Chapter 152 - One Year (1/2)
“Senior Brother Meng, I saw 30,000 demon ice sculptures outside the northern city wall. Did any demons escape?” asked the thin man.
“The demons might have split up their troops in advance,” said Meng Chuan. “But amongst the 30,000 demons I encountered, not a single one escaped.”
The thin man was secretly alarmed. Not a single one escaped? This fellow disciple was truly formidable!
“Alright, I’ve no more questions.” The thin man smiled and said, “Leave the rest to Earth Net.”
“Alright.” Meng Chuan also understood the process. He immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and streaked across the sky. He arrived at a distant mountain peak before disappearing completely.
From the beginning to the end, Meng Chuan had not revealed his ident.i.ty as a Patroller. His ident.i.ty as a Patroller was a secret. To the majority, Meng Chuan just happened to be nearby when the demons invaded.
Even the fact that Meng Chuan had saved Green Mountain Prefecture City had to be kept a secret! Often, stories of roaming G.o.dfiends saving a city could be heard, but the ident.i.ty of those G.o.dfiends was never publicly announced. If their ident.i.ties were made public, the demons would be able to determine the size of the human race’s “Patroller network” after gathering enough intelligence. After all, only a few G.o.dfiends would happen to be a city for no reason. Most were Patrollers that rushed over to provide reinforcements!
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Swoosh.
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and landed in North River Pa.s.s. There were hundreds of thousands of people living here. In terms of size, North River Pa.s.s wasn’t much smaller than Green Mountain Prefecture City.
Meng Chuan quickly returned to his residence. The window was still open. Meng Chuan entered the manor through the window.
With a lantern illuminating her surroundings, Liu Qiyue read a book on the bed. When she saw Meng Chuan, she revealed a look of delight. “Ah Chuan, you’re back? Did everything go well?”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan placed Demon Slayer by the bed. He took off his outer robe and got into bed. He smiled and said, “It’s alright. The demons hadn’t attacked the city when I arrived. I killed six demon monarchs and vanquished 30,000 demons.”
Liu Qiyue nodded. Such combat feats were normal to her. As a Great Solar G.o.dfiend with a perfected Phoenix Divine body, she was slightly stronger than Meng Chuan in terms of wide-spread destruction. Her phoenix flames were just that terrifying. However, she was slower than Meng Chuan. If 30,000 demons fled in all directions, up to 5000 demons might escape.
“A few hundred mortals were killed when the demon monarchs entered the city.” Meng Chuan shook his head gently.
“It’s already good enough that only a few hundred were killed during a demon invasion,” Liu Qiyue comforted him.
“Yes, don’t worry. I’m already used to it. The sun hasn’t risen yet. Let’s sleep a little longer,” said Meng Chuan as he lay down.
“Alright.” Liu Qiyue put down her book and continued sleeping.
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At North River Pa.s.s, the demons never attacked again. Perhaps they were trying to come up with a way to deal with the tough nut that was Meng Chuan.
On 27th August, Meng Chuan discovered a request for help in the early morning. He traveled over 300 kilometers, rus.h.i.+ng to Gaolan County in Jadedusk Prefecture. An unstable World Entrance had appeared six kilometers away from Gaolan County City. A second Firmament demon monarch led 5000 demons to attack Gaolan County. As Gaolan County didn’t have any G.o.dfiends presiding over it, they failed to put up a resistance.
After Meng Chuan arrived, he killed the demon monarch first. It took him one minute to run around Gaolan County and kill all the scattered demons. Over 8000 out of 90,000 Gaolan County City’s residents died!
As Gaolan County City had weak defenses, the first thing people did was hide in the tunnels. The demons were scattered everywhere in the city because they were trying to force their way into the trap-filled tunnels! The demons didn’t have time to breach the tunnels before Meng Chuan arrived. If he had arrived 15 minutes later, probably no living humans would’ve been left in the city.
Meng Chuan could travel nearly 1500 kilometers in 15 minutes! He was much faster than Marquis G.o.dfiends. He was considered fast, even among Regis G.o.dfiends. If he became a Marquis G.o.dfiend, his speed would be absurd! If his strength continued to increase, his speed would creep closer and closer to the speed of lightning.
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On 19th September, Meng Chuan had just eaten dinner and was still cultivating his saber art when he received a request for help.
He immediately traveled over 250 kilometers to Fish Zen County in Guhe Prefecture. He killed a second Firmament demon monarch and 6000 demons. As for Fish Zen County, over 3000 out of 60,000 residents died.
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