Nationwide Development: Spend Billions in Advance to Bind the Empress

Chapter 102 Citywide High Alert! Despair? He's here!

"Retreat!!!" The old man retreated swiftly without a second thought.

How could Bai Xian'er let him leave? Her big eyes narrowed, and the Void Annihilation Technique appeared directly behind the old man, instantly shredding his upper body.

At this moment, Shen Yun also summoned Jinghong and shot it towards the three people who were fleeing in front.

"Puff puff!"

A pale blue light flashed, and in an instant, the heads of the three people shot into the sky.

"This is too powerful!" Li Youran exclaimed in shock.

As far as she knew, this old man from the Evil Soul Hall was a peak expert in the Vast Ocean Realm, and he was expected to be rewarded by the organization with a breakthrough to the Soul Forging Realm after the mission was completed.

The accompanying assistants were all cultivators at the Qi Condensation Realm, and the other party had made ample preparations for this operation!

But they were instantly defeated in a single exchange against this human and fox?!

This white fox, in particular, can manipulate space, and its methods are not only bizarre but also incredibly powerful.

Shen Yun picked up the crystal skull from the ground, broke the remaining restriction imposed by the old man from the Evil Soul Hall, and activated it by injecting spiritual energy.

'A low-grade fifth-tier magic weapon? Looks like the Evil Soul Palace is developing quite well…' He sneered.

'When I get the chance in the future, I'll definitely raid their treasure vault!'

A moment later, the skull emitted eerie beams of light, shooting towards the four corpses on the ground and extracting four furious souls:

"Shen Yun! How dare you ruin the grand plans of my Evil Soul Palace!!"

"Boy! You've offended a cultivator from the Jade Capital under the Eternal Emperor! I'll make you wish you were dead... What are you doing!"

"Do not!!!"

Amidst desperate screams, the four souls were successively sucked into the skull.

"The Jade Capital of Immortality? That sounds impressive. Perfectly top-grade fertilizer for the Soul-Devouring Banner." Shen Yun smirked, tilting his head slightly to indicate to Li Youran:

"These bodies are yours now. Deal with them quickly and get ready to go to the next stop."

This formation must cover a very wide area, and there must be many people from the Evil Soul Hall on high alert.

Since we're already here, let's just wipe them all out in one fell swoop!

"Hmm!" Li Youran took out a white porcelain bottle from his pocket, opened it, and brown Gu worms flew towards the corpse, absorbing the blood on it.

On the corpse of the most powerful leader of the Evil Soul Hall, lay a large, fat worm that Shen Yun recognized very well: the Bloodthirsty Gu Worm!

As its name suggests, this insect can stimulate the potential of blood, causing the Gu Master's strength to surge.

In his previous life, Li Youran had faced many dangerous situations, and this little bug was almost worn out from use, so he gave it to him.

Unfortunately, Shen Yun also suffered many misfortunes back then, and in order to save his life, he used the insect to his death.

Having not seen it for a long time, seeing the little guy frantically absorbing essence blood, he inexplicably found it quite cute.

Seeing him staring at her treasure, Li Youran seized the opportunity to step forward and promote it:

"Mr. Shen, are you interested in the art of Gu worms? If you wish to learn, I will certainly impart all my knowledge to you!"

If we could bring this big shot into our camp, the benefits would be unimaginable!

"Just out of curiosity," Shen Yun said with a faint smile, shaking his head.

"Alright then." Li Youran said with considerable regret.

"If you're interested in the future, just contact me. This is my WeChat ID!"

Shen Yun added her on WeChat, and then heard Bai Xian'er beside the corpse softly call out:

"Brother Yun, I know what smells on these people."

"Okay, we'll leave after the Gu worms have finished sucking our blood."

"Yun...Brother Yun?!" Li Youran looked at Bai Xian'er with a strange expression. That voice was so sweet and affectionate!

'Could it be... impossible!' She quickly interrupted the thought in her mind.

With Shen Yun's current strength, he could have any woman he wanted; there's no reason for him to be with a fox spirit.

Otherwise, this flavor is just too bizarre!

Just imagining Shen Yun grabbing the fox's tail made Li Youran shudder, and the fur on her body stood on end.

'Huh?! That can't be!'

Before long, the Gu worms had drained the corpses of their life essence, and the two people and the fox quickly disappeared into the sewers...

……

Faced with overwhelming power, the twenty-seven Evil Soul Hall cultivators from the sewers were utterly powerless to resist and were all killed.

After returning to the ground, Li Youran clasped his hands in a fist salute to Shen Yun and said:

"Thank you, Mr. Shen! If you ever need my help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask!"

She was trying to curry favor, because anyone who came wouldn't miss the opportunity to get to know Shen Yun.

"Until we meet again." Shen Yun waved his hand, then wrapped his arm around Bai Xian'er's waist and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Li Youran quickly asked, "Mr. Shen! The monsters are about to attack the city, will you leave?"

"Kill them all before you leave..."

After he disappeared, Li Youran waved her arms excitedly:

'Yay! Maybe all my Gu worms can advance to a higher level!!'

Since Shen Yun has chosen to kill demons, there must be a lot of demon blood essence on the battlefield!

She only needs to control the Gu worms to absorb the nutrients; she might even be able to collect a whole batch.

"This trip to Yancheng was definitely the right decision!" Suppressing her excitement, Li Youran quickly left.

With the monster siege imminent, she still needs to make some preparations...

……

in the city.

"Huh? Why is the cell phone signal gone?" A player who had just stepped out of the [Beast Material Recycling] shop looked at his companions in confusion.

"You're all gone too?"

"Yes, but the game still runs, so it's not a big problem."

"Let's go out of the city and take a look first. If we go into the mountains to hunt monsters and something happens and we lose signal, it will be too dangerous."

Normally, monster-hunting teams operate during the day, but recently, a specific type of monster has appeared in the mountains outside Yancheng that only appears at night, and the price of materials from it is extremely high!

Any monster-hunting team with courage and fighting spirit would choose to go out of the city at night to make their fortune.

suddenly!

Beep beep beep~!!

A series of melodious sirens wailed in the distance, startling pedestrians on the street.

"Three short and three long?! This is the highest alert level!!"

"What happened?! Could it be a dangerous reenactment?!"

"Holy crap! I accidentally saw online a while ago that the monsters in Tiandang Mountain are rampaging! Could it be a monster siege?!"

"You jinx! Is your information reliable? Go check the broadcast area up ahead!"

People outside the broadcast area could only hear the horn, causing widespread panic.

Those who received the broadcast immediately erupted in uproar:

[Warning! High alert throughout the city! The current signal source has been destroyed, and a horde of monsters will soon attack! The entire city must prepare for battle and immediately proceed to defend the city!]

[Warning! Highest security alert in the city...]

Monsters attacking the city?!

Wow!

Pedestrians on the street were terrified and fled in panic. Forget about defending against enemies; running away and saving their lives was the most important thing!

On the city defense zone.

The soldiers on the city wall were all armed with specially made submachine guns, standing ready and looking at the dimly lit road ahead.

Because Yancheng is located near the mountains, it experienced attacks by monsters in the past, so a defensive wall was built.

However, they were not confident that they could stop the large number of demonic beasts that rushed out of Tiandang Mountain.

Because the monsters of today are not what they used to be, there is no shortage of fourth and fifth tier monsters!

However, their defenses and equipment couldn't keep up with the arrival of the demonic beasts. Their only hope lay in the large number of cultivators in the city who could unite and bravely fight the demons!

……

Command Center

"Commander Han!" A sergeant rushed in, his forehead covered in sweat.

"The people in the city are in chaos! They're all running away, trying to leave Yancheng!"

"What's the use of running?!" Han Xin slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"Since they've used methods to cut off the signal source, there must be an ambush along their escape route to prevent anyone from sending out messages!! Go tell the residents, if they want to die, run outside! What did the hunting teams in the city say? Have they assembled yet?"

"There aren't many squads sent to guard this city!" the messenger said quickly, not even wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Recently, unusual monsters have been appearing in the mountains at night... Now, the bravest teams are hunting them outside the city!"

Upon hearing his explanation, everyone in the room paled in shock:

"It seems the monsters of Tiandang Mountain had planned this attack all along!!"

No wonder certain monsters have been appearing in the mountains at night recently.

This must be a conspiracy by the demonic beasts to divide the city's forces!

"And one more thing! Since these merchants are doing this, there's a good chance they aren't spies acting on the orders of the demonic beasts!! If war breaks out, and if one of them is an inside agent, we'll definitely be attacked from both sides!!

This is what everyone is most worried about!

Moreover, Yancheng has not been plagued by any evil spirits recently, and there aren't many powerful demon-suppressing officers in the area. How could they possibly stop the beast tide?!

The more they thought about it, the faster their hearts beat, their foreheads broke out in cold sweat, and their faces became solemn.

'This battle is likely to end badly!'

"Report!!"

At that moment, an excited soldier rushed into the room, attracting everyone's attention:

"Shen Yun from Haicheng is here! He's on the city wall!!!"