247: Chapter 247 Welcome Home

"Youyue, remember the command I gave you!"

After Princess Qinglian's snake body was petrified, Shen Xingchen stepped onto the teleportation platform.

At this moment, the teleportation platform had completed its final procedure, glowing with a deep blue light as it began to transport.

Youyue looked with a complex expression as Shen Xingchen's body gradually faded away bit by bit.

The moment the slave mark was signed, she no longer had the right to choose.

If one day this human wanted her to die, she wouldn't even have the chance to resist.

What a desperate destiny this was.

...

Snowfield Dragon City.

"Mr. Jiang, do we really not need to dispatch more people to rescue Shen Xingchen?" asked Chen Tianqu.

This was the thought of most people in the conference hall.

Shen Xingchen possessed the Time Authority; if he were lost in the Demon territory, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Jiang Shuo smiled and said, "If there was even a tiny bit of necessity before, now there is none at all."

He had given that brat a gift—a Xiang Realm demon general servant.

As for how many benefits that brat could seize from it in the end, it would depend on his own fortune.

Compared to humans, the demons were much more selfish; they lacked a collective concept, having only mutual erosion and plunder. Therefore, even though humans were at a disadvantage in combat strength, they could always stand up at the final critical moment.

Jiang Qingyao sat quietly to the side, her delicate eyebrows slightly arched, fists tightly clenched, looking somewhat uneasy and anxious.

Ever since the establishment of the Snowfield Dragon City defense line, no Tier 6 martial artist had ever penetrated so deeply into the North, let alone returned completely unscathed.

The reason she held expectations was purely out of trust in her father and Shen Xingchen.

Just at this moment.

"Report!"

A soldier strode into the conference hall with unconcealable joy on his face.

Everyone present was a seasoned veteran and quickly realized something.

Sure enough.

After receiving permission, the soldier concisely said, "Teleportation platform fluctuations were detected at the edge of the Northern Territory; it is deduced that Little General Shen has returned."

The soldiers of Snowfield Dragon City had never reached a clear consensus on Shen Xingchen's status.

To say Shen Xingchen was an ordinary soldier, he held the Time Authority, and his talent and combat power were second to none—everyone had witnessed this with their own eyes in the last war.

To say Shen Xingchen was a general... his cultivation realm was simply too low, not even as strong as the captain of a hunting squad.

Therefore, taking everything into consideration, the soldiers gave Shen Xingchen the title of "Little General Shen".

Jiang Shuo's lips curved slightly, and as if anticipating it, he said, "Can you all rest assured now?"

Although he said this to everyone, his gaze fell on his daughter in the corner.

Sure enough, Jiang Qingyao's eyes lit up. With a swift movement, she sat straight up, looking somewhat impatient.

Seeing his own daughter acting like this, Jiang Shuo had only one thought in mind—she was completely head over heels!

Jiang Shuo sighed inwardly.

It was only because there were so many people now that his daughter gave him a bit of "face"; if the two of them were alone... the grievance on his daughter's face toward him would be visible to the naked eye!

As the saying goes, a married daughter is like spilled water... but isn't she not married yet?

At this moment, another soldier came to report.

There was no joy on this soldier's face; instead, there was a hint of anxiety: "Mr. Jiang, Marshal Yu, the Northern Territory seems a bit restless."

Although the news of Shen Xingchen obtaining the Time Authority was blocked by Snowfield Dragon City, the demons had also witnessed it with their own eyes and it could not be hidden at all.

Therefore, the demons' covetousness toward Shen Xingchen was extremely intense.

Once Shen Xingchen publicly appeared, it would attract countless demons; this was the root cause of the demons' restlessness and commotion this time.

Yu Juezhi immediately stood up: "I'll go bring him back."

...

The place where Shen Xingchen fell was to the south of Modu Mountain.

This Modu Mountain was the place where the Land of Miracles had manifested. Without the Tongtian Divine Pillar and the Golden Ancient Tree, the mountain body had returned to its original pitch-black color.

"Still holding up?" Shen Xingchen asked.

The commotion caused by the landing of the teleportation platform had disturbed the surrounding demons, so he and Ye Qingrou had been surrounded.

Fortunately, the realms of the demons here were not very high, and the two of them could still cope.

Ye Qingrou smiled and said, "I should be asking you that."

Since when did a Tier 6 ask a Tier 9 if they could hold on? It completely turned the natural order upside down!

Shen Xingchen smiled indifferently, his long spear piercing through a Tier 6 Blood Demon Ape.

The system prompt sounded.

{Congratulations to the host for killing the Blood Demon Ape, quest 'Kill Tier 6 Demon' progress + 1}

{Total progress: Kill Demon Royal Bloodline × 1 (1 / 1)}

{Total progress: Kill Tier 7 Demons × 100 (12 / 100)}

{Total progress: Kill Tier 6 Demons × 1000 (143 / 1000)}

Although killing Tier 6 and 7 demons wasn't difficult, this kill count was still a headache.

Just as the two of them were killing enthusiastically.

"Roar—"

A low, suppressed roar shattered this momentum.

That sound was extremely penetrating, as if it wanted to shatter people's souls.

Shen Xingchen turned his head to look, and it was a hideous monster covered in countless wailing faces, looking at the two of them gloomily like an evil ghost.

To be precise, it was looking at Shen Xingchen.

In the countless pairs of eyes on those countless faces, there was full of covetousness and excitement.

"Authority! I want the Authority!"

Multiple mouths emitted the same voice, appearing eerie and terrifying.

Shen Xingchen recognized it.

That was the Xiang Realm demon general who had fought against Marshal Chen Tianqu in the last war; his name seemed to be... Cangming!

Among the human marshals, Chen Tianqu belonged to the top-tier ones, existing at the third layer of the Xiang Realm, the "Heavenly Xiang Realm".

Since he could trade blows back and forth with Chen Tianqu, he was definitely a high-general-level demon overlord.

Cangming's body was like a huge lump of dough, splitting into branches that formed twisted things resembling "arms".

The arms spread out in an instant, killing towards Shen Xingchen.

"Careful!"

Ye Qingrou gave a warning, but it was too late to rescue him, her pretty face filled with anxiety.

Just at this moment.

"Bang—"

Pure white airflow suddenly appeared, which was the purest blade intent condensed to the extreme.

That extremely pure blade intent swept across the area in front of Shen Xingchen, severing those eerie arms.

In the distance.

Yu Juezhi stepped on the Wheel of Gods, and every flash brought him a step closer to Modu Mountain.

His clear voice laughed: "Cangming, you really have no self-awareness at all, actually daring to covet power of the Authority level!"

"Even so, it's not something an ant can master; what a waste of heavenly treasures!"

Cangming's mouth refused to admit defeat, but his body was very honest; the moment he saw Yu Juezhi, he fled towards the distance without any hesitation.

Yu Juezhi couldn't be bothered to chase.

His body landed beside Shen Xingchen, and with a smile, he said, "You did well this time. Welcome home."