92: Chapter 92 You dare touch my people? Did you even ask me?!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Blood sprayed from the seven orifices of the Earth Demon Bear simultaneously, and the inside of its incomparably hard skull had already been churned into mush!
Even its precious crystal core was shattered by this terrifying sword intent!
"Ooh..."
The Earth Demon Bear's massive body swayed.
Then.
Boom!!
Like a golden mountain collapsing or a jade pillar toppling, it slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
It was dead.
A sixth-order Earth Demon Bear, killed in seconds by just two strikes!
"Gulp."
In the distance, Zhou Zhan and the City Lord swallowed with difficulty, feeling as if they were dreaming.
"Old Zhou... am I seeing things?" the City Lord muttered to himself. "Is that Lin Fan? Is that the student of yours who only enrolled three months ago?"
"I suppose... so?" Zhou Zhan was also completely bewildered.
With the death of the Lord-class Earth Demon Bear, the previously frenzied beast tide instantly lost its command and fell into chaos.
"Kill!!"
Lin Fan did not stop; he turned and charged into the beast horde.
He wielded the great xia dragon sparrow, reaping the high-level fierce beasts above the third order as if he were chopping melons and vegetables.
Ten minutes later.
The once surging beast tide completely collapsed, leaving behind a ground full of corpses.
Covered in blood, Lin Fan walked up to the two elders, carrying his blade.
"Principal, City Lord."
Lin Fan took two bottles of healing medicine from his ring and handed them over, his expression grave. "What exactly is going on? Why are there so many alien races targeting Xuan Sheng City?"
The City Lord took the medicine and gave a bitter smile, his eyes looking at Lin Fan with extreme complexity.
"Because of you."
"Because of me?" Lin Fan was stunned.
"That's right."
The City Lord sighed. "You manifested at the iron blood stele, triggering a heavenly phenomenon. Those alien races... they are afraid."
"They mistakenly believe that an ancient Saint of the human race is still alive, perhaps even reviving near Xuan Sheng City. This fear has driven them mad; they want to strike first and nip the threat in the bud."
Speaking of this, the City Lord's face turned pale. "And... according to intelligence, this is not just a beast tide."
"The true main force of the alien races is attacking Zhen Yao City!"
"It is said... that more than one Domain King Realm alien has appeared there! Their goal is to completely destroy the human race's defensive line and find that so-called 'Saint'!"
Boom!!
Lin Fan's mind went blank.
Zhen Yao City!
That is the place guarded by General Qin Mie, the final barrier of the human race!
And... Nannan is still there!
"Damn it!!"
Lin Fan's expression changed drastically, and an unprecedented panic welled up in his heart.
Is it because of me...
Because of my manifestation, I brought this catastrophe upon the entire human race?!
"I must go back!"
Lin Fan turned around abruptly, the great xia dragon sparrow emitting an anxious hum.
"Lin Fan! That place is filled with Domain King Realm experts! You'll just be throwing your life away!" Zhou Zhan tried to hold him back.
"Even if it means death, I have to go!"
Lin Fan shook off Zhou Zhan's hand, his eyes bloodshot, his voice resolute.
"I caused this trouble, so I will be the one to resolve it!"
"And... my little sister is still there!!"
Boom!!
Lin Fan stopped wasting words. His entire body turned into a streak of cyan light, speeding toward Zhen Yao City at a terrifying speed exceeding the speed of sound.
Over this past month, Lin Fan had killed until his eyes were red.
Starting from Xuan Sheng City and heading west along the supply line, five sixth-order fierce beasts had died under his blade, and the number of fifth-order fierce beasts exceeded a thousand.
The blade of the great xia dragon sparrow was gorged with beast blood, emitting a dark red, eerie light.
Finally, the outline of Zhen Yao City appeared on the horizon.
"Hiss—"
Even though he had mentally prepared himself, when he saw the scene before him, Lin Fan's grip on his blade tightened.
Tragic.
Too tragic.
The once towering steel walls were now riddled with holes, with thick black smoke rising from countless breaches.
In the distance, artillery fire filled the sky, and energy beams poured down, dyeing the sky the color of blood.
Inside the city, there were wounded soldiers everywhere; cries of pain and roars were mixed together, and the air was filled with a thick scent of blood and the stench of burning.
"Is this f*cking hell..."
Lin Fan pressed his earpiece, connecting to the command center's encrypted channel.
"Old Li! It's me, Lin Fan! I have arrived at the outskirts of Zhen Yao City!"
Static...
There was a lot of static on the communication channel. After several seconds, Old Li's exhausted voice came through:
"Lin Fan?! You kid, you've finally arrived!"
"Stop the chatter!" Lin Fan said, his speed rapid as he manipulated his movement technique to weave through the ruins. "Open a mobile support channel for me! Also, send me the locations of Liu Haoran, Qin Mie, and the others! Hurry!"
"Okay! Data is being transmitted!"
Old Li's voice was serious. "Listen, the situation is extremely critical right now! On the Fulong Battlefield side, the alien races are determined to break through the city this time. There are six Desolate Realm Experts on the other side, and... two Domain King Realm experts!!"
"What?!" Lin Fan's heart skipped a beat.
Six Desolate Realm Experts, two Domain Kings!
This lineup was practically meant to raze Zhen Yao City to the ground!
"On our side, we only have four experts holding the line: Qin Mie, Zhao Baichuan, Liu Haoran, and Wu Jianba." Old Li's voice was trembling. "Wu Jianba is fighting those two Domain Kings to the death, and Qin Mie and Zhao Baichuan are also tied down. The most dangerous situation is Liu Haoran... he is in the southwest, being besieged by alien generals!"
"Southwest?"
Lin Fan looked up, toward the southwest. There, a violent surge of Origin Power was rising into the sky; it was clear the battle was raging fiercely.
"Received."
Lin Fan hung up the communication, activated "Eight Gates Transport" under his feet, and his entire body turned into an afterimage, rushing frantically toward the southwest.
Southwest battlefield.
"Pfft!"
Liu Haoran spat out a mouthful of blood, his figure staggering backward.
This usually gentle and refined Confucian general now had his hair disheveled, and his white robe was already dyed red with blood. Opposite him, a burly alien general wielding a giant battle-axe was approaching with a sinister grin.
That was the alien general, Mountain Breaker! Early stage Desolate Realm!
"Liu Haoran, stop struggling."
Mountain Breaker licked his lips, looking at him playfully. "Your human race is finished. Just obediently stick your head out, and I'll give you a quick death!"
"Bullshit!"
Liu Haoran gritted his teeth, forcibly raising his Noble Spirit, but it triggered his internal injuries, making his face pale as paper. He was already at the end of his rope, his internal Origin Power nearly exhausted.
"Stubborn fool!"
Just at this moment, a voice sounded beside Liu Haoran.
"Die!"
An alien general holding a bone blade had circled to the flank without anyone noticing; it was the general Savage River! Seizing the moment when Liu Haoran's old strength was spent and new strength had not yet arisen, the bone blade in his hand whistled through the air, slashing directly toward Liu Haoran's neck!
Sneak attack!
This strike was too fast, too tricky!
Liu Haoran's eyelids twitched; it was already too late to defend.
"My life ends here..."
Just at the moment Liu Haoran closed his eyes in despair.
"Touch my people? Did you ask me first!!"
A violent shout exploded across the battlefield.
Immediately after, a brilliant cyan blade light descended from the sky, forcibly interposing itself between Liu Haoran and Savage River!
"Clang—!!"
The sound of metal clashing rang through the heavens.
Savage River only felt a massive force travel up through his bone blade, splitting the webbing between his thumb and index finger. His entire body flew backward uncontrollably for dozens of meters, slamming heavily into the ground.
"Who?!"
Savage River couldn't care about the sharp pain; he flipped up and looked forward in shock and rage.
As the dust cleared, a tall, slender figure holding a cyan-black long blade was seen blocking in front of Liu Haoran.
"Lin... Lin Fan?!"
Liu Haoran opened his eyes, looking at that familiar back, so shocked that his eyeballs were about to fall out. "You... how did you get here?!"
What shocked him even more was that Lin Fan was completely unharmed from that previous strike!
You have to know, even though Savage River was only an early-stage General, he was still a bona fide Desolate Realm Expert! And Lin Fan... was clearly only at the peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm!