Chapter 152

“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 identity as a Patroller . His identity 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 Godfiends saving a city could be heard, but the identity of those Godfiends was never publicly announced . If their identities 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 Godfiends 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 Pass . There were hundreds of thousands of people living here . In terms of size, North River Pass 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 Godfiend 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 Pass, 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, rushing 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 Godfiends 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 Godfiends . He was considered fast, even among Regis Godfiends . If he became a Marquis Godfiend, 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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Time gradually passed, and it was the end of the year . Meng Chuan had been in North River Pass for a year . He had only encountered one demon attack on the city pass and three requests for help .

3rd December . Archean Mountain, night .

“Supremacy, this is today’s dossier . ” Archean Mountain Lord placed the dossier on the desk .

Supremacy Qin Wu—who was reading—put down his book . He picked up the dossier and began reading . He frowned . “Today, two World Entrances appeared in our Great Zhou Dynasty?”

“Yes . ” Archean Mountain Lord nodded . “Unstable World Entrances have been appearing more frequently . However, these two World Entrances were too far from cities! The demons didn’t send their troops to attack . However, according to Earth Net’s investigations, there should be demons that took advantage of these two World Entrances and infiltrated the human world . ”

“Yes . ” Supremacy Qin frowned and nodded slightly . “The number of demons that have infiltrated the human world is increasing . ”

An unstable World Entrance could appear anywhere . In fact, only a small number appeared near cities .

Most appeared in the wilderness or remote mountains . They were far from any city . As long as they were 25 kilometers away, sending out a demon army would only lead to them being discovered on the way! With the speed the lesser demons could move, Godfiend reinforcements would’ve arrived before they could each reach a city .

Therefore, demons would not attack cities if a World Entrance was too far away . Instead, they sent a few demons to infiltrate the human world . They would spread out in search of opportunities to carry out destruction .

It was also for survival . There was a limit to the number of demons that could be provided for in the Demon Realm . They also had wars that never ended . With the help of unstable World Entrances, they sent batches of demons into the human world . This reduced the burden on the Demon Realm’s various factions . The demons could enter the human world and “earn” a living! They were killing two birds with one stone by doing this!

“These demons sneak in and hide in different areas . They hide in lakes and mountains . Typically, a few greater demons lead dozens of lesser demons,” said Archean Mountain Lord . “It’s not easy to find them . Even if we find them, we will only wipe out a few demons . These demons are finding opportunities to attack human villages and forts . ”

“Yes . ” Supremacy Qin Wu nodded .

Currently, human villages had forts built to withstand the repeated sneak attacks from the demons .

“To prevent unrest, we claim that World Entrances suddenly appear which result in demons attacking the village forts,” said Supremacy Qin Wu . “In fact, most of these small-scale sneak attacks are done by the demons lurking in our human world . As more and more demons appear, it’ll be impossible for us to hide the truth . When people learn that there are many demons lurking everywhere, I’m afraid it will cause great panic . ”

“Earth Net is already in search of them . ” Archean Mountain Lord said, “They’ve been sweeping the entire world . Every demon group found is destroyed . The demons don’t dare to appear easily either . ”

“But the demons are different from us . Many of them live underground or in the water,” said Supremacy Qin Wu . “According to the dossiers, Earth Net is lacking in Godfiends . If Earth Net’s Godfiend population can increase by 50 percent, their searches will be more rigorous . ”

“The various city passes are in desperate need for Godfiends too,” said Archean Mountain Lord helplessly .

Qin Wu nodded . The biggest problem for humans in this war was the lack of Godfiends!

“If we have a few more fast Patrollers, we can relieve the pressure,” said Archean Mountain Lord . “For example, Meng Chuan is in charge of eighteen prefectures that are within 500 kilometers of North River Pass . He has done very well in the past year . He quickly arrived each time . The prefecture city’s losses are negligible . The losses suffered by the two county cities were relatively low as well .

There’s only one Godfiend with a perfected Lightning Devastator Fiend Body . There’s only a handful of people who have completed the Seventh or Eighth Refinement . Their speed is far inferior to Meng Chuan, so they are given much smaller areas to watch over . Supremacy Qin suddenly said, “I do have an idea . The small city passes spread across the Great Zhou territory will each have an ordinary Great Solar Godfiend stationed . Their secondary duties are to help Earth Net .

“Every month, they will search for demons in the surrounding 150 kilometers for ten days . In any case, the small city passes are quite safe . An ordinary Great Solar godfiend won’t have many problems dealing with a demon invasion,” said Supremacy Qin Wu . “With a Great Solar Godfiend searching their designated areas for ten days each month, the burden on Earth net will greatly reduce . ”

“This is just an idea I came up with . Discuss it with the other Elders and see if it’s suitable,” instructed Supremacy Qin Wu .

Archean Mountain Lord nodded slightly . “I’ll carefully scrutinize the strength of the various small city passes . I’ll try my best to ensure the strength of the small city passes while increasing Earth Net’s strength . ”

“Supremacy . ” Archean Mountain Lord could not help but say, “In the past year, more Godfiends have died in battle than the previous year . Archean Mountain and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven can still hold on, but Two World Island’s situation is quite a mess…”

“I know . You can return first,” instructed Supremacy Qin Wu .

“Yes . ” Archean Mountain Lord could only leave .

Supremacy Qin Wu sat there for a long time before he picked up the book and continued reading .