Chapter 1390 - 662: Double Fish Pendant

Chapter 1390: Chapter 662: Double Fish Pendant

The moon was dark and the wind was high, flames soared to the sky, and thousands of demons roared out from the mountains, launching an attack on human towns in the plains. The gate guards immediately reacted, sounded the alarm, and the men were awakened from their dreams, grabbing their swords and crossbows to defend the fortress.

For a moment, killing cries arose in front of the main camp gate, as the guards relied on the Guardian Barrier in the ancient human towns, exerting dozens of times the gravitational suppression on demon monster giants. At the same time, they joined forces to transmit True Qi, activating the array and launching traps such as earth spikes, wooden stakes, fire oil, and floods to decrease the Beast Tide Demon Soldiers.

Meanwhile, Human Clan masters such as the City Lord, Family Head, and Colonels donned armor and weapons, unleashed Gang Fist, and soared out from the array. They engaged in fierce combat with demon and monster leaders that charged with the beast herd, fighting alongside armored fierce soldiers and elite demons in the array, like armored gorillas battling steel Godzilla, kicking up sand and dust, flames roaring, just as in the daily routine of recent years.

Indeed, if humans can’t adapt to the environment, they can only face extinction. When chaos becomes the norm, fighting naturally becomes a part of daily life.

Once, ordinary people who had long experienced peace had only hoped to place their trust in the emperors and ministers of the Immortal Palace. Once faced with military disaster, they migrated with their families, as if fleeing far enough would lead them to a peaceful land.

However, five hundred years have passed, the chaos continues to escalate, all the Immortals in heaven have died, blood covering the sky. Naturally, mortals in the mortal world have come to realize there is no land of joy anywhere. Where won’t earth bury a man? Just endure and it will pass.

Thus, the refugee factions initially fleeing the chaos gradually stopped their panic-stricken steps, gathered around contemporary heroes and warlords, established teams, families, gangs, war groups, strongholds, cottages, and towns. Gradually, these vassal cities became scattered across the Central Plains, becoming points of conflict under the heavenly layout, vying for dominance.

Humans too, rapidly evolved with the era, regrowing their ground-down fangs, refining the Gang Fist passed down by the Immortal Venerable, and fought fiercely for survival resources with demons and ghosts from all directions, just as ancestors did ten thousand years ago.

Undeniably, organized, skilled and equipped humans, once they regain courage, can immediately become the masters of the land, becoming top predators of nature. Even the most ferocious Otherworldly Godzilla cannot withstand being besieged and pummeled by hundreds or thousands of humanoid mechas accelerating with tens of layers of Gang Fist. Back then, the Demon Race Empire was fierce, yet it was equally crushed by the Immortal Venerable’s army.

Unfortunately, the opponents humans face today are not merely the surface demons, but production capacity and wealth of companies, so the ground forces have actually reached a balance. During the day, humans go out with demon hunting teams to raid mountain demons for resources and minerals. At night, the demons crawl off the assembly line, immediately starting the set army siege per instructions, vying for the world.

Both sides attack alternately, fighting day and night. If humans cannot destroy the mountains and temples, slaughter the demons and eradicate the nearby Demon Cave, they cannot solve the demon menace at its root. And once the demon leader is killed, the siege will temporarily stall, until the next beast herd leader is produced to organize another offensive. Thus, neither side can get the better of the other for a while.

However, this time the situation has changed, because a group of traitors emerged among the crowd.

This group of traitors, all dressed in black and masked, moved stealthily with knives at night, holding badges in their mouths, and had poisoned sleeve arrows, evidently well-prepared. At this moment, the city guards were drawn by the demon tide, allowing them to take advantage of the situation to launch a diversion tactic, sneaking near the side gate for a surprise attack. They slaughtered the guards completely, then opened the city gate, ignited fragrance that attracts demons, and let demon beasts into the city.

Instantly, the defense collapsed, demon beasts entered the city through the breach, and the main force was tied up in a bitter battle at the city gate. For a time, women, children, and the elderly suffered massacre, and the inner city once again descended into a mortal hell.

While demon beasts were rampantly slaughtering here and the defensive forces were in chaos, the masked traitors also wasted no time, rushing straight to the family mansion of a wealthy household in the city.

This mansion occupied a considerable area, nearly one-tenth of the city’s land, was splendidly luxurious, undoubtedly the residence of an ancient official or a Marquis Mansion. Being able to occupy such a prime location, of course, meant it belonged to local figures like the City Lord or military leaders.

And those masked men planned tonight’s actions naturally with precision coordination. Just as they secretly opened the city gate and let demons invade, they already had insiders to support, secretly drugging and knocking out house servants and slaves, and secretly opened the backyard door from the northeast corner.

Thus, the masked men entered in a row with bloody steel knives, killing anyone they saw, regardless of gender or age, maid or servant, leaving no survivors. Simultaneously, they skillfully used the Secret Technique to tame beasts, igniting fragrance to attract demons to the courtyard, mutilating corpses beyond recognition, tearing them apart to the extent of disguising as the handiwork of demons. Clearly, they intended to eradicate the entire family.

What a pity, no matter how seamless the plan was, it can’t always keep up with unexpected changes.

"Hold! There’s someone on the roof!"

Just as the group of masked assassins finished slaughtering the guards and were about to rush into the mansion for further atrocities, the leader raised a hand to halt the others.