in quite a hurry with no intention to stay in our city? Our city is very peaceful now. In such turbulent times, a peaceful city like ours can provide you a place to rest. Are you sure you don’t want to come in?"

After saying this, the soldiers couldn’t help but laugh. Their expressions were indeed very kind, focusing their gaze on one of the women among them. Unable to help themselves, they swallowed as if sensing the paradise-like body beneath her dirty clothes.

The woman feigned great fright now, hiding behind another man.

"Let’s hurry and leave; this isn’t a peaceful place. Let’s check other cities. Please, let’s leave quickly," she pleaded, convincingly portraying someone very afraid—an adept hunter often appears as prey.