The Three Realms Thief Chapter 65

Seeing Xu Yuan directly start the car, the little boy finally let out a sigh of relief.

On the road ahead.

One ghostly hand after another emerged from underground.

The car’s chassis frequently made sounds of crushing things, but Xu Yuan “saw nothing.”

“What the hell is going on!”

Xu Yuan shouted loudly.

“There are monsters underground. They can sense you—you need to drive at full speed, and then we might escape,” the little boy explained.

“How do you know this?” Xu Yuan asked suspiciously.

The little boy fell silent.

He lowered his head, his face pale, his expression sad.

Xu Yuan stopped asking.

On the other side.

Gulou Street Subway Station.

The cultivators stood in solemn rows, facing Lu Chenzhou, and collectively bowed, saying:

“Your Highness!”

“Mm.” Lu Chenzhou nodded.

Ten years ago.

He had played this game once.

At that time, he bravely defended this place until the Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Array was completed, breaking through the blockade of the Border Town and summoning the Crown Prince to meet them outside.

—This barely saved a few people.

If not for his utmost effort, the entire city would have been destroyed!

Now, to do it again, with his past memories and the progress he had made over these years—

Wouldn’t it be even simpler?

He also wanted to make that bitch understand one thing.

She should be grateful!

With this thought, Lu Chenzhou said:

“Listen to my command, deploy the Grand Heavenly Thunder Evil Warding Array!”

“Yes!” the array masters shouted in unison.

“Divine Weapon Talismans ready, prepare to strike at any time!”

“Yes!” the talisman masters responded.

“Are there any more powerful artificers?” he asked again.

A young man stepped forward, cupped his fists, and said:

“Reporting to Your Highness, I am the owner of the blacksmith shop in Border Town.”

Lu Chenzhou turned to look at the other party, about to speak, when suddenly the ground shook.

Strange howls and screeches came from the tunnel.

—The demons were here!

“Stand according to the positions of the attack array, hurry, everyone get ready—”

Facing the anxious gazes of the crowd, Lu Chenzhou shouted loudly.

Something was wrong.

They arrived too quickly.

Did he remember incorrectly?

Or rather—

Was this time different?

It must be that he remembered incorrectly.

After all, ten whole years had passed since then!

“Ready—”

He shouted loudly:

“All defensive positions!”

Before he finished speaking.

A tidal wave of monsters appeared at both ends of the tunnel.

Suddenly.

A giant creature caught Lu Chenzhou’s attention.

It was a long, fleshy tendril, almost filling the entire tunnel, pushing its way towards the subway station.

On this fleshy tendril, there were numerous protruding barbs.

Each barb was a human.

As the fleshy tendril slowly rose, those people also rose with it, each preparing for battle.

Lu Chenzhou’s face turned pale.

Memories sealed for ten whole years suddenly revived in his mind, and the shadows of the past became vivid and clear with every detail.

An endless sense of terror consumed his sanity.

“No… it shouldn’t appear this early…”

Lu Chenzhou muttered distractedly, even forgetting to command the battle.

…

The car sped along the road, the tall buildings around them becoming fewer and fewer, replaced by more and more bungalows and green belts.

This was the way out of the city!

Suddenly—

On the road ahead, a skeleton over three meters tall appeared!

It was filled with ghostly aura, emitting translucent flames, and reeked of decay.

Xu Yuan knew at a glance that this fellow was also “invisible.”

He didn’t change his expression, stepped on the accelerator, and charged forward.

The next instant.

The little boy suddenly screamed hysterically:

“Turn the steering wheel, turn, quickly—to the left! Hurry!!!”

Xu Yuan was waiting for this very sentence.

He turned to look at the little boy, asking in surprise:

“Why?”

Looking out through the windshield, he saw the monster raising its arms high, waiting for the car to charge past.

“Never mind, just turn!” the little boy shrieked.

Xu Yuan still looked at him curiously, but his hands quickly spun the steering wheel, his feet simultaneously releasing the accelerator and stepping on the brake, then suddenly releasing it and switching to the accelerator.

In one smooth motion!

The car, traveling at high speed, swiftly drifted and changed direction, darting into the oncoming lane, crossing the green belt, and heading towards the road on the left.

They dodged it!

The little boy’s scream was caught in his throat, almost unable to be held back!

He actually turned back to look at him, completely ignoring the road conditions ahead, and just spun the wheel, braked, and accelerated!

He was practically suicidal!

—But his operation was flawless; no one else could have done it better!

Looking in the rearview mirror, the monster was roaring and chasing after them.

But its speed was insufficient.

The more it chased, the further it fell behind the car, and soon it was left behind.

“Hey, is this the right direction?”

Xu Yuan asked blankly.

The little boy gasped violently, letting out a big sigh of relief, and said in a hoarse voice:

“This works now.”

“Why did we change roads? Is it because it’s closer to leaving the city?” Xu Yuan asked.

The little boy was silent for a moment, then looked up, meeting Xu Yuan’s gaze with an unprecedented look in his eyes.

This person.

Even if there was nothing on the road ahead.

Even if he knew nothing.

Even if I hadn’t spoken to him properly all this time—

He still firmly believed me.

“Your reaction just now was very fast, and that turn was also beautiful,” he murmured.

“My operation has always been top-notch,” Xu Yuan said casually.

After receiving praise, he wasn’t modest at all!

—He even stopped asking the questions he had asked earlier.

What a fool.

The little boy looked at his back, and his heart settled down like an ice cube sinking to the bottom of a transparent glass.

Thinking carefully.

Lu Chenzhou brazenly said he wanted a fair fight.

But where was the fairness?

All the cultivators gathered around him.

I had nothing.

Because I couldn’t explain what I saw.

As a child, I had tried to explain it formally, but those things were extremely unstable; sometimes they would suddenly disappear, collapse, combine, change…

So the explanation failed.

And I was only seven or eight years old then; at that age, placed before everyone, it was even harder to be convincing.

I could only obey.

I could only passively face everything.

It was unbearable to recall.

But who would have thought—

Ten years later, now, I have a fool.

The ice in the glass silently melted.

“Ahead is a three-way fork, keep to the left, and speed up—accelerate now!”

The little boy said quickly.

The SUV responded by speeding up.

Xu Yuan pushed the accelerator to the floor, and the car sped like the wind, driving straight between two monsters.

Thump. Thump.

Two sounds.

The two fiery skeletons attacked, missing completely, their arms crashing against the ground with a heavy roar.

Another successful dodge!

A faint blush rose on the little boy’s cheeks, and a new sparkle appeared in his eyes.

He unbuckled his seatbelt with a “snap,” jumped up, climbed into the front passenger seat, and shouted:

“Uphill, into the alley, drive all the way to the end, then we jump out!”

As if the car understood his words, it roared up the steep incline, drove into a quiet alley, and continued until the very end of it.

Xu Yuan opened the car door, hugged the little boy, and jumped out.

Boom—

The car crashed into a house with a violent roar.

The monsters blocking the main road were immediately attracted and rushed into the alley.

“Climb over the wall, hold your breath, move quickly to the third street-facing shop on the right, push open the window, and we’ll go in.”

The little boy said quickly.

Xu Yuan followed each instruction as soon as it was given.

Their movements were swift and precise, like ghosts; while the monsters rushed into the alley, they had already climbed through a window and returned to the street.

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—They had successfully lured the tigers away from the mountain!

“Run.”

The little boy uttered a single word.

Xu Yuan immediately sprinted along the road.

Suddenly, a bone claw emitting a faint fiery aura stretched out from the grass beside them, directly grabbing at Xu Yuan’s chest.

“Dodge to the right! Slash forward with your sword!”

The little boy shrieked.

Xu Yuan, as if he could see the bone claw (which he actually could), sidestepped, avoiding it, and drew his sword to slash.

Swish—

The sword qi cut through the bone claw.

“I think I cut something!” Xu Yuan said, his hair standing on end.

“Don’t stop, keep running,” the little boy said calmly.

Xu Yuan landed and continued to run forward.

—It was a perfect cooperation!

At this point, there were no other monsters on the road.

Xu Yuan held the little boy in one arm, observing the surroundings, and rushed forward at a brisk pace.

A line of tiny shimmering text suddenly popped up:

“You have killed a monster in battle, gaining one combat experience point.”

“This experience point can be used to upgrade swordsmanship or enhance cultivation.”

The small text flashed and disappeared.

Xu Yuan’s heart swelled with joy, and he immediately added the experience point to his cultivation.

The next instant.

His spiritual power surged throughout his body, turning dark gold and erupting outwards, before slowly subsiding after a while.

“You broke through?”

The little boy asked in surprise.

“Looks like it, I’m not sure,” Xu Yuan continued to sprint.

Having used the array disk given by Zhao Afei’s family, he had already reached the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining.

He was just one step away.

He had also learned the Hundred Meridians Return to Truth Scripture given by Tang Yunyu.

This cultivation technique was indeed stronger than the school’s textbooks, and by more than just a little.

During his usual combat, meditation, and cultivation, he could feel his spiritual power constantly growing.

So—

Now that he had added one experience point, he had directly broken through.

Fourth layer of Qi Refining!

His spiritual power in his dantian surged like a tide.

The total amount of spiritual power had increased by a full thirty percent!

From now on, he would have more spiritual power to use in battle.

The power and number of times he could unleash his skills also increased.

—This was great!

“There’s no mistake; the spiritual light on you clearly indicates the Gold Dark Dual Spirit of the fourth Qi Refining layer—you’re suited to be a criminal in the future!”

The little boy said loudly.

“Hey!” Xu Yuan’s eyelids twitched, and he couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t there a better profession?”

“A master of dark arts,” the little boy said, giving a thumbs-up with his eyes twinkling.

“…” Xu Yuan.