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Chapter 863 Demonic Invasion (Part )

Xu State, Hanzhou, Black Demon Ridge

Over the wasteland, the gray clouds gradually lowered, as if swallowing the horizon. The cold wind blew through the vast wilderness, bringing up pieces of dust.

Under a huge rock somewhere in the leeward area, Nie Xiaochu propped himself up with a silver spear, huddled under a mostly sunken stone wall, looking up at the sky, silent.

Thoughts are like the sky covered by heavy clouds, gloomy and depressing.

It has been fifteen years since I committed a crime in the Zhao family and was exiled to this damn place.

During these fifteen years, he had gone through life and death, fighting with swords and guns, and finally he was lucky enough to survive in this bloody battlefield of the demon clan.

Although he was a prisoner, in this place, as long as he made military achievements, he would always receive rewards and prizes. The magic crystals taken away after killing monsters could also earn him a lot of spiritual stones.

He had no relatives or friends, and was the type of person who could feed the whole family if he was well fed. Therefore, over the years, with sufficient resources, his cultivation had improved a little. Now, he was in the middle stage of foundation building.

Therefore, he did not resent being exiled to this place, and even felt a little lucky.

As a casual cultivator, you can settle down anywhere!

However, in recent days, he had a bad feeling that something bad was about to happen.

In the past two months, monsters have appeared too frequently.

The extent of the situation has even exceeded the dangerous period more than 20 years ago when the Demon Cloud Cracks continued to expand.

It is said that the Master Zifu of the Zhao family died at that time, and the Zhao family declined for a while because of it.

Unfortunately, his influence was insignificant and even though he reported the situation here, no one paid any attention.

Especially some time ago, the Yunxiao Sect's mountain gate was besieged by various sects, and even the Jindan Great Elder who was guarding the place was captured.

Although a temporary garrison commander was arranged and left with orders to keep everything as usual, the morale of the people was inevitably low.

  What an eventful time!

Nie Xiaochu felt worried and let out a long sigh.

……

"Captain, you are here!"

A voice with a hint of surprise came from my ear, and a young man in bright clothes and flamboyant manners appeared in the field of vision.

This man's name is Fang Hong. I heard that the Fang family is a prominent family in Chongzhou, and there is more than one Purple Mansion Elder in the family. Nie Xiaochu was very curious why someone of such status would be exiled to a place like the Demon Clan Battlefield like himself.

Occasionally, when he asked, the other party either kept silent or looked angry and resentful. After a few times, he was too lazy to ask again.

"I'm a sergeant, not a captain." Nie Xiaochu said with a straight face.

After years of accumulated military merits, he not only completely redeemed his prison sentence, but also got a job - sergeant.

Five people form a squad, ten people form a platoon, and twenty people form a squad. A squad usually has a captain, a deputy captain, two squad leaders, and four corporals. The corporal is in charge of four people and is considered the lowest-level officer on the battlefield, at least two levels lower than the captain.

Moreover, as a captain of the Demon Control Hall, one must at least have the cultivation of perfect foundation building. When the Yunxiao Sect was strong, this position was even held by the Purple Mansion Master.

So naturally Nie Xiaochu would not accept Fang Hong calling him that, even if it was a private address, he would not accept it. Seeing that the sergeant looked unhappy, Fang Hong quickly put on a smiling face and said with a smile: "Captain Nie is very capable and has a bright future. He will be the captain sooner or later. I am just a few years ahead of him to get used to it, hehe."

Nie Xiaochu snorted through his nose.

Fang Hong, like him, had also escaped from his status as a prisoner, but it was because his family had used spiritual stones. This man was afraid of death and was very slippery. Although he did not openly disobey military orders, he did a lot of laziness and naturally did not have any military merits. He was still just a soldier. And his immediate superior was Nie Xiaochu.

"What's the matter?" Nie Xiaochu asked. He knew Fang Hong wouldn't come to him for no reason.

"Borrow some spiritual stones."

"Didn't I just give you ten spirit stones a few days ago?"

"Boss Nie, you know something happened at home. I don't have enough spirit stones right now!"

Nie Xiaochu had heard Fang Hong mention "something happened". It was said that the main peak of Yunxiao Sect had been broken by the coalition forces more than two months ago, and Yunxiao Sect was taken over by a great elder of Liang State. In the process of settling old accounts, almost every family in Xu State was fined a lot of spiritual stones and treasures, and the Fang family was no exception.

After this disaster, although the Fang family could not be said to have fallen into decline, the supply of spirit stones suddenly became tight. Children like Fang Hong, who had made mistakes and were not in the family, had their supply of spirit stones cut off directly.

This is the reason why Fang Hong often came to him to borrow spirit stones during this period.

"No!" Nie Xiaochu flatly refused.

"Boss Nie, I just got some enlightenment and need spirit stones to break through in seclusion. Please help me!" Fang Hong said shamelessly. It was not the first time that he was refused to borrow spirit stones, so he naturally begged desperately.

After a while, he finally got what he wanted. The price was a certain set of skills from his Fang family, which he wanted to lend to Nie Xiaochu for reference for three days.

This transaction was a win-win for both parties. Fang Hong got the spirit stone and was about to leave happily when Nie Xiaochu stopped him.

"Junior Brother Fang, you are well-informed. Tell me what has happened in Yunxiao Sect during this period."

"Hey."

……

The two talked for a while. Nie Xiaochu got a message that the sea monsters that had been wreaking havoc in Qingyue Province a few days ago suddenly stopped, and the sect now had time to strengthen the defense of Han Province.

"Are you serious?" He couldn't help but perk up and asked, "Has the leader of my Xuanfeng Hall sent anyone down?"

The last leader of Xuanfeng Hall was from the Lan family, and was captured by the sect together with Lan Yuanxian. Xuanfeng Hall is now leaderless, and the reason why it has not gone wrong until now is that the sect has undergone a major change, and people dare not run around casually, so it is better to hide here to avoid disaster. Therefore, the number of cultivators has actually increased compared to a few years ago, but the high-end combat power is a little insufficient.

Secondly, the high platform formation was strengthened in the past few years, and most of the demons that came through the cracks died here, so no greater disaster was caused.

"I don't know about this." Fang Hong replied.

Although I didn't get the answer I wanted most, it was good news that I rarely heard these days.

Nie Xiaochu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand, indicating that Fang Hong could leave.

When I looked up, I saw the other person standing there stupidly, staring into the distance with his eyes wide open, as if he was in a daze.

"Demons, so many demons..."

  Nie Xiaochu stood up suddenly and turned to look towards the crack in the magic cloud!

I saw a large black cloud in the scar-like crack in the gloomy sky, like a huge black battleship, rushing towards the Black Demon Ridge!

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