Chapter 90: Situation Deteriorates
As they passed one of the houses, Li Yanchu suddenly turned his head, only to see Old Man Lin, face twisted with rage, swinging a sharp cleaver straight down at him. He had been hiding behind them the entire time!
Bang!
Li Yanchu kicked him flying with one powerful strike, accompanied by the sickening crackle of breaking bones.
Snort!
The white horse broke free of its reins, or more accurately, the reins had been bitten through by Blackie. The black donkey galloped straight out from Lin's house, hooves pounding the earth. The villagers of Longmen Village didn’t seem the least bit interested in animals like this, and they only craved human flesh.
Seeing this, Bai Hongtu’s eyes lit up. With a graceful leap, he mounted the white horse in one fluid motion. Seated atop the horse, his hands moved swiftly, forming seals to send talismans flying out behind him and hold off the mad villagers in pursuit.
Li Yanchu, riding Blackie and still carrying the half-ruined body of Zhang Hai, charged forward at full speed.
And it had to be said that Blackie was fast. Even with two people weighing him down, he galloped like a beast possessed.
Villagers threw themselves at them in droves, whether they were old men, children, men, women. Each and every one had blood-red eyes and a look of crazed madness on their faces.
But just as Li Yanchu and Bai Hongtu broke past the edge of Longmen Village, the villagers all froze. All of a sudden, they all stopped at once. They just stopped without any sign or hesitation.
In that moment, Li Yanchu recalled the words of the white-haired elder in the Lin ancestral shrine, “Because the people of Longmen Village simply can’t leave this place.”
The two galloped on at full speed, only stopping after running for nearly the time it would take two incense sticks to burn.