Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 524: Escape from Death

Chapter 524: Chapter 524: Escape from Death

Too close for comfort, Liu Jie felt his heart pound, as if it was going to struggle and jump out of his chest any second.

The thing in front of him could hardly be called ’human’ anymore.

Its bloodshot eyes and sharp teeth were no different from those rats.

The stench that accompanied its movements was a glaring sign, especially.

This was no longer a human.

With his back drenched in cold sweat, he knew there was probably no going back this time.

Despite the sweaty palms, Liu Jie clenched his teeth, held up the sword around his waist with both hands, and aimed at its face.

Even if it meant his own death, he would take one with him!

The anticipated pain did not hit him, nor did his sword meet the tactile sensation of slashing through something.

When Liu Jie’s eyes shot open, he could only feel someone swiftly moving closer from behind.

"You can’t escape--"

Its tone was unnerving, like a grim amusement, not intending to kill Liu Jie with a single blow.

"Why don’t you stay, join us, and live forever with us--"

"What the hell are you!"

With beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, Liu Jie struggled to pinpoint its exact location, even with his full attention.

"We are immortals, would you like to join us?"

The creature’s voice had become somewhat coquettish and greasy, which gave Liu Jie a feeling of disgust, to say the least.

"Damn you, you’re nothing but monsters! If you had any guts, you’d fight me face to face, what kind of man are you, dodging here and there!"

Liu Jie spat out some expletives, in the meantime, quietly observing the flow of air around him.

As long as that ghastly creature stopped for a moment, even if he couldn’t kill it, slashing it to buy some time would be enough.

"Then you can die."

Its tone still carried a tint of amusement as it reached out to stab his abdomen.

Noticing the change in air flow, Liu Jie’s eyes flashed, and he barely managed to swerve aside while stabbing backward with his sword.

Feeling the sword pierce through something, he hadn’t even celebrated when he felt someone slap the back, the tremendous force of the palm sending him sprawling on the ground.

Liu Jie felt his head spin, a few ribs felt broken, and his heart struggled to keep beating.

This creature was too powerful; he couldn’t beat it.

He wondered if his brothers had managed to return to the city.

His vision blurry, Liu Jie could hardly see anything clearly now.

All he could make out was a dark, looming shadow moving towards him.

He seemed to be dying.

What a pity; he had hoped to marry a wife and live a good life after surviving this ordeal.

Remembering that simple and confused girl, the pain in his chest lessened a little bit.

He decided to confess it to her earlier, in his next life.

A whistling sound of something breaking through the air just grazed his head and hit the creature right in the chest.

The creature that had been jeering a moment ago became stiff, looking with disbelief at the arrow feather embedded deep in its chest.

How is that possible?

The blood, carrying a foul smell and stickiness, oozed out of the wound, attracting the "people" on the side who had been spectating as if they had smelled a delicious feast. Without caring for the human presence anymore, they pounced on their erstwhile arrogant comrade and pinned it to the ground.

Accompanied by the hair-raising sounds of gnawing and tearing, Liu Jie felt somewhat bewildered.

What just happened?

"Young lad, why are you still standing here?..."

Shen Wenchen grumbled softly under his breath, grabbed Liu Jie’s collar, and hurriedly ran toward the city.

By the time it was discovered that Liu Jie had disappeared, the creature had already been reduced to a bare skeleton by its companions.

"Shen, big brother?"

Liu Jie looked puzzled. The palm he had just received made it difficult for him to move even a bit.

So he let Shen Wenchen tuck him under the armpit.

"You, young lad."

Shen Wenchen murmured a bit and then, gathering his breath, leapt onto the city wall with Liu Jie.

"You okay?"

Once he saw those ghastly creatures weren’t chasing them, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and looked at Liu Jie tucked under his armpit.

"A little bit."

Liu Jie examined his physical condition and answered truthfully.

"I think my ribs are broken, after getting hit by that palm I don’t have any strength left. Oh, and Shen big brother, I’m having a hard time breathing while you’re holding me like this."

"Why didn’t you say that earlier."

Having said that, Shen Wenchen loosened his grip some.

"Try to bear with it, I’ll take you to the medical hall."

"Okay."

Liu Jie nodded, he then assumed the position of dead fish and let Shen Wenchen take him to Jihe Hall.

"Shen big brother, why are you here this late?"

Just as Wang Jingzhi was about to go home, he ran into Shen Wenchen and Liu Jie.

"Liu Jie is injured, could you take a look at him?"

While speaking, Shen Wenchen put Liu Jie down from his armpit.

"What happened here?"

Looking at the blood-stained face of Liu Jie, Wang Jingzhi was somewhat surprised, he hurriedly grabbed Liu Jie and helped him into the medical hall.

"Jingzhi, I’m leaving Liu Jie to you, I need to go back to the city gate."

"Alright, Shen big brother you go ahead."

Watching Shen Wenchen leave, Wang Jingzhi then closed the door of the medical hall.

"Brother Liu, what happened? How did you get injured so badly?"

After resting a bit, Liu Jie started feeling slightly better.

"I was hit by a palm, broke a few ribs, and Shen big brother carried me back under his armpit, so I’m having difficulty breathing."

"Lay down first, let me assess your condition."

"Okay."

Wang Jingzhi felt around Liu Jie’s chest, then nodded.

"Three ribs are broken, but luckily they haven’t been displaced. I’ll fasten them with two planks later. For the upcoming days, you need to rest more, they should heal on their own."

Liu Jie nodded gratefully, after hesitating a bit, he asked a question that had been bothering him.

"Wang, little brother, can I ask something? Did you notice any strange changes in those people who ate rats back then?"

A while back, some vagabonds had kept themselves alive by eating rats, although many had died, a few were even brought to the medical hall.

If those ghastly creatures outside had turned to such strange beings due to eating rats, could there be any commonalities between them?

"No changes whatsoever."

Although Wang Jingzhi didn’t quite understand his question, he recalled carefully the patients that were brought in back then.

Beside bloated stomach and diarrhea, there were no other anomalies.

He even gave them some medicine and they seemed to have fully recovered after two days.

"Okay."

Liu Jie nodded, deciding in his heart to inform Shen Wenchen about everything he had seen.

The moon was shining brightly, making everything on the ground exceptionally visible.

Shen Wenchen was staring fixedly at the half-collapsed ruins, recalling the words of his subordinates who had returned in the afternoon.

Xin City had fallen, the entire city had turned into ruins.

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