Chapter 1220 The Beast Tide Reappears

They are now sitting in twos and threes by the roadside, waiting for doctors from the city's clinics to come and bandage them.

"Open the city gates, we need to go outside and take a look!"

A squad leader strode forward and shouted at the guards at the city gate.

"Without the city lord's document, the city gates cannot be opened without authorization. According to regulations, they will need another two hours before they can be opened!"

However, the city's garrison did not take this squad leader seriously at all.

A young guard stepped forward, looked the man up and down, and asked, "Which unit of the guard are you from?"

"Do you know that without a written order, the door cannot be opened now?"

"I advise you to go back as soon as possible, otherwise if we report this to the authorities, you'll be in big trouble!"

"Of course, if you insist on leaving the city, that's fine, but at least leave some money for the brothers to drink."

When the young man finished speaking, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

The meaning couldn't be clearer: you can go out, but you have to spend some gold soul coins to bribe them.

"Hmph, how dare you!"

"You traitors, look who I am!"

Just then, Lü Zhiyi, who was riding behind Tang Lan, could no longer hold back and spurred his horse forward to loudly reprimand the guards at the gate.

"Hmph, so what? Even if you're the King of Heaven himself, you'll still have to pay to open the door today!"

"Don't think that just because we're gatekeepers, we're afraid of you personal guards."

Unexpectedly, these words immediately enraged the young guard, who raised his head with an arrogant and domineering expression.

However, when he finally saw the person's true appearance, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't utter a single word.

"Lord City, Lord City, what brings you here!"

After finally managing to utter those words, the young man's face turned ashen.

The guards at the city gate turned pale and their legs trembled upon seeing this.

If the preceding sentences describe their faithful adherence to their duties and following orders...

But the next few words could really behead them.

If it were anyone else, they might not be afraid of this young man with powerful connections, but if the city lord himself came, no one could protect him.

"You idiot, open the door now!"

"I will settle this score with you later."

Lu Zhiyi's expression was very unpleasant; he had no intention of wasting time on such a minor character.

At this moment, all he wanted was to find out as soon as possible what was going on with the beast tide outside the city.

In his eyes, the young man in front of him was nothing more than a guy who got to guard the city gate by pulling strings.

He had seen this kind of thing many times before, but he always turned a blind eye to it.

I never expected that such an important event would be disrupted by such an idiot.

The guards dared not delay any longer, and the city gate slowly descended with the sound of chains.

Then, city guards on both sides opened the heavy gates.

"let's go!!"

Lü Zhiyi spurred his horse and charged out first, followed by the rest of the group.

The convoy drove for several miles in one go and stopped in front of a small village by the official road not far away.

The once open fields, filled with crops, are now a mess, with the crops mostly eaten away, leaving only tangled roots and leaves.

Looking at the varying sizes of soul beast footprints on the ground, Lü Zhiyi said in a deep voice, "It really is a beast tide!"

Tang Lan glanced at the houses not far away and asked, "Have the villagers here encountered any danger?"

Lü Zhiyi shook his head.

“I have already arranged for the villagers here to live in the city. They only come here when they need to farm.”

“It’s not peaceful outside right now. Bandits and horsemen appear from time to time. After all, we’ve seen bandits come down the mountain to rob villagers of their food before.”

However, Tang Lan's attention was not on the world in front of her at this moment.

With Tang Lan's powerful senses, she immediately felt that a huge and restless aura was approaching them.

"Within the village!"

While no one noticed anything amiss, Tang Lan's gaze swept across the fields in front of her and into the village.

Rumble~~~

Almost the instant Tang Lan's voice fell, a vibration began to emanate from not far away.

Everyone felt the ground begin to tremble slightly.

Then, huge black shadows appeared at the edge of the field of vision, accompanied by large plumes of smoke and dust that enveloped the entire area.

"There really is a beast tide! They seem to have spotted us! Everyone, retreat!"

"Escort the City Lord and the Imperial Preceptor back to the city!"

Upon witnessing this scene, a squad leader's pupils contracted rapidly, and he then loudly warned the people around him.

However, at this moment, Lü Zhiyi was completely dumbfounded.

His cultivation level was not high, only at level forty-two. The main reason he was able to become the city lord was that he was an outstanding civil official.

Most of the guards protecting him from the city lord's mansion were Soul Masters of level 40 or above, while several squad leaders were Soul Kings of level 50 or above.

The leader of the Freedom Guard is a level 64 Soul Emperor.

As for the Soul Saint, there was indeed one, but he was taken away along with the previous city lord when the latter was transferred.

The Douling Empire was like this in the past, and so was the Tianhun Empire.

Within this vast empire, powerful officials and nobles from all sides formed different factions, each with its own way of taking advantage of the other's misfortune.

Those like Lü Zhiyi, who do not join any faction, will eventually be isolated.

This is also the main reason why there is no Soul Saint stationed in Qingyuan City under his jurisdiction.

"It's too late!"

"Everyone, spread out and follow me to resist the beast tide, fighting and retreating at the same time!"

Sensing that his warhorse seemed to be intimidated by the beast tide, its retreat became extremely slow and difficult to control.

The guard leader, Han Yuan, who was level 64, hardened his heart and immediately ordered his men to prepare for battle.

When the beast tide was only a few dozen meters away from the group, they realized that it was a small beast tide with dozens of soul beasts.

However, it contains many soul beasts with cultivation levels of tens of thousands of years, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Suddenly, a staff appeared in Han Yuan's hand, shining brightly along with the first few spirit rings on his body.

Suddenly, a large number of ice cones fell from the sky, covering a vast area in front of them.

The centuries-old soul beasts that were at the forefront of the beast tide were immediately smashed to pieces by the ice spikes and began to fall one by one into the fields.

The stronger and more powerful soul beasts behind them continued to run forward madly, each with blood-red eyes and a terrifying appearance as if they were about to devour anyone.

"Hmm? The eyes of these soul beasts?"

Just then, Tang Lan noticed something amiss, realizing that the eyes of these soul beasts were completely different from those she had seen before.