Chapter 836 - The Enemies Arrived (2/2)

It was the sixth month Chen Fan had stayed in Old China Town.

He felt that the atmosphere in the city had become tense. Beams of light flashed in the sky from all directions and landed at the Ancestral Temple. Each of them made the temple s.h.i.+ne bright.

According to rumors…

All the Connate Overlords of the Chinese were there. That night, a thunderous bell toll came from the Ancestral Temple and the gates were opened. Elite soldiers of the highest order rushed out of the city on black horses.

“I heard that the Barbaric Dragons are at the border. The thirty two cities of the Chinese have sent out all of their troops under the command of the Ancestral Temple and they’re ready to fight,” Old Ding reported.

There were thirty two cities in the Yan State that belonged to the Chinese and there was a population of billions of people. Old China Town was the largest city among the others, but all of them were ruled by the Ancestral Temple.

“The Barbaric Dragons?”

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes.

In the last few months, he had been traveling between the states of the Beihan Region to look for spatial nodes and a place where thunderbolts gathered. He had become familiar with the things happening in the region. Other than mankind, there were many other aliens living in the Beihan Region. As their number, the most powerful were rightfully called the “Top Ten” and they were on an equal footing with the six Grotto-heavens and the eight superior families.

The Silver Spirits, where Gu Lingzi came from, was one of them.

Even though the Barbaric Dragons weren’t among the Top Ten, they were much more powerful than the Chinese. They had a population of over a billion members across three states and were protected by the Golden Core Barbaric Dragon G.o.d.

“The Barbaric Dragons have held a deep-rooted enmity towards the Chinese for a long time. They’ve always wanted to exterminate us,” Auntie Liu said anxiously.

The Chinese had a lot of enemies in the Yan State. The Northern Sea Water Feys were just small problems. Their biggest enemies were the Barbaric Dragons. They wouldn’t have survived until then if the Barbaric Dragons didn’t have as many enemies and if they didn’t have support.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have a Perfected Cultivator here. If not, the Barbaric Dragons would never dare to provoke us.” Uncle Zhang clenched his fists. “I wonder when Master Qin Luo can enter the Golden Core Level.”

Many neighbors were worried.

But Chen Fan didn’t care about it.

The war was far away from Chen Fan, but Xiao Mang came back less frequently than before, and she left in a hurry every time.

Chen Fan heard through the grapevine that Xiao Mang was being sent to the frontline to fight with those enemies and improve her skills. Every time she came back, she became calmer and colder than before. She barely smiled at others, mostly doing so when she was talking to Chen Fan.

“Brother, the white-bearded grandpas taught me a lot of things today.”

“Brother, Great Grandpa asked you to go to the Ancestral Temple and have a drink with him.”

“Brother…”

Xiao Mang only talked about happy things in front of Chen Fan. She didn’t want him to worry.

Only when she fell asleep on Chen Fan’s lap, she mumbled in her dreams, “Brother, the enemies broke through the Yuluo Gate today. Many monsters ran in and tons of people died. Most of them were brothers and sisters who practiced with me at the Ancestral Temple. They were really nice to me. They even gave me rice cakes sometimes, but they’re all dead…”

Chen Fan remained silent and stroked the girl’s face.

Immortal Cultivators were very compet.i.tive and they would kill countless people. He didn’t know if it had been the right decision to drag Xiao Mang into this. Sometimes, Chen Fan thought it might be better for Xiao Mang to stay out of the Immortal Cultivation world.

“I can’t believe I’d be so soft-hearted.”

Chen Fan shook his head with a smile.

Immortal Cultivation was an act that defied G.o.d’s will, but one would die after a century without cultivating. Xiao Mang would have chosen to cultivate as well if she had been given the chance.

The war continued. Millions of Chinese soldiers were fighting against the Barbaric Dragon warriors. There was news from time to time saying that the enemies had destroyed some cities, or that some Connate Cultivators had died, or about entire troops having been annihilated…

The situation wasn’t good for the Chinese. An endless amount of bad news arrived from the frontline and people in the entire Old China Town became more serious. A lot of Connate Overlords flew out of the Ancestral Temple to the frontline every day.

Qin Luo stayed at the border all the time.

That day.

While Chen Fan was cultivating, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked outside the window.

The sky outside Old China Town had been covered with black clouds. Looking closely, those weren’t clouds, but countless alien soldiers coming on top of their monsters. They were all two meters tall and had dragon horns on their heads. They were riding Horned Eagles and there seemed to be a hundred thousand of them.

Dozens of them were ten meters tall. Their bodies were covered in black scales and they had a pair of dragon horns. They were enveloped in black mist rife with earth-shattering energy; all of them were apparently Connate Overlords.

“Xie Changying, get your a** over here!” said their leader, who was thirty meters tall. Its voice shook the entire city and frightened all the citizens.

The Barbaric Dragons had arrived.