Chapter 1068: Chapter 1068

"Has the rain stopped?"

The dark convoy traveled on the old road, and Lin Chichi sitting in the backseat looked up at the night sky beginning to reveal stars and softly said.

The black-haired youth driving the car slowly nodded. He glanced at the road ahead, which was gradually opening up, and the trees on both sides of the road swaying in the night wind, and said softly, "Miss Lin Chichi, we have at most two kilometers left, then we’ll reach our destination."

Lin Chichi withdrew her gaze and gently nodded, "Notify the whole team, stay alert."

The black-haired youth nodded and pressed the intercom in the car, "We’re on the last stretch, don’t relax, stay alert, watch out for enemy attacks."

Then he turned back to look at Lin Chichi and cautiously asked, "Miss Lin Chichi, do you think someone will attack?"

"Now that we are close to reaching our destination, everyone tends to relax, which makes it the most dangerous time. But it’s hard to say,"

Lin Chichi shook her head, "It’s best to stay vigilant."

Almost the moment Lin Chichi finished speaking, accompanied by a loud noise, the trees on both sides of the road ahead fell one by one, blocking the convoy’s path.

At the same time, several Black Shadows rushed out from the forests on both sides of the road.

Almost instantly, the black-haired youth hit the brakes and shouted loudly.

"Find cover, cover me."

At this moment, Lin Chichi also opened the rear door of the car.

The black-haired youth immediately shouted, but just as he shouted, he saw Lin Chichi had already rushed forward, facing the Black Shadows in the sky, and drew a stainless steel dagger from the sheath strapped to her thigh.

The sleek dagger twirled a pattern in the hazy car lights of the night sky and then precisely stabbed into the neck of a Black Shadow, cutting off its life.

An invisible force swirled around that Black Shadow, and its fleshly body turned to ash and disappeared into the darkness.

Seeing this, the black-haired youth’s opened mouth slowly closed, then he swallowed, quickly took out a bow and arrow set from the passenger side, and took cover behind the car, pulling the bowstring aimed at the Black Shadows in the sky.

Meanwhile, after defeating one Black Shadow, Lin Chichi already looked up, observing other Black Shadows continuously rushing out towards the sky.

At this moment, a few Black Shadows had approached the vehicles in the convoy escorting the captured individuals.

She took a slight breath, recollections of her teacher’s guidance echoing in her mind, adjusting her body’s muscles and suddenly burst forth, instantly appearing in front of those few Black Shadows.

Before the Black Shadows could react, the girl’s body had already zigzagged past them, her stainless steel dagger unhesitatingly sliced through several Black Shadow’s necks.

With blood splashing, Lin Chichi raised the curled blade of the stainless steel dagger in her hand, threw it, and pierced the forehead of a Black Shadow not far away, then casually drew a new dagger from another Black Shadow’s waist, performing a flourish.

Behind her, the corpses of the dead rapidly decayed, and soon after, the most quintessential force surged out from the girl’s body.

The night wind brushed over the girl’s slightly blood-splattered cute face, lifting her strands of hair.

In this breeze, she gently took a breath.

This level of enemies, Lin Chichi had encountered many in the Relic of the Bygone Days, countless monsters had died at her hands, and she had experienced the sensation of blood covering the ground.

After receiving the teachings from her teacher, she continually merged these muscle-utilizing techniques with her past combat experience for deeper insight, and real combat was the time to test and adjust these insights.

Her Talent was far inferior to her senior sisters, thus she needed to practice even harder and engage in more brutal real battles to quickly enhance her strength.

She did not dislike killing.

And while feeling her body’s agile movements, she could faintly sense a dangerous aura continuously getting closer to her back.

The girl gripped the dagger in her hand and without hesitation thrust it backward.

The fine steel dagger collided with a shimmering knife, accompanied by a crisp sound, and fine cracks spread across the dagger.

At the same time, a somewhat disheveled red-bearded man emerged from the night and appeared in Lin Chichi’s field of view.

An arrow flew from afar, aiming for the red-bearded man’s neck.

Without even turning his head, the red-bearded man grabbed the arrow, used his index and pinkie fingers to snap it in half, and while gazing at Lin Chichi, he said with interest, "Young lady, you’re quite skilled. What exactly is your ability?"

Lin Chichi glanced at him, swiftly retracted her dagger, and somersaulted back to the side of a van parked behind her.

At this moment, a few Black Shadows were preparing to forcefully break into the van.

A black-clad hand reached out, punched through the reinforced metal door of the van, and stretched out to forcefully pull open the van door.

At that time, Lin Chichi landed beside him.

He then sneered and reached out to grab the girl in mid-air.

The next second, the sharp dagger pierced through his neck, slicing open his throat, his body quickly turned into dust and ashes.

Seeing this, the Black Shadows behind him instantly surged forward, rushing towards the girl.

And behind the girl, the red-bearded man also followed closely.

Lin Chichi immediately grabbed a Black Shadow, the blade sliding across his neck, then forcefully hurled his silhouette towards the red-bearded man behind.

The red-bearded man reached out to catch it, but only grasped a handful of dust.

He gritted his teeth and cursed, then swiftly accelerated forward.

At this point, Lin Chichi had already dealt with those Black Shadows and was rushing toward a few others who were besieging the World Tree members.

In a blink of an eye, she arrived behind those few Black Shadows,

She stabbed one of the Black Shadows and, looking at the World Tree members, shouted loudly.

The members of the World Tree hesitated for a moment and immediately ran towards nearby vehicles.

At this time, the red-bearded man also charged over.

Lin Chichi quickly dashed forward, directly confronting a Black Shadow and finishing him with a stab.

At this time, the red-bearded man arrived behind her, and she instantly returned her dagger behind her, using it to block the small knife that the red-bearded man stabbed towards her.

Amid the sound of the dagger shattering, the red-bearded man landed a palm on her right shoulder, knocking her away.

A thick, sweet and bloody taste erupted from her throat, which the girl then swallowed.

In front of her, as the nearby black-clad men rushed toward her, she picked up the remaining half of the dagger, thrust it into one man’s neck, and snatched the dagger from his hand.

Following that, her figure spun around in the crowd, taking away the remaining few lives.

As the corpses turned into dust, a powerful force surged invisibly, healing her injuries; the girl, holding the dagger, turned around to face the onrushing red-bearded man.

The Sacrifice was sufficient.

A bit of fresh blood spilled from the girl’s mouth corner, staining her pink lips red.

She raised the dagger in her hand and, without hesitation, threw it.

The red-bearded man in front of her immediately raised his knife, blade forward, deflecting the thrown dagger.

In that instant, the girl raised her foot and fiercely kicked at the stretched-out wrist.

With a loud crash, the blade in the redhead man’s hand flew out, and the girl instantly dashed forward like an arrow.

Keep the muscles active, reaching their peak.

She smashed a straight punch directly into the redhead man’s chest.

The redhead man, unable to react, staggered.

Increase agility and responsiveness.

Without retracting the punch, her other fist quickly struck the redhead man again.

The girl’s movements didn’t stop at all, her fists reciprocated rapidly, striking the redhead man’s chest like an illusion.

Her strength was slightly inferior, she could only make up for it with quantity.

Blood spilled from the corner of the redhead man’s mouth, his body seemed to be affected by the fierce assault.

At that moment, the flying blade from above fell, caught by a pale hand smeared with some blood.

Then she didn’t pause, lightly jumped, twirled her body, and stabbed a knife towards the redhead man’s neck.

Gather all the strength of the body, concentrating it in an explosive burst.

The sharp blade pierced through the redhead man’s neck.

Blood, carrying a green glow, splattered out.

The redhead man finally regained full control and raised his hand, slamming it onto her left shoulder.

Lin Chichi’s body shook, she pulled out the knife, stepped back several steps, but again swallowed back the gushing blood.

At this moment, the redhead man looked around, most of his men had been taken down by Lin Chichi just now, and the remaining few were under control by the Transcendents brought by Lin Chichi.

He raised his hand, pretended to rush at Lin Chichi, but halfway through, he turned decisively and darted into the depths of the nearby forest.

Lin Chichi glanced at him, quickly walked to the back of a truck, and concealed her figure.

The black-haired young man immediately ran over, looking at Lin Chichi.

"It’s nothing, just a minor injury."

Lin Chichi looked at the fresh blood forced out on the back of her hand and spoke calmly, "Just pretend I’m still in the truck, clear the path, continue heading towards the fortress."

Then she hesitated no further, took a leap and chased after the direction in which the redhead man disappeared into the deep forest.

The black-haired young man looked at the two disappearing into the darkness, swallowed his saliva.

He could clearly feel that the redhead man was most likely a C-rank strong man, never expecting that this adorable-looking, harmless girl was also a C-rank strong person, ruthless and unblinking in killing.

He swallowed again, wondering what kind of monsters surrounded Mr. He Ao.

But even as his mind wandered, his hands didn’t stop moving, he picked up the walkie-talkie, got back into the sedan, pulled the rear window curtain, and quickly said,

"Miss Lin Chichi got slightly injured, the first team clears the front trees, the second team takes control of the newly captured people, we continue the journey."

As his words were being relayed, over everyone’s heads, a black stream of light swooshed across the sky.

When the blurry illusion faded from He Ao’s field of view, he gently stepped on the solid ground beneath him, feeling the ’city’ revealed from the illusion.

The first thing that entered his senses was a strong smell, filled with the odor of sweat and rust.

Following that, stone buildings, three to four stories high, came into his field of view.

These buildings were interspaced with not very wide gaps, with roads paved with stone bricks laid among them.

On both sides of the road, black street lamps lit up a weak glow, illuminating the dim pathway.

He Ao turned his head and looked back, what he saw was also a dim, extended road.

He looked down at the yellow crystal in his hand, the ’portal’ he used to arrive had disappeared.

He put the crystal into his pocket, feeling the ashes gathered inside, He Ao turned his head for one more glance.

This portal was much more robust than he had expected.

Then he redirected his gaze and followed the road forward, walking to a black street lamp.

Through the dim, pale light, one could vaguely see a kind of flame burning within the lamp.

This lamp resembled industrial revolution-era gas lamps that illuminated by burning a certain type of flammable gas.

The combustion product of this gas seemed impure and carried a certain toxicity.

He Ao could feel that the gas around the street lamp might have a certain effect on the body.

While pondering, he raised his head and looked at the sky above the street lamp’s top.

Above was pitch-black darkness, no clusters of stars, no moon, only a ’firmament’ devoid of any brightness.

Is this the ’City of Rong Guang’?

Apart from the name, this place doesn’t seem to have any connection to the word ’Rong Guang’.

Or is it because the Array covered in ’Rong Guang’ paintings was not used, causing the method to open the portal to have a slight discrepancy?

He Ao withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at the surrounding stone buildings.

Judging from these buildings and streets, it seemed like people lived here?

He tried to call for Velora, but he got no response.

Velora couldn’t reach here.

Indeed, the so-called ’City of Rong Guang’ was not in the Main World.

That’s why for so many years, no one had seen any traces of this city.

He Ao shifted his gaze back frontward.

Gas street lamps, stone buildings, this place gave He Ao the feeling like he had traveled back to the ancient steam era.

And ahead of him, at the wide road’s end, faint rumbling sounds of machinery could be heard.

He needed to find someone to ask about the situation.

While thinking, he raised his foot, walking along the road forward.

Soon, he reached a crossroad.

While he was pondering which way to go, a slight collision noise came from the deep side of the road.

Vaguely, along with this collision noise, there was also a sound of flesh squirming softly in the deep darkness.

He Ao turned around, looked towards the direction of the sound, and walked towards the deep road under the dim light.