Chapter 185: Spiritual Power!

Even a mile away, Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng could sense the surging aura of the great demon monarch before them.

When hidden, it hadn't revealed a trace of its aura. Now, as it launched a full-power sneak attack, its fully unleashed aura startled Meng Chuan and the others. This aura was much stronger than that of the Blackwater Palace Master, and even close to that of 'Marquis Tianxing,' whom Meng Chuan had met. However, their styles differed; Marquis Tianxing's aura was more ethereal, while the Fourth-Heaven Demon Monarch before them had a much heavier aura.

A Fourth-Heaven Demon Monarch was truly an existence comparable in strength to a Marquis Godfiend, lacking only the 'Dark Star Domain' compared to human Godfiends.

Moreover, Fourth-Heaven Demon Monarchs were sure to possess 'divine abilities,' and some even had more than one.

"Beware of the demon monarch's divine abilities," Meng Chuan transmitted.

"Don't worry," Zhang Junfeng replied cautiously. "My domain has already permeated ten zhang underground, yet I didn't expect it to still be hiding there."

"We also have that rhinoceros demon monarch to thank," Meng Chuan said. "Without its cry, the opponent would have had to get within twenty zhang of us for us to discover it! Twenty zhang is too close. Even though my movement speed has greatly increased, barely defending myself would be difficult enough. Trying to save Senior Brother Zhang in that instant would have been extremely difficult."

That cry from the rhinoceros demon monarch allowed the two of them to escape earlier, making it much easier.

"Roar!"

From afar, the snake demon monarch let out a roar of bitter resentment. It was the most tenacious among the three elite demon monarchs, but under the domain's suppression, it only had one or two tenths of its strength. Surrounded by the Nine Absolutes Sword Array, it met its end.

With that, all three demon monarchs were killed.

However, the truly formidable Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu stood there, still staring at Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng.

"Meng Chuan, Zhang Junfeng," the burly Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu said, looking at the two.

"May I ask which great demon monarch you are?" Zhang Junfeng asked.

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu ignored him, instead letting out a cold laugh. "You run quite fast."

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu transformed into a blur, directly chasing the six Godfiends who were quietly retreating nearby.

"Watch out!""Scatter and run!""Good luck, everyone!"

Seeing this, the six Godfiends immediately dispersed, each choosing a direction to flee quickly. Facing a 'Fourth-Heaven Demon Monarch,' scattering was the best hope for survival.

"Junior Brother Meng, let's hold him back," Zhang Junfeng quickly said.

"Understood." Meng Chuan didn't hesitate. Taking Zhang Junfeng, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and swiftly pursued, maintaining a distance of over one hundred zhang from Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu. Senior Brother Zhang Junfeng's domain constantly suppressed, affecting Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu's speed as well.

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu's speed was slightly reduced, but it still far surpassed that of a Great Solar Godfiend.

A female Godfiend was fleeing at top speed.

"It's catching up," the female Godfiend sensed Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu rapidly closing in behind her. Realizing that struggling was futile, she thought, "Senior Brother Fan, Senior Brother Qu, I'm coming to join you now."

Just as the female Godfiend despaired, a bolt of lightning flashed from beside her, grabbed her arm, and swiftly streaked across the sky.

"What?" Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu looked ahead in surprise. Meng Chuan, carrying the female Godfiend and Senior Brother Zhang Junfeng, had a much slower burst of speed, but was still slightly faster than Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu.

"He's slightly faster than me, even with two others?" Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu was astonished, but then a slight smirk appeared on its lips. "Foolish Godfiends."

Because Meng Chuan rescued her, the moment he grabbed the female Godfiend, the distance between them and Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu narrowed to eighty zhang.

"Now's the time!"

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu instantly activated a forbidden art, and its speed surged dramatically.

"Suppress!" Zhang Junfeng and Meng Chuan, who were constantly observing Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu, both activated their Godfiend forbidden arts at the same time. Their domain's power greatly increased, and Meng Chuan's speed accelerated once more.

"Go!"

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu's eyes flashed coldly at the sight, and with a flick of its tail, a black venomous needle shot through the air.

"Whoosh." The venomous needle tore through the air, its speed even faster than Meng Chuan's when he traveled alone.

"Go!" Seeing this, Meng Chuan immediately released the female Godfiend, and frantically fled with only Senior Brother Zhang. With three people, their speed would be too slow, and there would be no hope of escape.

After being released, the female Godfiend also immediately desperately continued to flee for her life.

However, Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu paid no attention to her at this moment, but instead pursued Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng.

That black venomous needle pierced through the domain, terrifyingly fast.

"Block!" Zhang Junfeng, who had activated the Godfiend forbidden art, with a thought, nine sword lights reformed and all moved to block the black venomous needle.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

Each sword light was pierced by the venomous needle. The needle was incomparably sharp, indestructible, destroying everything in its path.

"His venomous needle is too strong, far stronger than the Blackwater Palace Master's," Zhang Junfeng transmitted. "Don't worry about me, just escape!"

"Escape." At this critical moment, Meng Chuan once again mobilized his Primordial Spirit power to control his physical body and true essence. After his battle with the Blackwater Palace Master, his Primordial Spirit power had been severely depleted, though it had recovered slightly by now. If he only mobilized his Great Solar Realm true essence, he could still execute a dozen or so moves. But if he fully mobilized both his true essence and physical body, he could only unleash one burst.

With his Primordial Spirit power fully unleashed, Meng Chuan's speed, with Senior Brother Zhang, suddenly skyrocketed.

The venomous needle pierced through layers of domain resistance behind them. The distance between it and Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng had originally narrowed to thirty zhang. As Meng Chuan burst forward, the closing distance slowed: twenty-five zhang, twenty zhang, fifteen zhang!

Then the venomous needle suddenly stopped.

Meng Chuan and Senior Brother Zhang were now one and a half li from 'Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu.' With Meng Chuan's ultimate burst, they had opened up a distance of one and a half li in an instant. Such a great distance was already beyond the range of Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu's control over the venomous needle.

"He's carrying someone and still that fast?" Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu couldn't believe it. In that instant, Meng Chuan's Primordial Spirit power and Godfiend forbidden art had both erupted, unleashing astonishing speed even while carrying another person.

"Hah." Meng Chuan felt a piercing headache. The feeling of his Primordial Spirit power being completely exhausted was agonizing, but looking at Senior Brother Zhang beside him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You should have abandoned me," Zhang Junfeng said, somewhat shaken, unable to help himself. "You're still young; you shouldn't have risked your life for an old man who's about to die."

"If we were truly about to be caught, I would have certainly left you behind," Meng Chuan said. "But since we could escape, of course I'd bring you along."

"Haha..." Zhang Junfeng laughed.

Meng Chuan also smiled.

Of course they were happy to be alive. The two of them laughed, and looked at Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu in the distance.

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu also stopped. A venomous needle streaked through the sky, returning to its tail. In terms of strength, if it could just touch them, one move would be enough to crush Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng to death. But Meng Chuan's speed was simply too fast! And the domain also greatly reduced the speed of its divine ability, 'Poison Spire.' Ultimately, both of them managed to escape with their lives.

The divine ability 'Poison Spire' was a skill almost all great demon monarchs of the 'Zhuang lineage' of the demon race excelled at.

It could kill enemies from afar, was incomparably sharp, and extremely poisonous. It was a truly terrifying divine ability.

"I can't kill them!" Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu glanced at Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng, then without hesitation turned and flew elsewhere; these were the other Godfiends closest to him.

"Pffft, pffft."

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu released its venomous needles, and consecutively hunted down two more Godfiends.

Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng, however, dared not rescue anyone else, as Meng Chuan's Primordial Spirit power was exhausted and he couldn't unleash another burst.

"Damn it." Being able to only watch as the great demon monarch killed Godfiends, Meng Chuan felt quite stifled. Faced with such a powerful great demon monarch, he didn't even have the qualifications to fight; he could only flee!

"You've already done well enough," Zhang Junfeng, who had experienced many trials and tribulations, said calmly. "I, and several other Godfiends, are alive because of you."

The six Godfiends had scattered to escape.

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu was fast enough and skilled in its divine abilities, but it only managed to hunt down two Godfiends. It didn't pursue the other four Godfiends, as it would have been too time-consuming.

"What a Meng Chuan."

Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu gave Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng a cold glance, then transformed into a streak, soaring into the sky, piercing through the clouds and disappearing.

Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng quietly returned to Changfeng Prefecture to hide, waiting for the 'Godfiends' from the Earth Net to arrive and take over the affairs of Changfeng Prefecture.

But they didn't have to wait long.

A massive aura enveloped the entire Changfeng Prefecture City.

Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng, hiding in an ordinary residence, were both concealed in the hall, to prevent Great Demon Monarch Zhuang Fu from returning to search for them. Feeling this immense aura enveloping them now, both were startled.

A man in plain clothes appeared at the hall entrance.

Meng Chuan and Zhang Junfeng were overjoyed to see the newcomer. They immediately stood up and respectfully said, "Uncle Master Donghe."

The newcomer was none other than King Donghe.