Chapter 725: Lu Chen Makes a Move
Bai Wenbin gripped his sword tightly, his body trembling uncontrollably. If it were only the initial Demonic Tide, the tens of thousands of soldiers he brought could have withstood it.
But under the current circumstances, the soldiers he brought, combined with those of Black Moon City, simply could not hold back the tide. The number of monsters was so vast that they were piling up as high as the city walls. What chance did they have?
No! He couldn't die here!
He was a general of the Great Chu Dynasty with a bright future ahead of him.
Although he was very fond of Ji Qiuyu, he only coveted her beauty. There were so many beautiful women in the world; he did not want to lose his life over a woman he had not even slept with.
With this in mind, Bai Wenbin immediately turned and ran, not even leaving behind a single word.
He knew Ji Qiuyu's character; at this point, Ji Qiuyu was most likely not going to leave.
Furthermore, persuading Ji Qiuyu would take some time, and if he delayed too long, the Demonic Tide might already have surged up. If he did not leave now, he would be even less likely to escape later.
At this moment, Ji Qiuyu had not realized that Bai Wenbin had already fled. She clenched the sword in her hand and continued valiantly slaughtering the monsters.
But the number of monsters was too great, and soon the entire city tower was overrun with them. The number of surviving soldiers on the walls of Black Moon City was dwindling rapidly.
Black Moon City originally had only about a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, and adding the tens of thousands of soldiers Bai Wenbin brought, there were only about two hundred thousand in total.
However, the number of monsters clearly exceeded two hundred thousand, and it could even reach a million. Moreover, the strength of the monsters rushing towards the walls had greatly increased, making them a match that the soldiers of the Heavenly Human Realm could not withstand.
Just then, a massive monster charged at Ji Qiuyu, who quickly harnessed her Sword Qi to fight back.
The monster was incredibly powerful; Ji Qiuyu's Sword Qi barely scratched it, and it was imbued with a power to suppress the Spiritual Power of a cultivator.
Ji Qiuyu immediately felt a sense of dread; this was the power of the Heavenly Demon, a force that could severely suppress cultivators.
Indeed, all of this must have been orchestrated by the Heavenly Demon sealed within the Sealing Grounds. It seemed the seal of the Heavenly Demon had already loosened.
But now was not the time to dwell on these thoughts. If things continued this way, all of the common people of Black Moon City would become food for the monsters.
Once Black Moon City fell, the monsters would quickly spread to other parts of the Great Chu Dynasty. If the monsters escaped from Black Moon City, stopping them would not be so easy.
At this moment, Ji Qiuyu gritted her silver teeth. The Emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty was really a fool, assigning her just a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers to guard such a crucial place and leaving her as the only Creation Realm Cultivator. How was she to defend it?
Just as Ji Qiuyu dodged the monster's thrust, another monster identical to the first suddenly appeared behind her. Ji Qiuyu instantly sensed the danger at her back.
"Not good!"
It was already too late for Ji Qiuyu to dodge, as she saw the second monster's claws about to swing down at her. Countless flashbacks flitted through her mind.
The fear in Ji Qiuyu's heart suddenly disappeared at that moment, and she became incredibly calm. She had long known that defending Black Moon City would eventually lead to a deathly end.
However, just as Ji Qiuyu believed she was certainly going to die, streams of Spiritual Energy spread from afar. As these energies touched the bodies of the monsters, each one of them scattered in terror.
Ji Qiuyu was immediately stunned upon seeing the two monsters beside her flee in fear; she had never witnessed such a scene before.
She then turned her head towards the source of the spreading Spiritual Energy and was stunned once again when she saw Lu Chen.
Could it be him?
Lu Chen threw out his sword, followed by activating his Sword Qi.
Ice-Eight Level Sword!
In the next instant, countless Sword Qi streams rushed towards the Demonic Tide, and wherever the Sword Qi went, all the demons were frozen in place. In just a split second, hundreds of thousands of demons were swiftly annihilated.
Seeing this scene, whether it was the soldiers on the city wall or Ji Qiuyu, all were stunned.
This was the first time they had seen someone able to kill so many demons in a blink of an eye.
These demons, under the influence of the Heavenly Demon, either more or less, had some immunity to Spiritual Power. Therefore, even if Ji Qiuyu used swordsmanship, it was difficult to annihilate demons on a large scale.
Relying solely on the power of an individual Cultivator to eradicate demons was very difficult; they could basically only depend on black-gold weapons.
But now, this man, relying on some kind of swordsmanship, had obliterated so many demons—how did he manage to do that?
He looked like he was the natural nemesis of demons.
At this moment, the onslaught of the Demonic Tide weakened a bit, and some demons had already begun to entertain thoughts of retreat.
The scene just now not only stunned everyone but also greatly deterred the demons present.
A glimmer of surprise flashed in Ji Qiuyu's beautiful eyes. Who on earth was this man? Why did he possess such power?
While Ji Qiuyu was lost in thought, Lu Chen took action for the second time.
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Once again, in an instant, the demons near Lu Chen were all frozen into ice, then immediately turned into icy rubble.
It was the first time Lu Chen had used the Heaven Rank sword technique, the Ice-Eight Level Sword, in actual combat. He had not expected the effect to be so remarkable.
Of course, this was mainly because he had cultivated the Demon Burying Spell, which allowed his Sword Qi to dispel Demonic Qi—a lethal threat to demons.
As Lu Chen took action, the demons had clearly realized something was amiss, and some of them began to flee towards the Demon Sealing grounds.
Lu Chen then took action once again and, in less than a quarter of an hour, had completely dispersed the Demonic Tide.
Those present felt as if they were dreaming; they had never imagined that there would come a day when facing the Demonic Tide could be so effortless.
Who was this man? He was too strong!
Ji Qiuyu also watched Lu Chen from afar, her feelings somewhat complex. She had initially thought that Lu Chen was just an ordinary Creation Realm Cultivator, keeping him simply for an extra set of fighting abilities. She hadn't expected he would become the key figure to turn the tide.
Such a powerful being—why had she never heard of him before? Logically, someone like him who could easily kill demons, even if not particularly high in cultivation state, shouldn't be unknown.
Lu Chen wasn't aware of the gazes of those around him. He stood on the city tower, looking towards the demonic Qi above the Demon Sealing land in the distance.
The Demonic Qi above the Demon Sealing land was still very dense, but perhaps because of his intervention, those demons only dared to stay inside the Demon Sealing land and didn't dare to leave.
This scene felt unbelievably magical; one person was enough to prevent the Demonic Tide from stepping out of the Demon Sealing land.
Were they really not dreaming?
If this man were to stay in Black Moon City, wouldn't the demons henceforth not dare to leave the Demon Sealing land? Wouldn't that mean the end of the Demonic Tide?