Who ......?

Jiang Yao stared at the shadow nervously, and at the same time, together with Lu Xingyue, carefully hid his figure in the shadow of the alley, and the shadow not far away didn't mean to step forward, but he was still standing in the mist, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Tsk, how did you end ......up here?"

Lu Xingyue whispered to herself, her original relaxed expression was replaced by a serious and serious appearance in a blink of an eye, and even the aura around her body instantly calmed down. He gently leaned against the wall and retreated into the alley step by step, while instructing Jiang Yao to walk with him to the exit at the other end of the alley, but before he could get out of the alley, he stopped abruptly.

I saw that at the other end of the alley exit, an identical figure also appeared, looming in the fog.

"Hmm, is this ......?" Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, looked back at the exit at the other end behind him, and couldn't believe how the rickety figure that was still behind him just now could appear in front of him again in the blink of an eye.

"Hey...... What a hassle. Lu Xingyue pursed her lips, then raised her head and quickly glanced around the alley. This is a narrow alley formed by the gap between two tall buildings, except for the towering building facades on both sides, there is only the dark purple "line of sky" on the top, at first glance there seems to be no place to climb, but this is not an obstacle for Lu Xingyue. I saw him stretch out his hand, and a pale yellow light rope with a hook pierced out of his palm again, quickly shuttling upwards in a "Z" shape, and in a few moments, a simple cable made of light cables intertwined appeared above the two of them.

"Follow me. ”

Lu Xingyue said, and then jumped silently like a kitten, stepped on the filament-like light rope with both feet, and began to jump and quickly climb along the staggered light cable to the roof on the right, and in the blink of an eye, he shook off Jiang Yao.

"Why are you still stunned, hurry up and keep up. ”

As if noticing that there was no one behind him, Lu Xingyue had to stop, urging a little impatiently, and Jiang Yao looked at the slender rope of light like a spider's web above his head, and couldn't help but feel a little drumming in his heart, but he could only try to catch it, but fortunately, he had been trained by the 'Demon Old Woman', although the speed was not as fast as Lu Xingyue, but he was still barely climbing up.

The cold wind through the hall continued to blow in Jiang Yao's ears, whistling sharply like a ghost crying, and the slender light rope also swayed gently in the wind, bringing a lot of difficulty to Jiang Yao's climbing. Jiang Yao tried to stabilize his figure, looked up, and found that Lu Xingyue was about to climb to the top of the building, he subconsciously glanced at the alley below, in the mist, the shadow outside the alley still seemed to be moving, but to his surprise, he immediately saw the same rickety figure slowly walking out of the fog and standing next to the previous shadow.

What's going on? More than one guy?

Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at the other side of the alley, and from a bird's-eye view, he found that the shadow they saw at the beginning was still standing there, not only that, but more identical shadows began to come out of the fog one after another, wandering around like ghosts.

This...... What the hell is this!?

The unexpected scene made Jiang Yao a little stunned, and at this time, another gust of air rushed by, Jiang Yao hurriedly grabbed the light rope to stabilize his body, and when the air flow passed, he suddenly found that those figures who were originally hidden in the fog had quietly revealed their true form, but this one was unsightly, and almost scared him to fall off the light rope.

What kind of "people" are here, it's just a bunch of monsters from hell.

The squeaky and withered body creaked, the tattered and dark robe fluttered faintly, two overgrown arms with sharp and slender five claws hung down from the sides of the robe and dragged to the ground, the huge head was wrapped in a bloody bandage, and a sharp horn broke out of the head, but what was even more terrifying was that in the middle of the so-called "face", a huge blood-red eye was unnaturally turning around, as if searching for something.

I'm going! What is this?

Jiang Yao looked down at the group of one-eyed monsters that exuded a dangerous aura, and once again put a question mark on this strange "Jiuquan Walled City" in his heart, he even had some doubts about whether it was correct for him to follow Lu Xingyue here, and when he was uncertain, he suddenly found that a one-eyed monster slowly walked into the alley, gradually approaching the place where he climbed.

Not good!

Jiang Yao looked at it, where can he still take care of his thoughts, he hurriedly accelerated his actions, and crawled upwards with his hands and feet, but the misfortune was that the cold wind through the hall began to roar violently at this time, and the anxious Jiang Yao made a mistake in his hurry, grabbed the air in his hand, and his body suddenly lost his balance, and he was about to fall down.

"Rumble——!

A burst of lightning suddenly slashed across the dark purple sky without warning, and the roar of thunder and lightning was deafening, and the one-eyed monster in the alley seemed to sense something, raising its bandaged head and turning its blood-red eyes to the top of its head.

I saw that the top of the alley was empty, and there was nothing.

The cyclops stared upwards for a moment, then suddenly raised its long, sharp claws and easily plunged into the wall of the building on the right. A wisp of green smoke came out from all around the claws, and the surface of the building suddenly began to turn black as if it had been corroded, but the one-eyed monster did not stop there, but immediately crossed its claws, like a gecko, against the wall, intending to climb upward, but after not climbing a few steps, a voice like a baby's cry came from outside the alley, as if it was a call from a companion.

The one-eyed man stopped, looked back out the alley, and after a moment's pause, turned around and jumped off the wall and left the alley, blending in with his companions. After just a few seconds, the one-eyed monsters gathered outside the alley hurried towards a certain place as if they had suddenly received some kind of command, and disappeared into the fog in the blink of an eye.

Puff ...... Puff ......

Jiang Yao pressed his heart, looked at the departing one-eyed monster below, his tense body finally relaxed, he leaned weakly on the edge of the window frame, turned his head and cast his grateful gaze on Lu Xingyue behind him, and said:

"Just now...... Thank you so much. ”

"I'm scared to death by you! Lu Xingyue reluctantly put away the pale yellow light cord wrapped around Jiang Yao's body, if he hadn't rescued Jiang Yao at the moment when he was about to fall, and pulled him into this window at the top of the building on the right, I am afraid that even if Jiang Yao didn't fall to his death, he would not be able to escape the clutches of the one-eyed monster.

"I'm sorry......" Jiang Yao said as he jumped into the room from the edge of the window frame, only then did he notice what kind of place he was brought into.

It was a dimly lit storage loft, where women's costumes and dresses were neatly hung on ropes, taking up almost the entire room, and there was a faint sound of coquettish laughter outside, which seemed to be a place of sound.

"Don't worry, there's no one in this room, it's safe for now. Lu Xingyue saw Jiang Yao's uneasiness and spoke. "We'll get out of here when the guys out there are gone. ”

"Anyway, those monsters outside just now...... What the hell is it?" Thinking of those one-eyed monsters, Jiang Yao still had lingering palpitations.

"Those guys are named 'Gu Eagles', and they are the direct killers of Si You, the lord of Jiuquan Walled City, and they are also puppets transformed by Si You. They have no sense of autonomy, they are completely obedient to Si You's orders, and they have strong combat effectiveness, they are ferocious and murderous, and if they are targeted, a few lives will not be enough. Lu Xingyue explained. "However, they usually only haunt the 'Imperial City', and now that they appear here, I'm afraid it's ......."

Lu Xingyue thoughtfully cast her gaze out of the window and didn't continue.

"The 'Imperial City' you just mentioned...... What kind of place is that?" Jiang Yao asked.

"It is the place where Si Yu lives in the Jiuquan Walled City, and it is a 'city within a city'. In this Nine Springs Walled City, Si You is like an 'emperor', and the area where he lives is called the 'Imperial City'. Lu Xingyue explained, pointing somewhere outside the window. "Well, the most conspicuous castle area over there is the Imperial City. ”

Jiang Yao looked in the direction pointed by Lu Xingyue, and sure enough, in a dense group of buildings, he saw a towering continuous 'castle', with dark red brick walls rising to the sky, and the buildings inside the brick walls were a fusion of traditional and modern weird styles, standing out in a group of dilapidated and decadent buildings.

"Legend has it that in this 'Imperial City', there are all kinds of rare treasures collected by Si You, even the walls are covered with gold leaf, and the magnificence is even far greater than that of the Hades Palace, and it is said that there is a wine pond and meat forest every day, singing and dancing, and Si You, the 'emperor', is doing it very freely. Lu Xingyue said to Jiang Yao in a colorful voice.

"However, there are many organs in this 'Imperial City', and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is impossible to sneak over the wall to enter, once the last Hades gathered a large number of ghost soldiers to capture the Jiuquan Walled City, but they were defeated here in the 'Imperial City', none of the ghost soldiers who broke into came out, and it is said that they were all eaten by Si You. Later, the king of Hades thought twice, and finally ordered the withdrawal of his troops, and never dared to set foot here again. ”

"So powerful, who is this Si You?" Jiang Yao asked.

"Hmm...... I don't know much about him, except that he and his subordinates seem to have come from the underworld after the ancient war, and it seems that they are no longer demons or demons. Lu Xingyue said. "However, it is a fact that his strength is very strong, and it is rumored that he obtained some kind of 'mysterious treasure' to greatly increase his strength, and no one knows what it is. ”

"A 'treasure' that can make him strong enough to resist the ghost soldiers of Hades...... It's really curious......" Jiang Yao held his chin and muttered softly. "Then again, you look young, so you know a lot. ”

"Actually, most of these were told to me by my stepfather......" Lu Xingyue paused and gently looked away. "I'm an orphan, my stepfather picked me up from the side of the road and raised me alone, compared to me, he is a really good 'otherworldly merchant', and he knows a lot more than me, but it's a pity that ......"

Lu Xingyue was halfway through her words and didn't continue, and Jiang Yao also keenly noticed the lonely look on the other party's face, and she didn't know how to answer for a while. Just as he was silent, he suddenly heard a "creaking" sound from far and near the attic door, as if someone was slowly coming up from downstairs, and the target was the attic where the two of them were.

Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue glanced at each other, and quickly leaned over to hide behind a pile of debris, with the sound of the attic door opening, they saw two figures appear at the door, and step by step, slowly approached the pile of debris where the two were hiding.