Chapter 19: The Frightened Crowd, A Flash of Red Light

The Great Wall

At this moment, a large number of the Great Wall Defense Army is rushing towards the location of the city.

The leader is a black-haired young man.

Beside him, an old soldier spoke to the young man.

"Li Xin, General Su has already discussed things with the Lord of Yu City Yucheng."

"It's a bit unconventional for us to go there like this now."

Li Xin remained calm and said, "It's okay."

It's fine. We won't enter the city"

"Just as a precaution, we'll be staying on the outskirts of the city."

"After the city situation is settled, and everything's safe, we'll return the same way."

"But If Yucheng has any ill intentions, we'll be ready to intervene."

"This... makes sense."

A person next to them scoffed, "New recruit, with only a smidgeon of merit, you are already arrogant and think highly of yourself."

"I'll tell General Su what you've done when I see him later.!"

Li Xin remained silent, not even bothering to look at the person. 

However, in his heart, he couldn't help but think about what the Alchemist had said.

"You lost Chang'an City."

"And I lost something precious."

"Help me regain what I've lost, and I'll help you get Chang'an back."

" What do you say?"

Since then, Li Xin arrived at the Great Wall, becoming a member of the Great Wall Defense Army and earning numerous merits. He maintained close contact with the Alchemist privately.

Now, he has received an early notification from the Peony Alchemist.

On the day the city opens, there will be an invasion of demonic creatures.

As the city gate opened, demonic creatures would invade, causing significant losses. 

Commander Su Lie, who agreed to open the city gate, would surely be held accountable

The Alchemist had arrangements in place, and Li Xin, due to his merits, would naturally be promoted.

This was a step closer to regaining Chang'an.

"Is it finally starting..."

Li Xin muttered to himself.

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Great Wall City Gate

At this moment, many people in the city had already seen the demonic creatures at the entrance.

After all, quite a few people were near the entrance.

Some demonic creatures were exceptionally large, making it hard not to see them when looking toward the gate.

"Demonic... demonic creatures..."

"How could this happen?"

"Isn't today the day when the Great Wall Prefecture and Yu City would cooperate and re-open? Why are there so many demonic creatures?!"

"Wait for me, my books...

"Forget about those things. Run!"

For a moment, the once lively and prosperous city became chaotic.

Panicking civilians scattered in all directions.

Even merchants couldn't care less about their property, escaping for their lives.

After all, they are all borderland people.

Whether they are residents of the Great Wall or the people of Yu City, they know the terror of these demonic creatures.

Not to mention these civilians who are powerless.

Even the battle-hardened Great Wall Defense Army would suffer casualties when fighting against these demonic creatures.

Therefore, most civilians, upon seeing the demonic creatures, instinctively run away.

Only a few, those with combat capabilities, choose to fight the demonic creatures.

For example, a white-haired youth at a stall.

At this moment, the youth's animal ears twitched.

His eyes focused.

Picking up a huge firearm next to him, almost as tall as himself, he immediately rushed towards the entrance of the city.

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A man in the market was reading a collection of Li Bai's poems.

"Garo said that General Su Lie and Li Bai are good friends. Is that true?"

At this moment, he also noticed the demonic creatures at the entrance.

Holding a curved blade, he rushed towards it.

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Just as the demonic creatures were about to rush into the city and caused chaos.

A black figure floated in the sky above the city.

Carl.

After receiving Su Lie's task, he immediately accepted it and was transported to the world of the King's Glory. 

However, before accepting the task, he went home and changed into his black battle clothes.

After all, he has two sets of battle suits.

It would be a waste not to wear them, and the black battle clothes looked super cool.

In an instant, Carl observed the situation of the entire city.

Su Lie, demonic creatures, and the chaotic people in the city.

The kid holding the huge firearm, was that Baili Shouyue?

And there Shen Mengxi, and there's someone holding a curved blade who doesn't look like a supporting character...

"Tsk, it's really lively."

Shaking his head, Carl sighed, then greeted Su Lie not far away, "General Su Lie, hello, I'm Carl."

At this moment, Su Lie, using Armament Haki to defend against three powerful demonic creatures. 

Hearing what Carl said, he subconsciously looked over.

Although he had seen Carl's photo in the group records, he was not surprised by Carl's age. 

However, seeing him flying in the air shocked Su Lie.

Although he heard what Tsunade said, Carl has the ability to fly.

Seeing it is still very shocking.

But now there's no time to be surprised.

Now wasn't the time to be surprised. Su Lie hurriedly shouted to Carl, "Carl, those creatures rushing towards the city are demonic creatures..."

Before he could finish his sentence, two bright red beams of light burst from Carl's eyes.

The red lights, like lasers, instantly shone on the demonic creatures around the city. 

In just a moment.

The two creatures at the forefront, illuminated by the red lights, directly dissolved without leaving any trace.

The red light swept horizontally.

Instantly.

All the demonic creatures, as if crushed by an ancient divine weapon, were completely annihilated.

It took less than two seconds.

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City Gate

At this moment, civilians are still panicking and running away.

Some occasionally caught a glimpse of the scene where the red light annihilated the demonic creatures. 

They stopped abruptly in amazement.

The person running behind them accidentally collided with them, causing a chaotic fall.

Still on the ground and not getting up.

The person cursed loudly, "Are you blind? Don't you want to live, why did you stop? I still want to live!"

However, the person he collided with paid no attention.

Instead, he pointed to the entrance of the city.

With an uncertain tone, "Demonic... it seems like the demonic creatures are dead?"

"What kind of fucking nonsense are you talking about!"

The person who was bumped continued to speak unpleasantly

But he still subconsciously looked towards the entrance of the city.

Sure enough.

The several large demonic creatures that were originally at the entrance were gone.

They were on the side near the entrance and could see outside the city.

They could even see General Su Lie, who was fighting against the demonic creatures earlier.

But the demonic creatures were really gone.

Many people noticed the red light just now and the disappearance of the demonic creatures.

"Did I have a hallucination? I seem to have seen a flash of red light just now, and then the demonic creatures disappeared?"

"You didn't hallucinate; I saw it too."

"Are the demonic creatures dead?"

"The demonic creatures are gone!"

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People who could see the entrance began to cheer.

As the number increased, even those a little further away from the entrance stopped subconsciously.

However, since they didn't see what happened just now, they didn't know what was going on. 

Therefore, they just looked around in confusion.

Once there were signs of demonic creatures, they continued to run away. 

But after waiting for a while, they did not see the figure of the demonic creatures.

These people also put their hearts down.

Joining in the cheers with the others.

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