Chương 37: Look At My H*lk Transformation.

After witnessing the complete power of a Martial Emperor level battle, I resolved to help Ren Qingquan escape this accursed place. If the situation becomes dire, I will even resort to [Transfer] to personally teleport Ren Qingquan out of the city. Those Martial Emperors have reached an inhuman standard. Even though they still refer to themselves as martial artists, the feats they do have crossed into the realm of magic!

No sane person would see a guy breathing fire or a woman constantly causing grenade-level explosions and think that's martial arts. While I am constantly monitoring the overall situation, Ren Qingquan has left the palace on his carriage. As soon as he left the palace grounds, I immediately sent him the mission completion screen. [Congratulations, you've successfully finished the 'Exit the palace grounds safely' Emergency Mission! You have received a reward of 5 points.] Ren Qingquan only took a brief look at my notification while surveying the city that appeared to be in turmoil. Even from within the carriage, he could hear the sounds of explosions and screams that often resounded. Xiao Cai's expression became grave as she listened to the surrounding mayhem. Using [Scan], I noticed that Xiao Cai's muscles had tightened, and her energy was beginning to flow as she prepared to make a move at any time.

Fortunately, both of them soon nearly reached the Zhang Family's residence without incident. However, as they got closer, their expression grew increasingly grim. I concentrated on the [Scan]'s range that's located nearest to the Zhang Family's residence while using most of my mental capacity to interpret the information converted by the lights from outside [Scan]'s range. Although a bit blurry, this way, I basically created an 'eye' that could see beyond the range of my [Scan].

By comprehending the lights that entered that 'eye', I could see smokes raising from the Zhang family's residence. Vaguely, I could also see several people in combat. As Ren Qingquan approached the Zhang Family's residence, the battle's din grew louder, and the surrounding area was filled with smoke and heat. When I reached the entrance, I saw the gate had been broken, with several corpses in guard uniforms lying nearby. Seeing the scene, I could feel Ren Qingquan growing nauseated.

Xiao Cai also frowned slightly while moving closer toward the coachman, "Quickly go to the place we usually park our carriages."

"Alright, miss." The coachman controlled the carriage and soon arrived at the spot where Ren Qingquan parked the carriage that brought him to the capital city. Before Ren Qingquan even arrived, I already saw several people in black clothes trying to destroy his carriage while fighting the guards from the Ren and Zhang families. Those people wearing black clothes are most likely from the Martial Spirit Sect.

They mostly consisted of Martial Apprentices, with some Martial Masters, and were led by six Martial Grandmasters. Around them, several corpses that either wear black clothes, the Ren family's guard uniform, or the Zhang family's guard and servant uniform are strewn around. Oh, there's Fatty Zhang trembling while hiding between medicinal plants stored inside one of the carriages. Fortunately, there are two other Martial Grandmasters from the Zhang Family.

Along with the five Martial Grandmasters brought by Ren Qingquan, they have withstood the nearly endless wave of Martial Apprentices and Martial Masters from the Martial Spirit Sect. Upon arriving at the battle scene, Xiao Cai immediately jumped from the carriage and smashed open the skull of an enemy Martial Grandmaster. After she swung her hand to cleanse the blood and brain matter that had splattered on it, Xiao Cai immediately jumped back into the battle.

Like a wolf among a flock of sheep, she nimbly killed every enemy in sight. Occasionally, she'd slash out an invisible crescent moon-shaped spirit qi with her hand. That invisible crescent spirit qi easily mowed down the enemies like a farmer harvesting their wheat. At first, Ren Qingquan feels dumbfounded upon watching Xiao Cai in a killing spree. But soon after, he also joined the battle. Activating the yang armor, spirit qi enveloped Ren Qingquan's body.

He then followed after Xiao Cai and picked a random sword before enveloping it with spirit qi according to the Four Direction Sword technique. Using the Feather Step technique, Ren Qingquan moved erratically amidst the enemy formation and easily sliced their body, armor included, just like a tofu. Thanks to Ren Qingquan and Xiao Cai's massacre. In less than two minutes, every martial artist wearing black clothes has died.

Seeing Xiao Cai and Ren Qingquan annihilating the enemies, the Ren Family's guards breathed in relief. I also sent a notification to Ren Qingquan, who has slightly bloodshot eyes from killing. [Host, don't forget to use 'Devour' on them. You'll need every point you can gather to survive this chaos.] If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it's taken without the author's consent. Report it.

'Oh, I almost forgot to do that.' Ren Qingquan slightly nods. He walks around the battlefield, constantly activating [Devour] and occasionally using the Soul Swallowing Technique to recover the refined spirit qi he has consumed to cast the technique. By the time he has devoured every soul on the battlefield, both of us have gained 6 points respectively. While Ren Qingquan moved around the battlefield to gather points, Xiao Cai quickly reorganized the guards and found Fatty Zhang hiding among medicinal plants.

When Ren Qingquan finished collecting the souls, Xiao Cai called out to him, "We now have two options. First, we can disperse, hide, and pray that none of us are killed by the invading enemy. If you choose this, we'll need to abandon most of the items in the carriage and only take some of them. Moreover, we don't know the enemy's intentions, and they might be here to kill all the nobles, or even everyone in the city." Hearing Xiao Cai's words, I saw Fatty Zhang turn pale.

As for Ren Qingquan, he fell into thought, contemplating Xiao Cai's message.

"Second, we'll immediately escape."

"Currently, the chaos is only starting, and many will try to flee the city. Even in the worst-case scenario, where the enemy controls the city gate, I have a way to temporarily open it and escape amid the turmoil. Like the first option, this is also a gamble; we're betting that the invading force won't station a Martial Emperor to block or surround the city gate."

"As long as no Martial Emperor is involved, I am fairly certain of my ability to safely bring you to leave the city." Ren Qingquan considered briefly before saying, "Let's attempt to leave the city first. If the situation seems pretty bad, we can begin the first plan and go into hiding."

"But it will be much harder for us to hide once we are in the open," Xiao Cai added. Outwardly, Ren Qingquan fell silent, while inwardly he's screaming at me, 'System, can't you do something? A newbie gift or a one-time chance to summon an expert? Just pull whatever deus ex machina you could, like those systems in novels!' [Please remember that the system is called the Heavenly Comprehension System.]'So?' [Host, which part of that name makes you think the System could pull a random deus ex machina? Anyway, if you need help, you can try to use the currently available function imaginatively.]'Damn it, this defective system is unreliable,' Ren Qingquan cursed. At last, he told Xiao Cai to start the second plan and prepare to leave the city. Xiao Cai nodded and assigned several guards to different carriages. In terms of combat power, every carriage has random combat power. From what I heard from Xiao Cai, it's to confuse the enemy in case the carriage needs to flee and disperse.

In less than five minutes, Xiao Cai has allocated each guard their carriage, and the team is prepared to depart. She also instructed each guard to damage the Ren Family's insignia on the carriage to avoid attracting enemy attention. Once she's finished, Xiao Cai led Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang to a carriage. Aside from Xiao Cai, Ren Qingquan, and Fatty Zhang, only a Martial Master level coachman was present.

With everyone prepared, the guards gathered the horses and started to depart from the chaotic Zhang Family residence. By now, night had long fallen, and the city was even noisier than in the morning. On the street, I could see people looting stores. Many stores have been surrounded by crowds, especially grain stores that hold a lot of food. Occasionally, the sound of sword clashes can be heard nearby. Amidst the chaos, I saw Ren Qingquan constantly opening the system map to monitor the surroundings.

At one point, some enemies from the Martial Spirit Sect even tried to stop the carriage. Fortunately, they were too weak, and the Martial Grandmasters nearby quickly dealt with them. When the group reached the city gate, I saw several carriages and people gathered in front, shouting at the guards to open the gate. Ren Qingquan's carriage soon arrived near the gate, but the road was blocked by many carriages that had arrived even earlier.

In the carriage, Xiao Cai indicated to another carriage, and a Martial Grandmaster from Ren Qingquan's team led several Martial Masters out. Using sheer brute force, they quietly created a path for Ren Qingquan's convoy to approach the gate. The Martial Grandmaster who had cleared the way approached a guard, asking him several questions about the situation and whether they could open the gate temporarily. However, he received only silence in response.

Returning to one of the carriages, the Martial Grandmaster shook his head before entering. Xiao Cai, noticing this, frowned and remarked, "It seems the situation is worse than expected. I suppose I need to act."

"Young Master, I'll open the gate. Please prepare," Xiao Cai said to Ren Qingquan, then instructed the coachman, "Once I open the gate, don't lead immediately and avoid catching the other side's attention." The coachman slightly nodded without turning his head. Xiao Cai saw the coachman's nod and used some sort of stealth technique to silently jump from the carriage and land among several carriages a distance away. Upon reaching the ground, she stomped her leg to assume a horse stance.

Then I saw Xiao Cai's energy circulate madly. With each circulation, her muscles bulged, tearing her clothes from the strain.

"Harrgghhhh!!!" When muscled Xiao Cai had become twice as big as usual. Without any nonsense, she jumped and released a drop kick toward the capital city's gate. BOOM! With a voice as powerful as a hundred Fatty Zhang opening a hundred doors simultaneously, the gate's lock shattered, creating a gap in the dozen-meter-tall gate. After this feat, Xiao Cai quickly jumped into a random carriage and shouted, "The gate is open! Let's go!"

She then used stealth techniques to move between several carriages, finally slipping carefully into Ren Qingquan's carriage. As she entered, Xiao Cai slumped limply on the carriage floor, having exhausted more than half her energy from that attack. Meanwhile, the surrounding crowd fell silent and slipped out through the gap Xiao Cai had opened. Whether it's people or carriage, they tried their best to leave the chaotic city.

The guards were momentarily puzzled by the abrupt change until a guard in more elaborate armor took charge and ordered, "Close the city gate!" The guards immediately worked hard to close the city gate. But even with a special mechanism, closing such a massive city gate still took time. Thanks to the delay, Ren Qingquan's carriage successfully departed the capital city. Along with the other carriages that had left the capital city, Ren Qingquan's carriages moved away from the capital city.

Even though he had left the capital city, Ren Qingquan was still opening the system map and carefully studying it. That's when both of us detected eight creatures with massive energy rushing along the city wall. Among them, seven are at the Martial Lord realm, while one is a Martial Emperor. The eight martial artists moved at extremely high speed and soon arrived near them. Before the surrounding carriages could move far, eight martial artists wearing black clothes jumped down from the city wall.