Chapter 143: Retreat!

Episode 7, Chapter 7: Retreat!

Meng Chuan and his companions were besieged by demon monarchs, yet their defense was impenetrable. General Zhang Yunhu, protected within their formation, could freely wield his short spears. Another spear shot out as a golden light; at a mere ten-zhang distance, that common triple-heaven demon monarch could not evade it, and his head was directly pierced. He immediately collapsed with a thud.

"Chief, this won't do," the Bent-Horned Bull Demon Monarch transmitted, seeing the situation. "We're relentlessly attacking Meng Chuan's position, but we can't break through! Zhang Yunhu is releasing short spears without any restraint, and we've already lost five triple-heaven demon monarchs. We cannot let Zhang Yunhu attack so wantonly."

The black-clad female demon monarch coldly observed the situation on the field. Her plan had failed. She had been certain that even with Meng Chuan's speed, facing a large group of demon monarchs would make it difficult for him to block every attack perfectly. Moreover, being a novice on his first battlefield, she believed he should be easy to overcome. If they could kill this human genius who had mastered the perfect Thunder Annihilation Devil Body, it would be a great achievement! However, events unfolded completely differently from her expectations.

Her plan itself wasn't flawed; she just didn't know that Meng Chuan had already reached the second level of Primordial Spirit, with a twenty-zhang Primordial Spirit domain, leaving all attacks with nowhere to hide. Meng Chuan's strength was also greater than she had anticipated. He could even infuse his Primordial Spirit power into his body for an explosive burst at any time.

"Change target, focus the main attack on Shi Xiu," the black-clad female demon monarch transmitted, giving her order.

"Understood!"

All the demon monarchs felt invigorated. They had long wanted to stop relentlessly attacking Meng Chuan's position, but they only dared to shift their attacks to other human gods and demons once ordered. Demon clan rules were strict; disobeying orders meant certain death.

"Meng Chuan's movement technique is too bizarre, and his defense is too formidable; we can't break through it. But Shi Xiu... he's much weaker." These demon monarchs were filled with confidence; the other human gods and demons were old opponents. In terms of close-quarters combat, among their past opponents, Zhang Yunhu was the strongest, followed by the Twin-Sword Goddess-Demon 'Mu Qing', and finally the Blood God 'Shi Xiu'. In terms of defensive protection, Fan Cheng was the strongest! But in this initial engagement today... they found that the novice Meng Chuan's defense was perhaps no less than Fan Cheng's.

*Boom!*

Tentacles and sharp tails emerged from underground, attacking Shi Xiu. More demon monarchs charged in close!

"Shi Xiu, be careful!"

Everyone was startled. It was too sudden! Although Meng Chuan and his five companions were spaced out, they were still relatively close to each other. The demon monarchs had just been relentlessly attacking Meng Chuan, but now most of them had shifted their attacks to Shi Xiu! This included three elite demon monarchs, instantly putting Shi Xiu in a dire situation.

*Clang! Clang!* Zhang Yunhu immediately charged forward, using the two short spears in his hands to block the demon monarchs' fierce assault. The two short spears blurred into golden light, and successive thudding sounds were heard as Zhang Yunhu single-handedly blocked the majority of the attacks for Shi Xiu. Only then did Shi Xiu manage to block the remaining demon monarchs, preventing them from threatening Yang Xingwu and the others in the inner circle.

With Zhang Yunhu's assistance, Shi Xiu easily withstood the fierce assault. However, Zhang Yunhu could no longer spare attention to kill enemies.

"You underestimate me." A cold light flashed in Meng Chuan's eyes. Initially, a large group of demon monarchs had been besieging him; now, the number had suddenly dwindled to only five common triple-heaven demon monarchs attacking him. Not a single elite demon monarch?

"Dragon Roar Style!"

With killing intent aroused, Meng Chuan attacked without hesitation. Five blurred images of Meng Chuan appeared, each thrusting a blade. The blade light was dazzling like lightning, piercing through space, and spun and thrust with a strange trajectory, producing a piercing shriek. The trajectory resembled a dragon surging out of water. The five triple-heaven demon monarchs only felt dazzling lightning before the blade light was upon them. It was too fast! Even space distorted, and distances shortened. The five demon monarchs were too late to dodge.

*Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff.*

Each demon monarch had its forehead pierced, the blade light shooting out from behind its skull. They could endure for some time if their hearts were destroyed, but having their heads pierced meant certain death on the spot. One by one, the demon monarchs collapsed.

This made the demon monarchs who had been invigorated by attacking Shi Xiu pause, and then a chill spread through their hearts! Five triple-heaven demon monarchs, dead in a single encounter?

"That was too fast! Even Zhang Yunhu isn't that quick!"

"The perfect Thunder Annihilation Devil Body, as fast as lightning, is truly fast."

"Too fast!"

Those common triple-heaven demon monarchs felt a chill. As a human with a perfect transcendent divine-demon body, Meng Chuan's foundational strength and true essence completely crushed these demon monarchs! Not to mention his blade artistry realm; only elite demon monarchs could contend with him. Added to this was his 'Primordial Spirit domain', allowing him to perfectly grasp the situation on the field! He hadn't even used his Primordial Spirit power, anticipating a potential counterattack. Of course, five common triple-heaven demon monarchs were not worthy of him using his Primordial Spirit power.

"Excellent!" Zhang Yunhu, who had been forced to defend, along with Shi Xiu, Yu Chiyan, and the others, were all overjoyed.

The demon monarchs, on the other hand, felt quite the opposite; they were somewhat panicked.

"Meng Chuan's defense is formidable, and his killing power is even more terrifying."

"His blade is simply too fast, so fast it's hard to defend against."

"According to intelligence, a perfect Thunder Annihilation Devil Body at the Great Sun realm can rival a fifth-heaven demon monarch in speed! His blade speed is also extremely high."

"We'd best not engage him in close combat. Even if we do, it needs to be like before, with over ten demon monarchs besieging him to put enough pressure on him."

These demon monarchs transmitted discussions, and their offensive slowed down.

"Chief, ten triple-heaven demon monarchs have died. What should we do?" the Bull Demon Monarch, the second-in-command whose background was not much inferior to the chief's, asked. His strength was only slightly inferior. According to past experience, although no true elite demon monarchs had died, losing ten was considered a significant loss.

"This Meng Chuan..."

The black-clad female demon monarch had a headache. Relentlessly attacking Meng Chuan's position? They couldn't break through, and it allowed Zhang Yunhu to continuously throw those terrifying short spears with ease. Giving up on that position? Meng Chuan would counterattack! Meng Chuan's attacks were as fast as lightning, and his efficiency in killing weaker demon monarchs was even higher than Zhang Yunhu's! Attacking was not good, giving up was not good!

"Retreat!" The black-clad female demon monarch immediately transmitted the order. "Pass down the order, retreat." At critical moments, one should retreat to minimize losses.

"Understood!"

All the triple-heaven demon monarchs immediately shrunk back, no longer attacking fiercely, but instead hiding within layers of domains. A low beast horn sound echoed, spreading everywhere.

The second-heaven demon monarchs, who had been fighting human gods and demons on the city walls, paused, then without hesitation, jumped down from the city walls. Even as Liu Qiyue's arrows fell one by one, these demon monarchs frantically dashed towards the world entrance. The large numbers of demon forces climbing the city walls also immediately rushed towards the world entrance like a receding flood. All were retreating!

In contrast, the demon forces who had reached the outer city gate were desperate. They could not retreat and could only charge even more madly, hoping to break through the outer city gate as quickly as possible and gain complete freedom.

"The demon clan is retreating!" Zhang Yunhu smiled, and everyone else felt a sense of relief.

"Junior Brother Meng, well done!" Shi Xiu praised.

"Alright, don't celebrate too early," Zhang Yunhu instructed. "Keep engaging these triple-heaven demon monarchs to prevent them from trickery, suddenly charging the city wall."

The demon monarchs did not resort to trickery; perhaps they also knew that trickery was useless against veterans like Zhang Yunhu. Soon, the surviving second-heaven demon monarchs were the first to escape back to the demon realm along the world entrance, and many ordinary demon forces also fled. Following them, fifteen triple-heaven demon monarchs escaped into the world entrance passage. Finally, the thirty-five demon monarchs, including the black-clad female demon monarch, entered the world entrance passage together.

*Boom!*

All the demon forces in the inner and outer city gates who had not managed to escape were slaughtered by the human gods and demons. Only a very small number of demon forces would be captured and imprisoned, to serve as sparring partners for human soldiers and youths in the future; the other demon forces were killed without mercy.

The demon monarchs had all retreated back to the demon realm. Half an hour later, North River Pass completely returned to calm. Some soldiers were still chasing the hundreds of demon forces who had fortunately broken through the outer city gate into the wilderness outside the pass.