Mountain Patrol Military Officer
Chapter 297 - 259: They’ve Returned! (Seeking monthly ticket)

Chapter 297: Chapter 259: They’ve Returned! (Seeking monthly ticket)

Chapter 259: Giant Drives the Mountain

Pei Yanhu, as the Deputy Guardian of Jiannan Road, holds the highest military rank here. Although he does not shine as brightly as the Human Clan’s Martial Treasure, he is the core figure who guards this place and stabilizes the morale of the troops.

At his movement, immediately a commotion arose. His colonels, not knowing why he left the core of the array, their faces changed dramatically as they saw demons swarm towards the streak of lightning and bellowed.

"Protect the Commander!"

Those experts from the Shu who had entered Chuanzhong Pass also recognized the critical importance of this Commander and raised their voices, moving in unison.

"Stop him!"

Amidst the tide of demons, a fierce roar was heard, followed by the sneering hiss of a certain demon.

"He is the Main General, kill him!"

One could see, from behind the tide of demons, a demonic howl piercing the sky. A pair of blood-red demon eyes stared at the lightning breaking through the demonic tide towards the southeast. With a baring of its fangs, fierce excitement shone in those demon eyes. With a blast of its feet, it shot towards the lightning.

Following closely, three more soul-shaking demonic howls rose within the demon tide, shooting from all directions towards that silver thunder.

At the same time, a large group of demons headed towards the southeastern city wall, creating an oppressive mass, wishing to block the city’s forces from breaking through.

One could see the dazzling lightning, in an instant, carving a bloody path, sprinting to a distance, intercepted by four Great Demons billowing with demon flames, causing an immense rumble and astonishing demon light.

After breaking out of the formation, Pei Yanhu felt a pressing urgency in his chest, and the increasingly burning temperature was telling him.

Those people were rapidly approaching!

Could it be the Ninth Mountain?

His pupils, filled with blood, trembled violently.

His son died on the battlefield, his soldiers were buried in foreign lands, and his brothers in arms had fallen in battle. He received messages that his former comrades had perished, and this profound feeling of helplessness made this man, who had been defending Jingguan City, suffer immense inner torment, unable to rest day or night. Whenever he closed his eyes, he could see the restless spirits of his fallen soldiers.

In that projection, he had witnessed Chen Yuan, whom he placed great hopes in, having his Dharma Image ground away by the Great Martial Vault Demon. This young colonel, a gallant hero, who had fought all the way from Heavenly Pass to Martial Vault, an extraordinary talent, inspired countless hot-blooded youths from Shu, only to see him perish in the light and shadows. This made Pei Yanhu feel a tremendous impact, followed by an overwhelming sense of worthlessness and self-blame.

These past few days, he blamed himself daily, wishing he had not sent him out.

But he knew that, as the Main General, he would still do the same as he had before.

It was a dead knot.

He sensed the burning heat, desperately wanting to know the answer, but outside the border were demons, and he had to lead his men to tear a gap to bring them back!

"Create a gap!"

"I sense brothers are returning from the battlefield; we must go and lead them back!"

Terrible demon light shot from all around, and with a howl, Pei Yanhu’s hair danced wildly, his eyes shot out thunderous light, revealing intense silver brilliance. Then his body surged with a heaven-reaching thunder. A blue lotus emerged amidst the thunder, and from beneath its leaves, a silverfish leaped out of the Thunder Pool, and in an instant, a dragon’s cry echoed between heaven and earth. A glittering silver Thunder Dragon emerged from the Thunder Pool, circling violently around Pei Yanhu and soared skyward.

The silver Thunder Dragon brandished its claws, dragon horns, dragon limbs, and dragon tail, grappling with the four demon lights, with thunder crackling and snapping.

Following a loud boom, all four demon lights bombarded simultaneously.

The Thunder Dragon roared, its dragon scales and dragon horns turned into Thunder Liquid by the demon lights, scattering in all directions, soon severely wounded.

All four demons possessed the Tao Fruit!

Pairs of demon eyes revealed fierce and ferocious light, determined to slay this Main General on the spot. However, Pei Yanhu, who had held the position of Deputy Demon Suppression Envoy for many years, was not someone to be trifled with easily.

His face quickly turned blood-red; he opened his mouth wide, swallowing the silver Thunder Dragon, and in an instant, transformed into a silver Dragon-man, ten zhang in size, clad in Dragon Armor, with thunder leaping all over his body. Extending his hands, he wielded the Kanglong Mace, shattering several Divine Lights. With his pale yellow eyebrows and pupils crawling with blood vessels, filled with ferocity, he faced a demon shadow blocking his way, his Thunder Dragon swiftly flashing, exhibiting his fierce aura as he engaged in close combat, forcing the demon back with continuous roars, while the other three demons immediately joined the battle with Taoist Soldiers in hand.

The brutal physical clash caused the demon Qi to splash chaotically, shattering the silver light.

Back in Chuanzhong City, upon hearing Pei Yanhu’s howl, his colonels immediately displayed a fierce gaze,

"Kill!"

With a fierce cry, they led their forces out of the border, clashing with the demons, tearing open a breach.

At that moment, up in the high skies, the battle amidst Martial Vault was particularly intense, with danger at every step. The Divine Priestess from the Su Nu Sword Sect sensed Pei Yanhu’s situation. With a shout, the ribbons surrounding her, like the Chaos Sky Silk, shattered the cold frost spreading through the void, resisting the moon falling from the Heavenly Dog Demon. Then, one ribbon flew down from the sky, whistling through the air, towards the battlefield where Pei Yanhu was, causing the void to tremble.

Just then,

The Heavenly Dog Demon sneered upon seeing this, "Competing in magic with me, and yet you dare to be distracted, now is the time, Swallowing Moon!"

With a stern voice, one could see that moon bursting with cold light, a surge of black Qi erupted out, shadow-like, penetrating through the veil spun by the ribbon. Then, from that shadow, a gigantic canid demon broke free, rapidly closing in, its claws sharp as divine weapons, lunged at the Divine Priestess with a swipe.