mtl008 Chapter 318 Attacked
Chapter 318 Attacked
The group soon emerged from the mountain. Zuo Qin originally intended to keep Geng Miaowan and the others in the valley, but Geng Miaowan was preoccupied with Zuo Lengdan's death and was eager to go to the Green Mountain Sect to find out the truth.
Upon hearing her plans, Zuo Qin didn't insist that she stay.
"Leng'er used to say that relying solely on human strength was far from enough to defeat the demon and monster races. She always wanted to join forces with humans to fight them, but those humans were short-sighted and contemptible. Now that I, Leng'er, am dead, our Phoenix Clan will no longer interfere in this war. Whether humans live or die, what does it matter to me! And those cultivators from the Green Mountain Sect, after my daughter's mourning period is over, I will definitely storm Green Mountain and avenge my daughter!"
Hearing Zuo Qin's words, Geng Miaowan felt a chill in her heart. Zuo Lengdan's death must have been a huge blow to Zuo Qin. If this led to the Phoenix Clan being pushed to the side of demons, it would be like adding insult to injury for humanity.
However, since the matter was still unclear, she couldn't speak on behalf of the Green Mountain Sect. "The Left Protector is my benefactor, and I certainly won't stand idly by while she dies. But… before the matter is clarified, please, Granny Qin, don't act impulsively. I'll go to the Green Mountain Sect immediately and get to the bottom of this. If it truly was done by the Green Mountain Sect, then…"
Geng Miaowan paused for a moment, then continued, "If it really was done by someone from the Green Mountain Sect, then I will definitely not let them off the hook!"
After bidding farewell to Zuo Qin, Geng Miaowan, Xu Ruwen, and Huangfu Aohan headed west along the Ru River, taking care of several sentries along the way.
She is now at the late stage of the Mahayana realm, Xu Ruwen has reached the Eight-Tails stage, equivalent to the Void Transformation stage in humans, and Huangfu Aohan's strength has also significantly improved after a period of recuperation.
As for Luan Hao, he has been unusually silent ever since entering the demon territory. He hasn't come out even once in all these days.
However, Geng Miaowan also noticed that the strength of these demon soldiers had increased significantly over the past three hundred years. She remembered that three hundred years ago, Haotian's army only had a few demon generals, but now, even a casual patrol team could easily find one or two demon generals, and occasionally they would even encounter demon lords.
It's important to understand that the Demon General Realm is roughly equivalent to the Integration Stage or Void Transformation Stage in humans. If she were to encounter someone with the strength of a Demon Lord Realm, Geng Miaowan's current power would only be enough to put up a fight.
Therefore, they only dared to pick on the weak, and as long as they didn't encounter a large-scale patrol of demons on the road, nothing serious would happen.
However, sometimes, trouble is not something you can avoid just because you want to.
As they approached the vicinity of Cold Mountain, the number of demon sentries increased, their intervals narrowed, and the demon generals guarding these sentries became increasingly higher in rank. Geng Miaowan and her group passed several sentry posts without making a move.
That day, as they traveled through the Wuyuan area, they suddenly sensed movement ahead. Geng Miaowan and Xu Ruwen exchanged a glance and quickly hid.
A moment later, a demon general at the Demon General Realm led several demon soldiers from afar. Most of the demon soldiers were between the Nascent Soul and Body Integration Realms, roughly equivalent to the Enlightenment Stage in humans. The group of about ten people walked unsteadily, keeping watch as they went.
Geng Miaowan had encountered many patrol teams like this, but she rarely attacked them along the way. This was because these demons on patrol had their own unique way of communicating, and if she wasn't careful, they would send out messages that would attract nearby demon soldiers.
She acted without fully understanding the situation the first time. As the saying goes, many ants can kill an elephant, and they were almost surrounded and beaten by the demon soldiers who rushed over.
From then on, she kept her distance from these patrolmen.
They hid in the shadows, silently watching the patrol team pass by. They were less than half a day's journey from Hanshan, and Geng Miaowan didn't want any unnecessary trouble.
After the patrol team passed, she peeked out from the bushes beside her. But before she could even stand up straight, she suddenly sensed an unusual atmosphere in the air.
Geng Miaowan thought to herself, "Oh no!"
Sure enough, she had barely finished speaking when the demon general in front suddenly stopped. He whirled around, his eyes fixed on a clump of grass, and shouted sharply, "Who's there!"
The bushes didn't move at all.
The demon general winked at the soldiers on either side, who immediately understood and moved towards the bushes in an encircling formation. The demon general gripped his weapon tightly, then strode excitedly towards the spot.
Seeing this, Geng Miaowan had no choice but to hide again.
She was already adept at concealing her aura, and Xu Ruwen, being a fox spirit, was also a master of hiding; Huangfu Aohan was even more so. Therefore, if these two and the dog put in a little effort to hide themselves, discovering them wouldn't be an easy task.
So when the demon generals had some doubts, she wasn't worried at all about being discovered by them.
Moreover, for a fleeting moment, she clearly sensed the presence of humans there. Although they quickly concealed themselves, that brief moment was enough for the demon general to detect them.
Geng Miaowan thought to herself that if the people hiding over there were smart enough, they should have run away immediately, but those people were clearly not as smart as she thought.
Just as the demon general was about to approach the bushes, a long sword suddenly flew out of the bushes, carrying a sharp sword aura as it rushed straight towards the demon general. The demon general chuckled, as if he had been prepared, and dodged the sword with a single flash.
Immediately afterwards, several figures jumped out of the bushes and engaged the demon patrol in battle.
Geng Miaowan glanced at the group and saw that there were six humans who had emerged, most of them at the Enlightenment or Fusion stages, with only one old man having a slightly higher cultivation level, probably at the Void Refinement stage.
These few humans weren't without a chance against this demon patrol, but they didn't know that these patrolmen were masters of communication, and the demon soldiers they attracted were the real headache.
"Kill that demon quickly!" Seeing them start fighting, Geng Miaowan hurriedly ordered Xu Ruwen to stop the demon trying to deliver the message. However, they were too late; the signal had already been sent out. They weren't far from the sentry post, and with such a signal, reinforcements would probably arrive soon.
"These people are practically courting death." They just rushed out without any regard for the consequences, completely unaware that they should have assessed the enemy situation before coming out.
"What should we do now?" Xu Ruwen asked in his mind. "Should we go and save them?"
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