“Speaking of which, Junior Brother Wang, it’s been almost five years since you left Archean Mountain.” Meng Chuan didn’t continue talking about the losses.
“Yes.” Wang Fucheng nodded and said, “After I left the mountain, I was first stationed at Calm Sea Pass for three years. Since King Calm Sea was around, it was relatively safe. Senior Brother Meng, your strength far exceeds ours. Were you deployed to a medium-sized city pass?”
“North River Pass.” Meng Chuan didn’t hide anything.
“Among our fellow disciples, most of the powerful Great Solar Godfiends are stationed at medium-sized city passes,” said Wang Fucheng wistfully.
Meng Chuan nodded. Archean Mountain’s Great Solar Godfiends had different levels of strength. For top experts like Zhang Yunhu—who had reached the Realm of Dao—they were very close to becoming Darkstar Godfiends. Mu Qing and Fan Cheng—who was extremely talented—were both at the Realm of Soul’s peak. Yu Chiyan, Shi Xiu, and Yang Xingwu had Greater Mastery of the Realm of Soul. One cultivated the Mirage Fiend Body, another cultivated the Sanguine Divine Body, and the last was skilled with domains. They all played important roles on the battlefield.
Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were peerless geniuses. They had achieved Greater Mastery of the Realm of Soul and had perfected transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies. Their roles on the battlefield were no less important than Zhang Yunhu’s! They were stationed at a medium-sized city pass the moment they descended Archean Mountain.
Most of Archean Mountain’s top Great Solar Godfiends went to medium-sized city passes. The remaining Godfiends went to Earth Net.
For the Great Solar Godfiends that had just reached the Realm of Soul, they typically guarded small cities.
Wang Fucheng shook his head and said, “I have to attain Greater Mastery of the Realm of Soul before I can go to a medium-sized city pass. I’m still at the Realm of Intent’s peak and haven’t become a Great Solar Godfiend.”
“You’ve only left the mountain for five years. It usually takes people ten to twenty years to become a Great Solar Godfiend after leaving the mountain,” said Meng Chuan. “Alright, you should hurry back. Green Mountain Prefecture City needs you. When an Archean Mountain Godfiend arrives, you will need to receive him.”
“Senior Brother, I’ll be troubling you to take care of this area then,” said Wang Fucheng before leaving.
Meng Chuan retracted his aura and silently waited for a Godfiend—that would take over his current job—on a nearby tree.
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Green Mountain Prefecture city was currently in an uproar. The government office had sent out a series of orders. The entire city knew that the demons had been defeated and that they had won! They were completely safe, and everybody could leave the tunnels now.
“What? We won?”
In a Dao Academy’s castle, the Dao Academy dean, lecturers, soldiers, many retired veterans, and a group of disciples—that had reached the Marrow Cleansing realm—were somewhat stunned.
“Logically speaking, the city wall can’t hold the demons for too long. The demons will storm the city, and citizens will have to fend for themselves.” A lecturer holding a spear was filled with delight. “I never expected that all of our efforts were wasted. We won without even needing to risk our lives. The demons have completely lost!”
“Since the demons dared to attack, they should have confidence in defeating our Green Mountain Prefecture City’s Godfiends.” A middle-aged woman who had two swords on her back sighed in amazement. “We’ve won without the city being destroyed. There must be a special reason. Could it be that a powerful Godfiend lives in our Green Mountain Prefecture City?”
“Powerful Godfiends patrol the world, and they might appear in any city. It’s also possible for them to appear in Green Mountain Prefecture.”
“Haha, this is a blessing for our Green Mountain Prefecture City. It’s a blessing for Green Mountain Prefecture!”
Everyone laughed extremely happily. Those who had served in the military knew how difficult it was to fight demons! When a horde of demons surged over, humans needed to risk their lives as they defended.
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All the important areas—six Dao Academies, four Godfiend family clan residences, and the government armory—in Green Mountain Prefecture City had forces stationed nearby.
After all, demons arrived very quickly. Most mortal soldiers in the city would have to travel over ten kilometers to reach the northern city wall. By the time they arrived, the city walls would have long been destroyed. Therefore, the soldiers and veterans they were close to the city walls were responsible for protecting them. People in other areas of the city relied on the terrain to fight the demons. They had to stall for time so that reinforcements could come. Only then could they achieve victory.
Everybody had been prepared to sacrifice themselves. However, they won without even seeing the demons.
“Let’s go. Let’s go to the north gate and see what happened.”
“How did we defeat the demons?”
“I wonder how many demons attacked our Green Mountain Prefecture City.”
Although they knew they had won, many people couldn’t help but rush towards the north gate.
The city gates remained closed, but people could still head up the city wall and take a look. Everybody was shocked when they saw the frozen demons.
Thirty thousand demon ice sculptures were truly a sight to behold. Many soldiers that had served in the military had never seen 30,000 frozen demons.
…
An hour after the demon invasion, an Archean Mountain Godfiend arrived.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Two figures came to Crescent Lake. Wang Fucheng was waiting there when he saw a thin man and an elder.
“Senior Brother Qu.” Wang Fucheng immediately greeted one of them. He only knew the thin man, but he didn’t know the elder’s identity.
“Okay.” The thin man glanced at the demon monarchs’ corpses before asking, “Who killed the demon monarchs?”
“Senior Brother Meng was passing by and saved the entire city,” said Wang Fucheng.
“Oh?” The thin man nodded slightly. “Where’s Senior Brother Meng?”
“About three kilometers north of the city. He’s watching the World Entrance,” said Wang Fucheng.
“Brother Guo, handle the demon monarchs’ corpses. I’ll watch over the World Entrance,” said the thin man. In terms of strength, he was slightly stronger than the elder.
“Alright.” The elder smiled.
The thin man’s figure vanished as he headed north.
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On the barren mountain, the thin man met Meng Chuan.
“Senior Brother Meng,” said the thin man politely.
“Senior Brother Qu?” Meng Chuan had not seen him before. After all, Qu had left the mountain over 30 years ago. However, he had memorized the faces of every single Archean Mountain disciple.
At Archean Mountain, if both parties had similar strength, both parties addressed each other as senior brothers or senior sisters. This was a form of respect for each other.
North River Pass was different. Everyone at North River Pass were teammates that had fought life-and-death battles together. Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were rookies, so they addressed everyone else as senior brothers and sisters.
“Many of our fellow disciples haven’t returned to the mountain in a long time, but we’ve heard your name,” said the thin man with a smile. “A perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body and the mastery of a Black Metal Sutra move. You are already stronger than us who have left the mountain for decades.”
“I just left the mountain. I can’t compare with the contributions and achievements all my seniors have made in the decades after they left the mountain,” said Meng Chuan.
“Haha.” The thin man flipped his hand and took out a purple token. On it was the word “Seeker.” “Senior Brother Meng, let’s get down to business first. From now on, the World Entrance will
be taken over by our Earth Net.”
“Alright.” Meng Chuan nodded.
Earth Net…
Roughly 30 percent of Archean Mountain’s Godfiends were in Earth Net. They were in charge of pursuing demons and the Skydemon Sect, and to search for new World Entrances.
Earth Net even commandeered the imperial government’s intelligence network. Countless mortals served it.
The Seeker position was also a part of Earth Net! However, it was a more special role than a Patroller. Most Seekers were Marquis and Regis Godfiends. Earth Net was a very powerful organization, so they could easily deal with many demons and demon monarchs. Whenever they encountered demon monarchs and Skydemons they couldn’t deal with, they would seek reinforcements. A Patroller would rush over and kill the powerful demon monarchs and Skydemons.
Chapter 152 - One Year
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“Senior Brother Meng, I saw 30,000 demon ice sculptures outside the northern city wall. Did any demons escape?” asked the thin man.
“The demons might have split up their troops in advance,” said Meng Chuan. “But amongst the 30,000 demons I encountered, not a single one escaped.”
The thin man was secretly alarmed. Not a single one escaped? This fellow disciple was truly formidable!
“Alright, I’ve no more questions.” The thin man smiled and said, “Leave the rest to Earth Net.”
“Alright.” Meng Chuan also understood the process. He immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and streaked across the sky. He arrived at a distant mountain peak before disappearing completely.
From the beginning to the end, Meng Chuan had not revealed his identity as a Patroller. His identity as a Patroller was a secret. To the majority, Meng Chuan just happened to be nearby when the demons invaded.
Even the fact that Meng Chuan had saved Green Mountain Prefecture City had to be kept a secret! Often, stories of roaming Godfiends saving a city could be heard, but the identity of those Godfiends was never publicly announced. If their identities were made public, the demons would be able to determine the size of the human race’s “Patroller network” after gathering enough intelligence. After all, only a few Godfiends would happen to be a city for no reason. Most were Patrollers that rushed over to provide reinforcements!
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Swoosh.
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and landed in North River Pass. There were hundreds of thousands of people living here. In terms of size, North River Pass wasn’t much smaller than Green Mountain Prefecture City.
Meng Chuan quickly returned to his residence. The window was still open. Meng Chuan entered the manor through the window.
With a lantern illuminating her surroundings, Liu Qiyue read a book on the bed. When she saw Meng Chuan, she revealed a look of delight. “Ah Chuan, you’re back? Did everything go well?”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan placed Demon Slayer by the bed. He took off his outer robe and got into bed. He smiled and said, “It’s alright. The demons hadn’t attacked the city when I arrived. I killed six demon monarchs and vanquished 30,000 demons.”
Liu Qiyue nodded. Such combat feats were normal to her. As a Great Solar Godfiend with a perfected Phoenix Divine body, she was slightly stronger than Meng Chuan in terms of wide-spread destruction. Her phoenix flames were just that terrifying. However, she was slower than Meng Chuan. If 30,000 demons fled in all directions, up to 5000 demons might escape.
“A few hundred mortals were killed when the demon monarchs entered the city.” Meng Chuan shook his head gently.
“It’s already good enough that only a few hundred were killed during a demon invasion,” Liu Qiyue comforted him.
“Yes, don’t worry. I’m already used to it. The sun hasn’t risen yet. Let’s sleep a little longer,” said Meng Chuan as he lay down.
“Alright.” Liu Qiyue put down her book and continued sleeping.
…
At North River Pass, the demons never attacked again. Perhaps they were trying to come up with a way to deal with the tough nut that was Meng Chuan.
On 27th August, Meng Chuan discovered a request for help in the early morning. He traveled over 300 kilometers, rushing to Gaolan County in Jadedusk Prefecture. An unstable World Entrance had appeared six kilometers away from Gaolan County City. A second Firmament demon monarch led 5000 demons to attack Gaolan County. As Gaolan County didn’t have any Godfiends presiding over it, they failed to put up a resistance.
After Meng Chuan arrived, he killed the demon monarch first. It took him one minute to run around Gaolan County and kill all the scattered demons. Over 8000 out of 90,000 Gaolan County City’s residents died!
As Gaolan County City had weak defenses, the first thing people did was hide in the tunnels. The demons were scattered everywhere in the city because they were trying to force their way into the trap-filled tunnels! The demons didn’t have time to breach the tunnels before Meng Chuan arrived. If he had arrived 15 minutes later, probably no living humans would’ve been left in the city.
Meng Chuan could travel nearly 1500 kilometers in 15 minutes! He was much faster than Marquis Godfiends. He was considered fast, even among Regis Godfiends. If he became a Marquis Godfiend, his speed would be absurd! If his strength continued to increase, his speed would creep closer and closer to the speed of lightning.
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On 19th September, Meng Chuan had just eaten dinner and was still cultivating his saber art when he received a request for help.
He immediately traveled over 250 kilometers to Fish Zen County in Guhe Prefecture. He killed a second Firmament demon monarch and 6000 demons. As for Fish Zen County, over 3000 out of 60,000 residents died.
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Time gradually passed, and it was the end of the year. Meng Chuan had been in North River Pass for a year. He had only encountered one demon attack on the city pass and three requests for help.
3rd December. Archean Mountain, night.
“Supremacy, this is today’s dossier.” Archean Mountain Lord placed the dossier on the desk.
Supremacy Qin Wu—who was reading—put down his book. He picked up the dossier and began reading. He frowned. “Today, two World Entrances appeared in our Great Zhou Dynasty?”
“Yes.” Archean Mountain Lord nodded. “Unstable World Entrances have been appearing more frequently. However, these two World Entrances were too far from cities! The demons didn’t send their troops to attack. However, according to Earth Net’s investigations, there should be demons that took advantage of these two World Entrances and infiltrated the human world.”
“Yes.” Supremacy Qin frowned and nodded slightly. “The number of demons that have infiltrated the human world is increasing.”
An unstable World Entrance could appear anywhere. In fact, only a small number appeared near cities.
Most appeared in the wilderness or remote mountains. They were far from any city. As long as they were 25 kilometers away, sending out a demon army would only lead to them being discovered on the way! With the speed the lesser demons could move, Godfiend reinforcements would’ve arrived before they could each reach a city.
Therefore, demons would not attack cities if a World Entrance was too far away. Instead, they sent a few demons to infiltrate the human world. They would spread out in search of opportunities to carry out destruction.
It was also for survival. There was a limit to the number of demons that could be provided for in the Demon Realm. They also had wars that never ended. With the help of unstable World Entrances, they sent batches of demons into the human world. This reduced the burden on the Demon Realm’s various factions. The demons could enter the human world and “earn” a living! They were killing two birds with one stone by doing this!
“These demons sneak in and hide in different areas. They hide in lakes and mountains. Typically, a few greater demons lead dozens of lesser demons,” said Archean Mountain Lord. “It’s not easy to find them. Even if we find them, we will only wip
e out a few demons. These demons are finding opportunities to attack human villages and forts.”
“Yes.” Supremacy Qin Wu nodded.
Currently, human villages had forts built to withstand the repeated sneak attacks from the demons.
“To prevent unrest, we claim that World Entrances suddenly appear which result in demons attacking the village forts,” said Supremacy Qin Wu. “In fact, most of these small-scale sneak attacks are done by the demons lurking in our human world. As more and more demons appear, it’ll be impossible for us to hide the truth. When people learn that there are many demons lurking everywhere, I’m afraid it will cause great panic.”
“Earth Net is already in search of them.” Archean Mountain Lord said, “They’ve been sweeping the entire world. Every demon group found is destroyed. The demons don’t dare to appear easily either.”
“But the demons are different from us. Many of them live underground or in the water,” said Supremacy Qin Wu. “According to the dossiers, Earth Net is lacking in Godfiends. If Earth Net’s Godfiend population can increase by 50 percent, their searches will be more rigorous.”
“The various city passes are in desperate need for Godfiends too,” said Archean Mountain Lord helplessly.
Qin Wu nodded. The biggest problem for humans in this war was the lack of Godfiends!
“If we have a few more fast Patrollers, we can relieve the pressure,” said Archean Mountain Lord. “For example, Meng Chuan is in charge of eighteen prefectures that are within 500 kilometers of North River Pass. He has done very well in the past year. He quickly arrived each time. The prefecture city’s losses are negligible. The losses suffered by the two county cities were relatively low as well.
There’s only one Godfiend with a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body. There’s only a handful of people who have completed the Seventh or Eighth Refinement. Their speed is far inferior to Meng Chuan, so they are given much smaller areas to watch over. Supremacy Qin suddenly said, “I do have an idea. The small city passes spread across the Great Zhou territory will each have an ordinary Great Solar Godfiend stationed. Their secondary duties are to help Earth Net.
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