Chapter 2494: Ah, Mother Sovereign!

The continuous earthquakes had finally ceased, and the entire Yujing City seemed to have entered a state of dormancy under the moonlight.

Occasionally, a building would collapse with a clatter.

But everyone understood that this brief tranquility was merely the calm before a more violent storm.

At this moment, the one-eyed giant king Gang, who had just shaken off his pursuers, met with the other two demon kings and received a report from his subordinates: "The Stone Heart Earth Fire has gone out, extinguished, no longer surging!"

For thousands of years, the Stone Heart Earth Fire beneath the deep cavern had continuously surged and erupted, providing energy for the operation of Yujing City, never once falling silent.

It was the heartfire of the Earth Mother, and its cessation meant……

The demons erupted in alarm, all panicked and flustered.

Those immortals were not lying—the Earth Mother is dead!

Even the highest ruler of this city has been captured by them; what meaning remains for them staying in Yujing City, waiting to be settled by the Lingshan?

Most importantly, even several high-ranking generals have received no orders from the Earth Mother.

The immortals of Lingshan are slaughtering indiscriminately, and that ill-intentioned little stone figure, which has been constantly surveilling the entire city, has yet to appear.

All signs indicate that Yujing City is no longer a safe demon nest, and its strongest protector has already fallen.

As rainbow light danced in the sky toward this place, the Bear King scratched his head, turned around, and while howling, began to gather his troops.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter—each going their own way.

The Wolf King glanced at the One-Eyed Giant King, then turned and led his wolf pack and several hundred demons off in another direction.

He knew Yujing City had become a ruined city, but the warehouses still stored vast quantities of supplies!

Since the Earth Mother is dead, those xuan crystals, magical artifacts, and so on are now ownerless, rich treasures waiting to be claimed!

Coincidentally, the Wolf King knows exactly where they are stored—how convenient!

He has served the Earth Mother diligently for so many years; though he may have no merit, he has certainly endured hardship—shouldn't he claim his due reward before leaving?

So he led his men to ransack the storerooms.

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In the southern part of Yujing City, the Bear King led over a hundred demons in a hurried retreat, constantly evading pursuit by the immortals of Lingshan.

This magnificent city is now everywhere in ruins, which has ironically become excellent cover.

Four or five streaks of rainbow light skimmed low overhead, not circling here. After they passed, the Bear King emerged from hiding and said softly: "Alright, follow me!"

It wasn't that he couldn't defeat those few humans—he simply didn't want to quarrel further with them. Given the current situation, it's better not to entangle too much with the enemy.

Just a moment ago, they could roam freely in this city; now they must flee from the enemy—alas!

At that moment, not far away, a tower suddenly had several large stones fall with a clang, startling the demons.

A voice echoed in the Bear King's ear:

"Come into the tower."

This voice was extremely familiar; the Bear King startled and blurted out: "Ah, Mother Sovereign……"

Before he could utter the word "my lord," the voice harshly shushed him: "Don't make a sound—come into the tower yourself, without your subordinates."

"Oh, alright." Upon hearing this, the Bear King told his men to wait under the eaves, then climbed into the abandoned tower himself.

The tower was merely tilted, not collapsed, and from its top one could still gaze into the distance.

After climbing to the top, the Bear King saw a red figure standing by the round window, resembling a human.

More precisely, resembling a human spirit.

He scratched his head, looked left and right—no one else was there.

"It's me," the red figure spoke, and it was the Bear King's most familiar voice—the Mother Sovereign's.

"Mother Sovereign, my lord?!" the Bear King exclaimed, instinctively stepping forward two paces—resulting in the tower creaking, trembling slightly, as if unable to bear his weight.

He could only stop.

"You, you how……" He examined the figure from head to toe: "You are not the same as before!"

The Earth Mother he knew, the master he obeyed, wore a suit of hard stone armor, always composed and capable of anything in Yujing City.

How could it be this blurry red ghost before him?

"Are you injured? Do you need to rest?"

Shangguan Biao, burdened with worries, had no time to attend to his emotional outburst and directly asked: "How many subordinates do you still have?"

"Less than two hundred." The Bear King pointed outside the window: "Further ahead, I could still gather seventeen or eighteen more, but most have followed the Wolf King."

He added: "Should we call them back? I could hurry and still catch up with the Wolf King."

"Where did they go? Out of the city?"

"Um, I saw them heading toward the Bai Ta—it's not far from the city gate."

The Bear King answered, feeling something odd about it.

He thought carefully: of course, the Mother Sovereign used to know Yujing City like the back of her hand—every demon soldier's position was clear to her, better than anyone. But now, she had to ask him.

Bai Ta? Shangguan Biao secretly fumed.

Nearby is one of Yujing City's supply warehouses, stocked with many treasures. The Wolf King is likely trying to make one last big score before fleeing!

This damned thing. Once he regains his strength, he will surely find it and skin it alive!

"Never mind." Shangguan Biao remained outwardly calm: "You go to Duzhi Mountain."

"Huh? Duzhi Mountain?"

"Any problem?"

"No, no!" The Bear King scratched his ribs again: "It's just that there are many Lingshan people there, and we've fought them several times."

Previously, under the Earth Mother's command, the demon army of Yujing City had fought Lingshan in several battles, the fiercest being at the Changfeng Valley garrison and Duzhi Mountain.

Thanks to the Earth Mother's power, Lingshan suffered heavy losses, but the cultivators brought by the True Person of Si Hai were generally superior to the demon army, so the latter also suffered greatly—especially the One-Eyed Giant clan.

Right now the Earth Mother wants the Violent Bear King to head toward Tiger Mountain, and it's under a lot of psychological pressure.

"That was before!" Shangguan Biao gritted his teeth in frustration, "The attention of the Lingshan has long since shifted to the Heavenly Demon and the Panlong Secret Realm."

"Oh, that, that's good then." The Violent Bear King let out a sigh of relief, "So when I get to Duzhi Mountain, what am I supposed to do?"

"Kill people. And then, I want you to fetch something for me." Shangguan Biao also glanced out the window, "This number of people should be enough."

"Then let's go." The Violent Bear King turned and started walking down from the tower.

But after taking just two steps, it turned back and asked Shangguan Biao: "My lord Mother Sovereign, the battle just now was fierce, our weapons are mostly damaged, and we're also low on supplies."

It pulled out a pill: "This is the last wound medicine I have on me."

In the previous great battle, the Violent Bear King led his troops in combat and was the bravest among the three great demon kings. The Cyclops is lazy to work, the Wolf King also has some ulterior motives, but only the Violent Bear King says what he means and acts without hesitation, and Shangguan Biao is fully aware of all this.

Moreover, he still needs to rely on these demons to get things done, so it's indeed proper to equip them.

He pondered for a moment and then said: "On the way, we can stop at Xiao Zhaolin's wheat field—there should be plenty of supplies there."