Capítulo 39: The Rise And Fall of One’s Nation Concerns Everyone

"The cities attacked by the demons have all turned into lands of death. Other than some escapees, the others were all brutally murdered by demons and devils," said Zhang Qichu.

Lin Feng's expression was gloomy. He gritted his teeth. "Those demons and devils are truly evil to the extreme. In the ancient war, humans didn't completely exterminate all the demons and devils. That could already be considered as us being merciful. Yet, the demons and devils still wish to cause trouble everywhere, killing the masses. They truly deserve death."

After a few moments, Lin Feng asked, "I wonder which powers these demons are from?"

Lin Feng was asking because he knew that the devilish powers and demonic powers were split into many branches.

The devil race was located in the wet and dark subterranean world.

While the demon race could be split into a total of hundred-and-eight demon habitats.

Some of the habitats were located elsewhere while a few were within the Skymartial Continent.

"I heard that this time around, the subordinates of the subterranean Blood Devil Emperor and the Blazing Flames Demon King have joined forces and been wreaking havoc in the Eastern Commandery Divine Province. Our True Martial Country is merely one of the countries that's affected. I heard quite a few countries around us have it even worse. The threat of the demons and devils in Supreme Mystic Country is so high that their national capital is directly in danger," answered Zhang Qichu.

"What does the academy intend to do now?" Lin Feng asked.

"The academy plans to obey the orders sent out by the royal clan of the True Martial Country. We will gather and organize our strength to encircle and annihilate the demons and devils in the True Martial Country. We will chase them all away, reverting the situation in True Martial Country to its ordinary state," Zhang Qichu spoke.

"The rise and fall of one's nation concerns everyone. I'm willing to wield my sword and allow it to drink the blood of all demons and devils." Lin Feng's gaze was cold.

"Junior brother, I have the same thoughts as well. I heard that this time around, the academy will give out rewards if we hunt the demons and devils. We will get points according to the rank of the enemies we slay!"

"An ordinary demon or devil is worth 1,000 points.

A ten-men commander-level demon or devil is worth 10,000 points.

A hundred-men commander-level demon or devil is worth 100,000 points.

A thousand-men commander-level demon or devil is worth 1 million points.

If we can kill a hundred-thousand-men commander-level demon or devil, we will gain 10 million contribution points!"

Students of the Jialan Academy could use contribution points to enter the cultivation pagoda for cultivation. Hence, after the Jialan Academy announced that there would be rewards of contribution point, a huge commotion occurred.

"The academy has truly gone all out in terms of the rewards." Lin Feng nodded.

Right now, Lin Feng was already completely impoverished. He might as well use this chance to hunt more demons and devils and gain a large number of contribution points so he could enter the cultivation pagoda for seclusion again in the future.

Zhang Qichu then spoke, "Junior brother, I will go and look for some fellow students. Let's go out on the hunt together, so we can better take care of each other if we run into any trouble."

"Sure." Lin Feng nodded.

The next day, Zhang Qichu brought five other students over.

These five were all from the Long River Branch Court and had very good relationships with Zhang Qichu. Because Lin Feng stayed together in the same location as Zhang Qichu, he was also very familiar with these people.

The handsome student in purple was Wang Xuanming.

The slightly chubby one was Zhang Muzhi.

The skinny one was Li Kun.

The one with the shortest stature had the nickname 'mouse', but his real name was Ouyang Li.

And the last one with the average build was Su Zimo.

They initially planned to head out to hunt the demons and devils. Now that they could travel together with Lin Feng, they were naturally extremely excited.

Today afternoon, Lin Feng and the others all rode upon a warhorse respectively and left the Jialan Academy.

…

In the Desolate Forest, a large group of warriors had stopped for a rest near a lake.

This lake was none other than the lake the winged snake resided in.

It was also the location where Lin Feng had killed the young master of the Skywolf Mercenary Group, Duanmu Feiyang.

However, the most attention-grabbing thing about this group of warriors was that they actually had a hundred cavalry troops among them.

The mounts of these troops weren't warhorses but were giant wolves instead.

These giant wolves were two meters long and roughly 1.5 meters tall. Their bodies were large and they seemed incomparably ferocious.

These were all sky wolves, a type of demonic wolf in the desolate regions.

The middle-aged man in the lead mounted on one of the largest demonic wolves. The wolf he was riding on was five meters long and three meters tall, brimming with a terrifying fierceness that towered up the sky.

This man was none other than the leader of the Skywolf Mercenary Group, Duanmu Tianlang.

Duanmu Tianlang had subdued a small group of demonic wolves and used the tamed wolves to form his mercenary group.

The fame of the Skywolf Mercenary Group also started to spread from then on.

"Feiyang died in this place?" Duanmu Tianlang coldly asked.

"Reporting to leader, the young leader indeed died here at this place," one of the mercenaries replied.

"Have you investigated the identity of the killer?" Duanmu Tianlang's eyes flashed with sinister killing intent.

"Reporting to leader, we have already found some clues. I beseech leader to give this subordinate some more time. I will definitely be able to find out who the killer is," the mercenary replied.

"Fine, make it quick. I don't care who that person is, this leader will definitely break his bones and turn him into ashes to avenge my son," roared Duanmu Tianlang as he waved the blood-colored long saber in his hand.

Swish~

The saber light glowed resplendently. A 3,000 meter tall mountain far away was actually sliced apart by Duanmu Tianlang's saber qi.

RUMBLE~

The mountain then collapsed.

…

"Chiak, chiak~"

In the forest, Lin Feng and the others were riding on warhorses and rapidly galloping forward.

They were rushing toward the battlefield at top speed.

Earlier, when they passed through a small town, they saw that it had already been turned into a sea of blood with corpses piling on top of each other like a mountain. Countless people had died miserably under the rampage of the demons and devils.

And right now, there were hundreds of mercenaries fighting the demons and devils.

"These people are from the Crazed Dragon Mercenary Group. I heard that their leader back then was a general in the army, but because he committed a great sin, he was almost killed. The emperor spared him from death due to his previous merit and stripped him of his rank. After that, that general formed this Crazed Dragon Mercenary Group. Usually, this mercenary group only acts for the sake of benefit, so I didn't expect them to take the risk to come out now and hunt these demons and devils," said Su Zimo in shock.

Zhang Qichu spoke, "After all, their leader was once a general. His heart definitely still lies with the country. Let us go over and help them kill the demons and devils."

Lin Feng nodded. "Let's go and kill these vile spawns."

The seven of them rode their warhorses and rushed toward the battlefield, clashing against the demons and devils. The majority of the demons and devils ended up being killed.

"Haha, so you guys are students from the Jialan Academy. You all have to be careful; it's not so easy to deal with these demons and devils!" A mercenary team leader called out.

"Don't worry, we will be careful," replied Lin Feng.

The seven of them were riding on warhorses, attacking the devils. Their impact force was extremely strong.

The demons and devils that rushed them were all slain in waves.

"ROAR!" A powerful devil glanced coldly at Lin Feng's group.

This devil leader waved its gigantic claws and a moment later, numerous asura devils with scales on their bodies began to rush over.

These asura devils had fangs and sharp claws. They directly came and slashed their claws out toward Lin Feng's group.

"Kill!"

Lin Feng and the others roared, clashing against tens of asura devils. But swiftly after, they became mired in a tough battle. The defenses of these asura devils were shocking, and it was extremely difficult to kill them.

Pu, pu, pu…

Numerous slashing sounds rang out. The warhorses of Lin Feng and the others were slashed or stabbed through, dying miserably under the sharp claws of the asura devils.

The tens of asura devils then surrounded Lin Feng and his group. Su Zimo and the others were all injured from their attacks.

Their faces turned pale. Now, they finally understood the strength of these demons and devils.

Although these vile spawns didn't know any martial skills, their bodies were strong and they possessed fast speed. In addition, they had the advantage in numbers; there were simply too many of them. Once the human cultivators were surrounded by these devils, they would fall into an exceedingly dangerous situation.

"Kill these humans and drain them of their fresh blood."

An asura devil roared. The other asura devils began to attack frenziedly, rushing over.

Zhang Qichu, Su Zimo, Wang Xuanming, and the other three all turned pale.

"These asura devils are extremely powerful. You guys retreat, let me handle them!" Lin Feng called out loudly.

All their expressions changed, but they rapidly retreated tens of meters away.

"Blazing Sun Rising Up The Sky!"

Lin Feng roared loudly, unleashing his Blazing Sun Sword Art to its limits. In an instant, a fiery divine sun slowly rose into the air.

Although the energy consumption rate of the Blazing Sun Sword Art was immense, its power was extremely terrifying.

As the sun rose, its piercing rays shot out.

"Argh, my eyes!" those asura devils involuntarily screamed in pain. The piercing rays made them unable to open their eyes.

"Pu~' A slashing sound echoed.

The rays faded, but right now, the asura devils had all fallen into the lake, dyeing it red with their blood. All of them had actually died.

"My heavens, junior brother Lin is actually so tyrannically strong? He killed tens of asura devils with a single sword strike!" Wang Xuanming, Su Zimo, Li Kun, and the others all had a stunned look on their faces as they gazed at Lin Feng.