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Humanity's friends have grown up, and if it weren't for the extermination by top-tier extraterrestrial creatures, the human race should be able to hold out against them and wouldn't collapse in an instant.
But behind the word "support" lies countless ruins and exposed bones.
He dared not think too deeply, and could only unleash the magic power within his body, hoping to return to his family as quickly as possible.
Just then, the earth suddenly emitted a muffled rumble, as if a giant beast was awakening underground.
Mu Qinghan's pupils suddenly contracted, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
He almost instinctively dodged to the side, his magic power condensing into a golden barrier beside him.
The next second, a giant hand burst out of the ground and slammed its five fingers down on the spot where he had just been standing.
The hard ground was instantly smashed into a crater tens of meters deep, and rubble and dust shot into the sky, blotting out the sun.
"Hahahaha-"
A maniacal laugh came from underground, making the air vibrate.
A giant hand braced against the edge of the pit, and dirt fell down as a colossal body slowly rose from the ground.
The dark brown scales gleamed with a cold, hard sheen in the dim light, and a viscous black mist writhed where the body should have been.
Four thick limbs grew out of thin air, and every step they took made the earth tremble.
The most terrifying thing was his head—it had no facial features, only a scarlet vertical pupil that occupied half of his head, with a bloodthirsty red light surging in the pupil, fixedly staring at Mu Qinghan.
"Looks like I'm the luckiest one!"
"To think I managed to intercept you here... Hmm? No, that's not right!"
His vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and his torso swayed violently.
"How come you have the aura of a martial arts fanatic on you?"
"You actually managed to escape alive from him?"
Mu Qinghan stood several dozen feet away, his back taut.
He looked up at the nearly 100-meter-tall behemoth, whose shadow was like a thick wall, obscuring most of the sky.
A powerful sense of oppression suddenly swept over him; this guy... was actually also at the peak of the Great Demon Emperor realm!
He could even smell the foul stench emanating from the other's scales, a mixture of rotten earth and blood.
The knuckles of his hand gripping the sword hilt had turned white.
"Never mind, it's just a bug."
A hint of impatience flashed in Painful Calamity's scarlet vertical pupils, and its scales trembled slightly.
"Although I don't know why that martial arts fanatic didn't kill you, but—"
Before he finished speaking, the air in front of him suddenly twisted violently, and thick, blood-red light burst forth from the gaps in the scales.
In an instant, it transformed into a cage-like light shield, completely locking down the space tens of thousands of meters around Mu Qinghan.
The red light carried an intense, bone-scorching heat. Just as Mu Qinghan was about to use his magic to retreat, his ankle felt as if it were bound by invisible chains, and every muscle in his body groaned in pain under the pressure of the red light.
This is the true power of the Great Demon Emperor!
Mu Qinghan's heart sank to the bottom.
When he was fighting the martial arts fanatic before, he could at least find a chance to catch his breath, but now, facing the pain, he couldn't even move an inch.
The shadow of death surged in like a tide, and he instinctively tried to gather his magical power to resist it.
However, his magical power was like ice and snow encountering the scorching sun, instantly torn apart by the violent energy within the light shield, and waves of tearing pain came from his meridians.
A piercing sound suddenly rang out, and a huge scythe appeared out of thin air in Painful Calamity's palm. The blade was wrapped in black mist and blood light, and just looking at it made one's scalp tingle.
The moment the scythe fell, the air was sliced with a piercing shriek, aimed straight at Mu Qinghan's neck.
He watched helplessly as the scythe grew larger in his field of vision, but he barely had the strength to blink.
This is the terror of a Great Demon Emperor at his peak, power that is extremely strong.
Just as the scythe was about to touch Mu Qinghan's throat, a silver light descended from the sky like a shooting star!
"clang--!"
A deafening metallic clang rang out as the spear tip struck the scythe blade with pinpoint accuracy. The violent force spread along the two weapons, instantly splitting the ground into several deep trenches.
The spear actually sent Painful Calamity's giant scythe flying, and the shaft slammed into the ground in front of Painful Calamity, exploding with tremendous force!
Lightning bolts danced wildly like purple snakes, tearing a gap in the blood-red light shield. Pain was jolted back three steps, his scarlet vertical pupils fixed on the suddenly appearing figure, his voice filled with incomprehension and anger.
"Martial arts fanatic! Are you insane?! Are you looking for death?!"
The martial arts fanatic stood amidst the lightning, his body illuminated by the interplay of light and shadow. His hand, gripping the silver spear, remained as steady as a rock, merely slightly turning the shaft.
"boom--!"
Just as Mu Qinghan was about to speak, a bolt of lightning shot out, grazing his face, followed by a violent explosion behind him.
"Get lost. Next time we meet, I'll kill you!"
Mu Qinghan opened his mouth, but all his words ultimately boiled down to just two words.
Without further delay, Mu Qinghan quickly left.
Just a hundred meters away, a deafening explosion came from behind, mixed with the furious roar of the wrathful demon.
"Martial arts fanatic! Are you trying to betray us?!"
Chapter 144 Crimson Sunset
The creatures outside the circle retreated.
It happened so fast that people couldn't even react.
Without warning, without aftermath, and before the lingering fishy smell in the air could even dissipate.
Those eerie figures have completely vanished from the world, as if they had never set foot on human land.
When the demon clan's support team arrived, they found only a desolate wasteland.
The town, which was once bustling with activity and filled with the smoke of cooking fires, is now nothing but ruins leaning against the scorched earth.
Wisps of smoke still rose from the roof beams, and molten tiles clung to the pile of rubble, like congealed blood and tears.
The vibrant prosperity of just a few hours ago has been completely crushed by the attack of creatures from outside the circle.
If it weren't for the overwhelming stench of blood that made one's throat tighten, and if it weren't for the twisted corpses scattered all over the ground that made it impossible to open one's eyes.
The demon race might even suspect that the human race was never invaded at all.
But reality insists on tearing open its cruelest side.
Some of the human corpses were curled up, their hands still in the posture of protecting the children.
The remains of the creatures from outside the circle had an eerie grayish-purple hue. Some of them were scorched into black charcoal by the high temperature before they dissipated, blending into the scorched earth, making even their outlines indistinguishable.
Tu Shan Ya Ya's legs felt slightly heavy, and her fox ears drooped unconsciously.
The last time she came, she tasted the osmanthus candy from a street vendor and heard children calling her "Fox Fairy Sister".
But now, all those lively sounds have been swallowed up by deathly silence.
Where is the human world in this scene before us?
It was clearly a purgatory piled high with corpses and seas of blood!
Dark red blood flowed through the cracks in the rubble, accumulating into small pools of blood in low-lying areas, even staining the setting sun on the horizon with an eerie crimson hue.
Cui Yuling's fingers turned white; even she, a medical sage who had seen countless deaths, was shocked by the tragic scene before her.
She had witnessed the horrors of war and saved countless wounded soldiers on the verge of death, but she had never seen such a massacre that indiscriminately targeted the young and old.
The swaddled baby was nestled beneath its mother, its tiny hands still clutching the hem of her clothes.
An elderly man with white hair leaned over the door threshold, his fingertips just an inch away from the door.
The young couple collapsed into each other's arms, their blood congealing into purplish-black scabs on the backs of their clasped hands.
A heart-wrenching cry suddenly came from the depths of the ruins, like a dull knife cutting into everyone's heart.
Cuiyu Ling snapped back to her senses and looked in the direction of the sound. She saw a seven or eight-year-old child kneeling under the broken wall, holding a man whose body was only half intact in his arms.
The man's wound was still bleeding profusely, staining the child's coarse clothes red, but the child seemed oblivious, shaking the man's arm again and again, his voice hoarse and almost broken.
"Father, Father! Don't sleep, don't die! I beg you, Father!"
"Someone, please save my dad!!"
"Someone, please save him!"
It's... beyond saving.
Cui Yuling's eyes instantly reddened. She could clearly feel that the man's magic power had long since dissipated, and even the last trace of his life force had vanished.
But she dared not speak, and could only grit her teeth, turn around, and sternly give orders to the demon physicians she had brought with her.
"Quick! Spread out and save them! Save as many as you can!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she grabbed a fast-running little demon next to her, her tone urgent.
"Go back to Tushan immediately and summon everyone from the medical clinic, as well as all the medicinal herbs in the storeroom, whether they are for healing or prolonging life! Quickly!"
The little demon responded and left, while the remaining demons immediately scattered and carefully searched for survivors in the ruins.
When the surviving humans saw these demons approaching, they trembled all over, their eyes filled with fear.
But the next second, the fox demon wrapped the injured child in its soft fur.
The snake demon carefully lifted the old man with the broken leg using its spiritual power.
When the rabbit demon chewed up its elixir and fed it to the unconscious woman, all her fear turned into a desperate cry.
"Ahhhh——!"
A woman rushed to Cui Yuling's feet, clutching her skirt tightly, her forehead hitting the ground with a dull thud.
"Please, please save my family! My husband is still inside, and my child is still inside!"
A boy knelt before Tu Shan Rongrong, tears streaming down his face mixed with the ash and mud.