The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 37: Chapter 36 Night Raid

“That all happened nearly a thousand years ago. It’s no harm to tell you, but as for this matter, there are no detailed records in our clan’s documents, only the oral statements of our ancestors. That year, Song Fan County experienced a flood that had not been seen in a hundred years. The Luan Shui River swelled up. The place where our ancestor was operating the ferry was precisely at the narrowing of the river, where the water flow was even more rapid. The ferry boat was carried away by the torrent, hitting a pile of chaotic rocks in the river, almost capsizing. Coincidentally, the bow of the boat got stuck on a lake stone in front of the rocky beach. The boat didn’t flip, but it knocked our ancestor into the water. However, our ancestor was very lucky and came to no harm. In fact, he benefited from the calamity. He obtained the Nameless Heavenly Book from beneath that pile of chaotic rocks and embarked on the path of cultivation,” Yu Yan (于焱) said, his tone filled with envy.

“I see, Master Yu, indeed, is a person of deep fortune and favor,” Shen Luo said slowly, his mind turning, about to ask some more details.

Just at this moment, accompanied by a shrill scream, several fireworks suddenly burst in the sky above the city gate in the distance.

“What is that?” Shen Luo, noticing the fireworks in the sky, stood up in surprise.

“Emergency flares! Those wolf beasts dare to attack the city at night!” Yu Yan’s drunken expression also disappeared instantly, and he said with an exceptionally serious expression.

Shen Luo’s heart suddenly chilled upon hearing this.

“You quickly wake up Yu Meng and immediately go to the city gate to aid them. The leading demon wolf has opened its spiritual wisdom and is extremely cunning. If these beasts dare to attack the city at night, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as a plague!” Yu Yan quickly said, his body taking to the air. He took out a talisman paper and crushed it in his hand.

With a “whoosh”, a gray cloud appeared beneath him, carrying him swiftly toward the city gate.

Shen Luo enviously watched as Yu Yan rode off on the clouds. He was just about to turn around and wake up Yu Meng. His gaze fell on the stone table in the pavilion and stopped.

The wine pot, talisman pen, and talisman paper that Yu Yan had just used were all there. He had left hastily and forgot to take them with him.

“Brother Yu! The magical beasts are attacking the city at night! Get up quickly!” Shen Luo shouted loudly, his voice echoing throughout the mansion.

As he shouted, he grabbed the talisman pen and quickly began to draw the Small Thunder Talisman on the talisman paper.

Yu Meng was trained in martial arts and had superhuman hearing. He should be able to hear his voice. Going to him would actually waste time instead.

Indeed, not long after Shen Luo’s voice fell, a figure came running in the night, it was Yu Meng.

He hadn’t even dressed properly, but he brought his crossbow and the two pitch-black long knives with him.

“Really? The wolf beasts are attacking the city?” Yu Meng asked anxiously.

Shen Luo was focusing on drawing the talisman. The talisman paper was almost completely filled, and with a final few strokes of his wrist, it was finished.

The entire talisman paper emitted a faint white light, which then quickly dimmed down, returning to normal.

“It’s true! Uncle and I were drinking here just now when we saw the distress flare blazing at the city gate. Uncle has already gone over and has asked us to go aid as well,” Shen Luo said quickly as he put the finished talisman paper into his bosom.

“Then let’s hurry,” Yu Meng handed one of the black long knives to Shen Luo and were about to run out,

“Do you have a Yuan Stone on you? Can I borrow one?” Shen Luo reached out and stopped Yu Meng, asking.

He didn’t have any Yuan Stones on him, and even if he had successfully drawn a Small Thunder Talisman, he wouldn’t be able to activate it.

Yu Meng was puzzled, but then he remembered Shen Luo drawing the talisman paper. He understood, reached into his pocket, and threw a Yuan Stone over.

Shen Luo caught the Yuan Stone that flew over.

Although Yu Meng did not practice the Daoist arts, as his father was proficient in the Daoist Art of Talisman Inscription, he certainly carried Yuan Stones, which ordinary people needed to activate talisman papers on him.

The two of them were rushing shoulder to shoulder, quickly reaching the streets, galloping nonstop towards the city gate.

Many residents within the city had heard the sound of the distress alarm. The lights in their homes were shining brightly, and every once in a while, one or two people who were off-duty would dash out of their homes, rushing towards the city gate. In no time, there were about twenty to thirty people gathered.

Everyone was silent, and a heavy atmosphere pervaded the area.

The group was moving quite fast, and arrived at the city gate before most people did. But upon seeing the situation there, everyone changed their expressions.

There was a dense cloud of darkness hanging in mid-air, obscuring the sky above the city wall, exerting an oppressive pressure that left everyone feeling short of breath.

Atop the black cloud, there stood a towering figure, the wolf-headed monster that Shen Luo had spotted from a distance during daylight.

Its body had grown several times larger, morphing into a terrifying beast seven to eight meters tall. Its skin had turned pitch black, and thick blackish-red fur had grown out from its chest and arms. Through the fur, one could faintly see mysterious, dark red patterns emerging on its body, which were completely unlike spiritual runes.

Yu Yan and five or six other Immortal Masters were hovering in front of the black cloud, making hand seals and casting spells.

Flashes of lightning, fireballs, and sword qi flew out from the Immortal Masters, raining down relentlessly on the wolf-headed monster.

The wolf-headed monster moved its two hands, with black clouds churning below it. Dozens of tentacle-like black qi flew out from the black clouds, confronting the flashes of lightning and sword qi.

Red, white, black, and other colors of lights fiercely collided in the air. Every collision sent out a burst of light too intense to look directly at, and deafeningly loud sounds echoed.

Below on the city wall, the sounds of fighting could be constantly heard.

The young and strong guards on the city wall fought with all their might against the gray wolves that had climbed up the wall. It was clear that countless gray wolves were trying to climb over the invisible outer wall of the city.

The city wall could still be defended for now. But the most urgent crisis was at the city gate.

The seemingly impenetrable city gate had astonishingly collapsed in part, the edges were charred black as though corroded by something.

One after another, huge wolf beasts crawled from inside the large hole in the city gate, all being those ferocious black wolves.

At this moment, already twenty or thirty black wolves had entered the city, pouncing towards the city. Meanwhile, more black wolves were still crawling in from the big hole at the city gate.

These black wolves were twice as large as the gray wolves on the city wall and far stronger. They were not enemies that one or two people could fend off.

The hundred or so guards who were on night duty had gathered near the city gate. Fortunately, the equipment of the guards here was much better than that of the people on the city wall. These men were dressed in iron armor, holding large shields, and using their bodies to form a wall, desperately blocking the black wolves.

The people on the wall had also realized the urgency of the situation below. Spears and arrows were raining down from the sky, stabbing into the black wolves’ bodies.

Shen Luo’s gaze swept over them, causing a shiver to run through him.

These black wolves looked somewhat strange. Their eyes were blood-red, saliva flowing through their interlaced wolf teeth, appearing to be in a state of frenzy. Their bodies were clearly pierced with spears and arrows, blood gushing out, but they seemed to feel no pain at all, frantically attacking the surrounding guards, and impacting the city’s defense team.

These black wolves were already terrifyingly powerful, and now that they had unexpectedly become reckless and frenzied, they were, naturally, even more terrifying.

The guards at the city gate were numerous, but they too were struggling to deal with the wildly rampaging black wolves and their defenses seemed on the verge of collapse.