Full-Level Fierce Person
Chapter 398 - 235 Shocking Change

Chapter 398: 235 Shocking Change

Fang Zhixing moved swiftly, not noticing the emergence of that white noise.

As he walked down the main street, he glanced outside subconsciously when he passed the South Gate.

Suddenly, Fang Zhixing stopped in his tracks, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Just outside the South Gate, several figures clad in armor, patrolled and peered from just outside the gate with imperious ease.

It seemed they had seen Fang Zhixing, and immediately a buzz of commotion arose, filled with murmurs and pointing fingers.

"Could it be, they can see me now!!"

Fang Zhixing took a deep breath, turned a corner, and walked towards the South Gate step by step.

"Here he comes, that man is coming!"

"Don’t look at him, he’s a heretic!"

"Stay away; whoever touches him will be contaminated."

...

A group of soldiers, terrified, rushed backward, tripping over each other in their haste.

As if in their eyes, Fang Zhixing was some ferocious beast, something horrifying beyond measure.

Fang Zhixing proceeded to the South Gate calmly and unhurriedly.

Looking out, he saw rows upon rows of tents stationed outside, with maybe not eight hundred soldiers, then surely a thousand.

Amid the disturbance, a Mount Wolf leaped out.

The Mount Wolf, standing three meters tall, was formidable and fierce, an Evil Spirit incarnate, seemingly invincible.

The man riding atop the Mount Wolf was equally burly, clad in bright Armor, a greatsword on his back, and holding a long spear, exuding a formidable presence on all sides.

This man rode the Mount Wolf down to the city gate, eyes locked intently on Fang Zhixing, raised his long spear, pointed it at Fang Zhixing’s nose, and bellowed, "Heretic, roll back to where you came from! With me, General Luo Xingliang of the Wolf Riders here, don’t even think about stepping half a foot out of the city."

Fang Zhixing frowned slightly, his voice low, "What heretic, make yourself clear?"

"You are the heretic!"

Luo Xingliang’s eyes bulged in fury, teeth bared, roaring, "The heretic is you, you scourge of the world!"

Fang Zhixing, feeling annoyed, stepped onto the threshold of the city gate.

"Ah!"

The assembled soldiers turned pale with fright; Luo Xingliang and his Mount Wolf were also taken aback, retreating repeatedly.

Fang Zhixing, however, was rooted to the spot. He looked up at the gateway above him, then down at his feet.

Confirmed!

He really had left Yulan County.

This time, he hadn’t left through a dream.

"Could I be dreaming?"

Fang Zhixing was confused for a moment. He had struggled to find a way out of the Yulan Forbidden Zone and never succeeded.

He never could have imagined he would naturally be able to leave the Yulan Forbidden Zone.

And the more it was so, the more bewildering it seemed to him.

There ought to be some causal explanation for everything, right?

Suddenly facing this, who could stand it?

"Fiend!"

Suddenly, Luo Xingliang charged in, riding his wolf.

"Heretic, face your death!"

He hoisted his long spear, which with the acceleration of the Mount Wolf, gleamed with a Cold Light so piercing that it tore through the air, creating a dazzling streak of silver as if a meteor had struck the earth.

In an instant, man and wolf surged forward, the spear thrusting towards Fang Zhixing’s chest!

Fang Zhixing’s pupils contracted. The power behind Luo Xingliang’s thrust was formidable, comprising both his own strength and the terrifying momentum of the Mount Wolf.

Man and wolf coordinated flawlessly, twisting into a single, combined force.

This thrust carried a penetrating power of at least three hundred thousand jin.

And this was before Luo Xingliang had undergone his Demon Transformation.

Fang Zhixing’s figure shot backward, retreating within the city gate in one step.

Clang~

Luo Xingliang’s spear thrust met an invisible ripple, and the rebounding force swept back, nearly causing him to lose his grip on the spear.

Seeing this, the corner of Fang Zhixing’s mouth curled slightly.

The Yulan Forbidden Zone was still indeed a Restricted Area!

Luo Xingliang’s attack was utterly ineffective.

Fang Zhixing ignored him, turned around, and headed towards the North Gate.

Arriving at the North Gate, he saw.

As expected, the North Gate was heavily guarded, as impenetrable as before.

Without a thought, he knew the West and East Gates would be in the same situation.

Yulan County was surrounded!

"This day was bound to come eventually."

Seeing this situation, Fang Zhixing was not in the least bit panicked.

He randomly chose a room, entered it, and laid down to sleep.

Soon enough, he fell asleep.

Time passed unmeasured until Fang Zhixing opened his eyes again, his expression changing rapidly.

"I didn’t enter a dream..."

Fang Zhixing realized in an instant that he had unwittingly lost his ability to enter dreams.

"Could it be due to my Cultivation advancement that this change occurred?"

He could find no better explanation than this.

He could leave Yulan County, yet at the same time, he had lost his ability to enter dreams.

These two events seemed oddly intertwined.

Fang Zhixing quickly collected his thoughts, not pondering any further.

This was his nature. Faced with an enigma, he wouldn’t stubbornly struggle to unravel it by brute force.

He believed that once all relevant clues were gathered, even if he were a fool, he could still solve the mystery.

Afterward, Fang Zhixing went straight back to the residence.

"Master, you’ve returned."

The youngest, Hong Sha, came to greet him, saying excitedly, "I just saw a little bird fly by in the sky."

"Bird?"

Fang Zhixing raised an eyebrow. Since Yulan County had become a Restricted Area, he hadn’t seen any living creatures.

At that moment, Hong Li also approached, adding, "Master, I heard a goat bleating when I went to fetch water. It seemed like there was a goat pen nearby."

"Goats, from where?"

Fang Zhixing paused, then mused, "Stay here, I will go have a look."

The five beauties readily agreed.

Fang Zhixing turned and walked out of the residence, heading towards the old well.

"Baa baa~"

From afar, he too heard the bleating of goats.

But upon closer listening, the bleating was piercing and grating, accompanied by the coarse sound of grinding teeth, which was quite unsettling.

Fang Zhixing passed by the old well and followed the sound.

Soon, he entered a deep alley.

The bleating of the sheep grew louder, coming from deep within the alley.

Fang Zhixing, skilled and courageous, hastened toward the noise.

Suddenly, he stopped in front of a house.

The front door was shut tight, a bolt fastened from the inside.

"Could there still be people living here?"

Fang Zhixing approached and pushed the door open with his hand.

The courtyard wasn’t large, strewn with fallen leaves.

Fang Zhixing cast a cold glance around and what he saw made his heart clench.

He saw six goats, two males and four females.

At that moment, the two male goats were fighting, repeatedly colliding their horns against each other.

The four female goats stood quietly to the side, watching indifferently.

Oddly, the two male goats had blood-red eyes and sharp, elongated teeth that protruded from their mouths.

The sight was terrifying!

These creatures looked less like goats and more like fierce beasts!

In a short time, the stronger male goat had killed the other, then with its fangs on full display, tore open its opponent’s belly and gorged on the flesh, its mouth covered in blood.

After consuming the meat, the goat’s body visibly grew larger, seemingly possessing the ferocity of a First Level Mutant Beast.

Next, the meat-eating male mounted one of the females, beginning to mate wildly.

Fang Zhixing’s gaze flashed, noting that one of the females had a swollen belly, seemingly pregnant.

That female lay on the ground, emitting painful cries, going through childbirth on her own.

Soon, a lamb emerged.

The lamb was covered in yellow-brown wool, with two sharp fangs protruding out, resembling a saber-toothed tiger.

Before long, the lamb opened its eyes, first two, and then as its forehead writhed, a third eye opened.

At first, the lamb seemed confused, then found its mother.

Cocking its head, it looked at the exhausted mother that had given birth to it, but instead of seeking milk, it suddenly charged and bit into the mother goat’s neck.

The mother let out a piercing scream, her hooves thrashing wildly.

But soon, she lay still.

The lamb began to tear at and devour its mother.

The scene was horrific!

Fang Zhixing slowly backed away and turned his head, suddenly catching a glimpse of a figure flashing past in the depths of the alley.

He immediately gave chase.

Before long, Fang Zhixing saw a middle-aged man, disheveled and distressed.

"Stop!"

Fang Zhixing moved swiftly, blocking the man’s path.

"Oh my, how wonderful to finally see another living person!"

Upon seeing Fang Zhixing, the middle-aged man showed no sign of panic but was instead overjoyed.

He approached, grabbed Fang Zhixing’s shoulders with both hands, and asked excitedly, "Have you seen my family? Where did all the other people in town go?"

Fang Zhixing frowned and asked in return, "Have you been in town all this time?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Yes, when I woke up, all my family was gone, and so were my neighbors."

Fang Zhixing pressed, "Before you went to sleep, do you remember anything happening?"

The man thought for a moment, his face suddenly filled with terror as he exclaimed, "I remember the rebel army was about to attack, the city was in chaos, everyone was discussing escaping together. My father and I had agreed, we were going to leave for the County tomorrow."

Fang Zhixing nodded in understanding and couldn’t help asking, "After you fell asleep, did you dream at all?"

The middle-aged man replied blankly, "It seems I had a dream, but I can’t remember it."

Fang Zhixing paused for a moment and replied, "Everyone has already escaped the city. You should escape too, take the South Gate."

"The South Gate, yes, I should escape from the South Gate."

The middle-aged man seemed to remember something, slapped his thigh, and ran toward the South Gate.

Fang Zhixing followed him all the way.

A moment later, the middle-aged man reached the entrance of the South Gate and charged right out.

"Stop!"

The soldiers guarding the outside shouted vehemently, as if facing a great enemy.

The middle-aged man was stunned, then overjoyed, he said, "You are the soldiers sent by the Court, aren’t you? Are you here to save us? What about the rebels, have you driven them away?"

The soldiers looked at each other in consternation.

"Don’t listen to his nonsense."

Just then, Luo Xingliang rode out on his Mount Wolf and shouted, "He is a heretic, beyond reason, kill him!"

At his command!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Dozens of cold arrows were shot simultaneously, like a sudden gust of wind or a shower of rain.

The middle-aged man was dumbfounded, standing in place, eyes wide open as he saw the rain of arrows descending from the sky covering his whole body.

Puh puh puh~

The middle-aged man met a heart-piercing end, his body flying backwards and getting nailed to the city wall, blood spraying everywhere.

A droplet of blood splattered out and landed on a soldier’s face.

The soldier was first stunned, then screamed in terror, "Ah, I’ve been splattered with his blood, I’m done for, I’ve been contaminated, I’m no longer clean!"

The surrounding soldiers were horrified, all hurriedly retreating as if avoiding the plague, distancing themselves from that soldier.

Luo Xingliang’s expression darkened, he rode the Mount Wolf over to the soldier and kicked him.

Thump~!

The soldier flew diagonally and hit the city wall, instantly shattering all his bones and dying on the spot.

This scene terrified all the soldiers, leaving them silent as cicadas in winter, their scalps tingling.

Luo Xingliang, with a cold face, ordered, "Burn their bodies, deeply bury their ashes."

After the order was given, four soldiers mustered their courage and stepped forward.

They wrapped their hands in cloth, carried the two bodies carefully, and walked toward the nearby pile of wood, throwing them on and setting them alight.

Fang Zhixing stood on top of the gate tower, witnessing the entire process.

"Heretics, huh..."

Although he wasn’t clear about what exactly ’heretics’ referred to, Luo Xingliang and the others seemed to consider all people or creatures within the Restricted Area as heretics, aiming to eradicate them quickly.

"This is no place to stay for long. I must leave quickly."

Fang Zhixing’s mind raced, and he quickly formed a plan.

He turned back to the civilian house, quietly waiting for darkness to fall.

Time flew by, and evening came, the sky gradually turned dim.

By this time, Fang Zhixing had already packed his bags, and he called over five beauties.

After a brief silence, Fang Zhixing began, "I’ve told you before, the place we are in is a closed-off Restricted Area, and now this Restricted Area has been opened."

The five women listened, half understanding, their knowledge of the Forbidden Zone being very limited.

Fang Zhixing himself found it difficult to explain clearly and simply said, "The current situation is that there is an army surrounding Yulan County, and we are seen as a threat by the army. The moment we show up, we will be surrounded and killed by the army."

Hong Ran frowned and asked, "Is it because the master kidnapped those two noble young masters?"

Fang Zhixing nodded, "That’s part of the reason, but since you are my people, you are also implicated. In short, once the army discovers us, they will surely show no mercy."

The five beauties understood.

Hong Ran continued, "This is our fate. Since we followed the master, we must bear it together with the master."