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Chapter 267 Demon Monarch Sand Thicket

Meng Manor, Lake Heart Pavilion .

Whoosh .

Meng Chuan descended with his children . He looked at his children . They were clearly still in a daze .

This is the real world? The siblings felt that the buildings were very illusory . Cities with plumes of billowing smoke, ferocious demon monarchs, and a large number of human corpses . These scenesmore tragic than even their worst nightmares —constantly surfaced in their minds .

A large number of people struggled to survive in the wilderness . They thought of the children that lived underground and stared at the sky through the weeds and the child that had been seriously cultivating on the ship’s bow . Countless similar scenes could be seen in the wilderness . On the way back, Meng Chuan and his children passed through the vast wilderness . The siblings saw many such scenes .

For as long as they could remember, they only saw scenes of a bustling Jiang State Capital—that had a population of more than ten million people . They had also seen many extravagant scenes .

They saw the darkness and tragedy outside the city, and people dressed in dirty gray clothes . In contrast, the people in the bustling Jiang State Capital dressed gorgeously .

It was as if they were two completely different worlds! Their reason told them that 99% of the world lived in the wilderness . That was the real world . However, they had lived in Jiang State Capital for a long time . They were more familiar with life in Jiang State Capital .

“It’s actually like this outside the city?” The siblings were heavily impacted by all the scenes they had seen .

Liu Qiyue walked to Meng Chuan’s side and asked softly, “What happened to You’er and An’er?”

“We flew more than 1,500 kilometers and encountered demon monarchs attacking a city . They saw demon monarchs massacring humans with their own eyes,” said Meng Chuan . “I then brought them to many places in the wilderness to take a look . Grasslands, lakes, forests, and the deep mountains… I let them take a look whenever we passed by something . That’s how most people live in the world . ”

Liu Qiyue nodded slightly .

“They’ve just suffered a huge wake-up call . I believe they’ll get used to it soon,” said Meng Chuan . “Watch over them for the next two days . I’ll head out first . ”

“Hurry up and leave . Leave You’er and An’er to me . ” Liu Qiyue nodded .

Meng Chuan didn’t have the time to counsel his children . He left everything to his wife . He immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew towards the eastern horizon .

The East Sea .

Meng Chuan burrowed 40 kilometers deep into the ground . It was as dark and lonely as ever .

Boom! The Divine Eye of Lightning at Meng Chuan’s glabella opened long ago . He transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew into the rock layer . Underground, his electromagnetic domain had a range of 1 . 5 kilometers .

Underground reconnaissance was always lonely .

Supremacy Qin Wu had asked Meng Chuan to keep his identity a secret, causing the demons to think that King White Treasure was the one massacring the demons in the Great Zhou Dynasty as he conducted underground reconnaissance . This was to be kept a secret as long as possible . This was a form of protection for Meng Chuan . Although Meng Chuan was very powerful, he was still weaker than King White Treasure .

King White Treasure’s fame had spread across the world . All the Godfiends in the world were amazed and impressed by his accomplishments .

Meng Chuan was relatively less famous . Only a handful of people knew that he had a similar underground reconnaissance efficiency as King White Treasure . No matter how meritorious his deeds were, he had kept everything a secret!

It’s been three months since I obtained Origins Returning baneful aura, but my cultivation is very slow . Origins Returning baneful aura is too demanding on the body . I can barely absorb and refine it even with my Undying Body’s lifeforce . As Meng Chuan flew and probed his surroundings, he thought about other matters . This was how he stopped himself from feeling lonely . With my current cultivation speed, I will take more than a year to refine two cubes of Origins Returning baneful aura completely . However, that’s also a good thing . The stronger the Origins Returning baneful aura is, the stronger my baneful aura domain will become after I completely refine it .

Meng Chuan flew as he considered his reconnaissance route . In the past three months, I’ve mainly patrolled at a depth of 40 kilometers underground . I’ve only patrolled at a depth of 80 kilometers a handful of times . I’ve already explored over half of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory at a depth of 40 kilometers . I reckon that I’ll be done with my probes at a depth of 40 kilometers in half a year . I’ll switch to another depth after I’ve finished .

His definition of completion meant that he had swept more than 95% of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory at a depth of 40 kilometers underground . Even though Godfiends had precise control over space and could remember every single path they took, there were still some areas they wouldn’t cover . At the same depth, it was enough for one to check over 95% of the entire dynasty’s territory . If one insisted on checking 100% of the dynasty’s territory at a certain depth? It would take much more time; it wasn’t worth it .

I estimated that there would be the most demon monarchs at a depth of 40 kilometers . However, there aren’t as many demon monarchs as I expected . Do the demon monarchs in the Great Zhou Dynasty believe that we won’t carry out large-scale underground reconnaissance; thus, they don’t go this deep? I’ll patrol at a depth of 31 kilometers next .

As Meng Chuan flew and pondered, his eyes suddenly lit up .

A demon lair .

His electromagnetic domain discovered another demon lair . Inside the demon lair, the demon monarchs were either sleeping or cultivating . Meng Chuan instantly attacked and killed eight demon monarchs and more than 100 ordinary demons .

He scanned his surroundings systematically .

In the blink of an eye, it was evening . Exhausted, Meng Chuan dove to a depth of 80 kilometers underground .

According to Meng Chuan’s daily routine, he would patrol at a depth of 80 kilometers four times a day . He patrolled at this depth in search of fourth Firmament demon monarchs, but there were too few fourth Firmament demon monarchs . Meng Chuan’s efforts for the past three months hadn’t yielded results . However, he still spent some time patiently patrolling at a depth of 80 kilometers underground every day . This was because a fourth Firmament demon monarch’s destructive capability was comparable to that of thousands of ordinary demon monarchs .

The Great Zhou Dynasty’s Yuan State, 79 kilometers underground .

The gray-robed Greater Demon Monarch Sand Thicket silently returned to his underground palace .

“Your Majesty . ”

“Your Majesty . ”

Inside the palace, demon monarchs fawned over him respectfully . Greater Demon Monarch Sand Thicket returned to the palace and sat on his throne . Immediately, a demoness offered him delicacies and fine wine .

Gulp . Gulp . Gulp . Sand Thicket grabbed a flask of wine and gulped half of its contents down . Only then did he put down the flask and frown .

“What’s troubling you, Your Majesty?” Another demoness snuggled up to him and fed him grapes .

Sand Thicket frowned and said, “I went out to receive a messenger . The messenger brought the Imperial Lord’s orders . ”

“The Imperial Lord’s orders?” The surrounding demon monarchs felt their hearts tighten .

The three Imperial Lords of the Demon Realm were supreme . They all had long lifespans, and no demon monarch dared to disobey the orders of an Imperial Lord .

“The Imperial Lord has ordered us fourth Firmament demon monarchs to hide until further notice . We are not to attack the humans,” said Sand Thicket suspiciously .

“All are to hide? Not to attack humans?” The ordinary demon monarchs were puzzled as well .

“We came to the human world to eradicate the human race and occupy this world . Why are we forbidden from attacking?”

“It’s indeed strange . ” The demonesses serving him discussed softly . One of the demonesses said, “Could it be that the Imperial Lord has some grand plan?”

“Whatever the plan is, just obey the Imperial Lord’s orders . It is much safer to hide . ” Sand Thicket couldn’t be bothered to think further . He finished the pear that had been fed to him in a single gulp . He hugged the demoness and planted a heavy kiss on her, causing her to moan incessantly . The other demonesses beside him became even more attentive .

Sand Thicket felt extremely happy .

Suddenly, an electromagnetic wave swept across the cave abode . Sand Thicket’s expression changed drastically as his heart instantly turned cold .

“Godfiend! Run!”