Fang Yue roared, frantically squeezing out the greatest potential from the horse beneath him.

The shallow line ahead was getting closer and closer, and the time for it to close was approaching.

"Not enough distance!"

"Too slow!"

"Ye Ye, there's no time! Kill them and come over here yourself! Otherwise, all three of you will die, forming a new circle of heavy pressure. Then I'll have no choice but to kill all the cumbersome villagers!"

Doctor An said these terrifying words, scaring the surrounding villagers so much that their faces turned pale and they trembled all over.

"Don't be impulsive! We can make it!"

Fang Yue roared, releasing the reins. With one hand, he grabbed Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu (a kind of weapon), and with the other, he grabbed the horse's tail. He took a small leap forward, his body landing a short distance in front of the horse, then stepped on the horse's head with both feet, bent his knees, and exploded with force!

*Bang!*

The horse's head caved in, spurting blood, and it cried out miserably. Its body was forced backward by the monstrous strength, and it fell to the ground.

Fang Yue, using this force, shot out like a cannonball, passing through the closing line, rolling seven or eight times before finally stopping in a sorry state.

Looking at the two women, their faces were scratched and bleeding, and they were trembling.

"Out!"

Fang Yue breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, stood up, and looked back.

The horse that had just been used as a cushion had just turned into a pile of minced meat with a *peng* sound.

"Everyone, get back! Don't get near there!"

Doctor An roared, directing the crowd to retreat, then walked up to Fang Yue and shook his head slightly.

"Too risky. You should have abandoned them."

Doctor An was talking about 'them,' obviously referring to more than just the two women on the ground.

Fang Yue gave a wry smile. "Doctor An, these people are from my Gu Yue Village. If I abandon them like this, I won't be able to explain it to Lord Han when I get back."

Doctor An shrugged. "That's none of my business. I'm only interested in making money."

Luo Xin, with a gloomy face, also came to the two of them.

"Doctor An, what exactly is this thing? And what did you mean by saying you would kill the villagers? I swear on the honor of the deputy captain of the Gu Yue Village Guard, if you dare touch a single hair on the heads of our villagers, I will definitely kill you!"

"I don't think you can kill me."

Doctor An didn't care at all. Fang Yue quickly smoothed things over.

"Alright, alright, it's all over, there's no point in discussing it anymore. Doctor An, are we safe now?"

"Safe?"

Doctor An shook his head slightly.

"Without finding the flower, none of us are safe!"

"Flower? What flower?"

Fang Yue looked at Doctor An questioningly, then at Luo Xin.

But Luo Xin had a cold face. When he saw Fang Yue looking over, he restrained his expression, first respectfully expressing his gratitude to Fang Yue, and then said, "I don't know what's going on with this strange phenomenon. I've never encountered it before. It must have recently appeared on the village road."

Luo Xin didn't understand why Fang Yue would risk his life to save the two vagrants until he heard their conversation and understood the reason.

Before, Luo Xin thought Fang Yue wasn't responsible enough because he wouldn't listen to the guard team's briefings, and he didn't even want to accept the written materials, clearly not intending to read them carefully.

Now he realized that he had been superficial.

While speaking, Doctor An observed the surroundings, and didn't forget to have the main group detour, staying far away from the section of the village road ahead.

But Fang Yue was completely stunned.

"Black-grade middle-stage?!"

Damn it, a trump card right from the start?

A black-grade middle-stage strange phenomenon could slaughter the entire escort team from beginning to end!

Except for Doctor An, who might have life-saving methods to escape, everyone else would die!

"No, that's not right. If it were a black-grade middle-stage strange phenomenon, how could we still be alive?"

"Don't worry, let me explain slowly. We've escaped the chain reaction of the heavy pressure circle. Next, we just need to watch out for the appearance of the Chonggui Flower (Heavy Ghost Flower) to save our lives."

Doctor An's so-called detour was a real detour.

Originally, everyone was walking straight along the village road, but now they were making a ninety-degree turn on the spot, going deep into the forest next to the road. Then, they planned to turn ninety degrees forward after going deep enough, and finally turn back to walk back to the village road. This was equivalent to using the village road as a side and walking a square route.

Looking at the forest beside him, where even sunlight couldn't penetrate, Fang Yue's face was a little ugly. Leaving the village road meant being completely exposed in the wild, and the danger was self-evident.

But according to Doctor An, ignoring the heavy pressure circle and continuing to walk the village road was no different from suicide. It would be better to just slit his own throat on the spot, at least it would be less painful.

"The so-called Chonggui Flower is a black flower that a Chongya Gui (Heavy Pressure Ghost) uses to reside in while it's dormant during the day. The flower's pattern is circular, and looking at it directly will give you a sense of disorientation. Staring at it for too long can even cause hallucinations. The person at the very front who triggered the heavy pressure circle must have stepped on a Chonggui Flower without recognizing it, directly triggering the heavy pressure circle and causing a chain reaction."

"And the reason I said we were lucky is this! During the day, the Chongya Gui is in a dormant state and won't appear! Only the Chonggui Flower will follow us."

"And the last time I encountered a Chongya Gui... it was at night!"

"The fact that I was able to escape alive that time can only be said to be due to the mercy of heaven, and everyone who was with me died without exception."

Doctor An revealed an expression of lingering fear as he recalled the events of that year.

Fang Yue couldn't help but ask, "So the Chonggui Flower will follow us? Just one flower?"

"Yes! It's alive, and it doesn't follow in that way. Instead, it emerges directly from the ground! If we accidentally touch it, it will immediately trigger the previous heavy pressure circle. At the same time, if we can't get rid of it before nightfall... then the Chongya Gui will come out from the Chonggui Flower, and we will directly face the black-grade middle-stage strange phenomenon—the Chongya Gui!"

"Also, don't have too high expectations for my strength. Although I'm also a martial artist, I only learned it so that I could move around in the wild and conveniently go to the neighboring village to earn medical fees. Due to the different focus, my strength, apart from my ability to escape, may not be as good as the deputy captain next to you."

Ah, this...

Doctor An, you know that my image of you has plummeted a lot.

Fang Yue scratched his head in frustration.

"According to what you're saying, we can't destroy this Chonggui Flower?"

"That's right. Destroying the Chonggui Flower is naturally easy. In essence, it's just a plant that can be burned to death with fire. The problem is that the moment the Chonggui Flower is destroyed, the Chongya Gui will come out. It just likes to sleep during the day and be active at night. It doesn't mean that its strength will be affected during the day. It will still be a black-grade middle-stage in strength, and it might even be more terrifying because it didn't get enough sleep and is grumpy."