"Bang bang bang!!"
The rhythmic knocking continued incessantly—one after another, wave after wave, like a death warrant, King Yan's death knell, ceaselessly striking at Su Zijin and the three other won's hearts.
It made them feel like their hearts were unconsciously following the rhythm of the knocking, beat after beat, faster and faster, more and more urgent, as if their hearts were about to burst.
"What...what's...happening?"
Gu Xiyan's breathing was rapid, her face flushed red, barely able to speak, about to die from an excessively high heart rate!
Su Zijin and the other won began to realize that owning the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrunt did not guarantee survival from this cataclysmic disaster.
The Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrunt could only protect them from the erosion of the catastrophe, preventing them from turning into demons, but it couldn't keep them safe from other demonic and strange attacks.
"Bang!"
At that mont, the special alloy door that had been knocked on hundreds of tis by demons finally could not bear the weight any longer, and was destroyed by the demonic knocking.
"Huff...huff..."
Suddenly, Gu Xiyan and the other three won felt their heartbeats slow down, no longer feeling as if they were about to leap out of their throats, and their breathing gradually cald down.
But before they could relax,
they sensed an extrely cold, despairing, deathly still, and decayed aura seeping in from the outside through the now-opened door.
"This...this..."
Gu Xiyan and the won's heartbeats suddenly sped up a notch.
They were shocked to realize that though it should have been sunny outside, it was pitch-dark instead—not the kind of dark blue haze, but true darkness.
And within that darkness, devoid of any light, there was an unbearable feeling of suffocation.
And a figure, shrouded in darkness, stood rigidly in the doorway, silent and still. If not for a pair of eyes shining with a red glow, intently staring at them,
they might not have noticed that a demon had arrived at the door.
"Creak creak..."
Being just ordinary won, Gu Xiyan and the others held their breath at the sight of this terrifying scene, not daring to even take a deep breath for fear of provoking the demon at the door into attacking.
Whether it was because they held their breath, remained quiet, still, or for so other reason, the terrifying figure standing rigidly at the door finally turned and left with hurried, heavy footsteps.
Who knows how much ti passed!
"Ah!!"
The vicinity again began to echo with bursts of shrill screams, filled with hysteria, despair, helplessness, breakdown...
And quickly, these screams stopped abruptly.
"Wuu wuu wuu..."
At this point, Wen Rou could no longer hold back, and started crying in a breakdown.
"Don't cry! Keep calm!"
Although Su Zijin and Gu Xiyan were also scared to death, they knew under these circumstances they couldn't just let Wen Rou cry out loud, venting her fear, as it might attract the knocking demon once again.
So when Wen Rou started crying bitterly, they quickly reached out and covered her mouth to keep her from making any noise.
"Wuu wuu wuu..."
Wen Rou also knew that crying in breakdown was futile and offered no benefit at such a ti.
But she really couldn't control her emotions, because she understood that with every abrupt end to those screams, another group of people had died.
She knew that if she weren't wearing the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrunt that Mu Jinyu had given her, her own fate would not have been much better.
Wen Rou managed to control her sobbing, but the fear in her heart kept spreading. There was only one thought on her mind.
"Jinyu! Jinyu...where are you? Please co back and save us..."
After what seed like an eternity, Wen Rou finally suppressed the feeling of collapse within her and could, like Gu Xiyan and the others, forcibly remain calm while curled up in the corner, quietly waiting for Mu Jinyu's return.
At that mont...
"Swing, swing, swing to grandma's bridge..."
A naive childlike voice sang the most classic nursery rhy, leisurely rising from outside.
It was as if a child had just finished school and was hopping and skipping ho while humming a tune.
"This is?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ ɴovelfire
Gu Xiyan and the other won frowned upon hearing the song, a wave of worry washing over them.
Su Zijin and Wen Rou hesitated whether they should go out and bring the child inside.
After all, it's a child...
And considering how the environnt had always been very quiet, they guessed that the terrifying door-knocking demon must have already left the Capital City.
Going out to rescue people now, although risky, wouldn't be too dangerous.
It was not the kind of situation where death was certain!
However,
Just as they were hesitating...
"Rocking, rocking..."
The nursery rhy continued to sound off, and the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrunts they were clutching tightly in their hands suddenly burst forth with dazzling Huaguang, enveloping each of them tightly.
"What is this?!"
Su Zijin and Wen Rou imdiately abandoned the idea of going out to rescue people.
Looking at the sudden change in the Gold Inlaid Jade Magical Instrunts, it was impossible that the disaster struck all four of them at once; more likely, the nursery rhy carried a great threat, and those who heard it could drop dead!
That ant the wandering little girl outside was actually an extrely vicious demon.
And potentially more dangerous than the door-knocking demon!
"Crack, crack..."
At that mont, a brittle cracking sound rang out.
To their horror, Gu Xiyan and her friends discovered that their magical instrunts were showing fine cracks, as if they were about to shatter.
They didn't know if it was from overuse, or if they couldn't withstand the erosion of the nursery rhy.
"We're done for, did we escape the overwhelming disaster and the attack of the door-knocking demon only to die to the tune of a nursery rhy?"
Gu Xiyan and her friends thought in despair.
At that mont, however, they suddenly noticed that the cracks in their magical instrunts had stopped spreading.
They looked up in a daze, only to find that the nursery rhy had vanished into thin air.
Its source was unknown.
"We've been spared once again."
Gu Xiyan and her friends let out a long sigh of relief, feeling that the world had indeed changed dramatically, and the power of the devastating disaster was gradually becoming evident.
"Ehhhh-rouuugh!"
However, before they could relax for long, a series of roars sounded from outside the courtyard.
"What's this?"
The faces of Gu Xiyan and her companions changed dramatically, recognizing the sound as that of Little Zhang, who had just been corrupted by the disaster and turned into a demon.
Little Zhang had been intercepted by mbers of the Dragon King Hall earlier, but in their panic, they had all forgotten this matter.
Gu Xiyan rembered making a call to Mu Hongchen to bring a Golden Weapon to handle it.
It seed that had also failed.
Whether that was because of the door-knocking demon, or the nursery rhy demon, was unknown.
And now, the demonized Little Zhang was groping her way toward them again.
"AOOOOOUGH!"
The terrifying roar rose once more, but this ti it was at the door.
It would co inside any mont now.
"BANG!!"
Then, at that instant.
A deep, thunderous roar sounded, and along with it, the hissing stopped.
Gu Xiyan and Su Zijin were even more frightened.
They thought a more terrible demon had appeared.
"Jinyu, co back quickly!"
In their hearts, Gu Xiyan and her friends silently called out.
"Sorry, I've arrived late..."
A familiar voice, laden with endless apology, suddenly rose next to the door.
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