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“We’ll easily slaughter the mortal demons if we can kill the demon monarchs,” said Hu Xiao.
“Let’s go all out.” Wang Fucheng nodded.
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There were too few Marquis Godfiends. Some were stationed at medium-sized city passes and were not permitted to leave without reason. There were even fewer people that could provide support for the various scattered regions.
In any of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s states, only one Marquis Godfiend could provide reinforcements at any time. This was normal!
There were hundreds of prefectures in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The distance between the closest cities to their various state capitals was roughly 100 to 150 kilometers. If one was at the borders of a state, they could be up to 1000 kilometers away. Take the Great Zhou Dynasty’s largest state as an example. Some prefectures were 2500 kilometers away from the state capital. Of course, this state was an outlier, and such a situation wasn’t common.
However, prefectures were usually 500 kilometers away from a state capital. Such a distance would take most Marquis Godfiends 15 minutes to traverse.
But Wang Fucheng didn’t know that the person in charge of reinforcing Green Mountain Prefecture City was North River Pass’s Deputy General Meng Chuan! The rescue personnel was confidential! Many Marquis Godfiends were unaware of their own roles. All they knew was that a certain area was under their charge.
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North River Pass, the same night.
Inside their manor, Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were sleeping soundly on the bed. The white jade token placed under his pillow suddenly turned red-hot. Meng Chuan had already refined it with his Quintessential Essence; thus, he could sense the changes in the token immediately.
Oh? Meng Chuan—who had been sleeping—suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up and retrieved the white jade token from under his pillow. His Patroller token was very important. Whenever he slept, he would place it underneath his pillow. He always carried it with him, never separating from his body when he was awake.
Green Mountain Prefecture? Meng Chuan glanced at the map of the eighteen prefectures on the white jade token. The location where Green Mountain Prefecture City stood glowed red—it was the source of the current heat coming from the token.
Liu Qiyue woke up, and curiously asked, “Why are you up?”
“Green Mountain Prefecture needs help. I’ll be back very soon.” Meng Chuan glanced at Liu Qiyue and instantly put on his boots, taking his saber and robe with him. The windows to the room automatically opened, and with a whoosh, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew out the window.
Liu Qiyue sat up and looked out the window. She saw the bolt of lightning streak across the sky and quickly disappear into the night sky.
Ah Chuan has gone to rescue others? Liu Qiyue sat on the bed. She had known about Meng Chuan’s extra duties, but it had been over half a year since they had come to North River Pass, and this was the first time Meng Chuan had gone to rescue a prefecture.
I hope he can make it in time and save more people. I hope Ah Chuan returns safely too. Liu Qiyue looked at the crescent moon outside the window and prayed silently.
Meng Chuan was rushing towards the battlefield. Currently, she could only pray for blessings. She couldn’t go with him.
Reinforcements needed to arrive as soon as possible! Bringing Liu Qiyue along would reduce Meng Chuan’s speed by 40 percent. It would take him longer to arrive.
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Green Mountain Prefecture City’s north city wall.
The six demon monarchs were the first to arrive. They were faster than Wang Fucheng and Hu Xiao—who were rushing to the wall from the center of the city. Jadesun Palace was located nine kilometers away from the north city wall. The demons only needed to travel three kilometers.
Boom!
The six demon monarchs moved across the city wall and headed straight for the two Godfiends that hadn’t hidden their auras.
The demon monarchs also released their demonic powers. A gray fog spread 1000 feet around them. Dozens of patrolling soldiers on the city wall—which spanned more than 1000 feet—turned into pools of blood, dying on the spot. Following that, the demon monarchs entered the city and casually destroyed the buildings. People in the vicinity died immediately.
When the other soldiers saw this scene from afar, they could only hold in their grief. They knew the difference in strength between mortals and demon monarchs was too great! These demon monarchs were killing humans as if they were stepping on ants. They hadn’t started the true massacre yet.
“We still have Godfiends.” The soldiers continued staring into the distance. They could already feel the ground trembling.
“The demon army!” The soldiers saw an incoming army.
A blinding flame lit up on the city walls, illuminating the surrounding area. They could barely see the horde of demons charging towards them from the dark mountains. The demons at the forefront were extremely fast—so fast that their figures blurred as they rushed over.
“They’re here. The demons are here.” These soldiers knew that they had to risk their lives for the entire city behind them.
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A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, crossing three mountain peaks. He used each mountain peak as a platform as he leaped towards Green Mountain Prefecture.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Lightning erupted from Meng Chuan’s body as he rushed towards the prefecture.
A typical Great Solar Godfiend with a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body could move with speeds that matched a Regis Godfiend’s. They could leap a distance of one kilometer each time! However, after Meng Chuan became a Great Solar Godfiend, the lightning within his body became even stronger. His Godfiend Body had been forged using nine bolts of heavenly lightning—beyond the usual amount needed—and he had attained the Diamond Body, which allowed his meridians to withstand greater bursts of Quintessential Essence. With all this, he could travel 1.5 kilometers in a single leap.
This speed was considered rather fast among Regis Godfiends.
Quick, quick. Faster. Meng Chuan frantically rushed towards Green Mountain Prefecture City. It took him over ten leaps to cross the mountain range.
Meng Chuan quickly passed the 2.5 kilometer-wide Muma river—the raging Muma river is the largest in the Yuan State.
Swoosh.
In midair, he used the Swallow Stance once, flashing across the entire Muma River. With another two flashes, he disappeared into the horizon.
Currently, Meng Chuan was as fast as lightning. He was charging towards Green Mountain Prefecture City at an astonishing speed!
Chapter 148 - Cheers
Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon
Green Mountain Prefecture City was in chaos.
Although the various human cities had been drilled for such situations—where all citizens below the Marrow Cleansing realm were to escape into the deep tunnels when the demons invaded—it was currently the middle of the night. Most people were sleeping soundly! Despite the din in the city, 30 to 40 percent of the city remained asleep.
Some people didn’t care about others. They led their own families into the tunnels first! Some went around, shouting and waking people up.
“Quick, quick! Ergou, stop sleeping.” A middle-aged, one-armed man kicked open his neighbor’s door. He entered the yard and kicked open another door that was locked from the inside. The wooden door was shattered. Only then did Ergou and his family wake up. They heard the urgent bell-clanging and the commotion outside.
“The demons are here. Hurry up and enter the tunnel. Quick, quick!”
The commotion outside and the man’s frantic shouting jolted Ergou and his family out of their reveries.
“Thank you, Uncle Zhang!” One of the youths from Ergou’s family shouted immediately.
The one-armed man left immediately once he saw Ergou’s family awake. He rushed around the neighborhood, kicking open every door that was locked from the ins
ide. As a Marrow Cleansing veteran, he could kick down wooden doors easily.
He woke up all the families that were still asleep. He wasn’t the only one. Others were waking up their neighbors as well.
Everyone knew that when ordinary people faced demons, they would be slaughtered. Only by reaching the Marrow Cleansing realm would they be able to put up a fight.
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The six demon monarchs charged towards the two Godfiends. Wherever they passed, ruins were left in their wake.
Fortunately, most people had left their residences and rushed to the deep tunnels. The demon monarchs had slaughtered quite a lot of mortals during the early stages of the invasion. Although they began destroying buildings later, the casualties incurred were significantly lower than expected.
The demon monarchs didn’t care about the mortals. They were staring at the two Godfiends that
had rushed over from afar.
Six demon monarchs? One of them is a third Firmament demon monarch? Wang Fucheng and Hu Xiao were alarmed when they saw the six demon monarchs charging towards them.
“Let’s go to Crescent Lake and fight there,” said Wang Fucheng with a voice transmission.
“Alright.” Hu Xiao immediately agreed.
They had two reasons for choosing Crescent Lake as their battlefield. Firstly, fighting above the lake would result in reduced casualties. Secondly, Palace Lord Wang Fucheng was stronger when fighting around water.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The two dashed towards Crescent Lake.
“Do both of you think you can escape?” Jumo sneered when he saw them fleeing to another location.
“What a joke.”
“One of them is Wang Fucheng, an Archean Mountain disciple. The other is an ordinary Godfiend. They are both Indestructible Godfiends.” The other demon monarchs smiled hideously. They had intelligence on the various prefectures in the world. Of course, it would be difficult for them to gather information on Godfiends that were living in seclusion. Unfortunately for the humans, Godfiends needed to guard various locations in the world. There were few Godfiends that were unknown to the demons.
The six demon monarchs quickly chased after them. Jumo was the fastest, far exceeding Wang Fucheng and Hu Xiao’s speed.
“I hope we can hold on for a little longer. It’ll be great if we can hold out until a Marquis Godfiend arrives.”
“Perhaps, there are powerful Godfiends around Green Mountain Prefecture.”
Wang Fucheng and Hu Xiao hoped for a miracle to happen. They understood if a miracle didn’t occur, a huge calamity would befall Green Mountain Prefecture City.
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At Green Mountain Prefecture City’s northern city wall, soldiers from all over the city had rushed over—even if they had been off-duty. Over 10,000 soldiers were gathered at the northern wall, and more soldiers were still coming.
Most of the soldiers were ordinary in strength. Many of them had not reached the Marrow Cleansing realm and were still in the Internal Tempering realm. However, they weren’t serving in the military. They were just protecting their city. Such a job had low strength requirements. Most soldiers operated the alarms or defensive mechanisms.
“Brace yourselves.”
Defensive machinery was being transported from various buildings and being placed into specific positions on the city walls.
The soldiers stared at the incoming demon army. Although they were extremely nervous, nobody retreated.
Most demon invasions began outside a city. A prefecture was just too large! Usually, when a World Entrance appeared, it would appear outside a city. It was relatively unlikely for a World Entrance to appear within a city—like what had happened at Eastcalm Prefecture. If a World Entrance appeared inside a city, the city walls—that had been built with great effort—and all the other preparations the humans had made would be useless!
It was more common to see demons swarming a city from outside. The great obstacle in most demon invasions was the city walls!
Green Mountain Prefecture City’s walls were 150 feet tall. A very wide moat laid outside the walls. It made it even harder for the demons to enter the city with the moat in their way. With defensive mechanisms in place, the demons would have a hard time entering the city.
“Don’t be afraid. Just follow your orders. We need to hold on for as long as we can. As long as the Godfiends win, these demons will retreat.” The officers encouraged the soldiers. After all, most soldiers had never fought demons before.
The demon commander, lieutenant commanders, and greater demons suddenly stopped a quarter-kilometer away from the city wall. Demons had intelligence, which is why they wouldn’t foolishly rush in.
“Quick, quick, quick.”
“Have the lesser demons enter a formation in preparation for our charge.”
The demon lieutenant commanders obeyed and relayed the orders.
Most of the 30,000-strong demon army was composed of lesser demons. The demon commander would plan the attack while the other demons would enter formations. Once they had entered a formation, they would breach the city walls in one fell swoop using their numerical advantage.
If they relied on 2000 to 3000 demons to breach the city walls, the losses would be catastrophic due to there being many traps and defensive mechanisms. It was better to let the lesser demons charge ahead, while the greater demons engaged in slaughter. The commanders and lieutenant commanders would destroy the humans’ defenses while this was all going on.
“Take up formation!”
The lesser demons ran with all their might. They were only half as fast as greater demons, but they could match humans in the Mortal Shedding realm. They arrived outside Green Mountain Prefecture City and formed formations according to the orders given. Although they had lacking teamwork compared to the humans, the demon army would be several times stronger as long as they entered a military formation.
Just as the demons were beginning to take up formation, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, heading straight for Green Mountain Prefecture City!
Meng Chuan had arrived!
The lesser demons ran 2.5 kilometers to get here! Meng Chuan had to travel over 150 kilometers to reach Green Mountain Prefecture City!
Oh? Lightning shot out from Meng Chuan’s body as he streaked across the sky. He could see the massive demon army at a glance. A few lesser demons were straggling behind the main army. However, most lesser demons were taking up formation.
Thankfully, I came in time. Meng Chuan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. If he had come any later, they would’ve attacked the city!
The Godfiend responsible for reinforcing the city had arrived before the demon army could even attack the city! The reinforcement had come at astonishing speeds.
Swoosh.
The lightning split into several dozens of lightning bolts, striking the demon army ferociously.
Meng Chuan’s perception domain had a range of 200 feet; he had a clear grasp on any auras within one kilometer. After sensing the strongest auras in the demon army, he shot lightning towards them.
The 30 demon commanders and 23 lieutenant commanders only saw lightning heading towards them. They didn’t have time to dodge. All of them revealed looks of despair.
“Aren’t the Godfiends dealing with the demon monarchs? Why is there a Godfiend attacking us?”
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions in several areas outside Green Mountain Prefecture City could be heard. Thunder rumbled as the demon commanders, and lieutenant commanders were reduced to ashes; their ashes scattered across the land.
This scene stunned the demon army. The explosions covered an area over half a kilometer, and it killed all the demon commanders and lieutenant commanders!
How powerful was this Godfiend for him to achieve such a thing?
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan landed on the city wall. Using his new-found footing, he leaped towards Crescent Lake.
The soldiers saw
a bolt of lightning land on the city wall before leaping again. They saw the man bathed in lightning. No, a God of Lightning. All the soldiers cheered when they saw him.
“A Godfiend is here!”
“A Godfiend is here!”
Chapter 149 - Slaying
Crescent Lake was in Green Mountain Prefecture City. It was shaped like a crescent moon. The lake was roughly 2.5 kilometers long and a kilometer wide.
Green Mountain Prefecture’s Jadesun Palace Lord, Wang Fucheng, was battling the three-headed demon monarch on the lake. Countless streams of water swirled in the air as they constantly bombarded the three-headed demon monarch. However, the three-headed demon monarch was unfazed by the attacks.
Jumo’s three heads differed in size. The middle head was of average size, while the other two heads were half the average size. Jumo also had six black arms; he held a curved blade in each hand as he constantly attacked Wang Fucheng.
Every exchange of moves was horrifying; they caused the lake to explode continuously.
Wang Fucheng held the terrain advantage as he attempted to suppress his opponent with his domain. His sword art was good at defense, but he remained disadvantaged against Jumo.
Hu Xiao had already used forbidden spells to fight against the second Firmament demon monarchs with all his might.
“Palace Lord, I can’t hold on any longer,” said Hu Xiao via voice transmission. “Neither of these demon monarchs are inferior to me. Even with your domain aiding me, I won’t be able to last for much longer.”
“I will die swiftly once the demon monarchs join forces after you die,” said Wang Fucheng. “We’ll probably die within ten strikes if we try escaping from Crescent Lake.”
Pfft.
A demon monarch’s lightning-fast tail stabbed out. Hu Xiao hurriedly used his left arm to block, but the purple tail pierced through his armor. Hu Xiao’s severed arm flew into the air.