Chapter 53: The Monsters
At night, the tent was quiet, everything was still, only the faint crackling sound of burning firewood.
Clang——!
Emperor Dayue woke up from his dream and reached out to pull out the jade-inlaid sword beside him.
The majestic emperor was gasping for air, his clothes soaked with sweat.
He dreamed that his people were crying and bleeding.
His people were covered in wounds, their figures looked extremely illusory, they cried bitterly towards him, but they were getting further and further away.
Emperor Dayue's heart was pounding. He held the sword in his hand, put on the dragon robe, and walked straight out of the tent.
There was an intuition in his heart warning him that something had happened!
Emperor Dayue looked around vigilantly. He stood in the night, tall and straight, majestic and powerful.
Wisps of thin smoke lingered in the camp. Due to the huge area of the camp, the smoke spread quietly at this moment, as if covering the entire earth.
The attendants were standing around, nodding their heads drowsily, as if they were half asleep and half awake, in a strange state.
Emperor Dayue was a true emperor on earth. He raised his thick eyebrows and shouted loudly, with a roar like thunder!
"Who are these evil spirits that dare to cause chaos?"
His deep voice vibrated in all directions, causing echoes.
The attendants woke up from their strange state and were immediately shocked. They quickly took up their spears and put on their armor, forming a group to protect Emperor Dayue in the middle.
Many generals and ministers were also awakened, and immediately drew their swords and rushed towards the guards of Emperor Dayue.
Many civil officials with weaker bodies were unable to wake up immediately and were still in a daze, as if half asleep and half awake.
"Everyone, disperse and bring your men to protect the people!"
Emperor Dayue ordered the generals who came to escort him to leave, and was worried about the safety of the people.
The people in the dream were crying miserably, there must be a reason!
The generals were full of energy and had experienced countless life and death situations on the battlefield. They knew that it was demons that were invading, but they were not afraid of the demons' anger.
"Wow! Someone, come! Follow me to patrol the camp, kill the demons, and protect the people!"
The sturdy general with leopard eyes and a beard let out a long roar and hurriedly led his troops away.
Many generals woke up their soldiers and dispersed in all directions to check on the situation of the people.
Emperor Dayue exclaimed: "Physiognomist!"
In the surrounding tents, the ministers of Bu Xiang's court trembled their fingers, but they could not wake up.
"Master! I am calling you!"
Emperor Dayue pointed his sword at the light smoke, his figure held high, looking elegant and dignified.
The dragon robe fluttered in the wind, as if there was a surge of energy.
The drowsy Minister Bu suddenly opened his eyes, and cold sweat flowed down his forehead!
"His Majesty!"
Minister Bu Xiang walked out of the tent and hurried to the presence of Emperor Dayue.
"Someone is using a magic trick to confuse the gods!"
Minister Bu pinched his fingers, looking a little flustered.
He is just a weak mortal, and he would still be afraid if he really encountered such a thing.
Emperor Dayue pointed outside the tent and said, "Go find the mountain god Li Yuan and Master Zhang!"
Minister Bu wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Lord Mountain God has gone to ask the nearby evil gods for food!"
"Why don't you go and ask Master Zhang for help?!"
Emperor Dayue glared at him, and Minister Bu hurriedly left with his soldiers.
The fastest way is to send the Minister of Divination to look for the person. This fellow is well versed in physiognomy and fortune-telling, and can find the target quickly from the chaos.
At this time, there were not many soldiers around Emperor Dayue.
But he was not afraid at all. Instead, he picked up his sword and walked towards the people's tents.
He wanted to see where the evil demons and monsters came from that dared to hurt his people!
Emperor Dayue walked with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and soon he saw a place with thick strange smoke.
A long and narrow black shadow pounced into the tent, with half of its body exposed outside, and its hind legs were pointed and thin, like the claws of an animal.
The front half of the black shadow was hidden in the tent, twitching from time to time, as if tearing something, splashing a hint of blood.
Emperor Dayue's eyes are about to burst!
"cut!"
He swung the sword in his hand and slashed at the black shadow in the waist!
The sword made a crisp sound, like lightning, and cut the black shadow into two pieces in one go!
The black shadow wailed miserably, turned into black smoke and disappeared in an instant!
Emperor Dayue rushed into the tent quickly, and what he saw made him furious!
In the tent, several corpses were piled together, their faces had been eaten beyond recognition and their limbs were incomplete.
Emperor Dayue walked out of the tent slowly, his face looking frighteningly gloomy.
Angry shouts of generals were heard in the distance, and it was obvious that they had discovered the traces of monsters and evil spirits.
Emperor Dayue looked up at the sky:
"Is it so difficult for me, the people of Dayue?!"
This mighty and majestic emperor seemed to be questioning the heavens, his eyes full of anger.
Zhang Tiansheng appeared in white clothes at some point in time.
"Heaven is fair and never acts deliberately."
Zhang Tiansheng exudes a clear glow all over his body, like a god walking on earth, with an extraordinary temperament.
Emperor Dayue's eyes turned red, and he continued to patrol the surroundings with his sword in hand.
He was surrounded by dragon energy, mighty and domineering, and he killed demons with the sword in his hand as if he were chopping melons and vegetables.
"Then why are the people of Dayue being plotted against by the gods and attacked by demons?"
"Are we mortals destined to be the minced meat on other people's plates?!"
Emperor Dayue was filled with murderous aura, and in a trance, a dragon shadow seemed to be flying between heaven and earth.
This is a human emperor who is favored by fortune. Facing demons, he is unstoppable as if he has divine help.
Of course, these monsters are just insignificant little goblins, otherwise they would not be so easy to deal with.
Zhang Tiansheng walked leisurely, neither hurried nor slow.
Wherever his eyes go, demons are annihilated and evil things are destroyed.
He calculated with his fingers and found out that this was the calamity that befell the people of Dayue.
It seemed like a cruel baptism, but also like it was strengthening something for the people.
"The way of heaven is fair, but the way of all living things is that the strong prey on the weak."
"With millions of mortals gathered in your Great Yue country, how dare the demons invade? They just saw that the people were weak and took advantage of the situation."
"If you are strong, not only demons but also gods and immortals will not dare to bully you!"
Emperor Dayue closed his eyes and trembled, becoming silent. He waved the sword in his hand repeatedly, and the sword light flashed like a curtain of light.
At this time, Li Yuan flew back from afar.
He also used the Heavenly Prayer Order to ask the local mountain god for a large amount of food for the subsequent consumption of mortals.
But as soon as he came back, he smelled a strong evil scent.
Li Yuan frowned and transformed himself into a cloud giant that was a hundred meters tall. Standing under the bright moon, he gave off a strong sense of oppression.
"All evil demons, retreat immediately! Otherwise, this mountain god will take action and swear to kill you all!"
The mountain god’s image slowly opened his mouth, his voice as loud as a bell, awakening the deaf.
Thousands of sharp and shrill roars were heard in the camp, and countless black shadows fled from the large number of mortal tents.
Emperor Dayue's eyes were red:
"Soldier Dayue, kill all these evil demons!"
Many soldiers shouted loudly, their fighting spirit was raging, their blood and energy rushed into the sky, forcing these little goblins and monsters to flee instantly.
However, hundreds of thousands of sick and weak people have been devoured by these monsters and demons, and the land has been stained with blood.
Emperor Dayue seemed a little tired. He stood with his sword in hand, his tall figure like a thick city wall.
The evil spirits retreated, the confusing fog dissipated, and many people slowly woke up from their slumber.
Suddenly, all the people wept.
How many friends and relatives who had managed to survive the famine died at the hands of evil spirits.
The mother hugged the broken body of her child and cried bitterly; the middle-aged man trembled and bowed to the white-haired head on the ground...
It was a big dream without any consciousness, and this dream was also very painful.
The people cried, but no matter how heart-wrenchingly they cried, the cold body could not regain any warmth.
When the crying gradually died down, they began to sadly pick up the remains of their dead relatives and friends.
They dug up the soil with trembling hands and cracked skin, and buried the bloody corpses in the yellow mud along with their tears.
These people endured famine and forced themselves to accept the cruel fact of being persecuted by the gods. Now facing the attacks of demons, they can only endure silently...
Many people are reaching their limits, both physically and mentally.
Li Yuan transformed himself from the giant cloud and mist, stood on the loess, and sighed in silence.
The hemp rope is specially cut at the thinnest point.
Suffering is like this, the more difficult it is to endure, the more violent it becomes.
But people always have to keep going, for themselves and for those who are unable to continue walking side by side.
Li Yuan suddenly thought of a sentence from the original world:
Life is as bitter as a song.