Chapter 461
Ninth Holy Guard, just how did you do that? It’s simply mad, exceeding my
imagination.
Long Haochen unconsciously pat the golden skull on his chest, remembering
the odd expression on the face of the Ninth Holy Guard at the time of their
separation. His soul’s fluctuation seemed to carry some cruelty, malevolence
and excitement.
Very clearly, the Ninth Holy Guard had already decided on this plan at that
time.
To have been able to cause the fall of a whole mountain, even by borrowing
the forces of the other three holy guards, it remained a fearful feat,
definitely able to match a forbidden spell level magic. Right, a forbidden
spell. If I am asked by the side of the Alliance, I can perhaps only explain
that by the use of an earth elemental forbidden scroll.
In truth, even if this spell used by the Ninth Holy Guard was powerful, it
had yet to reach the strength of a forbidden spell, or could only be said to
reach the edge of this boundary.
If this was a real forbidden earth element spell, the result would
definitely not be the fall of a single mountain. A real forbidden spell
would cause the whole mountain to shatter instantly, turning into a rain of
meteors smashing the enemies.
But don’t believe that all powerhouses of the ninth step are able to use
forbidden spells. Even some exceeding two hundred thousand units of
spiritual energy would not necessarily have the ability to execute a
forbidden spell.
Making full use of a forbidden spell required a great elemental affinity,
and the incantation has to be completed from beginning to end for success.
Forbidden spells contain a great deal of uncertainty, and a forbidden spell
won’t necessarily be extremely powerful. Only when used in a suited
situation could it show devastating results.
Demons are after all outsiders that don’t come from this world. So the demon
forbidden spells were almost all created over the past six thousand years.
Their number aren’t few, and all had very harsh prerequisites for
activation. Only a demon god in the top ten could be certain of being able
to put a forbidden spell to use. And this would be hard to guarantee for the
lower ranked demon gods. In fact, this depends on the level of understanding
and other aspects of the user himself.
Although the Ninth Holy Guard caused the fall of a mountain, the spell he
used consumed a lot less spiritual energy than a forbidden spell would
normally cost. Otherwise, how could he have completed it? But even so, this
spell was sufficient to prove the gap between the other three holy guards
and him.
Until the Ninth Holy Guard completed this spell, Long Haochen had yet to
understand the reason for the huge respect the other three held for him.
What the Ninth Holy Guard just put in use was a combination spell,
associating several spells of his element. The whole process was actually
not so complex, but as one might well imagine, accomplishing that would not
only require massive spiritual energy, and to rely on a mountain as base.
This needed extremely meticulous calculation, control, rhythm , and to go
through all sort of complex process to find the core material points.
If this mountain peak was just a bit larger, the Ninth Holy Guard would be
unable to complete this spell. This proved that luck stood at the human
side.
Relying on his powerful abilities of the earth element, the Ninth Holy Guard
directly drilled into the mountain’s body, before destroying it from the
inside. Of course, the point wasn’t to destroy the whole mountain, but to
cause it to lean toward the side of the demon army before wrecking it. And
during this time, the demons were still distracted and confused by the spell
Yating activated. , The first spell used by the Ninth Holy Guard was called
Fossil
When the gaps reached a certain level, he put all his power into the Gravity
Technique, executing the forbidden spell Mountain Flooding on this mountain
range.
To say nothing of the terrible might of this spell, the mere creativity to
create such a spell surpassed the level reached by the mages of this age by
a vast distance. Of course, the current Ninth Holy Guard had to pay an
enormous cost in the process, requiring him to go into a long period of deep
slumber with his other holy guard mates. Nevertheless, they were not very
needed by Long Haochen for the time being. After returning to the Temple
Alliance, he wouldn’t lightly summon them to make use of their help. After
all, they have in the end their own status as creatures born from
necromancy, which would easily give birth to some unnecessary
misunderstandings. “” “Still, what a shame.” After this short time of
excitement, Long Haochen couldn’t help but beat his own left palm with his
right fist.
Indeed, if the Temple Alliance had a troop of elites lying in wait nearby,
after the sudden attack from Mountain Flooding, perhaps all demon would
reach the end of their fate in this Demon Resisting Mountain Rage.
His comrades still being in the mountain range, Long Haochen didn’t dare
tarry over these matters any longer. Sitting on a proper cross-legged
posture, he rapidly recovered his spiritual energy. With his level of
cultivation, his three spiritual cavities and his qualitative advantage as a
god’s chosen one, the whole process of recovery took him only a quarter of
an hour. Having just absorbed so many valiant souls, the Tower of Eternity
wasn’t stingy at all to its new master. The concentration of light essence
here was at least ten times stronger than outside.
With a glint of golden light, Long Haochen returned to the Demon Resisting
Mountain Range. He restricted the light emanating from him as much as
possible, as the instant he appeared, his figure made its way into the
needle leaves forest underneath. This was a place he had arranged before
departing.
The chaos at this place was not abated. Even from there, Long Haochen was
able to hear the distant yells. Mountain Flooding’s might thoroughly stopped
the demons there. There were trying their utmost to help the dying and heal
the injured. After all, the terrifying force of such a calamity was close to
a natural disaster, where the wounded were far more numerous than the dead.
Visibly, they would be stuck here for close to a quarter of an hour.
Long Haochen didn’t attempt to step closer. He understood clearly that this
time, the demons were not only weakened, but also very sensitive. The Fiend
King of the ninth step could only be eager to encounter him.
Letting his senses raise to their peak, Long Haochen silently focused his
attention on the movements of the other side, letting a smile gradually draw
on his face. The damage inflicted to the demons turned out to be even more
severe than his expectations. Although he didn’t get to examine the details
closely, he was able to sense that a large amount of demons were lying on
the ground.
The best news were that at the time the mountain fall occurred, the ones who
suffered the largest loss were the Demonic Bears and Hell Demons, the most
powerful part of their fighting strength. In particular, the five hundred
Hell Demons, could be considered to be five hundred Magic Leaders or Great
Magic Leaders in the battlefield. But now, not a lot f them were left alive.
Even those who weren’t smashed to death were mostly shaken to death.
Not stopping over for any longer, Long Haochen decided to do the best he
could. Although the enemies were seriously wounded, they weren’t something
their Demon Hunt Squad could contend against. The goal having been reached,
he naturally chose to regroup with the others.
The Fiend King Safen was at this time coughing blood. He took the initiative
to dig into the mountain to try to save as many of his subordinates as
possible. Relying on his strength of the ninth step, all his interventions
would reduce the rocks in an area of dozens square meters, and stop the
waves from spreading in this area.
But right in front of his eyes, none of the crushed corpses were
recognizable, simply reduced to mincemeat.
The relatively lightly wounded gathered with the group of Berserk Demons
that managed to make it alive. The soldiers in good condition they had only
amounted a third of the whole army. And at least a thousand of powerful
demon soldiers were deceased in the previous event.
No matter what, this loss was unbearable in Safen’s eyes. His rage was
uncontrollable.
“RAAH” Safen bellowed loudly at the sky, madly crushing the rock in his way
with his fist, and covering the surrounding hills with holes.
“Don’t ever let me know who you are!” The Fiend King Safen roared madly at
the sky, remembering about the golden figure that disappeared just before.
Four wings, he had four wings!
“Order everyone to bring the wounded and retreat!” The surprise attack
having failed, ending with disastrous losses, the demon soldiers under his
command were mostly injured. He had no other choice left than withdrawing.
The Temple Alliance was very possibly already aware of the situation here,
so if they stayed any longer, they would perhaps be unable to leave
afterwards.
Filled with overflowing rancor, the Fiend King, chief of the second legion
corps Safen rapidly evacuated his subordinates.
“Boss, what magic spell did you just use?”
When Long Haochen and his comrades joined force on the hilltop, he was
almost instantly surrounded by the others. Although this place was
quite distant from the land of destruction, the terrible explosions spread
towards the whole Demon Resisting Mountain Range. The terrible noise was
naturally heard by them as well.
Long Haochen told them the whole story, astonishing the whole audience.
“The Ninth Holy Guard actually had such power? Could he have unleashed a
forbidden spell?” Lin Xin sounded full of admiration. To a mage like him,
the feat of having stopped such a powerful army was really shocking. “” Long
Haochen shook his head, “I am certain that this wasn’t a forbidden spell. It
should be the good use of his magic abilities in perfect association with
the terrain. Still, you have to learn from the holy guards. Be it in terms
of experience or strength, they are far above us. We have still a lot more
to learn from them. ”
Wang Yuanyuan asked, “Captain, since they were beaten to such extent, do you
think they would continue this assault?”
Long Haochen shook his head, “On my way back, I sensed that they were
retreating. After all, their objective has been exposed and they suffered
such damage. As long as their commander is not retarded, he would certainly
not insist on this attack. The Demon Resisting Mountain Range is lacking of
nothing besides mountain. If the same thing happens to them again, wouldn’t
they go mad? But this is good too. If the demon armies think about sneaking
into the Demon Resisting Mountain Range again, I’m afraid that they would
have some lingering fears from this experience. Who could expect the sudden
collapse of a mountain?
Everyone smiled in agreement. Such results were simply grandiose.
At the time the demon armies finally left from the Demon Resisting Mountain
Range, the day was already up. Fate seemed to have taken the side of humans,
as far as the demons were concerned, they suffered was a crushing defeat.
Chapter 462
After following with their eyes the departure of the army, Long Haochen’s
group resumed their journey, proceeding towards the land of the catastrophe.
With the death of so many demon powerhouses , it would be good if they
managed to get some demon crystals. Cutting their way into the mountain
wasn’t something only the demons were capable of.
Hearing a story was something, but encountering it was another. At the time
Wang Yuanyuan, Lin Xin, Sima Xian, Cai’er and Chen Ying’er arrived, they
couldn’t help but be totally shocked. Deep inside, they came to imagine what
kind of scene they would be subject to if they were present at the instant
the mountain crumbled.
“Boss, what should we do?” Sima Xian asked Long Haochen. “” Long Haochen
replied, “We shall dig out. Let’s see how many magical crystals we can find.
No matter what kind of demon they belong to, these demon crystals are all
treasures. It will be given for Lin Xin’s pill concoction.”
“Good, good.” Lin Xin immediately reacted with a smile. This demon operation
had pleased this god of fortune of their team enormously. Bringing back all
these good things, they were certain to fetch good price in the market or be
of some utility to them. Chen Ying’er had collected over three hundred
crystals which were of the sixth step at least, enough for McDull to be
extravagant.
The corpses of many demons and magical beast, especially Forest Boas and the
Devil Snake God Andromalius were collected by Lin Xin. He had the deep
impression that after all this, his skills in alchemy were bound to improve
tremendously. Becoming a great master was only a matter of time
to him. After all, where could there be another alchemist with as many
materials available to be used as flagrantly as him.
Long Haochen naturally had his own objectives in the act of clearing the
battlefield here. With such a commotion, Temple Alliance couldn’t possibly
remain ignorant. And furthermore, Han Yu’s news ought to have already
arrived. Surely before long, some army troops would come to their rescue.
After meeting with these troops, telling them the real story would be more
effective than coming up with an unbelievable report. Besides, not
collecting this many corpses and crystals of higher ranked demons would be a
waste. These were precious spoils of war!
The glory of opening the way through the mountain was naturally left to Sima
Xian and Wang Yuanyuan. Even without additional ability, the terrifying
weight and crushing power of the Energetic Ball of Light made it the most
ideal candidate for this task.
The group figured the path the Fiend King Safen took, and followed it by
blowing their way up. One magical crystal after another reached Lin Xin’s
hands, but this guy seemed dissatisfied. That’s because, the corpses of
these demons were too mangled, and hard to make use of. After all, extremely
severely damaged corpses would be hard to conserve, even with a spiritual
transporting tool.
The work of cutting their way into the mountain didn’t took too long before
the reinforcements arrived.
Under Han Yu’s lead, the group of elites arrived with shocked expressions at
the sight of Long Haochen’s group.
These elite troops were far less than their expectations, only totalling
about three hundred. But when their distance was of two hundred meters, Long
Haochen felt their presence, through sensing Han Yu’s aura.
Wearing veils, assassins clad in grey color appeared to view, very rapidly
encircling Long Haochen’s group. These assassins didn’t let out any aura,
and couldn’t be sensed at all.
Long Haochen’s group slowly left the cave, moving slowly. This wasn&rsqu
“Boss.” Seeing Long Haochen’s group come out from the cave, Han Yu
immediately called out to him in excitement. He also didn’t understand what
happened. How could a mountain fall on it’s side? And why would Long
Haochen’s group be present here? And where were the enemies gone? His mind
was full of questions.
Han Yu looked quite tired. Having travelled day and night, he was totally
exhausted.
From the sound of Han Yu’s voice calling out for his Boss’, the hostility
emanating from the grey clad assassins quietly disappeared. However, they
remained unmoving and cold like air. Only a rather slight-built one advanced
at Han Yu’s side.
Long Haochen took large strides forward, telling him the words, “It was hard
on you.”
Han Yu replied in a pressed tone, “It’s nothing. Boss, where are the
enemies? These demons?” He was filled with anxiety: he had brought so many
powerhouses from the Assassin Temple in a hurry, but upon reaching the
destination, no demons were at sight. Wouldn’t that be taken as a lie to the
military? Their team definitely wasn’t capable of taking such blame.
Long Haochen replied, “The demons have all retreated. Take a look.”
Giving this reply, he pointed at the mountain behind them.
Han Yu was startled. The assassin on his side finally changed looks from his
impossible expression, his aged voice sounding out, “Youngsters, don’t tell
me that you are the ones who caused the collapse of such a mountain,
suppressing all these demon elite troops? From the images you brought back,
this could very possibly be one of the top demon legion, known as the Demon
God Emperor’s second legion.”
Long Haochen shook his head, “Not the whole, only a part of it. A large
amount of Demonic Bears and Hell Demons, with a few Grand Fiends
and Berserk Demons are crushed under this. I estimate the demons to have
lost close to a third of their troops, before they chose to withdraw. Demon
corpses are still stuck underneath, we have already cut a way in, you can
just have a look.”
With his sharp senses, he sensed that the assassin before him was
undoubtedly an Assassin Emperor at the eighth step.
Following them, the work of excavation was undertaken by the assassins. To
Long Haochen’s shock, among these three hundred that had appeared, the
assassins of the eighth step numbered twenty, and the remaining were all
Assassin Kings at the seventh step. These were the top elites of the
Assassin Temple, forming the Hidden Hall.
The Hidden Chivalrous Hall was formed of a total of thirty six assassins
bearing the title of Hidden Knights’, the cream of the cream that was chosen
for this task.
Very rapidly, various informations were reported to them, proving Long
Haochen’s words. That Hidden Knight titled assassin that spoke to Long
Haochen before had now a totally different expression on his face.
“Young Demon Hunt Squad captain, you are heroes for the Alliance, and for
our Exorcist Mountain Pass. On behalf of the million military and civilians
forming it, I thank you.”
Long Haochen saluted back to him with respect, “Respected Hidden Knight, I
should be the one thanking you.”
The senior revealed a smile, “I am the fourth Hidden Knight, commander of
this operation. Thinking of having to undergo a fierce battle, I didn’t
expect to have only come for recovery of materials. I will report your
contribution as things are. However, we have to return as fast as possible
to the Exorcist Mountain Pass. Oh, right, I haven’t asked for your name
yet.” “” Long Haochen replied, “I am the captain of the 64th commander grade
Demon Hunt Squad, Long Haochen.” “” “Commander grade?” The fourth Hidden
Knight appeared in shock. How could a commander grade Demon Hunt Squad be in
possession of a
forbidden spell ranked scroll? Even for Demon Hunt Squads, these things out
to cost at least a million contribution points. And could a Demon Hunter
even trigger a forbidden scroll of the earth element?
However, following his shock, he suddenly realized how Long Haochen had just
named himself.
“So… You are Long Haochen?” This time, the tone of this Hidden Knight
changed totally.
Long Haochen nodded in puzzlement, “Yes that’s me! Have you heard of me
before?” From his point of view, the fact this senior had heard of his name
should be related to his relationship with Cai’er. But even so, there was no
need to act so shocked.
“Of course, of course I heard of you before. You are extremely well- known!
So it was actually you. Then it’s no wonder, no wonder at all…”
Hearing his words, Long Haochen was at a loss. Without waiting for his
reply, the fourth Hidden Knight seemed to have suddenly become extremely
impatient, “This won’t do. Follow me as fast as possible, all of you. We
will return to the Exorcist Mountain Path by flight.”
“Senior, what were you just…” Long Haochen was greatly puzzled by this
senior, and the same went for everyone else. This fourth Hidden Knight’s
excitement sounded somewhat abnormal.
The fourth Hidden Knight replied, “Follow me first, I will explain to you on
the way. At long last you guys are back.”
Afterwards, he instructed the other assassins to return to the Alliance, and
took the initiative to bring Long Haochen’s group of seven back, spreading
out their spiritual wings and directly heading towards the Exorcist Mountain
Pass.
“Senior, can you tell me now what happened?” In midair, Long haochen asked
him once again.
Seeing the four wings spreading out on Long Haochen’s back, the fourth
Hidden Knight had another shock. This youngster is indeed quite an abnormal
one! Whoah.
“The demon armies are besieging us. Since you are finally back, you ought to
know. ”The fourth Hidden Knight replied.
Long Haochen nodded, “We saw that the demon approach had become especially
tumultuous this time. The military force they have gathered is considerable.
That’s why we had to take the long route to head there, climbing over the
mountain. That’s how we ran across that second Demon Emperor Legion.”
The fourth Hidden Knight replied, “This situation isn’t only taking place in
the Exorcist Mountain Pass, but at all the strategic points of the Alliance.
The demons dispatched the overwhelming majority of their troops, launching a
Holy War against the Alliance.”
“What?!” Long Haochen had already guessed that this ought to be an intense
conflict, but didn’t think things would be so serious.
A Holy War, meaning a war that wouldn’t stop until total annihilation. This
was a full strength clash between the two races. But the demons hadn’t
launched such a war for over two thousand years. Could they have gone mad?
The fourth Heroic Knight glanced at Long Haochen, “Do you know why a Holy
War is happening now?”
Long Haochen shook his head. How could he guess such a thing?
The fourth Hidden Knight replied, “The demons came very suddenly, about half
a month ago, assembling enormous armies in each major human stronghold. They
originally only surrounded them without attacking. The Alliance responded
rapidly, transferring their inner troops, making a forced repatriation of
the whole available forces, and warning the whole population to prepare for
changes. The Demon God Emperor Fengxiu personally brought out the threat of
a Holy War, with a single
demand. If we could respond to it, they would immediately withdraw,
otherwise, they would launch this army of millions of troops, to start a
Holy War in the edges of the whole Alliance.”
“What was his demand?” For the demons to burst out so brazenly, Long Haochen
was not only puzzled but moreover full of shock and curiosity.
The fourth Hidden Knight took a deep breath, before giving a simple reply,
“It was you.”
“What? Me? Are you sure?” When Long Haochen heard that reply, he felt
totally confused, and full of disbelief.
How could this be! Even if he escaped from Ah’Bao’s hands, and caused severe
troubles to the demons, every Demon Hunt Squad was the same! How could the
Demon God Emperor make such a fuss over such a minor issue, triggering this
Holy War just because of me?
The fourth Hidden Knight smiled bitterly, “No one understood the motives of
the Demon God Emperor. But their motives are just as you heard. They wanted
the Alliance to hand over you, or otherwise, this Holy War would be
launched. This was his only request.”
Not only Long Haochen had a grotesque look on his face. How couldn’t it be
the same for his comrades. A Holy War related to the extinction of one of
the demon or the human race was actually triggered just because of Long
Haochen. This simple reason was very hard to comprehend.
The nearby Sima Xian couldn’t help but react, “Could this be because we
destroyed a demon god pillar? But the news couldn’t have spread so far. Even
if he knew, he shouldn’t have reacted so rapidly to that.”
“You… Just what did you say? You destroyed a demon god pillar?” The fourth
Hidden Knight felt difficulty to even breath. His whole worldview changed
totally. Could such a commander grade Demon Hunt Squad destroy a demon god
pillar? How could this be? Just how?
Long Haochen was also totally puzzled, immediately denying Sima Xian’s
hypothesis, “It can’t be because of that. Even if this war was sudden, the
demons needed the time of one month to prepare for it. At that time, we were
still in Jacques City. Is the Demon God Emperor crazy?”
At the current time, he was in a confused state of mind, failing to
understanding the motives of the Demon God Emperor. Most of all, he couldn’t
comprehend how he could have so mysteriously become the target of the Demon
God Emperor?
Cai’er suddenly spoke, “Did the Alliance accept the condition of the Demon
God Emperor?” She who had become so cautious after losing her memories,
suddenly asked the most important issue.
The others had instantly become vigilant on that issue. Right! Did the
Alliance accept the condition of the Demon God Emperor? After all, even with
an even greater talent, Long Haochen was just a single person. Such a Holy
War would surely put many people in a disastrous condition! Hence it
wouldn’t be impossible for the Alliance to abandon Long Haochen. It could be
that this confrontation only took place because Long Haochen hadn’t returned
yet.
If things are really that way, then now…
Everyone glanced at each other filled with serious feelings of worry.
The eyes of every members gathered all onto the fourth Heroic Assassin
Knight, waiting for his reply.
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463– 第⼀百六⼗⼆章 再临驱魔关（上） Returning in the Exorcist Mountain Pass
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Hearing Cai’er’s question, the fourth Heroic Knight let out a laugh,
“Accepted? How could we possibly have accepted? If that was the case, why
would the Demon God Emperor even send his second legion to ambush us?”
“Regarding the condition proposed by the Demon God Emperor, the Alliance
diverged into two different sides. The first one was mainly supported by the
Knight Temple, our Assassin Temple and the Warrior Temple’s leaders. They
were all violently opposed to delivering Long Haochen, and had no margin for
negotiation. In particular, the Knight Temple expressed that if they decided
to hand Long Haochen over, they would choose to quit the Alliance.”
“What?!” Hearing the fourth Heroic Knight’s words, Long Haochen immediately
felt his blood rise, his entire body shivering. The Knight Temple would
actually quit the Alliance just for my sake?
The fourth Heroic Knight continued, “The Warrior Temple’s reaction wasn’t
much inferior to the Knight Temple’s. Qiu Haohan flipped a table, his eyes
wide open. Mentioning it, as the chief of the Temple Alliance, Yang Haohan
shouldn’t be so categorical in his decision. Qiu Yonghao was the one who
forced him to act this way. He said that if the Knight Temple was prepared
to abandon you, the Warrior Temple would spare no cost to defend you. Then
in our Assassin Temple’s side, Temple Head
Sheng Yue mentioned that as his grandson-in-law that you were, whoever tries
to hand you over would have to step on his corpse to do that.”
Reaching this point, the fourth Hidden Assassin Hero’s face expression
became odd. At the time of the meeting, he was also present as a
representative for the Assassin Temple, and still remembered that weird
situation very clearly.
The Six Great Temples’ representatives hadn’t even started the meeting as
Qiu Yonghao made this declaration. Afterwards, senior Alliance Chief
expressed that Long Haochen was the only successor for the Knight Temple. If
the Alliance came to the final decision of handing him over, the Knight
Temple would quit the Alliance. Adding to that Sheng Yue’s declaration,
total silence reigned over the whole room. Afterwards, chief Sheng Yue
jumped up and down, shocking the heads of the three magic specializing
Temples.
Originally, the Hidden Knight somewhat disapproved him. Wasn’t it just a
youngster under twenty years-old? Even if he was particularly endowed, and
even if the Temple Alliance didn’t plan on handing him over, there was no
need for these Temples Heads to act so brazenly.
But finally, a change started to appear in his attitude ever since he met
Long Heochen. Right! That’s a Demon Hunt Squad Captain who can bring a
Commander Grade Demon Hunt Squad to forcibly block the way of the Demon
Emperor’s second legion, and kill at least a fifth of them, wounding a third
of their ranks. How could the Temple Heads not be concerned over such an
issue? Given enough time, this youngster would surely become a legend for
the Alliance in the future.
Hearing the words of the fourth Heroic Assassin Knight, Long Haochen was
already beyond an emotionally stirred state. His heart seemed close to
combustion, despite his firm disposition. He absolutely didn’t expect that
for his sake, these three Temple Heads would be so protective. Only by
striving the utmost to serve the Alliance can he then repay these deep
emotions.
The talk continued, “From the attitudes of these three seniors, the
atmosphere of the whole meeting changed. Originally, many higher-ups of the
Alliance were not familiar with you, but with that, you earned yourself a
great reputation. Afterwards, the Mage Temple’s chief stepped in, leading
three other hall masters th
Of the two possibilities, one was that they had originally planned on
starting a Holy War, but were only looking for a pretext. And supposing you
were already caught by the demons’, it would then make sense as we wouldn’t
possibly be able to hand you over. The second possibility was that your
existence could threaten the demons’ rule. Only this explanation would make
him view you so importantly. But no matter which motive, you couldn’t
possibly be handed over, so these three didn’t need to act so emotionally.
This is simply called being blinded by one’s concern.”
Hearing the words of the fourth Hidden Knight, Long Haochen’s comrades
finally relaxed down. Since the Alliance came to a consensus, Long Haochen
was naturally safe.
The fourth Hidden Assassin Knight let out a smile, “The rest of the meeting
turned out even more interesting. Long Haochen your inside information has
been entirely revealed, as the Knight Temple couldn’t possibly keep the
information related to you hidden. After all, this related to the whole
Alliance, and the second part pertained on introducing everything regarding
you.”
Han Yu asked, “Then, what did the Alliance decide regarding Captain?”
The fourth Hidden Knight replied, “This wasn’t discussed back then. It was
discussed in private by the Temple Heads, so I don’t know about the specific
details. Only the order that if one found you, they had to immediately bring
you to the closest stronghold. In all likelihood, you will have to meet with
Head Master Sheng Yue to know his answer. At least nothing bad will come
out.”
In the process he flew to the Exorcist Mountain Pass, the fourth Hidden
Knight came to know more regarding this Demon Hunt Squad. Aside from
Long Haochen, the others’ spiritual energy didn’t permit them to sustain
such long times of flight. But don’t forget the cheat-like ability Han Yu
has to enable the group to go beyond their limits. So at midway, when
everyone nearly exhausted their spiritual energy consumption, he activated
the Spiritual Stove of Blessings of Light. In a short amount of time,
everyone recovered their whole spiritual energy, its powerful utility even
affecting the fourth Hidden Knight.
With his experience, he could naturally tell that this was a rare kind of
supportive spiritual stove. But he actually never even heard of such a
spiritual stove. Originally excited regarding Long Haochen’s prospects, he
came to gain interest in his whole team. As the saying goes, there are
indeed no poor soldiers under a good general. With Long Haochen’s
astonishing strength, how could his comrades be lacking? Nonetheless, he
didn’t raise this question. Long Haochen’s group pretended to have made use
of an earth scroll, but by observing attentively, the mage in their team
didn’t use the earth element. More accurately speaking, there was no earth
element user in this team. The Exorcist City was just as imposing, but
compared to the last time Long Haochen’s group came, the city was even more
lively. In the city, people were going in and out, truly a bustling sight.
These busy people all seemed related with the defense of the city. Long
Haochen’s group even saw some guards transport heavy weaponry towards the
outside of the city.
After obtaining the accurate information from the fourth Heroic Knight, Long
Haochen felt somewhat heavy. Given his intelligence, if he hadn’t guessed
what the reason why the Demon God Emperor imposed such a condition to the
Temple Alliance, he wouldn’t be fit to be called a god’s chosen one.
Haoyue, my good brother, just what kind of antecedents do you have!? In your
own world, you’re considered a terrible disaster, and this time, even the
Demon God Emperor is showing such fear towards you, actually having no
scrupple to trigger a Holy War. Is your potential so terrifying?
Long Haochen was indeed certain that the Demon God Emperor hadn’t launched
this Holy War for his sake, despite his status as a god’s chosen one.
In the long history between demonkind and mankind, god’s chosen ones had
appeared before. For instance, this was the case for the Scion of Samsara of
that time, wasn’t it the same for him? Only one god’s chosen one wouldn’t
possibly be enough for the whole demon clan to make such a big fiss. Because
this wouldn’t be worth it.
Remembering about everything that happened close to Haoyue, the answer
easily appeared in Long Haochen’s mind. First, at the time he confronted the
demon gods for the first time at the Exorcist Mountain Pass, Long Haochen
still remembered vaguely about the three rather lower ranked demon gods that
they had encountered. That time, before fainting he seemed to have heard
Haoyue’s cry, who finally saved him. Although he didn’t know what Haoyue
did, he was certain that he was the one who intimidated these demon gods,
enabling him to return with his future father- in-law Sheng Lingxin, without
any death in the battle.
A short time later, he encountered for the Demon God Emperor for the first
time. That time, it was for Haoyue’s sake that he had come. At that time,
Haoyue was still three-headed, and although he wasn’t clear on why the
detection of the Demon God Emperor failed, from the situation, he surely
knew since back then that Haoyue would bring disaster to the demon race in
the future, which explains why he came to the Exorcist Mountain Pass so
eagerly.
The various things that happened afterwards were still clear in Long
Haochen’s head. Haoyue released his purple aura to cause various powerful
demons to shrink back on various occasions. Among these included Ah’Bao. And
the last element that confirmed Long Haochen’s supposition for sure was this
time in the Swamps of Gloom. Never could he have expected that Haoyue would
accomplish what humankind never succeeded in over six thousand years. The
destruction of a demon god pillar.
No wonder the Demon God Emperor would view Haoyue so importantly. His very
existence was a threat to the core of the demons. If Haoyue and him were let
to grow, perhaps demonkind would really face destruction by their hands. If
such a day really came, it would be the best.
Long Haochen had never doubted Haoyue. The relationship between the two of
them had always been perfect, each of them having a part of the
counterpart’s blood flowing in their veins. The reason for his strength
greatly surpassing his other comrades could be mostly related to Haoyue.
Moreover every evolution of Haoyue’s brought a change in him, greatly
reinforcing his spiritual energy.
He certainly wouldn’t hand Haoyue over. Even if he died in the process, he
had to protect Haoyue with his all. But of course, if he died for real, with
the effects of their contract, Haoyue would unfortunately follow him in this
fate.
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But Long Haochen’s pressure was really hard to bear. No matter what one
said, Haoyue and him were the reason for the Holy War initiated by the
demons this time. Forces of over ten million in the demon side were opposed
to the resistance of an army of over a million humans. The terrible
situation that the people were going to be put in was obvious.
The fourth Heroic Knight directly brought them to a meeting room in the
Assassin Temple, before making his report in a hurry.
Without any outsider present, everyone unconsciously focused their eyes on
Long Haochen. Every one of them was filled with complex feelings, with only
Cai’er at a loss.
At the time she entered the Assassin Temple, her expression seemed to have
changed. Faintly, Cai’er felt a sense of familiarity with the place.
“Boss, is something weighing in your mind?” Lin Xin looked at Long Haochen
with some concern.
A large scale invasion, the Holy War launched by the Demon God Emperor.
These news struck the 64th commander grade Demon Hunt Squad hard. And
moreover, Long Haochen was in the core of this storm. How could his comrades
be free of worries?
Long Haochen shook his head with no hesitation, “It’s nothing. We will just
have to listen to the arrangements the Alliance is planning for. You all
heard what the fourth Hidden Knight said. I am only thinking of fighting for
the sake of the Alliance right now.”
“Yeah, we have to fight for the sake of the Alliance.” Sima Xian’s eyes
flickered with an ominous glint, itching to rush to the battlefield.
The others nodded in turn, having steadied their minds. Long Haochen was the
soul of this team, and although he couldn’t be said to have been flawless on
the past missions, at least he was very reliable. As long as his mind is
steady, there won’t be issue, and everyone would naturally be a lot better.
Actually, Long Haochen’s current frame of mind was bound to be complex. Only
he understood the real reason that the Demon God Emperor started this Holy
War was to get his hands on Haoyue and him. If he stood up, maybe this whole
war could be ended, but could he do that? The answer was uncertain. This was
a war between two races, and even without this trigger, along with the
continuous human growth, this Holy War would sooner or later erupt. And Long
Haochen may be the Scion of Light, but that doesn’t prevent him from
cherishing his life as well! More importantly, the one who would have to pay
the cost of his life to stop this war wouldn’t be him, but his good
companion and good brother Haoyue.
Everyone had their own selfishness. Even with the cleanest and holiest heart
he could possibly have, Long Haochen remained in the end a human. He also
had selfish desires of his own: how could he just look at Haoyue dying like
that? This was absolutely impossible, but he wasn’t also willing to see the
people in terrible situation because of the Holy War.
Therefore, his mind was in total disarray. He already had the resolution
that no matter what the final verdict of the Alliance would be, even if he
was handed over, he would support this decision until the end. And he
already resolved himself to report the threat presented by Haoyue to the
demon race to the Alliance, leaving everything for them to decide.
Making such a decision was very painful to Long Haochen, but at the same
time, he felt a lot more relaxed after doing it. At least he could now
forgive himself. At worse he would be sacrificed by the Temple Alliance, and
if things really ended this way, he would only choose to die in battle
alongside Haoyue.
The presence of fourth Heroic Knight was very effective. The surrounding
space slightly shivered all of a sudden. Long Haoch
Sheng Yue’s look was attracted to Long Haochen seeing him withdraw his hand.
And his eyes seemed to have a different look. His second target of view was
naturally Cai’er.
When Cai’er came into contact with Sheng Yue for the first time, her body
shivered slightly, and her lost look seemed to have crackled slightly.
Looking blankly at him, she seemed to have entirely gone stiff.
Sheng yue believed that his great-granddaughter was in a state of excitement
from seeing him, but didn’t pay her any more attention, looking back towards
Long Haochen. But he still didn’t say a single word, lifting his hand,
grabbing Long Haochen’s head underneath.
With Sheng Yue’s strength, the mere flicker of his five fingers caused a
astonishingly cold killing intent to spread out instantly, causing the
temperature in the whole meeting room to plummet. A terrible oppressive
force instantly surrounded Long Haochen’s body.
Who would have thought that this senior would act aggressively immediately
upon arriving? And Sheng Yue’s speed reached such a degree that at the time
his hand was lifted, it immediately appeared in front of Long Haochen’s
eyes, grabbing him without giving anyone a mere chance to react. . Long
Haochen’s reaction speed being incomparably fast, at the time Sheng Yue’s
look fell once again on him, he felt a sense of crisis. Originally sitting
on a chair, he didn’t immediately stand up, because he didn’t have the time
to do so. His right foot stamped onto a nearby chair, making use of it to
slide backwards. Meanwhile, his right hand advanced, pointing to the
emptiness as fast as lightning.
One could see that in this mere instant, Long Haochen’s right hand shone
like a golden crystal. With a sharp sound of hiss, a bolt of sword qi was
shot in the emptiness, and an orange glint of light protected Long Haochen
under its scope.
Pop. The golden sword aura directly hit Sheng Yue’s palm, encountering no
obstruction and delaying his right claw-like hand. At the time this right
claw descended for the second time, and what it hit was the Shield Wall
erected by the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon.
Long Haochen’s Shield Wall ability was unleashed almost instantly. With the
addition of his full power sword intent strike, Sheng Yue’s right hand only
managed to streak across the surface of the Shield Wall. The Divine Snail
Shield of Sun and Moon let out another orange glow of light, pushing him
backward without any harm inflicted to Long Haochen.
The coordination of the whole team was displayed right then. Although no one
understood why Sheng Yue would act against Long Haochen, their experience
fighting side by side was really plentiful. Down to the extent that right
after Long Haochen just started to act, the others immediately followed.
Sima Xian’s right hand was swung, letting the Energetic Ball of Light
liberate strident noises as it smashed toward Sheng Yue. And it simply
obstructed his way, letting him no way to keep attacking Long Haochen.
A resonant phoenix cry followed instantly, Lin Xin having no hesitation to
trigger his Phoenix of Heart of Fire. Facing a powerhouse of the ninth step
, was there another choice but to go all out from the beginning?
Han Yu’s Scarlet Wild sword carried a frantic aura, as it chopped forward,
in front of Sheng Yue’s path, aiming at his knees.
Wang Yuanyuan’s Divine Soul Shield flew over, aiming straight at Sheng Yue’s
neck. Han Yu and the rest were covering the top and the bottom, and with the
addition of Sima Xian, they could be said to have stopped all Sheng Yue’s
possible routes.
What shocked Sheng Yue the most was that at the same time these little guys
reacted, overflowing flames burst out. The terrifying might of the Devil
Dragon filled the whole room almost instantly. To say nothing about the mere
room, the whole Assassin Temple ought to have sensed the presence of this
dragon might.
Cai’er was the only one who didn’t make any move. She was still in a
completely dull state, standing unmoving foolishly, and thinking of
something no one knew about.
Sheng Yue was indeed worthy of his reputation of Assassin Temple chief.
Facing the siege of these youngsters, despite his inner shock, his reaction
wasn’t slow at all.
His feet slightly moved, and in a flash after avoiding the Energetic Ball of
Light ramming from the side and pushing it with his right hand, his body
floated horizontally, kicking with his both feet at Wang Yuanyuan and Han
Yu’s attack
These youngsters were still only at the sixth step of cultivation. Sheng Yue
having reached the ninth step, although he didn’t look down on them, he
wouldn’t possibly use his full strength against opponents of this level! So
he only used the most basic spiritual energy operating, reacting by the
means of his instinct.
But against Sheng Yue’s expectations, he was too careless. He had indeed
underestimated the 64th commander grade Demon Hunt Squad too much,
especially the formidable power of Sima Xian’s Energetic Ball of Light.
When Sheng Yue tried to cut through it, in his imagination, this weapon had
to be very heavy, but Sima Xian’s spiritual energy was bound to it, so he
would surely be sent flying. Drawing force from the propelling power
following his attack, he would kick the two attacks from the flanks, after
that dealing with the hissing phoenix unleashing blue fire would be no
issue.
But the instant after his right hand came into contact with the Gigantic
Ball of Light, Sheng Yue realized his mistake. That stupid-looking weapon
was actually a lot more frightful than he imagined.
With strident sounds of blast, Sheng Yue felt a powerful force shake his
hand. This was the Crush, Absorption and Triple Blast abilities from the
Gigantic Ball of Light.
If it was only that, Sheng Yue wouldn’t sustain any wounds with his
spiritual energy over a hundred thousand units. More crucially, at the time
of using the Energetic Ball of Light, Sima Xian utilized his Spiritual Stove
of Purple Godly Thunder. Therefore, the instant Sheng Yue’s right hand
touched it, purple lightning suddenly burst out, ramming straight at his
palm to spread widely into Sheng Yue’s whole body.
With such strength of spiritual energy, wounding Sheng Yue was unthinkable
for the Spiritual Stove of Purple Godly Thunder. However, the paralysis
triggered by the thunder took effect.
To a powerhouse at the level of Sheng Yue no detail could be deemed
insignificant in times of battle. Even if it made contact for less than a
second, this shook off his whole plan.
The two feet he shot in the air went numb, before colliding with the Scarlet
Wild Sword and the Divine Soul Shield.
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Sheng Yue was extremely strong, but that was only physical strength.
What he collided with was Legendary Equipment.
Wang Yuanyuan and Han Yu were kicked away, but Sheng Yue also wasn’t good
off. Characterized by their frantic glints, these two Legendary Equipment
devastated his paralyzed body, delaying him even further.
Right at this moment, the Blue Fire Phoenix reached him, instantly gushing
out with red-hot flames, and bursting out with terrible might that almost
engulfed Sheng Yue’s whole body.
Phoenix Heart of Fire. This was the only ability of a fused spiritual stove,
and it caused Lin Xin to suffer an enormous backlash every time he used.
Originally, at the time he had just obtained this technique, he managed to
use it to block a Zombie King of the eighth step, wounding him to a great
extent.
Sheng Yue was naturally stronger than a Zombie King, but the biggest issue
was that, he was caught unprepared. Lin Xin was becoming progressively more
proficient in controlling fire. So, at the time he intervened, the power in
his Phoenix Heart of Fire already accumulated, all of which burst out upon
colliding.
“You little rascals.” Sheng Yue cursed loudly, busting out with a sparkling
grey light. His sharp aura immediately cut the throat of the blue phoenix,
causing it to disappear in a flash, and everything returned to normal.
With a kick after another the group of males including Long Haochen whose
Shield Wall retracted after being sent flying.
But Sheng Yue didn’t keep attacking, confronting the Devil Dragon that was
occupying half of the room with a grotesque expression. He was highly alert.
“Ying’er, stop it. The senior doesn’t have any malicious intention.”
Although Long Haochen was in pain from the kick, he ordered in a hurry.
The might of the Devil Dragon was just too great. Causing the Assassin
Temple to misunderstand wouldn’t do any good.
With a flash of black light, under the dumbstruck gaze of Sheng Yue, the
previously aggressive Devil Dragon turned back into the shape of a frail
little pig held in Chen Ying’er’s arms, even showing a taunting look.
Sheng Yue’s mouth and eyes twitched, cursing at them one more time, “What a
group of little rascals you are. Why did you become so fierce? Is this uncle
a demon?”
Sheng Yue’s look was indeed hard to look at. His clothes were scorched along
with some of his hair. A burn even appeared on his left cheek. That was
truly a sorry figure.
Sheng Yue wanted to find a private place to curse at himself. All he did was
to try out their skills a little! It was to the extent that he was
disgraced. These little rascals, don’t they even know about being lenient?
But surely he couldn’t say these words out loud. Grudgingly looking at Long
Haochen’s group who was standing back up, he shouted in a rage, “You have
grown up quite well haven’t you? To dare go against this uncle.. Should this
uncle just come and teach you a little lesson?”
“Great-grandfather, please spare us. This wasn’t intentional.” Long Haochen
hurriedly advanced with a smile on his face, paying his respects as a junior
in the form of a salute.
Sheng Yue snorted, “You little one are the worse of all. Don’t you know how
worried you made us? So what about me coming to lecture you? From what I
see, you little bunch of bastards have shown quite interesting reactions. Is
there such bitter hatred between us all?”
Seeing Sheng Yue’s sorry figure, everyone naturally understood that this
elder was only trying out Long Haochen. Now they didn’t even dare to laugh
at the scene, keeping their heads down without muttering a word
“So you have finally grown up haven’t you?” Sheng Yue raised his hand,
hitting Long Haochen on the head. The pained Long Haochen showed a grimace,
not daring to make a sound. He didn’t expect Sheng Yue to be so careless,
having been reduced to such a state by them so rapidly. Unfortunately it was
too late to think of avoiding earning this person’s wrath.
Sheng Yue felt quite depressed! Because he figured that he wasn’t even able
to vent out. After calming down for a little, he felt secretly apprehensive.
Even if he had been careless, he was still a powerhouse of the ninth step! A
hundred thousand units of spiritual energy was standing in front of them,
and what was up with these guys’ equipment! For a Demon Hunt Squad who had
just raised themselves to the commander grade to take out so many Legendary
Tier equipment. Just from where could they have come? And in particular,
Long Haochen’s shield was letting out an orange glow. Epic Tier?
Sheng Yue seemed to have underestimated the strength of Long Haochen’s
group. In fact, the last time they came, they could at most be regarded as a
brilliant younger generation. But this time, they could already display
comprehensive strength in front of this senior. This was simply a leap of
strength.
“You’re at the seventh step?” Sheng Yue’s wrath gradually vanished.
Unconsciously, he asked Long Haochen this question. He still clearly
remembered that at the time Logn Haochen unleashed that sword energy, he was
on the boundary of Brilliant Body.
Long Haochen nodded in response, “Yes, great-grandfather.”
Sheng Yue had a great startle. Making a guess was one thing, but getting a
confirmation of the fact was another. Just how old was he? Absolutely below
twenty. Wasn’t he just fourteen of fifteen the last time they met? Just how
many year has it been since then? And already at the seventh step? Then it
was no wonder that the Demon God Emperor would want to capture this guy.
Seventh step, is he at this stage for real? At what age did I reach that
level back then? Wasn’t it at thirty five?
Sweeping his look on the whole group once again, the look on Sheng Yue’s
face finally appeased. Of course, his cold demeanor sounded laughable when
coming from such a sorry looking shape… Of course, Long Haochen’s group
absolutely didn’t dare laugh out loudly?
Right at this time, severe knocks sounded out from the outside.
“The situation is all right here. I am the one who brought an imitator to
mimic the dragon aura of a Devil Dragon.” Sheng Yue shouted out. He could
obviously not let himself be seen by his subordinates to avoid losing all
face.
Hearing him, everyone outside immediately calmed down.
Sheng Yue stared fixedly at Long Haochen for quite a long time, nodding,
“Not bad. These past few years, you seem to have matured quite a lot, and
your strength grew quite a bit. You have finally made it back. The fourth
Hidden Knight should have already told you. The Holy War has started.”
Long Haochen nodded, “Great-grandfather, the blame is on me. I am willing to
accept whatever punishment is dealt by the Alliance?”
“Getting dealt by?” Sheng Yue’s voice was abruptly raised up, “Farts! What
fault is on you, do you think of yourself to be qualified enough? What are
you to put your head in affairs you have nothing to do with? Just tell if
you want to be beaten up. Can the Holy War between the demons and the
Alliance be started over a single person?”
Although Sheng Yue’s words sounded harsh, he took a reprimanding tone
intentionally. But Long Haochen felt warm , naturally able to sense Sheng
Yue’s concern from his words.
Long Haochen took a deep breath, following the talk, “Great- grandfather,
it’s really the case. Listen to me, this matter is very important to the
Alliance. No matter what decision you take, I won’t have any complaint. I
won’t hide from the Alliance either, I trust that you will make the best
choice.”
Seeing Long Haochen’s serious look, Sheng Yue suddenly realized that things
weren’t as simple as he imagined. Wrinkling his brows, he covered the whole
room in an ice-cold layer, covering the whole room.
“What do you want to say?” Sheng Yue wrinkled his brows.
Long Haochen replied, “Great-grandfather, I am certainly the cause why the
Demon God Emperor started this Holy War. About this, even my comrades don’t
know, but as the person involved, I am very clear of the cause why the Holy
War started. I feel very sad about it. I really don’t want to see the people
being put in terrible situation. But this matter is related to my closest
comrade. There’s no way I could hand him over, so I ask the Alliance to take
the final decision. No matter how the Alliance decides to handle me, I will
accept the treatment.”
Hearing such serious words, not only Sheng Yue had an unsightly expression,
but the same went for his comrades with the only exception being the dazed
Cai’er. The others were all opening their eyes wide in shock. They were also
full of questions about the motives of the Demon God Emperor. Hearing
Haochen’s words, that this Holy War was indeed related to him. “ Sheng Yue’s
cheek showed signs of twitchingsquirming/wiggling(?). His voice suddenly
became more gentle, “Boy, don’t worry. You great-grandfather is listening to
you. ” You know, no matter what happens, your great-grandfather will be
standing on your side. No one can punish my great-grandson. And you have to
remember, don’t ever tell someone else about what you told me. Even inside
the Alliance, not everyone thinks the same as me. Now tell me what you have
in heart. As long as I can be of help, I will give my all to help you.”
“Yes.” Seeing Sheng Yue’s concerned look, Long Haochen nodded with all his
force. He almost had an urge to cry. Sheng Yue was Cai’er’s great-
grandfather, but this time, he felt a strong warmth feeling emanating from
this irascible old man. And family love had always been Long Haochen’s weak
spot.
“Great-grandfather, at the time we left the Alliance, we took a total of
sixteen Slaughter Missions. Less than half a year later, we have succeeded
in completing all of them. Among these missions, the hardest one was to kill
the last ranked demon god Andromalius.”
Sheng Yue was once again in great shock, “What? Are you saying that you
killed a demon god? Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius?” “……” Long Haochen
nodded in reply, “A great part of it was related to luck.” At that moment,
he detailed the matter of their encounter with the Devil Snake Demon God,
and how they took advantage of the conflict between the Forest Boa King and
Andromalius, and how both sides ended up close to killing each other.
“A great achievement. Even an Emperor grade Demon Hunt wouldn’t necessarily
manage to kill a demon god under the protection of his demon god pillar.
With such an achievement when you are not even in your twenties, you guys
are simply legends for the Alliance.” Even with his harsh character, Sheng
Yue couldn’t help but feel amazed hearing Long Haochen’s story. These
children risked their lives and at such young age to kill a demon god, this
was truly a huge achievement.
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Long Haochen continued, “After killing the Snake Devil Demon God
Andromalius, we faced his demon god pillar, trying our utmost to destroy it.
Its toughness was really beyond our imagination.”
Sheng Yue smiled, “That’s for certain. You don’t have to feel discouraged
about that. In the past, many Titled grade Demon Hunt Squad attempted to
destroy a demon god pillar without success. Ai, it has been six thousand
years, and the matter of the seventy two demon gods leaves us the most
helpless. This is the core strength of the demons. As long as these annoying
pillars exist, the demons will never truly die. You don’t have to be so sad.
In the future, when you are strong enough, we will think of some way.
Unfortunately, the only person with possibility to destroy a demon god
pillar, Scion of Samsara died too young back then. Otherwise, maybe he could
have caused a miracle.”
Long Haochen gave a serious response, “But we succeeded!” “Succeeded about
what? What? Succeeded you saying?” Sheng Yue
jumped in surprise. With his thin build, this jump simply seemed like an
ape’s.
Long Haochen continued, “We succeeded in destroying that demon god pillar,
to destroy it thoroughly. In this world, there won’t’ ever appear another
Devil Snake Demon God. And it’s even hard to say for sure that the Snake
Devil lineage will be able to survive.”
Sheng Yue had his eyes wide open, staying still for over ten seconds in his
posture.
“You… Are you saying this for real? You actually destroyed a demon god
pillar? No, it can’t be. This hasn’t ever happened before. Even if you are
extremely talented, especially gifted, with your current cultivation, how
could you possibly destroy a demon god pillar? This absolutely cannot be.”
Seeing Sheng Yue’s abnormal look, Long Haochen revealed a pained face, “But
great-grandfather, we just did it. And this is the reason why the Demon God
Emperor made capturing me the reason for this Holy War.”
Sheng Yue’s irregular breathing lasted for several minutes before calming
down, “Are you saying that you have an extraordinary ability enabling you to
destroy demon god pillars.”
Long Haochen nodded, “It can be said so. But it’s not me, it’s my magical
beast companion, Haoyue. I believe my comrades should have realized that
Haoyue is an abnormal magical beast. Until now, no one has been able to tell
to what race he belongs to. But he has an extraordinary ability, that
doesn’t seem to be of much utility against us humans. But it is very
destructive against demons, especially demon god pillars. Haoyue consumed
his life force as a cost to help us destroy that demon god pillar. If I am
not guessing wrong, it’s precisely because the Demon God Emperor guessed the
threat Haoyue represented to the demon race, that he demands me from the
Alliance.
Haoyue and I are bound by blood. As long as I die, Haoyue would hardly
survive alone.”
In the 64th Demon Hunt Squad, it was impossible to say that no one had
noticed this detail. Merely, everyone was feeling very confused, and
approved his explanations after realizing this bit.For a moment, the
atmosphere became extremely serious.
Without doubt, having obtained the ability to destroy demon god pillar was a
tremendous asset to the Temple Alliance. But now demonkind started all out
Holy War. Would the Temple Alliance even have the strength to resist it? No
one knew. The war was just a premise, the two parties were still at the
stage of preparing their forces.
Over the past six thousand years, although humanity kept recuperating, they
were in the end only occupying a part of the continent. The strength of
demonkind also kept incre
Currently, Long Haochen and Haoyue’s emotions were as stirred as one might
imagine.
Sheng Yue went in a deep state of reflection. From the point of view of the
Alliance, handing over Long Haochen would undoubtedly give them the
opportunity to keep recuperating. But afterwards, would they get another
opportunity to acquire the strength to destroy demon god pillars? This was
hard to say. And to protect Long Haochen, the Alliance would have to incur
the rage of demonkind. After all, for the prosperity of their race, any
ruler of the demons in these circumstances would spare no cost to kill Long
Haochen and Haoyue.
A long time later, Sheng Yue had a difficult tone, “Boy, you shouldn’t let
this out. This will very possibly make the situation unfavorable to you.
Understood?”
Long Haochen retained a calm smile, “Great-grandfather, there’s nothing
unfair. I cannot go against my conscience. As I said, I have no way to hand
over Haoyue, he’s my good brother. All I can do is speak the truth and leave
it to the Alliance to decide. No matter what decision they come to make, I
have no complaints. Great-grandfather, please lend me a room. Before the
Alliance comes to a decision, I will be staying in the Assassin Temple.”
Sheng Yue shut his eyes, waging war against himself deep inside. Having a
good resistance to greed, what he hated the most in his lifetime was to
encounter things going beyond his grasp. Without doubt, Long Haochen brought
such a situation before him. He was unable to anticipate, how reporting this
would result the Alliance’s decision. When it pertained to the life of the
millions of inhabitants of the Alliance, no one would be able to predict
what the final verdict would be.
“Great-grandfather…” Cai’er’s voice suddenly sounded out, taking the shape
of a dreamlike ringing shout. Long Haochen had a chill, looking
beyond belief at Cai’er’s direction.
Cai’er’s look was just as lifeless, taking one step after another toward
Sheng Yue.
Opening his eyes, Sheng Yue directed an astonished look at Cai’er. That was
his great-granddaughter, that he was naturally the most familiar with.
Cai’er’s call seemed strange, greatly different from before.
“I… I just remembered. You’re my great-grandfather. Great- grandfather,
father, mother… What about my father and mother? Why, just why didn’t they
come to save me? Why?”
“Cai’er, what’s up with you?” Sheng Yue looked shocked, seeing Cai’er in
such a state.
Long Haochen hurriedly stepped forward, joining Cai’er’s side, “Cai’er, did
you just remember? Remember everything?”
“Why didn’t you come to save me… Why?” Not paying Long Haochen the slightest
bit of attention, she only repeated these words. She continued to have a
lifeless look, but tears kept flowing beyond control on her face. This sight
was truly painful to see.
Long Haochen completely forgot about his own matters, looking at her,
embracing her in a hurry.
But the current Cai’er was intensely stirred up. Her eyes were filled with
despair and coldness, looking fixedly at Sheng Yue, in total daze.
“Why? Just why did you throw me there? Why did you do this to me, you all
knew…” A close to hysterical voice came out from her mouth, making everyone
very tense.
Pu. Long Haochen softly hit her vitals, causing Cai’er to faint on the spot,
her face still streaming with tears.
“Just what happened?” Sheng Yue was dazed at his great- granddaughter’s
final question.
Long Haochen held Cai’er in his arms, wiping the tears on her face
carefully, “That’s my fault, I didn’t manage to protect Cai’er…”, he told
Sheng Yue how she lost her memories. Of course, he didn’t mention everything
related to the Tower of Eternity, only mentioning that he had no other
choice but to bring Cai’er out of the siege, having no other choice but to
interfere in her awakening.
Hearing Long Haochen’s explanation, Sheng Yue remained speechless for a
while. He knew that this could absolutely not be blamed on Long Haochen. Who
could predict Cai’er’s sudden awakening? Long Haochen already did his best.
Although he didn’t tell the details, one can imagine that when surrounded by
so many Demon Hunter Remover Squads, managing to break out was already a
great feat.
“Go. First return home for now.”
The home Sheng Yue mentioned was inside the Exorcist Mountain Pass’ office
palace. Sheng Yue’s home was located there instead of being in the Assassin
Temple. As the chief of the Exorcist Mountain Pass’ military, his home was
in a courtyard at the back of the office palace. Sheng Yue didn’t put only
restriction on the liberty of Long Haochen’s group, only letting them stay
here. Then he told Long Haochen that the matter would be reported to the
higher-ups, so for now he had to wait for any information from the Temple
Alliance.
At the time Sheng Yue said that to Long Haochen, he already thought through
that matter thoroughly. This was the Exorcist Mountain Pass, and his
territory. If the Alliance decided to hand him over, couldn’t he just let
this boy go? Everyone had their own personal reasons when they acted, and he
was no exception. At the time he caught sight of Cai’er after her loss of
memories, Sheng Yue’s frame of mind changed completely. For the first time,
he recognized his own mistake. For the sake of the Alliance and the Assassin
Temple, Cai’er was subject to unbearable pain, to the extent that this
memory would be the first to come back.
A pain etched in her bones.
If he didn’t let her take the inheritance of the Dagger of Samsara, would
Cai’er have to experience such pain? And this time, will Long Haochen be be
sacrificed for the Alliance? Sheng Yue couldn’t do that. He already made the
thorough resolve that no matter what, he will protect Long Haochen and
Cai’er.
The whole 64th commander grade Demon Hunt Squad lived there just like that.
Although the Holy War’s large shadow was enveloping the Exorcist Mountain
Pass, Cai’er’s home was extremely peaceful.
That day after Cai’er sudden emotional breakout, she finally ended up
getting knocked out by Long Haochen. After waking up, her mood gradually
pacified. After a few days of rest, everyone was gradually making sure that
some of Cai’er’s memories were back, but these were only a few memories,
when she was three or four years old. It was evidently from the stimulation
of the Exorcist Mountain pass, and the deep impression left by her
great-grandfather Sheng Yue, that finally stimulate a few memories in her.
Although this was only a small part, it was undoubtedly good news.
Chapter 467
Unfortunately, soon after seeing their daughter, Sheng Lingxin and his wife
had to return to the Exorcist Mountain Pass. With the start of the Holy War,
although they were feeling extremely sorry for their daughter, their heavy
responsibilities weren’t something that could be ignored.
“Haochen, are you there?” Cai’er stood in front of the neighboring room,
softly knocking onto the door.
Right now, her memories just returned, her emotions were indeed greatly
affected. But over the past few days, under the assurances of Long Haochen
and the others, and with the care shown by her parents and great-
grandfather, she gradually calmed down. After all, her memories weren’t all
back, and what already passed was unchangeable, and she overcame it little
by little. Over the past two days, her mental state was close to complete
recovery.
In the room, Long Haochen’s familiar voice wasn’t responding. A while after
she knocked, she went in to confirm that no one was indeed present, finding
it quite strange.
Ordinarily, Long Haochen would be cultivating in his room.
After she calmed down, she thought a lot about the recent matters. Although
Long Haochen was temporarily living here, be it him or the rest of the team,
everyone was filled with uncertainty. Ever since losing her memories, the
one who had been spending the most time with her was Long Haochen, who could
be said to have meticulously taken care of her. Although she was still
unable to remember the things that happened
between the two of them, she was a girl, and had her own emotions. As time
passed, even in that amnesic state, she gradually came to accept Long
Haochen. At least now she wouldn’t be blushing so clearly when Long Haochen
took her hand and struggle against it.
All this time, he was the one who made sacrifices for her. Now that such a
major event happened, she should be the one to comfort him. Now that she had
realized this, Cai’er took the initiative to look for Long Haochen in his
room, only to find out that he wasn’t present.
Could the Temple Alliance have given their decision on that matter? Thinking
this, Cai’er felt very tense, attacked by an indescribable pain, feeling
that her breath was unsteady.
But, how could he not tell me anything?. No, he wouldn’t leave like that.
Simply said, she was blinded with concern. Cai’er didn’t even notice, but
unknowingly, Long Haochen already held an important position to the amnesic
her.
Cai’er, what are you doing? Right at this time, this question was raised to
her.
Turning her head, Cai’er saw Chen Ying’er come out from the nearby room,
curious about her.
As if she found her savior, Cai’er joined Chen Ying’er’s side, “Ying’er, do
you know about Haochen? Did you see him? Why isn’t he in his room?”
Chen Ying’er replied, still puzzled, “Of course he’s not in his room right
now. He’s preparing a meal for you! Didn’t you know that ever since we came
back, everything you eat is prepared personally by Boss’ hands.”
Her whole body shivering with a feeling that would be hard to describe, she
just realized that all the pores of her body felt relaxed. All her previous
worries dissipated, to be replaced with concern and warmth. The rim of her
eyes suddenly became red.
So he’s actually preparing my meals? At a time that he could be abandoned by
the Alliance at any time, thinking of it, I should be the one preparing his
meals, not the other way round.
Seeing her expression, Chen Ying’er who got the confirmation that she
actually didn’t know, didn’t conceal her jealousy, “Cai’er, you’re such a
lucky girl! Did you know? The
At this point, Chen Ying’er suddenly stopped.
Cai’er’s sluggish looked suddenly became shiny, “What else did he say?”
Chen Ying’er’s eyes reddened slightly, “He said that in the future, maybe
there won’t be another chance like this. He wanted to treasure his time with
you, since that’s all he can do for you.”
With a flash, Cai’er abruptly disappeared from Chen Ying’er’s view. Looking
at the shadow remnants from where she disappeared, Chen Ying’er let out a
sigh, talking aloud, “Cai’er, you’re really enjoying a good fortune. If one
day, that guy treats me like Boss treats you, I’d even accept death.”
There were several kitchens in the Exorcist Mountain Pass’ Office Palace. In
a little one, Long Haochen was at work.
This kitchen was small, and under Long Haochen’s request, it was reserved
for his use in the past few days. Currently, he was adding firewood to the
stove while paying attention to the state of the cauldron.
A strong sweet smell already filled the air, accompanied with a noticeable
smell. In the pot were three Flying Dragons, which were of course not real
dragons, but a very nutritious kind of bird not even categorized as magical
beast.
The day just started, as Long Haochen ran around to get the three Flying
Dragons handled, preparing them as a soup. Occasionally adding heat, and
sniffing at the scent of the soup, he took care of the other meals after
making sure that there’s no issue.
As a poor child in charge of the family, Long Haochen started to learn
cooking alongside his mother at six years of age. Although his talent in the
field was not particularly praiseworthy, at least the taste wasn’t too
lacking. He was also the one stewing the soup made up from wild herbs for
his mother back then.
His current living conditions were obviously beyond compare with the past.
Long Haochen wanted to do some of the things he yearned to do before the
Alliance reached its decision.
At this time, contrary to the expectations, his thoughts were not really
oriented so much towards his parents. That’s because he didn’t want to
inconvenience them with his own matters. Having not met them for so many
years, he could only pray for them in silence. For the time being,
cultivation was naturally not what he yearned the most for. If the Alliance
decided to hand him to the Demon God Emperor, then what use would there be
to cultivate some more? He couldn’t possibly gain the strength to overtake
him in such a short span of time.
So all he wanted was to do something for Cai’er. As his age grew, Long
Haochen understood that he would soon be eighteen. What he felt for Cai’er
wasn’t simply a little liking, but the love that only exists between two
people of opposite gender. That’s because, every time he thought of Cai’er,
no matter what she wanted, granting that would be his greatest joy.
Cai’er’s memory loss was the most painful experience he ever had. The future
was uncertain, and he didn’t want to think about it, only hoping to be able
to stay together with her a little longer. Every day, being able to look at
her and do something for her was enough.
Cai’er silently stood behind the door of the kitchen. Approaching
discreetly, she looked at the busy Long Haochen.
Clad in a clean white apron, he was at work in the kitchen. Currently , he
looked like a young cook, with none of his grandeur as a Demon Hunt
Squad Captain.
Unconsciously, Cai’er’s sight went fuzzy. Feeling as if her heart was
pierced ruthlessly, she felt her throat choking, unable to say a single
word.
As he was in the midst of preparing a meal, Long Haochen’s face moved
suddenly, and his right hand was raised, releasing a flash of golden light
that opened the door, coming face to face with Cai’er whose eyes were hazy
with tears.
“Cai’er?” Long Haochen was surprised to see her here.
“Haochen.” Cai’er suddenly threw herself at him, crying out loudly in his
bosom.
Unable to make head or tail for the reason why she was crying, Long Haochen
however dropped the vegetables and dewdrops in his hands. Her clothes were
dirty, and he could only push her away feeble-mindedly with his hands.
“Idiot, what’s up with you?” Long Haochen asked in a supple voice. Hearing
him call her a fool, she couldn’t help but be filled with warmth. In the
past, Cai’er liked calling him that way. He was her personal idiot!
Cai’er didn’t reply to that. Since she jumped at him crying, Long Haochen
could only helplessly put the vegetable knife down, both his hands placed
behind her, to take her in his arms.
Cai’er’s body was just as soft as before. It was only that as her age grew,
her build became even more slender than before. Embracing such a soft girl,
Long Haochen could only feel peace.
But this feeling was not totally the same as before. Although he was finally
able to hug her again, he knew that the current Cai’er was not completely
healed. Currently, she was only emotionally moved, and not in deep love like
in the past. But this was still good, ain’t it?
“Haochen, in this world, no one is as good to me as you.” Cai’er lifted her
head, telling Long Haochen these words.
Long Haochen chuckled at these words, “That’s for sure. If I’m not good to
you, to who would I be good? As long as you can get better, I’m perfectly
satisfied with that. Don’t force yourself to remember the matters of the
past. Honestly speaking, I was really frightened at that time. Now, I’m
actually not so willing to see you recover your memories. That’s because if
they are recovered, you will undoubtedly come to be reminded about that
painful time.”
Cai’er lightly shook her head, “No, I will definitely remember everything.
That’s because you exist in my memories. I really want to remember about the
emotions I had in the past by your side. Maybe it’s exactly because of these
painful images that I want to understand the feelings you have towards me.”
Chapter 468
The others from the 64th commander grade Demon Hunt Squad very rapidly felt
the recent changes in Cai’er. She became attached to Long Haochen, and
except for their time of sleep, the two of them seemed to be stuck together
all day. Long Haochen made her meals, and she accompanied him to wash the
plates afterwards. No one disturbed them, even the loud sounds coming from
the war outside seemed to be filtered out to their ears.
These days were only theirs.
Unfortunately, the fateful day came very fast, and interrupted them. Right
at the eleventh day after the arrival of Long Haochen’s group in Exorcist
Mountain Pass, Sheng Yue once again appeared in front of them.
”Haochen, I have good news. The Alliance decided to face the attack and meet
it, preparing to clash with full force against the demon armies in this Holy
War.” While telling them all this, Sheng Yue’s eyes were filled with
murderous spirit.
“Eh?” Long Haochen looked at Sheng Yue in amazement, “Great- grandfather,
then what about me?”
Shen Yue had a slight smile on his face, “Let alone you, even I didn’t
expect that. Everyone actually showed unanimous support, and no one argued
this verdict. You have formally become the future successor of the Knight
Temple, and the Alliance will not spare any cost to protect you. Everyone
was thinking the same. That your existence will be a terrible threat to the
demons. When your strength grows enough, they will encounter their doom. As
for our Holy War, its role will be to stall to see
that day. Don’t worry, everything is heading towards the greatest possible
direction, and you don’t need to worry about the battles. Although the
demons took the initiative to begin this Holy War, their decision was very
sudden, and are far from being prepared sufficiently. The horn of
counterattack is waiting to be blown, the Temple Alliance has been preparing
for just too long. The Demon God Emperor is indeed powerful, but attacking
our Alliance won’t be an easy thing for him. The winner cannot be
predicted.”
Hearing Sheng Yue’s words, the members of the 64th commander grade Demon
Hunt Squad relaxed greatly. Although Long Haochen didn’t worry, how could
his comrades not be worried for him?
The decision of the Alliance was undoubtedly extremely inspiring. Now they
had to put all their force in helping the Alliance to resist.
Long Haochen unconsciously clenched both his hands, “Great- grandfather, in
this case, I am willing to give my life to the Alliance. Let my comrades and
me return to demon territory to bite back at them. Their rear is surely
empty. They will surely have demon gods guarding it. If we can get rid of
some a few of them, it will certainly be a good hindrance to their Holy
War.” “ Sheng Yue immediately refused his suggestion, “This won’t do. ” You
are now the target of protection of the Alliance. How could we let you risk
your life in demon territory? There will naturally be others to handle the
enemies at the rear, it’s not something you have to worry about. After
coming to this decision, the Alliance has issued a compulsory mission to
your team. You will have to go complete this, and after that, you will
officially be recognized as a King grade Demon Hunt Squad.”
“Mh? What mission is it?” Long Haochen asked, greatly surprised.
Sheng Yue had a sly smile, “This mission can’t be described as a hard one,
but can’t be called an easy one either. All of you are elites of the great
Temples. Because of your relationship with Haochen, you also gained the
approval of the Alliance. So the Alliance decided that during the following
period of time, you will be pursuing your training to become the new
“What?” Everyone cried out in surprise together. This compulsory mission was
naturally a good thing for their individual growth, but this also meant that
their team would have to be temporarily disbanded.
“Won’t do, we don’t want to separate.” Lin Xin reacted eagerly.
Sheng Yue became stern, “Is that something you can afford? Your are part of
the Alliance, and as Demon Hunters, obeying commands from above is your
duty. That’s the common consensus the Alliance came to. Gain the backing of
every Temple, including mine. Over these years, you have already contributed
greatly to the Alliance, but your strength is far from enough. Now that you
are the direct target of the demons, letting you carry out missions would
only end in disaster. So now, what you need the most is a stable
environment. Most of all, Long Haochen cannot advance prematurely, and
absolutely cannot go take missions.”
Long Haochen pondered for a short time before hinting his comrades to calm
down, and asked Sheng Yue, “Great-grandfather, then when is it that we will
be able to reunite as a team?”
Sheng Yue said with a laugh, “This won’t be hard. First, they will have to
all reach at least the seventh step individually, and as their captain, you
will have to reach eighth step. And you will have to pass all the tests
imposed by the various Temples. At the time the Alliance needs you, you can
reform as a team. Oh right, you will have to gain various accomplishments in
your own Temples as well. For instance, Haochen will need to be a Gold
Essence Foundation Knight. So that’s to say that you will have to prove
yourselves to the Alliance. When you acquire the ability to protect
yourselves, the Alliance will let you reform your team, continuing to carry
out missions.”
Hearing Sheng Yue’s explanation, everyone became calm. They all understood
that the Alliance was doing this for their own sake. The first objective was
to avoid taking risks, letting them cultivate their talents. This was not
only because of their individual importance, but more importantly because of
the importance of Long Haochen and Haoyue’s ability to destroy demon god
pillars. One could say that since the Alliance took the decision
to protect them, they will strive their hardest to achieve that. Stepping
once again into the battlefield won’t be easy for them.
Sheng Yue continued, “You have to maintain the utmost secrecy about your
return here. All those aware of your return will keep silent for you. But
because of your intervention in the Demon Resisting Mountain Pass, it’s hard
to say whether the demons will get the news of your arrival here. So you
have to set out as fast as possible, and return to your own Temples to
pursue your training as fast as possible. Children, the Alliance is counting
on your future. We know that after having been completing missions together
for so long, you all have deep attachment to each other, and aren’t willing
to separate. But your lives are not only your own matters anymore, it
relates to the future of the Alliance. So no matter what, you can’t look
down on the importance of this mission. To reunite as early as possible, you
will all have to spend two hundred percent efforts in boosting your
strength. Just imagine anyway, if one day you can have a strength comparable
to the Demon God Slayers, who would possibly be able to restrict you?”
After Sheng Yue’s patient talk, Long Haochen nodded in silence, “Great-
grandfather, thank you. We have also to thank the Alliance for protecting
me. Be at ease, I will strive my hardest to improve. It’s just that,
Cai’er…”
Reaching this point, Long Haochen’s face immediately looked pale. Turning
around and noticing that Cai’er also became pale, they went silent for a
moment.
Sheng Yue sighed, “Cai’er has a lot to study, but will also need a long time
of rest after experiencing this loss of memories. Since she recovered some
memories after getting back here, staying in the Exorcist Mountain Pass is
the best choice for her. Be at ease, I will have a good talk with her
parents, hoping that they can help her the best they can. And given your
talents, I believe that it will only take you a few years to accomplish the
tasks bestowed by the Alliance. What’s more, the Assassin Temple and the
Knight Temple aren’t that far. After you have some accomplishments in your
training back there, won’t you have the opportunity to see this girl? Be at
ease. Even if the Alliance doesn’t agree to lighten your tasks, when
you pass twenty years of age, I will definitely personally send Cai’er to
your side, for the arrangement of your wedding ceremony.”
Hearing these words, Long Haochen and Cai’er who originally looked pale,
immediately blushed, looking at each other . Cai’er seemed shy and happy,
and Long Haochen had faint concern coupled with his joy. No matter what, he
hoped for Cai’er to recuperate her memories. Otherwise, he would forever
feel short of something.
The biggest issue was to have to separate from Cai’er. Twenty years old,
this was a matter of having to wait at least two more years. When Cai’er is
twenty, at least three years will have passed. Long Haochen was extremely
unwilling to separate for so long.
Sheng Yue patted Long Haochen’s shoulder, “Boy, you have to understand that
this is already the best result for you. The Alliance could only do this
much. You will have to immediately leave, not waiting any longer. I will
assign your protection to experts from the Assassin Temple. As future
newlyweds, this separation can only make your reunion all the better. Be at
ease, I will take good care of Cai’er.”
Pam Long Haochen kneeled down in front of Sheng Yue, “Great- grandfather,
I’m the one at fault. It’s because I didn’t take good care of her that she
ended up losing her memories. Since I’ll have to part with her, I just have
a small request. Just let me make a meal for my comrades and her before we
separate, can I?”
Long Haochen having said that, everyone’s eyes became red.
Cai’er was the first to throw herself in Long Haochen’s arms, “Haochen, I…”
“Captain!” “Boss!”
Sheng Yue raised his head, looking above to try to stop tears from falling
from his eyes, “Okay, I’m giving you a half a day’s more time. Tonight,
you will have to leave. I will be arranging my men.” After this, his figure
flashed and disappeared out of sight.
To be separated against one’s will was a very painful thing.
Long Haochen’s group was faced with such a situation. Ever since they formed
as the first soldier grade Demon Hunt Squad, they experienced too many
things together. Everyone was together in situations of life or death,
fighting against demons together.
Their emotions and relationship with each other was already not as simple as
comrades’ or friends’. They were comrades able to entrust their backs to
each other. Good brothers and sisters, and fellow soldiers that had the
resolution to sacrifice their own lives for each other.
Chapter 469
This day, they were told to part from each other, felt very painful to them.
Long Haochen personally cooked a meal for everyone, but at the time of meal,
no one spoke a single word.
“Don’t be like that everyone. Great-grandfather is right. The separation
today is for the sake of making us stronger on our reunion. I give you my
word that within two years, or at most three, I will reform our team. At
that time, we will already be a King grade Demon Hunt Squad. And even though
this is only a temporary separation, we will still keep contact with each
other. The Alliance has a system of communication, so when you arrive in
your respective Temples, you have to report your well- being to me by
letter.”
Long Haochen suppressed the pain in his heart with all he could, and
comforted his comrades.
“Lin Xin, after we separate this time, you are the one that will have the
hardest time. Besides having to keep up your cultivation, you have a lot
more to do. Please gather your storage devices, and I will transfer from the
Eternal Melody all the resources for you to use in there. After you return,
make trades for all the resources we need. Especially those going along with
the Saw Skates and Forest Boas’. After that, you can just send the Forest
Boa Training Pills, and split it for everyone. As for me, I have no need for
those. As an awakened god’s chosen one, my physique underwent great changes,
and I reckon the Forest Boa Training Pill won’t have much effects on me.”
“You have to make good use of these Saw Skates, give priority to making a
good weapon for Yuanyuan, before selling the rest.”
Lin Xin calmly nodded, engraving Long Haochen’s words in his heart. Long
Haochen continued, “Although the crafting aspect is important,
your own cultivation is also. You don’t want a gap to appear between the
others and you. Although there are not many alchemists in our Alliance,
there are still some. I believe that in the whole Alliance, there is at
least another outstanding alchemist. With there so many good things we are
bringing back from
“As everyone saw during that previous battle in the Demon Resisting Mountain
Pass, the full force spell of the Ninth Holy Guard wasn’t a forbidden spell,
but something with comparable power. Therefore, Lin Xin, your other mission
will be to look for a forbidden spell scroll of fire element, to make up for
your insufficient offensive power. It’s okay for our team to have you as our
only mage, and fire elemental scrolls are worth our interest. As long as you
find a suitable one, you can buy it.”
If Long Haochen’s words were heard by other Demon Hunters, they would
definitely be staring at him with big eyes. But their group was indeed
overbearing and rich at this stage. The rest aside, the flesh of the Forest
Boa King alone was already a priceless treasure. Having been recorded since
long ago as an extinct magical beast, the uses of its body were as one could
imagine. And the internal pill and gall of the ordinary Forest Boas were
good things as well! And that was only a small part of everything they
brought back from demon territory. Just the number of demons at the eighth
step filled Long Haochen’s Eternal Melody and moreover Lin Xin had the
corpse of Andromalius left.
“Your mission is heavy, but you have to remember that you cannot let that
affect your cultivation too much, understood?” Long Haochen kept warning Lin
Xin.
Lin Xin nodded repeatedly, his eyes returning to a red color, “Boss, be at
ease, I definitely won’t fall behind.”
Long Haochen heaved up a smile, turning to the direction of Sima Xian,
“Sima, after returning in the Priest Temple’s
Sima Xian’s hands were holding his bald head, lowering it without a word. He
appeared savage and rough on the outside, but had quite a sensitive heart.
At this moment, his face was streaked with tears, and in his mind, the
scenes of battle of life and death with his comrades kept appearing. For a
moment, he went totally silent.
Long Haochen revealed a slight smile, “And don’t forget about that girl from
the auction house, Feng Ling’er. She must have been waiting for news about
you all this time.”
“Yuanyuan, after you return to the Warrior Temple, you have to keep contact
with Lin Xin. He will help you get a good weapon. Train with great effort,
strive for the day you will be able to inlay the seven spatial gems in the
Divine Soul Shield.”
“Yeah.” Wang Yuanyuan’s lips were pursued up closely, staring at Long
Haochen as she kept nodding repeatedly.
Long Haochen forced a smile, “Don’t be like that everyone. It’s not as if
today is the last day we would see each other. This time of separation is
only to be more prepared for the next time. I hope that the next time I see
you all, you will have grown stronger than me. Ying’er, you are actually the
one I have the most expectations for. You said that it is only when you
would reach the seventh step, that your ability would truly come out. You
are now already a single step away
Against the expectations, Chen Ying’er appeared stronger than Wang Yuanyuan
in her reaction, “Captain, be at ease. The next time we will meet, I won’t
drag the group down, and become one of the main forces of the team. Sorry, I
never told you about that, but in fact, my internal spiritual energy is at
92 units. It was a lie that I told before.”
“What?” This instant, everyone couldn’t help but shout? Another god’s chosen
one? “ Chen Ying’er’s look was apologetic and sad, “It was a promise that I
had with my grandmother.” ” “Even as another god’s
chosen one with above ninety units as internal spiritual energy, I am just
too weak. Before reaching the seventh step, my abilities have no way to
shine. It’s only after reaching it that I can wield the physique of the
Saint Soul Girl, and at that time, my awakening will occur instantly. At
that time, I may acquire an ability to communicate with the magical beasts
just like Ye Xiaolei. Sorry to have kept this hidden from everyone. This is
a secret that even in the Spiritual Temple, only Grandmother knows about.”
Long Haochen appeared pleasantly surprised, patting her shoulder, “Ying’er,
there’s no need for you to apologize. Everyone have their own secrets. Most
of all, it is a good thing for everyone here. Since things are like that,
your awakening will surely be completed the next time we reunite! But take
care to learn from Cai’er’s lesson, at the time of your breakthrough to the
seventh step, you’ll have to be in a safe place, and have one of the super
powerhouse of the Spiritual Temple protect you.”
Chen Ying’er proudly replied, “Captain, my goal for the next time we meet is
the eighth step. I will definitely overtake everyone.”
Long Haochen gave out a laugh, “All right, I am looking forward to that.”
The proud look on Chen Ying’er’s face dissipated suddenly, and tears started
flowing out, “Captain, I want to have a hug with you all. Can I?” Even
though she may appear stronger than Wang Yuanyuan, her strength had its
limits.
“Of course.” Long Haochen
An hour later, the others returned in their respective rooms, leaving the
place for Long Haochen and Cai’er. They were the only couple in the team,
and these lovers experienced real pain and misery. Although extremely
unwilling, the rest could only leave them more time.
“How about we have a seat in the rooftop?” “Okay.”
Snuggling up to each other, among the two, Cai’er wasn’t crying, only
tightly gripping onto Long Haochen’s body.
“Haochen, do you think I will have regained all my memories from the past
the next time we meet?” Cai’er asked softly.
Long Haochen shook his head calmly, “I don’t know.”
Cai’er then asked, “Then do you want me to regain them?”
This time Long Haochen didn’t give any reply. Of course, he hoped that she
would recover her memories, but he didn’t want her to recall of the painful
things from her past either.
“I will definitely regain my memories. That’s because I want to know what
kind of existence you were in my memories. I’m sure there was a very special
feeling”
Cai’er opened her eyes wide, gazing at Long Haochen. His handsome face
appeared even more resplendent under the sunlight. … He is so handsome, and
so strong. And more importantly, the way he treats me is so… So…
Although Cai’er was gradually starting to accept him, the shadows in her
memories were in the end wrapping in her head. She felt that it was as if a
gap had formed between the two of them, as if making her to unable to face
him with her true self.
Lightly caressing Cai’er’s hair, Long Haochen finally had a feeling of ease.
His look was very warm. He was also able to feel the barrier that was
starting to form between Cai’er and him, but he wasn’t worried, and wouldn’t
press her, because he believed that no matter whether her memories come back
or not, he would one day gain back her heart.
Separation would form a kind of stability, for everyone to calm down their
own heart. Maybe the next time they meet, she will have really recalled
everything.
This temporary separation was only announcing a better reunion.
Chapter 470
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Long Haochen and Han Yu were travelling together, accompanied with four
Hidden Knights. At such a crucial stage for the war, this was the most Sheng
Yue could dispatch of his forces. And their task was of course to escort
them north, until they reached Knight Temple , the Dragon Resisting Mountain
Pass.
In the legends of Shengmo Dalu, it was said that dragons used to live in the
north-east. For the sake of resisting dragon invasions, human from ancient
times had established this Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass to withstand the
dragon invasions.
Compared to the other mountain passes, the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass
was in a rather smooth terrain, completely covered in snow and ice. Snow was
falling all year around, and outside the mountain pass, in a very large
range, terrible cold spread all over, and frequently, the weather phenomenon
would be as severe as forbidden spell Ice and Snow Tempest. The almighty
great nature became the natural barrier of this mountain pass. Therefore,
despite the Knight Temple being the leader of the Six Great Temples, their
Demon Resisting Mountain Pass was not frequently under attack. Moreover, the
Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass was originally set to counteract attacks from
the dragons. Among the Temple Alliance’s great six passes, this was the most
imposing one, which also possessed the most mighty weapons inherited from
the ancient times.