Chapter 749 - Quelling the Blood Calamity in the Great Chu Empire

The Great Chu Empire was in dire straits.

After wiping out the blood demon army at the Divine Light Sect stronghold, Chen Fan led the people to continue annihilating the blood demons.

As they flew across the lands, they saw many lifeless cities, overwhelmed by death qi, with no sign of vitality.

The blood demon army had massacred these cities. Anger surged through the crowd, and their killing intent boiled over.

The heavens will never tolerate the Blood Demon Cave's existence!”

Feng Baiyu and the others’ killing intent spread uncontrollably in response to the purgatory-like devastation.

Although the weak were like ants to them, they recognized that even ants had lives. They possessed the power to destroy cities but would not intentionally go on killing sprees.

The blood demons’ heinous actions ignited a desire to rush into the Blood Demon Cave’s lair, massacre the demons, and restore peace to the world.

Under Chen Fan’s lead, the remaining orthodox sects of the Great Chu Empire began killing the blood demons rampaging across the nation.

The people all used to believe that their future was dark with no light in sight, but Chen Fan’s return brought them hope.

No blood demon expert could survive the calamity that was Chen Fan. Numerous blood demon powerhouses joined forces to deal with him, but he dealt with them all with a single attack.

Thus, the once unstoppable blood demon army rampaging through the Great Chu Empire became the hunted as the cleansing operation commenced.

As they rescued one stronghold after another, the orthodox army cleansing the blood demons snowballed in size. They seemed invincible, killing the blood demon army to the point where they cried for their parents and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

Rage and murderous intent brewed in the chests of the orthodox path. They did not show the slightest mercy to the blood demons. When they discovered them, there was only one thing to do: Kill!

Kill without mercy!

In just three days, the various strongholds in the Great Chu Empire were liberated. Chen Fan annihilated the top brass of the blood demons alone, leaving them unable to rampage across the empire.

Then, he handed the matter of cleansing the blood demon remnants over to Feng Baiyu and the others.

One could only imagine the outcome for a blood demon army lacking Divine Nascent realm experts facing a group overflowing with killing intent.

By this time, Chen Fan had already returned to the Spring Autumn Sect.

In just three days, the destroyed buildings in the sect had been rebuilt, symbolizing the resurgence of vigor after a great calamity.

However, these new structures could not hide the scars left by the intense battles in the surroundings.

The Heavenly Vein Mountains, home to holy disciples, elders, and the sect leader, were also badly damaged when their tall peaks turned into war fortresses during the war.

Now, only about twenty tall peaks remained standing in the Heavenly Vein Mountains, and their former grandeur was gone.

“Xiaofan.”

“Father, Mother, Grandfather...”

“Xiaofan, this blood calamity...” Chen Zhengqing looked at his son, wanting to say something but then hesitated.

Chen Fan said, “Don’t worry, Father. We’ve basically wiped out all the blood demons in the empire, leaving only some remnants. People are actively hunting them down. I’m sure you’re aware of the overall situation in the Hong Domain.

“Although we’ve cleansed the blood demons within the empire, the situation of the Hong Domain as a whole remains grim. But now that I have returned, I will completely get rid of this tumor that is the Blood Demon Cave.”

“Xiaofan, I heard that the Blood Demon Cave has awakened their experts from the past,” Chen Zhengqing said with a grave expression.

Chen Fan’s strength exceeded all expectations; he had killed fifteen blood demon powerhouses with a flick of his finger. To others, he seemed like a god or a devil, shocking heaven and earth and making gods and ghosts weep.

Still, Chen Zhengqing grew increasingly concerned about potential retaliation from the Blood Demon Cave.

The more he learned about the situation, the more he understood the terrifying power of the Blood Demon Cave from three thousand years ago.

Now that the cave had awakened experts from the past, he worried that Chen Fan might not be a match for them.

“Father, Mother, you can rest assured. These awakened demonic beings don’t pose a threat to me. Once Emperor Li’s group locates the Blood Demon Cave’s lair, I’ll lead a team of experts to thoroughly wipe it out!” Chen Fan said with a smile, full of confidence. He did not care about those so-called awakened blood demon experts.

Half a month went by very quickly.

Feng Baiyu and the others had killed all the blood demons in the entire Great Chu Empire. The royal family, which had defected to the blood demons, also did not escape punishment.

During this period, Chen Fan did not go anywhere, accompanying his parents in the Spring Autumn Sect.

He was waiting for news from Li Yao’s side.

Meanwhile, the higher-ups of the Blood Demon Cave lost contact with the blood demon commanders in the Great Chu Empire, raising suspicions.

“What’s going on? Why have we lost contact with them? What exactly is happening?” shouted a Heavenly Star realm blood demon expert.

“The Great Chu Empire ranks around the lower-middle among the thirty-six nations of the Hong Domain. The strongest among them is only around the third or fourth-level Divine Nascent realm. Our experts should’ve had no difficulties overturning the Great Chu Empire. It seems a significant problem has cropped up. We need to send someone to investigate,” another Heavenly Star realm blood demon replied.

“Has anything unusual occurred with the armies attacking the other nations?”

“None. Only the Great Chu Empire has lost contact.”

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

“It looks like the Great Chu Empire isn’t as simple as we thought. Perhaps some hidden expert has shown themselves. Send someone over to investigate.”

A tall, sturdy Heavenly Star realm blood demon stood up, his voice like thunder. “I’ll go.”

“Alright, Xue Kui, then you make a trip to the Great Chu Empire and see what’s going on.”

This blood demon known as Xue Kui nodded and walked out of the council hall.

“Everyone, are there any movements from the Great Li Imperial Court’s side?” asked the Heavenly Star realm blood demon sitting at the main seat.

“Reporting to King Kun, I heard that Emperor Li’s son has returned with a group, but they’re all only in the Divine Nascent realm. They’re not enough to be a threat,” replied a Heavenly Star realm blood demon respectfully.

“That’s good, then. The Great Li Imperial Court’s side only managed to delay our Blood Demon Cave’s path of conquest because of Wanderer White Brow, that old coot. However, Sir Man Guardian is about to recover to peak condition. They shall face annihilation then!” Xue Kun said with a cold smile filled with thick killing intent. [1]

1. Xue Kun is King Kun. Chapter 747 mentioned 3 guardians and 8 kings. He’s one of these kings. The guardians are Man, Earth, and Heaven. ☜