Chapter 160: Deputy General Lan Deserves to Die

Xu Zhe opened his eyes, feeling that something was amiss, and quickly stepped out of the Human King's Mansion.

The fox-faced beast lord and the bull-headed beast lord had already rushed over anxiously!

"Deputy Commander Lan!"

"There's no time to explain!"

Xu Zhe waved his hand with a stern expression, "Don't panic! Let me observe the situation!"

The huge firmament was already shrouded by various bizarre heavenly fires. There were so many of them that the sky of the demon city was extremely crowded, stacked layer upon layer, and at the very top seemed to be that dragon-shaped black whirlwind...

Xu Zhe had an absurd feeling that just now, when he used the Righteousness Demon-Sealing Scripture, he had established some kind of connection with these heavenly fires, causing them to gather from all corners of the demon realm, and more were still pouring in endlessly!

"Black and white, red and yellow, purple and green, blue and gray... yours and mine, his and hers, big and small, round and flat..."

"Why are you singing now?" The fox-faced beast lord asked, both anxious and bewildered.

"It's nothing, I just have a better sense of rhythm..."

Before Xu Zhe could finish speaking, a massive amount of heavenly fire plunged violently from the sky!

The first cluster of heavenly fire covered an area of several miles, smashing down from top to bottom. Viewed from below, it carried an immense sense of impact!

Countless shivering wails echoed throughout the entire demon city. Those demon clans living in caves were frantically running toward the depths of the earth. Once the defensive array failed to hold, those on higher ground would be swallowed up first!

"How magnificent!"

Xu Zhe couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, a spark of excitement flashing in his eyes. Ripples stirred within his heart, much like dry tinder encountering a blazing fire, harboring a fierce urge to consume it!

"Hum——"

The heavenly fire, spanning several miles wide, was blocked in mid-air by the defensive array, making the entire demon city vibrate and hum. Just as it began to disperse, another massive wave of heavenly fire plummeted!

The falling heavenly fires of various enchanting colors mesmerized Xu Zhe. In a trance, it reminded him of his school days when a large group of classmates went to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks display!

That was already a very distant memory, yet somehow, it felt so clear.

"Deputy Commander Lan! There's no time!"

The bull-headed beast lord let out a furious roar, almost tempted to haul Xu Zhe away by force, but lacked the necessary strength.

"Calm down! Look, it's held."

Xu Zhe snapped back to his senses, hearing wild roars from the demons echoing from near and far. Sweeping with his divine sense, he saw the entire demon city shrouded in terror. Some were running while others crawled, trembling before this uncontrollable natural disaster.

"Deputy Commander Lan! If you don't make a move now, it really will be too late!"

"This natural disaster surpasses any in the past. Once the defensive array fails to hold, the demon city is finished!"

Facing their bitter pleas, Xu Zhe said solemnly, "Let's go!"

He took the lead and sprinted forward, not randomly running toward just any section of the city wall, but heading straight to the spot where he had carved the teleportation array.

"Deputy Commander Lan is truly a good person; he didn't deceive us!" They quickly gave chase.

Along the way, Xu Zhe saw countless demons packed densely together. They felt extreme terror toward this heavenly fire, and the black dragon hovering above the nine heavens made them afraid even to glance at it.

He vaguely felt that these heavenly fires were coming for him, and their landing points even shifted as he moved. It was just that the smaller ones covered several miles and the larger ones crashed down to cover almost the entire demon city, making a slight deviation completely imperceptible.

More and more heavenly fires fell, faster and faster. The tremors of the entire demon city became denser and more intense, just like some vibrating massage product turned from the lowest setting to the highest...

By the time the fox-faced beast lord and the others caught up, Xu Zhe had found the spot and was putting on a pretense.

"No need to guard me! No beast will ambush me. When I infuse my spiritual energy, it will keep the defensive array firm. You two maintain order! A dignified demon city has weathered thousands upon thousands of natural disasters! How can it be as loose as a plate of sand?"

Exuding the commanding aura of Commander Lan leading a million troops, Xu Zhe first reprimanded them sternly.

The fox-faced beast lord and the bull-headed beast lord had originally intended to help, but upon hearing this, they were immediately overcome with shame. The demon city had stood for tens of thousands of years, and natural disasters were a common occurrence. They truly shouldn't have made themselves a laughingstock in front of a human!

"Deputy Commander Lan is right, we'll go right now... except..."

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They hesitated, wanting to say more. Why, after Lan began infusing his spiritual energy, was the defensive array not strengthening at all, still feeling shaky and on the verge of collapse at any moment?

"Do you doubt that my spiritual energy is insufficient? Then you do it!" Xu Zhe sank his face.

"No, no, we didn't mean that!"

Only the spiritual energy of cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending stage or above could make the grand defensive array work; otherwise, they wouldn't need to rely on Lan Zhen.

"I, Lan Zhen, swear here that if I do not protect the demon city with all my might, may my ancestors find no peace and my nine clans be exterminated!"

Xu Zhe's sudden oath immediately stunned them.

They also knew that humans were cunning and untrustworthy, but daring to swear upon one's ancestors and nine clans was an extremely grave vow!

"Deputy Commander Lan is of noble character!"

"Deputy Commander Lan is a benefactor of our demon clan!"

They bowed gratefully in gratitude, then quickly departed to maintain order with the other beast lords.

Xu Zhe looked up at the sky, filled with reluctance. What powerful heavenly fires they were; how wonderful it would be to devour them to practice the Taiyin Fire Lotus. Unfortunately, his current physical body was like a tiny piece of dry firewood—let alone devouring them, he would be burned to ashes directly by this blazing fire...

Meanwhile, inside the Human King's Mansion, all the remaining human women had gathered in the courtyard, looking in terror at the giant flames flying across the sky.

"Elder Sister, will the demon city's defensive array collapse?"

"Hmph! Lan Zhen has already been called away, and with a Tribulation Transcending expert infusing spiritual energy, it should hold. However, this is a golden opportunity for us!"

"A golden opportunity?"

"The demon clan is panicked and terrified. This is the weakest time for the guards of the Human King's Mansion, and the city is in chaos. If we rush out, no demon will care about us. Once we reach the city wall and Lan Zhen lets us out, we'll have a chance to escape the demon realm!"

"But Lan Zhen's attitude..."

"Hmph! Even if he has defected to the demon clan, he is still human. He won't actively save us, but letting us slip by passively is not a problem. Once we are out of the demon city, with the demon clan trapped by the natural disaster, it will be our chance to escape for our lives!"

"Elder Sister, when do we set off?"

Finally having the chance to escape, everyone was thrilled!

"Right now! The outside is in a panic, and once Lan Zhen stabilizes the defensive array, they will restore order. Sisters! Rush out at top speed! There are a thousand of us, surely three or five hundred can escape!"

"Charge!"

At the command of Lan Zhen's mother, nearly a thousand women quickly scaled the walls and rushed out!

They were all captured prisoners, and none of them were simple characters. Usually, they followed Lan Zhen's mother's lead because they had no choice, but to say they had any real loyalty to her was nearly impossible!

At this moment, the chance to escape was right before their eyes. The faster they were, the greater their chances. A chance of three or five hundred was already substantial enough to make them risk their lives. They didn't need to be faster than all the demons, just faster than more than half of the people!

To avoid being left at the back, no one showed any modesty, scrambling and flying out in a mad rush!

In an instant, only Lan Zhen's mother and that woman from the Jade Pool remained.

"Elder Sister!"

"Wait a few breaths."

"Elder Sister is wise!"

Outside, the angry roars and attacks of the guardian demons could already be heard, along with the shrill screams of many women.

The commotion of a thousand people charging out caused all the guarding demons to give chase, calling out along the way for all demons to join in capturing them, instantly emptying the area around the Human King's Mansion.

"It's our turn to go!"

The two smiled at each other and gracefully flew out of the Human King's Mansion.

Just at that moment, a massive tremor swept through the entire demon city!

Following that, the intense tremors suddenly vanished, as if the highest setting of a vibrating toy had suddenly run out of battery.

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All the beasts and the fleeing human women stared up at the sky in terror!

The defensive array collapsed and vanished!

Black, white, red, yellow... flames filling the sky cascaded down layer upon layer over the entire demon city!

Like a heavenly river pouring down with nowhere to hide!

The beast lords, who had been anxious that the defensive array wasn't stabilized, all let out furious roars. That damned good guy Lan Zhen—his aura was still undetectable!

"Damned human! You won't die a good death!"

"Deputy Commander Lan, you deserve to die!"

"Treacherous Lan Zhen! May your ancestors have no peace and your nine clans be exterminated!"

"Damn your ancestors, Lan Zhen!"

The two women escaping alone behind thought victory was within their grasp, but they were instantly plunged into despair!

"What in the world has Lan Zhen's mother's son done?!" Lan Zhen's mother cursed angrily. Was he supposed to save us? Shouldn't he have waited until we reached the city wall before destroying it?

"You are his mother... and he's abandoning even you?"

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By this time, Xu Zhe was already outside the demon city, retreating while recording with the Myriad Manifestations Jade Plate.

This wave of natural disaster was indeed the strongest the demon city had ever seen, but normally it could have held out a bit longer. Xu Zhe figured that since he couldn't absorb these heavenly fires, safety came first, and running away was the best strategy.

The teleportation array he had carved was rooted in the demon city's defensive array. The moment he activated and used it, it immediately drained a portion of the spiritual energy from the defensive array.

This diversion wasn't too massive relative to the entire gigantic demon city's defensive array, but the crucial point was... the localized and sudden weakening was like a puncture in a dam, quickly causing the collapse of the entire defensive array!

Countless colorful heavenly fires plummeted, directly swallowing the massive demon city entirely!

The power of each strand of heavenly fire was extremely tyrannical, accumulating one after another, crashing down layer by layer!

As soon as the heavenly fire arrived, all the beasts frantically retreated into the city, relying on the defensive array as their ultimate protection and barrier. But the moment the defensive array collapsed, their high-density gathering meant the beasts were trapped in one fell swoop!

Things flying in the sky, things crawling on the ground, low-level or high-realm... all beasts big and small, beast lords, demon kings in secluded healing, including mountain ranges and city walls, were completely melted away!

Far beyond the Southern Heavenly Realm, the demon city that had survived for countless myriads of years vanished into ashes in an instant!

"Overturning the demon city beyond the realms, how magnificent is a thousand miles of a sea of fire! This was merely a flick of Xu Zhe's finger, what is there to boast about?"

Xu Zhe added a concluding remark and immediately began uploading the edited video to the Myriad Manifestations Spiritual Network.

Having been criticized by you lot for so long, Sister Tong and the others had their chests aching in anger multiple times. It was time to release the evidence and slap some faces!

"Eating melons, are you all ready? Careful not to choke!"

Every piece of news was explosive enough to shock the entire continent. Xu Zhe didn't leave them hanging, didn't give the melon-eaters time to digest, and gave the opponents no chance to breathe or react!

The Northern Territory Bai family betraying the human clan, Zhang Yunfan and multiple other prodigies betraying the human clan, the Bai family trafficking prisoners, the destruction of the demon city beyond the Southern Heavenly Realm... all the massive gossip was dropped at once!

"This time, I'd like to see how you frame me and how you spin it... wait!"

Just as Xu Zhe was waiting to see the top-traffic effect of breaking the internet, he noticed heavenly fire gathering and chasing after him in this direction!

And that black wind dragon was swirling at the very front, coming aggressively.

Yet at a closer glance, that wind dragon vaguely resembled an enthusiastic Husky coming to welcome its master!

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