Chapter 63: Father Has Arrived

Even in a desperate situation, Meng Chuan didn't give up. He desperately used his movement technique, trying to squeeze into secluded, narrow places. The Venomous Pond Demon King had a massive body, two to three zhang tall, and Meng Chuan hoped these tight spaces would hinder it slightly.

"Whoosh." However, the Venomous Pond Demon King moved like a gust of wind, simply crushing roof tiles and snapping tree branches as it rapidly pursued him.

The distance closed rapidly, now within ten zhang.

Meng Chuan could "sense" its mottled cyan skin and its gray eyes filled with excitement.

"How can I escape? Where can I run?" Meng Chuan's heart grew colder.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, within a mile of Meng Chuan's sensory range, a terrifying aura pierced the sky from the north. Its speed was incredible. Meng Chuan looked up, only able to vaguely make out... a short spear imbued with a bloody aura. The spear tore through the air, causing it to explode, and in a blink of an eye, it traversed a mile, heading straight for the Venomous Pond Demon King.

"Hm?" The Venomous Pond Demon King was shocked. This terrifying short spear made it feel threatened; it didn't dare use its protective black mist to block, instead swinging the long spear it held.

"Clang!"

It parried the short spear away.

"Demon King, you seek death!" An enraged roar, like the thunder god's bellow, echoed through the heavens and earth! A figure, entirely shrouded in a bloody aura, dashed forward, simultaneously launching a second short spear.

Boom! Boom!

Spear after spear shot forth with surging killing intent. The Venomous Pond Demon King continuously blocked them, allowing Meng Chuan to seize the opportunity and escape a considerable distance.

"What was that?" Meng Chuan stared blankly at the blood-shrouded figure charging towards the Demon King. In his "sense," that figure's aura was incredibly powerful, yet in its essence... it was identical to his father, Meng Dajiang's aura. It was just dozens of times more violent, reaching a terrifying level.

The same life aura.

Furthermore, through the pervading blood aura, Meng Chuan could faintly discern the person within: his father, who had lost about thirty catties, no longer fat, but instead appearing robust.

His father had only started gradually gaining weight since he was six years old, so Meng Chuan recognized him at a glance.

"Is that my father?" Meng Chuan was somewhat bewildered.

His usually smiling and plump father?

The father who had taught him blade techniques since childhood, and later, after he reached the Impervious Realm, repeatedly lost to him in sparring matches?

He had always believed his father was merely an Impervious Realm expert who had grasped "potential," a normal mortal master who hadn't even succeeded in condensing his core.

No...

His grand-aunt had used the entire family's resources to acquire the heavenly treasure, a "drop of Fiendgod Marrow Fluid," yet his father had produced two heavenly treasures: a "Heart-Chilling Fruit" and a "Star Spirit Grass." It was then he realized his father harbored a great secret. He just never imagined his father would be a Fiendgod.

"Haha, there really was a Fiendgod hidden in the shadows," the Venomous Pond Demon King chuckled hoarsely. "And a Body-Refining Fiendgod at that! How crude and inferior your human Body-Refining lineage is. 'Great Sun Realm' must be its peak, yes?"

"Enough to kill you," Meng Dajiang, shrouded in blood aura, retorted with overwhelming killing intent. He rushed closer, instantly drawing his blade and fiercely striking at the Venomous Pond Demon King.

"With just you, a newly ascended Fiendgod?"

The Venomous Pond Demon King sneered. Instantly, two black mists transformed into black snakes and coiled around Meng Dajiang. However, as these large black mist snakes wrapped around him, they were ninety percent nullified by the bloody aura, with the remaining small amount having minimal effect on Meng Dajiang. Body-Refining Fiendgods... they didn't cultivate true essence, focusing solely on their physical bodies. Resisting a bit of poisonous gas was quite easy for them.

"Body-Refining Fiendgods are indeed somewhat special," the Venomous Pond Demon King frowned slightly. Holding its long spear, it also engaged in close combat. A single swing of the spear stirred the void, causing surrounding buildings to collapse from the shockwaves. The terrifying spear then thrust directly at Meng Dajiang.

"Demon King, die!" Meng Dajiang's eyes were bloodshot. He had long ago activated the Fiendgod Forbidden Art, displaying utter, unrestrained frenzy as his blade light whistled, hacking at the Venomous Pond Demon King.

Almost...

His most important son in life had almost been killed by this Demon King!

When the demon invasion began, they were heading to the North City to check on a "mission." Hearing the bell of Jade Sun Palace, they were startled and immediately split up.

Liu Yebai proceeded in one direction, heading towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy, and would also pass by other dao academies and families.

Meng Dajiang took another direction, which would lead him past the Meng ancestral home and Mirror Lake Meng Manor.

Naturally, wherever they went, they would slay any demon commanders they encountered! However, both were only newly ascended Fiendgods. Without activating forbidden arts, their speed was comparable to Meng Chuan's. Meng Chuan had rushed to Blazing Sun Dao Academy immediately, arriving even earlier than Liu Yebai.

Later, Meng Chuan was pursued by the Venomous Pond Demon King. The two, one fleeing and one chasing, covered several miles in an instant. The commotion was quite significant, attracting Meng Dajiang's attention from afar.

From a distance, he could only activate a forbidden art and throw short spears to save his son first.

Finally...

He was saved!

However, his son almost being killed still filled Meng Dajiang with furious anger. He unleashed his full power in a berserk frenzy, hacking madly with his blade, creating a wave of blade light.

"Daring to fight me, you're truly courting death," the Venomous Pond Demon King said with confidence, naturally, as it twirled its long spear.

Thus, a newly ascended Body-Refining Fiendgod and a Second-Heaven Demon King clashed head-on.

Rumble!

It was as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth was rending.

Meng Chuan stopped his Fiendgod Forbidden Art and stood far away. Although his entire body and meridians ached, he still watched the distant battle nervously. His father and the Demon King shrouded in black mist were fighting. Each of their clashes was far more terrifying. Any single strike from his father's blade... was much stronger than Meng Chuan's desperate Thunder Extremity Blade Draw, and in a blink, hundreds of blade lights erupted, furiously hacking away.

His father also cultivated fast blade techniques. Meng Chuan's talent for fast blades might be due to his father's genetic influence.

Yet, people always said that the fastest blade in Dongning Prefecture belonged to Ge Yu, the head of Mirror Lake Dao Academy. Even now, Meng Chuan had surpassed Dean Ge.

But seeing his father's fast blade today, he finally understood his father's terrifying strength.

This was a true Fiendgod.

Fiendgods were powerful in every aspect.

Their speed, strength, resilience, and even their endurance in battle were terrifying. And his father was only a newly ascended Fiendgod.

A blurred phantom arrived at Blazing Sun Dao Academy; it was Liu Yebai.

"Qiyue." Liu Yebai's face paled as he saw blood pervasive throughout the academy and numerous corpses. "Am I too late?"

He then rushed towards the distant Blazing Sun Fortress.

He quickly reached a window of the fortress and slipped inside.

"Who are you?" an old soldier resting near the window, bandaging his comrade's wounds, asked in astonishment, looking at the black-clothed man who had suddenly appeared beside him.

"Qiyue." Liu Yebai spotted Liu Qiyue, pale and leaning against a distant wall, at a glance and excitedly rushed over. Many inside the fortress were recuperating and resting, and they also saw Liu Yebai charging in.

"Father?" Liu Qiyue exclaimed in surprise.

"Brother Liu has arrived," Dean Zhong nodded. Many of them knew Liu Yebai; after all, he was a grandmaster who had comprehended "potential," holding a rather high status among mortals in Dongning Prefecture.

Liu Yebai held his daughter's hand, carefully examined her, and frowned. "You used a Fiendgod Forbidden Art? For the next month, you must rest completely. Don't use any more true essence in your body, and don't practice archery either."

"Yes," Liu Qiyue nodded.

"Brother Liu," Dean Zhong quickly added, "Just now, your daughter, Liu Qiyue, awakened her Phoenix Divine Body bloodline when the demons attacked."

"Phoenix Divine Body bloodline?" Liu Yebai was stunned, his expression a mix of surprise and complexity.

"Father, Father," Liu Qiyue said anxiously, "A-Chuan just came and saved the entire Blazing Sun Dao Academy. But a Demon King shrouded in black mist pursued him, and A-Chuan led it away. We have to find a way to save A-Chuan."

"A Demon King is chasing Meng Chuan?" Liu Yebai's face changed. "Which direction did he go?"

"That direction," Liu Qiyue immediately pointed outside.

"Remember, if you encounter danger again, immediately release the distress flare." Liu Yebai said solemnly, then transformed into a phantom and shot out through the window.

"Father, that's a Demon King! Don't be reckless!" Liu Qiyue also panicked.

"Don't worry, your father isn't seeking death," Liu Yebai's voice echoed in his daughter's ears, even as he was already rapidly dashing towards the distance.

"Thud."

Meng Dajiang flew backward, crashing through a dilapidated tavern. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

"Truly a Body-Refining Fiendgod, your body is strong enough to withstand my attacks for so long," the Venomous Pond Demon King said with a sinister laugh, though a bitter feeling grew in its heart.

It wanted to kill this newly ascended Fiendgod in one go, which was why it had maintained its forbidden art for five breaths already, a relatively long time. If it continued... the damage would become even more severe.

However, this newly ascended human Fiendgod was a Body-Refining Fiendgod, known for their powerful vitality. Killing a Body-Refining Fiendgod was harder than killing three regular Fiendgods. Yet, the path of Body-Refining Fiendgods was ultimately without a future; the entire body-refining cultivation system peaked at the 'Great Sun Realm.'

"Hm?" The Venomous Pond Demon King's expression suddenly changed as it looked into the distance.

A terrifying aura erupted and rushed towards them from that direction; it was Liu Yebai, transformed into a phantom.

"You've finally arrived!" Meng Dajiang laughed heartily. "Come quickly, let's team up and kill this Demon King!"

"Hahaha, you still need my help, don't you?" Liu Yebai laughed loudly, instantly drawing his sword and pouncing on the Venomous Pond Demon King. "Together, brother, we'll slay this Demon King!"