Chapter 1481 - 541: The Heavens Have Changed
The night silently descended.
The county town of Lofang County remained as usual.
Bang bang bang—
At the gate of the county government, two members of the "Tian Jun" team were on night watch.
The moon was covered by a cluster of dark clouds, making the sky appear even dimmer.
Since Lofang County was too peaceful, it didn’t take long for the two guards to doze off.
At this moment, one of them seemed to hear something.
He nudged his companion.
"Did you hear a sound? I feel like there’s some movement underground."
There seemed to be deep rumbles coming from underground, and the sound was getting closer.
"Are you deaf? This is Lofang County. It hasn’t even experienced a small-scale Demon Tide in hundreds of years."
The companion yawned and continued to sleep.
The other one was still a bit worried. He listened, and it sounded like the noise was coming from outside the county government’s walls.
He walked to the back of the county government and saw a hole in the wall.
Next to the hole, there was some fresh soil.
Just as the team member approached to investigate, a swift wind pierced forth.
A blade came slashing over. The team member only had time to cry out once before his body was split in half, falling into a pool of blood.
The sound was particularly abrupt in the silent night.
The team member who had been dozing earlier was startled awake from his slumber.
He looked around, but there was no sign of his companion.
Hesitating for a moment, he followed his companion’s path towards the wall area.
After taking a few steps, he saw his companion lying on the ground, half of his body visible, waving his hand as if calling him over.
"You fool, what’s wrong with you, calling out like that, almost scared me to death."
The team member sighed with relief and walked boldly forward.
But as he reached the corner, a pungent smell of blood wafted over.
He looked closely and almost had his soul fly away in fear.
He saw that his companion was only half a body, the lower half was being gnawed on by an unknown demon beast.
Behind the beast was a continuously expanding hole, from which demon soldiers continually emerged.
"Demon! Demon beast..."
The team member from Tian Jun was so frightened that he took off running, but just as he turned, he saw a face covered in green fur.
A claw pierced like tearing paper, right through the person’s heart.
The Human Clan’s armor was utterly useless in the eyes of a Great Demon Peak.
A freshly beating heart fell into the claw of the Green Evil Demon, still steaming.
A dreadful swallowing sound, the Green Evil Demon swallowed the heart whole.
The fierceness in his eyes intensified.
"Brothers, kill and devour at will, this place will be the kingdom of our demons."
A terrible wolf howl completely shattered the peace that had lasted for hundreds of years in Lofang County.
!
In the county government, Master Chen, who had been sitting cross-legged meditating, leaped up upon hearing the piercing wolf howl.
Demon beast?
He heard the sound of a demon beast?
But how is this possible; this place is five to six hundred miles away from the area where demon beasts gather in the Central Plains, and countless mountains and rivers lie in between.
"Master Chen, something’s wrong, demon beasts, demon beasts have invaded the county government!"
Captain An burst in, his expression beyond mere terror.
"Shut up, what are you panicking for? It’s just a few demon beasts."
Master Chen, after all, was the Hall Master of the Jiu Provinces Alliance; he had seen it all.
Though surprised by the demon beast invasion, he was far from panicking, instead blaming Captain An for overreacting.
"But Master, it’s not just a few, it’s thousands of well-equipped demon soldiers, and they’ve surrounded the entire county government."
Captain An almost burst into tears; he had just taken a look outside.
Those demon soldiers, who knows where they popped out from, all his team members were killed.
Even the dozens of Jiu Provinces Alliance members that Master Chen brought earlier were mostly gone, and in no time, the county government was flowing with blood.
"What! Thousands! Are you sure?"
Master Chen asked in shock.
This staggering number even scared Master Chen.
Thousands, that’s equivalent to a small to medium-sized Demon Tide.
And they were demon soldiers, clearly a premeditated sneak attack.
But how did these demon soldiers infiltrate Lofang County without anyone noticing!
"Yes, Master Chen, in such a situation, how dare I lie. Out there, it’s densely packed with demon soldiers, led by a Green Evil Wolf of considerable power. Master, what should we do? Should we immediately notify the Jiu Provinces Alliance for reinforcements?"
Seeing the number of enemies, Captain An almost collapsed in fear.
"Notify my ass, at this point, notify what, even if the two of us had six arms, we wouldn’t be their match."
Master Chen paced anxiously in the room.
The Jiu Provinces Alliance had no troops stationed within dozens of miles; even if he asked for rescue, it would take at least a day and a night.
His strength was more than enough to deal with a few demon soldiers, so the plan was to break through the encirclement and escape first.
As for the residents of Lofang County, he had no time to worry about them.
"You, go to the prison immediately and release the people from the Huangquan Team. I will figure out how to break through."
Master Chen thought for a moment and already had a plan.
His and Tian Jun’s men were all wiped out.
The only ones left were the people from the Huangquan Team; even if they were released, they wouldn’t stand a chance against thousands of demon soldiers, but with a few more cannon fodders, his chances of escaping would be greater.
Once he escaped Lofang County, he’d have no shortage of reinforcements.
Captain An had no choice but to grit his teeth and head to the prison to release the people.
As soon as Captain An left, the roof of Master Chen’s dwelling trembled violently.
With a "boom," a surge of terrifying demonic power blasted through.
The whole roof was blown away in an instant.
In the pitch-black night sky, the Green Evil Demon was standing mid-air, his mouth still dripping with the fresh blood and flesh of the Human Clan, his wolf eyes coldly fixed on Master Chen.
"A human Divine Power Realm expert?"
The Green Evil Demon and his men had already occupied the county government.
Once the people inside were massacred, they would begin to pillage all of Lofang County.
The Human Warriors he encountered earlier were nothing in terms of cultivation, and the Green Evil Demon thoroughly enjoyed the slaughter.
He did not expect to find a human expert of the Great Divine Power Realm in the County Magistrate’s quarters.
This person’s cultivation was probably not inferior to his own.
"How dare you, you’re just a Great Demon, and you dare intrude into our Human Clan territory. Today, you’ll see how I deal with you!"
Master Chen, upon seeing the opponent’s strength, which was only at the Great Demon Peak, felt relieved and became more arrogant in demeanor.
He said nothing more and also hovered in mid-air.
An intense battle was about to unfold.