Chapter 56

In the early morning, Liu Qiyue left Mirror Lake Meng Manor and used her movement technique to flit across the street along the river. Occasionally, she would fly hundreds of feet across the river surface. Occasionally, she would step on a tree branch, moving in an elegant and lithe manner. To Liu Qiyue, the path from home to the Dao Academy was suitable for practicing movement techniques. A sharpshooter had to have brilliant movement techniques.

This way, they could quickly pull away from approaching enemies! Liu Qiyue felt pressured with a genius like Meng Chuan beside her.

In her eyes, Ah Chuan was simply too hardworking! Every day, he trained by carrying out 8000 Saber Drawing Stance repetitions, and he would cultivate for an hour under arrow fire. He also had the Swaying Moonfall and other moves to train. Even after he had comprehended Force, he remained diligent.

This made Liu Qiyue feel like it was a sin to relax. Thus, she put her heart and mind into cultivating. Although she was still inferior to Meng Chuan’s and Yan Jin’s mad cultivating speed, it was much better than before. This was also why she had comprehended the secret technique last year.

As she cultivated her movement technique during her commute, her traveling speed was faster than Meng Chuan had expected.

When the Jadesun Palace alarm bells sounded throughout the entire city, Liu Qiyue was only a kilometer away from Blazing Sun Academy.

A demon invasion? When Liu Qiyue heard the bells, her expression changed drastically. Her speed increased rapidly. She raised her speed to her limits and charged towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy. Hawkers and pedestrians on the streets all rushed to different places.

Whoosh.

Liu Qiyue was at the late-stage of the Mortal Shedding realm, and she had also comprehended the secret technique. Her movement speed was still extremely fast.

When she was 1000 feet away from Blazing Sun Dao Academy, she saw a demon army appear behind her. Demons had appeared everywhere. On the streets, rooftops, and in the sky, all of them headed towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy. This scene made Liu Qiyue’s heart palpitate. It was her first time seeing so many demons.

“Quick, quick.”

“Quickly enter the Dao Academy.” At the entrance of the Dao Academy, there were a group of people, such as the dean, lecturers, and many soldiers. There were eight Dao Academies, and each Dao Academy was next to a military encampment. Therefore, soldiers could immediately come and reinforce their defenses.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Many Dao Academy disciples’ faces flushed red as they rushed to the Dao Academy with their movement techniques.

Most of the disciples from Blazing Sun Dao Academy lived in the Dao Academy. As the forts in the countryside sent many people over, they stayed in the Dao Academy since they didn’t have any other places to live in. There were quite a few locals who lived in the Dao Academy as well. After all, ordinary residences didn’t have cultivation grounds. Only a few disciples commuted to the Dao Academy daily.

However, this small number numbered nearly 1000 disciples.

The dean and the others were extremely anxious. Based on the time, 1000 disciples would be en route. Some had arrived while others were still on their way.

“Liu Qiyue, quickly go in.” When the dean saw Liu Qiyue arrive, he immediately waved his hand.

“Yes.” Liu Qiyue rushed into the Dao Academy. She turned around and saw many adults dressed in armor and wielding weapons. They quickly rushed over. Most of them were in the Marrow Cleansing realm, some were in the Mortal Shedding realm, and a few experts were in the Seamless realm. The few Seamless realm experts were each carrying a young man with an arm. There was an especially strong man who carried an additional two youths on his back. His hands were empty as he rushed in with large strides.

“Find me an axe. To run faster while carrying these two punks, I threw away my axe.” The burly man ran at surprisingly fast speeds, and quickly threw the four young men and women he carried with him.

“Brother Wang, don’t worry. There are plenty of weapons in the Dao Academy,” said the dean immediately.

“I’ll head out to save a few more.” The burly man turned around and ran out.

The dean of Blazing Sun Dao Academy and a number of the soldiers were holding bows and arrows. When the demons approached 2000-feet, the dean—who had comprehended Force—would be the first to shoot an arrow.

Swoosh.

The arrow shot through the air, leaving behind an afterimage as it pierced through an enormous elephant demon’s head, causing it to collapse.

“The demon army is here.” Liu Qiyue also retrieved her bow and arrows from her back. She also wanted to help, but with the demon’s speed, she was only confident of killing them within a distance of 1000-feet.

“Quick, quick! Everyone is to enter the Dao Academy!” The dean’s expression changed. “The demon commander is here. Quick!”

“Quick!” All the soldiers, as well as a few Seamless realm experts—who had tried their best to save more people—had a change in expression. All of them rushed towards the Dao Academy.

Having served in the military at Qinyang Pass, they knew how terrifying a demon commander was! Fighting a demon commander head on meant certain death.

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Meng Chuan traveled at full speed.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

They deserve death. With a single glance, Meng Chuan could see the many human corpses in the distance. When the demon army came through the World Entrance and entered Eastcalm Prefecture, they quickly spread out in all directions. When Jadesun Palace sounded the alarm, quite a few humans had already perished. This was especially true for those who were too close to the demon army. Those weak humans didn’t even have the time to hide in the tunnels.

Many ordinary people—who didn’t have any talent in cultivation—were slaughtered by the demons.

Corpses were everywhere.

After passing by that area, Meng Chuan’s face darkened.

Demons deserve to be killed. They deserve death! Meng Chuan quickly rushed forward, but he couldn’t help but take in the scene around him. Suddenly, he saw something at the corner of the street.

It was a young couple who used their bodies to shield a baby. However, the couple’s and the baby’s bodies had been impaled.

Damn it! Meng Chuan’s eyes turned red. He couldn’t help but think of his parents.

His mother charged towards the demons to fend them off. His father frantically escaped with him on his back. With tears streaming down his face, he fled without turning his head. Back then, he had survived.

But the couple in front of them hadn’t managed to protect their child even with their lives.

I swear that I will kill all demons. I’ll kill them all! Meng Chuan continued to run with red eyes.

“There are humans there.” From afar, ten demons were scattered as they continued pursuing humans. A father and son duo had escaped from a residential compound while three demons chased after them.

Swoosh.

In a flash, Meng Chuan traversed hundreds of feet. With a swing of his saber, the three demons were split into two.

The fleeing father and son turned to look in disbelief.

“Senior Brother Meng.” The youth was overjoyed.

Meng Chuan turned his head to take a look and recognized that it was a junior brother from Mirror Lake Dao Academy. He nodded slightly, and with a flash, he traversed hundreds of feet again. He also passed by seven other demons. His saber glinted in the sunlight as it sliced them apart. Two saber beams pursued the fleeing demons. The seven demons were killed instantly.

Meng Chuan didn’t even turn his head to look and continued to move.

“Dad, it’s Senior Brother Meng. Senior Brother Meng saved us,” the youth said immediately.

“Yes, I know it’s Young Master Meng.” The middle-aged man was filled with excitement from surviving a calamity. He immediately said, “Let’s quickly hide and set up a trap again.”

“Yes.” The youth nodded.

The father and son quickly disappeared from the densely packed housing district.

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Meng Chuan continued advancing.

Along the way, he saw young men and women dressed in Blazing Sun Dao Academy’s robes. They had all died. Clearly, they were on the way to the Dao Academy and had encountered demons!

Meng Chuan fell silent. At the same time, he was also searching for Liu Qiyue with great concern. Could it be that Qiyue encountered danger and fled elsewhere? Have I missed her?

He felt uneasy.

It’s also possible Qiyue has already arrived at Blazing Sun Dao Academy. Meng Chuan prayed, but the killing intent in his heart grew stronger. He was only a kilometer away from Blazing Sun Dao Academy.

Suddenly, he saw billowing smoke from a fire beacon rise up ahead of him. It was in the direction of Blazing Sun Dao Academy.

It’s smoke from a fire beacon. Blazing Sun Dao Academy has lit up the fire beacon? Meng Chuan’s heart tightened. They can’t hold out any longer?

The entire Eastcalm Prefecture City had been invaded. Unless they were in a desperate situation, the Dao Academy wouldn’t light the fire beacon.

Meng Chuan’s figure flashed twice before reaching the top of a towering tree. Looking in the direction of Blazing Sun Dao Academy, he saw a dense horde of demons surrounding it.

With just a glance, his expression changed. There are about 2000 demons. There should be two demon commanders!

Quick. Meng Chuan reeled in anxiety. With a flash, he dashed towards Blazing Sun Dao Academy.