What a lucky world!

Chapter 93 The Turning Point of Destiny

It was almost dusk, and after a day's journey, the escort team was only about 200 miles away from the provincial capital.

The official road was cut off about fifty miles away.

This is normal. The Road and Bridge Bureau, which is responsible for transportation throughout the country, has long lost the authority and support it had when the country was founded. On weekdays, it only maintains the repairs of a few strategic roads. As for the official roads in other places, they can only fend for themselves.

The good news is that with the destruction of the official road, the victims who were traveling along the same route each took their own path, and their number decreased a lot.

The bad news is that the road is rough and we can no longer gallop on horseback as fast as before.

"Have a good rest tonight, set off at dawn tomorrow, and get to the provincial capital as soon as possible." Song Yuanqing said as he made arrangements for the night guard.

Zhang Mu looked up at the sky. The flying bird he saw in the morning was no longer there, but an eagle appeared in the sky.

Zhang Mu didn't want to increase the panic, so he walked over to Song Yuanqing and asked in a low voice, "Brother Song, if the criminals want to attack us again, based on your experience, what will they do?"

Song Yuanqing pointed to the surroundings and said, "Don't worry, this area has a wide field of vision, so a sneak attack is unlikely."

"What if they take the mountain road?" Zhang Mu pointed to the forest not far away.

Song Yuanqing shook his head: "That's why I have to abandon the baggage and speed up the journey."

"They can't travel as fast as we can in the mountains. If they really had deployed manpower there, they should have been left behind by us by now."

"I think the most likely scenario is an ambush on the road tomorrow."

"So tomorrow I'll lead a few people to explore the way ahead, and you'll follow behind, protecting Mr. Song. If anything happens to us, don't rescue us, but immediately run back with Mr. Song. Do you understand?"

Zhang Mu nodded solemnly.

……

The moon is bright, the stars are sparse, and the bonfire is blazing.

The escorts covered themselves with straw raincoats and slept with their backs to each other around the campfire. Song Yuanqing and another escort added firewood to the campfire while looking around vigilantly.

The horses tied to the side suddenly became restless, stamping their hooves back and forth, trying to break free from the reins that tied them.

Zhang Mu woke up from his sleep and found that all the escorts were awake.

"Sir, wake up." Zhang Mu nudged Song Haowen. Song Haowen opened his eyes, saw the situation in front of him, and asked, "What's going on?"

"I don't know!" Zhang Mu shook his head, "But there should be..."

Zhang Mu had just said half of his words when he suddenly turned his head and looked at the forest not far away. Almost in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen shadows rushed out of the forest and rushed towards them.

"Be careful, it's a wolf demon!" Zhang Mu shouted.

Song Yuanqing had already noticed the attack and immediately shouted, "Form a formation!"

The escorts present immediately rushed towards the wolf demon, forming a semicircle and protecting Zhang Mu and Song Haowen in the center.

The wolf demon was extremely fast. It was a hundred feet from the forest to them, but they passed through it almost instantly and pounced on them.

Fortunately, this group of wolf monsters should be equivalent to the third or fourth grade, and the bodyguards present can still deal with them.

Zhang Mu also realized at this time that since Zhou Yangyou could cause demonic disasters, he could also use demons to kill people.

Although it is said that the monsters in the demon disaster were killed by the masters of the city, who knows!

If that's the case, is it only the wolf demon?

As soon as Zhang Mu's thoughts arose, the Zhenwu Fate immediately sent a warning. Zhang Mu subconsciously grabbed Song Yuanqing, took a step with the Broken Star Step, and moved directly out of the protective circle formed by the bodyguards. Almost at the same time, an eagle fell from the sky, and its sharp claws directly shattered the afterimage of Song Haowen where he had stayed before.

Zhang Mu did not give the eagle monster a chance to fly again. He drew his sword and the sword light was like a streak of silk, directly chopping off the eagle monster's head.

Just as the eagle demon's head fell to the ground, Zhang Mu noticed that the ground was somewhat loose. His face changed drastically and he shouted, "Be careful below!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground suddenly collapsed into several large pits, and several mole monsters suddenly attacked from underground, heading straight for the throats of the escorts. Fortunately, Zhang Mu's shouting earlier alerted everyone, and they dodged and avoided this fatal sneak attack.

However, as soon as everyone moved, the original protective formation was immediately destroyed. Several wolf monsters broke through the defense and directly bit several bodyguards.

Zhang Mu used the Diyuan sword technique to protect Song Haowen behind him and resist the oncoming wolf demon, but he was no longer able to provide support.

At this time, Song Yuanqing roared, and the sword in his hand shone brightly. The cultivation of the tenth level Tongmai Realm was fully unleashed. The long sword was like a spirit snake, and it transformed into several sword shadows. Every time he drew his sword, a wolf demon would be killed.

This is Song Yuanqing's ultimate sword technique - the Light-Splitting Snake Sword!

Song Yuanqing quickly retreated, activated the equally advanced Star-Breaking Step, moved in front of the escorts, and killed the wolf monsters that were biting them one by one.

However, before one wave of troubles was over, another wave arose. Just when the attacking wolves were about to be killed, a wolf howl suddenly sounded in the forest.

"Oh no, it's the Wolf King!" Song Yuanqing was shocked.

The next moment, more than a dozen wolf demons rushed out from the forest, each with bloodshot eyes, and their aura surpassed the previous ones, about the fifth or sixth level.

Behind this group of wolf monsters, there was a giant wolf that was twice the size of the other wolf monsters. It walked out of the forest like a commander-in-chief.

"Moon-Eating Realm!" Song Yuanqing's heart skipped a beat.

This is a big monster that has never appeared in this demon disaster.

However, the next moment, Song Yuanqing saw a figure quickly approaching the Wolf Demon King.

The figure was short and old, but at this moment he was full of vigor and momentum, as if he had reached the level of nourishing fluid.

"Old Li!" Song Yuanqing recognized at a glance that this was the old man Li who was guarding the Fengwu Pavilion of the escort agency.

Seeing that someone was trying to stop the Wolf Demon King, Song Yuanqing's confidence increased, and he immediately shouted: "Everyone, involve the wolves!"

"Zhang Mu, take Mr. Song away!"

Zhang Mu stabbed a wolf demon to death with a single blow, grabbed Song Haowen, and leaped onto a horse. With a swipe of his sword, he cut the horse's reins and immediately rode out of the encirclement. At that moment, a tiger's roar echoed from the forest. A shadow even larger than the Wolf Demon King leaped out of the woods and chased Zhang Mu in the direction he had left.
"Zhang Mu, be careful of the tiger monster!" Song Yuanqing wanted to rescue him, but he was entangled by several wolf monsters and could only shout loudly.

……

Zhang Mu rode his horse along with Song Haowen. He could sense the tiger demon following closely behind him without looking back.

Based on his judgment of the tiger monster's aura, he should not be at the Yangye realm, and should be about the same as Song Yuanqing, with the cultivation level of the tenth level of Qi Condensation.

This reminded him of the time when the fox demon had served him all night, only asking the other party to send out demon servants to kill his tiger demon.

Could this be it?
Fortunately, the horse Zhang Mu chose was Song Yuanqing's mount and a warhorse in the army. Therefore, it was not frightened by the tiger monster's momentum and continued to gallop.

But after all, one is a mortal, and the other is a tiger transformed into a monster.

After more than ten miles, the distance was getting closer.

Zhang Mu held the reins tightly with one hand and the weapon box with the other.

He was going to take a gamble.

However, at this moment, Zhang Mu felt that Mr. Song, who had been holding him, had let go of his hand.

"Mr. Song?"

"Remember, Lanling City, Zihu Villa!" Only these words rang in Zhang Mu's ears, and then he felt something empty behind him!
Song Haowen stepped back, fell off his horse, and rolled several times on the ground.

"Mr. Song!" Zhang Mu shouted, and was about to rein in his horse and turn back, when he heard Song Haowen yell, "Run!"

Then, Song Haowen struggled to stand up and opened his arms, as if to block the tiger demon.

"I am the Song Hao you are looking for..."

Before he could finish his words, the tiger demon had already rushed in front of Song Haowen, raised the tiger claws in his hand high, and slapped Song Haowen's head suddenly. It flew directly from his neck like a ball.

The next moment, blood spurted out from the neck like a fountain!

When Zhang Mu witnessed this scene, he suddenly felt that time had stopped.

The horse was still running, but the tiger demon had already passed Song Haowen's body and pounced towards him.

There seemed to be no sound around.

In Zhang Mu's eyes, there was only the headless corpse spurting blood.

……

"My humble name is Song Haowen, the county magistrate. I'd like to ask you, young friend, when will you let my students return?"

"I won't hold you accountable for your crime, but you must know your fault."

"From now on, you must come to the county school every ten days to attend a day of lectures and learn the principles of being a good person!"

"Wherever the Tao lies, even if there are thousands of people, I will go there."

……

Zhang Mu blinked, and the tiger demon jumped high and pounced towards him.

Zhang Mu heard his own heartbeat, and his endless anger turned into murderous intent.

He suddenly kicked the stirrup and flew backwards. Then a long spear appeared in his hand. As he turned his body, he stabbed it out suddenly!

"die!"

The sound of breaking wind was like a dragon's roar, piercing the tiger monster's throat.

But the tiger demon suddenly turned over to avoid this fatal move.

Zhang Mu shook his wrist, and the spear changed its trajectory. With a "puff" sound, it pierced into one of the tiger demon's eyes.

The tiger demon was in unbearable pain and slashed at Zhang Mu with its sharp claws. Zhang Mu stretched out his hand to block it, but felt a huge force hit him, and he was immediately knocked back several feet before falling heavily to the ground.

The tiger demon was unable to pull out the spear from its eye. The severe pain made it completely lose its mind. It roared and pounced on Zhang Mu again.

Zhang Mu struggled to stand up, looked at the tiger demon who was still roaring in pain, spat out a mouthful of blood foam, and ran towards the tiger demon again. When he got close, he activated the Broken Star Step and took six steps in succession, appearing in front of the tiger demon. Then, he raised his foot and took the seventh step towards the handle of the spear.

With a "bang", the huge force of the Star-Breaking Step was directly guided into the spear, and the spear suddenly poked forward again.

The tiger demon roared to the sky and slapped Zhang Mu with its tiger claws again. Zhang Mu was knocked out again. This time he lay on the ground, unable to stand up again.

The tiger demon was not feeling well either, his whole body was shaking. He opened his bloody mouth and walked towards Zhang Mu step by step.

Zhang Mu clenched his fists, ready to wait for the tiger demon to come forward before continuing to fight for his life.

However, at this moment, a figure suddenly fell from the sky, like a fallen leaf, and stepped lightly on the end of the spear embedded in the tiger monster's head, as if it had no weight at all.

The next moment, the figure did a backflip and lightly kicked the spear with his foot. Suddenly, the spear was like a sharp arrow, piercing directly through the tiger demon's head.

The tiger demon fell down with a loud bang. At this moment, the figure turned around, revealing a naturally charming face in the moonlight.

"Sister Xuan'er?" Zhang Mu showed joy when he saw the person coming.

Shisanniang took two steps forward, helped Zhang Mu sit up, checked his injuries, and asked with a grim look on her face, "What happened?"

Zhang Mu felt his internal energy surging and his internal organs aching. He reluctantly pointed in the direction of Song Yuanqing and said, "Help...help!"

The next moment, his vision went dark, and he fell into the land of tenderness...

(End of this chapter)