Archean Eon Art Chapter 246 - 114 Seconds

Chapter 246 114 Seconds

20th September.

In a dilapidated county city in Hu State, several plumes of smoke rose into the sky. This county city only had a population of about 20,000 people, and they all hid in the underground tunnels as per normal protocol.

A cat demon wantonly ma.s.sacred humans.

About half a kilometer away from the cat demon monarch was a dilapidated restaurant. From afar, five demon monarchs watched the scene on the top floor.

“The cat demon is busy ma.s.sacring humans. A G.o.dfiend team will soon arrive. We will cast forbidden spells the moment we take action,” said the skinny leader in a deep voice.

“Archean Mountain’s G.o.dfiend teams are very powerful. They have excellent teamwork. Brother, isn’t the time limit of 150 seconds a little too short? Why don’t we increase it a little? How about 240 seconds?”

“That’s right. Once 150 seconds are up, we have to retreat. That’s too little time! Last time, we killed a G.o.dfiend. The remaining three G.o.dfiends were clearly much weaker. If we had spent another 30 seconds attacking them, we would have definitely wiped them out. However, you still want us to retreat after 150 seconds are up. We have been in the human world for more than a year, but we only managed to kill one Great Solar G.o.dfiend.”

“Fool! Brother is being careful. Only by being careful can we live long. Once a Marquis G.o.dfiend arrives, we won’t be able to escape,” retorted a demon monarch.

“In the human world, survival is of utmost importance,” said another demon monarch.

The skinny leader looked into the distance with his dark yellow eyes. He indifferently said, “You have to listen to my orders if you’re in my team. No matter how tempted you are, you have to retreat after 150 seconds are up. This is my rule.”

“They’re coming.”

“The G.o.dfiends are here.”

The five demon monarchs saw a huge bird flying over from afar. Four G.o.dfiends jumped down from the sky.

“It’s a Great Solar G.o.dfiend team. Attack,” ordered the skinny man.

In the human world, there were very few elite demon monarch teams. These elite demon monarch teams consisted of the 300 elite demon monarchs that Demon Sage Nine Abyss had personally received when they entered the human world. Over a hundred elite demon monarch teams were formed and scattered throughout the human world. There were only a few dozen elite demon monarch teams in each dynasty’s territory. Every elite demon monarch team was extremely cautious and wouldn’t take action easily.

If they saw a Marquis G.o.dfiend arrive, they would immediately burrow into the ground. Some demon monarchs were adept at escaping underground.

This five-man elite demon monarch team would only attack when a Great Solar G.o.dfiend team arrived.

Pfft.

The cat demon monarch fled in panic, but a sword beam killed it. The cat demon monarch was split in half, and the corpse fell into a ruined building.

At that moment, five figures suddenly attacked the G.o.dfiend team from hundreds of feet away. At the same time, red mist permeated a half-kilometer area and enveloped the four G.o.dfiends.

“Not good. Request for reinforcements.” The G.o.dfiend team was very experienced. They immediately requested for help. At the same time, they cast forbidden G.o.dfiend spells and resisted the attacks.

They did not seek success; they just hoped for n.o.body to make a mistake. Based on experience, Archean Mountain’s G.o.dfiend teams were generally weaker than elite demon monarch teams.

Although there was usually one person in a G.o.dfiend team that had the strength of a weak Marquis G.o.dfiend when they went all-out and the G.o.dfiends worked well together, the elite demon monarch teams were still stronger. In an elite demon monarch team, typically, two demon monarchs had the strength of a weak Marquis G.o.dfiend. Some also had strong divine powers.

“They will naturally retreat after we hold on for a bit longer.”

“If they don’t retreat, a Marquis G.o.dfiend will arrive.” The G.o.dfiend team was very confident in their chances of survival. They didn’t wish to kill their enemies; they just wanted to stall for time.

In a situation where the strength difference wasn’t too great, there was some hope of stalling for enough time.

“Kill!” The five demon monarchs went completely mad.

The leader, the skinny demon monarch, transformed into an illusory shadow as he attacked crazily and strangely. A bear demon monarch brandished his axe and cleaved down. The other three demon monarchs also executed various attacks.

“Ah, the leader of this elite demon monarch team is too fast. Its claws are too ruthless.” A dual-wielding G.o.dfiend resisted with great difficulty. A wound appeared on his arm. The robe bestowed by Archean Mountain had been torn. It showed how powerful the demon monarch’s claws were. “My right arm is injured. I can’t last much longer.”

“Leave the demon monarch leader to me. Junior Brother Lu, hold back the other two demon monarchs.” said an elderly G.o.dfiend —that held a s.h.i.+eld and a battle saber.

Time pa.s.sed as the four G.o.dfiends supported each other.

Thirty seconds, sixty seconds, ninety seconds…

“Ugh.” The G.o.dfiend—who had been injured earlier-saw his arm flying. This caused the expressions of the other three G.o.dfiends to change drastically.

“Junior Brother Lu!”

“Senior Brother Lu!”

“Kill them within 150 seconds.” The five demon monarchs were overjoyed. As long as one G.o.dfiend lost their peak combat strength, they would be able to kill the other three G.o.dfiends.

Huh? The five demon monarchs suddenly sensed something. They looked over and saw a blurry lightning-clad figure appear. The figure stood on a dilapidated street in the county city. Before they could even make out the blurry figure’s appearance, they saw a billowing black baneful aura transform into five black serpents that coiled around the five of them. Two demon monarchs froze to death on the spot. The remaining three were greatly weakened by the baneful aura and the Darkstar domain. The three remaining demon monarchs—who barely survived-felt suffocated.

Not good. It’s only been 114 seconds. How did a Marquis G.o.dfiend arrive so quickly? The two weaker demon monarchs died on the spot in despair as a saber beam pierced their heads.

The demon monarch leader escaped quickly as he despaired. The closest prefecture city is 390 kilometers away. A Marquis G.o.dfiend usually takes 300 seconds to arrive. It’s only been 114 seconds. How did a Marquis G.o.dfiend arrive so quickly? Could he be guarding this prefecture? If he was guarding this prefecture, why would a G.o.dfiend team be sent to rescue this county city instead of a Marquis G.o.dfiend?

The skinny demon monarch didn’t understand why a Marquis G.o.dfiend had arrived so quickly.

Humans had lacking manpower. G.o.dfiend teams were usually responsible for patrolling two or three prefectures. Marquis G.o.dfiends typically guarded two to three prefectures and were also responsible for rescuing any G.o.dfiend team nearby.

If this prefecture was guarded by this Marquis G.o.dfiend—who had rescued the G.o.dfiend team—then the G.o.dfiend team wouldn’t have even been sent over in the first place.

Pfft.

A saber beam penetrated the demon monarch’s glabella. His body withered before turning into dust and scattering. Only then did Meng Chuan walk to the other four demon monarchs’ corpses. He slashed each of them and let Demon Slayer absorb two demon monarchs’ blood.

“Uncle-Master Meng.” The four Great Solar G.o.dfiends were overjoyed when they saw Meng Chuan. Marquis Eastcalm, Meng Chuan! He was the fastest in the world! Who didn’t know that?

Meng Chuan smiled at them and saw the G.o.dfiend missing an arm. He couldn’t help but say, “Quickly go to Archean Mountain and treat your injuries.”

“Haha, it’s just a minor injury. It’s all thanks to Uncle-Master Meng this time. If not, we would be in big trouble.”

“Uncle-Master Meng’s speed is indeed unparalleled. You arrived in less than 150 seconds.”

They were overjoyed and shocked. Meng Chuan had taken only 114 seconds-a very short amount of time—to travel 1720 kilometers!

Five minutes was 300 seconds. Most Marquis G.o.dfiends would only travel slightly over 50 kilometers in 114 seconds. It was equivalent to traveling from Jiang State Capital’s southern city wall to its northern city wall. Since their speed only amounted to that, most Marquis G.o.dfiends were unable to rescue G.o.dfiend teams in time.Therefore, this elite demon monarch team had chosen to retreat after 150 seconds. They were already extremely cautious compared to other elite demon monarch teams.

Unfortunately, Meng Chuan was now responsible for rescuing G.o.dfiend teams in six different states! Meng chuan was much faster than even Regis G.o.dfiends!

Meng Chuan’s speed made the demon monarchs in the six states very uncomfortable. They only fought G.o.dfiends for a short while before Meng Chuan arrived.

Meng Chuan’s constant speedy rescues and demon monarch ma.s.sacres caused the demons to feel pained by such losses.

Two months later, the demons’ upper echelons gave an order to all elite demon monarch teams that were suspected to be within the six states Meng Chuan governed. “When attacking G.o.dfiend teams, one had to retreat after 60 seconds are up.”

Sixty seconds? What could they do in 60 seconds? It wasn’t even enough time to destroy a city. A third Firmament demon monarch could only run a dozen or so kilometers in 60 seconds.

If Meng Chuan was within 500 kilometers of an attacked city, he would arrive at an attacked city within 60 seconds.

Therefore, some elite demon monarch teams decided to distance themselves from Meng Chuan’s suspected rescue range. They had to do this because they were too easily caught. Meng Chuan was simply too fast.