Archean Eon Art

Chapter 53: One Man, One Blade

“Uncle Qian.” Meng Chuan gave orders. “Open the armory and let everyone choose from it. After everyone at and above the Marrow Cleansing realm chooses their armor and weapons, immediately head to Mirror Lake Dao Academy.”

“Yes.” Everyone responded in unison, their eyes filled with fervor and fighting spirit.

The Dao Academies needed to be well-protected. Eastcalm Prefecture City was currently being attacked by the demons. The whole city was in danger. The other Dao Academies were too far to head to. Even the ancestral mansion was over five kilometers away. It was simply too difficult for these guards to cover such a distance. They might perish along the way. As for Mirror Lake Dao Academy, it was very close.

Swoosh. A figure charged into the Meng Manor and arrived at the training grounds.

The figure hurriedly called out, “Meng Chuan!” It was a black-haired elder.

“Fifth Elder.” Meng Chuan immediately recognized the person.

“Fairy’s orders,” said the black-haired elder in a low voice. “Eastcalm Prefecture is in grave danger, so you are allowed to do anything. However, please protect the 3000 clansmen in the ancestral mansion! The five Godfiend family clans will also be the focus of the demons’ attack. Also, if Fairy and the others were to die in battle and the demon monarchs win, countless people in Eastcalm Prefecture will flee. You must also flee, but do so alone. You are the entire Meng family’s hope. Don’t fall into a dire situation.”

“Understood.” Meng Chuan nodded. He knew what his grandaunt’s intentions were.

The demon monarchs were now being held down by the Godfiends. With Meng Chuan’s speed, no one could stop him if he wanted to leave! Thus, he was permitted to take any action. She even hoped that he could protect the 3000 clansmen at the ancestral mansion.

If the Godfiends were defeated, the demon monarchs would be free to massacre the entire prefecture. By then, Meng Chuan would have to flee!

“I’ll be returning to the ancestral mansion immediately. Are you coming with me?” asked the black-haired elder.

“I’ll head over to save Qiyue first. Qiyue is still on the way to Blazing Sun Dao Academy,” said Meng Chuan. “I’ll go to the ancestral mansion after saving Qiyue.”

“Okay.” The black-haired elder turned and left. Time was precious.

Swoosh.

Meng Chuan took a step forward and leaped past the yard wall. He was like a wisp of smoke that flew across houses as he headed straight for Blazing Sun Dao Academy. His sensory domain spanned half a kilometer, so he was confident that he could find Liu Qiyue immediately once he was near.

Qiyue is in the Mortal Shedding realm; she’s an archer who’s not good at close combat. It will be troublesome if she encounters a horde of demons. Meng Chuan’s heart burned with anxiety.

They grew up together.

Qiyue was very important to him. He had to protect her. Although his father and Uncle Liu were outside, they had long achieved Force and had years of experience fighting demons on the battlefield. Working together, there were high chances they could deal with dangerous situations. Most importantly, he had no idea where his father had gone. Searching for him would be futile. However, he knew Qiyue had gone to Blazing Sun Dao Academy.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Meng Chuan moved very quickly. Suddenly, he saw something a distance away.

From afar, ugly figures were running on the streets. Some were running on the roofs while others were flying in the sky. Demons were generally taller than humans, and it was common for them to be over ten feet tall. Sometimes, one could even see massive demons about 20 to 30 feet tall! All sorts of demons were maniacally advancing, charging towards Meng Chuan.

There are so many demons. Meng Chuan’s heart tightened. From the looks of it, the World Entrance is somewhere in that direction, Meng Chuan guessed. The demons head in different directions once they exit the World Entrance.

There’s no way to avoid demons on the way to Blazing Sun Dao Academy. I can only storm my way through. Meng Chuan didn’t slow down as he rushed into the demon army.

Under normal circumstances, a mortal realm individual’s strength was rather useless against an army. However, Meng Chuan’s abilities bolstered his courage. He could sense everything within half a kilometer. With his extraordinary speed, he feared nothing.

Oh? As he ran, he got closer to the demon army. At a glance, he saw many demons engaged in battle.

Human experts were holding them back.

Roar! A wolf demon was entangled by a net. It let out an angry roar but couldn’t tear the net apart. Following that, three short spears shot out from a house and pierced through the wolf demon’s body. It fell to the ground, devoid of any life.

“Let’s charge in.” Immediately, five demons charged into the house. The room was filled with traps, and three human experts were lying in ambush.

The moment the demons rushed in, two demons were entangled in ropes before short spears killed them!

Ropes were the easiest to obtain and could be quickly set up. Therefore, it was basic knowledge for humans—who had served in the military—to set up rope traps. Clearly, there were many ropes traps set up in the house. However, the demons were no fools. Only two demons succumbed to the traps before the two-storied building was partially destroyed.

If one were to say that the combat skills of the human experts were very brilliant—with them setting up traps and working together—demons only had one skill. All they did was charge forward and kill!

“From the looks of it, the three of us are about to die here,” said an elderly, one-armed man holding a saber as he chuckled.

A single-eyed woman was carrying a short spear sack on her back. She wielded a short spear in each hand and once again threw them at the demons. The threat she posed at short distances—like in the room—was extremely high, but the mantis demon at the very front easily blocked it. The single-eyed woman smiled as well. “The three of us are in the Marrow Cleansing realm. Killing three lesser demons makes our sacrifice worth it.”

“Madam, Uncle Zhang, let’s do it again. Every demon taken down helps,” said a tall man holding a shield and a large axe.

The overall strength of the demons was far greater than that of humans.

For example, in this 18,000-strong demon army that had been deployed, there were more than two hundred demons that could release their demonic aura! As for Eastcalm Prefecture, only about twenty humans had comprehended Force. Although humans could generally single-handedly deal with two or even three demons, the most powerful members of the demon army were the eighteen commanders! These commanders all had top-notch demon monarch bloodlines. They were several times stronger than ordinary Core Condensation humans. These commanders were all capable of crushing the human Core Condensation experts.

The weakest lesser demons among the demons… No matter how brutish they were in battle, they had bodies on par with humans in the Mortal Shedding realm. With the decree in effect, Marrow Cleansing realm experts had to use traps, allowing them to use their cooperative techniques to put up a fight against the demons.

Therefore, even the Godfiends admitted that in the mortal realm, demons could indeed crush humans.

However, Godfiends were no weaker than demon monarchs. As long as the Godfiends won, slaying the ordinary demons would be much easier.

“Kill!” The tall, muscular man, the single-eyed woman, and the one-armed elder went into a frenzy. They braced themselves for a final battle as the three demons lunged forward to tear the three humans apart.

Swoosh.

A saber beam flashed past. The saber beam sliced through the three demons. The three demons were cut in half, and their bodies convulsed on the ground.

Meng Chuan’s figure appeared near the house momentarily before he left quickly.

Looking at the three demons that were instantly killed, the stocky man, the single-eyed woman, and the one-armed elder were stunned to see the distant Meng Chuan.

“It’s Young Master Meng.”

“Young Master Meng saved us.” The three of them felt joy from surviving a calamity. They obviously wanted to live, if possible.

“Why would Young Master Meng take the initiative to attack the demon army?” The one-eyed woman was puzzled.

“Don’t waste time thinking about it. Hurry up, we need to defend Uncle Zhang’s place,” urged the tall man. The three of them immediately abandoned the house and went to the next ambush spot.

During a demon invasion, humans used the terrain to their advantage. They set up traps in the entire city. This was the most efficient method. There was really no way for them to defeat the demons if they fought head-on.

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“There are humans resisting over there. Head there.” The demon army was advancing. At the same time, some greater demons led the lesser demons to bring hell upon an area.

The demons could afford to lose a lesser demon for the life of a Marrow Cleansing expert. After all, the Marrow Cleansing experts in Eastcalm City only numbered five to six thousand.

Meng Chuan slaughtered demons along the way. When his saber beams killed more than ten demons, he immediately attracted the attention of two demon lieutenant commanders.

“That human is very powerful. He should be a human who has comprehended Force.”

“Surround him and kill him.”

“Kill!”

The two demon lieutenant commanders led over a hundred demons to surround him.

This scene was also noticed by the black bear demon commander, who was half a kilometer away. It was fifty-foot tall, far taller than an ordinary restaurant.

“Deal with that human quickly. Head to Mirror Lake Dao Academy and destroy it.” The black bear demon commander gave the order. It had a Black Mountain demon monarch bloodline. Normal Core Condensation bear demons were about twenty to thirty feet tall. However, this one was fifty feet tall… Its strength was several times greater than the typical Core Condensation bear demon. Its body was much stronger, so it naturally took up the position of a commander.

It had immense strength. It could crush an ordinary house with a single step. Its voice rumbled, echoing about a kilometer away.

“Head to Mirror Lake Dao Academy.”

“Head to Mirror Lake Dao Academy.”

Many demon lieutenant commanders under its command began repeating the order.

“Quickly, kill this human.” The two demon lieutenant commanders who were surrounding him heard the bear commander’s instructions. They were also rather anxious as large groups of demons swarmed Meng Chuan.

Head to Mirror Lake Dao Academy? Meng Chuan’s eyelids twitched as a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

As the eldest senior brother of Mirror Lake Dao Academy, his choice of first rescuing Qiyue before heading to the ancestral mansion made him feel like he had let down Mirror Lake Dao Academy.

At this moment, he saw the thousand-odd demon army heading towards Mirror Lake Dao Academy. His killing intent was cold.

Once I kill the demon commander, the threat of this demon army will be halved.