The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1441

Chapter 1441: Chapter 1437: Blocking the Way Chapter 1441: Chapter 1437: Blocking the Way Elsewhere, Shen Luo's figure weaved through the streets between the blocks, rapidly moving forward, heading straight toward the direction of the Astronomical Bureau.

The extent of the damage within the city along the way far exceeded his expectations.

Especially on both banks of the Furong Canal that passed through the city and connected to the Xingqing Lake of the Royal Garden, the scene was one of unspeakable tragedy.

The brick and stone masonry that originally composed the riverbanks appeared to have been continuously rammed by some massive creature, with signs of collapse and crumbling all along the bank. The once-clear River Water had also turned murky.

Shen Luo looked at the traces of blood on the ground along the bank and the floating corpses in the River, a flicker of unbearable sorrow passed through his eyes.

By the time he was not far from the Imperial Palace, he suddenly heard a chorus of wails ahead. Looking in the direction of the sounds, he saw a group of disheveled and bloodstained Chang'an people, crowding in front of an archway outside the Royal Garden.

Upon closer inspection, Shen Luo noticed that in front of the people stood seven or eight Feathered Spirit Guards, brandishing their weapons and loudly ordering the crowd to retreat, “Are you seeking death? Daring to intrude into the Royal Garden like this, leave immediately!”

“Merciful soldiers, please let us hide inside. Pingli Fang has been completely ravaged by monsters, there are only so few of us left from our neighborhood. Please give us a way to survive and let us take refuge! Once the demon calamity is dealt with, we will leave immediately,” pleaded an old man with graying hair, using a cane to stand trembling.

“The Government Officials have already ordered all to return to their respective districts and have also dispatched monks and troops for defense. Your rash actions not only defy orders but also risk your lives. Hurry back to where you came from,” a Feathered Spirit Guard pleaded earnestly.

“Those soldiers can't hold back the monsters at all. They can't even protect themselves, so how will they protect us?” someone in the crowd of Refugees shouted loudly.

“Who doesn't know that the Imperial Palace is the safest at times like this? We only ask to hide away in this Royal Garden for a while, is that too much to ask?” said a resentful woman, her face streaked with tears as she questioned.

“Wah ah…”

The cry of a baby rose piercingly loud amidst the noisy tumult.

“Cover his mouth quickly, don't let him cry. If we draw the monsters over here,” a Young man who was already scared out of his wits, his legs quaking with fear, called out urgently.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a bestial roar came from the River channel.

A torrent of muddy Water Waves surged in the middle of the River channel, overflowing along both banks. In the center of the waves, a large dorsal fin emerged from the water, leading a surge of floodwater rushing toward them.

“The monster is here, it's really here…” someone exclaimed in shock.

Everyone immediately fell into a panic, clamoring to squeeze into the archway of the Royal Garden.

Bound by duty, the Feathered Spirit Guards of course could not let them through and shouted sternly, “Back off, back off quickly. There are traces of evil demons inside the Royal Garden too, and it is still being purged as we speak. If you rush in like this, even if you survive, you'll face execution later.”

“We can't care about that now, the important thing is to stay alive first, it's no use talking if you're dead,” the Young man shouted back in terror.

“Isn't Great Tang supposed to cherish its people like children? Let us in…”

“I don't want to die, let me in.”

Variety of wails and cries rose incessantly, with an aura of despair permeating everyone's hearts.

The Water Waves in the River channel surged up with a “whoosh,” and a pitch-black shadow, thirty feet long, flew over Shen Luo's head and hurled toward the crowd.

“Make way!”

Two Feathered Spirit Guards saw this and, no longer attempting to hold back the people, hurriedly pushed the crowd aside. They drew out their swords from their waists and slashed towards the evil demon object plummeting from above.

The monster looked like an enormous catfish, except with a more slender tail and four Sharp Claws underneath. It reached its claws down toward the heads of the two Feathered Spirit Guards.

Two clangs of metal striking resonated.

From the hands of the two Guards, Long knives gleamed with Crimson light, two arcs of Flame formed slashing through as long beams of light, crisscrossing as they hacked at the catfish demon beast.

Seeing this, the latter didn't avoid it in the slightest and directly charged head-on.

The crimson flames chopped onto the magical beast's body, creating a sound like metal striking metal, and the flames immediately dispersed, allowing everyone to see that the catfish-like demon beast's body was unexpectedly covered with a layer of metallic scales.

With a flick of its sharp claws, the catfish demon beast sent forth three streaks of green light, immediately knocking two of the Feathered Spirit Guards to the ground. Then, a scarlet long tongue shot out ferociously from its mouth, heading straight for the young man who had already been scared out of his wits.

“Get out of the way…”

Upon witnessing this, a few of the Feathered Spirit Guards shouted and quickly rushed forward.

One of them grabbed the young man by the collar of his clothes and yanked him back violently, while the other two positioned themselves to his sides, one on the left, the other on the right, and swung their knives at the long tongue shooting straight at them.

With a clang of steel,

the catfish demon beast's long tongue struck one of the Feathered Spirit Guard's blades, sending him and his knife flying through the air with white smoke rising from the blade, which had been corroded to form a vast gap.

After sending that Feathered Spirit Guard flying, the blood-colored long tongue swiftly twisted and stabbed toward the temple of the other Feathered Spirit Guard from the side at an extremely fast speed, looking like it was about to pierce through his head.

Just at that moment, a crimson light fell from the sky, blocking next to the Ear of the Feathered Spirit Guard.

The scarlet long tongue hit the crimson light and immediately splattered with a flash of blood light.

In the midst of the crimson light was an exceedingly sharp crimson flying sword. The demon beast's long tongue had struck the blade of the flying sword, and it was immediately sliced open, the long tongue bifurcated.

The catfish demon beast yowled in pain and rapidly withdrew its long tongue.

Everyone was terrified, crowding against the archway; even the baby in the arms of the woman wailed louder.

“Run, run…”

Someone shouted in panic.

“Are you still not opening the gate? Do you really want us all to die here?” the white-haired old man said, tearfully.

“Are our lives as commoners not lives too?”

“It's not just the monsters killing us; it's you too…”

Cries and accusations became more urgent, and the hearts of the few Feathered Spirit Guards still defending the gates began to waver.

“Should we open it?” one hesitant Feathered Spirit Guard asked.

The other two Feathered Spirit Guards remained silent, not speaking, but their furrowed brows showed how conflicted they were.

“We can't open it. The National Master ordered that this gate must not be opened no matter what,” shouted the Feathered Spirit Guard who had come close to dying while trying to save someone.

“Now you still won't let it open, do you want us all to die here?”

“You're the murderer; it's you who are killing us…”

“You want us to die, might as well let you die first.” The young man who had been scared out of his wits in the face of the demon beast now seemed to have mustered up courage from somewhere, clutching a dagger in his hand, and plunged it toward the back of the Feathered Spirit Guard.

Caught off guard, the Feathered Spirit Guard was stabbed in the back, and blood instantly gushed out, staining his entire back red.

The turn of events happened so fast that even Shen Luo hadn't expected the young man to turn against his savior so quickly.

But, in that instant, he finally saw the situation before him.

Just as the youth who had suddenly erupted in violence made to stab the Feathered Spirit Guard again, his wrist was suddenly grasped by a hand, rendering him unable to move an inch.

The one who had acted was Shen Luo.