A strange Eastern face, at this moment, gave people an incomparably reassuring feeling.
"Wow."
At that moment, someone wailed uncontrollably.
They knew they were saved.
The City Lord of Wenlan City had come to save them.
"It's alright now."
Chen Fan's tone was calm, but beneath the calm was a towering rage. His gaze swept over the piles of white bones.
Finally, it landed on the surviving humans, and he asked softly, "Can you still walk? If you can, head east on your own. Our manpower is limited, and we need to save more people."
"Woo woo."
They continued to cry.
As they cried, everyone supported each other and stood up.
These people, though not cultivators.
However, with the concentration of spiritual energy in heaven and earth greatly increased, everyone's body had been purified.
Illness was simply nonexistent, and their physical fitness had improved considerably.
Turning to Hong Si, he said, "Send someone to escort them out."
"Yes."
Hong Si took the order, casually pointed to a companion, and sent the people away.
While this was happening, Chen Fan closed his eyes and released his divine sense.
Then he opened his eyes: "Old Devil Chu, Tanuk... each of you take a team of the Qin Family Army and search for people separately."
"Okay."
This was still the periphery, and there should be no danger.
Even if they encountered danger, for these people, they could arrive in an instant.
Danger did not exist.
Everyone dispersed, and Hong Si personally followed Chen Fan, leading a team to search the forest.
"Bang bang bang."
Dense ancient trees were destroyed.
Chen Fan and his group found many people, roughly estimated to be over ten thousand.
But compared to the human population of three hundred million in the central region, ten thousand was too few.
Ten thousand people were saved, but there were over a hundred thousand corpses.
"This won't do."
Chen Fan's expression was grave: "The speed of rescue is too slow."
Yes, too slow.
Everyone understood.
But they had no choice.
There were only so many people, and if more people came, and they were weak, they would likely become food for the demonic beasts.
There were still too few high-level cultivators in the Eastern Region.
"What should we do?"
Chen Fan hesitated.
There were many troubles in the Eastern Region. Once too many powerful individuals left.
Who knew what those demonic beasts would do.
A group of inherently violent creatures, expecting them to be law-abiding was impossible.
The assembled group fell silent.
After a long period of contemplation, Chen Fan's gaze fell upon a tall mountain.
There were many mountains in the central region.
Besides the Holy Mountain once occupied by the Angelic Holy Assembly, there were also numerous immortal mountains.
Although not as many as the hundred thousand mountains in the northern region, there were still quite a few.
The mountain on which his gaze rested was shrouded in clouds and mist. A colossal tiger was at the summit, inhaling and exhaling clouds, basking in the rosy glow.
A Supreme-level demonic beast.
"City Lord."
Tanuk walked over: "Should we attack the forbidden area directly?"
Forbidden area.
Territory occupied by Supreme-level demonic beasts was collectively referred to as forbidden areas.
"There's no other way."
Chen Fan shook his head: "Where Supreme demonic beasts occupy, there are definitely many humans. Rescuing people this way is too slow. Do your best, save as many as you can."
"Mm."
There was no other good way.
Chen Fan's suggestion was not necessarily the best, but it was certainly the most suitable at the moment.
Saving people also required choices.
"Are we going to attack directly?"
Old Devil Chu's bloodlust was stirred.
He hadn't killed a true Supreme yet.
In fact, Chen Fan hadn't either. The only one who had reached this level was Wusheng, who had not yet achieved the Supreme fruit.
Chen Fan thought for a moment and shook his head: "Don't be reckless. First, investigate how many humans are imprisoned around Al Peak."
If there were none, wouldn't their efforts be in vain?
"I'll go."
Fire Demon stepped forward voluntarily.
She was not yet a Supreme, but she was close.
As an ancient demonic beast, she was the most suitable.
"Go."
Chen Fan agreed.
Fire Demon immediately transformed into her true form, her aura not concealed, and swiftly flew towards Al Peak.
"City Lord..."
Tuomi behind him was worried: "Fire Demon is a demonic beast, what if..."
Chen Fan knew what he was going to say and shook his head: "It's fine, I trust Fire Demon."
Although they were both ancient demonic beasts, there were differences.
Fire Demon had shown before that she wanted to find her own kind.
But after she was almost devoured by her own kind, Fire Demon no longer had any desire to find her kin.
Fire Demon was not cruel; she preferred peace.
If she could live like this forever, it would be quite good.
But now... there was no choice.
The desolate world had appeared and overlapped with the main world.
She had to make a choice, and this was the choice she had made.
She had chosen to stand on the side of humanity.
"Roar..."
In the direction where Fire Demon had departed, demonic beasts roared.
Some demonic beasts had discovered Fire Demon and seemed to be issuing a warning.
"Boom."
Immediately after, a fierce battle erupted.
"Do we want to go and see?" Old Devil Chu was a little worried.
"No need."
Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Chen Fan chose to believe Fire Demon.
The battle erupted quickly and ended just as quickly.
Everyone remained silent, waiting quietly.
...
A full half an hour passed.
"Roar."
Suddenly, a tiger's roar echoed through heaven and earth.
The tiger's roar was earth-shattering. The tiger at the summit, inhaling and exhaling clouds, suddenly moved.
The fierce tiger descended the mountain.
In the world, strong winds howled, kicking up countless stones.
The fierce tiger leaped through the air.
With a claw strike, space distorted...
On the ground, a hundred-zhang-sized tiger claw imprint was left on the earth.
"Boom."
Fire Demon transformed into her true form, a massive flame lizard, holding back the pressure of the tiger's claw.
Flames soared into the sky, and she rapidly fled towards Chen Fan and the others.
"Die."
The fierce tiger's speed was astonishing.
Heaven and earth seemed to appear in its mouth. As it opened its maw, a mass of wind gathered and fell upon Fire Demon.
"Ah..."
Fire Demon cried out in pain.
Her demonic beast body was cut with countless wounds.
She felt the crisis of life and death.
When faced with a choice, she decided to sever her tail to survive.
Ching.
At this moment, a dazzling sword light appeared.
Chen Fan made his move, his sword shattering the gale that had almost torn Fire Demon apart.
With a casual grab, he rescued the severely injured Fire Demon: "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
Fire Demon transformed back into human form, spitting blood: "There are people, many people under Al Mountain. I don't know the exact number, but they are densely packed and all imprisoned at the foot of Al Mountain. Just now, demonic beasts were eating people."
Chen Fan's expression turned grim. He told Fire Demon to recover from her injuries and pointed his sword at the fierce tiger: "You will die today."
"Blood food."
The fierce tiger spoke, its eyes filled with greed: "Supreme-level blood food. I haven't tasted it for a long time. Since you've delivered yourself, this Supreme will fulfill you."
Whoosh.
The wind howled.
The Supreme-level fierce tiger attacked Chen Fan of its own accord. The wind gathered and transformed into a wind claw, tearing towards Chen Fan.
The gale tore at Chen Fan's flesh, but it was blocked by the Golden Silk Cicada Robe.
"Kill."
With a sword, he tore through the gale.
Sword light crisscrossed, striking the fierce tiger.
Shriiiik~
The fierce tiger's flesh was directly torn open with a huge wound.
"What kind of weapon is this?" the fierce tiger exclaimed.
He had actually been injured by that sword.
What divine weapon could be so sharp?