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At this moment, Mu Ci's breathing became somewhat rapid, and the hand holding Shui Yue'er tightened unconsciously.
Shui Yue'er was right next to Mu Ci, so she noticed the difference immediately.
Originally, only her cheeks were flushed, but now the blush had spread to her snow-white neck.
Especially when she thought about what might happen in a little while, Shuiyue'er became even more excited and thrilled.
"At worst, we can just postpone it for a day. Anyway, my sister just broke through, so it won't make a difference if it's a little longer."
"Brother-in-law, Yue'er wants..."
But before Shuiyue could finish speaking, a sharp, piercing sound suddenly broke through the silent night, instantly changing the expressions of those still awake in the city.
Upon hearing the voice from afar, Mu Ci instantly lost all other thoughts.
He casually released a burst of soul power to light the candles in the room.
At this moment, Mu Ci picked up the delicate body in his arms and looked at Shui Yue'er, who was looking somewhat dazed, and said.
"Moon, this is the imperial army's signal arrow. It is usually used by the garrison to warn of any major situation. I need to go to the city wall to take a look now."
"Go wake Bing'er up, and then come find me after you're ready."
Upon hearing Mu Ci's instructions, Shui Yue'er nodded her little head blankly.
Looking at Shuiyue'er like this, Muci kissed her forehead with some affection.
"My dear Yue'er, we'll talk about what happened later. I'm leaving now."
After comforting Shui Yue'er, Mu Ci quickly dressed, opened the window of the room, and with a surge of soul power, disappeared into the thick night in the blink of an eye.
Watching Mu Ci's disappearing figure, Shui Yue'er gradually came back to her senses.
Her originally pink skin has now returned to its snow-white color, but her eye sockets and the whites of her eyes are now red, and her emotions are constantly fluctuating.
Even the gentlest person can turn into a raging ocean when faced with something like this.
'I've finally got this opportunity! I'm going to see what dares to ruin my good time!'
He took out his usual training clothes from the soul tool and put them on. His light blue soul power surged, and his soul rings rose from his feet.
Small dragon horns emerged from the sides of her forehead, and the slightly bristling dragon scales directly conveyed Shui Yue'er's anger.
After getting everything ready, I ran straight to Shui Bing'er's room.
Chapter 110 Soul Beast Attacks the City
The city tower was cold.
At this moment, Lord Luo Lan of Tianhan City gazed at the distant place where the arrows had been fired, his face filled with anxiety and helplessness.
For some time now, he has been suffering terribly from the hunting of unknown soul beast clans.
Originally, they only attacked the merchant guild's caravan on the official road, but then gradually began attacking the surrounding villages, moving step by step toward Tianhan City.
Tianhan City is just a small city with a population of only tens of thousands and city walls that are only four or five meters high.
As for the stationed troops, there are even fewer.
If this nomadic group of spirit beasts has a leader who is over ten thousand years old, then tonight the city may be in danger of being breached.
At this moment, Bishop Sai Dong of the Martial Soul Sub-Hall also arrived late, panting heavily.
Even as a three-ring Soul Master, one's physical strength declines significantly with age.
"Huff—huff, how's the situation? Was it those soul beasts who did it?"
Bishop Saidong, with one hand on his waist and the other clenched into a fist, began to pound his back as he looked at Loran, who was pacing back and forth and occasionally gazing into the distance.
"How should I know? Not a single patrolling soldier has returned since that signal arrow was fired."
"If nothing unexpected happens, like those chamber of commerce convoys, not a single person survived."
After Lord Loran finished speaking, he began to sigh repeatedly, looking terrified and helpless.
As a hereditary nobleman, he naturally inherited the family's title after his father's death and became the city lord of Tianhan City.
Although he had studied at the Soul Master Academy for a few years, he was only a level 32 Soul Master at nearly 60 years old, and his Soul Rings were only one white and two yellow.
In terms of actual combat power, he might not even be able to defeat a hundred-year-old soul beast.
So how can we keep him from panicking when faced with this situation?
"Alright, how many Spirit Hall deacons are you bringing over?"
Bishop Saidong took a slow breath, thought carefully for a moment, and then spoke.
"Including me, there are twenty-three people in total: one Soul Master, four Great Soul Masters, and the rest are Soul Masters."
Lord Loran combined the number given by Bishop Saidong with the number of people on his side and calculated it.
But the result only made Lord Loran's face more desperate.
"Even if we include the people on my side, there are less than sixty people in total, and less than ten of them are Great Soul Masters."
"If even a few thousand-year-old soul beasts came, we might not be able to defeat them."
"This is how to do ah?"
Bishop Saidong looked at Lord Loran with a face full of anger.
"You ask me what to do? How would I know?"
"I told you to send someone to inform the main city a long time ago. Who told you to dawdle like that? Now look what happened. What are we going to do if those soul beasts attack the city?"
"Don't forget, there was a merchant guild before, with a Soul Sect expert in charge, but the entire guild still died."
Lord Loran, his face flushed and neck red from the criticism, began to argue back with Bishop Saidong.
"That's your fault. When the caravan was attacked the first time, I asked you, didn't you say that soul beast groups like this usually don't stay in one place?"
"Why are we starting the siege now? Don't you, old man, bear any responsibility for all this trouble?"
Then the two elderly people, in their fifties and sixties, began to shift the blame to each other, pointing out each other's shortcomings in the matter.
Just then, Mu Ci's voice pierced through the night and reached the ears of the two, causing them to pause in surprise as they continued their argument.
"Instead of thinking about how to handle the situation, are you two just shirking responsibility?"
Seeing the young man walking slowly towards him, Lord Loran immediately shifted his pent-up anger to Mu Ci without saying a word.
"Who are you? Who gave you permission to come up here? I'm speaking with His Holiness the Bishop, what right do you have to interrupt?"
"Guards! Arrest this man and throw him in jail!"
However, just as the Lord of Loran's shout fell, a heavy, mountain-like soul pressure emanated from Mu Ci's body.
In a single glance, the Lord of Loran City knelt on the ground, unable to hold on for even a second.
As the soul pressure gradually intensified, three soul rings—one white and two yellow—began to wander across the surface of Lord Loran's body.
Snow-white fur began to appear on its body surface, and two fangs emerged from the corners of its mouth.
Snow Pig Martial Soul Passive Attachment!
Even so, Lord Loran was still unable to get up from the ground, and didn't even have the strength to move.
"Sir, may I ask who you are?"
Looking at such a young and powerful individual, Bishop Saidong asked somewhat cautiously.
They didn't even consider pleading for Lord Loran's life.
To be able to render a Soul Master powerless with just soul pressure—that's incredibly powerful.
At least in his memory, only the cardinal of the main hall could do such a thing, but those big shots were all top-tier powerhouses at the Contra level.
Judging from his appearance alone, the person in front of me is not even twenty years old. What a genius he is!
Upon hearing the question from the bishop beside him, Mu Ci flipped his hand and took out a token from his soul tool, tossing it into the bishop's hand.
This was an elder's token that Lin Ya obtained from Spirit Douluo when she was practicing medicine. It represented the authority of the Spirit Hall.
The moment Bishop Saidong saw the phoenix-like relief, he recognized the meaning behind the token.
He respectfully returned the token with both hands, speaking with a mixture of flattery and hope.
"Greetings, sir. May I ask what brings you to Tianhan City, and is there anything the Martial Soul Hall can do for you?"
Mu Ci glanced at the respectful bishop, took the token, and put it back into his soul tool, also withdrawing the soul pressure that had been pressing down on Lord Loran.
“You don’t need to know why I’m here, but I’m very curious to know what you’ve been doing these past few days.”
"Do you know that if I hadn't come to Tianhan City today, the matter of the soul beasts breaking through the city would have been discussed in the imperial court of Tiandou City in a few dozen days?"
Upon hearing this, both Lord Loran and Bishop Saidong were speechless, unsure how to respond.
Suddenly, Bishop Saidon's hand was touched twice by the Lord of Loran, clearly indicating that he should speak.
Looking at Loran, who was standing beside him with his head down and a look of fear on his face, Sai Dong sighed and explained to Mu Ci.
"Sir, we have indeed reported the situation here to the main city, but we don't know why no one has come to deal with it yet."
Mu Ci frowned.
"When did this happen?"
"Seven days ago."
Sai Dong's answer surprised Mu Ci. Seven days was enough time to travel from Tianhan City to the local main city and back, not to mention sending a message by fast horse.
This suggests that the messenger had likely already met with misfortune.
"Among these soul beasts, there are individuals with extremely high intelligence who not only know to leave no survivors, but also to cut off communications."
Mu Ci thought to himself that such a group of soul beasts posed a great threat to such a small border town.
At this moment, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had also changed their equipment and released their martial spirit power to run up to the city wall.
Chapter 111 Frostwind Wolf Pack, Wolf Thieves!
Lord Loran and Bishop Saidong were surprised to see the two women arrive.
It wasn't just because of Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's rare and stunning beauty, but also because of the pressure of their soul power brought by the four soul rings, two yellow and two purple.