The survivors in Yanghe County experienced an emotional rollercoaster, from utter despair to profound shock, and now to utter silence, leaving them nearly exhausted.
The air was thick with the stench of burning flesh mixed with moisture; the three once-flowing rivers had become a bubbling "soup" teeming with countless pieces of charred, burnt flesh.
Su Yu's figure floated down from the sky and stood in front of Zhang Hu, the one-armed captain.
"Take stock of the casualties and reassure the people." His voice was completely calm, as if the world- World Annihilation thunderbolt that had just struck out like a swatter of mosquitoes.
Zhang Hu and Li Mang exchanged a glance, immediately accepted the order, and led the remaining thirty-odd Demon Suppression Guard to begin running through the ruins.
Half an hour later, Zhang Hu dragged his exhausted body to Su Yu again, his voice hoarse and filled with endless pain.
"Reporting to the Commander... Yanghe County... originally had a registered population of 83,000, but now... fewer than 15,000 survivors."
"Of the 372 guards stationed to Demon Suppression Guard, only 34 survived the final battle. The prefectural governor's 1,200 troops were all... wiped out."
The cold, hard numbers are more impactful than any gory image.
Su Yu listened quietly, and a ripple finally appeared in his usually calm eyes. It wasn't sadness, but a deeper and more intense killing intent.
Eighty thousand lives lost, for 480,000 Slaughter Points. This is a trade-off made with lives at stake.
Since that's the case, then we'll pay with even more lives.
He looked at the group of survivors standing in the square, their eyes numb, and then at the devastated county town.
This place is no longer suitable for human habitation.
Li Mang.
"Your subordinate is here!"
"Take everyone and set off immediately, heading west to Canglan Commandery City." Su Yu's voice brooked no argument.
Li Mang was taken aback, then nodded emphatically. "Yes!"
"Sir, aren't you coming with us?" Zhang Hu couldn't help but ask.
Su Yu slowly shook his head, his gaze falling on the vast land to the east shrouded in blood.
"You go get reinforcements, I'll go... to avenge the blood debt."
Without saying another word, he vanished into the sky as a streak of black lightning.
Zhang Hu stared blankly in the direction Su Yu had left. After a long while, he bowed deeply to the sky.
He knew that from this day forward, the landscape of Canglan Commandery was about to change.
Su Yu did not go directly to Canglan Commandery City.
The Wang Du him was to quell the rebellion. And the fastest way to quell the rebellion was not through defense, but through offense—to cut off everything that dared to extend its claws at the root.
His divine sense was like an invisible net, covering an area of hundreds of miles, constantly searching for places where Yao Qi gathered while flying at high speed.
Soon, he arrived at Bashui County, which was 200 miles away from Yanghe County.
Unlike the tragic scene in Yanghe County, the walls of Bashui County were now filled with deafening shouts of battle.
Several Mystic Realm captains, leading thousands of garrison troops and Demon Suppression Guard, are using the city walls as cover to fight a bloody battle against the endless water demons below. Arrows rain down, and magical light constantly explodes among the demon horde, but the number of water demons is simply too great. Dead Land relentlessly charge against the city walls, and the defense line is on the verge of collapse.
Behind the demon army, a giant water serpent, hundreds of feet long, was coiled in the middle of the river. Its entire body was covered with bluish-black scales, and a single spiral horn grew on its head. Its Yao Qi aura, at the Earth Realm First Level, soared into the sky. With each breath, it left a patch of corrosive venom on the city wall.
It was its existence that prevented the several Mystic Realm captains on the city wall from leaving easily, and they could only watch helplessly as their soldiers were constantly being worn down.
"At this rate, the city will fall in half an hour at most!" a captain roared, cleaving a crab demon that had climbed the city wall in two with his sword. However, he was also struck by the crab demon's giant claws, leaving half of his body a bloody mess.
Despair began to spread once again.
Just then, a voice rang out in everyone's consciousness without warning.
"A bunch of useless trash, they're so slow at killing even a small fry."
His voice was icy, carrying an undisguised contempt.
A commotion erupted on and around the city wall, and everyone, including the demons, instinctively looked up to find the source of the sound.
The serpent demon at the Earth Realm First Level was enraged. Sensing the intensity of the divine thought, it roared fiercely, "Who's playing tricks? Show yourself!"
"As you wish."
The sound seemed to be right next to its ear.
The snake demon's enormous pupils suddenly contracted, and it abruptly turned its head.
A figure dressed in black appeared, standing atop its head. The person's toes lightly touched its proud horn, as if stepping on an ordinary stone.
Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps!
"You..." The snake demon only managed to utter one word.
Su Yu didn't even bother to look at it; he simply raised his right foot and gently stomped it down.
boom!
There are no complicated moves, no dazzling special effects.
Only the purest and most domineering power!
The hellish energy of the Earth Realm, driven by the " Yellow Springs Earth Vein Art," is mixed with the domineering demonic energy of the " Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art," and then amplified and condensed by the supreme yang Buddhist power of the " Acala Body."
This kick seemed to shatter space itself.
The snake demon's head, larger than a house, along with its prized single horn, exploded in an instant, like a watermelon struck by a hammer!
Red blood, white brain matter, mixed with dark blue Demonic Power, exploded into a spray of blood rain covering an area of a hundred feet in radius.
One kick, instantly killing a powerful demon at the Earth Realm!
A deathly silence fell over the city wall.
Everyone stared blankly at the black-clad figure hovering in mid-air, blood raining down beneath his feet, yet not a single leaf touched his body; their minds were completely blank.
After doing all this, Su Yu merely frowned.
Too weak, not even worthy of making me make a second move.
His gaze swept over the group of water demons below, who were thrown into chaos by the instant killing of their leader, and a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes.
It's time to clean up the trash.
He raised his hand, and lightning gathered in his palm.
It was yet another one-sided massacre.
After an incense stick had burned, outside Bashui County, demon corpses littered the ground, and blood flowed like a river.
Su Yu's figure had already disappeared.
[Ding! Killed Earth Realm First Level snake demon, gained 10,000 Slaughter Points!]
[bite!...]
[ Slaughter Points Balance: 695000]
For the next two hours, Su Yu transformed into the most terrifying Grim Reaper along the coast of Canglan Commandery.
He traveled from Bashui County to Linjiang City, and then to Wanghai Town...
One person, one knife, one bolt of lightning.
Wherever he appears, the chaos caused by demons will be ended in the shortest possible time.
He never communicates with anyone, never accepts thanks, and never even touches the ground.
Slay, devour, then move on to the next target.
His Slaughter Points was skyrocketing at an alarming rate, and he had acquired a new codename within the Canglan Commandery Demon Suppression Bureau's internal intelligence network—" The Cleaner."
Meanwhile, at the mouth of the Nu River, inside an underwater palace built from the skeleton of a giant whale.
Jiao Wuye sat upright on the throne forged from millennia-old cold iron, watching the terrified performance of dozens of captured human girls below.
Just then, a soaking wet octopus monster scrambled in, its eight tentacles trembling wildly with fear.
"Your Highness! Something terrible has happened!"