23: refuge

Chu Ying asked with some confusion, "Brother, you are so strong, can't we just stay at home?"

Chu Yuan dismissed it, saying, "There are plenty of people in the Zhenwu Bureau and the military who are stronger than me, yet Chenyang City has still ended up like this."

To put it bluntly, at least there would be some scapegoats in a place with many people...

However, when they arrived at Dafeng Mall, Chu Yuan's heart sank again.

The shelter at Dafeng Mall was located underground. When danger strikes, of course, Chu Yuan was not the only one who could think of this place.

Looking at the messy footprints on the ground and the vehicles piled up by the roadside, one could imagine that many smart people had already run inside ahead of time.

But... something was wrong.

A strand of cold energy was wandering nearby! It gave him a feeling of being pricked by needles on his back.

Chu Yuan could feel that the source of this energy was beneath Dafeng Mall!

Listening carefully, he couldn't even hear the voices of people inside...

"Mom, you guys hide here for a while first." Chu Yuan violently pulled open a car door and let Han Cui and Chu Ying get in.

Then, his figure flashed again, and he rushed towards the inside of the mall!

Chu Ying's gaze followed his footsteps closely until Chu Yuan completely disappeared inside the mall.

She raised her wrist, looking at the terminal with no signal, and was about to say something to ease the tension when she suddenly saw Chu Yuan jump out like a startled rabbit!

"Brother!"

"Run!"

Chu Yuan stopped in front of the car and opened the car door.

"Why are you so fast..."

But he saw that Chu Yuan ignored her completely and was looking towards the mall with a grave expression.

Chu Ying looked over as well and saw a woman walking out as if she were floating!

She had delicate features, but her eyes were empty, and a strange smile was hooked at the corner of her mouth...

Han Cui obviously recognized this thing; her expression changed drastically, and she quickly covered Chu Ying's eyes: "Don't look! Run!"

Chu Yuan felt anxious in his heart. If he had known, he wouldn't have come to the shelter.

The moment he entered the mall, he saw densely packed corpses lying on the ground!

They had no external injuries on their bodies, as if they were just asleep, but they had no breath at all.

Then a burst of crying sounded, and a strand of hair fell onto his shoulder...

Chu Yuan had heard of this thing; it was called a Weirdness, which was exactly the 'ghost' in folklore!

Their origins were a mystery, but they were also the hostile camp of the Human Race! They loved to devour the Soul of the Human Race!

They were few in number but extremely difficult to deal with!

Ordinary attacks had no effect on them at all; only energy attacks with attributes or mental attacks could harm them.

But those things were not something that low-level Martial Artists could grasp...

Yan Xuan and his group were eyeing the essence of flesh and blood, while these Weirdnesses were eyeing the Souls of the people in Chenyang City... You guys are really not wasting anything!

Chu Yuan complained inwardly, but he dared not relax.

"Brother! Come quickly!"

Chu Ying seemed to be shouting. Chu Yuan turned his head subconsciously, only to meet a pair of pitch-black pupils.

The resentment within them was almost solidified, impacting Chu Yuan's will like a tidal wave!

Chu Yuan reacted extremely quickly, instantly mobilizing his Spiritual Qi to flood his mind, only then feeling a sense of clarity.

Immediately, he decisively slashed with his saber!

The cold light flickered, slashing onto her neck, as if it had hit a stone, shaking Chu Yuan's wrist until it went numb.

The blade sank in halfway, and a few drops of thick black blood flowed out.

But the opponent seemed to have suffered a heavy blow; her empty expression twisted instantly, and a shrill sound came from her mouth!

"Ah~!!!"

Ripples appeared in the air, spreading to the surroundings.

The tangible sound waves destroyed all matter within the coverage area!

Chu Yuan was caught off guard. For a moment, he only felt his ears were deafened, the world was silent... Blood was flowing out of his ear canals.

However, he was still happy in his heart; his Spiritual Qi... seemed to do a lot of damage to this Weirdness?

Regardless of the needle-like pain in his mind, Chu Yuan pulled out his long saber and slashed again.

"Strike!"

The blade was like water, slashing down in an instant.

It split from the center of the woman's eyebrows to the ground!

Chu Yuan was helpless again... Of course, his cultivation hadn't greatly increased, allowing him to kill this Weirdness in one second.

There was no feedback from the point of the blade... as if he had slashed into thin air.

And he didn't need to imagine; it was indeed slashed into thin air... Chu Yuan watched the woman's figure in front of him shatter like light and shadow. How could he not know that he had just slashed at an illusion?

He looked around again and saw a familiar figure standing on the huge display screen on the outer wall of Dafeng Mall...

At this moment, her face had human-like confusion and wariness.

But more of it was still resentment.

Chu Yuan only knew that some low-level Weirdnesses could not communicate, but he didn't know if the one he encountered could communicate.

So he waved the long saber in his hand and asked tentatively: "I don't want to fight you, let me go, how about that?"

But the only answer to him was a whimper...

Han Cui and Chu Ying did not run too far as if they had lost their minds; she was worried that Chu Yuan would not be able to find them later.

So they only ran a few hundred meters, to a position where they could barely see the outline of Dafeng Mall, and hid in a convenience store with an open door.

The convenience store was a mess, with goods scattered all over the floor, and there was a large amount of blood on the ground.

The fate of the original owner probably wasn't very good...

Han Cui looked around, gritted her teeth, and took Chu Ying to hide under the checkout counter.

This position couldn't be called hidden, but from the outside, only the direction they came from could directly see under the checkout counter.

In this way, she wouldn't miss Chu Yuan later...

Chu Ying buried her head and sobbed. Han Cui sighed, pulled her into her arms, and patted her back gently.

In fact, it wasn't just that Chu Ying had never seen such a scene; she hadn't either.

The Martial Dao had been revived for three hundred years, the situation was basically stable, and most of the disputes were on the front line.

She was not a Martial Artist, so naturally, she had not been to the front line...

"It's okay Yingying, don't cry, your brother has a way..."

But this weak comfort didn't seem to give Chu Ying any sense of security; she was still crying, and the crying was getting louder and louder!

Listening to the crying, Han Cui felt a little dizzy, and an evil fire seemed to rise from her heart.

The hand she was using to pat Chu Ying's back increased in strength bit by bit...

Just at this moment, a hurried and heavy sound of footsteps broke in!

Han Cui's emotions were interrupted for a moment. Before she had time to think, the counter they were hiding behind was overturned by a great force!

She looked up, and a young face came into view.

He was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with capable short hair, and one eye seemed to be injured and closed, bleeding incessantly.

The young man seemed very experienced; he spoke before she could open her mouth, his voice hoarse: "Don't be afraid, I'm from the Zhenwu Bureau."