CH 79

Chapter 79: The Whole World Will Be Engulfed In Chaos.

Bian Zhonghua frowned, didn’t even ask what was wrong, and hurried to let the procession leave first.

After the procession turned around and walked out of the village, Bian Zhonghua asked the Secret Servant: “What did you see when you entered the village?”

The Secret Servant replied: “Every door was open, and the whole village was empty! Not to mention people, but even animals and insects seem to have disappeared. However, I haven’t found any signs of struggle, it’s very strange.”

A situation like this could only involve a demon. At that moment, a burst of uneasiness gripped Bian Zhonghua’s heart. After all, strange things have been happening recently, and to put it worse, yesterday, the succubus said that the Four Fierce Beasts had escaped.

As Bian Zhonghua pondered, a sudden scream came from the procession, accompanied by the neighing of horses.

Bian Zhonghua looked up and his eyes shrank all of a sudden.

For some reason, the coachman of the carriage Qi Ci was in suddenly changed direction! As the coachman yelled at the panicked horse, the carriage rushed towards the village!

When the carriage turned around all of a sudden, it accidentally hit several people from the procession that had been following the carriage close behind. However, it seemed as if the coachman had gone mad, to the point where no matter how many people he stepped on with the horse and carriage, he never stopped!

Inevitably, pained screams were heard throughout the procession.

What was even more bizarre was that the servants that were able to avoid getting crushed by the carriage were not only not hiding in fear, but they were even shouting and waving their hands at the carriage!

After taking a closer look, the Secret Servants found that they weren’t actually chasing after the carriage at all, but were madly running towards the village!

The Secret Servants were dumbfounded, and after coming back to their senses, they hurried to shout at the servants to stop, but they couldn’t stop them at all!

The moment the carriage began to run wildly, fiercely stepping on the servants, Bian Zhonghua jumped to the carriage. Once there, Bian Zhonghua realized that the coachman didn’t seem to notice he was there, as if he was invisible. The coachman’s eyes were staring straight ahead, whipping the horse vigorously to advance as fast as possible.

Qi Ci lifted the curtain of the carriage and poked his head out, shouting in confusion: “What’s going on?!”

Bian Zhonghua pressed him back inside the carriage and said: “Sit tight and hold on!”

After saying that, Bian Zhonghua shouted at the coachman a few times. Seeing that he couldn’t wake up the coachman at all, Bian Zhonghua had to fight with him in order to take the rope from his hands. However, no matter what, he couldn’t restrain the horse.

As the Secret Servant said, Bian Zhonghua noticed that no one was in the village!

No, to be precise, no living being was there. The horse swung its head and tail as it ran wildly into the village, knocking down some fences in the streets from time to time, making the carriage to be very bumpy. Since the coachman wasn’t holding onto anything anymore, after a while, he was thrown out by the speed of the running horse, rolling on the ground several times, his legs twisted into an odd shape. At first glance, one could tell that he had clearly fallen down from a carriage at high speed.

Even so, the coachman didn’t cry out in pain, instead, he was acting as madly as he did, not long ago. The coachman rose from the ground with the palms of his hands, slowly moving in one direction!

The mad horse neighed and rushed forward with all its strength. The village wasn’t big, and in no time, Bian Zhonghua saw a huge ditch ahead. 

‘But, this is a village….how could there be such a big ditch here?’

Although Bian Zhonghua felt that something was wrong, it was too late to think about it. After all, if he didn’t take immediate action, the carriage would tumble into the ditch!

Bian Zhonghua pulled the silver blade from his bosom, intending to cut the rope that attached the carriage to the horse, but he was worried that this would only lead the carriage to roll over and hurt Qi Ci, who was still inside. Therefore, he had to put the blade away. After turning around, he lifted the curtain, entered the carriage, grabbed Qi Ci, and hugged him tightly.

Qi Ci was still confused about what was going on with the carriage, but then he heard Bian Zhonghua shout ‘hold tight!’ as he pulled him into a tight embrace.

Bian Zhonghua wrapped his arms tightly around Qi Ci and jumped into the air, getting away from the still running carriage.

In no time, the carriage tumbled into the ditch. Bian Zhonghua then landed lightly on the ground, and loosening his grip on Qi Ci’s body, they went together to look at the ditch.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a creepy sight!

They saw the ditch filled with boiling blood and chunks of flesh floating around, as if the whole village, both humans and animals, were thrown into the ditch!

The foul smell of blood struck their nostrils. Qi Ci’s face paled instantly as he stepped back completely horrified. Bian Zhonghua, on the other hand, had never seen an evil act such as this, and with a serious expression, his brow furrowed with concern.

Qi Ci and Bian Zhonghua were even more terrified when they realized that, out of nowhere, the servants came running from afar, jumping into the ditch without a second thought! Qi Ci and Bian Zhonghua didn’t have the time to stop them, and they were even almost pushed into the ditch!

All of a sudden, someone pulled both Bian Zhonghua and Qi Ci away from the deep ditch. When Bian Zhonghua turned his head, he was stunned.

White hair, white eyebrows, and white eyelashes. Lin Baihu!

“You….”

“Let’s go!” Lin Baihu interrupted Bian Zhonghua’s words and shouted urgently: “Take the Prince away from here!”

Bian Zhonghua didn’t question Lin Baihu and didn’t ask any questions either. As soon as he grabbed Qi Ci’s wrist, they ran towards the outskirts of the village.

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However, as soon as they turned around, both froze in place.

Because a bizarre-looking monster was blocking the road ahead, making it impossible for them to escape.

The monster was extremely huge, with a mouth so large that it seemed capable of swallowing a person wholly without the slightest effort. His body looked like that of a sheep, and his face resembled that of a human, possessing even the claws and sharp teeth of a tiger. The monster’s eyes were in its armpits, which were spinning strangely within their sockets until they settled on Bian Zhonghua’s figure with a gloomy gaze.

Bian Zhonghua’s eyes revealed disbelief, as a chill ran down his spine. After all, he had seen this demonic creature before, in an ancient book given to him by State Master Li….

‘This is one of the Four Fierce Beasts. The Taotie!’

‘As soon as the Four Fierce Beasts are released into this world, the whole world will be engulfed in chaos!’

When Bian Zhonghua flipped through these ancient books, he had always thought that ancient beasts like these could only exist in legends. 

‘How could it be here?!’

“I’m here to bite you to pieces.” As if the fierce beast had seen through Bian Zhonghua’s thoughts, it said with a hoarse voice, which sounded like a wooden board grinding in the sand. “Demon Emperor Zhonghua, I didn’t expect you would be capable of feeling fear.”

As soon as the Taotie finished speaking, it opened its mouth wide open and ran towards Bian Zhonghua! Its speed was so fast that they didn’t have the time to dodge it!

At that instant, a bird as white as snow, with legs like a crane and a tail like that of a peacock, spread its great wings in the sky, dashing forward and overturning the Taotie. As the bird fiercely stabbed the Taotie’s body with its sharp claws, the bird tilted its head and shouted with a voice that sounded like jade shattering into pieces, directing its words at Bian Zhonghua: “Go away!!!”

Bian Zhonghua recognized that the white bird was Lin Baihu, so he didn’t dare to delay. After shouting at Lin Baihu to be careful, Bian Zhonghua pulled Qi Ci and rushed to leave the village.

When Bian Zhonghua and Qi Ci finally made it to the village entrance, they saw that the two Secret Servants were tying up the Palace servants who wanted to run into the village with ropes. For such an effort, the Secret Servants were sweating buckets.

The two Secret Servants were surprised to see that Bian Zhonghua and Qi Ci had run out of the village in a panic: “Lord Bian? Your Highness? What happened to all these people? Why do they want to run into the village? There were some that we couldn’t stop from rushing into the village.”

“Run!” Bian Zhonghua roared.

The two Secret Servants were instantly startled. Knowing that something big must have happened, they hurried to draw their swords to protect Qi Ci and ran away from the village.

Suddenly, a desperate cry of pain was heard behind them, coming from the village. It sounded so miserable that anyone who could hear it would be able to feel the kind of pain that person was experiencing.

It was none other than Lin Baihu!

Knowing that he couldn’t abandon Lin Baihu, Bian Zhonghua stopped moving as he shouted at the two Secret Servants: “Protect the Prince at all cost and take him to the Capital! No matter what happens here, don’t you dare come back!”

“Understood!” The two Secret Servants were already overwhelmed by this sudden change, but after hearing Bian Zhonghua’s determined tone of voice as he gave them an order, the two Secret Servants couldn’t help but respond without thinking.

“Bian Zhonghua!” Qi Ci realized in an instant that Bian Zhonghua was about to turn back to deal with that monster, so he hurried to grab his wrist and shout with all his might: “You promised me that you would buy wine and drink it with me. Don’t you dare forget!”

After saying those words, the hand Qi Ci used to hold Bian Zhonghua was already shaking uncontrollably. It was an involuntary reaction out of uneasiness and fear, a feeling of sorrow that couldn’t be stopped.

“Wait for me, I’ll come back for you.” Bian Zhonghua said each word with an extremely firm voice.

At that, Qi Ci let him go.

Bian Zhonghua took a deep look at Qi Ci, turned around, and rushed towards the village.

“Your, Your Highness…” The two Secret Servants started to panic again.

“Let’s go!!!” Qi Ci turned around, and with a powerful voice, he said: “We will only hold him back if we stay!”

However, as soon as Qi Ci finished saying this, his eyes immediately reddened with tears.