jdhmnovel Chapter 134 Escape
Chapter 134 Escape
The elders have already sent requests for support to the eight major sects, but unfortunately, it will take a day for the reinforcements to arrive.
"No, no! Let us go back! My junior brothers and sisters are all dead! I don't want to die!"
A desperate scream broke the silence in the crowd.
Then, someone began to sob softly, followed by a chorus of weeping.
They were disciples of the sect in their daily lives, and the most cruel enemies they had ever encountered were spirit beasts. Even when they occasionally encountered demonic cultivators, they had never encountered such a large-scale and irrational group of demonic cultivators.
Their fellow disciples were killed by demonic cultivators, and they could only watch helplessly as their friends and family died before their eyes.
They're all like flowers in a greenhouse; they've never seen so many storms.
"Quiet! All of you calm down, this is not the time to collapse!" an elder shouted, but all he received in response were desperate cries of grief.
“Elder, the reinforcements won’t arrive for another day. We really don’t know if we can hold out until then,” a disciple mustered up his courage and stepped forward, muttering to himself, “I really want to go back to the sect. I don’t want to stay here anymore.”
How could a force of a few hundred possibly win against tens of thousands of demons? Not to mention the possibility of the Demon General Chen Yuan appearing.
“Fellow Daoists, we cannot fall here. Behind us are the villages and towns where ordinary people live. What will happen to them once we leave?” Song Huai’an stood up and said.
“That’s right! Senior Brother is right, we can’t leave,” Ye Qianqian echoed.
"What do you know? You are direct disciples, with life-saving artifacts given to you by the sect leader. We have nothing but our lives," a disciple retorted in despair.
"I don't want to die. I'm just here to participate in the sect competition. I don't want to lose my life here."
"Demonic cultivators are terrifying. I watched with my own eyes as they tore my junior brother into pieces."
……
More and more disciples began to panic uncontrollably. Having witnessed the horrors of the demonic cultivators, they were terrified and no longer thought about protecting their homes or driving out the demons.
Many disciples scattered in despair. The elders and sect leader were already injured, and now they had to conserve their energy to appease the rioting disciples, which was obviously very difficult.
"Wan Ning, what do you think?" Tian Ruochun asked, standing next to Xie Wan Ning.
“The demons deserve to die, and the righteous path is cowardly. This battle will be difficult. Moreover…” Xie Wan’s eyes flickered slightly. She looked at the chaotic crowd and couldn’t help but frown: “Those people seem to be in a very bad state.”
Xie Wanning pointed at the rioting disciples. Their eyes were red and filled with despair, and black energy could be faintly seen around them.
Although they are currently in a sea of flowers and their bodies may be tainted with some demonic energy, isn't there too much of it?
"What Sister Wan Ning means is that they have been infected by demonic energy."
"Ah."
Demonic energy can indeed disturb people's consciousness, amplify their inner fears, and even trigger inner demons.
“I need to help them expel the demonic energy. We can’t just sit here and wait to die before the demon army arrives.” Xie Wanning began to form ranks.
"I understand." Tian Ruochun nodded, quickly affixed a flight talisman to her body, and soared into the sky, rapidly throwing out ten seventh-grade stillness talismans.
In an instant, apart from the sect leader, elders, and disciples with higher cultivation levels, all the other disciples stood still.
"What are you trying to do?" a sect leader shouted sternly.
Tian Ruochun immediately explained the reason.
Upon closer inspection, one can indeed see an excessive amount of demonic energy emanating from the frozen disciple.
No one objected anymore, and Xie Wanning successfully activated the demon-slaying array, which indeed reduced the demonic energy considerably.
After the stasis talisman failed, the disciples who came to their senses were indeed less impulsive. However, the despair that permeated their hearts lingered for a long time.
"We're going to die here."
"There's no escaping it, none of you are going to escape."
"Come on, demonic cultivators! We'll trade our lives for one!"
……
Seeing the dejected crowd, Xie Wanning walked towards a high ground.
She glanced around at the people in front of her, said nothing, but reached for her waist and took out the scoreboard, which had "736" written on it.
Xie Wanning suddenly lifted the scorestone high and then slammed it heavily to the ground.
"Oh!"
A thunderous sound echoed throughout the venue, and those who looked up saw the scoreboard shattered into pieces and scattered everywhere.
"I give up my qualification to participate in the third round of the sect competition and voluntarily stay to stop the demons. Even if it costs me my life, I will not back down!" Xie Wanning stared intently at the direction of the Black Sea.
The disciples' initial clamor gradually subsided.
"Oh!"
Another heavy thud was heard as everyone looked over and saw a cracked scoreboard in front of Tian Ruochun, the numbers on it no longer legible.
"As a disciple of the Qingyun Sect, I am willing to give my life to resist the demon race."
"Oh!"
Qin Muyang fanned himself with a confident smile: "Isn't it just about slaying demons? As the senior disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, I have an inescapable duty to do so."
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...
Song Huai'an, Xiao Shuo, Zhong Yingxiu and the others stood up and smashed the score stones at their waists to pieces.
More and more disciples removed the scoring stones, no longer caring about the outcome of the competition, only wanting to protect the righteous path and the human race behind them.
Ye Qianqian glanced regretfully at the score stone at her waist, but in the end, she ruthlessly took it off, picked up her sword, and chopped it in half.
Those disciples who wanted to escape saw that everyone else was risking their lives, wiped away their tears, and smashed the score stones on the ground.
"I am willing to continue fighting."
"Me too!"
The sect leader and elders smiled with satisfaction as they looked at their resolute and courageous disciples.
In the corner, a dark figure clenched his fist, crushing the scorestone in his hand to pieces, his eyes flashing red.
Xie Wanning jumped down from the high platform, where Tian Ruochun was waiting for her.
"Sister Wan Ning, you still have the demeanor of the senior sister of Qingyun Sect, just like back then." Tian Ruochun's eyes sparkled like stars.
Xie Wanning smiled sheepishly, then slapped her forehead as if remembering something, and took out a storage bag from her waist and handed it to Tian Ruochun.
“Xiao Tian, this is full of high-grade spiritual herbs. I’ve been preparing them for you. Back then, I was the one who broke the contract first.” Xie Wan Ning’s eyes darted away, as she was embarrassed to bring up what had happened before.
Tian Ruochun was surprised that Xie Wanning remembered the promise they made before entering the secret realm. Her nose tingled, and she hugged Xie Wanning, saying, "Sister Wanning, you can't abandon me this time."
"Well, no more."
Suddenly, a sharp warning sound rang out.
"Watch out, everyone! The demons are coming!"
Xie Wanning looked up and saw twenty warships, dark and menacing, sailing towards them on the Black Sea.
On the warship at the very center stood a demonic cultivator wearing a black mask. Behind him stood three figures, presumably the demonic general Shen Yuan and his puppet.
The disciples, still recovering from their injuries, struggled to their feet.
Before the demon army could get close, the Black Sea suddenly began to tremble violently, and the waves formed a huge wall of waves that approached the shore. Once it reached the shore, it would be able to swallow the entire coastline.
There was no time to escape!