West Ge Continent, Flying Peng City.
The once bustling human city is now nothing but ruins. Occasionally, a few Two-Winged Otherworldly Demon fly by, carefully searching the ground, trying to see if they have missed any prey.
Flying Peng City was once a metropolis with a population of over 100 million, but now it has become the domain of the Otherworldly Demon.
Throughout the city, the cries and screams of humans could be heard everywhere, as many were imprisoned in cages, silently waiting to die and become food for the Otherworldly Demon.
" Brother Feng, eat something! You'll die if you don't eat."
Inside a cage, a pretty woman handed Nangong Feng a steamed bun, offering him words of comfort.
"I won't eat! Rong'er, can't you see that they're trying to keep us as livestock?"
He wants us to have children, and then turn our children into food, generation after generation, to become their food!
"So what? Do we even have a choice?"
The woman's eyes were empty, like a mechanical puppet, devoid of any life.
"Don't try to persuade me. Even if I die, I'd rather be a domesticated animal."
Nangong Feng was pale and withered, but a fierce flame still burned deep in his eyes.
"It's no use. There will always be people who are afraid of death, and there will always be people who compromise. If we just die like this, it will be completely meaningless."
Nangong Feng did not answer her question again. He lay half-reclined on the edge of the cage, his gaze gradually becoming unfocused, calmly awaiting death.
The woman sighed, closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate, and threw the steamed bun on the ground.
"Alright, if we're going to die, we'll die together. I hope we'll both have a next life."
With a clang, the iron chains of the cage fell off.
We don't help cowards. If you want to escape, go ahead!
When the man and woman opened their eyes, they only saw a figure flash by, and heard these words echoing in their ears.
Nangong Feng reacted immediately, picked up the steamed bun on the ground, stuffed it into his mouth, and then pulled the woman out of the cage.
In the center of the city square, a domineering sword light shot straight into the sky. With a single swing, dozens of Otherworldly Demon were killed. Like a tiger among sheep, it was invincible and unstoppable.
"It's the Demon-Slaying Sword! The Demon-Slaying Sword has come to save us! Run!!"
Nangong Feng had barely escaped the cage when he noticed many other people who had been imprisoned had also run out. He quickly joined the flow of people and fled.
Some of the Otherworldly Demon realized what was happening and turned to chase after the fleeing prisoners, but at that moment, hundreds of powerful cultivators rushed out from all directions and joined forces to stop the pursuing Otherworldly Demon.
"Hiss... Roar...!"
There was no Otherworldly Demon King present, only dozens of Otherworldly Demon Generals. They had just been ambushed by A Huo, and more than a dozen of them had died instantly. Only now did they realize what was happening and began to gang up on A Huo.
A Huo's swordsmanship excels in offense but is relatively weak in defense, but he doesn't care and is even willing to risk injury to save his life.
Clang! Boom!
The battle lasted for about half an hour. The Demon-Slaying Sword had basically wiped out the thousands of Otherworldly Demon in the city, but nearly a quarter of the Demon-Slaying Sword members also died.
"Let's go, or the Otherworldly Demon army will arrive."
A Huo led the remaining seventy or eighty cultivators and fled swiftly, not lingering here at all.
More than half a year ago, A Huo left the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion and came to the border battlefield, intending to hone himself through combat.
However, in the battle against the Otherworldly Demon, he saved more and more people, including many powerful individuals. They spontaneously organized themselves and followed A Huo to fight against the Otherworldly Demon.
A Huo, having experience in leading troops, simply formed these people into the " Demon-Slaying Sword " demon-hunting group. They used war to sustain their war effort, raiding various battlefields in West Ge Province, specifically to rescue trapped humans and hunt down scattered Otherworldly Demon.
Before long, the reputation of the ' Demon-Slaying Sword ' spread throughout West Ge Province. Many Otherworldly Demon even fled for their lives at the sight of the soaring sword light, fearing that they would encounter A Huo and his group.
Half an hour later, A Huo and the others escaped to a dense forest and sat down to recuperate.
Each member of the ' Demon-Slaying Sword ' is a seasoned veteran, and when they lie in ambush in the forest, they make no sound whatsoever.
After a while, once it was confirmed that there was no danger, a thin man quietly approached A Huo.
" Brother Huo, it seems no Otherworldly Demon army followed us. Let's go and rendezvous with the group of prisoners who just escaped."
"Good!"
A Huo gave a curt reply and waved to lead the others off.
The gaunt man was named Gongsun Bin. He used to be the leader of a small sect, but that sect had already disbanded before the arrival of the Otherworldly Demon army.
Although his strength is not very high, he is very good at strategy and is also a formation master at the Second Level of the Solid Realm. He is the Number Two figure in the ' Demon-Slaying Sword '.
Soon A Huo found more than a hundred men and women in the mountains and forests, dressed in tattered clothes.
"Help them break free of the magic chains."
At A Huo's command, the members of the Demon-Slaying Sword drew their weapons and cut off the chains binding the prisoners.
The Demon Chain is a tool invented by the Otherworldly Demon. As long as it is tied to a human body, it can restrict the flow of Spiritual Power in the human body, and no matter how powerful a cultivator is, he will become just like an ordinary person.
A Huo coldly shouted after all the prisoners' chains had been cut off.
You can leave now!
If anyone wants to join us, we can provide you with food, Spirit Stone, and weapons.
"Sir, there are still people behind us. Let's fight our way back and rescue the others!"
One passionate young man couldn't help but speak up and make a suggestion.
In fact, there were at least a thousand humans who were just released, but only about a hundred of them managed to escape here.
"If you want to save yourself, save yourself. We're not going to play along."
I'll ask one more time, does anyone want to join us?
"Yes! I'll join."
A handsome man responded loudly; it was none other than Nangong Feng, who had just begun a hunger strike.
" Brother Feng."
Ye Wanrong held Nangong Feng's hand and kept shaking her head as she looked at him.
" Rong'er, we're not a good match. You should find someone else to marry in the future."
Nangong Feng seemed to have figured something out. He shook his head, shook off Ye Wanrong's hand, and ran to A Huo's side.
Welcome to the team.
A Huo waved his hand, and someone handed Nangong Feng Spirit Stone, food, and weapons.
After a while, another seven or eight people joined the ' Demon-Slaying Sword '. When no one else spoke up, A Huo stood up decisively and waved.
"Let's go! Let's go to the next place."
Chen Village, on the martial arts training ground.
It has been more than a month since the prototype of the Five Elements Battle Formation was developed.
At this moment, the ten Five Elements Guards, divided into two groups, were besieging Chen Zihu.
Chen Rufeng was surrounded by his four teammates in the center, each of them radiating Spiritual Power that eventually converged at the center.