God of Pets

Chapter 644 The Storyteller
Taishan City.

Both the ten prefectures and the city lord's mansion were anxiously awaiting news from their scouts.

They were eager to know how the Ziyang Legion's battle in the Silent City was going.

However, none of the spies sent out in several batches returned with any news.

It wasn't until a blood-covered man collapsed in front of the Taishan City gate that the Ten Mansions learned that Mr. Xiao had returned, but he was already barely alive.

The officials in charge of the ten prefectures were restless and had no choice but to go to the city lord's mansion to inquire in person.

Mr. Xiao was still unconscious. It wasn't until they used every means possible to pull him back from the brink of death that they finally managed to get information about the Mute City from him.

But after listening to Mr. Xiao's fragmented account, they were all dumbfounded.

They suspected that Mr. Xiao was not a spy, but a storyteller.

What about sending the Night King flying into the sky with a single palm strike? What about wiping out ten thousand demon soldiers with a single palm strike? What about killing several demon generals with a single slap? What about splitting a giant mountain thousands of meters high with an axe, creating a great canyon?

They suspected that Mr. Xiao was not referring to the battle report from the City of Mute, but rather telling a story about someone swatting flies.

No, swatting flies isn't that simple. Only someone of the Night King's caliber or a Demon General qualifies as the fly Mr. Xiao is talking about.

Those 200,000 demon soldiers were like a bunch of ant eggs, easily crushed with a single stomp.

In short, according to Mr. Xiao, Zi Donglai, in his supreme giant form, swatted the Night King as easily as swatting ants, killed 200,000 demon soldiers with a mere flick of his wrist, and even cleaved a mountain in two, creating a great canyon.

The final blow annihilated the remaining demons who tried to escape, and even the scouts who were watching from a distance were affected.

The other scouts were caught in the terrifying energy wave and were instantly killed. Mr. Xiao tried his best, but he was still almost killed by the aftershocks of that palm strike.

They were well aware of Mr. Xiao's strength. If even Mr. Xiao was injured by the aftershocks and was left with only half a life, the other reconnaissance soldiers would have no chance of surviving.

"That gigantification ability of Zi Donglai... can be used continuously..." Everyone felt it was hard to accept, and was even stunned.

Such terrifying power could never be possessed by a human cultivator from a grotto-heaven realm. Their previous guess that it was a secret treasure from Zi Donglai or a one-time life-saving method given to him by the Devouring Spirit God was already an outrageous guess.

But now it seems that's not the case.

Zi Donglai is not only able to maintain his gigantic state, but he can also use terrifying Yuan Qi secret techniques while in his gigantic state.

Such an existence is practically a bug in the cave.

The officials in charge of the ten prefectures found it hard to believe what Mr. Xiao said; it simply didn't make sense.

They immediately sent their trusted confidants to the City of the Mute to investigate.

Moreover, this time, the trusted confidants they sent out were all highly capable individuals like Mr. Xiao, not ordinary scouts.

When those people sent back the message, everyone in the ten prefectures was dumbfounded.

The siege of the Silent City was truly lifted, the Ziyang Legion suffered no casualties, and the demon army had vanished without a trace.

The mountain that was split in two stood there, telling everyone of the boundless terror of that blow.

Everything indicated that Mr. Xiao was right; Zi Donglai had indeed defeated the demon army.

Moreover, information gleaned from the sidelines confirms that no demon soldiers escaped back to the Nine Demon City, and none of the demon generals who participated in the battle returned.

The news left the members of the ten major families dumbfounded.

"With the help of the Devouring Spirit God, Zi Donglai's cave is now invincible!"

"We must not make them our enemy!"

"What exactly is his relationship with the Devouring Spirit God?" These questions made the ten major families hesitant to act rashly, and they didn't even dare to send troops to reclaim the cities occupied by the demons, fearing that it would cause Zi Donglai to misunderstand and become hostile.

Although all the major families were very wary of Chen Guan, no one went to cause trouble for him. Instead, they all reported Zi Donglai's matter to the higher-ups of their families.

The leaders of the ten major families shared the same thought upon receiving the news: they could not afford to make enemies with Zi Donglai within the cave.

Fortunately, Zi Donglai was alone, and he was only fighting demons.

"He likes to fight demons, so let him fight them. With his men, even if he conquers them, there's no one to defend them. Sooner or later, they'll still come back to us." A high-ranking member of one of the ten great families said with a smile as he discussed with the person next to him.

Some people believe that Zi Donglai's good days are probably numbered.

If the Night King is not dead, he will most likely summon the newly appointed Great Demon King of the Demon King's Castle after returning to the Demon King's Castle.

Humans have already clashed with the newly crowned Demon King of the Demon King's City in other celestial realms. He is an incredibly terrifying being. When two tigers fight, one is bound to be injured.

It would be even better if Zi Donglai and the Demon King were to suffer heavy losses, or even if they both died.

The ten major families instructed the leaders of Taishan City to remain inactive and let Zi Donglai and the Ziyang Legion do their thing.

……

Although Chen Guan won a great victory in this battle, he did not gain as much benefit as before.

The reason for this is that there is no demon city here, only a settlement.

There probably aren't many good things in the camp, except for the secret treasures on the demons and some supplies.

Furthermore, Chen Guan also retrieved all the secret treasures from the demon generals.

Besides that, there's not much else to collect.

To Chen Guan's surprise, the paper doll, which was already at the fifth level and could no longer be summoned, actually leveled up again in this battle and broke through to the sixth level, reaching an astonishing level of 51.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing for Chen Guan.

It's a good thing that the paper doll can level up, and so quickly at that.

But this means that he will no longer be able to summon paper figures before he reaches the sixth level of consciousness.

"I used to think that the paper doll leveling up was too slow, but now it's too fast, which isn't good either." Chen Guan didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

Of course, Chen Guan couldn't just sit idly by. After incorporating the residents of the Mute City, he set off to leave immediately.

The City of the Mute was so destroyed that it was no longer suitable for human habitation, so Chen Guan took the opportunity to bring all the people of the City of the Mute into his own Ziyang City.

The residents of Dumb City were naturally overjoyed; joining a city like Ziyang City would ensure their future survival.

This is the best option for them, who have already suffered so much.

Otherwise, if they stay here without the city's protection, and don't know when the demons will come back, their situation will only become more tragic.

However, Chen Guan did not open the teleportation array for the time being, and did not allow any people from the Mute City to leave.

After the battle, Chen Guan received a letter from Mr. Xiao, which contained Mr. Xiao's plan and his request for Chen Guan's cooperation.

"There are still good people in this world." Chen Guan was naturally very willing to cooperate with Mr. Xiao. Although he was not afraid of the Gong family, it would be best if he could have more time to develop.

"With Mr. Xiao's help, those guys in Taishan City shouldn't dare to come out and take advantage of us. All the assets of Nine Demon City will be mine." Chen Guan led the soldiers and civilians of Ziyang City toward the demon city.

Even if there are no people to guard the city, he will still plunder all the good things in the city first.

(End of this chapter)