parentshiftbook Chapter 169 The Situation
Chapter 169 The Situation
A shooting star streaked across the night sky, illuminating the cracked earth.
A sense of desolation and barrenness lingered across the land, where withered and dead leaves and vegetation lay everywhere. For miles around, not a single sign of life could be seen.
A beam of light pierced through the clouds, and Zhang Ping looked down at the earth, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
He deliberately took a detour, passing through the border area between Xidu Forest and Dawei, to send a message to Xidu Forest while also taking the opportunity to observe the current situation of Dawei along the way.
But to my surprise, I didn't see a single sign of life along the way!
The piles of bones along the roadside almost exceeded the total number of everything Zhang Ping had ever seen in his entire life.
Everywhere was deathly still, devoid of any life.
"Where are the people from Great Wei?"
Zhang Ping was puzzled, then changed direction and headed towards the capital of Great Wei.
It seems the demonic attack has had far more severe consequences than he imagined. Even the Northwest region has been reduced to this state. However, it's impossible that all the people in the Northwest prefectures have perished; most likely, they evacuated to the capital.
For some reason, a scene from his time in southern Xinjiang suddenly flashed into his mind.
"A stalemate..."
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Dawn breaks through the darkness.
The capital city was the economic and political center of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Gaa—gaa—
Flocks of crows landed on the dilapidated city wall, their dark eyes slightly reddened as they stared at the crowd below.
As the sun rises, people who have survived another night begin to awaken from their weakness.
The woman in hemp clothing had a sallow complexion and was tightly holding a little boy in her arms.
"Mom, I'm hungry..." The child's lips were bloodless, dry, and cracked. His tiny, bony hands tugged weakly at his mother's clothes.
His voice wasn't loud, and he glanced around fearfully as he spoke. He unconsciously hid in his mother's arms.
The woman's numb gaze paused slightly as she noticed the greedy looks directed at the child around her, and her face immediately turned vicious.
She pulled the child closer to her.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Li, there will be porridge soon."
The children's eyes finally lit up when porridge was mentioned.
A woman with a child carefully walked through the dirty and disorderly area, where human bones were piled up in some dark corners.
These bones were broken down into individual pieces, with a few strands of meat hanging from them.
"Help me, I can't take it anymore..."
Passing by a muddy area covered with thatch, a man with festering sores on his legs was frantically pleading for help from everyone he passed.
But no one paid any attention to him.
Soon, he fell silent.
No one cared, and because he died of illness, no one dared to approach him.
Gaa—gaa—
A black feather fell from the sky, and two or three crows landed on him. Their sharp beaks pecked into his vulnerable eyes, beak, and throat...
Soon, large pools of blood appeared on the ground.
On the dilapidated city wall, two figures were illuminated by the rising sun.
A woman with a curvaceous figure exuded a capable and ruthless aura. Chu Hanwei silently glanced at the scene of crows pecking at the corpse, her gaze remaining unchanged.
In the past six months, she has seen far more horrific scenes than this.
Beside her was a figure shrouded in a black robe.
The black robe was very large, almost big enough to fit several people, and it was stretched taut.
The moment the man in black robes raised his head, a face that resembled neither a beast nor a human was revealed. The face was covered in brown scales, and three eyes were arranged on each side of his brow bone.
A single black horn extends from between his eyebrows, gleaming with a cold light.
Xu Rulin.
"Let's go, we don't have much time left."
Each of the six eyes moved automatically. Xu Rulin turned around and said something to Chu Hanwei.
Upon hearing this, Chu Hanwei glanced at the soldiers distributing porridge at the city gate and the people swaying in line with their bowls, nodded, and turned to leave.
They don't have much time left.
Demons march north, and the Great Wei is fighting with all its might!
The warriors who had not fled exhausted all their resources and tried every possible method.
Stop the demons!
However, the process was brutal, and countless people died on the battlefield. They were driven all the way to the capital.
In the battle in the capital, Dao Yuanzi mastered the secret technique and successfully blocked the Demon Lord; she and the other martial artists assisted Xu Rulin in carrying the divine sword to kill the Black Tiger King!
Afterwards, Xu Rulin used the Divine Mandate Demon-Locking Technique to absorb the power of the Black Tiger King and advanced to the peak of the sixth realm of Body Refinement!
Having acquired the initial strength to resist, and subsequently, at the cost of sacrificing a large number of martial artists, those selected to cultivate the Divine Fate Demon-Locking Technique were allowed to absorb powerful demons.
With this ebb and flow, they gradually managed to defend the capital.
However, the power of the demons is constantly increasing. If the Great Wei wants to win, it must kill the remaining demon kings and absorb them into its own power.
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In the south, dark clouds obscured the sky and the sun.
Endless strange demons roamed through the black mist, and the earth was visibly dyed black. It was not barren, but covered with strange, shiny black plants.
It is filled with all kinds of strange beasts, and these beasts have more or less shown signs of being demonized. Judging from the degree of their corruption, it has only started recently.
"Hurry up, all of you! If you delay the growth of the Demon Vine Fruit, we'll skin you alive for food!"
On a neatly planted hillside, a human warrior held a whip, shouting at the passing beasts. He also bore the marks of demonic transformation, with a short-haired tail protruding from his gaping buttocks.
With the overwhelming invasion of demons, the human race offered little resistance, and the exotic beasts living in the Great Wei territory also suffered. Some were devoured by the demons, while others were forced into becoming their slaves.
If even mythical beasts are like this, then the human race, which has always been adept at adapting, is naturally not lagging behind.
Ever since the demons announced that they would accept the human race as their allies, some people have started to have designs on them.
I don't care if they're human or demon, as long as I can survive, I'd be willing to be a dog!
After being corrupted by demons, their cultivation speed also increased significantly, which made it common for martial artists to side with demons and live specifically in the areas opened up by demons.
Simply provide blood offerings on time to maintain the stock. This also satisfies the desires of some humanoid demons.
Southern Xinjiang, a crack in the sky.
A middle-aged figure suddenly turned around from the desolate land and looked north.
"I really didn't expect you to come back..."
He took a step forward, stepping out of the desolate space.
Using the power of the headless demon corpse, they traversed thousands of miles.
...
click-
Suddenly, a heavy rain began to fall from the sky, accompanied by thunder.
Zhang Ping stopped and frowned as he looked at the suddenly changed sky.
"This day seems a little different?"
Just a moment ago the sky was clear and blue, but when I glanced down, the sky changed instantly!
The weather in this world is much more unpredictable than in my previous life, but there has never been such an anomaly.
"A sign? Or is it because the seal is loosening?"
Large raindrops pelted his body, but Zhang Ping did not choose to use his qi and blood to resist them.
The power of the water god made him feel very comfortable when he came into contact with water.
Suddenly, he turned his head to look to his left front, and his expression gradually became serious.
click-
The space shattered like a mirror, and a middle-aged figure appeared.
His voice was low, tinged with surprise: "I didn't expect you to come back on your own initiative..."
Zhang Ping's gaze hardened: "Demon Lord."