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It fled in haste, just as it had come in haste. Other than a puddle of slime, it left nothing behind.
A gust of lake wind blew past with a whistling sound, chilling everyone to the core.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Uncle Wu beckoned someone over and whispered a few rapid instructions into his ear.
The man nodded, turned, and disappeared into the crowd at a run.
“Uncle Wu?” Cen Boqing finally snapped back to himself and looked around wildly. “Uncle Wu!”
Uncle Wu hurried after him.
“Back to the residence!” Cen Boqing spun and headed away at once. “We’re going back right now. Hurry!”
The commoners were still crying out and backing away. County Magistrate Tian’s legs had gone weak, and he nearly collapsed to the ground, his mind filled with a single thought: It’s over, it’s over.
The great Touring Commissioner from Lingxu City had been swallowed by an aberrant creature in broad daylight?
With Zhongsun Mou meeting disaster on his turf, how was he supposed to answer to his superiors?
The constables even went out onto the sand and dug around for a while, just to show they had done their best, before returning to report, “My lord, that aberrant creature got away!”
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A long axe cleaved into the water and slashed toward He Lingchuan’s waist, intending to cut him cleanly in two.
Even underwater, the force wrapped around the axe remained tightly gathered and did not disperse. He Lingchuan had nothing to brace against in the water and could not dodge easily;...
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