Chapter 265 - Three Months Later
“You killed more than 100 demon monarchs in a day?” Liu Qiyue was excited when she heard that. She presided over Jiang State Capital and felt that each day passed by quickly. In such a short time, her husband had killed more than 100 demon monarchs?
Liu Qiyue said, “Ah Chuan, I heard that 60 percent of the demon monarchs killed by Black Sand Grotto-Heaven during the first year of the demons’ large-scale invasion was done by King White Treasure alone. Over time, the demon monarchs have become more cunning. It’s harder to hunt the demon monarchs aboveground. King White Treasure killed almost all the fourth Firmament demon monarchs in Black Sand Dynasty.” “Yes, I heard as well.” Meng Chuan nodded.
“It’s said that King White Treasure alone is equivalent to a sect. But in reality, King White Treasure’s battle accomplishments are more than what an entire sect can achieve,” said Liu Qiyue excitedly. “Ah Chuan, you can do it too. If you can kill about 100 demon monarchs every day, you’ll kill over 30,000 in a year! I heard that our Archean Mountain only killed about 18,000 demon monarchs last year.
“Also, we killed most of those 18,000 demon monarchs while being on the defensive. Demon monarchs have to attack first before we can kill them. How many people have died in the Great Zhou Dynasty by the time we’ve killed more than 10,000 demon monarchs? How many county cities have been abandoned or destroyed?” Liu Qiyue’s excitement grew more and more as she spoke. “Ah Chuan, you don’t need to wait for demon monarchs to attack our cities. You can directly search for their underground lairs. The price paid for killing demon monarchs is lower.”
“You’re right.” Meng Chuan nodded with a smile. “It’s no wonder Archean Mountain and Two World Island have thought of ways to invite King White Treasure to search for underground demon lairs.”
“Invite King White Treasure?” Liu Qiyue was surprised. “Our Archean Mountain invited him too?”
“Both Two World Island and Archean Mountain invited him. I’m guessing that the underground lairs in Black Sand Dynasty have mostly been swept clean after ten years of large-scale underground reconnaissance. There are very few demon monarchs left hiding underground in Black Sand Dynasty’s territory. Therefore, Black Sand Dynasty’s current situation is the best among the three dynasties.”
“King White Treasure is indeed very useful. However, Ah Chuan, you aren’t inferior to him,” said Liu Qiyue in anticipation, “You might even be better than him when you become a Regis Godfiend.”
“Let’s take it one step at a time.” Though he said that, Meng Chuan was filled with fighting spirit.
The first day’s results excited Meng Chuan and his wife. The next morning, under Liu Qiyue’s watch, Meng Chuan left Jiang State Capital and began his underground reconnaissance.
Some Godfiends found underground reconnaissance boring.
Everything looked uniform as Meng Chuan used his electromagnetic domain to probe his surroundings constantly as he flew underground at high speeds. Sometimes, even after two hours of hard work, nothing could be found. Thus, it was naturally boring.
Of course, some Godfiends were filled with battle intent, and Meng Chuan was one of those Godfiends!
When he was young, he had sworn to kill all the demons in the world. He had cultivated diligently since he was young because he was afraid that he wouldn’t have the strength to kill demon monarchs. This was because becoming a Godfiend was the minimum before one could kill demon monarchs. Back then, it was extremely difficult and unlikely for Meng Chuan to become a Godfiend. His perception was inferior to Xue Feng and Yan Chitong, and he didn’t have any powerful Godfiends guiding him.
Back then, his father, Meng Dajiang, had only achieved Force. He was only a Core Cloud Body Tempering Godfiend. He could only provide limited guidance to Meng Chuan. However, Meng Chuan was very smart. He was good at thinking and summarizing information. After reading Godfiend biographies and books, he summarized his predecessors’ successful experiences. Along the way, his training method—which he had devised after collating and summarizing all the information he had—and his Essence Soul cultivation talent allowed him to get first place in Archean Mountain’s entrance examination. After entering Archean Mountain successfully, he finally became a powerful Godfiend.
However, how many demon monarchs could he kill even if he became a powerful Godfiend?
My luck has given me this electromagnetic domain divine power. I can’t waste this fortune of mine. I have to kill as many demon monarchs as possible. Each demon monarch killed is equivalent to saving thousands of people.
Filled with battle intent, Meng Chuan patrolled the Great Zhou Dynasty’s dynasty. To his surprise, he discovered an underground demon monarch lair. There were many such surprises every day! These days were naturally very enjoyable. Meng Chuan also enjoyed being able to kill to his heart’s content.
Days passed.
On Meng Chuan’s worst day, he killed 27 demon monarchs. On his best day, he killed 350 demon monarchs!
He had once been in a situation where he could find nothing even after six hours of careful underground reconnaissance. There had also been an instance where he discovered four underground demon monarch lairs within 15 minutes, which had been very surprising to him.
Every day, Meng Chuan constantly swept through the dark underground alone. He would have this lonely job for decades or even centuries. Meng Chuan knew that there was another person in the human world who had a similar underground reconnaissance efficiency as his-King White Treasure.
According to his master’s instructions, Meng Chuan’s blanket search of the underground had to be kept a secret. Meng Chuan only shared the secret with his wife, but he was still full of fighting spirit.
At a depth of 15 kilometers in the East Seathe seabed—was a palace.
Inside the palace, a silver-robed woman sat on a throne and flipped through a dossier. She was the leader of all demon monarchs in the Great Zhou Dynasty-Greater Demon Monarch Frost. Ever since Greater Demon Monarch Blackrock died, Demon Sage Nine Abyss had naturally chosen another greater demon monarch to lead the demons in the Great Zhou Dynasty. “Is this information wrong?” The white-robed demoness looked down as her eyes turned cold.
The ordinary demon monarchs below were extremely reverent.
“The greater demon monarchs of every state in the Great Zhou Dynasty’s 23 states report their losses every month. We verify the information at least three times. There’s no mistake about it,” said a rat demon monarch respectfully in a careful manner.
“Over 3,900 demon monarchs have been killed this month?” The white-robed demoness frowned. “Only 1,300 demon monarchs died the previous month. It’s three times that of the previous month! How did these demon monarchs die? Did they initiate attacks on humans, or were they killed in their underground lairs?”
The demon monarchs below looked at each other. “We communicate with the various states’ greater demon monarchs via distress signals. Numbers can be barely transmitted,” said the rat demon monarch softly. “As for more detailed information… We don’t know either. If Your Majesty wishes to know, you can ask through the Skydemon Sect. All greater demon monarchs have methods of contacting the Skydemon Sect.”
The Skydemon Sect consisted of human traitors. They were best at hiding in the world’s various cities. Since the demons were forced into hiding, it was difficult for them to communicate with each other. The Skydemon Sect had become their relay center.
“Your Majesty.” Another snake demon monarch said carefully, “Hasn’t there been news that the humans’ King White Treasure has entered the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Yue Dynasty from time to time? Could it be that King White Treasure is responsible for our huge losses this month?”
The white-robed demoness frowned slightly. “Yes, King White Treasure is the most likely suspect. Red Fox Demon, personally contact the Skydemon Sect. I wish to know more about the demon monarchs’ high death rate in the Great Zhou Dynasty.”
“Yes.” replied a red fox demon with extreme respect.
Only a few people could leave this palace alone. All of them had their Essence Souls controlled and followed orders loyally.
Despite the demons’ investigations, Meng Chuan’s underground reconnaissance ability stayed a secret. Only Supremacy Qin Wu, Supremacy Luo Tang, Archean Mountain Lord, Liu Qiyue, and Meng Chuan knew about it. It wasn’t easy to figure out much.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
12th June. Though it was summer, the early morning remained rather cool.
Meng Chuan happily ate breakfast with his wife. Over the past three months, he had killed more than 8,300 demon monarchs. Every half a month, he would make a trip to Archean Mountain to deliver the demon monarch corpses and spoils of war. Every time Qin Wu saw a large number of demon monarch corpses, he was amazed and happy. He sighed inwardly. It was really worth it to let Meng Chuan enter Archean Eon Grotto-Heaven!
Oh? Meng Chuan noticed You’er and An’er appearing outside the hall.
Meng You and Meng An exchanged looks and made up their minds. They walked into the hall together.
Meng An took the initiative to speak. “Dad, Mom. We have something we need your help for.”
“Oh?” Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue looked at each other and smiled at their children.
“Tell me, what’s the matter?” As Meng Chuan spoke, he picked up a carrot with his chopsticks and mixed it with porridge. He enjoyed his meal.
Chapter 266 - The Real World
Meng An continued, “Dad, Mom. When we read the dossier last night, we saw that the demon monarchs had completely destroyed Cloud State’s Cangyu County City. The county city was completely abandoned. Sis and I thought for an entire night and wanted to pay a visit to Cangyu County.”
“That’s it?” Meng Chuan continued eating calmly.
“According to the dossier, most of the county city’s population has been killed. Out of the original 10,000 people, only less than 2,000 survived. They now live in the wilderness and have completely abandoned Cangyu County City.” Meng You’s eyes were red as he said,” We want to take a look.”
“How did Cloud State’s intelligence get to you?” Meng Chuan looked at his wife, Liu Qiyue. Liu Qiyue explained, “The total abandonment of Cangyu County City naturally has to be reported to the other states, so it was specially sent over.” Meng Chuan nodded slightly.
Liu Qiyue sent another voice transmission. “Ah Chuan, You’er and An’er have always lived in Jiang State Capital. They haven’t seen demon monarchs slaughtering humans. Do you want them to see it?”.
“They’re already so old. It’s time to broaden their horizons,” said Meng Chuan via voice transmission. “You need to continue guarding Jiang State Capital. You can’t leave. Leave it to me.”
“Don’t you need to carry out underground reconnaissance?” asked Liu Qiyue via voice transmission.
Meng Chuan sent another voice transmission. “I’ll accompany You’er and An’er for two hours. It’s not a big deal. I’ll just come back one hour later tonight.”
The couple settled the matter via voice transmissions.
Meng Chuan looked at his children. “Are you sure you want to take a look?”.
“Yes.” Meng You and Meng An nodded with reddened eyes. From a young age, they had heard of how terrifying the demons were. Everywhere in the world had been attacked, and the three dynasties were suffering. However, they lived in Jiang State Capital and experienced a peaceful childhood. This made them very curious about the world outside Jiang State Capital. After reading several dossiers for the past few months, they had been compelled to take a look.
“Alright.” Meng Chuan stood up. “Let’s go and take a look at the real world.”
“The real world?” Meng You and Meng An were taken aback.
Whoosh.
The twins suddenly felt an invisible force envelop their bodies as they rapidly moved. They looked down and saw Jiang State Capital gradually shrink.
“There’s no need to go to Cangyu County.” Meng Chuan flew at high speeds with his children. He said, “Cangyu County City has been abandoned, and the corpses have long been cleaned up by Earth Net. It’s meaningless for you to see an abandoned county city. What you want to see are… the things described in the dossier, right?”
“Yes.” Meng You and Meng An nodded.
“Okay.”
Meng Chuan rapidly flew towards the middle of the Great Zhou Dynasty with his children. There were too many demon monarchs in the human world. After flying aimlessly for more than 1,500 kilometers, Meng Chuan saw beacon smoke rising from a county city. Two demon monarchs were attacking it. “Over there,” said Meng Chuan. The siblings were still in a daze. Their eyesight was far inferior to Meng Chuan’s.
Swoosh.
In the blink of an eye, Meng Chuan brought the twins to more than five kilometers away and arrived above the county city.
The twins were ultimately at the Impervious realm. Now, they could see it clearly!
They saw an ugly pig demon that was more than 30 feet tall. It was holding two huge axes. There was also a snake demon monarch. It was surrounded by green poisonous fog.
At that moment, corpses could be seen everywhere in the county city. Hundreds of halved corpses littered a region. Fresh blood flowed like a stream. In another region, hundreds of human bodies had been corroded by poison. Their corpses were deformed or bloated. Hundreds of corpses had pained expressions. It was a nightmare.
There were several similar scenes. Clearly, more than 1,000 people had been massacred in this county city. They had not managed to escape in time.
“What is that?” The two demon monarchs stared in horror at the three figures floating in midair.
“How did the Godfiends get here so fast?”
“We haven’t even attacked the city for 60 seconds.”
The two demon monarchs found it unbelievable.
Pa! Pa!
Lightning tore through the void and struck the two demon monarchs, killing them on the spot. This lightning had been naturally formed by Meng Chuan’s electromagnetic domain, but it was enough to kill two second Firmament demon monarchs.
“Th-This…” Meng You and Meng An looked at the scene in front of them. They were unable to dream of such a tragic scene even in their worst nightmares.
An attack carried out by demon monarchs was different from an attack carried out by ordinary demons. Demon monarch attacks were of larger scale and more tragic. For example, several hundred people had been sliced in half at their waist; it was obvious that it was the result of a single attack.
“Ugh.” Meng You and Meng An were about to vomit. This was an instinctual reaction to such gore. However, they could prevent themselves from vomiting with their Impervious realm cultivation.
“This county city only had more than 1,000 people slaughtered. It’s considered a small number.” Meng Chuan looked down and said indifferently, “This is because people in county cities are already used to such attacks. They can hide in deep underground tunnels at the fastest speed possible. Earth Net personnel will also light up beacons as soon as possible. However, it takes time for Godfiends to arrive. It just so happens that we were passing by. That’s why these two demon monarchs couldn’t continue their massacre for longer. Otherwise, these two demon monarchs would’ve probably destroyed some tunnels and killed more people before leaving.”
“This is considered a small number?” Meng You and Meng An’s legs turned limp.
“Back then, I presided over Jiang State Capital with other Godfiends when the demon monarchs invaded,” said Meng Chuan. “Back then, the attack was led by a fourth Firmament Skydemon, Blackwater Palace Lord. Many Godfiends died that day. More than 100,000 people were killed in Jiang State Capital, and that was considered a great victory! If we hadn’t fended off Blackwater Palace Lord, Jiang State Capital’s losses would’ve been more than ten times worse.
“Every place in the world suffers attacks. There have been quite a number of cases where cities with a population of hundreds of thousands were massacred completely.
“The scene you see right now is very common. Your mother and I have seen too much.”
Meng You and Meng An’s faces turned pale. Although they had heard many stories and had read many dossiers, seeing it with their own eyes was completely different.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
An Earth Net soldier quickly rushed out and bowed respectfully towards Meng Chuan.
“Let’s go.” Meng Chuan left the wilderness with his children.
At a glance, one couldn’t see anybody in the wilderness.
“Look, beneath that bush is an underground cave that has been dug out.” Meng Chuan pointed to a spot. The siblings noticed it from his description.
“Five people are living inside,” said Meng Chuan. “There are more than ten families in this area of weed. They have long been dug out. The weed growing on the surface is used as concealment.”
The siblings took a careful look and saw a patch of weed. Two dirty-looking children were looking up into the sky through the weed.
The two children’s eyes caused the siblings’ hearts to tremble.
“Children are not allowed to come out without the permission of their elders,” said Meng Chuan indifferently. “Only when an elder patrols the surroundings will the child come out to bask in the sunlight. Being able to walk on land is a great blessing for them.”
Swoosh!
Meng Chuan brought his children to a lake.
Through the lake reeds, they could see boats connected together when they approached.
“Each boat houses a family. The seven or eight families here will support each other,” said Meng Chuan. “Many people are living on boats in the world. Many families living along the East Sea’s coast will head into the sea.”
There were women washing clothes at the bow of the boat. There was also a child practicing his fighting moves. His moves were clumsy, but he was very serious with his training
Archean Eon Art c1-766 Page 151