When their attention was towards the gate, the Lotus Maiden immediately tried to slip away.
However, the thugs' leader quickly caught on to it.
Seeing her trying to sneak away, he immediately yelled. "DON'T YOU GUYS JUST STAND THERE BLINDLY. CATCH HER."
Hearing his yelling, the rest of the minions snapped back to the reality. And they instantly lunged right back at her.
Then, the fight continued. In just seconds, they forgot about the proud voice that came from beyond the city gate.
Clang... clang.. boom.
In no time, three breathes passed quickly.
As soon as that happened, something happened that attracted the attention of all the people fighting inside, including the Lotus Maiden too.
Creak...creak...
The sound of the gate cracking slowly started like the gate was about to burst into pieces.
And that was what happened in the following scene.
From the slow sound of cracking, to the instant boom.
Creak....cracks.....booom....
The gate instantly destroyed into pieces.
Small and large piece of the gate flew everywhere.
That loud sound of the gate being destroyed into pieces attracted the attention of all the thugs and Lotus Maiden.
Primarily because the gate was not made from some mortal level materials.
As one of the cities that has both martial artists and immortal cultivators, the Holy Wine City's gate was made from spiritual infused woods.
Unless one is a Golden Core cultivator or above, no one below can even deal any damage to it.
But now, they saw the gate being crushed into pieces not just simply into two pieces.
Who!? A question immediately popped up in everyone's mind.
After the chaos of ended, they finally saw the figure behind. The one responsible for destroying the gate.
A man with drowsy eyes, hair that only reaches down the neck. With a loose plain robe, a wine gourd on his waist.
If not for his unusually clean appearance, they would have immediately thought of him as a beggar.
Not just his face, including his clothes, they were all clean—though ordinary plain.
Just by seeing him, they could feel the extraordinary and powerful aura from him. Some even closed their eyes, unable to keep looking at him.
Then, came the sound of his question. "It seems like no one heard me." He looked towards the people in front him and said.
Hearing that, all of them immediately gulped down.
However, his intimidating appearance immediately changed.
Seeing that they were in a state of fighting, he dropped his act and instantly apologized. "Ohh sorry, you guys were busy?"
"If I knew that there were businesses going on, I would taken the South gate."
"Sorry for the intrusion. I'll will leave now." He bowed and turned around like he was really ready to leave.
As he turned around, they heard him muttering. "Aii.. now it's going to take more time. What a waste."
At that moment, the Lotus Maiden snapped back to moment.
This is my chance. She knew that if she misses that chance, she won't be able to leave the place alive.
So, she immediately gathered her courage and yelled out for help. "Sir, please help me." Whether the man would help her or not didn't matter. She had try it.
When her voice spread out, the thugs also broke out of their thoughts. Hearing her shouting for her, they immediately felt the cold sweats on their backs.
They knew if the man decides to help her, they are done.
The thug leader immediately looked at her, anger in his eyes. This bitch. He cursed her inwardly.
Then, he looked back at the man.
However, when he turned around and looked back, he saw that man was already gone.
Seeing that, he instantly felt relieved. "Phew..." It was like when something heavy was lifted from your back.
The Lotus Maiden, when she realized that the man had already left, felt despair. It looks like I'm bound to die today.
She knew the man must have heard her, but chose not to help. How could a strong man like him could not hear her.
At that moment, when the thug leader was feeling relieved and happy, and when the Lotus Maiden was feeling desperate, she heard a voice from behind.
"Why?" A single question.
Without their knowledge, the man they thought that had already left, appeared in the middle—just behind the Lotus Maiden.
Hearing the voice from behind, the Lotus Maiden's face instantly lit up. She hurriedly turned around and saw him standing there with a calm face.
"Sir. Please help me." She asked.
However, instead of answering, she heard him asking back. "Why? Give me a reason."
That caught her off gaurd. She didn't know what to say. She went silent.
The street was silent with no one dared to make a sound, including the thug leader. All of them knew not to speak casually in the presence of a strong man.
What happens later would be depend on the action of the strong man.
"It looks like you don't have a reason for me to help you. *sigh*... I was hoping you would come up with a good reason. It seems like you are not that smart to save yourself." The man shook his head, looking at the Lotus Maiden—disappointed.
Upon hearing that, the thug leader immediately eyes lit up.
However, he quickly realized he was happy too early.
The next moment after then strong man said that, the Lotus Maiden spoke up.
When she didn't say anything after she heard him telling her to give him a reason to save her life, it wasn't that she could not come up with a reason. It was rather because she was too shocked.
When the man's figure appeared after the gate was destroyed, they all assumed he was a strong man.
The Lotus Maiden thought the same.
However, she suddenly thought of something when she saw him turned around.
She saw a very important symbol on the back of the man's robe. A symbol known to the whole kingdom of Jade River.
The symbol of one of top ten strongest man in Jade River Kingdom, the proud blazing sun. And the man who wore that robe was none other the man called as 'Child of the Eternal Sun' Li Shen.
"Greeting, sir Li Shen. Please help me. My reason is I'm not the bad guy here. They are the bad guys. They are a part of an organization that kills innocent people." In one breath, the Lotus Maiden blurted out everything, from the man's identity to the reason why she wanted him to save her.
When the rest of them heard the words of the Lotus Maiden, they widened their eyes in shocked, then quickly followed by extreme fear.
Shocked because of the identity of the man who appeared. Fear because they knew they will not be leaving the place alive if Li Shen helps the woman.
To the woman's words, Li Shen looked at her, somewhat surprised. He didn't expect her to know him that quickly.