The second strike came with even more speed.
When the spider demoness sensed the danger of death, she immediately opened her mouth and attempted to spit out another web. Just as her mouth opened, Meng Chuan sensed it extremely clearly. At this distance, he didn’t want to have a taste of the spider web. He imbued his second strike with the Power of the Soul, causing the saber beam to move faster by 30 percent. Following the opening the spider demoness revealed, the beam sliced across her neck.
Before the spider demoness could spit out the spider web, her head flew up.
The lieutenant commanders—the goat demon and the spider demoness—died in battle one after another.
The surrounding demons were alarmed. These two lieutenant commanders were powerful. One was capable of releasing their demonic aura while the other had condensed a demon core. Yet, they were killed in just one or two moves?
I can’t be caught by them. Meng Chuan knew very well that he had already used a few tricks.
In terms of strength, he was indeed superior to the two demon lieutenant commanders. However, the strength difference wasn’t ridiculously large. In a one-on-one fight, his opponent would use forbidden techniques. He would’ve then needed two to three moves to kill the goat demon. He would’ve needed ten moves to kill the spider demoness.
However, if he were to engage in a drawn-out battle, he would have long been surrounded by more demons. He needed to seize every opportunity to save Qiyue. Therefore, he had to pass through the demons’ obstructions quickly!
He first used his speed and made them hit each other, then taking the opportunity to kill the goat demon with one strike. Afterward, he used his full strength and fused a wisp of his Power of the Soul into his saber art, thus quickly killing the spider demoness.
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan rushed towards the black bear demon commander. He felt the pressure and had schemed to finish the two demon lieutenant commanders in quick succession.
However, in the eyes of the surrounding demons, this human was simply too terrifying! First, he wantonly decimated the ordinary demons that surrounded him before killing two demon lieutenant commanders in the blink of an eye. He was so powerful that it was inconceivable for anyone who wasn’t a Godfiend or demon monarch.
“Oh?” The demon lieutenant commanders in the distance noticed the deaths of the goat demon and spider demoness—who had similar strengths as them. They felt threatened.
Furthermore, not only did Meng Chuan not choose to escape, but he also rushed towards the black bear demon commander.
“You killed two of my lieutenant commanders?” The black bear demon commander watched from afar. His fifty-foot tall body was a lot taller than the surrounding buildings. His arms were even thicker than ordinary trees, and he stared coldly at the puny human.
“Since he has a death wish, surround him. Don’t let him escape,” said the black bear demon commander. “I want to crush this ant to death.”
“Surround him.”
“Don’t let him escape.”
“Surround him.”
The army that had been charging towards Mirror Lake Dao Academy with all their might stopped under the lieutenant commanders’ orders and began surrounding Meng Chuan.
Almost a thousand demons—spread across a region that spanned over half a kilometer—began to surround him. The pressure on Meng Chuan was immense.
Meng Chuan’s gaze turned cold.
If they were to reach Mirror Lake Dao Academy, the Dao Academy would really be in big trouble. With the aid of armaments, the Dao Academy can still fend off ordinary demons. However, it would be rather difficult for them to face demon lieutenant commanders. If they encountered a demon commander… they would probably need a large number of people to help with the defense. They would need to rely on numbers to make up for the difference in strength.
“Catch him.” The black bear demon commander pointed at the charging Meng Chuan.
A hundred demons near the commander pounced over.
“Kill!”
At this moment, Meng Chuan drew his saber. He lashed out wildly.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Saber beams that were several dozens of feet long flew out. In the blink of an eye, Meng Chuan had swung his saber over a hundred times.
The saber beams surged towards the demons that pounced at him.
After comprehending Force, he could release Quintessential Energy. After condensing his core, Quintessential Energy would undergo a qualitative change and become Quintessential Essence. His foundation was even more robust than an expert in the same realm. His body and Quintessential Essence were several times stronger! The saber beams formed by Quintessential Essence even drew in the Heaven and Earth powers to form beams that were dozens of feet long! Over 100 dense saber beams flew out, scaring the demons.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft—
The saber beams were too fast. Although the large group of demons fled in panic, they were mostly sliced apart. Some demons were cut in half. Some saber beams sliced through three demons at once.
In the blink of an eye, over half of the hundred demons died. Only a dozen demons were lucky enough to survive. They were too frightened to charge forward.
My Quintessential Essence has been depleted by half in an instant. I really can’t do this too often. Meng Chuan felt his dantian become much more empty.
Chapter 55
The massacre by saber beams left many demons astounded.
“All of you, get lost.” The black bear demon commander stared coldly at the puny human. Then, he let out a guttural roar. The demons around him were so frightened they hurriedly ran far away. They knew how terrifying their commander was. If a battle occurred, those around him might be implicated. Such implications only had one outcome—death.
When he saw demons running away from the black bear demon commander, Meng Chuan immediately became more cautious. Despite his cautiousness, he still charged at the black bear demon commander at maximum speed.
Anybody who wasn’t a Godfiend or demon monarch… None could frighten him!
The black bear demon commander stood still and coldly glared at Meng Chuan. When Meng Chuan was 100-feet away from him, the black bear demon commander suddenly roared.
Growl—
Like thunder, the sound waves produced by the roar blasted forward in a fan-shaped manner. The surrounding houses trembled from the sound wave vibrations and collapsed.
Meng Chuan was shocked by the roar, but he hurriedly sealed his ears with Quintessential Essence. But, even though he had sealed his ears, his entire body turned numb from vibrations. He felt a little dizzy, and his nose started to bleed uncontrollably.
Boom! After roaring, the black bear demon commander took a step forward. It was as though a mountain was charging towards Meng Chuan. His giant foot stomped down on Meng Chuan.
Despite bearing the brunt of the vibrations, Meng Chuan was still able to maintain clarity of his mind. Within his hundred-foot sensory domain, he could sense the black bear commander clearly.
With a whoosh, he dodged the giant foot and slashed at the bear demon’s head. However, Meng Chuan felt his vision turn dark. A giant bear paw brought whistling black wind as it flew towards Meng Chuan.
Not good. Meng Chuan rapidly circulated his Quintessential Essence. Lightning faintly erupted from his body, and he switched directions in midair, dodging to the side. The giant bear’s paw and the whistling black wind swept past him in a harrowing manner.
“Die!” The black bear demon commander roared as he struck out with his paws. The terrifying attack stirred the Heaven and Earth powers.
Black winds howled around Meng Chuan. Using his movement technique amidst the black wind was exhausting.
A pair of giant bear paws struck out at high speed. The strength of the paw strike was simply inconceivable. Meng Chuan’s Godfiend foundation was more robust than peers in his realm, but his strength was still inferior to the black bear demon commander’s.
> Yan Jin is good at frontal assaults. His strength is much greater than mine. Perhaps he can withstand the black bear demon commander’s strike. If I’m not using the Power of the Soul, I’ll lose the ability to resist if I get struck, even if I don’t die.
However, he wasn’t flustered. After all, his speed was insane!
Whoosh—
Lightning curled around Meng Chuan’s body. With two blinding flashes, he arrived behind the black bear demon commander.
“Kill!” Meng Chuan attacked the black bear demon commander from behind.
The black bear demon commander immediately turned around and waved his giant bear paws.
Meng Chuan’s lightning-bright figure flashed repeatedly within the black wind generated by the bear demon.
This human is really fast. The black bear demon commander was astonished. In terms of movement techniques, he was far inferior to Meng Chuan. However, his paws had long been trained to be agile and swift. He could produce black wind to suppress his surrounding enemies. He was originally very confident, but he was slightly flustered now. His paws couldn’t touch the human.
Pfft.
The black bear demon commander’s paw missed once again. Meng Chuan seized the opportunity and slashed at the black bear demon commander.
Chi! Chi! Chi! Meng Chuan’s expression changed.
The black bear demon commander’s extremely tough fur was five feet long. By the time Meng Chuan’s saber beams sliced through the fur and bear hide, the attacks lacked power. The thick skin membrane beneath the bear hide blocked the attacks easily.
This strike failed to see blood.
Too thick. Its fur is five feet long, and the bear hide is three feet thick… I can’t damage it at all. Meng Chuan immediately understood his limitations.
This black bear demon commander had immense strength, a strong defense, and a pair of paws containing terrifying might. It even generated strong gusts of wind.
Growl—
After the Meng Chuan’s failed attack, the demon commander’s eyes flashed with a cold glint. With the close distance between the two, the bear demon immediately roared.
Meng Chuan immediately sensed his opponent’s actions using his hundred-foot domain.
Roar— At the close distance, the roar was like a thunderclap, and the sonic waves inundated him.
Boom!
With a thought, Meng Chuan infused the Power of the Soul into his whole body.
Meng Chuan could only hear his beating heart, his breathing, and rushing blood. Every fiber, every bone, and every tendon in his body had Quintessential Essence flowing through them via the meridians. His control over his body soared.
Meng Chuan wasn’t very willing to imbue his body with the Power of the Soul because it would exhaust the Power of the Soul reserves greatly. He could only do this five times! After using it five times, he would take half a day to recover. The entire Eastcalm Prefecture City was currently a battlefield. He had to conserve his Power of the Soul as much as he could to prevent any accidents from occurring.
If he were in a hopeless situation, he could lose his life without the Power of the Soul.
However, the saber strike he delivered earlier showed how ridiculously tough the bear demon’s hide was. He was unable to injure it. He had to use the Power of the Soul to elevate his strength to kill his opponent. As long as he could kill the black bear demon commander, the fight Mirror Lake Dao Academy would face would be much easier.
Swoosh.
His Quintessential Essence fused with his body perfectly. The huge leap in strength and speed multiplied his combat power several-fold. His speed had reached a whole new level. The lightning curling around his body increased in density by ten times. It was as though he had become a lightning god.
Swoosh.
He stepped on the bear demon’s body, leaving behind an afterimage. Following that, he delivered a slash!
Boom!
The saber beam condensed like water. It was a hundred feet long, and it swept past the black bear demon’s neck.
It sliced through the thick fur, bear hide, membrane, muscles…
It completely sliced through the bear.
When speed reached a certain level, a saber beam would become extremely sharp. The sharpness exceeded what the black bear demon commander’s body could handle. The body that the bear demon was proud of could not withstand such a strike.
The black bear demon head—which was much larger than a house—flew up into the air. The black bear demon commander’s eyes were still filled with disbelief. He couldn’t understand why the other party could suddenly kill him with a single strike despite having the upper hand previously. The strike was so fast that he was unable to withstand or block it. Its sharpness was not something his body could defend against.
The black bear demon commander was dead.
Time to leave. Meng Chuan didn’t stop as lightning curled around his body unceasingly. He transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy.
…
Nearby demons were watching from afar. They had been filled with confidence in their commander.
When they saw Meng Chuan fail to injure the commander with his first strike, many demons laughed.
“This human is truly laughable.”
“Commander has the Black Mountain demon monarch bloodline. His body is like a mountain. In the entire Nine Convocation fief, Commander’s body is the strongest beneath demon monarchs.”
“His blade is scratching an itch for Commander.”
“He has been hit by Commander’s roar at such close distance. He’s dead.”
The demons watched with smiles.
But following that, the figure enveloped by lightning produced a terrifying strike! The aqueous saber beam beheaded the bear demon, causing all the demons to fall silent.
The black bear demon commander was dead? Killed by a single slash?
As they watched the figure rapidly depart, no demons attempted to stop him! They were completely terrified.
Ordinary demons would be sliced apart by saber beams. If a lieutenant commander went over? Even the commander had been killed with one strike, so wouldn’t it be tempting fate if a lieutenant commander went over?
“The commander is dead. What should we do?” The remaining eight lieutenant commanders hesitated.
Immediately, a snake demon commander said, “There are always casualties when attacking a human city. Since the commander is dead, we have to continue heading for our destination. Attack Mirror Lake Dao Academy.”
“A human Dao Academy is the most heavily guarded. All sides will provide reinforcements. With the Commander around, we could invade it, but it’s not ideal to go there now. We should go somewhere else. We can still kill humans this way.”
“To the Dao Academy, that is our most important goal.”
“What’s the point if we can’t kill them? Let’s kill the other humans in the city!” The eight commanders began to squabble.
The demons followed the law of the jungle. None of the eight commanders could completely restrain their peers.
Hence, this demon army began to disperse. Some continued advancing and prepared to head to Mirror Lake Dao Academy to see if any other demon armies were attacking it. If there were, they could then join in. Some had completely given up on attacking Mirror Lake Dao Academy and began to hunt down the humans in Eastcalm Prefecture.
…
I’ve done all I can. Without a commander’s threat, Mirror Lake Dao Academy should be able to hold on. Meng Chuan turned into a blur as he rushed forward. I have to find Qiyue right now.
He had already wasted time due to his skirmish. He couldn’t afford to waste any more time.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
He hurried at full speed.
Chapter 56
In the early morning, Liu Qiyue left Mirror Lake Meng Manor and used her movement technique to flit across the street along the river. Occasionally, she would fly hundreds of
feet across the river surface. Occasionally, she would step on a tree branch, moving in an elegant and lithe manner. To Liu Qiyue, the path from home to the Dao Academy was suitable for practicing movement techniques. A sharpshooter had to have brilliant movement techniques.
This way, they could quickly pull away from approaching enemies! Liu Qiyue felt pressured with a genius like Meng Chuan beside her.
In her eyes, Ah Chuan was simply too hardworking! Every day, he trained by carrying out 8000 Saber Drawing Stance repetitions, and he would cultivate for an hour under arrow fire. He also had the Swaying Moonfall and other moves to train. Even after he had comprehended Force, he remained diligent.
This made Liu Qiyue feel like it was a sin to relax. Thus, she put her heart and mind into cultivating. Although she was still inferior to Meng Chuan’s and Yan Jin’s mad cultivating speed, it was much better than before. This was also why she had comprehended the secret technique last year.
As she cultivated her movement technique during her commute, her traveling speed was faster than Meng Chuan had expected.
When the Jadesun Palace alarm bells sounded throughout the entire city, Liu Qiyue was only a kilometer away from Blazing Sun Academy.
A demon invasion? When Liu Qiyue heard the bells, her expression changed drastically. Her speed increased rapidly. She raised her speed to her limits and charged towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy. Hawkers and pedestrians on the streets all rushed to different places.
Whoosh.
Liu Qiyue was at the late-stage of the Mortal Shedding realm, and she had also comprehended the secret technique. Her movement speed was still extremely fast.
When she was 1000 feet away from Blazing Sun Dao Academy, she saw a demon army appear behind her. Demons had appeared everywhere. On the streets, rooftops, and in the sky, all of them headed towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy. This scene made Liu Qiyue’s heart palpitate. It was her first time seeing so many demons.
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