188: The entire southeast of Shu was in chaos after the fight (asking for monthly tickets)

“What?”

“The Six Mountains Yao Race has launched a full-scale invasion?”

The Local General of the Guard shot to his feet, his face tightening as he asked sharply.

The others instinctively thought the same, their gazes narrowing as they all landed on the Patrolling Mountain Commandant.

The Patrolling Mountain Commandant stiffened under the pressure of the Heavenly Gate experts’ gazes, but he shook his head, his expression a mix of surprise and doubt: “Replying to General, they are not heading towards Chishui Prefecture, but east.”

Third Mountain General Chang Shan’s eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he finally couldn’t hold back, springing to his feet with a grim expression.

“Guang’an Prefecture!”

Saying that, he took a few steps forward, his tiger-like eyes narrowing as he looked at the Patrolling Mountain Commandant, “Does your Contracted Demons know more specific information?”

“My lord, please forgive me, the abilities of my Contracted Demons are limited, they could only gather this much information,” the Patrolling Mountain Commandant replied truthfully.

Colonel Chang Shan said nothing after hearing this and quickly walked out of the hall’s entrance.

At this moment, a Third Mountain leading Commandant waiting outside the hall’s entrance quickly clasped his fists in greeting, “General!”

Colonel Chang Shan immediately gave the order, “Pass on my command, prepare five routes of troops, and immediately proceed to Guang’an Prefecture. Also, dispatch scouts to quickly investigate the movements of the demons outside the pass and confirm the intelligence.”

“Yes!” The leading Commandant quickly hurried away, and soon, a sharp whistle sounded from not far away.

After speaking, Colonel Chang Shan turned to look at the few people present, then addressed the Local General of the Guard: “Junior General Wei, the situation is urgent. We don’t yet know what’s happening in Guang’an Prefecture. You should act according to the situation. To be safe, take two Fellow Daoists with you. As for the remaining three, you will need to quickly investigate the situation with me so we can respond in time.”

Having said that, Colonel Chang Shan looked around, his gaze sweeping over them, “I would trouble a few of you. Who is willing to go with me?”

“I’ll go!” The cold and beautiful woman from the Su Nu Sword Sect said indifferently.

“This old monk will also count as one,” a monk from Jinchan Temple put his palms together.

Soon after, at the Chishui Prefecture Sky Patrol Division, four streaks of light shot into the sky. Following that, human shouts and horse neighs filled the air as the Third Mountain’s four routes of troops, numbering several thousand, set off, heading east from Chishui Prefecture and rapidly advancing southeast.

Half an hour later, four figures appeared high in the sky. Third Zhonglang General Colonel Chang Shan and the three Heavenly Gate experts from the Su Nu Sword Sect and others, frowned as they looked down.

At this time, they had reached east of Qingshui County, over six hundred miles away. Below, in the mountains and forests, Demonic Qi was scattered everywhere. Ugly, foul-smelling little demons named Ear Mouse, with drooling mouths, were traversing the mountains and ridges in the forests below, densely packed, numbering at least a thousand.

They were moving southeast!

As if they had received some command!

“Go!”

Colonel Chang Shan suppressed the urge to swat these beasts to death, his voice a roar.

Then, stepping on a stream of light, he continued to rush forward.

The other three Sect Heavenly Gate experts, having personally confirmed the intelligence, had their expressions tighten and followed closely.

Then, as time passed, the group of four saw more groups of demons along the way.

Lushu, Azure Sparrow, Night Fox...

All were rushing southeast.

The four’s mood gradually grew heavy.

Clearly, something major had happened in the direction of Guang’an Prefecture, alarming even the Yao Race a thousand miles away.

They traveled without stopping, following the direction the demon groups were heading with all their might, from near dusk until night fell.

Finally, under the cover of night, they saw a strange, silent dead city!

Under the night sky, everything was silent, the entire county town shrouded in deathly stillness.

Under the eerie night, the city was empty. Only the pungent smell of blood carried on the night wind, along with scattered corpses, chunks of flesh, and white bones within the city.

And broken white cocoons.

Colonel Chang Shan and the others landed and searched around, discovering many human bones within those cocoons, their hearts clenching involuntarily.

But it was also visible that the demons inside had all been pulverized.

Soon, the four reunited, their faces filled with surprise and doubt.

“It seems a great battle occurred here. The demons that devoured our Human Race were slain. I sensed residual Sword Qi, but this was definitely not done by one person,” the beautiful woman from the Su Nu Sword Sect said, her eyebrows slightly raised.

“This is the Lushu from the Six Mountains. It should be like other county towns, also occupied by demons. Did someone attack the city?”

“This old monk did not see traces of a large-scale siege.”

The few Sect Heavenly Gate experts each voiced their opinions.

Third Mountain General Chang Shan, however, looked thoughtful, “This is Zangtian County of Weiyuan Prefecture. Going due east for nearly eight hundred miles is Guang’an Prefecture, but along the way, the direction those Yao Race members were rushing to was southeast, which is the direction of Weiyuan Prefecture. That place has already become a demon kingdom. Where exactly did the problem occur?”

For a moment, the few of them were filled with uncertainty and surprise.

After a few breaths, a gust of night wind blew from their west.

Their ears twitched simultaneously, their eyes flashed, and they whispered a low cry.

“Someone!”

Then the four shot up into the air and flew west. Before they had flown a few miles, they saw dense black shadows on the distant official road.

They were common people, dressed in rags, gaunt, and supporting each other as they hurried along.

Looking into the distance, they stretched for several miles.

Colonel Chang Shan and the other three quickly darted to the front, transforming into streaks of light and landing in front of the crowd.

The people at the front, seeing the commotion, stirred in a commotion.

At this moment, Third Junior General Colonel Chang Shan was the first to step out of the streak of light, clad in armor, his tiger-like eyes flashing as he spoke in a deep voice:

“I am a Zhonglang General of the Fa Shan Army. I want to ask you what exactly happened?”

The crowd in front, hearing “Fa Shan Army,” immediately knelt down in a large group, and then a chaotic sound arose:

“My lord, we escaped from Gulan County!”

“Five great Divine Ability users of our Human Race displayed great Divine Might, killed all the demons in the city, and saved us. We almost died in that city… Wuwu…”

“They told us to flee to Guang’an Prefecture!”

Colonel Chang Shan gleaned useful information from the jumbled voices, vaguely guessing something, his eyes flashing with brilliance as he quickly asked: “What did those five look like? Do you know?”

“I know, I know.”

“At that time, a really big long spear flew into the city, its momentum was earth-shattering, and then a golden armored giant…”

Colonel Chang Shan, upon hearing this, finally confirmed it.

“It’s Ninth Zhonglang!”

The other three, hearing this, couldn’t help but have their eyes widen.

Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General!

As for the remaining four, they already had a guess in their hearts: they should be the four Fellow Daoists who came to support the Ninth Mountain.

Finally, they asked the question they most wanted to ask,

“Where did they go?”

A common person replied.

“The five lords went west to kill!”

Upon hearing this answer, Colonel Chang Shan and the other three were greatly shocked. Combining what they had seen and heard along the way, an absurd thought arose, and they couldn’t help but gasp in cold air.

The Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General, accompanied by four Sect Heavenly Gate experts, single-handedly, went all the way west, slaying deep into the Yao Race territory, causing chaos in two prefectures and three regions!

An emotion surged in their hearts.

“Go!”

A loud shout.

The four rose with the wind and charged westward!