Chapter 157: Northheg Pass's Top Fighter

By I Eat Tomatoes

Liu Qiyue, Fan Cheng, and others had been concerned, given the astonishing power unleashed by the Lion Demon King, who was being jointly attacked by multiple elite demon kings. But then, suddenly, enveloped by black demonic energy, the Lion Demon King and five elite demon kings were instantly slain! The demon race was terrified and retreated in panic, while Liu Qiyue, Fan Cheng, and the other gods and demons on the city wall were equally stunned.

“We won?” Fan Cheng’s eyes were wide. “The Lion Demon King who employed demon-race divine abilities, and those elite demon kings who were attacking Senior Brother Zhang… are they all dead?”Zhang Yunhu had merely been struggling to resist.Yet, Meng Chuan had gone on a rampage?

“Is Junior Brother Meng’s strength even greater than Senior Brother Zhang’s?” Fan Cheng felt both thrilled and astounded.“A’Chuan,” Liu Qiyue said, smiling through her tears. She had been anxious and unable to help before, forcing herself to hold back while trying her best to stop the second-tier demon kings. Now, the situation had completely turned around.

“Excellent!”“Well done!”The other gods and demons on the city wall burst into cheers.However, their expressions quickly changed. The second-tier demon kings had gone berserk, determined to break through their defenses at any cost.

These demon kings had previously harbored thoughts of retreating to the Demon World. But now, with thirty-five third-tier demon kings having entered the world entrance passage together, retreat was no longer an option.Their only path to survival was to break out of North River Pass!Thus, they fought more fiercely than ever before!

“Whoosh.”A flash of lightning, and he was on the city wall.All the gods, demons, and demon kings present truly witnessed Meng Chuan’s speed. He had been at the world entrance below just moments ago, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into lightning, leaping nearly two *li* to reach the city wall.A distance of two *li* would typically take a Sun-Drawn Realm god-demon (equivalent to a third-tier demon king) about a breath’s time, and second-tier demon kings would take even longer.But for Meng Chuan?It happened in an instant!

“Boom!” The moment he landed on the city wall, streaks of lightning erupted from Meng Chuan’s entire body. Fifty-one bolts struck the fifty-one demon kings on the wall, severely injuring them. Two of the weaker demon kings were instantly blasted to death! The remaining demon kings sustained injuries, some light, some severe, but all were briefly paralyzed.The gods and demons facing them naturally seized this opportunity to attack.Swords, blades, axes, spears, lances, shuttles… various weapons slashed down, instantly slaying over twenty demon kings.

“Whoosh.”Meng Chuan, moving like a bolt of lightning, swept across the city wall. As he moved, he also struck with his blade, swiftly slaying over ten more demon kings. Many second-tier demon kings, still suppressed and unable to ascend the wall, sank deeper into despair.

On the city wall were Meng Chuan, Liu Qiyue, Fan Cheng, and the other gods and demons.On the battlefield below the city were Yang Xingwu, skilled in domains, Illusion Demon Yu Chiyan, Zhang Yunhu, and others.Ascending meant death! Descending also meant death! Hiding in place would lead to being besieged and killed.“It’s completely over,” the remaining second-tier demon kings, now fewer than eighty, thought, utterly despairing.

“Swish, swish, swish.”As Yang Xingwu approached, her ‘Azure Silk Domain’ expanded to a range of one *li*, quickly binding numerous second-tier demon kings within it and making their movement difficult.“Hahaha…” Shi Xiu laughed heartily, as streaks of blood-light flew from his body in all directions, piercing into the demon kings. One by one, the demon kings had their vital energy drained, leaving them emaciated.Yu Chiyan, moreover, was employing illusions.Many of these second-tier demon kings were completely controlled, turning to attack their own companions.

“Senior Brother Meng, leave this place to us. Go quickly and help the soldiers at the outer city gate!” Fan Cheng, leaving Liu Qiyue and the three archers, sprinted along the city wall, freely pursuing the demon kings.“Alright,” Meng Chuan nodded. His figure flashed across the sky, traversing the one-*li* distance between the inner and outer city gates, and landing on the outer city wall.

Throughout North River Pass, only Meng Chuan could reach the outer city gate so quickly.“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!” The moment Meng Chuan landed, true essence threads flew from his body, rapidly piercing through the mortal demon race members on the city wall. He moved swiftly, as the demon race was attempting to break through in several places along a two to three *li* defense line, desperate for complete freedom outside the pass. Meng Chuan’s speed allowed him to cover the two to three *li* distance in the blink of an eye, eliminating all demon race members who had scaled the city wall.

If it had taken any longer, the demon race’s assault on the city wall would have spanned a five to six *li* area, severely testing the soldiers’ deployment.In fact, at this moment, only about a hundred mortal demon race members had managed to reach the city wall, and they were all instantly killed by Meng Chuan. The soldiers on the wall, who had been fiercely resisting, were astonished to find all the demons opposite them had fallen.

“Boom.”Meng Chuan looked down at the city below, and strands of true essence threads flew out, piercing the climbing demon race members one by one, causing them to fall.He moved swiftly, sweeping across the two to three *li* of defense line that the demon race was assaulting, killing all the climbing demons and sending them plummeting.

“Senior Brother Meng, leave the rest to us.”“These demons, they’re ours.”From the inner city wall, various gods and demons called out, voluntarily leaping down into the battlefield between the inner and outer city gates to hunt down the mortal demon race members. For gods and demons, slaying ordinary demons was naturally a simple slaughter.Mortal demons were indeed weak; their only advantage was their vast numbers and scattered distribution.Normally, a group of gods and demons would be needed to completely wipe them out. Of course, Meng Chuan, with his top-tier speed among Sealed King god-demons, could rely on his demonic energy domain to circle ten times and naturally freeze all demons to death. However, as a patrol inspector, Meng Chuan’s three previous rescues had all relied on his demonic energy domain to mass-freeze demons, which had become a sort of signature move for him. Therefore, at North River Pass, Meng Chuan wanted to use this technique as little as possible, only occasionally and within a small area.If he were to create ten or twenty thousand ice sculptures at once, it would be easy for people to deduce the identity of the rescuing god-demon.

Meng Chuan, transforming into lightning, swept across the sky again to the inner city wall, arriving beside Liu Qiyue.“A’Chuan,” Liu Qiyue said, her face radiating joy. “We won.”Meng Chuan smiled and nodded.

“This is a grand victory!” Fan Cheng, shield on his back and great hammer in hand, walked over, exclaiming excitedly, “A rare and exhilarating victory! What a thrill!”“Haha,” Zhang Yunhu said, his wrinkled face creased with smiles. “I’ve experienced several such grand victories, but I’ve never before slain six elite demon kings in one go, including a demon king with divine abilities. This time, we owe much to Junior Brother Meng. It’s only been a year since Junior Brother Meng descended the mountain, and his strength has already reached such an impressive level. Truly remarkable.”

“I merely used a forbidden god-demon technique and outmaneuvered the Lion Demon King to slay him,” Meng Chuan humbly replied.“Instantly slaying a divine-ability demon king is far more than just strategy,” Mu Qing, who carried two swords, said, his eyes gleaming with a strange light as he looked at Meng Chuan. “Even with strategy, I couldn’t defeat that Lion Demon King, let alone kill it.”“Killing the Lion Demon King might have been strategy, but killing the other elite demon kings, I saw that with my own eyes,” Zhang Yunhu chuckled. “Indeed, your strength is now unmatched here at North River Pass, far superior to mine. It’s truly gratifying to see the young god-demons of Yuanchu Mountain growing stronger and stronger.”Beside him, Shi Xiu, his face flushed, chuckled, “In another ten or eight years, Junior Brother Meng might even become a Sealed Marquis god-demon. By then, we’ll have to address him as Senior Uncle Meng.”