The rampant soldiers are not coming for themselves.
Yu Mei was very sure of this.
the reason is simple.
The monsters who were chasing after her were clearly about to encircle her, but they suddenly gave up the pursuit, leaving only a few abandoned ones to hold her back, while the rest turned around and hurried back.
She led those monsters to a place where she had set a spell trap earlier, and used all her skills to solve it.
I just climbed up and stared in the direction of the long street.
The moonlight is bright near, and the fog is hazy in the distance.
The noise came from afar.
Teach her to have the same questions as Li Changan - what happened in the fog?
She hesitated for a moment.
Dragging his tired body to catch up.
…………
boom!
The explosion was sudden and violent.
The sound waves set off a wave of fog that swept across the long street.
Zhang Yi only had time to protect Sanniangzi in his arms before he was knocked to the ground.
The water droplets and debris in the "wave" hit the back with a "pop", as if thousands of small needles were piercing into the flesh. In an instant, the pain was so painful that I almost lost consciousness on my back.
He is a ruthless charlatan who is used to enduring pain.
I don't care about this little skin injury.
What he cared about was the familiar yet unfamiliar smell lingering in his nose.
Like rusty iron but with a slightly fishy sweetness.
This is the smell of blood.
But there's still a strange smell that's unfamiliar to me.
This is definitely not what human blood should taste like.
He looked to his side. It was originally a clothing store. The owner of the store took great pains to place many exquisite lanterns at the door to attract customers. Unfortunately, the fog and waves just now knocked them over, and the flames rose up and ignited the fabrics in the shop.
Now, the entire shop is in flames.
And in the fire, there was a bloody head embedded in the wall, which was the size of a millstone. The single horn on the Tianling Cap was particularly eye-catching.
Zhang Yi silently clenched the knife in his palm.
He stood up and turned around to look back.
His eyes crossed the messy streets and the confused crowds, and landed directly in the middle of the waterway.
…………
All the luxury was destroyed in the explosion.
What was once a loft-like painting boat in the water now has only one plank floating on the water.
The boat deck was also empty, with only two "people" left "clutching" each other.
One of the men was covered in blood, but Zhang Yi recognized his clothes as none other than Jiang Inspector.
The other was in ragged clothes and looked like a fat woman.
But his body shape is several times wider than that of ordinary people, with some sparse yellow hair growing on his body, and he is holding the inspector in his arms with his arms.
Look at the movement, it's like a mother holding a baby.
But looking at the body shape, one can't help but worry that the giant can crush the inspector to pieces with just a little force.
But the actual situation is exactly the opposite.
The explosion just now cleared away the fog, and Zhang Yi on the shore could see clearly.
Inspection is indeed a "baby".
But when he was lying in the giant's arms, he was not sucking the milk, but biting the flesh and blood on the giant's chest.
The giant kept vibrating in pain. For some reason, let alone resistance, he didn't even struggle at all. He watched helplessly as the other party devoured him alive bit by bit.
In the giant's desperation, the inspector tore into and devoured the food.
He gnawed off the giant's limbs, and the joints of his hands and feet suddenly swelled and sharp claws grew out.
He hollowed out the giant's internal organs, expanded his body, and tore his armor.
He bit open the giant's skull and sucked out the brains, and a pair of curved horns sprouted from his head.
It won't take a moment.
The giant was devoured to its bones.
A horned monster slowly rose from the wreckage.
Its body is taller than a giant, but it is not as fat as a giant. It looks like a starving corpse on the roadside, with dry and gray skin and jagged bones everywhere.
"Gulu."
The sound rang out from the monster, rolling across the street like thunder.
It turned its face towards the crowd with an incomprehensible look.
Zhang Yi shuddered violently.
That voice.
The ranger who has been homeless all year round is familiar with it.
It's the sound of hunger.
That look.
Zhang Yi is more familiar with it.
That is the joy of seeing prey.
"Run!"
I don't know who made this trembling scream.
The dull crowd finally woke up and ran away screaming and howling.
Without saying a word, Zhang Yi picked up Sanniangzi, who was still in a daze, and headed into the alley.
But this time.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the horned monster suddenly puffed up its cheeks.
Somehow.
Zhang Yi stepped aside.
next moment.
A string of blue-black "things" passed by his side.
A startling glance.
Zhang Yi felt that the texture and luster of the thing gave him a very strange feeling.
It flows like a liquid and is as hard as metal.
Like flowing iron.
Falling into the alley, it bloomed like water, then suddenly solidified, blocking the entire alley, its luster was green and black, as if an iron wall had been erected.
Zhang Yi slashed away with his knife without thinking.
Clang!
Gold and iron jingle.
The iron wall was unscathed, but the ranger's mouth was numb.
Several people who also wanted to escape from the alley swarmed up. They were so frightened that they only wanted to knock down or climb over the iron wall.
Zhang Yi didn't dare to delay, so he grabbed Sanniang and wanted to find another way.
But just turned around.
But he froze at the entrance of the alley.
…
There was chaos on the street.
The crowds running for their lives, the burning buildings, the fog gathering again... Everything combined, it seemed that the whole city was boiling.
The monster stood in the fire and fog, ten steps away.
The light flames shone behind it, pushing its shadow down from its rugged and huge body, and pressed on Zhang Yi, as heavy as iron.
The ranger's face was numb and his heart was palpitating. He grabbed the knife, but his joints seemed to be locked and he couldn't move.
He suddenly understood how the giant felt at that time.
He boasted that his mouth and tongue were full of blood, and he struggled to survive between life and death. At this time, he even lost the courage to wield the knife.
He could only stand there with a dull face and stiff body, watching helplessly as the monster picked up a passerby and stuffed it into his mouth.
Eating fruits is normal.
Click.
Juice overflows.
then.
He puffed up his cheeks again towards himself, towards the Third Lady, and towards the other people in the alley.
boom!
suddenly.
The monster seemed to have been hit hard by something.
He was suddenly smashed and flew into a shop on the other side.
Immediately.
The fog was disturbed, and the "thing" that saved Zhang Yi and others appeared.
It was a giant man with a majestic figure, wearing gorgeous clothes and armor, like a "giant god" in a picture book.
He was already very tall, but after he appeared, his body continued to expand.
A few breaths are already higher than the house.
With one stride of his long legs, he crossed the waterway, leaned down and punched, hitting the horned monster like a mountain.
puff!
This is not the sound of a heavy fist hitting.
Instead, countless black iron wires burst out and passed through the body of the "Giant Spirit God", causing huge clouds of blood to splash and rain down on the street.
The movements of the "Giant Spirit God" also froze. The wires on his body were like densely growing shrub branches, and the roots were connected to the split mouth of the horned monster.
"There's a monster! Help!"
The sudden scream behind him made Zhang Yi startle, and he woke up from the shock.
Suffer!
Three wives!
He quickly turned back.
Then several people were seen screaming and escaping from the alley, knocking Sanniang, who was still in a daze, to stagger.
And behind them, in the alley illuminated by fire.
A rat as big as a calf was knocking a woman to the ground.
The giant rat was wrapped in human clothes, and its head still looked like a human being. Its face surprised Zhang Yi even more. It turned out to be the person who had just tried to knock down the iron wall.
Is he a monster?
The woman was still struggling desperately and kept calling for help.
Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward with the knife.
But suddenly.
A sharp claw broke out from the giant rat's back. The woman's eyes shot red, she opened her fangs and bit the giant rat's neck.
Without saying a word, Zhang Yi picked up Sanniang and ran away.
…………
Zhang Yi has never seen such a ridiculous and terrifying thing.
People will turn into monsters!
And it can infect others like a plague.
The companions who were running for their lives together one moment turned into monsters and pounced on them the next moment.
Ever since.
Parents eat their children, husbands knock down their wives, all these things cannot be mentioned again and again.
in a blink.
Xiaoshui became a purgatory on earth.
Zhang Yi got rid of a man who had suddenly turned into a demon. When he turned around, there was a little boy standing alone on the road ahead.
Among the panicked crowd, he neither cried nor made a fuss. He held a bunch of candied haws in his hand, raised his head slightly, and his eyes were empty.
Zhang Yi had seen this kind of emptiness too many times tonight.
He raised his long knife.
But a woman screamed and ran out, holding the child in her arms.
"My baby is not a monster, he is just scared..." She raised her head and looked at the man in front of her who was filled with evil spirits, and muttered only one sentence.
"Spare your life, spare your life..."
Zhang Yi paused, put down his knife, and passed by the mother and son.
He didn't take a few steps.
"Baby, are you hurt? Are you talking? Don't scare grandma...ah!"
Zhang Yi did not look back and quickened his pace.
But the man in his arms seemed to be shaking even more violently.
He then lowered his head.
He met a pair of green pupils.
…
Zhang Yi stared intently at the pair of green pupils.
It still appears hollow, but not ferocious.
He slowly raised the knife, but couldn't swing it down.
until.
A butterfly flies by.
Surrounded by a dim light, it looks delicate and dreamy, unlike anything in the world.
It coiled around Sanniang's forehead, with little bits of light falling from its wings.
The green in Sanniang's eyes gradually faded away, and finally she got rid of her trance, regained her usual look, and called out softly:
"Zhang Lang?"
The knight did not answer, and could not answer.
At this time, he had lowered his sharp blade, with butterflies flying in his eyes, and a slight smile hanging on the corner of his mouth. He was in a trance, as if he had fallen into a sweet dream.
…………
When Yu Mei hurried back to the market.
All she saw, apart from the chaotic crowd, were the fluttering butterflies.
They are like leaves burning in the wind. As they scatter sparks, their radiance becomes fainter and smaller, and eventually they are completely extinguished.
And where the light shines.
The fog dissipated, the demon gradually turned back into a human, and the human gradually calmed down.
Restore everything to a quiet and peaceful state.
But their number is too small. Even if they are burned out, it will only be a drop in the bucket to bring chaos to the entire market. What's more, there is a big demon that bites iron and wreaks havoc, constantly causing terror and stimulating people to transform into demons.
Fortunately, I can hear the sound of the horn.
A large number of rampant soldiers pressed down from the direction of Shuiyue Temple.
Some of them immediately devoted themselves to fighting against the other monsters, encircling and suppressing the other monsters. The other part took off their bodies, turned into butterflies, burned themselves, appeased the crowd, and maintained the illusion.
"What a risk! What a risk!"
Dionysus shouted rejoicing.
"I never thought something like this would happen."
"If these bug cubs hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid the illusion would have been shattered tonight."
Yumei didn't say anything, just frowned, looking thoughtful.
Dionysus didn't take it seriously, and he continued to talk:
"Little Huailing, you don't need to feel guilty. The situation was critical at that time. How could you have the time to check whether the rattle is alive or dead? What's more, the illusion is already broken, and after Huandie keeps tossing us, the illusion is even harder to maintain, and monsters are always around.
On the verge of awakening.”
"It's fine if they are scattered in the city, but once they are gathered in one place, a slight change will inevitably affect a chain of demon changes. Therefore, this is not your fault."
He talked a lot, and Yu Mei finally replied, but the content was completely different from what Dionysus said.
"We have all overestimated or underestimated Phantom Butterfly."
Her voice was colder than usual.
"Its goal has always been the illusion itself, and the big demon is just a dispensable addition to it. So no matter how we try to bait it, it remains unmoved. The only thing that can make it appear is probably the illusion itself.
Bar."
Said.
She took out a small wine gourd and drank it with her head raised.
This is one of the few treasures of the God of Dionysus. It is a magical brew that can stimulate the soul and generate mana. It is the medicine for tigers and wolves in emergencies.
Dionysus was shocked.
"You're crazy!"
He saw Yu Mei's actions and understood what she meant.
She wanted to forcefully take action again, destroy the comfort of the demons by the rampant soldiers and the young butterflies, and use the collapse of the illusion as a bargaining chip to force the phantom butterflies to leave the nest.
"Right now, the demonic transformation has spread. Fortunately, the insect cub acted quickly and barely stabilized the situation. But if you intervene now, it will definitely worsen the situation. Whether the phantom butterfly can get out of the nest is another matter. If you can't control it,
Or if we just take one step slower, it might turn into a prairie fire and all the demons in the city will wake up."
"Introduction, if these tens of thousands of demons escape from their prisons and invade the human world, how will it end?!"
In the past, although the actions of Taoist priests and others were risky, they were betting on their own lives.
But this time.
Yu Mei wants to bet not only her own life...
She suddenly chuckled.
"Shh."
"Don't let Taoist Li listen."
He smiled and sighed quietly.
His expression returned to its usual calm and cold expression.
It can be vague.
But Dionysus felt that the person in front of him overlapped with the willful and stubborn shadow in his memory.
she says:
"I am Huailing who was born through the enlightenment of the real person, not Yumei from the Zhenfu Division."
Say it.
She also pointed out the formula.
"Hurry as the law dictates!"
…………
The whole city was abuzz, and the light of fire reflected in the sky.
Li Changan on the other side of the mountain was stunned.
How come it turned into such a mess in the blink of an eye?
Go down the mountain to help suppress it?
That is impossible.
If I can stay here and watch the fire from the other side, I can be regarded as a pure and honest person.
As long as the illusion does not collapse, the Taoist priest hopes that they will die as many times as possible. Although through the pictures transmitted by Dionysus, it is a bit unbearable to see the old, weak, women and children dying tragically one after another. But when you think about it, these people are essentially food.
The evil monster that is caused by human beings, the little bit of intolerance will disappear.
The Taoist priest was watching a play with his legs crossed.
Suddenly I felt something in my heart.
Without hesitation.
He plunged back into the pile of fallen leaves.
next moment.
That night sky where soldiers were flying fiercely just now.
Then I saw a huge butterfly, as if made of light, passing by.
Its body is wrapped in brilliant light, and only its faint outlines can be seen.
Its four wings hang down to the sky and are translucent, almost blending with the moonlight. However, the little cold light on it is like a dreamy starlight. Its four wings are drawn out. When flying, it seems to cut the Milky Way into feathers and slide across the sky.
.
Hundreds of fantasy butterflies?
Has it left the nest?
Why?
Doubt is followed by ecstasy.
There is no time to think left and right, no time to look forward and backward.