380: The ancestor of the Fang family ran away by himself (4K monthly ticket request)

Giant beasts struck the sky, and demonic roars shook the air.

Amongst the vast mountains, shadows of Demons moved towards the northwest.

It was as if a calm fish pond had been sprinkled with bait, and the surface of the pond instantly boiled!

The Taisui Mountain Three Taibao, who had taken a detour south, watched this scene with surprise and doubt.

The direction these surging Demons were heading was exactly where they had fallen from the teleportation channel.

The three were not greenhorns fresh out of the mountains; the more coincidences that appeared at such times, the less simple things were. So, the three turned their gaze towards Chen Yuan, who was leading them.

Unexpectedly, this Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General looked towards the northwest, not hiding anything, and admitted it directly, which surprised the San Taibao.

“There’s a saying in Confucianism: ‘A gentleman does not stand under a tottering wall!’” Chen Yuan’s tone carried a hint of mockery.

“These Fang Family people have impure intentions and a grudge against This General. Why should This General keep them?”

“If we were discovered by Demons, these people might be the first to stab us in the back. Chen truly couldn’t think of a reason to let them go. So, when we left, I did something to that body of water.”

Chen Yuan spoke his thoughts without reservation.

In their current predicament, they should have united all possible forces. The Fang Family Old Ancestor, a half-step Dragon Tiger, was a strong ally, but Chen Yuan never considered it. He disliked these people’s way of doing things, and there had been a conflict between them earlier. After boarding the night ferry during that great battle, Chen Yuan had already decided to kill them.

So, he went around in circles, using a borrowed knife to kill!

And incidentally, helping him attract the Demons’ attention counted as having served some purpose!

Jin Yu Mountain, Huyan Qing, and Yuwen Guang, the three of them, heard Chen Yuan’s words and their eyelids twitched. No wonder they had taken a detour; it turned out everything was within this Ninth Zhonglang’s calculations.

He wanted to use the Demons to eliminate the Fang Family and divert the Demons’ attention, gaining space for them.

His methods were ruthless, acting preemptively against potential threats without mercy!

It was estimated that even the Fang Family Old Ancestor hadn’t reacted.

They understood this Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General’s style of doing things even more, but their hearts did not, however, give rise to any suspicion or apprehension. Their inner thoughts subconsciously felt that what Chen Yuan said made sense.

The fact that This General was willing to be frank with the three of them showed a kind of “trust” towards them, which inexplicably gave the three a sense of emotional validation!

Although it felt a bit awkward to admit, that’s how they felt inside.

“That’s how it should be!” Huyan Qing’s copper-bell eyes bulged, showing great approval. He was already very displeased with Fang Shiqing. Being a straightforward person, he looked at the situation in the mountains and changed his tone, “However, the Demons in these mountains aren’t very powerful. We haven’t seen any powerful Demons pursuing us along the way. I’m just afraid your plan, Ninth Zhonglang, will fall through!”

Although giant beasts soared across the mountains, and clusters of Devilish Qi rushed towards the northwest, their numbers were vast and the sight was astonishing. However, at a glance, the most powerful among them were only at the Heavenly Gate Dao Rank, which posed no threat to a Great Divine Power Practitioner of the Fang Family’s half-step Dragon Tiger Rank.

After he finished speaking, he saw a flash of light in Chen Yuan’s eyes, and Chen Yuan suddenly spoke, “Hold your breath and conceal your form.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yuan’s already ethereal figure completely merged into the Void Realm, disappearing into thin air. The Taisui Mountain Three Taibao were just about to feel confused when they sensed something, their expressions stiffened, and a faint golden light appeared on their bodies, their figures also hidden in the Void Realm.

A dozen breaths later, a sudden strong wind swept across the heavens and earth, stirring up sand and stones. Soon, from the east, a huge shadow cast down, obscuring the sun in the sky, and the sky suddenly darkened.

Piercing screams echoed, and it was clearly visible above the Void Realm: countless feathers shimmered with a cold light. Dozens of Gǔdiāo of various colors, with wings spread, shattered the air and flew straight towards the northwest.

Among them, a colossal Gǔdiāo, spanning one hundred eighty feet across the sky, was covered in what looked like rolling flames, eerie and ferocious. Black Devilish Qi surged around it, and its blood-red eyes were like a blood moon descending upon the world. Its massive wings tore through the air, covering a mile in a single breath, its Aura astonishing. The strong winds it generated shook the mountains and forests below, causing a rustling sound, and countless restless wild beasts and small Demons in the forest instantly fell silent.

When a Great Demon appears, all lesser Demons submit!

This Gǔdiāo Great Demon, carrying monstrous ferocity, turned into a black dot in just a few breaths and disappeared into the distant horizon.

The trees in the mountains, bent by the westward wind, soon returned to normal.

And in the very spot where they were, in the Void Realm, the ethereal figures of Chen Yuan and the other three reappeared.

Chen Yuan’s eyes gleamed as he watched the Great Demon disappear into the distance, his mind becoming active. Luwu Mountain, located a thousand miles to the east, was the source of the Zegeng Water. Even at the fastest speed, those Great Demons couldn’t have arrived so quickly. This indicated that the Gǔdiāo of Luwu Mountain had indeed received news and were searching everywhere.

It also further solidified his plan to continue heading south!

“It seems the Demons are indeed looking for us. A Great Demon has already been dispatched so quickly.” Yu Qilin Jin Yu Mountain’s expression was serious, thinking the same as Chen Yuan.

“Presumably, increasingly powerful Demons will be drawn by the commotion later!”

“The fate of those Fang Family people is sealed, but that Fang Family Old Ancestor should be able to escape, after all, this one is not that easy to kill.”

He said, looking at Chen Yuan’s unchanging expression, “Ninth Zhonglang must have anticipated this step!”

Huyan Qing, whose mind hadn’t caught up, rubbed the beard on his chin with his hand, a bit impatient, “Brother Jin, do you mean that old fellow will still run?”

Jin Yu Mountain stopped talking and looked at Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan could tell that among the three, this Confucian cultivator nicknamed Yu Qilin was the main speaker, with extraordinary wisdom, and had seen through his intentions at this moment.

He nodded, “It’s simple. This person is difficult to kill, so he can stall those Great Demons and divert their attention. The longer he stalls, the safer we are.”

Huyan Qing and the usually silent Mad Saber Yuwen Guang understood, and suddenly felt that the Fang Family Old Ancestor was a bit “pitiable.”

He was being used as bait, calculated to the very end.

However, pitiable people must have hateful qualities.

If the Fang Family hadn’t coveted that night ferry, they could have left and made other plans, but they didn’t.

“Let’s go. Let’s take this opportunity to leave Luwu Mountain’s territory!” At this moment, Chen Yuan glanced at the northwest from afar, having no intention of continuing to watch the spectacle. Delays could lead to complications. After all, it was still not safe here. They needed to take advantage of the Fang Family attracting the Demons’ attention to leave the “encirclement.”

At this time, a hundred miles away, cliffs collapsed, rivers boiled, and Demons roared wildly.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

“Roar!”

“Eat these Human Race members!”

“More and more Demons, Old Ancestor!”

Amidst it, terrified human voices were intertwined.

In that body of water, the battle was fierce and tragic. The river was completely stained red, with dense fragments of flesh and blood floating on the water, blood flowing like a river.

In the Ten Thousand Mountains, Demons were everywhere. The commotion here alarmed the surroundings, and large numbers of small Demons and undeveloped exotic beasts swarmed in, as if receiving some command, appearing utterly fearless of death. At this moment, amidst the dense shadows of Demons, streaks of light flew above the Ze Geng River, constantly unleashing attacks.

A dozen direct descendants of the Fang Family, their faces filled with panic, faced the endless onslaught of beast shadows, truly experiencing the terror of Demons being everywhere in the Ten Thousand Mountains. Although their cultivation levels were all impressive, they felt fear in their hearts.

They looked up and called out to the Old Ancestor. They saw that the Old Ancestor was like a mad Demon, his withered white hair wildly dancing, his aged body transforming into streaks of lightning-fast afterimages in the air. His claws were like hooks, tearing a hundred-foot-long silver-winged Gǔdiāo into pieces in the sky, letting its blood spray wildly.

At the same time, a black lamp flame beneath his feet stirred up a black fire tornado with a diameter of a hundred feet, sweeping countless fearless exotic beasts and Demons into it, burning them until their forms and spirits were annihilated. Then, the fire tornado directly crashed into the reddened Ze Geng River below, emitting a huge roar.

The river instantly boiled, raising waves dozens of feet high. The fire tornado continued, Overturning Rivers and Seas in the river, surging downwards, directly heading towards the riverbed.

There was a large night ferry obscured by mist!

Above, the Fang Family Old Ancestor, in his twilight years yet killing until demonic blood stained the sky, had eyes full of malevolence. He looked down.

He saw the black tornado that had plunged into the riverbed suddenly sweep towards the night ferry that was grounded at the bottom of the river.

This old fellow wanted to take this night ferry with him.

The tornado spun, and the mist rolled, but the night ferry remained motionless.

“Rise!”

He roared, and his withered hand grabbed downwards.

A giant hand nearly a hundred feet long directly plunged into the tornado’s vortex, reaching for the night ferry’s mast, and pulled it upwards.

As a result, the night ferry only hummed once, then stopped moving.

“Again!” Fang Shiqing gritted his teeth, his old eyes revealing a hint of madness and unwillingness. Just as he was about to make another move, a terrifying air-piercing scream came from the east, followed by a shocking mass of Devilish Qi, surging and killing its way over.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

A sky full of black iron rain screamed through the air towards Fang Shiqing. Each black feather, a zhang long, was like a long hair, shimmering with a chilling, eerie glow.

The Great Demon arrived and began a Divine Ability battle with the Fang Family Old Ancestor.

Behind them, hideous Gǔdiāo arrived one after another and engaged in battle with the Fang Family’s direct descendants.

After an incense stick’s time, a tragic cry that tore through the sky was heard. The Gǔdiāo clan’s Great Demon was seen being pierced by arm-thick black fire snakes entering its eyes, nose, mouth, and tongue. Its body swelled violently, causing it to emit a miserable, painful shriek, and its crimson pupils were rapidly stained black.

The Great Demon shrieked, a spiritual light trying to escape from its crown, but it was pulled back by strands of black flames emerging like maggots clinging to bone. At the same time, its demonic body was stretched to its limit, like a rapidly expanding giant balloon.

“Li!”

Before its death, it let out a fierce roar. Its remaining half-red demonic eye shot out a tyrannical demonic light, and its pair of black wings suddenly slashed forward.

Two black thin lines, thirty feet long, whooshed, directly cutting through the black fire tornado that enveloped it, and slashed towards a direction below.

That was where the Fang Family’s direct descendants were, currently fighting against the horde of Demons!

“Chh!”

“Chh!”

The black thin lines shot past, a few screams, and splashes of blood blossomed.

Several Fang Family members had no time to react; their bodies were cut in half by the lightning-fast black thin lines.

Then, a huge boom was heard.

The Great Demon in the sky exploded into a shower of flesh and blood, its Primordial Spirit not even escaping.

And the black fire tornado that had shot skyward then rapidly shrank like a returning wind and fire, condensing into Fang Shiqing’s shriveled figure, then transforming into a line of fire that shot towards the remaining Fang Family members.

“Old Ancestor!”

“Old Ancestor!”

The remaining seven Fang Family direct descendants, as if seeing their savior, then saw their Old Ancestor shoot towards Fang Tangjing, who was helping Fang Mingyue kill a Gǔdiāo. A withered hand directly rested on Fang Tangjing’s shoulder.

“Go!”

Saying that, he grabbed the eldest son of the Fang Family and transformed into a black stream of light, shooting towards a certain direction in the north.

That was the direction the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General had taken when This General left with his people!

And the other Fang Family members who saw this scene suddenly widened their eyes, then their expressions changed drastically.

“Father!”

“Old Ancestor!”

Among them, Fang Mingyue, the eldest daughter of the main branch, seeing the Old Ancestor leave with her father, couldn’t help but exclaim in fear, her pupils filled with terror.

The Old Ancestor abandoned them!

“Why?”

Even though that Great Demon had been killed by the Old Ancestor.

The rest of the Fang Family were terrified and confused, but they soon knew the answer. They saw the blood and flesh of the exploded Gǔdiāo Great Demon in the sky suddenly glow intensely with blood-red light, fixing in the Void Realm, followed by sudden clanging sounds.

Streaks of blood-red light rose to the sky, forming a short-distance teleportation channel, and immediately after, “Boom, boom, boom,” shadows of Demons descended one after another.

Astonishing Devilish Qi surged out!

“Hou!”

Pairs of tyrannical and terrifying demonic eyes fell upon these few people.

A dozen breaths later, screams rose one after another.

A Demon covered in crimson feathers suddenly squeezed Fang Mingyue, who was like a small chick in its hand.

“Ah!”

The woman was terrified before her death, her end tragic.

“Chase!”

“Beat the drum to send a message, notify the Mountain Demon Race of the Northern Mountain to capture these Human Race Martial Armory!”

Time flew by, one day later,

In Sichuan, five thousand miles south of Jinguancheng, the Xuedi Qimang Mountain Range, like a white giant Dragon, meanders for thousands of miles, stretching across the land and blocking countless Demons in the south.

In the middle of the mountain range, a majestic pass occupies a strategic natural barrier. On the city pass, which winds for dozens of miles, streaks of black armor shimmer with cold light, and various flags flutter in the wind above the city wall.

This is the current front line of the southern Demon Battlefield, Chuanzhong Pass!

Currently, inside Chuanzhong Pass, the Fa Shan Army, excluding the Ninth Mountain, has the remaining five Fa Shan Army branches, totaling over forty thousand troops, stationed at this pass, led and commanded by Deputy Commander Pei Yanhu as the main This General.

Additionally, there are two Wu Zang from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect and the Su Nu Sword Sect guarding the pass, hundreds of Family members from Jinguancheng, and three thousand passionate young men supporting the front line against the Demons!

Nearly fifty thousand combatants!

The city also has over a hundred thousand civilians, artisans, and common people.

In the last campaign, nearly five thousand miles of territory outside Chuanzhong Pass were almost entirely lost and occupied, and the Fa Shan Army retreated to Chuanzhong Pass.

Later, after the great victory at Chuanzhong Pass, the Demons temporarily ceased their intentions and retreated. The city then continuously dispatched troops and scouts to attempt to reclaim the lost territory and clear out the Demons, but with little success.

Ultimately, there weren’t enough people!

Only a few counties within a thousand miles of the pass were reclaimed, serving as outposts.

Currently, frontline scouts continuously report that Demons in the Ten Thousand Mountains are starting to appear in large numbers again, with Demon Soldiers gathering, indicating that the next war between Sichuan and the Ten Thousand Mountains will soon break out.

On this morning, in Chuanzhong Pass city, at the Fa Shan Army barracks, an old man with a goatee suddenly felt a warmth in his arms.

So, he took out a scroll!

On it was written “qingshan demon subduing chronicle” (End of this chapter).