Free Web Novel“Human City's South Gate has fallen.”
On the morning of this day, the sunlight did not reach the ancestral hall of Great King Village.
A peregrine falcon, formed from condensed clear wind, landed on the offering table, and out of its mouth came Feng Zhi's voice.
Li Mo, his head full of white hair, had just offered an incense stick to his ancestors, and he silently watched the flickering, dim candlelight, swaying with the wind.
After a long while, he finally asked:
“Where are the martial artists of the Celestial Race and Earth City?”
“They have moved into the City within a City to preserve their strength. They will only retake the South Gate when Jiang Di completely makes God Sword recognize him as its master, but you will not see that day.”
“Not necessarily.” Li Mo shook his head.
The voice in the clear wind asked, puzzled: “Sister is no longer in the town. Even she has given up. Why do you insist on staying here?”
She could sense that Ying Bing was no longer in King Town.
Perhaps her temporary interest had faded, she found life among Mortals uninteresting, and after experiencing a bit of life, she had drifted away.
Over their long years, members of the Celestial Race inevitably become restless when they are too still, with thoughts rising and falling.
Just as she had, on a whim, come to remind Li Mo.
“Regardless, thank you.”
Li Mo cupped his hands towards the pale blue peregrine falcon.
Seeing his stubbornness, Feng Zhi said no more, her form dissipating into clear wind.
In the morning, the townspeople arrived at the ancestral hall one after another. They were still completely unaware of what had happened in Human City, but having been urgently summoned, some vaguely had a bad premonition.
Besides the original villagers of Great King Village, several surrounding villages and the vagrants who had settled there also arrived.
Those who entered were all accomplished in martial arts. The children who once ran around naked, fishing in the river and taking birds from trees, were now old enough to be grandfathers.
Now, if they were in Earth City, they could hold their own, and among them, Dong Er Niu had the best talent; establishing his own sect would be no problem for him.
“Little Brother Li, why did you suddenly call everyone here?”
Dong Er Niu was the first to ask.
“The South Gate has fallen.” Li Mo said succinctly.
The townspeople erupted in an uproar; some were incredulous, some sighed, and some were in a state of constant panic.
Everyone had been counting the days; the fifty-year period had only just ended a few days ago.
This meant that the fall of the South Gate was almost instantaneous.
And listening to Li Mo's tone, the Celestial Race had no intention of retaking it in the short term.
It also meant that Great King Village would soon face the direct onslaught of a large number of invading demons.
“Then what should we do?”
“Didn't the martial artists of Earth City expand several new cities between Earth City and Human City? Why don't we go there?”
“I'm afraid it's too °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° late.” Li Mo shook his head.
“With our pace, bringing women, children, and the elderly, we should be able to make it...” said the honest Qi Tiezhu.
He was a descendant of the old village chief, and his mother was the girl who had once admired Li Mo. Li Mo had taught him many blacksmithing skills.
Dong Er Niu pondered for a moment and said:
“Little Brother Li means that we can outrun the demons, but we can't outrun others.”
“Human City is vast, and its population is too large. Too many people want to find a way to survive. Even if Earth City has extended a few new cities, they can only accommodate a small portion, and we are of no value to them. We would likely be turned away.”
“Er Niu is right.”
“Haven't we seen enough of the Earth City people's true colors?”
“If they truly cared about the common people, they wouldn't have retreated.”
Many villagers had been to Earth City. After becoming accomplished in martial arts, many were unwilling to continue farming and wanted to make something of themselves in Earth City.
Many also returned.
The reason was simple: like those naive, foolish college students who desperately squeeze into big cities, they found after arriving that their lofty ambitions were all illusions, and they were just like a drop of water merging into the ocean, a screw forced into a machine.
Those more excellent than you work harder, and those less excellent than you have better connections.
If I'm a beast of burden in the fields, and still a beast of burden in the city, then what's the point of going to the city?
At this point, after letting everyone's emotions simmer for a while, Li Mo raised his hand, quieting the ancestral hall.
“Everyone has their own aspirations. For those who want to go to Earth City to find a way to survive, I guarantee no one will stop you.”
“But those who stay today, we must stick together and help each other. No one can do anything that harms the group.”
His voice was much older, but still as impactful as when he was young.
Some bowed deeply to the ancestral hall, deciding to leave, while more chose to stay put. freewēbnoveℓ.com
Dong Er Niu took a deep breath.
Under everyone's gaze, he walked to the entrance of the ancestral hall.
However, he didn't leave; he simply closed the door heavily, then smiled and said:
“Little Brother Li, what do you think we should do?”
“Abandon illusions.”
Li Mo gave him an annoyed look and said:
“The Celestial Race sits high in the clouds, and the Earth City people are driven by greed. We can't rely on any of them; we can only rely on ourselves!”
“All these years of practicing Image Mimicking Martial Arts, it's time for them to be put to use!”
“Everyone, go prepare!”
As the founder of Image Mimicking Martial Arts, even everyone else didn't know how profound Li Mo's attainments were.
And it was well known that Town Chief Li was a Genius.
Thinking of this, everyone inexplicably gained confidence... “What does Li Mo want to do?”
“His Image Mimicking Martial Arts are quite miraculous, but facing such a large-scale demon rampage, he's probably powerless, right?”
“Small groups of demons are fine, but this time, the demons have someone directing them from behind. If you kill a few scattered ones, a large group will be drawn.”
“Is he planning to confront them head-on?”
Those outside, looking at the jiangshan sheji map, also didn't know Li Mo's intentions.
They all didn't know.
And certain other existences knew even less.
“Look, they're already here!”
Someone pointed at the sky.
In the jiangshan sheji map, a team of demons, numbering over a hundred, had already arrived a hundred li from King Town.
Their forms were massive, and evil Qi spread.
Any one of them was incomparable to the batch Li Mo first encountered.
But coincidentally, the leader was also a human-snake, only its scales were dark red, and it held a bloody giant axe in its hands.
Large numbers of demons continuously poured in through the South Gate.
Some joined the Hundred Beast Hall and headed towards the Human-Earth City border, while large numbers scattered and roamed various parts of Human City.
“There's a Human Race gathering place ahead, ha ha ha, I smell many living people!”
The human-snake leader suddenly let out a joyful roar:
“It's quite a size, we can feast to our heart's content!”
Some demons pounded their chests, others raised their weapons, all filled with bloodthirsty excitement.
However, after being tamed by the Hundred Beast Hall, their intelligence had increased, allowing them to temporarily suppress their ferocity and await their leader's command.
“Children, follow me...”
“Wait!”
A deep voice rang out.
The demons were stunned, then saw another human-snake emerge from the nearby forest. Its body was equally strong, holding a sickle in its left hand and a hammer in its right.
Human-snake leader: “?”
Could anyone be faster than them?
“Where are you from, demon?”
“I am a local demon; it's normal that you haven't seen me.”
