Morning, February 1st. The weather was still cold. It looked like an ordinary day, but it would forever be remembered by the people of Gu Mountain Prefecture!
“The three of you split up and attack the village forts. Immediately retreat shortly after the attack begins.” Demon Monarch Wolf commanded three ordinary demon monarchs in a mountain cave.
“Yes.” The three ordinary demon monarchs answered respectfully before leaving the cave silently.
Demon Monarch Wolf transformed into a massive black-furred wolf—that was over 60 feet long. He left the mountain in a blur and ran to a distant county city in the vast wilderness. He stirred the Heaven and Earth powers to conceal himself. One couldn’t notice him moving at such high speeds without careful scrutiny.
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Human county city.
A giant bird flew high in the sky as it looked down at the county city before swooping down.
After third Firmament demon monarchs had entered the human world en masse, avian demon monarchs became common.
After all, the avian lineage had a large population in the Demon Realm. The avian demon monarchs couldn’t just sit by the sidelines of the war just because humans captured them as mounts. The other demons wouldn’t agree either. After all, even demon sage descendants had to participate in the war on a large scale.
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With so many third Firmament demon monarchs, can we wipe out all ordinary Godfiends of the human race? Demoness Greenjade transformed into a human woman. She traversed hundreds of feet with every step she took in the wilderness as she walked towards a distant human county city.
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At that moment, all third Firmament demon monarchs at Gu Mountain Prefecture began heading towards their respective targets.
Gu Mountain Prefecture City.
Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were eating breakfast at a tea house. The city in the morning was very lively as people busied themselves in their daily lives.
“The buns at Gu Mountain Prefecture can’t compare to our Eastcalm Prefecture.” Liu Qiyue spoke as she ate. “However, this ginger tea is not bad.”
“Breakfast beverages in Eastcalm Prefecture are like many places—they drink soy milk. Gu Mountain Prefecture is special; they drink ginger tea. I can’t adapt to having ginger tea so early in the morning. Meng Chuan ordered a pot of tea and ate breakfast.
“What’s wrong with ginger tea? It’s delicious and warm.” Liu Qiyue was quite satisfied.
They led a leisurely life in Gu Mountain Prefecture. The two tried to have children, but clearly, conceiving wasn’t that simple! Mortals could spend years trying to have children; likewise, Godfiends also needed some luck.
The couple was very satisfied with their peaceful lives. They even hoped for the world to remain this peaceful. However, the demons that coveted the human world wouldn’t give up so easily. Godfiends like them could only continue fighting.
“Oh?” Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue’s expressions suddenly changed as they looked east.
Ignoring the heat of their Demon Seeking Tokens, they could sense the burst of demonic aura in the east with their normal perception.
“Demon monarchs! I’ll head off first!” Meng Chuan instantly disappeared from the table.
Outside the prefecture city.
Before a bear demon reached the city, it was discovered by the patrolling soldiers outside the city. They shot arrows from afar. The bear demon stopped hiding as it released its demonic energy and charged towards the prefecture city at the fastest speed possible.
I’m discovered before I reach the city. His Majesty gave instructions to hit and run after entering the city. Now that I’m exposed, why don’t I kill some people at the city wall before running? thought Demon Monarch Bear as he ran.
This bear demon is truly stupid. He was discovered before he even entered the city. This monkey demon monarch was extremely agile. He silently crossed the city wall that was only 100 feet tall, but the soldiers on the city walls didn’t notice him. The monkey demon monarch landed on a tree’s crown and hid within the leaves. He glanced at the running Demon Monarch Bear outside the city and scoffed. He was prepared to begin the massacre.
Suddenly—
Bear Demon Monarch’s head flew up.
What? Demon Monarch Monkey widened his eyes. Who killed him? Why didn’t I see it?
Swoosh.
Following that, he saw a blurry figure—with a cold gaze—standing in front of him.
A monkey head flew up as well.
Meng Chuan first killed Demon Monarch Bear because he sensed his demonic aura first. When he passed by, he sensed the auras a kilometer around him. Although Demon Monarch Monkey had not released his demonic energy, he was still discovered by Meng Chuan.
Therefore, Meng Chuan converged his lightning and instantly killed the two second Firmament demon monarchs. His speed was so fast that even the demon monarchs didn’t see him.
Before the two second Firmament demon monarchs could attack, they were already dead.
Two second Firmament demon monarchs? Meng Chuan stood under a large tree and carefully sensed the area. Soon, Liu Qiyue arrived. “Ah Chuan, have you killed them?”
Meng Chuan frowned and said, “Only two demon monarchs were discovered. They are second Firmament demon monarchs. Why would such weak demon monarchs dare to storm a prefecture city?”
Liu Qiyue nodded as well. “Now that medium-sized city passes are abandoned, many third Firmament demon monarchs should be entering. It’s indeed a little strange for two weak demon monarchs to charge a prefecture city.”
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In a mountainous forest about 2.5 kilometers east from Gu Mountain Prefecture, the eight-armed demon monarch, Chan Du, stood there with a dark expression. He looked at the distant Gu Mountain Prefecture and saw Demon Monarch Bear’s head flying, but he couldn’t see what happened to Demon Monarch Monkey—who had entered the city.
The bear demon is dead, but I didn’t see how the Godfiend did it. There’s also the monkey demon… It entered the city. Why isn’t there any commotion? How did the Godfiends kill the bear demon? A domain? A sword beam? The eight-armed demon monarch, Chan Du, shook his head. I’m no match for the enemy, no matter what I do. I should retreat.
The eight-armed demon monarch, Chan Du, silently entered the ground and quickly fled.
Chapter 193 - Help
In Gu Mountain Prefecture City, Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue carefully observed and sensed the area, but the prefecture city was completely peaceful. No more attacks happened.
“Just two weak demon monarchs? That’s it?”
The couple was somewhat puzzled. Unbeknownst to them, the scene of Demon Monarch Bear being instantly killed despite having a powerful body shocked the eight-armed demon monarch, Chan Du. This made the prefecture city the only place in the entire Gu Mountain Prefecture to not suffer a disaster.
Oh? Meng Chuan felt his token heat up, making him take out his Patroller Token. Two spots on the tokens glowed red. This alarmed him. Chang Valley County and Gaoyu County are requesting help!
“Why isn’t my Patroller token alerting me about the requests for help?” Liu Qiyue took out the Patroller token and was somewhat puzzled. “We are a team.”
Logically speaking, the two of them should be heading out together.
“There is danger inside Gu Mountain Prefecture. The threat level isn’t high. Archean Mountain probably thinks that I can deal with it alone,” said Meng Chuan. “Archean Mountain also wants you to stay in the prefecture city and protect it. Anyway, I’ll set off first.” Meng Chuan didn’t hesitate to leave. He transformed into a bolt of lightning and left the city quickly.
“Be careful.” Liu Qiyue barely had time to exhort him when she saw the lightning disappear into the horizon.
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Meng Chuan rushed to Chang Valley County. His extreme speed allowed him to now traverse over 2 kilometers in a single flash. Ten seconds after he left the prefecture city, he saw two columns of smoke
rising from afar.
Beacon smoke? There are demons! Meng Chuan—who was traveling at high speeds—was shocked and immediately rushed over.
In two flashes, he could see a village fort. Cries could be heard as beacon smoke rose from within the fort. A demon monarch—that was about 80 feet tall and covered in scales—casually swung his huge hammer and destroyed the fort tunnels’ various mechanisms. He crushed the dozens of villagers hiding inside, causing blood to seep out from the ruins.
When Meng Chuan arrived, over a thousand people had already died in the village fort. The casualties had already exceeded 20% of the village fort’s population.
The remaining people despaired as they watched the destruction.
“Demon Monarch, die!”
“Die!” Some held crossbows and fired at the demon monarch. After the crossbow bolts flew out, they were blocked by invisible demonic energy when they were still dozens of feet from the demon monarch.
Mortal weapons posed no threat to second Firmament demon monarchs, much less the third Firmament demon monarch before them.
“Hahaha…” The scaly demon monarch laughed loudly as he continued to slaughter the mortals casually. To him, this was akin to killing tiny bugs. There was no threat at all.
When Meng Chuan saw this, his eyes turned red. He knew that many demon monarchs would enter the human world after the humans had abandoned the small and medium-sized city passes. After this, it would be very common to see demon monarchs engaging in casual slaughter, but seeing it happen in person pained Meng Chuan.
Demon monarchs were supposed to be fought by Godfiends! However, there were no Godfiends stationed here to stop the demon monarch from slaughtering the mortals.
“Die!” Meng Chuan charged over as fast as he could.
Oh? The scaly demon monarch sensed something and turned his head, only to see a bolt of lightning arrive.
“What?” The scaly demon monarch jumped in fright. When the demon monarchs had planned the simultaneous attacks, he had chosen to attack a village fort. He had even sent two demon monarchs—that were under his command—to attack another fort and act as a diversion. So why did the Godfiend arrive here so quickly?
The scaly demon monarch immediately brandished his hammers to block the saber beam, but the saber beam was too fast!
By the time the demon monarch raised his hammer, the saber beam had already struck its body, slicing through his chest. The massive, scaly demon monarch split in two and fell onto the ruined buildings. Dark green blood flowed down the rubble, forming a pool of blood around it.
“It’s dead.”
“It’s dead.” The dozen or so people still alive were watching the battle outside the tunnels. When they saw the invincible demon monarch collapse, they couldn’t help but feel excited.
After the demon monarch died, the bolt of lightning disappeared and headed towards another village fort.
This other village fort was attacked by three demon monarchs that were sent by the scaly demon monarch. Their massacring speed was on par with the scaly demon monarch’s. Beacon smoke could also be seen rising from the village. The fort’s inhabitants were naturally unable to defend against the demon monarchs.
Swoosh!
Meng Chuan arced by the village fort and killed the three ordinary demon monarchs instantly.
Continue heading to Chang Valley County. Meng Chuan didn’t stop moving at all as he leaped towards his next rescue target.
When he was high in the sky, Meng Chuan turned to look at the two village forts—that still had beacon smoke rising from them. Both the forts were damaged greatly and had many casualties.
Is this the result of abandoning the small and medium-sized city passes? Meng Chuan felt an inexplicable sadness when he saw this. He knew that the three sects had made the right choice, but seeing the demons wantonly wreaking havoc made him angry.
I’ll dedicate my entire life to eradicating them. Meng Chuan’s eyes turned colder.
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In terms of numbers, there were far fewer Great Solar Godfiends than third Firmament demon monarchs. Since humans focused on their elites, Godfiends—especially Archean Mountain Great Solar Godfiends—were, on average, stronger than third Firmament demon monarchs.
Places like Archean Mountain, the imperial capital, the state capitals, and many other places that had Godfiends, had begun dispatching Godfiends to prefecture and county cities. Now, very few Godfiends could be seen in the imperial capital, state capitals, and so on. This was because powerful Godfiends needed to guard the various prefectures and counties.
Apart from Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue—a relatively powerful team—Gu Mountain Prefecture had two other Godfiend teams. These two Godfiend teams lived incognito in the county cities.
What? There are actually four Godfiends hiding in this county city? A 60 foot long black-furred wolf leaped over the city walls and rushed into the county city, causing everyone in the county city to panic. As it began its slaughter, four Godfiends immediately rushed over and surrounded it.
“Demon monarch, you have a death wish!”
A thin youth’s eyes were cold as he cast his cyan thread domain. Countless cyan threads streaked across the sky, enveloped the area, and entangled the black-furred wolf. The black wolf reverted to human form to resist the threads. However, its strength and speed were greatly reduced. Its overall strength had been reduced by 30 percent.
A female Godfiend charged forward with a long spear in hand. A muscular Godfiend—wielding a shield and axe—charged as well. From afar, a skinny, frail-looking Godfiend cast an illusion on the demon monarch.
This Godfiend team consisted of two Great Solar Godfiends and two Indestructible Godfiends! When the four worked together, they could kill third Firmament elite demon monarchs.
“BREAK!” The wolf demon monarch tried to block the spear-wielding female Godfiend whilst being restrained by the domain, but it suddenly felt dizzy. It saw many scenes, and couldn’t help but become confused.
Pfft.
The spear pierced through the wolf demon monarch’s mouth and went through its head completely.
The female Godfiend coldly retracted her spear. The wolf demon monarch died on the spot after having its head impaled.
“I haven’t even attacked yet.” The shield and axe-wielding, brawny Godfiend couldn’t help but laugh. To put it simply, the other three Godfiends had been doing all the work. Only when the demon was suppressed by a domain, influenced by an illusion, and struck by the female Godfiend’s attack, did it instantly die. In terms of head-on collisions, the female Godfiend from Archean Mountain was far stronger than the wolf demon monarch.
“Look over there.” The female Godfiend’s expression changed as she pointed into the distance.
From afar, beacon smoke began to rise. Although it was more than five kilometers away, it was very clear.
“It’s a village fort.” The other three Godfiends’ faces changed.
“Let’s head over quickly.” Under the female Godfiend’s order, they immediately rushed towards the village fort. Their team had to advance and retreat together! They were not allowed to act alone.
Currently, the entire Gu Mountain Prefecture was under attack, but only Meng Chuan and two Godfiend squads were providing reinforcements to the region. There were just too few Godfiends.
Chapter 194 - Demon Monarch Greenjade and Demon Monarch White Fox
Virtually all Archean Mountain inner sect disciples became Great Solar Godfiends given enough time. However, Archean Mountain only had over 1000 Godfiends! The Great Zhou Dynasty had 23 states, which contained 430 prefectures in total.
Apart from Meng Chuan, Yang Fang, Xue Feng, and the other Great Solar Godfiends—that had as much strength as a weak Marquis Godfiend—only two Godfiend teams were assigned to each prefecture under normal circumstances.
Each team consisted of one Archean Mountain Great Solar Godfiend, one outer sect Great Solar Godfiend, and two Indestructible Godfiends that complim
ented their strengths perfectly.
The two Godfiend teams protected their assigned prefecture permanently. If they had insufficient strength, they could request for help! A rescue team would assist the Godfiend teams when help was requested. Meng Chuan and his wife were a fairly powerful rescue team.
If the threat were beyond Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue, a Marquis Godfiend would aid them personally.
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From the lower to the upper echelons, this layered reinforcement system made the humans’ overall situation stable. However, one thing couldn’t be changed—the fact that Godfiends numbered less than demon monarchs!
Therefore, the Demon Realm had set a rule—all third Firmament demon monarchs in the human world were to attack cities individually! With many simultaneous attacks, the Godfiends would have too many problems to deal with. These simultaneous attacks also probed each prefecture’s combat forces, giving the demons vital information.
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Swoosh.
Meng Chuan’s speed as a bolt of lightning was astonishing. He rushed everywhere at lightning speed, but he still felt powerlessness. This was because more and more places were requesting help. It had gone from three county cities requesting help to five! Furthermore, he saw smoke rising from various village forts as he was on the way to these county cities! Second Firmament demon monarchs scattered and attacked these village forts.
Meng Chuan could easily kill these weak demon monarchs, but the dead couldn’t be revived.
“Dad, Dad!”
“Mom!”
“Sister!”
In each village fort Meng Chuan had saved, crying could be heard. This village fort originally had a population of around 3000, but over half were dead! The fort castle had mostly been reduced to rubble. The people that hid in the deep tunnels only survived because Meng Chuan had saved them.
After they left the tunnels, they saw their ruined village and deceased relatives. What kind of despair did they feel after seeing such scenes?
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