Chapter 232: One Year (Part 1)

Chapter 10, Chapter 16, Year One

The two escaping demon monarchs were shocked and enraged to see Meng Chuan appear before them. The two Meng Chuans appearing in different locations was a result of his incredible speed.

"Pfft." "Pfft."

Frozen by the demonic aura, the two demon monarchs retained only about 10-20% of their strength, and their movements were significantly slowed. Meng Chuan, who had reached the divine power realm, executed two swift and decisive strikes, piercing through the heads of both demon monarchs.

An effortless kill!

Out of six demon monarchs, three were instantly frozen to death! Two were killed, leaving only the strongest, "Elephant Demon Monarch," to face this disbelief.

"You didn't escape?" The afterimages vanished, leaving only Meng Chuan's true body, now standing before the Elephant Demon Monarch.

"In terms of speed, who can compare to Meng Chuan of Yuanchu Mountain?" The Elephant Demon Monarch stared at Meng Chuan. "They say you're fast, but the demon race never discovered that you've cultivated such terrifying demonic aura."

Its powerful team of demon monarchs had been annihilated by that demonic aura domain.

"Come on, let me see how strong you truly are." The Elephant Demon Monarch gripped its massive pillar, like an ordinary person holding a stick, and immediately launched a sweeping attack.

The moment it moved, Meng Chuan instantly split into eight figures, appearing in front, behind, to the left, to the right, and even above the Elephant Demon Monarch. Flashes of blade light erupted from each figure.

Using one's strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses!

The Elephant Demon Monarch's agility was already average, and its strength was severely diminished under the demonic aura domain, making it difficult to protect itself with its massive pillar.

"It's useless, my physical body is almost at the Fourth-Heaven Demon Monarch level!" The Elephant Demon Monarch confidently withstood the blade lights, trusting its thick hide and layers of flesh.

"Pfft."

An incredibly sharp blade pierced directly into the Elephant Demon Monarch's head near its ear, penetrating deep inside.

Neither the thick hide nor the hard skull could stop this blade, let alone the Elephant Demon Monarch! Even if the Fourth-Heaven Demon Monarch, Fork Horn, were to be revived, it couldn't withstand Meng Chuan's current strike. After cultivating to the "divine power realm," his brute strength was approximately 60% of Fork Horn's. This terrifying strength, even surpassing Yang Fang who cultivated the "Great Strength Demonic Body," meant that strength was no longer a weakness for Meng Chuan; it was an advantage!

With the power of his third-level Essence Soul, he could further amplify his physical strength, boosting its power by three times!

One strike, and it felt like piercing tofu, as it tore through the Elephant Demon Monarch's head.

The Elephant Demon Monarch died instantly, its eyes wide in disbelief as it perished: "My physical body... couldn't withstand a single blow from him?"

It didn't know that Meng Chuan also cultivated a physical body lineage, making his physical body stronger than that of the demon monarch lineage.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle." The Elephant Demon Monarch's body, and the gray-robed demon monarch killed earlier by a single blade, had their blood essence surge frantically towards the Demon Slaying Blade.

Meng Chuan held the Demon Slaying Blade, allowing it to absorb the blood essence, and even actively approached the three demon monarchs who had been frozen to death.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft." He struck the ice sculptures of those three demon monarchs three times.

The blood essence from two more demon monarch corpses was also absorbed.

"This demon monarch team... the Demon Slaying Blade actually chose to absorb the flesh and blood of four of them," Meng Chuan thought, noting that these four must have had extraordinary physical bodies.

"They're dead already?"

Yan Jin watched in disbelief.

Liu Qiyue was still high in the distance. Only Meng Chuan descended, and with a single blade, he effortlessly swept through a powerful team of demon monarchs as if cutting vegetables. Whether it was the terrifying demonic aura domain or his ability to instantly kill the Elephant Demon Monarch in a one-on-one fight, it left Yan Jin shaken. This level of strength far surpassed their elite Godfiend team.

"Meng Chuan has become this powerful?" Yan Jin felt the gap between them.

Chang An-Guo and the other three Godfiends were equally stunned.

"Legend has it that Senior Brother Meng, along with Senior Brothers Zhang Jun-Feng and Yang Fang, jointly killed the Black Water Palace Lord. In my opinion, Senior Brother Meng could kill a Fourth-Heaven Celestial Demon by himself," one female Godfiend whispered.

"He is indeed very strong. His demonic aura domain almost crippled that demon monarch team, and his close combat is terrifying too."

The elderly Senior Brother Chang An-Guo, however, was the first to step forward. The other three, including Yan Jin, naturally reacted immediately and followed him.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Meng, for saving our lives," Chang An-Guo said, bowing respectfully. He sincerely called him "Senior Brother Meng," as the human Godfiend world respects strength above all else. He even thought it wouldn't be long before he might have to call him "Uncle Meng."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Meng, for saving our lives," the other three, including Yan Jin, also said.

Meng Chuan continued to hold the Demon Slaying Blade, letting it absorb blood essence. Three of the demon monarch corpses had already turned to dust, only the Elephant Demon Monarch's blood essence was still being absorbed. He was intentionally allowing the Demon Slaying Blade to grow, as the stronger it became, the better. His Essence Soul was his greatest advantage; even if the Demon Slaying Blade recovered to its historical peak, it couldn't threaten him in the slightest.

"How did you encounter such a formidable team of demon monarchs?" Meng Chuan asked in surprise. At this moment, Liu Qiyue also descended from the sky, smiling as she greeted, "Yan Jin, long time no see."

Yan Jin also smiled slightly.

Chang An-Guo explained, "After we killed a regular demon monarch team, we had just left the county city when this powerful demon monarch team chased us. It was clearly a deliberate pursuit."

"Weak demon monarchs as bait? Powerful demon monarchs hidden in the dark?" Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were both secretly alarmed.

"We still need to go to other county cities for rescue, so we won't linger," Chang An-Guo said. They had many places to rescue, and they had already encountered a pursuit midway.

"Be careful," Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue nodded.

Yan Jin also nodded slightly to Meng Chuan and his wife, transmitting, "The demon race is even more insidious this time, and there are more powerful demon monarchs."

Then, Chang An-Guo and the other three quickly departed.

As the four left, the Elephant Demon Monarch's corpse also completely turned to dust, completely absorbed by the Demon Slaying Blade.

"This is the first time we've seen Yan Jin since he left the mountain, isn't it?" Liu Qiyue said. "We didn't even have time to say much; their team has to continue rescuing other places."

"Everyone is busy now; there's a severe shortage of Godfiends," Meng Chuan said. "We should also quickly tidy up. Yuanchu Mountain has a strict order now: powerful demon monarch treasures must be collected first."

"There are too many demon monarchs. If we stay here, and the Ground Net hasn't arrived, the demon monarchs might come and take the treasures first," Liu Qiyue also nodded.

Meng Chuan and his wife quickly packed up. They didn't have time to inspect each item carefully. Fortunately, they had a storage pouch, so they simply threw all the treasures inside, including the pillar. After the Elephant Demon Monarch died, the pillar had shrunk to two zhang long, which was its normal length. Previously, its larger size was purely a result of demon power activation.

After collecting the spoils of war, Meng Chuan and his wife immediately returned.

Previously, for emergency rescue, they had followed the shortest straight line. Now, on their return, they deliberately took a circuitous route, intentionally passing by various county cities.

They indeed discovered many county cities under attack. There were too few Godfiend teams and too few Marquis Godfiends, so many places had not yet received rescue.

"I think county cities will become very unsafe from now on," Meng Chuan said, as Liu Qiyue shot three arrows from the sky, killing three ordinary demon monarchs below.

Liu Qiyue nodded gravely, "There are too many demon monarchs; it's impossible to guarantee the safety of county cities."

The couple continuously rescued several county cities, and then all the demon monarchs in the surrounding area quickly vanished! This further alarmed Meng Chuan and his wife. The number of demon monarchs was even more astonishing now, and they were under unified command.