Chapter 147: Meng Chuan’s Rescue

The three-headed demon monarch, Jumo, stepped out of the world entrance, and his aura immediately surged, breaking through! Five other second-heaven demon monarchs followed beside him.

“Cangshan Prefecture City is in that direction,” said Jiayou, clad in a black robe, as he also emerged and pointed into the distance.

“Break through Cangshan Prefecture at the fastest speed!” the three-headed demon monarch declared, his eyes filled with fierce arrogance, his voice echoing through the mountains and forests.

“Roar!”“Charge!”“Kill all humans!”

All the demons frantically sped towards Cangshan Prefecture.

The three-headed demon monarch and the others had no intention of concealing themselves. With tens of thousands of demons running at full speed, the surging demonic energy was incredibly conspicuous. Human godfiends would undoubtedly detect it immediately.

“We’ll also set out and eliminate the godfiends of Cangshan Prefecture first,” said Jumo, the three-headed demon monarch.

“Good. Once the godfiends are eliminated, slaughtering the mortals of Cangshan Prefecture will be easy,” the five second-heaven demon monarchs replied with confidence.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…The six demon monarchs, though varied in size, were incredibly fast, streaking directly towards Cangshan Prefecture.

Godfiends are highly sensitive to auras. With tens of thousands of demons unleashing their demonic power and running, it was as conspicuous as a new sun rising in the night.

Wang Fucheng, the Master of Yu Yang Palace in Cangshan Prefecture, and Patriarch Hu, the ancestor of the local Hu clan of godfiends, were both sound asleep. But the moment thirty thousand demons burst out of the world entrance, they both jolted awake, swiftly donned their robes, and rushed onto the rooftops.

“The demons have arrived,” Wang Fucheng, clad in white, said with a grim expression. He immediately transmitted a command: “Demons are invading! Quickly warn the entire city.”

“Yes, Palace Master.”

Demons invading?The two guards who had long stood watch by the ancient bell were startled.

Both were Seamless Realm experts, considered masters within Yu Yang Palace. Knowing what a demon invasion signified, they immediately worked together, grabbing a large wooden ram and striking the ancient bell fiercely. A rapid succession of “Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!” rang out, spreading throughout Cangshan Prefecture City.

Whoosh! Whoosh!Godfiends Wang Fucheng and Hu had already transformed into streaks of light, racing across the rooftops at top speed towards the northern city wall.

“Palace Master, do you know how many demon monarchs or how many demons have arrived?” Hu asked, transmitting his voice as he drew closer to Wang Fucheng.

“I don’t know, but the demonic energy is overwhelming. It must be a large demon army attacking,” Wang Fucheng replied, filled with anxiety and worry.

“Have you called for reinforcements?” Hu asked via voice transmission.

“Of course, I immediately called for aid as soon as I detected them,” Wang Fucheng said, his concern immense. “But we are nine hundred li from the provincial capital. Even if a Marquis Godfiend travels at extreme speed, exerting their full power, it will still take a quarter of an hour. In a quarter of an hour, the entire Cangshan Prefecture might be reduced to ruins.”

“If we can kill the demon monarchs, slaughtering the ordinary demons will be easier,” Hu transmitted.

“We’ll fight,” Wang Fucheng nodded.

There were too few Marquis Godfiends. Some were stationed at medium-sized passes and could not leave without authorization. Even fewer were available to support various locations.

It was common for an entire province to have only one Marquis Godfiend available for immediate support.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had hundreds of prefectures. Prefecture cities closest to their respective provincial capitals were usually two to three hundred li away. If a prefecture was on the edge of a province, the distance could be as great as two thousand li. For example, in the largest province of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a prefecture on its edge was a full five thousand li from the provincial capital. Of course, this was an extreme case and not representative.

However, distances of over a thousand li from the provincial capital were very common.

A distance of nine hundred li still required a Marquis Godfiend to travel for ‘a quarter of an hour’.

But Wang Fucheng didn’t know!The one now responsible for rescuing Cangshan Prefecture was Meng Chuan, the Deputy General of Beihe Pass. The distribution of rescue personnel was confidential! Many Marquis Godfiends were unaware of it; they only knew their assigned rescue zones.

Beihe Pass, night, inside Meng Chuan’s residence.Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were sound asleep in bed when suddenly, the white jade token placed under his pillow glowed red and became hot. Having long refined it with true essence, Meng Chuan naturally sensed it immediately.

“Hm?” Meng Chuan, resting his head on the pillow, suddenly opened his eyes.

He then sat up with a jolt and immediately retrieved the white jade token from under his pillow.

This patrol token was of great importance. It was placed under his pillow while he slept and always carried with him during the day, never leaving his side for a moment.

“Cangshan Prefecture?” Meng Chuan saw the ‘Eighteen Prefectures’ map on the white jade token. The location of Cangshan Prefecture City glowed with dazzling red light, indicating the source of the token’s heat.

“Why are you up?” Liu Qiyue also woke up, lying there and asking in confusion.

“Cangshan Prefecture has called for help. I need to go to their rescue, and quickly,” Meng Chuan said, glancing at Liu Qiyue. He instantly put on his boots, grabbed his sword and robes, and as the window of the room automatically opened, Meng Chuan shot out like a bolt of lightning.

Liu Qiyue sat up and looked out the window, watching a bolt of lightning streak across the sky, rapidly disappearing into the distant night horizon.

“A’Chuan went to rescue?” Liu Qiyue sat there. She knew Meng Chuan also held the duty of a patrol inspector, but it had been over half a year since they arrived at Beihe Pass, and this was Meng Chuan’s first rescue mission.

“I hope he can make it in time and save more people. And I hope A’Chuan returns safely,” Liu Qiyue thought, silently praying as she gazed at the crescent moon outside the window.

While Meng Chuan went to fight with his life, she could only pray. She couldn’t go with him.

Because rescue needed to be as swift as possible! If he took Liu Qiyue, Meng Chuan’s speed would be reduced by forty percent, meaning he would arrive much later.

Northern city wall of Cangshan Prefecture.The six demon monarchs arrived first, even faster than Wang Fucheng and Hu, who were anxiously rushing from the city center to the wall. After all, Yu Yang Palace within the city was eighteen li from the northern wall, while the demon monarchs only needed to cover five or six li.

“Boom.” The six demon monarchs, streaking like meteors, bypassed the city wall and headed directly towards the two human godfiends whose auras were also unconcealed.

The demon monarchs’ power also spread outwards. A gray mist enveloped a hundred zhang radius, instantly transforming dozens of patrolling soldiers on a hundred-zhang section of the city wall into blood, killing them on the spot without a sound. Then, the demon monarchs strode into the city, casually trampling buildings, causing them to collapse, and killing some people caught in the destruction.

Other patrolling soldiers in the distance witnessed this scene. Though grieved, they could only endure, fully aware of the vast difference between mortals and demon monarchs! The demon monarchs had merely trampled a few ants while passing by; they hadn’t truly begun their massacre.

“We still have godfiends,” these soldiers thought, continuing to look into the distance outside the city. They could already hear the ground-shaking sound of a surging multitude.

“A demon army!” the soldiers saw.

Dazzling flames lit in various spots on the city wall illuminated the surrounding two to three li, allowing them to vaguely discern the dense demon army rushing out from the dark mountains. The fastest of these vanguard demons moved like phantoms, hurtling directly towards them.

“They’re here, the demons are here.” These soldiers knew they had to fight to the death, for the sake of everyone in the city behind them.

A streak of lightning flashed across the sky, crossing three mountain peaks. With a slight push off the summit of another peak, it flashed again and vanished into the horizon.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!Meng Chuan’s entire body erupted with lightning as he advanced at a furious pace.

According to the secret manual, a Seamless Realm Godfiend with a perfected Lightning World-Shattering Demonic Body could achieve speeds comparable to a King Godfiend, capable of covering two li in a single leap! However, after becoming a Seamless Realm Godfiend, Meng Chuan’s demonic body, forged from nine heavenly lightning strikes, and his Vajra Body, which enhanced his lightning power and allowed his meridians to withstand greater true essence bursts, enabled him to cover three li in a single leap.

This speed was considered quite fast among King Godfiends.

“Faster, faster, faster,”

Meng Chuan desperately hurried on.

After only a dozen leaps, he had already crossed the continuous mountain ranges.

The surging Muma River, the largest river within Yuan Province, was over five li wide where Meng Chuan now passed.

“Whoosh.”A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky. With a swallow-like maneuver in mid-air, it flashed again, having already crossed the entire Muma River in two blinks, disappearing once more into the horizon.

At this moment, Meng Chuan was truly moving like lightning, speeding towards Cangshan Prefecture at an astonishing pace!