164 This World Should Not Be Like This
After leaving the mountains, the group first headed to the nearest city to buy a means of transportation.He did not buy a carriage for the sake of comfort, he just bought four horses.
At a gust of lightning, it was rapidly approaching the Tiandou Empire.
While resting along the way, Duguyan suddenly remembered something and asked loudly, "Xiaochuan, do you remember the small town we passed by on the way here?"
As he said this, memories from before came flooding back to him.
Lin Chuan nodded gently, "Of course I still remember, the wine in that wine shop tastes pretty good."
"We are about to return to the Tiandou Empire, so why not stop by and take a look? I wonder how the girl in the tavern is doing now."
"Okay, let's go there and rest!"
Naturally, Lin Chuan would have no objection to this.
The destination was clear, and it didn't take a few days for everyone to reach the town.
Fortunately, the soul masters have good memories. Even though so much time has passed, they still remember the route they took when they got here.
However, as we got closer, something seemed to be wrong.
Everywhere they passed, there were obvious traces of some kind of creatures on the ground, and judging from the appearance, there were obviously quite a few of them, spreading in the direction they were heading.
"Oh—"
Lin Chuan grabbed the reins and suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, the other three girls also stopped immediately.
"Xiaochuan, what's wrong?" Dugu Yan asked puzzledly.
"Something is not right," Lin Chuan simply left a sentence, took a deep breath and closed his eyes. A wave of mental power spread out, and nothing around him escaped his eyes.
And in the direction closer to the town, endless emotions were fed back.
Fear, despair, pain, greed, madness...
Lin Chuan suddenly opened his eyes, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.
"Brother Chuan," Ye Lingling keenly caught this and called out softly.
"The town ahead is being attacked. The situation is critical. I'll go ahead. Yanzi and Lingling, you can come over later. But please be careful."
After saying this, without waiting for the three women to respond, Lin Chuan jumped from the horse's back and galloped forward like a gust of wind.
"Let's catch up quickly!"
The three women also realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly waved their whips.
In just a few breaths, Lin Chuan had arrived right above the town. Looking down from above, he saw that the not-so-big town had turned into a hell on earth.
There were dead bodies everywhere, the ground was stained red, the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood, and you could even see corpses on the road, all of them had their stomachs ripped open, their internal organs spilled all over the ground, their deaths were so miserable.
Even children were not spared and were pierced with spears and hung high up.
Witnessing this scene, Lin Chuan's face turned pale.
The killing was still going on below, and there was no time to think, as Lin Chuan suddenly fell from the sky.
"boom--"
He instantly smashed a big hole on the ground, and the murderers who were slaughtering the surviving humans nearby were instantly blown away and hit the wall, their life or death unknown.
Lin Chuan slowly stood up and looked around with cold eyes.
The killer's appearance also came into view.
These were a group of sturdy fellows, over six feet tall, with all gray hair and lush hair growing on exposed parts of their bodies. Their lips protruded outward, revealing two canine teeth that were several times larger than those of ordinary people, and their faces were painted with bright oil paint, making them look no different from savages.
However, the identities of these savages emerged in Lin Chuan's mind.
Wolf thief!
A product of the union of a human and a Wind Wolf soul beast, half human, half wolf, born with the physique, speed and some innate abilities of a Wind Wolf, and also possesses a certain amount of intelligence.
The Wind Wolf is bloodthirsty and lustful by nature. It will mate with almost any creature of similar size to itself, and its favorite thing to do is to rape human females.
After combining with females, they will give birth to a special species of wolf thieves.
I just didn't expect to meet these beasts here.
"Ouch—"
The moment Lin Chuan appeared, all the wolf thieves turned around at the same time, growling continuously, their eyes bloodshot, and their whole bodies filled with murderous intent.
"Kneel down!"
Lin Chuan roared, and a stream of red light swept in all directions.
The mystery of the fire of all things formed a field, covering the entire town, and under the lock of mental power, it acted very accurately on all the wolf thieves.
"Bang——"
Under tremendous pressure, all the wolf thieves knelt on the ground, with their upper bodies pressed against the ground. They were no longer as fierce as before, and their eyes were filled with fear.
However, they couldn't even make a sound, let alone struggle.
"Die!"
Lin Chuan stomped his feet lightly, and a sea of fire fell from the sky. All the wolf bandits were engulfed by the flames and were burned to ashes before they could even scream.
To be honest, these wolf thieves are not weak in strength. Any one of them is as strong as a hundred-year-old soul beast. Among them there are even mutant leaders whose strength is equivalent to that of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.
It does not pose a threat to Lin Chuan, but it is a disaster for ordinary people.
"Brother Chuan!"
A shout came from behind, and Dugu Yan and the other two arrived late.
Along the way, they also witnessed the tragic scenes in the town. Such bloody scenes made the three women feel uncomfortable, but they still persevered.
Lin Chuan looked unhappy and shook his head gently, "I have killed all the wolf bandits. There are still many alive. Let's look for them. Lingling, follow me to rescue them."
The situation was so critical that the three women did not hesitate. They nodded in agreement and immediately dispersed.
Lin Chuan and his companions arrived late, but they did not miss it completely. They happened to encounter wolf bandits attacking the town, and thus averted the disaster in time.
However, the pain left by the Wolf Bandits is irreversible.
After a busy time, all the survivors in the town were gathered together.
The vast majority were women and children, and only a small number of adult men survived, but their condition was not good at this time, and a large number of them were disabled.
The wolf bandits not only plunder, but also kill the men and use them as their food, while the women are kept as delivery rooms, and only those who are not pregnant will become food.
Originally there were several thousand people in the town, but now there are only a few hundred left.
"Xiao Ling!"
Dugu Yan suddenly shouted from the crowd.
A young girl who was lying on a corpse and crying loudly heard the noise, slowly raised her head, and after recognizing a few people, her eyes were suddenly filled with crystal tears.
"Sister Dugu, is that you?"
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Looking at the haggard girl, Dugu Yan nodded sympathetically, "It's me."
After receiving a positive answer, Xiaoling could no longer hold back the grievance in her heart and burst into tears again, "Sister Dugu, Grandpa and Dad are dead, I have no family anymore..."
The miserable cries seemed to be a signal, and all the survivors began to cry loudly.
For them, surviving does not seem to be worth being happy about, but rather a pain.
Dugu Yan stepped forward and held the girl Xiaoling in her arms, gently patting her back and comforting her silently.
Lin Chuan stood aside, watching the scene in front of him silently, not knowing what to say. At this moment, any words seemed pale and powerless. He could only let them vent their emotions.
Ye Lingling was also in a low mood, but she still held the Spirit of Life in her hands and treated the injured.
The cries echoed over the town.
I don't know how long it took, but a breath of air was approaching quickly.
Lin Chuan suddenly raised his head and happened to see a quick attack spirit master hovering in the sky. It seemed that after discovering that there were survivors below, he quickly landed on the ground.
"You are still alive?"
The first sentence makes people angry.
"What do you mean by this?" Lin Chuan's eyes turned unfriendly and he asked in a deep voice.
"Nothing." The visitor seemed to realize that he had said something wrong. His eyes were a little vague, and he quickly changed the subject. "Have the Wolf Bandits been here? And who are you?"
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the other party is deliberately hiding something.
In front of Lin Chuan, the soul master's obvious emotional changes naturally could not escape his perception.
Without any nonsense, he flashed in front of the agile attack spirit master, stretched out his hand and grabbed his neck, then lifted him up from the ground.
A feeling of suffocation came over him, and his face suddenly turned red.
He struggled desperately with his hands, but Lin Chuan's hands were like iron clamps, tightly gripping his throat, and he only needed to apply a little force to break it.
"Now I ask you a question and you answer it. If you dare to lie to me, I will let you experience what it means to live a life worse than death!"
Lin Chuan looked coldly at the agile attack spirit master in front of him, his gaze seemed to penetrate his soul.
Finally, when the other party was about to suffocate, Lin Chuan suddenly let go of his hand.
"Bang!"
The agile attack spirit master fell directly to the ground, holding his throat and coughing continuously, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Tell me about your origins."
"I..." The agile attack spirit master subconsciously wanted to lie, but under Lin Chuan's gaze, he couldn't lie, as if something terrible was waiting for him.
"Replying to the senior, I am a subordinate of Earl Oran of the Xingluo Empire."
Not sensing any lying emotion, Lin Chuan continued to ask, "What are you doing here?"
"Investigate...investigate the wolf bandits."
"So you knew about the wolf bandits' attack a long time ago?" Lin Chuan's expression suddenly turned unfriendly.
The other party swallowed his saliva and wanted to deny it, but he didn't dare to lie. He could only grit his teeth and give in.
"Yes, this group of wolf bandits has attacked more than one place. This time I am here on the orders of the Earl to investigate the whereabouts of the wolf bandits and pass the news back so that we can prepare for the response in advance."
"Since you know about the wolf bandits, why don't you send someone to deal with it?" Lin Chuan asked again.
"this..."
Seeing the other party avoiding his gaze, Lin Chuan suddenly felt a huge pressure.
"I'll tell you," the agility attack spirit master in front of him dared not hide anything, as the knife was almost on his neck, "the wolf bandits are extremely powerful and can control the power of the wind to a certain extent. Five hundred wolf bandits can defeat a regular army of ten thousand people, and once they are attacked, they will fight to the death."
"There are more than a thousand wolf bandits in front of us. The Earl is worried that if he sends troops to encircle and suppress them, they will take advantage of the situation. He is also afraid that he will retaliate if he provokes them. So he sent me out to see if I can threaten the place where he is."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.
"What a joke!" Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward suddenly, her expression cold, "These are all citizens of the empire, and they pay taxes to the empire every year. That damned earl actually abandoned the people in his territory because he was worried about his own safety, even though he knew that there were wolf bandits wreaking havoc. What a bastard!"
"Why didn't you ask for help?" Lin Chuan suppressed his anger and asked again.
"Earl Oran said that he didn't want other nobles to know that he was in a mess because of a group of wolf bandits. That would make him a laughing stock among the nobles, so..."
Lin Chuan didn't want to listen any more, and he spewed flames from his mouth, burning the agile attack spirit master in front of him into ashes.
Dugu Yan slowly stood up, her tone filled with resentment, "A bunch of selfish nobles, greedy for life and afraid of death is fine, but they actually disregarded ordinary people for the sake of ridiculous noble dignity, this world shouldn't be like this!"
"Yes, this world shouldn't be like this..."
Lin Chuan agreed with an inexplicable look on his face.
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