Chapter 817: Chapter 72: Covering Retreat_2 Chapter 817: Chapter 72: Covering Retreat_2 The leading Soldier, upon hearing this, flashed a look of unwillingness in his eyes but still quickly raised his hand.
Instantly, all the Soldiers lifted their long spears, pressing them against the commoners opposite them.
Wang Xuâs expression shifted slightly, and he realized his mistake in an instant, just as he was about to say something.
Suddenly, he heard a pained sound from his wife on his shoulder:
âWang, my, my stomachâŚâ
Wang Xu quickly looked towards his wife in his arms, only to see blood quickly spreading from below.
On the other side, his elderly mother immediately cried out in alarm, âMiscarriage!
Sheâs having a miscarriage!
Find a doctor!â
Wang Xuâs mind was in chaos, involuntarily glancing towards the closing city gates and the figure beginning to turn to fly away.
...
Without a momentâs hesitation, he frantically pulled out a stone he had long treasured from his embrace and shouted with all his might:
âMaster Yang!
I, I have a treasure to offer to the immortal!â
However, the figure just frowned and did not even glance his way, shouting:
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âClose the gates!â
And at that moment, Wang Xu suddenly heard a series of screams.
Subconsciously, he turned his head to look up at the sky.
What he saw made his scalp tingle and his body freeze with cold:
The immortals, who had looked ethereal and composed just moments ago, were now devoid of any signs of life, plummeting from mid-airâŚ
Countless threads laced through the still-struggling villagers, suspending them in the air.
And those figures clad in black were rapidly approaching the capital!
âClose the gates!
Hurry and close the gates!â
âQuick!â
Several voices of terror rose!
Those voices brought Wang Xu back from his state of shock, only to realize with horror that Immortal Yang Fang and the other immortals, who had once held themselves above all, now wore faces stricken with utter panic.
And just then, one of them fiercely slapped a hand, and the two gates of the city crashed shut!
The next instant, Wang Xu felt a shiver run through his heart!
A sense of danger overwhelmed him!
Without a second thought, he wrapped his arms around his mother and wife and rolled outwards with full force!
Sounds of urgent screams.
Wang Xu helped the two up, lifted his head and his pupils dilated silently.
Looking at the swiftly forming white light barrier at the city gates, looking at the blood and severed limbs sliding off the white light barrierâŚ
The commoners who had been standing at the gate hoping to take refuge in the city, which was now tightly packed, at this moment had turned into a silent mush, covering the ground in front of the city gates thoroughlyâŚ
The world seemed to fall silent.
âAhââŹââ
âMother!â
A thread shot down abruptly from the sky, piercing through the elderly womanâs body, rapidly hooking onto her and flying upward!
Wang Xuâs eyes were near rupture.
But he could only watch helplessly as the elderly woman, still struggling, was quickly whisked away by the thread.
And in that moment.
Two figures suddenly emerged above the Great Capital!
With a depth that made Wang Xu feel as if even breathing would suffocate him!
However, at this moment, he cried out in joy:
âImmortal!â
âImmortal!â
âImmortal, save my mother, please!â
In the sky, an indifferent voice sounded:
âA bunch of Class III puppets dare to stir up trouble in the Great Capital!
Seeking death!â
As the voice spoke.
Suddenly, a series of lights flew out from the immortalâs body.
Wang Xu couldnât see clearly what was happening, only seeing his mother and some villagers who had been caught by the threads suddenly plummeting downward!
Wang Xu was shocked and held his wife tight, then timed his jump and caught his mother just in time.
Thump!
The huge body crashed down.
âOh child, it hurts so much!â
Sheâs still alive!
Wang Xu had no time to feel relieved.
The next moment, countless beams of light descended from the sky, one of which was aimed right at where Wang Xu was standing!
âYou think you can perform a Blood Sacrifice with these mortals?
Theyâre all dead now, letâs see how you perform your sacrifice!â
The cold voice echoed in the sky.
But for Wang Xu, it was as if he had plummeted into hell!
Is this what immortals are?
Is this the immortal life he had always dreamed of achieving?!
In that moment, something inside him collapsed!
Without a momentâs hesitation, he once again hugged the elderly woman and his wife to his chest, immediately placing his body in front of the radiant light as a shield.
Many faces flashed through his mind.
Immortal Yang Fang, the two immortals who had just appeared in the skyâŚ
And in this instant, he thought unintentionally of that immortal who shared his surname, who had given him the Body Strengthening Scripture to save his motherâs life.
If it were that surname Wang immortalâŚ
he surely wouldnât do this, would he?
For some reason, this thought spontaneously arose in his mind.
Countless thoughts flickered rapidly.
To the outside world, it was but an instant.
Boom!
A roar!
Wang Xu felt a scorching blast, like searing flames, graze his back before sending him tumbling forward.
He steadied himself with all his might, striving to keep the space within his embrace less cramped.
After a spell of dizziness and tinnitus, he barely propped himself up.
Revealing the two within his arms.
âMother!â
âWen Yin!â
Wang Xu revealed a smile of relief.
But the old womanâs face revealed a touch of sorrow, her trembling hand reaching out to touch Wang Xuâs face, thenâŚ
her arm fell limply.
The smile on Wang Xuâs face instantly froze.
He looked down.
His motherâs clothes quickly stained a deep redâŚ
âMother!â
âMother!!â
âNo!â
âNo!!â
In that moment, his blood felt as if it was about to ignite!
The countless movements learned from the stone flashed through his mind, and inside his body, something seemed to come looseâŚ
âWangâŚâ
A weak voice sounded.