NOVEL NEXT Chapter 49: Peril.
Chapter 49: Peril.
Huli Mountain is now surrounded by the human alliance. The north is guarded by Long Ru the dragon horse, the east by the demonic white snake, the west by the demonic hawk and the south by the dragon turtle.
Long Ru, the dragon horse, stands on the cliff and sees numerous human soldiers, and he recognizes the flag symbol as being from the Qing army. Maybe it was fate to fight with his old enemy.
The shield soldier moves forward; behind them are the spear soldiers and archers. The reason they don’t use cavalry is because horses are afraid of demonic beasts.
If this was in the past, Long Ru would have had a problem with this formation. However, now is different; he is stronger and not alone.
"RAWR!"
Numerous demonic beasts rush down the mountain and head for the Qing army. Long Ru leaped from the cliff, and his hoof burned a green flame. He gallops in the air like on land.
On the east side, numerous reptile-type demonic beasts already engage in fighting.
The large demonic white snake spat venom at the soldiers, and the martial artist's face turned purple, and collapsed to the ground while froth and blood came out of their mouths.
On the west side, numerous flying demonic beasts drop rocks or swoop any soldier into the air and use them as projectiles by dropping them at other soldiers.
The large demonic Hawk observed everything and ordered the other demonic beast to attack.
While the rest of the area has already started the battle, on the south side, everything is calm. Two figures, a demonic beast and a monk, are having a conversation about life.
"Monk, if what you say is true, why do living creatures need to suffer?"
"It was a test from God to make us strong."
"I disagree; if God is powerful, he can create a utopia where all creatures don’t need to suffer and hate each other."
"Suffering is a part of living."
"In this world, bad people are called good people, and vice versa; where is the justice?"
The reason Levi is debating with the monk is to waste time and wait for the queen to complete the accession. The monk also had the same idea of waiting for other groups' reinforcement. The soldiers that were supposed to arrive in the south are already being destroyed by Levi in the river.
But the more the monk talked to the dragon turtle, it was like talking to an elderly man who has seen the ups and downs of life. The monk even suspected the dragon turtle was once a human in his past life.
The demonic beasts and the Shaolin monks are confused, but they just stand or sit on the ground, listening to their conversation.
"Everything is already fated." The middle-aged monk joins both palms together.
"Fate can be changed."
"If you manage to change, it means it is already fated."
Levi is having a headache talking sense to religious people. However, he had seen people misuse religion for their benefit without caring about other people. In the end, this type of person gets respected. While the suffering people are being hated and despised.
After dying so many times, he entered many religions and cults. But even if someone becomes an atheist, there is no guarantee they can become a good person. Everything depends on the individual. Levi already doesn’t care if people call him a devil. Because he can do both good and bad according to his whim.
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Inside a room, several leaders from unorthodox factions and demonic cults are in a trance. Suddenly their eyes became clear, and they remembered many things.
Why am I here?"
"What happen."
"I remember how dare that bitch use me!"
"Be quiet!"
All the people gaze at the skinny man wearing a dark cloak.
"The last thing that I remember is that the queen ordered us to protect her, which means she is defenseless, and if we consume the demonic fox, we might break through to the martial master."
"I am sorry, I can’t let you harm my mother." A handsome man wearing a white robe enters the room.
"It’s the prince."
"What are you afraid of? He is alone."
"Although I am not as strong as my mother, you all are weak." After saying that Prince Shen Tu's body disappeared.
"Where is he?"
"Ahhhh!" At the back of the room, a burly man looks down at his body and can see a slender, hand-like woman piercing through his body from the back.
"Don’t let him escape the attack!"
Prince Shen Tu disappears again and massacres the people in the room, causing blood to flow on the floor. Few try to escape, but outside, demonic leopard Boa Qi is waiting for an ambush.
Once everyone is dead, Prince Shen Tu appears and gazes at the corpses. "Clean up this room." After that, he left the room. His mother's mind control had lost control; it looked like something was wrong.
Worried Prince Shen Tu waits outside his mother's chamber and can sense that her aura is getting weaker. He wants to enter but is afraid to disturb his mother's breakthrough. Without a choice, he can only wait outside.
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A few hours later, the human alliance underestimated the demonic beast army's strength and number. They are strong; if this keeps going, the humans are going to lose and need to retreat and regroup.
In the sky, the demonic Hawk general only attacked a few times, but each time the attack caused the human army formation to crumble. Suddenly, a fast arrow flies through the air. A demonic vulture brave enough tries to block the arrow with its body because normal arrows can’t harm him.
"Dodge the arrow!" The demonic Hawk senses that the arrow is infused with qi.
However, it was too late; the arrow pierced through the demonic vulture's heart, and blood rained down from the sky. The large demonic vulture falls to the ground.
On the ground, a bald elderly man holding a black bow gazes at the falling demonic vulture and takes out three arrows to nock an arrow. Pulling the bowstring, the elderly man is ready to fire again. This time, when the arrows fly through the sky, the flying demonic beast tries to evade. But the arrows begin to curve like something is controlling them and pierce through three flying demonic beasts.
"Attack the archer!" After saying that numerous flying demonic beasts target the elderly man, the bald elderly man still looks calm because many martial artists and soldiers are protecting him. He can’t walk fast because of his age, but his archery is one of the best in the world.
In another place, a large demonic white snake is fighting with a martial artist holding a halberd infused with qi.
"Come here, stupid snake!" A tall, muscular middle-aged woman laughs and slices the white snake's hard scales like butter while evading the venom coming out of the demonic white snake's fang.
Compared to the large demonic white snake, the cut is small. None of the demonic beasts or humans dare to come close to them, afraid they will accidentally get killed by mistake.
On the north side, Long Ru the dragon horse tramples any soldiers that get near him and burns them to death using his green flaming hoof. While the demonic beast attacks the soldiers.
The flame hoof can melt any weapon or armor. Without a choice, the scared soldiers don’t dare get near him. Because of that, in the middle of the army formation, there is an empty area surrounded by soldiers. Some brave martial artist tries to kill Long Ru, but with just one kick, the martial artist dies.
Stop the vile beast!" An elderly man shouted while thrusting his sword, infused with qi. Long Ru leaped back to evade the sword attack. He can sense danger from the sword and the elderly man.
Before Long Ru can attack, behind him, a middle-aged beggar holding a jade rod smashes down at him. Long Ru kicks the rod with his hind leg. The impact causes the beggar to fly far away, but he manages to land using both feet after spinning several times.
"Old man, why do you come out?" The beggar shouted. Because the elderly man is the leader and representative of the martial arts alliance.
"I can’t stall seeing humans get killed."
Long Ru is listening to that sneer. Because humans are the most hypocritical creatures that he has met in his entire life.
"Fine, I'll help you." The beggar walks closer to the horse dragon and gets ready to fight. The jade rod begins to vibrate.
The elderly man points his sword, and a qi visible to the naked eye makes the sword look bigger and sharper. At the same time, many small blades made from qi surround his body. Different from the thousand rain sword formation that can only be used once. This attack can be used until the user runs out of qi. For martial masters, it’s going to take a long time.
"Now!" Both the elderly man and the beggar attacked at the same time.
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Levi, while talking to the middle-aged monk, suddenly fell silent because he heard the familiar monotone voice in his mind.
["According to calculation, the demonic eight-tail fox's ascension to nine-tail fox has a low chance of succeeding."]
["The second mission will be declared a failure once the demonic eight-tail fox dies, and the main mission will proceed like normal."]
Levi is startled and gazes at Huli Mountain.