Chapter 58: A Chuan Has Arrived!

Chapter 10, Episode 3: Ah Chuan Arrives!

Liu Qiyue instantly appeared beside Dean Zhong Qianhe, joining forces with him to contain the two terrifying demon commanders.

"Dean," Liu Qiyue whispered, "This special flame consumes a lot of my inner energy. I can probably shoot another seventy or eighty arrows."

Dean Zhong wasn't surprised.

After all, Liu Qiyue was only at the late stage of the Core Transformation Realm. The power unleashed from her Phoenix Divine Body bloodline couldn't be sustained for long.

"Don't rush," Dean Zhong transmitted, "We'll drag this out as long as possible. As long as the Godfiends win, we'll be saved."

"Understood." Liu Qiyue nodded and continued to shoot arrows with all her might.

"You can slow down your arrow shots," Dean Zhong transmitted. "I'll go all out; you just assist me. As long as we can contain the two great commanders, that's enough."

"Yes."

Liu Qiyue also became extremely serious.

"We can't delay, or things might change. A Godfiend might come to rescue this human woman who has awakened the Phoenix bloodline," the Flood Dragon Commander transmitted to his companion. "We must be swift. Once we capture her alive, we'll immediately send her back to Nine Summons Territory and present her to the Mountain Lord."

"Yes, you're right. Capturing this woman is worth sacrificing all the demons under our command," the Ox Demon Commander agreed. Within the demon race, strength is paramount, and they care little for ordinary, lower-ranking demons. In fact, they welcome cruel and bloody battles, as such conflicts can eliminate many weak demons and forge stronger ones.

The more that die, the more food is saved, and the stronger ones are cultivated and selected. How wonderful is that?

This is why the human Godfiends guarding various city passes frequently face demon attacks.

"Charge! We'll contain the two divine archers. You must destroy Sunfiend Pass!" the Ox Demon Commander roared.

"Charge! Destroy Sunfiend Pass!" the Flood Dragon Commander likewise commanded.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

Instantly, a group of demon commanders, leading a massive horde of demons, charged wildly. The two demon armies had merged, significantly increasing their numbers. Now, with Liu Qiyue and Dean Zhong preoccupied with containing the two great commanders, the other demon commanders found themselves largely unhindered. In practically a single breath, they reached the base of Sunfiend Pass.

A dense mass of demons immediately leaped, surging towards the windows.

"Fire!" Huge crossbow bolts shot through the windows, piercing the bodies of the demons. But there were too many demons; even more scaled the windows.

"Brothers, kill!" A large group of human experts inside the fortress resisted the demons attempting to break through the windows.

The battle at Sunfiend Academy had entered a more brutal phase of close combat!

Demons, even demon commanders, led the charge. With a single axe swing, a demon commander could shatter a ballista, sending the soldiers operating it and nearby academy disciples flying backward, spewing blood, and instantly killing them.

"Kill!" The human experts, using their advantageous position at the windows, could fight with numerical superiority, slaying demons that then plummeted to the ground.

Witnessing this brutal slaughter, Dean Zhong's eyelids twitched. He immediately commanded, "Light the signal fires!"

"Yes, sir!" A tutor immediately responded and rushed to light the signal fires.

Lighting the signal fires...

It signified that an academy was in dire straits and would soon be completely overrun.

Soon—

From one of Sunfiend Pass's large chimneys, thick smoke billowed skyward. The entire Eastflame Prefecture could see it, and the surviving residents of Eastflame Prefecture clearly understood from a distance that Sunfiend Academy was at its limit and was calling for help!

The bloody battle inside Sunfiend Pass continued.

"Die!" A burly man, wielding a shield in one hand and a great axe in the other, brutally hacked down a demon commander in the chaotic melee. His body was covered in blood, and his eyes were bloodshot. But immediately, two other demon commanders charged at him in tandem: "A human expert who has comprehended 'Force,' kill him together!"

The demons held an overwhelming advantage in overall strength.

Each of the demon commanders was formidable, and the greater demons possessed bodies comparable to those in the Impervious Realm, with many having combat techniques at the Unity Realm level. Even with the humans' advantageous position, they were being relentlessly pushed back.

As more and more demons ascended Sunfiend Pass, the humans' advantageous position began to diminish.

"We truly can't hold on," Dean Zhong murmured, looking at Liu Qiyue beside him, whose face had turned pale. Her inner energy was depleted, yet she had begun to desperately use forbidden techniques. He then looked at the human warriors who were constantly being forced back, yet still frantically resisting and engaging in combat. Experienced soldiers, retired veterans, and even the young academy disciples—all were desperately using forbidden techniques.

There was no retreat.

Only a fight to the death.

"Killing one is enough. Killing two means I've profited!" A disabled veteran charged to the front, shielding the academy disciples.

"Senior Sister Yi, if we survive, will you marry me?"

"Yes, I will."

"Father, I've killed a demon too." Even the very young academy disciples had gone berserk. They had all reached at least the Marrow Cleansing Realm, considered very promising among the youth, but now they were pushed to the brink of despair.

They wept as they watched their familiar senior and junior fellow disciples fall in battle, and they too fought desperately.

"Are we still going to lose?" Liu Qiyue's body trembled slightly as she used the Godfiend forbidden technique. "Father, and Ah Chuan... I truly wish to see you one last time."

At that moment.

Liu Qiyue missed her father and Ah Chuan intensely.

As a divine archer, Liu Qiyue's eyes were constantly nurtured and refined with inner energy, allowing her to see with exceptional clarity and great distance. As she focused on the two distant demon commanders outside Sunfiend Pass, firing arrow after arrow... suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she noticed something even further away: a figure wreathed in lightning, approaching at terrifying speed from outside Sunfiend Academy.

"Is that..." Liu Qiyue couldn't help but shed tears. They had grown up together, and even though the figure was moving incredibly fast, she was still certain: "Ah Chuan! Ah Chuan is here!"

"Ah Chuan!"

Liu Qiyue suddenly shrieked, her voice laced with anguish. "Go, get out of here! Please leave!!!"

Sunfiend Academy was facing utter despair. Below the Godfiend realm, it was highly improbable for an individual's power to provide rescue. To Liu Qiyue, Dean Zhong, and almost all ordinary mortals, the academy's desperate situation could likely only be salvaged by the arrival of a Godfiend.

"A human!" The demons still charging forward noticed the lightning-wreathed figure rushing towards them.

"Daring to charge into our demon army—he's clearly looking for death."

"Tear him apart!"

Individually, these demons wouldn't dare block a human with such speed. But now, two armies had merged, and they were surrounded by countless comrades! The sheer number of allies emboldened them. They believed that as long as it wasn't a Godfiend, anyone who dared charge in would be torn to shreds.

"Kill him."

"Finish him off."

A group of demons responded; some hurled throwing axes, some spat venom, and others sprayed out suffocating webs.

Whoosh—

The lightning-wreathed figure vanished in a flash, cutting a swift arc, easily evading many obstacles, and plunging into the demon horde.

"This human is really seeking death." The demons all lunged forward frantically. Because the demons were besieging Sunfiend Pass, they were quite densely packed. In an instant, nearly a hundred demons swarmed towards Ah Chuan, each brimming with confidence.

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"

Six dazzling arcs of blade light swept through. Each arc was several yards long and terrifyingly fast. The demons were packed too closely together, unable to dodge at such close range.

With just six arcs of blade light, nearly a hundred charging demons were cut down and swept away. In an instant, dismembered demon bodies littered the ground. This scene caused the war cries across the entire battlefield to drop a notch, and many surrounding demons couldn't help but stare. After all, the two combined armies amounted to only about two thousand demons, and nearly a hundred had died in the blink of an eye?

The soldiers, retired veterans, and academy disciples on Sunfiend Pass naturally noticed as well.

They saw a lightning-wreathed figure swiftly tear through the demons, accompanied by incredibly dazzling arcs of blade light that whistled through, cutting down large numbers of demons like wheat.

"You handle the other demons. The two great commanders are mine," a voice instantly echoed throughout Sunfiend Academy. The lightning figure then dashed directly towards the two demon commanders.