Chapter 42: The Arrival of the Demonic Beast
It was Xiao Xue who made Ye Chen's heart put down a little, but now that Xiao Xue is trapped in the Yu Wang Bei, Ye Chen's heart has risen again. The Yu Wang Bei can reflect all forces, and anyone who wants to destroy it will suffer a strong counterattack.
Ye Chen and Chen Tao tried many methods, but they couldn't destroy the Yu Wang stele to rescue Little Snow inside. This made Ye Chen extremely depressed and he didn't have the heart to do anything else.
"Why is Xiaoxue in here?" Chen Tao asked.
"I'm not sure either." Ye Chen said helplessly, and could only watch the stone monument in front of him, his long sword hovering motionless on the ground, unsure what to do.
"Then let's wait here." Chen Tao said helplessly.
Ye Chen had no good way, and could only stand in place looking at the Yu Wang stele. In the end, he could only agree with Chen Tao's idea. The two of them did nothing, staring blankly at the stone stele for a long time.
Ye Chen remained still, while Chen Tao roasted some golden strange fish during this time. The two of them ate it together. Ye Chen's mood was very bad now and didn't have the energy to joke with Chen Tao.
Two days have passed, and the Yuwang Stele has been quiet, with Xiaoxue motionless at its base. Yechen has also sat in front of it for two days without moving, except to eat some golden strange fish, doing nothing else.
Suddenly, the sound of mountains shaking came from afar, Chen Tao looked at the distance in surprise, even Ye Chen stood up. The distant smoke and dust filled the air, trees fell down, the ground shook back and forth like rolling waves, as if the mountain was about to collapse.
"The monster has arrived!" Chen Tao's face turned pale, these two days both of them almost forgot about this matter, wholeheartedly thinking only of rescuing Xiao Xue, didn't expect time to pass so quickly, three days passed by in the blink of an eye.
A massive horde of demonic beasts, all sorts of demonic beasts were rushing towards Night Star City, Chen Tao looked at this situation and that worry in his heart appeared once again.
The higher the station, the farther the view, and the farther they looked, the more astonished Ye Chen and Chen Tao became. At a glance, they couldn't see the edge at all. In the distance, smoke and dust billowed, while nearby, demonic beasts galloped wildly. All that could be seen were the silhouettes of demonic beasts, some as tall as giant trees, others as small as flies, in all shapes and sizes.
"Can Nightstar City withstand this attack?" Chen Tao said worriedly.
"If the Night City Lord's defensive array is intact, blocking this round of attacks would not be a problem. But if it's as I suspect, then Night Star City might be destroyed this time." Ye Chen said with some concern.
"If it's really destroyed, there will be tens of thousands of families torn apart." Chen Tao didn't think he was a sympathetic person, but thinking about the scene of corpses scattered all over and blood flowing like rivers made his heart feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"There are many things we can't change, we can only watch and protect ourselves." Ye Chen looked at it for a while, then patted Chen Tao's shoulder and turned to stand in front of the Yuwang Stele, no longer watching the rushing beast.
Chen Tao was not as carefree as Ye Chen, his face worried as he looked at these demonic beasts. He was not only worried about the Night Star City, but also concerned about where he himself was. Although Ye Chen had said that this place was protected by the Yu Wang Stele and no demonic beast dared to come over, Chen Tao still couldn't help but worry.
A massive horde of ferocious beasts came rushing, and wherever they passed, trees fell down, walls shattered, and the few people who encountered them were instantly trampled and swallowed.
In front of this group of demonic beasts, an individual's power is really too small. The strong in the Innate Realm are not even worth looking at and will be overwhelmed in an instant. If one can reach the Fusion Realm, there might still be a chance to escape with their life.
The monster moved at a rapid pace, and in the blink of an eye, it had already arrived at Yuelu Mountain. The feeling of the ground trembling was even more pronounced, rivaling that of an earthquake, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to tremble.
Chen Tao and Ye Chen stood unsteadily, "Dust boy, is this place really safe?" Chen Tao's words were stuttering, and sweat also appeared on his shiny head.
"I don't know, let's gather everything in front of the Yuwang Stele and follow the will of heaven. What is meant to come will come, and there's no escaping it." Ye Chen said with a solemn expression, his body straight as a pen.
"Damn, you don't even know if we can stop this monster. Forget it, why did I follow you here in the first place?" Chen Tao turned around and carried the luggage according to Ye Chen's instructions to the front of Yu Wang Bei.
Ye Chen didn't say anything, and although Chen Tao was indignant, he only expressed it verbally, and the two of them knew each other's bottom line, so there wouldn't be any discord.
Ye Chen quickly gathered everything and blocked the way in front of Yu Wang Bei, anyway, it was impossible to escape, Xiao Xue was also inside Yu Wang Bei, so it was better to stay here.
The monster crossed mountains and ridges, and before long it passed through the place where Ye Chen was located. It seemed to have a tacit understanding that under the terrified gaze of the two, all the monsters would disperse as soon as they reached this place, as if this place was a forbidden zone for fierce beasts.
Chen Tao looked at the demon beast in front of him with joy, all the demon beasts detoured a hundred meters away.
"Chen Tao exclaimed in surprise to Ye Chen: "Dust boy, this place really doesn't have any demonic beasts coming! Really none!"
"Don't be too happy yet! I only see second and third level demonic beasts not daring to come over, as for fourth level and above, it's still uncertain whether they'll dare to come or not." Ye Chen said strikingly.
"Raven's mouth, don't let me get excited for nothing. Buddha Tathagata, Laozi Dazu, Yuwang Dada, I beg of you to protect this place from being occupied by monsters. You must leave a trace of bloodline for the descendants of Yan and Huang!" Chen Tao muttered with his hands clasped together, listening to which Ye Chen's head was filled with black lines - what river, what ah, even Buddha and Laozi have come out.
It's unclear whether it was due to Chen Tao's prayers or the original function of the Yuwang Stele, but high-level demonic beasts also passed by the area within a hundred meters radius of the stele like the previous ones.
Ye Chen's tense heart also slightly fell, those demonic beasts that came rushing at him felt terrifying before, but now he was no longer nervous, able to calm his mood and watch as they galloped away.
Chen Tao also excitedly smiled at these demonic beasts, "So I was the one being blessed by heaven all along. As soon as I prayed, these demonic beasts listened to my words and didn't dare come over."
Looking at Chen Tao's self-satisfied appearance, Ye Chen had an urge to kick him. "Don't be too happy yet, there's still more to come. This time the demon beasts are prepared, and maybe several eighth-level demon beasts will be deployed. The Yu Wang Stele is not omnipotent." Ye Chen carefully observed the distance of these demon beasts' advance.
Originally, it was over 130 meters away, but as the number of demonic beasts increased and their levels rose, the distance from Ye Chen had narrowed to just over 100 meters. Clearly, this Yu Wang Stele might not be able to withstand an eighth-level demonic beast after all.
As for the sixth or seventh level of demonic beasts, Ye Chen is now confident that he can withstand them. However, an eighth-level demonic beast is equivalent to a strong practitioner in the Fusion Realm, and such a realm's strong practitioners are not something that Ye Chen can currently understand or measure up against.
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