God of Pets-Chapter 540: Three Years

As soon as they made contact, the Demon Corps and their pets were thrown into disarray. With just one charge, more than a dozen demons were killed.

Fujimura Reiko continuously used the Soul Bond for subtle and detailed command, dividing the battlefield and shattering the demons’ ranks.

At first, Nan Zilan was quite worried, but as the battle progressed, he suddenly realized that the demon army was not as terrifying as he had imagined, and were even somewhat vulnerable.

How did he feel that his comrades today were so unfamiliar, each one seeming to have become a War God, every single one so brave and invincible.

These Sixth Sense soldiers also noticed, just as Chen Guan had said, when they no longer felt fear or compassion, the terrifying Demon Corps seemed no different from meat on a chopping board, to be slaughtered at will.

"What are demons anyway? I’m more ruthless than a demon when I get serious!" The soldiers all thought this way, and the natural impression of the demons’ might was completely overturned in that moment.

With a deafening roar, the Demon Captain wanted to retreat to defend the pass but it was too late. The human cultivator soldiers, fierce like wolves and tigers, decimated the demon soldiers and charged inside, launching a massacre.

When the battle ended, all the defending demons were slaughtered, yet on the human side, only a few sustained minor injuries, and only the pets had died.

Such achievements made Nan Zilan and others, who had been exhilarated in the slaughter, feel as if they were in a dream when they calmed down.

They had actually annihilated a Demon Corps that outnumbered them, with almost no casualties.

"Brother Zi... no... Purple General truly wasn’t lying... His greatest skill... is not some technique... He is the true god of the battlefield..." At this moment, Nan Zilan was deeply impressed by Chen Guan.

"Brother Zi... truly is a god among men... He will undoubtedly achieve great things in the future..." Bai Xiuyan’s eyes were filled with joy.

He had long since cast away thoughts of his own life and death, but if Chen Guan could safely bring these brothers back, that would be the greatest comfort for Bai Xiuyan.

He originally didn’t want these brothers to march to their deaths with him, but he couldn’t persuade them. Now with Chen Guan, it seemed there was hope.

Though this hope was still extremely slim, reaching Celestial Yang City wouldn’t be just a matter of three hundred against four hundred.

After scavenging the checkpoint’s resources, Chen Guan ordered the team to rest for a brief period and then set off immediately. Their target was not to go straight to Celestial Yang City, but to another checkpoint.

The Ten Great Families of Taishan City and Xuan Dongyue were all waiting for the intelligence from the front.

"What? They’ve killed the patrol team, isn’t this alerting the enemy? Now the demons already know of their existence and will likely dispatch troops for an encirclement. They won’t even have a chance to reach Celestial Yang City." Chu Jianxiong, after seeing the intelligence, was left speechless.

"This doesn’t seem right. Nan Zilan is an experienced commander and shouldn’t make such a basic mistake." Jiang Yunxiang furrowed his brows at the report.

"They set out with the expectation of dying, hoping to take as many demons as they could with them. This behavior is understandable. They themselves knew they had no real chance of reaching Celestial Yang City." Shang Feiyu pondered aloud.

Everyone fell silent, heading towards death, none of them would return alive.

Even knowing this outcome had been expected, it still left a heavy heart.

Intelligence continued to come in, detailing how many demons Nan Zilan and his men had killed, how many patrol members were slain, without concealing at all, as if they truly intended to fight to the death.

"They’re advancing quickly and should be nearing the first checkpoint, where at least four hundred regular demon troops are stationed. This battle should be their last." Chu Jianxiong sighed.

The various mansions and the City Lord’s Mansion shared the same judgment. By the time the intelligence reports came back, some people didn’t even want to look anymore; the outcome seemed predetermined.

Bai Xiuyan, half crippled, even if he fought with everything he had, could only kill a few more demons and was unlikely to turn the tide.

"You see." Chu Jianxiong, unable to bear watching, turned his head away and poured himself a bowl of wine.

Jiang Yunxiang opened the intelligence with mentally steeled resolve, but as he read the words, his pupils contracted, his eyes widened to the limit, and he read it over and over in disbelief.

"Brother Jiang, what’s going on? Say something." Shang Feiyu couldn’t help but ask.

"Annihilated." Jiang Wuxiang stared at the intelligence, speaking in a daze.

"Just as expected." Everyone let out a long sigh, even though this outcome had been anticipated, it still left their spirits dampened.

"The more than four hundred demon soldiers at the checkpoint were completely annihilated, not a single one left. Nan Zilan’s unit... zero casualties..." Jiang Yunxiang continued, rendering everyone stunned.

"Brother Jiang, you’re not joking with us, are you? That’s not funny." Chu Jianxiong immediately came to Jiang Yunxiang’s side, grabbed the intelligence report, and was equally stunned upon reading.

Indeed, just like Jiang Yunxiang said, the demons were annihilated, and Nan Zilan’s force had zero casualties.

"Annihilated... zero casualties... such unfamiliar terms..." Chu Jianxiong muttered, feeling something stir within his chest.

City Lord’s Mansion.

"Unbelievable... absolutely unbelievable... they actually annihilated the demons at the first checkpoint without a single casualty..." The middle-aged man, holding a feather fan, walked back and forth excitedly.

Xuan Dongyue sat in the main seat, looking at the intelligence on the table, an unusual light in his eyes.

Three years ago, the demons launched a massive assault on Celestial Yang City.

Celestial Yang City’s garrison numbered less than ten thousand, while the demons had one hundred thousand.

No one thought Celestial Yang City would hold, assuming it would soon be overrun, Xuan Dongyue included.

But who could have expected the unity of the city’s civilian and military population, led by the Black and White Impermanence Couple who happened to be in Celestial Yang City, to fiercely hold the line, day after day, month after month.

Initially, everyone assumed the city would soon fall, so neither the Ten Great Families nor the City Lord’s Mansion sent reinforcements.

Yet, three months passed, and the city did not fall.

Half a year later, the city, unbelievably, still held.

At this point, things quietly changed; if they had dispatched reinforcements from the start, defeating the demons and saving Celestial Yang City would have been a great accomplishment.

Now, with half a year gone by, sending troops would publicly admit that the Ten Great Families and those dispatched from the Ancestral Court were all wrong, mere incompetents?

Xuan Dongyue had considered deploying soldiers but reasoned that, given the time elapsed, the city’s military and civilians were likely all but dead; it would be too late to assist now.

Yet another two months passed, the city still held, but Nan Zilan managed to break out to seek reinforcements.

When he revealed the situation inside Celestial Yang City, those of the Ten Mansions and the City Lord’s Mansion were dumbfounded.

The horrors there defied description; not only were resources scant, but they also lacked even food, the entire city resorting to using corpses as sustenance.

Corpse of demons, bodies of their own soldiers, it had become a living hell.

By this time, neither the Ten Great Families nor the Ancestral Court could allow a victory there, the survivors from Celestial Yang City could not be permitted to live.

Inside the city, apart from demons, only devils remained, not tolerated by human decency and morality.

Xuan Dongyue requested forces from the Ancestral Court, but he was refused.

He could only hold Nan Zilan and his troops back, preventing them from returning to certain death.

And so, day after day, year after year, everyone awaited Celestial Yang City’s fall, but the Black and White Impermanence held it brutal for three years until the city eventually broke, nearly all its defenders and civilians dead.

No one had expected Celestial Yang City could hold for three years.

"Three years!" Xuan Dongyue gazed at the intelligence before him, feeling as if transported back to that night he made his choice.