Chapter 329: Night Raid

At night, firelight burned across the walls of Changfeng City, illuminating the patrolling soldiers. As a metropolis with a population exceeding ten million and one of the Great Zhou Dynasty's sixty-two major cities (including Sword Sovereign City), Changfeng City was naturally bustling and prosperous. Its defenses were also formidable.

"My Lord.""My Lord."

Soldiers respectfully saluted an elder who had just finished patrolling.

The white-haired elder stopped, standing atop the city wall and gazing into the dark night. He let out a soft grunt, and invisible True Yuan ripples spread out from him in all directions, covering a full twenty li in an instant.

"Within twenty li, no demon creatures detected," the elder nodded slightly. Changfeng City boasted numerous defensive systems, and the detection by Godfiends was just one of them. This elder was a Great Sun Realm Godfiend, capable of scanning a twenty-li radius with a single thought! Naturally, he wasn't adept at subterranean detection. Immortal Meng, for instance, was a Godfiend skilled in detection, capable of scanning a ten-li radius with a single thought.

Many Godfiends regularly patrolled all four city walls. In Changfeng City, Liu Qiyue and Marquis Meixue served as the highest defensive power, aided by a group of ordinary Godfiends. Most of these ordinary Godfiends were outer disciples of Yuanchu Mountain, with a very small number being inner disciples.

"We've been waiting here for over an hour. When do we make our move?"Eight li outside the city, more than one li deep underground, three demon kings were hidden.

"We just follow orders. When we get the command, we attack. Otherwise, we wait.""Just wait. If you, a single demon king, charge up there, you're just committing suicide."The three demon kings chatted idly.

"How many demon kings do you think have been dispatched this time? The three of us came from different places and just happened to meet here.""Definitely many."

"Hmm?"All three demon kings felt their tokens heat up in their chests. They pulled them out to look.

"The order's here." The three demon kings exchanged glances and, without hesitation, immediately rushed upwards.

At this moment, outside Changfeng City's four walls, within a range of six to nine li, demon kings consecutively burst out from underground. These demon kings unleashed their demon power without concealment, charging towards Changfeng City with full force.

"Buzz." "Buzz." "Buzz."Inside Changfeng City, a seemingly ordinary residential house near the city wall contained a black-and-azure tower-shaped building about a zhang high. This residence housed ten guards, and its leader was a Godfiend. This was the mysterious 'Demon-Seeking Tower,' highly sensitive to demon power. Above ground, a trace of demon power within a hundred-li radius centered on a Demon-Seeking Tower would be detected. Underground, it could detect a five-li radius around itself. However, Demon-Seeking Towers were immobile and difficult to construct.

Changfeng City had a total of twelve Demon-Seeking Towers, six of which were buried five li deep underground to prevent demon kings from launching surprise attacks from below.

"Demon kings!" The mortal guards' faces changed drastically."Demon kings are attacking from outside the city, and there are many of them." The leader Godfiend's expression turned grim. "They're not hiding their power. Outside the East Wall, I can sense over three hundred."

And at this moment, Godfiends also appeared on all four city walls, gazing out beyond the city."Demon kings!""The demon kings are here!"Even in the darkness, these Godfiends could faintly discern the figures of demon kings rapidly approaching, their expressions solemn.

The news of a million demon kings trampling the human world had long been widespread, deliberately disseminated by the Sky Demon Sect. Every major human city was prepared for an assault by large groups of demon kings.

Late at night, Meng Chuan was still practicing his blade techniques in the courtyard. His senses were sharp; even from his location within the city, he could still detect the dense demon power emanating from outside all four city walls.

"Hmm?" Meng Chuan's heart tightened. "The demon kings' assault on the city, has it finally begun?"

Swish, swish, swish!!!Three figures shot into the sky: Meng Chuan, Liu Qiyue, and Marquis Meixue.

"We'll handle it the old way," Meng Chuan transmitted mentally."Understood," Liu Qiyue nodded."There are three thousand demon kings attacking from all directions; we must stop them," Marquis Meixue urgently transmitted via his True Soul."You two handle the southwest, I'll take care of the rest."Meng Chuan had already transformed into a streak of lightning and sped away.

Liu Qiyue and Marquis Meixue exchanged glances, nodded slightly, then each soared into the sky, flying towards the distance, and strands of Dark Star True Yuan shot out in all directions.

"Whoosh."Meng Chuan, like a lightning serpent, flashed twice in quick succession through the void before stopping, hovering in mid-air. He gazed at the seven to eight hundred demon kings spread out beyond the East Wall and unleashed his True Yuan threads.

Strands of Dark Star True Yuan shot out in all directions through the night, True Yuan threads for killing enemies!

Undying Realm Godfiends could extend their True Yuan threads up to ten li, and Immortal Meng's ability to scan ten li with a single thought relied on True Yuan. Great Sun Realm Godfiends could typically extend their True Yuan up to twenty li. Marquis Godfiends' True Yuan could extend up to fifty li. King Godfiends could even extend it up to a hundred li! Of course, these were normal standards.

For example, True Martial King, at the fifth True Soul Realm, could fuse his True Yuan into 'True Martial Power,' which could penetrate up to one hundred and fifty li. A single True Yuan thread could only detect where the thread itself passed. For someone like Immortal Meng, who could scan every point within ten li with a single thought, specialized detection techniques were required.

Thousands of Dark Star True Yuan threads moved at super high speed through the void, faster than Meng Chuan's movement technique! Preparing to assault some of the demon kings, Meng Chuan's True Yuan threads could only extend to a maximum of just over sixty li, and since the demon kings were spread across a range of over a hundred li, he could naturally only attack a small portion simultaneously.

"True Yuan threads of a Marquis Godfiend!" An elderly rat demon king leading the charge, using his domain, immediately detected the incoming True Yuan threads and crushed a token in his hand. Of the original 763 demon kings heading towards the East Wall, tokens held by over five hundred of them turned cold.

"Retreat.""Retreat."

These five hundred demon kings immediately burrowed underground without hesitation to escape, but Meng Chuan's True Yuan threads arrived too swiftly, piercing through the heads of many demon kings in rapid succession, still killing over a hundred of them. Over three hundred escaped, while over a hundred demon kings died.

The remaining two hundred-plus demon kings still charged forward ferociously. When the True Yuan threads struck, some demon kings resisted, while others completely endured them with their bodies. A True Yuan thread pierced a bull demon king's head, barely breaking the skin before it could penetrate no further.

"A Marquis Godfiend's True Yuan, when killing enemies from a distance, is quite ordinary in power.""Dozens of li from me, what's there to fear?"These demon kings charged forward with savage expressions.

Meng Chuan's expression was grim. The human race had defensive measures, but the demon race also had their countermeasures. 'True Yuan threads' was an ultra-long-distance technique almost all Godfiends could employ, but its power was indeed weak! If within the Dark Star Domain, Meng Chuan's True Yuan threads would possess domain power, naturally capable of easily killing Triple Heaven demon kings. But outside the domain range, relying solely on a single True Yuan thread? At ultra-long distances, it could only kill Dual Heaven demon kings and Triple Heaven demon kings with extremely weak physiques. Even a relatively normal Triple Heaven demon king could withstand a Marquis Godfiend's True Yuan threads.

"Marquis Godfiend True Yuan threads can kill Dual Heaven demons at a distance, but pose little threat to Triple Heaven demon kings," Meng Chuan thought to himself. "Changfeng City has me, but what about other major cities? How will cities guarded by Marquis Godfiends withstand a sudden attack from three thousand demon kings?"