Chapter 231: And Meeting Yan Jin

Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue immediately spotted plumes of smoke rising from several locations within the distant county town, where three demon monarchs were engaged in destruction and slaughter.

Liu Qiyue instantly drew her bow in mid-air, nocking three arrows onto the string.

Three streaks of fiery light shot across the sky.

The arrows flew much faster than before. The three demon monarchs in the distance were shocked and enraged, attempting to dodge. However, as the fiery streaks approached them, they suddenly changed direction erratically, piercing through the heads of all three demon monarchs.

"They were all Triple Heaven demon monarchs, but very mediocre; they couldn't even dodge one of my arrows," Liu Qiyue transmitted. "Next location."

With a whoosh, Meng Chuan carried his wife as they traveled, simultaneously transmitting, "Qiyue, now that you've reached the 'Dao' realm, your archery power has greatly increased. Very few Triple Heaven demon monarchs will likely be able to dodge your arrows."

The couple worked together.

Nearby county towns were very close, usually just dozens of li apart, allowing Meng Chuan to reach them by flashing over a dozen times.

Upon reaching a county town, Liu Qiyue would release her arrows! She easily dispatched them, without Meng Chuan needing to intervene.

"Huh?"

"They fled?"

"The demon monarchs retreated?"

After Meng Chuan and his wife rushed through seven consecutive county towns and killed twenty-three demon monarchs, they found that all the demon monarchs had retreated from the subsequent towns they visited.

"Seven consecutive counties, all demon monarchs annihilated. It's suspected a King-level fiendcelestial passed through, moving incredibly fast. All forces in the surrounding area, retreat!"

A white-maned lion demon monarch, who had a clear grasp of the life-and-death status of all demon monarchs within Wuzhou, immediately ordered all demon monarchs in the five prefectures surrounding Gushan Prefecture to retreat.

"The demon monarchs have all retreated?" Liu Qiyue noticed that the newly arrived county town still had no demon monarchs.

"It seems we killed them too quickly, and the demon race noticed," Meng Chuan said. "Of the twenty-three demon monarchs we killed earlier, not a single one was an elite. That's a bit strange."

"There must be many demon monarchs entering the human world. These were likely exploratory massacres, sending out only ordinary Triple Heaven demons. Elite demon monarchs and stronger ones haven't made their move yet," Liu Qiyue remarked.

Meng Chuan frowned and nodded, "That would be troublesome."

Meng Chuan and his wife continued their journey to investigate, finding that all the original distress call locations had indeed returned to safety. Their rapid killing had, in a way, also saved many other county towns.

"The distress calls on the patrol token are disappearing one by one," Meng Chuan and his wife said, standing atop a high mountain, observing their patrol tokens. All rescue requests on the tokens had vanished, and Yuanchu Mountain had withdrawn the calls for aid, clearly indicating that the previously distressed areas were now safe.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Meng Chuan and his wife's expressions changed. A purple light unexpectedly appeared on one section of both their patrol tokens.

Normal distress calls were red.

A purple light distress call indicated a higher level of urgency, requiring more immediate attention.

"Urgent distress call! Within Qianzhou, seven hundred and thirty li from here." Meng Chuan grabbed his wife's arm and immediately streaked across the sky at full speed.

The couple traveled westward.

At seven hundred and thirty li, Meng Chuan's speed had significantly increased after reaching the Divine Power realm.

Along the way, they traversed mountains and crossed rivers. In the time it would take an ordinary mortal to cover merely one li, Meng Chuan and his wife had already traveled over seven hundred li.

"We're here."

From a distance, the couple saw four fiendcelestials being besieged by six demon monarchs in the wilderness outside a county town.

"Yan Jin?" Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were both slightly surprised; they recognized Yan Jin among the four fiendcelestials at a glance.

Yan Jin had been down the mountain for several years.

This was their first meeting.

Yan Jin cultivated the top-grade fiendcelestial body 'Azure Lotus Divine Body' and the Black Iron Heavenly Book's 'Ice and Fire Seven Absolutes'. Passing through the Nine Xuan Cave was thus extremely difficult for him, but once he did, his strength upon descending the mountain was formidable. In particular, his cultivation of 'Ice and Fire Seven Absolutes', combining two 'sword souls', granted him exceptionally powerful frontal combat capabilities. Coupled with several years of experience down the mountain, his strength had further improved, and he was fortunate to be selected for a fiendcelestial team this time.

This fiendcelestial team was led by Senior Brother Chang An'guo, who was one hundred and sixty-five years old. He cultivated the top-grade fiendcelestial body 'Indestructible Divine Body', had also reached the 'Dao' realm, and had condensed a primordial spirit. In terms of domain abilities, he was not far off from Senior Brother Zhang Junfeng, whom Meng Chuan had encountered previously. Once his domain was unleashed, it could slaughter ordinary Triple Heaven demon monarchs! Even powerful Divine Power demon monarchs would have their strength significantly reduced.

With Senior Brother Chang An'guo as the leader, three other fellow disciples provided support.

Such strength... was only slightly inferior to the elite team of Meng Chuan, Zhang Junfeng, and Yang Fang back then.

"These demon monarchs are truly cunning," Yan Jin muttered as he struggled to fend them off with his twin-sword technique. "We chased demon monarchs through three consecutive county towns. We didn't expect it to be a trap... for such a powerful demon monarch team to emerge."

The demon monarch team before them was extremely powerful.

Among the six demon monarchs, one elephant demon monarch was exceptionally strong, capable of reaching the threshold of a Marquis-level fiendcelestial in direct combat! It alone could contend head-on with their four-person team.

There were also two Divine Power demon monarchs and three top-tier elite demon monarchs. The weakest among them could rival Yan Jin.

Such a demon monarch team was even stronger than the three-person team of Meng Chuan, Zhang Junfeng, and Yang Fang back then.

"Under Senior Brother Chang's forbidden art and domain suppression, we are barely holding on," Yan Jin thought to himself. "But prolonged defense is bound to break; we can't last much longer."

All four of them were using fiendcelestial forbidden arts, desperately resisting.

They narrowly held on several times.

"Someone's coming," Senior Brother Chang An'guo transmitted. "Everyone hold on! It's Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue!"

"Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue?"

The three, including Yan Jin, were first joyful, then worried.

Could Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue's strength, even combined with their four-person team, truly contend against this demon monarch team?

"It's the Meng Chuan couple."

The demon monarch team also spotted the two figures approaching from high above. The elephant demon monarch glanced at them, saying, "Meng Chuan, skilled with a fast blade, is nothing to worry about. Just be careful of Liu Qiyue's arrows."

The elephant demon monarch wielded a massive pillar, incredibly powerful. Even within the domain, it attacked ferociously. Each time Yan Jin and his companion, Senior Brother Yu, managed to block an attack, they felt their injuries worsening. However, they were the melee combat specialists in their four-person team; if they didn't block, no one would.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!!" High in the sky, Liu Qiyue unfurled her fiery wings, gripping four arrows, and shot them simultaneously.

Four arrows at once was her limit while maintaining their power.

Four streaks of fiery light sliced through the sky.

"Be careful."

A grey-robed demon monarch was startled. Its four eyes under its hood blinked, and four golden beams shot out from its eyes, meeting the four fiery arrows.

The four fiery arrows arced subtly, evading the four golden beams, and swiftly and terrifyingly attacked the demon monarchs.

Another enchanting female demon waved her hands, and countless silken threads immediately flew out. The dense threads finally blocked the four fiery arrows, but the arrows, terrifyingly powerful, forcefully pierced through the silk. Their speed and trajectory became clearer, making them slightly easier to dodge.

"Pfft." Only one demon monarch was hit in the arm; the other three arrows missed.

The demon monarch severed its own arm without hesitation.

"Liu Qiyue's arrows are much more powerful than expected, everyone be careful," the grey-robed demon monarch transmitted, controlling the four golden beams to strike at the incoming Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan unleashed his 'Flying Swallow' style, transforming into a ghostly streak of lightning as he darted downwards.

Three of the four golden beams missed their target; the sole remaining beam was casually cleaved down by Meng Chuan with a single saber strike.

"Boom." Meng Chuan then landed, charging into the battlefield where demon monarchs and fiendcelestials were clashing.

The moment he landed, black-green vital energy surged outwards from Meng Chuan, radiating in all directions. The swirling black-green vital energy seemed to have a life of its own, forming six 'black vital energy great snakes'. These six vital energy snakes bypassed the fiendcelestials but enveloped the demon monarchs.

As the six powerful demon monarchs were enveloped.

"Oh no."

"Be careful."

Immediately, three demon monarchs were frozen solid into ice sculptures, losing their lives on the spot. This included one Divine Power demon monarch.

The remaining two demon monarchs felt the destructive effect of the vital energy on their bodies, with terrifying cold constantly crystallizing on their skin. Frightened, they both frantically fled into the distance. Only the elephant demon monarch, despite being enveloped by the vital energy, could barely maintain fifty percent of its strength. But it was also alarmed; with this terrifying vital energy domain unleashed, its team was already finished?