Mortal Mirror

Seven days later, beside the meteorite, Li Ergou wiped the blood off his Wild Goose Saber. Looking at the exhausted crowd, he gritted his teeth and made a decision, "Eighth Brother, pass down the order. Tell everyone to hold on. We'll evacuate this place this afternoon. If this continues, I think our brothers will be left here."

Hearing this order, Chen Bajin was immediately overjoyed and said, "Really? We can finally leave this damned place. If we stay any longer, we'll all die here."

Looking around, beyond a hundred meters from the giant rock, a group of constables and yamen runners were guarding the area. Everyone was covered in blood, unsure if it was their own or that of the demonized beasts.

In front of them lay a field of demonized animal corpses. Those fellows were fearless, and from afar, more demonized animals kept running towards them. This large rock seemed like a magnetic field with immense attraction.

Li Ergou sighed inwardly. Bai Su had said that the state capital had sent people to Fish City, but nearly ten days had passed. Even crawling, they should have arrived by now.

Yet, not even a single soul was to be seen. Truly, the higher the official, the more unreliable they are. Thinking this, he couldn't help but feel angry.

What's even more detestable is that the range of the demonic aura has expanded greatly. According to the scouts, it's already five hundred miles in radius. If this continues, the entire Fish City will probably suffer.

Li Ergou couldn't care less about all that. The only thing he could do was to ensure that his brothers returned completely unharmed.

Roar!

A deafening sound came, and Li Ergou saw a white figure speeding from afar. The fellow was about ten feet tall, covered in black spots, actually a demonized white tiger.

Putting everything else aside, just its body alone was enough to make one shudder.

Chen Bajin couldn't help but exclaim, "Another powerful big guy is coming. Everyone, prepare yourselves."

Surprisingly, the white tiger's eyes were green, indicating that it wasn't demonized and still had some reason. However, why it came here must be because the attraction of this stone was too great.

The white tiger stopped far away, its eyes flashing with cunning light. It didn't continue to move forward, but instead, it picked up a corpse from the ground and began to chew it greedily.

Some demonized animals didn't dare to approach the tiger and went around it.

Perhaps because of its presence, the other animals actually didn't go forward either. They also imitated the tiger, starting to tear apart the corpses of animals on the ground. For a time, there was a constant sound of chewing, giving people a creepy feeling.

Even domestic animals like sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese were eating meat in large gulps, which was truly bizarre.

Everyone watched in a daze. Suddenly, the sound of birds rang out in the sky.

Everyone looked up, and the sky was filled with a dark mass, actually all ordinary sparrows, but each of these sparrows had become the size of a pheasant.

Countless sparrows flew in the sky like a black cloud, truly blocking out the sun.

And the target of those sparrows was the meteorite.

Seeing the scene in the sky, everyone opened their mouths wide, somewhat dumbfounded, and their hearts were even more terrified.

The animals on the ground were bad enough, but now there were thousands upon thousands of birds. Once these guys attacked, just thinking about it was terrifying.

Chen Bajin looked at Li Ergou and anxiously asked, "Ergou, what do we do? The brothers definitely can't withstand this wave."

"What to do? What else can we do but run!" Li Ergou shouted loudly, "Everyone, don't worry about anything else, run with me!"

Hearing Li Ergou's order, all the constables used every ounce of strength they had. Those who could run ran, and those with flying swords used them, for fear of becoming food for the birds.

Everyone fled for their lives, and the birds immediately flew down like a blanket covering the sky.

Seeing the constables retreat, all the animals also pounced on the meteorite. For a time, the entire area around the meteorite was a dark mass, with constant roars coming from it.

Li Ergou and the others couldn't care less about all that. Everyone ran like stray dogs, fortunately, the animals didn't provoke them, but instead went around them and ran towards the meteorite.

Everyone escaped the danger zone without any mishaps. Only then did Li Ergou look back. The meteorite was covered in a dark mass, blocked airtight. There was no need to think about it, it wouldn't be long before countless terrifying demon beasts appeared here.

And he, however, took out a transparent small bottle the size of a thumb from his pocket, filled with a bottle full of golden liquid.

This was what he had specially collected. Although he hadn't figured out what it was for, he knew that this thing had many similarities with the Blood Orchid he had obtained back then. Keeping it would definitely be useful. For this reason, he copied another bottle of this thing.

He led a group of people into Fish City and saw that the city was also in chaos. The original plan was to kill the domestic animals only when there was a sign of demonization, but in reality, once the demon beasts demonized, they wouldn't give you a chance to deal with it.

This caused a lot of casualties. The superiors had no choice but to decide to kill all domestic animals, whether they were demonized or not.

This was unacceptable to many people, so the city was in chaos, with cries and screams everywhere.

Li Ergou didn't have time to care about these things. He led a group of people straight to the yamen. When he arrived at the yamen, he saw Bai Su, the military commander, and the prefectural vice magistrate waiting at the yamen gate.

He hurried over and came to Bai Su's side and asked, "What's going on?"

When Bai Su saw him return with so many people, she didn't answer his question, but instead asked in confusion, "What's going on? Why have you all returned?"

Li Ergou sighed and said, "We couldn't hold the meteorite. We gave up. I just came back to report to you."

Bai Su's face changed, and she couldn't help but say, "What? So fast? Could it be that there was some change over there? It's only been a few days, and you can't hold it anymore."

Li Ergou said helplessly, "Hold? You don't know. We originally wanted to hold on until the afternoon, but today a group of demonized sparrows came. Those guys were each the size of a pheasant, thousands upon thousands covering the sky. If we didn't retreat, we would have been left there.

You should quickly tell these big shots to prepare to defend the city. It won't be long before more powerful demons appear. If those guys attack the city, it will be terrible.

The most terrifying thing is not the things on the ground, but the ones in the sky, dense and countless."

When Bai Su heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt that something big was about to happen.

She pondered for a moment, then said, "The people sent by the state capital will arrive soon. In a few days, the people from Tianjian Pass will also arrive. I think Fish City should still be able to hold on, but I'm afraid the counties below will be in trouble.

Now we don't have any good way to deal with it. We don't have enough manpower. The most important thing is to destroy the meteorite. If we don't destroy the foundation of this demon beast transformation, all our efforts will be in vain."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a commotion in the distance. A team of people galloped from the street, stirring up a cloud of dust.