Mutated Tao

Li Huowang finally realized what was happening as the outlaw soldiers began charging toward town.

These bastards weren’t trying to find the spy through verifying people’s identities, but through killing the entire town!

Dong~ Dong~ Dong~

The sound of the wardrum struck fear in the hearts of everyone present.

Amidst the chaos, the outlaw soldiers showed no mercy as they continued their charge toward the unarmed civilians.

As he stared at the army, Li Huowang immediately knew that assassinating the general wasn’t a good idea.

It had a low probability of being successful, and he didn’t know how strong the general was. All he knew was that the general had to be significantly stronger than Wang Deqiu.

The best course of action is to run and escape their encirclement!

After deciding this, Li Huowang chose one of the directions with the least amount of soldiers and immediately ran back into the heart of the town.

When Li Huowang finally got close to the center of the town, he heard the sound of metal ripping through the air.

Everyone, including Li Huowang, turned around and saw that the female general was directly pointing at them with her halbert.

Then, her strong and clear voice resonated in the air, “Charge into the Heavens and Earth and become a dragon! Flying Dragon formation!”

“Kill them all!” The outlaw soldiers shouted and ran into the town.

Seeing this scene, all the civilians were horrified and the only thing they could think about was escaping.

However, a lot of the people were trampled to death as they tried to flee the scene.

Splat!

The sharp knives held by the soldiers easily stabbed into the bodies of the civilians and took their lives.

The soldiers who were supposed to fight off the enemies were now killing civilians without the slightest remorse.

The civilians started dying in swathes.

On the other hand, the outlaw soldiers enjoyed such a massacre. Some of them even started salivating as they saw the flying blood and flesh.

Meanwhile, Li Huowang continued to run while weaving through the crowd; even so, there were far too many people!

After a while, Li Huowang finally gave up and leapt up onto a roof before finally finding a path back to his group. Then, he ran back as fast as he could.

All of them were still waiting there for him, oblivious to the threat. When he saw that they hadn’t tried to blindly run away, Li Huowang sighed in relief.

At this moment, Li Huowang’s group was staring at the escaping civilians and feeling anxious. They didn’t know what had happened and could only wait for Li Huowang to return.

Bam!

At that moment, Li Huowang suddenly fell from the skies and onto the ground, surprising the rest of them in the process.

“Run! I will explain everything while running! We need to leave the town now; they are killing everyone! Run!” barked Li Huowang.

Even though they didn’t know what was happening, none of them questioned Li Huowang and immediately started running with their carriage in tow.

The horses ran as fast as they could, while those on the carriage held on for dear life.

When he finally had the chance, Li Huowang explained to them what was happening.

“How dare they?! Those murderers!” Jin Shanzhao was livid.

Li Huowang stared at Jin Shanzhao intently. “Do you know them? Do you think you can stop them with your identity?”

Li Huowang didn’t know Jin Shanzhao’s true identity. He was a mysterious old man. If his true identity was that of someone influential within the kingdom, then they might be able to save themselves right now.

Jin Shanzhao shook his head. “The outlaw soldiers have already started massacring all the people within the town. There’s no hope anymore.”

“All the more reason for us to run then!”

At this moment, Li Huowang and the rest were running toward the North exit. Even though the outlaw soldiers had surrounded the entire town, at the very least the North exit was further away from the general, and so they had a higher chance of surviving!

As they ran, they saw the civilians in front of them turn around and start running back.

“Zhao Wu! Hold the reins and don’t let the horses get spooked!” commanded Li Huowang.

Their horse carriages were akin to a boat trying to go up against a strong current, causing them to be slowed down considerably.

Suddenly, the crowd of civilians was no more.

Just as Li Huowang raised his head, he saw something sharp aimed straight for his neck. He twisted his body and saw who it was, the “Qiu” character on their forehead revealing the identity of the attacker.

Li Huowang’s group had finally met up with the encirclement of the outlaw soldiers.

Immediately, Li Huowang unsheathed his sword and swung it as hard as he could, cutting the solder in half.

“Charge! As long as we exit their encirclement, we will be able to survive!” roared Li Huowang. At the same time, he raised his sword and charged into the encirclement.

The rest of them dared not stop and followed closely behind Li Huowang.

In the face of Li Huowang’s attacks, the outlaw soldiers were caught completely off guard; they had never expected there to be a group of fighters hidden within a traveling theater troupe.

Tens of soldiers were dead in no time.

When the soldiers finally reacted, they immediately started working together. They used their spears to keep Li Huowang and the rest at a distance, using their advantage in numbers to stop Li Huowang’s attacks.

I can’t drag this anymore!

As he thought this, Li Huowang used a metal tong to pull out two of his teeth. The pain shot through his spine accompanied by a sour taste in his mouth. Then, he unfurled the Profound Records and caused the two teeth to explode in front of the soldiers.

Instantly, the white shrapnels tore into the soldiers causing them to cry out in pain. A large group of soldiers died just like that.

Ding ding ding~!

At the same time, the horrid sound of the bronze bell started ringing.

In response, Wandering Gods flew out and started phasing through a large swathe of the soldiers, killing them in the process.

As more and more soldiers died, Li Huowang finally saw a path to escape the encirclement!

Finally—

Just as he had thought that they would be able to escape, Li Huowang was enveloped by a killing intent so intense that he almost crumbled under the pressure.

Li Huowang instantly knew that he was in danger but he couldn’t move; it was as if his body had been frozen solid.

At the critical moment, a dragon roar rang out from the sword on Li Huowang’s back, neutralizing the killing intent.

Freed from the killing intent, Li Huowang ducked and rolled as the sound of air being torn was heard. A massive halberd flew over and crashed into the position Li Huowang had been in just moments ago.

The impact caused pebbles to fly in all directions, peppering Li Huowang’s face and causing him to grimace from the pain.

After a moment, Li Huowang turned around to look in the direction of the town.

Da da da!

A massive horse donned with heavy armor was carrying the female general as she trampled over the civilians and rapidly approached them. At this moment, the horse’s legs were stained in red, just like Li Huowang’s robes.

As she got close, fear gripped everyone’s heart; all of them suddenly felt the urge to give up. Her very presence was enough to cause them to feel despair.

“Hoho, I finally forced you to come out, Si Qi spy.” Her voice was quite soothing to hear.

“This sword was given to me! I’m not a spy from the kingdom of Si Qi!” denied Li Huowang.

“You carry the sword of the You family. Also, if I, Peng Longteng, say that you are a spy, then you are one! Who cares if you are really a spy or not?”

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