Chapter 2045: Life and Death Crisis

When he saw the monsters flee without even turning around, Zu An was left feeling quite restless.

Come on, guys, people should trust each other!

He could only wave his hand toward the city. The Second Empress immediately reacted and ordered for the army to leave the city in pursuit. After all, this time, the monsters were truly scared out of their minds. It was the best time to pursue and attack the fleeing enemy.

Hu Qianxiao felt that his blade was already extremely thirsty. He quickly summoned his troops to take the lead. The monsters’ formation was already a mess, and they couldn't mount any effective defense. What unfolded next was a one-sided slaughter. The overwhelming and invincible army of a million monsters was soon reduced to a mere twenty thousand or so.

As she watched the slaughter, the Second Empress was left in disbelief. She flew over to Zu An’s side and looked at him admiringly, exclaiming, “Ah Zu, you are too amazing!”

Zu An waved his hand to form a defensive barrier around her, saying, “Be careful. The leftover radiation is harmful to the body.”

“So that stuff is called radiation?” the Second Empress replied, briefly stunned. However, she quickly laughed it off and continued, “Don’t worry. We can sense some harmful things trying to invade our bodies, but as long as we use ki, we can block it out.”

It was now Zu An’s turn to feel surprise. He hadn’t expected the cultivators of this world to be able to block out radiation that way. It seemed different worlds really had different answers to the same things.

The Second Empress’ eyes were full of affection. If not for the fact that there were countless people watching them right now, perhaps she would have already thrown herself into his arms.

She was publicly acknowledged as the Fiend races’ most charming woman; a single look or smile from her could make countless men’s hearts melt. It was often said that if she ever slept with a man, her entire body would be as soft as cotton. Unfortunately, no one knew the truth of it, because no one dared to ask the regent that question. However, her alluring figure was public knowledge. She always gave off an enchanting air.

As she watched these two, Xiao Yi couldn't help but cover her face.

Your highness, even if you’re going crazy, you should take a look around you first! There are still so many warriors watching!

She secretly observed the others' reactions, but she didn’t see them act weird at all. Instead, it was as if this was just to be expected, and the most beautiful woman of the Fiend races naturally belonged to the most powerful man.

Instead, the warriors were filled with more excitement. As of late, they had been pressured by the monsters to the point that they couldn't even breathe. Now, they had finally reversed the situation and gotten their revenge, and they had vented out the rage that had built up within them for so long. They chased madly after the monsters, and even those left in the city cheered their companions on with everything they had.

“Ah Zu~” the Second Empress exclaimed, on the brink of tears.

Zu An was about to respond to her when his expression suddenly changed. He turned to the battlefield.

There were several craters on the battlefield that were over a kilometer long and several hundred meters deep. They were all left by the hydrogen bombs. Meanwhile, most of the monsters that had been caught up in the blasts didn’t even leave behind a corpse. The few shadows left behind against the walls of the craters were the remains of monsters that were already quite strong. Even so, there were quite a few charred corpses outside the craters. Even though they were all missing limbs, they were still relatively intact.

Those were all usual sights; the only thing that was unusual was that the remains were still slowly wriggling. If it had been one or two bodies, perhaps it could be explained away as merely being reactions from the muscles and nerves. But all of them were wriggling, creating quite the frightening scene.

“What is going on?” the Second Empress asked, giving Zu An a look. She was feeling a bit scared too.

“Go back to the city first and have your subordinates prepare the defenses. Also, tell the troops who are hunting down monsters to not come back for now,” Zu An said as he gave her waist a push, and a gentle force sent her back to the city.

This scene really was way too strange, creating an ominous feeling. Fortunately, the army chasing the remaining monsters was already some distance away and hadn't stayed behind on the battlefield.

When she returned to the city, the Second Empress’ blushing face immediately turned serious. She was someone who could separate her feelings from what was actually important; otherwise, there was no way she could have reached her current status. She continuously issued dozens of orders in succession and arranged everything in the city neatly and tidily. That way, the soldiers wouldn’t rush out on a momentary impulse.

Just then, cries of alarm filled the air. The Second Empress reflexively turned around. When she saw what was happening outside, she couldn't help but gasp. She saw countless monsters’ remains squirming, before gathering together to form a massive ball of flesh.

There had been over a million monsters originally. Even though a lot of them had been burned to ashes by the hydrogen bombs, the amount of body parts scattered about was not to be underestimated. When so many corpses gather together to form an extremely massive ball of flesh, it was as if an enormous mountain towered above the soldiers.

Zu An’s expression was grave. With his current cultivation, he could naturally tell that the monsters had already died, but why had their corpses suddenly ‘revived’?

The ball continued to wriggle; many monster corpses squirmed and twisted inside, forming an incredibly disgusting and terrifying sight. It was clear that if the process was allowed to continue, nothing good would happen. With a wave of Zu An’s finger, over a hundred streaks of sword ki flew out.

The ball of flesh wasn’t too strong in terms of defenses, and there wasn’t much resistance when the sword ki landed on its body. The ki immediately exploded, creating over a hundred holes. Countless corpses fell away, scattering all across the ground.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

If that many terrifying holes appeared on its body, even a powerful monster on the level of the War Priest could very well have already lost its life on the spot. However, the ball of flesh looked completely fine. It continued to squirm, and just like that, the corpses crawled over again to fill in the holes. Soon, it seemed almost as if it had never been damaged at all.

Zu An was speechless.

Everyone in Mengte City cried out in alarm. “What kind of creature is this?”

The Second Empress frowned. She thought back to the information the Fiend races had on these monsters to see if there was anything about this creature.

Zu An released a cold snort. He slowly raised his right arm to summon the White Lotus Flame. Soon after, a several-hundred-meter long flame blade rushed through the air.

As they looked at the massive flame blade, many people from the Fiend races sighed in amazement. They could feel its destructive power even from far away.

The regent is so young, but he really is unfathomable. I wonder just how he trained to become so strong. Even if the late Fiend Emperor were here, he would at most be this strong, right?

By then, the giant flame blade crashed ferociously against the massive ball of flesh. The ball was split open, and wherever the blade went, countless corpses were lit aflame. A cheer resounded from Mengte City.

However, Zu An’s expression remained serious. This ball of corpses was just too large. With the remains of a million monsters being merged together, even a flame blade that was hundreds of meters long seemed completely insignificant in comparison.

Sure enough, the ball of flesh was split in half, but eventually, the flame’s power was exhausted even before it could completely cleave the ball in two. Countless monster corpses wriggled, and just like that, the upper half was reformed. Countless corpses almost seemed to have gained their own consciousness as they frantically crawled onto the burning flesh. Soon after, they wrapped around the two burning surfaces, forcibly putting out the White Lotus Flame through the sheer number of bodies.

On the surface of the flesh ball, multiple places caved in, making it look as if two deep eye sockets and a mouth had formed. The 'face' stared at Zu An as he floated in the air. In that instant, Zu An felt goosebumps all over his body, as if he sensed a threat to his life.

A second later, the corpse ball suddenly opened its mouth. Everything around Zu An was immediately covered, and he was swallowed in a single gulp.