Imperial God Emperor

Song Jiannan suddenly realized he had made a mistake.

The people that conversed with him, that seemed extremely amiable to him, were people of a different world entirely. He had immersed himself into the group to such an extent, that he had nearly forgotten his identity – he was utterly different from these people. As the head of the Qingluo Merchant Company, he could be counted as an important person within Deer City, but in front of these people… he was nothing.

“I seemed… to have somewhat lost my sense of measure.”

Song Jiannan sighed in his heart.

Afterwards, he became much more careful with his words.

Song Jiannan believed he received such treatment today because Ye Qingyu liked his daughter, Song Qingluo. Therefore, he intentionally brought the topic of conversation on the matter of Song Qingluo, wanting to grasp this opportunity.

But how could he have guessed that the reason why Ye Qingyu was so courteous towards him, and even secretly told the people of the Dugu Organization to look after the Qingluo Merchant Company, was all because of Song Xiaojun.

Song Xiaojun had already completely changed and had no relation to the Song family, but in the end Song Jiannan was still Song Xiaojun's elder. The Song family had once raised Song Xiaojun. Just through this debt alone, Ye Qingyu naturally had to look after the Song family.

After a while, the old servant once again came to report that there were nobles within the city that came to pay their respects in the night. It was the new registrar of the City, Liu Minjun.

Ever since Liu Yuancheng had mysteriously disappeared, the position of the registrar had been left vacant for half a year. It had incited much conflict between the nobles of the city. Afterwards, the people of the Liu family, that is Liu Minjun, became the new registrar. Within Deer City, he could be counted as someone with power.

“I’m not seeing him!”

Ye Qingyu declined without the slightest of hesitation.

What followed after were major and minor nobles, all coming to the Ye household, asking to see him. However, they were all rejected by Ye Qingyu. There were some that had even brought gifts but no matter what sort of strange treasure it was, it was all sent back.

Song Jiannan was stunned as he saw this.

Ye Qingyu’s firm attitude made him dumbfounded.

But how could he have known that when they were in Youyan Pass, all these nobles holding military power were all swept away by the broomstick of Mother Wu.

Two hours later.

The evening gathering had reached it’s end.

Hon Kong rose to leave.

Song Jiannan, seeing that the time was about right, also called his daughter over to leave.

At this time, the old servant came again.

“What? There’s another noble asking to see me.” Ye Qingyu smiled. “Are you not tired running back and forth? Go back and rest, just shut the door and sleep. Our Ye household is different from the past. You sometimes don’t have to pay attention to anyone, haha!”

“Young master you joke, how would I dare.” The old man smiled.

He was currently seventy or so years old. He could be counted as in his later years, without child and was all alone. The only hobby he had was drinking. He was old, and his body was not what it once was. Looking after the entrance was his chosen job, and it was somewhat leisurely.

“This time, the person wanting to see you, is not a noble of the city. It’s a girl called Jiang Xiaohan. I’ve seen her waiting for two or so hours. She's been standing under the willow tree by the door without daring to knock, looking somewhat pitiful. She said that she is an old friend, so I came here to relay the message,” Uncle Jiao said with a smile.

Oh?

Jiang Xiaohan?

So it was her.

Ye Qingyu was taken aback.

Some matters began to float in his heart.

Song Qingluo’s heart also faintly trembled after hearing such news.

“Could I please trouble Uncle Jiao to tell her, the matters of the past cannot be chased back. Tell her to go, and don’t ever come to the Ye household again!” Ye Qingyu seemed to have made his final decision."

Old man Jiao nodded his understanding.

After a short while.

Hon Kong gave a smiling glance to Ye Qingyu, then turned to leave.

Ye Qingyu saw the others off at the door, and then departed.

Standing at the entrance of the Ye household, he looked at the Deer City under the moonlight. On the surface, everything seemed calm and peaceful, but in reality, currents were running underneath the surface. The display of City Lord Qin seemed exceedingly normal, but Ye Qingyu long knew that Qin Ying was someone belonging to the Right Minister. It was impossible for him to have a good relation with him.

Ever since he had arrived at Youyan Pass and killed the [Five Poisons Gongzi] as well as the [Poison King], Ye Qingyu was fated to have enmity between him and the Right Minister of the Empire, this humongous figure. With the way that the Right Minister did things, it was likely there was no way of ever fixing their relationship.

Of course, the most important thing was, Ye Qingyu did not want to have any relation with the Right Minister.

After silently standing at the doorway, Ye Qingyu turned to give a glance at the weeping willow. Under the moonlight, it was as if there was a light moving in his eyes.

Ye Qingyu knew who it was.

With a light sigh in his heart, Ye Qingyu turned to enter the household without turning back.

……

……

The moonlight deepened.

City Lord’s Residence.

The four military leaders were responsible for looking after the four areas of Deer City, with the City Lord’s Residence at the very center. On the most central and flat four main roads of Deer City was namely situated the four doors of the City Lord’s Residence.

As the center of power of Deer City for the last few decades, the City Lord’s Residence represented authority, power, mystery and nobility in the eyes of everyone.

It was nearly midnight.

The Qin Ying who had gotten rid of his martial attire, stood at the large entrance to the stone pavilion library. He looked at the shadow of the tree under the moonlight, and the shadows of the trees that swirled along with the wind. In his half closed eyes, it was as if the splendour of the room was moving about in the slender depths of his eyes.

As the huge figure who had controlled Deer City for thirty years, Qin Ying’s authority had never been doubted within the city. He controlled the fate of countless lifeforms within the city. In these years, no matter how the nobility fought amongst each other, he was already the character of the judge. His word was like the law and no one had ever dared to disobey him.

But from today onwards, matters had begun to change.

Qin Ying clearly knew that Deer City was about to change.

Qin Ying knew better than anyone the importance of a third class military Marquis of the Empire.

That was why he could not help but bring the nobles of the city to receive Ye Qingyu outside.

From today onwards, no matter how he, Qin Ying, tried to protect his power, ultimately a place had appeared in Deer City that the power of the City Lord did not reach. The Ye residence was like a thorn, piercing deeply into Qin Ying’s heart, that he had no way of plucking off.

The flutter of wings!

The sound of the blue eyed demonic pigeon’s wings sounded.

After a while, there followed footstep.

“Lord, we have already investigated the people who went during the night to pay a visit to the Ye household.”

A lean and tall middle-aged man looking like a strategist walked out from the library.

He had a lean face, but his expression was in the shade and could not clearly be seen. His dark green brocaded clothing was like theer was dim light glowing through it. On his left shoulder, there was a dark-coloured, blue eyed demonic bird on it, and he held a thin book on his right hand. He respectfully handed this booklet over.

The middle-aged man was namely the new Registrar of Deer City, Liu Minjun.

Liu Yuancheng was originally one of the right arms of Qin Ying, and the Liu family and the Qin family had tight connections. Losing Liu Yuancheng was equivalent to losing one of Qin Ying’s arms. HIs new choice naturally had to be from within the Liu family. Only then could he protect their common interest.

Especially notable was that after Liu Minjun took over the position of registrar, he did matters excellently, causing Qin Ying to regard him highly. He used him even more than Liu Yuancheng and was exceedingly satisfied with him.

Qin Ying casually flicked through it, tossing the booklet aside.

“This cannot represent anything. Ye Qingyu”s momentum is too great, everyone wants to hide under his wings for a bit. This is within reason. Burn this booklet. There’s not too much point in pursuing things further. It will only incite fear… Do you understand what I mean?”

Liu Minjun nodded his head. “Rest assured, I know what to do.”

“Ye Qingyu is not giving face to anyone. Only Hon Kong and Song Jiannan were allowed to his private feast. What do you feel about this matter?” Qin Ying had both his hands clasped behind his back as he said calmly.

“Hon Kong and Ye Qingyu are long friends. When Ye Qingyu was at White Deer Academy, Hon Kong had personally given him guidance. Afterwards, when Hon Kong became the Headmaster of White Deer Academy, he has taken care of the entire Ye Household. It is within reason that he would be able to attend. I have already carefully investigated Ye Qingyu, he is a person that remembers old debts,” Liu Minjun said, his expression masked by the shadow. “As for Song Jiannan… there are people that say Ye Qingyu has feelings for the daughter of Song Jiannan, Song Qingluo. But according to my investigation, the person that Ye Qingyu was close to while he was at White Deer Academy was really the girl born out of wedlock of the Song family, Song Qingluo…"

“Song Xiaojun?” Qin Ying was taken aback. “That… demonic girl of the Unmoving City of Darkness?”

“Yes,” Liu Minjun nodded his head.

Qin Ying stood where he was, remaining silent for a while. “I know now…. that’s right, call Wushuang over. I have matters I need to speak to him.”

Liu Minjun gave his reply, turning to leave.

After a while, the young master of the City Lord’s Residence Qin Wushuang came to the study.

……

……

The following days, the Ye household was still the focal point of Deer City.

All the topics of conversation in the city had something to do with Ye Qingyu.

The storytellers in all of the liquor stores and inns, all described the incident of the martial alliance meeting at Proud Sky Center. No matter how many times the customers heard this story, they would still enjoy it. Countless young people and martial artists began emulating the dress of Ye Qingyu. Especially the silver hair pin at their heads, had countless followers

Tang San saw the opportunity and ordered the Ye commercial holdings to quickly make silver hairpins. After doing this, when it was placed on the shelves, it completely disappeared.

Hon Kong had invited Ye Qingyu to teach at White Deer Academy several times, but he had declined. His martial cultivation path was not suitable for everyone. That’s why he did not go and lecture. He was worried about misleading others.

Those who were once his classmates all came to visit Ye Qingyu.

Ye Qingyu did not decline them, greeting them warmly.

According to Ye Qingyu's original plan, he would stay for ten or so days within Deer City, then he would begin his journey. First, he would bring the corpses of the sentries back to their homelands. Only after that would he head off to report to Snow Capital.

But on the ninth day, something happened that completely disturbed Ye Qingyu’s arrangements.

"What? Demonic Beasts have been discovered? And the Western Military Leader Qian Yuan died in battle?”

Ye Qingyu was incomparably shocked.

“Thats right. All four gates of the city have already been locked shut early in the morning. It is said that in the wilderness of the mountains, there are already signs of a demonic beast tide forming. The Western Military Leader Qian Yuan went to the mountains to investigate. However, during midday, one of his personal guards came back and said they encountered demonic beasts in the western mountains. Military Leader Qian Yuan died in battle!” Tang San had a completely serious face. “News of this has already started spreading throughout the city. Right now people are in an anxious, panicked state. Everyone is remembering the demonic beast horde five years ago that nearly completely destroyed Deer City.”

The demonic beast horde five years ago had become the nightmare of the people in Deer City.

It was also Ye Qingyu’s nightmare.

Because his parents had died in the battle to protect them against the demonic beast horde.

At that time, the demonic beast tide came exceedingly strangely.

The area fifty miles or so surrounding Deer City was the outer areas of the Deer Mountain Range. The terrain was much flatter, and there was lush greenery. Because it was close to Deer City, it was named the Deer Mountain Range.

Although Deer Mountain could somewhat be called as a towering mountain with precipitous ridges, it was absolutely not a dangerous area at all. There would often be merchant groups, escort companies and explorer parties that entered into the mountain range to kill demonic beasts, harvest Spirit herbs, and explore and obtain the natural resources. It could be called one of the hunting areas that was within the region of Deer City.

Within Deer Mountain, there had never been the existence of a demonic beast horde of such a scale.

But five years ago, in the time of just one night, there was an inexplicable and countless demonic beast horde that rushed out like a tsunami from the Deer Mountain Range. It was said that if you looked out from the perspective of the city walls, you would see all sorts and types of demonic beasts rushing out like a flood, completely shrouding the skies. It had completely enveloped Deer City.

The civilian army had fought and defended for ten days and ten nights, expending all their resources and taking heavy losses in the process.

When the city was about to be broken, the demonic beast horde had inexplicably retreated.

It was like the retreat of a tsunami. In less than a moment’s time, the demonic beast tide that was madly besieging the city and killing everything, completely retreated. It was as if there was some sort of power controlling them. There was not even the slightest of hesitation at all in their retreat.

Afterwards, the army of Snow Empire as well as many sects investigated the reason behind this demonic beast horde.

But they were unable to find any clues whatsoever.

There was nothing strange at all within Deer Mountain.

The millions of demonic beasts that retreated was like thin snow on a scorching day. They completely disappeared in the air. They left no trace behind and just inexplicably vanished.

One must know that a demonic beast was a lifeform that was extremely low in level within the Demon Race. Their level of intelligence was between wild beasts and intelligent lifeforms. They possessed a certain power naturally, and had the ability to kill, but generally speaking, they had extremely low intelligence. Apart from being suppressed by demonic beasts with higher bloodlines, when demonic beasts met other species of beasts, they would attack each other. They would definitely not cooperate with each other; they were a type of race that could only bring destruction.

Therefore in theory, such demonic beasts could not launch such a strange offense.

It was impossible for them to suddenly appear, then disappear again.

Only an intelligent lifeform army, like the Human Race or the army of the Demon Race, could join up and form such an offence.

Furthermore, there was not any reason, cause or prior signs to them appearing and disappearing.

This matter had always remained a mystery.

But even after a long time passed, there was still no one who could find out any clue. And since the demonic beasts did not appear again, people gradually grew less and less concerned.

The army did not bring this topic up again.

In these years, there were continuously merchant groups, explorers, hunters and such entering Deer Mountain. But they did not encounter any large scale demonic beast horde, and did not have too great a loss. It seemed that everything had returned to normal.

But who would have thought there would be signs of a demonic beast horde after five years.

Even Qian Yuan had died in battle.

Ye Qingyu had seen the power of this Western Military Leader. At the beginning, he had joined forces with Chen Jiuxing to attack the female sword immortal Wang Jianru, but completely lost. But the strength he demonstrated was at least above the twenty Spirit springs level. He could be counted as a top level expert within Deer City.

With Qian Yuan’s strength, to head for and investigate the strange incident, he did not go to do battle, but in the end, he could not even escape with his life and died within Deer Mountain?

Could it be that the strange matter five years ago was about to descend upon Deer City once again?

Countless questions flitted past Ye Qingyu’s heart.

As they spoke, there was the panicked sound of the alarm outside. The chaotic yuan bell outside the entrance of the main City Lord’s Residence began ringing, sounding out nine times. What followed after was the alarm of the White Deer Academy. It also let out nine rapid rings.

Then all the alarm bells within the residences of the military leaders sounded out at the same time, all nine times.

"The bells are all sounding out nine times!"

Tang San's expression paled.

He was a person who had experienced the terrifying disaster five years ago. At that time, he was not even eleven. Because he was a servant, when the matter was at it’s most desperate, he was given a sword and armour, and also went up the city walls of Deer City to fight. He was able to witness the terrifying scene of the demonic beast horde shrouding the sky and sun.

Within Tang San’s memories, the sound of the bells ringing in Deer City was exactly the same as the beginning of the demonic beast horde. It was namely the City Lord’s Residence, White Deer Academy as well as the bells of the residences of the four main military leaders sounding out at the same time.

Ye Qingyu’s expression also changed.

Everything Tang San remembered was also deeply imprinted into his mind.

The apocalyptic event five years ago was something that everyone would recall within Deer City.

“You stay within the household and look after everyone. Close the doors to the residence and don’t let anyone in.” Before Ye Qingyu had even finished his words, he had turned into a ray of light that shot into the sky, heading towards the direction of the western gate.

Tang San did not dare tarry, and began arranging matters.

……

Xiu!

Ye Qingyu’s figure landed above the entrance to the western city gates.

“Who is it?”

“Ah, it’s Marquis Ye!"

“We pay our respects to the Marquis!”

There was the nervous and tense greetings from the soldiers above the gate.

“It’s fine. What’s the situation?” Ye Qingyu said this as he looked outside the gate.

“The warning from the frontlines say that there is a large quantity of demonic beasts that are appearing within Deer Mountain. It is forming a flood, and is nearing the city. It’s most likely… the disaster that happened five years ago is about to descend again,” a middle aged officer wearing a battle robe said, his voice somewhat weak.

The first reaction of anyone when they heard the words demonic beast horde, was that their minds would be drawn to the matter five years ago.

Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Vast auras, began appearing from all directions within Deer City.

Light after light shot into the sky, causing the earth of the entire Deer City to shake. It was as if there was a terrifying energy that was about to break through the earth. Amber lights broke through the sky. Above Deer City, there were lines after lines of light like a net that completely enshrouded Deer City.

Then they saw an amber light barrier like coloured glass, protecting the city within it.

[Million Knots of Earth and Glass], the formation array.

This formation array that was concealed below the city, was said to have connected with the veins of the Earth. Normally, it would be in a slumbering state and would absorb the energy floating within the world constantly. When it was activated, it could protect the entire city within, able to defend against all external attacks. It was one of strongest lines of defence of Deer City.

The last time Ye Qingyu saw this formation was when the whole city had come out to capture the female sword immortal, Wang Jianru as well as Song Xiaojun.

The formation had appeared once again.

Under the shine of the pale yellow light, the entire huge city was enveloped under such a strange light. It seemed only this type of light could give the lifeforms in the city a sense of security.

Very quickly, on the horizon, there was a great number of panicked figures.

In these years of peace, there were some villages and houses that were constructed outside the city walls. There was a small number of people that lived outside the city. When they heard the rumours of demonic beasts appearing, they instantly panicked. They could not help but madly flee towards the city. Apart from civilians, there were also merchant groups, explorer groups and martial artists. They all madly fled for their lives.

From far off, a dust cloud shot to the skies.

The earth began to shake.

Ye Qingyu’s vision was exceedingly good. He could already see an endless demonic beast horde arriving like a flood from far off, roaring and howling. It’s speed was extremely rapid. Everywhere it went, the skies fell and the earth collapsed. Everything was being destroyed.

This was a demonic beast horde.

This was only the forefront of the demonic beast horde, but its power was already frightening.

Light flickered.

Xiu!Xiu!Xiu!

Wen Wan and Hon Kong, as well as the other experts of the city, appeared on the city walls.

The expression of the two was somewhat grim. Seeing Ye Qingyu there, they gave a greeting, then the two exchanged a glance. There was a strange light flashing in their eyes, but they did not say anything.

Following after, the City Lord Qin Ying as well as the other three military leaders also appeared.

The demonic beast horde rose from the west. The western city gate would therefore become the point at which defences would be heavily focused and gathered.

“Close the city doors.”

There was a compassionate expression that flickered in Qin Ying eyes as he said such words.

“But… Lord, the people outside have not entered yet. What should we do?” an officer urgently enquired.

“Close the gates. The demonic beast horde is in front of us. If we don’t, everything is finished. We must think of the greater good. Close the city gates, activate the formation array…” Qin Ying bit his teeth. “As the City Lord, I must choose to protect the greater number of civilians!"

From far away.

The roar and cries of the beasts sounded.

Heaven and Earth shook under the rampage of the demonic beast horde.

Those people running in a panic were like ants under a gigantic wave. Their speed was frightfully slow. One could only watch as they were engulfed by that terrifying beast horde. The roars and cries shook the heavens as they fell in despair, some hugging their children and wives as they hopelessly screamed and cried….

These people numbered in the thousands.

But compared to the vast beast horde, it was pitifully small.

The city gates of Deer City was two layered. The first layer was easily opened and closed, and would normally be open at dawn and closed at night. It was to guard against normal danger. The next layer was made and casted out of heavy steel, with formation arrays inscribedon it. It was hard to open and shut, and would waste a lot of time to operate. Normally, it would be in a openedstate that would only close at a crucial moment. Once it was shut, the entire city could be called impenetrable. It was impossible to break through in a short period of time.

Qin Ying told them to close the city gates, he naturally meant the gates of the second layer of defence.

Once the city gates were closed, the thousand or so people would definitely die.

Chapter 0298 – Some Confusion

Once the second heavy gate was closed, Deer City instantly became an isolated city. The people inside were not able to leave unless they used a teleportation formation.

A warrior like Qin Ying had made such a decision, there was no reason to criticize it.

But looking out at few miles outside of the city, where crowds were struggling and desperately trying to escape, everyone's heart felt incomparably heavy for those innocent people. There were more than 1000 people; did they really have to helplessly watch these fellow citizens being captured by the sharp claws of the beasts, becoming pieces of flesh? The thought of that sort of tragedy occurring made everyone feel an incomparably heavy pressure like a mountain crushing their heart.

"City Lord Qin, can you postpone shutting the heavy doors and wait for the civilians to enter the city first before closing it again?" Ye Qingyu finally could not help but open his mouth. "I'm willing to lead troops and obstruct them for a moment. There should be enough time."

The gaze of the crowd uniformly fell on Ye Qingyu.

Yes, how could they forget about this deity-like existence?

Everyone's face suddenly lit up with joy.

If Marquis Ye was willing to lend a hand, with his legendary strength as well as with the power of the formation airship, they should be able to block the horde of beasts for a moment and that could really save the thousand or so people outside the city.

Qin Ying's complexion altered a little. "How confident are you, Marquis Ye?"

Ye Qingyu raised his hand into the air. A command in the form of a stream of light shot out like an arrow, commanding the [Bright Sword Ship] to come to his side. Yuan qi instantly rushed through his body. He replied, "I should be able to delay the horde of demon beasts for at least fifteen minutes."

"Good. I shall immediately send people out to rescue the people, everything depends on you, Marquis Ye." As the City Lord of Deer City, Qin Ying immediately agreed to Ye Qingyu's request. "I really admire Marquis Ye's righteousness. I also hope that I can protect my people, I have to trouble Marquis Ye!"

At such a critical moment, Qin Ying displayed decisiveness and fully supported Ye Qingyu.

This made Ye Qingyu somewhat surprised.

Ye Qingyu believed Qin Ying still had passion flowing through his heart. At that moment when he was willing to put away all prejudice and did not leave the people to die because of some contest for leadership, his impression of the City Lord suddenly rose.

"Good."

Ye Qingyu transformed into a stream of light, flowing directly into the distance.

"Woof woof, I'm also coming!"

The silly dog Little Nine bolted out, like a silver lightning, following closely behind Ye Qingyu.

Wen Wan and Hon Kong exchanged glances with each other that only they could understand, and then both nodded and said with a smile, "We also need to exercise our arms and legs."

Two more beams of light shot into the sky.

Beneath the city gate tower, everyone was in great spirits.

Qin Ying, without delay, ordered Chen Jiuxing to deploy troops to head out of the city and rescue the people fleeing in panic.

Soon, the gate was opened and hundreds of elite soldiers charged out of the city…

……

"So many!"

Situated in mid-air, one could see far off into the distance.

Watching the beast tide engulfing everything in the distance like a huge wave, Ye Qingyu felt his heart beating faster. Looking far away, at a place ten miles away, the mountain-like beast tide was trampling everything as it neared.

"Marquis, save me!"

"Please save my child…"

"I am the son of the president of the chamber of commerce, save me and I will reward you with 100,000 gold…"

Seeing Ye Qingyu appear, a number of wailing and cries for help came from the crowd beneath.

"Don't stop, keep running. City Lord Qin has sent troops to rescue you. I will block the horde of beasts!"

Ye Qingyu's voice exploded in mid-air.

The crowd that had already sunk into despair suddenly had rekindled hope. As though there was a new force in their body, they desperately sprinted forward. Although they were still wailing out loud, their speed was much faster, and those that were lying on the ground from exhaustion waiting to die, under their companion's support and encouragement, gritted their teeth and continued to run.

Ye Qingyu's speed was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, the distance between him and the frontline of the horde of beasts was shrunk to just hundreds of meters.

It was an indescribable feeling.

The shape of the demon beasts had nothing in common with each other; there was a three-headed dog-like creature, a huge brown wolf blowing out blades of wind, a silver snake with seven or eight pairs of wings on the back, and a giant bear staggering along. There were all kinds of strange and unimaginable monsters and many of them seemed like they had been roughly stitched together with the limbs of various beasts. It was really hard to tell what species they were.

The only thing identical was that within their pupils was a flickering scarlet glow, a sign of blood thirst and that they had lost their mind.

During the frantic running, they could be struck by their beast companions at any time and fall to the ground, then instantly get trampled on, becoming pieces of flesh with no chance to get back up.

These demon beasts were berserk.

As though there was a terrible power behind them driving them forward, they kept running and running.

The only good news was that these crazy demon beasts were not very powerful.

Ye Qingyu gathered inner yuan, thrusting out his palm.

The long silvery yuan qi exploded with a loud rumble, directly bombarding the horde of beasts. Bang bang bang bang!

Cold air erupted out, instantly turning hundreds of demon beasts in front into puddles of icy remains.

But Ye Qingyu's face did not light up and instead was overcast with a fierce frown.

Boom boom boom!

He launched another wave of hundred palms.

The white frost of the moon was like a dragon, the air exploding as it shot through space. Everywhere it passed, the demonic beast hundreds of meters near it would turn into icy broken corpses, without even a body left behind. Those demonic beasts that seemed large and sinister did not last even a strike under Ye Qingyu's palms.

But that did not change the situation.

If you sever running water with a sword, it will only flow faster.

Ye Qingyu's attacks were like cutting the water with a sword. Although he forcefully threw his palm forward, killing hordes of demonic beasts instantly, more demon beasts whizzed over like the current. It was impossible to stop them.

"Damn, this time I've really underestimated them!" Ye Qingyu cursed in his heart.

If he could not stop these crazy demonic beasts and instead let them charge straight ahead, then not only would the one thousand people behind him become ghosts, even Deer City would be in danger. If the heavy door was not closed in time then the horde of demonic beasts might break through the gate and massacre everyone in the city!

It seemed that his knowledge of the demonic beasts was too little.

There was shock in his heart, but his hands did not slow or hesitate in the slightest. Ye Qingyu instantly activated his full strength, sixty silver dragons encircling around him. It followed his palm strikes as it roared out, exploding towards the endless demonic beast horde.

The roar of dragons resounded through the heavens and the earth.

The horde of demonic beasts finally displayed a slight panic in their eyes, as though they felt threatened. There was finally a shred of disorder that appeared within the demonic beast horde, because it finally felt a threat.

But it was just that. Like a river bursting its bank and flooding the surroundings, the beast tide did not stop. The tens of thousands of heads in front that had paused for a moment was trampled by the beasts behind, crushing into blood and flesh, and erupted in an earth-shattering roar, their blood splattered and bones cracked. It was a miserable scene, as if it was the last day of the world.

Just then——

"Woof woof, I smell meat and bones. It smells too nice!"

The voice of silly dog Little Nine sounded.

A silver bolt of lightning darted into the beast tide.

A strange picture appeared.

Where the silver lightning flashed across, the fierce beast tide that was advancing straight ahead, unafraid of dying, unexpectedly took a diversion. No matter how mad and bloodthirsty they were, they instinctively avoided Little Nine, even if it meant they would be trampled on by the horde and crushed to pieces.

"Woof, woof, a tender little snake, Woof hahaha!"

The silly dog rushed in, biting a silver python that was tens of meters long.

LIttle Nine's size, when compared to the python, was like a mosquito and a snake, but the fierce-looking silver python trembled with fear and dared not move in the slightest. No matter how many times Little Nine bit it, it dared not struggle.

Che! Che!

The dog transformed into a cluster of silver light, spinning around the silver python.

After three or four breaths, when he finally came to stop, a complete python skeleton was left behind. White and extremely elaborate, like a perfect work of art created from pure silver, there was not the slightest bit of flesh or blood that adhered to it.

"Burrrp…"

Little Nine let out a light, satisfying burp and excitedly giggled, "Although the taste was not very pure, but it was a little snake. Great, lots of delicious food are running across the mountains. Woof hahaha, too excited. I smell food… Don't run, come to my mouth!"

As he exclaimed, the little fellow transformed into a beam of light and sprang everywhere.

Wherever he went, the demonic beasts were frantically running away, turning into skeletons that stood where they were in different positions.

"These demon beasts seem to be afraid of Little Nine. What is going on?"

Ye Qingyu could see that wherever the dog went, the beast tide retreated. The beasts that could not escape in time immediately froze in their original place as Little Nine closed in on them and dared not move. Even if the dog bit their flesh, they did not resist.

The situation seemed like a scene from the legends when a normal-level demonic beast met with an Emperor-level demonic beast.

This was strange.

Ye Qingyu was puzzled, but his hands did not stop. Using Supreme Ice Flame and transforming into a stream of light, he shuttled between the demonic beast horde. Where he passed, a large area of demonic beasts was instantly frozen to death and crushed into pieces of frozen rocks.

The [First Limit] of the [Limitless Divine Way] was activated.

Ye Qingyu directly gathered yuan qi power to form an ice wall, blocking the impact of the demonic beast horde.

But it only stopped them for a short period of time. With a loud rumble, the ice wall had been smashed.

The demonic beast horde, like the tide, headed straight for Deer City.

"Kill!" Wen Wan landed to the ground.

Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, he rushed straight into the horde, a giant hatchet appeared in his hand, sweeping through them like a whirlwind, and suddenly the demonic beasts within three hundred or four hundred meters of him were split into two, blood splattering out in all directions.

Hon Kong stood in mid-air, scarlet threads shooting out from his hands, and wherever the red threads launched at, the demonic beasts turned into a puddle of pus.

For the three people, killing demonic beasts was as easy as chopping vegetables.

But there was too many in the beast tide – an endless number to be severed, an inexhaustible amount to be killed.

Watching countless demonic beasts hurtling past his side, heading toward those escaping ordinary people, there was a situation of imminent peril. Even if the three of them carried on attacking, they also could not stop this horde of demonic beasts advancing like a mountain torrent.

Only Little Nine was scurrying in the horde, eating and playing, having a great time.

"Damn dog, don't eat them, try to stop them first."

Ye Qingyu yelled.

At the same time, in his mind, there was suddenly a strange thought that occurred to him: "Since these demonic beasts are so weak that we could easily kill them, then why would my parents died in battle? I remember the injuries on my parents' body, it was caused by a sharp weapon like a sword or spear…"