Chapter 1158 - 786: Escape from Death

The region of Jinling has plunged into complete chaos. Tens of thousands of supernatural entities have been released, and at this moment, the demon race’s army has also fallen into disarray.

Zhang Chen unleashed all the supernatural entities from the Ice Hell, used ultrasonic waves to lock onto the positions of Zhou Qiucheng and others, and then cast the Five Elements Escape Technique to pursue them.

However, upon seeing Zhang Chen, some supernatural entities revealed a vicious look in their eyes, desiring to pounce and kill Zhang Chen, the master of the Ice Hell. But before they could approach Zhang Chen, the power of the Ice Hell activated, freezing the entities into statues. Once Zhang Chen left, the ice melted, and the entities revived.

Seeing this, the supernatural entities fled in panic, keeping their distance from Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen made his way to the rear of the escort agency’s convoy, watching from afar as the members of the Dragon Tiger Escort Agency battled in the wave of demon beasts. He did not advance to accompany them but hung back while secretly manipulating wild beasts and demon beasts to carve out a path of survival for the agency.

Behind the escort agency was a vast tide of civilians, following the agency into the distance.

Fighting fiercely through the demon race’s army, the escort agency, despite the chaotic state and disorganized battle of the demon race, found itself gaining the upper hand against the human race’s forces.

The ten demon gods in the distance seemed to sense something amiss. Two of the demon gods left the battlefield to regroup the demon race’s army. As for intercepting the human race? The demon gods, witnessing the massive slaughter by the supernatural entities, had lost the mind for such.

"How did so many supernatural entities suddenly emerge here, as if we disturbed their lair?" The Rat, observing the ongoing massacre of the demon race’s army by the supernatural entities, uttered, momentarily at a loss how to proceed.

There were simply too many supernatural entities!

"Quickly, retreat and set up the Twelve Primordial Stars Formation to counter these entities!" the Dog said.

With so many powerful, immortal supernatural entities, they were beyond the control of the twelve demon gods. Even if they had the capability to suppress them, how difficult would it be to subdue tens of thousands of entities? Until the year of the monkey?

By the time they had suppressed them all, would there be anything left of the demon race’s army?

The main issue was that the entire demon race army was congregated, enhancing the destructive power of the entities, effectively serving a feast for the entities.

"Stop pursuing Gu Mingyue and return quickly to set up the formation to suppress these damned entities," the Rat yelled to the demon gods chasing Gu Mingyue in the distance.

The demon gods, gazing longingly at the distant Gu Mingyue, had no choice but to return and reestablish the formation to suppress the entities.

This highlights the difference between a nearly Twelfth Tier powerhouse (since Gu Mingyue had experienced the power of the Twelfth Tier despite being Eleventh Tier when leaving the Yangtze River) and an Eleventh Tier powerhouse.

Even with far fewer numbers, Gu Mingyue seized an opportunity to escape.

As the Twelve Primordial Stars Formation activated, countless demon beasts and wild beasts abandoned the human blood feed, flocking to the formation for protection.

Meanwhile, the human race, now free of obstacles from beasts and demon beasts, fled quicker and more conveniently, breaking through the demon race’s encirclement and advancing into the distance.

The demon gods, controlling the Twelve Primordial Stars Formation, began battling with the supernatural entities. Yet these entities were incredibly troublesome, virtually immortal, and indestructible, merely suppressible. That’s why the Great Victory Dynasty had previously sent them to the Exquisite Tower.

The battle lasted three days, turning Jinling City into an empty city. Zhang Chen observed the thousands of supernatural entities suppressed by the Twelve Primordial Stars Formation, noting it held only a fifth of the original amount. Seeing the demon race now entirely sheltered within the formation, the remaining entities sensed it was formidable and redirected their focus to humans, launching a widespread massacre. Zhang Chen then actuated the Ice Hell, and the entities, mid-slaughter, were suddenly coated in frost. An extreme cold emerged within them, instantly transforming them into lifelike ice sculptures.

Icy frost spread from the sculptures, turning a radius of three meters around them into an ice and snow realm. With a twist, the realm inexplicably vanished, taking all entities with it.

Even those suppressed by the Twelve Primordial Stars Formation vanished suddenly.

The demon gods exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with confusion. The entities had appeared and disappeared mysteriously, vanishing in an instant.

"Where did these entities come from? How did they disappear so abruptly?" The Pleiades Chicken, in disbelief, remarked, staring at the entities that had vanished in the wind and snow, momentarily unable to comprehend.

Fortuitously, the entities disappeared. The demon gods resumed arranging troops to assess losses, ordering teams to spread out in all directions to capture those fleeing Jinling.

Zhang Chen silently tailed the Dragon Tiger Escort Agency’s convoy. The agency’s five thousand elite escort masters led the way, followed by the agency’s family members, and the massive assembly of civilians from Jinling City.

The convoy moved fast, leaving many women and children unable to keep pace, abandoned by the main group.

Witnessing this, Zhang Chen felt helpless. Though he had the Beast Control Technique, he couldn’t be a caregiver for millions of civilians. He could only dispatch his Blood God Child clones to assassinate demon race scouts, divert their forces, and buy time for the fleeing people.

Moreover, this journey to Kyoto is a thousand miles long, and even if Zhang Chen had three heads and six arms, he wouldn’t be able to ensure everyone’s safety.

However, now that the Demon Race has invaded and engaged in a bloody battle with the Human Race, it is actually beneficial for Zhang Chen. At least all the Blood God Children can freely devour blood to enhance their cultivation.

You should know that Zhang Chen can currently summon ten Blood God Children, and with his Blood Dao Tenth Tier cultivation, the Blood God Children can also reach the Tenth Tier.

Ten Tenth Tier avatars are quite a significant enhancement to Zhang Chen’s strength.

The human army marched on grandly, while Zhang Chen silently followed amidst the crowd, watching the throngs surge, his eyes slightly narrowed, lost in thought.

But can the humans’ walking speed compare to the flying speed of the demon beasts?

After half a day, they saw a vast flock of birds, like a black cloud, approaching the human forces in an invasion.

Zhang Chen stood among the crowd, observing coldly without interfering, because although the birds had caught up, they were too weak. Even a suicidal attack couldn’t threaten the human race, as they were all easily crushed.

"But I can release the hornets and let them feast. The Northern Land has various demon beasts, whose bloodline power is a great nourishment for the hornets." Zhang Chen thought, his eyes lighting up, then he took out a fist-sized, golden-yellow beehive, and in the next moment, countless hornets flew out, joining the demon beast army, starting to feed on the demon race’s flesh.

Currently, the hornets in the hive have evolved into demon beasts due to Zhang Chen’s daily feeding with Emperor’s Liquid, and hundreds of thousands of hornet demon beasts swarmed out of the hive, flying majestically toward the distance.

These hornets were also clever, not hunting wild animals or demon beasts, but feeding on the corpses on the ground.

Or eating the remains.

"To teach the youth is promising, they’ve maximized the Path of Survival." Zhang Chen nodded in satisfaction at this, with Blood God Children lurking within the demon beast tide, secretly hunting demon beasts, seeking blood food for the hornets.

The human army fought constantly, moving slowly across the land, abandoning those who couldn’t keep up with the group, leaving the old and young to become prey for wild beasts.

"Everything in the books is deceitful!"

Zhang Chen silently followed the crowd, watching as the group left behind the old, sick, and disabled, keeping only the young and attractive women, muttering to himself.

"This fits the law of human nature! Women are resources; the old, sick, disabled, and children are not. They are burdens, dependents, how could they be protected by the troop? In times of crisis, abandoning the old, sick, and young conforms to the nature of racial continuity." Zhang Chen mumbled in his heart.

The elderly no longer contribute to the tribe; let them die if they must, and children? Also, they may die, as long as there are young women present, they can always reproduce.

Thus, the young and women are the most precious resources, children come next, followed by the elderly.

"So many bones buried under the Yellow Sand on this journey through the Northern Land, never to see the daylight again." Zhang Chen accompanied the humans for a month before arriving at a neighboring duke’s territory, where half of the human race had died.

The dukes gladly welcomed the refugees, as those who escaped here were young men and women, the most valuable resources.

"But why hasn’t Chen An made any moves yet..." Zhang Chen’s eyes revealed a hint of confusion.

Logically, Chen An should be about to leave Jinling’s Earth Realm by now; shouldn’t he be taking out the Tree of Life Coffin?

Once you head to Kyoto, there won’t be another opportunity to retrieve it.

Zhang Chen pondered in doubt: "Could it be that Chen An has a Spatial Magical Artifact and can carry the Tree of Life Coffin with him? But that’s not right either; if Chen An had a Spatial Magical Artifact, he wouldn’t be so passive."

Zhang Chen was puzzled, unable to solve this mystery, and could only choose to wait and see.

When the demon army reached the border of Jinling, oddly, they didn’t continue their pursuit but chose to retreat.

"Why did the demon army decide to retreat?" Zhang Chen used ultrasonic waves to sense the demon army’s movements, his eyes revealing confusion, as this didn’t match the demon race’s nature.

So Zhang Chen sent Nannan the Fox Immortal to investigate for information.