Chapter 323: Wolf Dominates Heaven

Three hundred kilometers to the east of Luolong County, a giant avian Demon Beast covered in fire-red feathers soared through the sky; the feathers on its head were golden, as if it were wearing a golden crown, and with a body length of twenty-five meters and a wingspan of eighty meters, it resembled a massive fighter jet.

This was a Level 4 Lower-Tier Demon Beast, the Golden-Crowned Falcon, possessing formidable combat power and, most importantly, incredible flight speed.

At this moment, the Golden-Crowned Falcon had broken the sound barrier, reaching an astonishing speed as it flew toward Luolong County.

On the back of the Golden-Crowned Falcon sat a great demon in black robes with the head of a wolf and the body of a human; he was none other than Lang Batian, who had rushed over from the front lines of Dongzhou City.

"Eh! Stop for a moment!" Lang Batian suddenly sensed the aura of several Level 4 Demon Beasts on the ground; logically, they should have been besieging Luolong County, so why were they here?

The Golden-Crowned Falcon descended slowly, and Hu Dameng and the other two Level 4 Demon Beasts knelt respectfully on the ground, saying, "Welcome, Lord Lang."

"Where is Zhu Ganglie?" Lang Batian asked.

"He was killed by Meng Yifan," Hu Dameng said with an ugly expression.

"Trash! You have four Level 4 Demon Beasts and an army of over a hundred thousand, yet you still let Meng Yifan kill Zhu Ganglie? Are you all a bunch of useless fools?" Lang Batian cursed.

The battle at Dongzhou City was deadlocked, with the high-end combat power of humans and the Demon Race being nearly evenly matched; if not for the fact that Lang Jiao had been captured by humans, Lang Batian would never have left the front lines for Luolong County at such a critical moment.

Because the humans and the Demon Race were evenly matched at Dongzhou City and stuck in a stalemate, Lang Batian's departure significantly weakened the strength of the Demon Race army.

If the human Immortal Cultivators noticed the anomaly and seized the opportunity to force a decisive battle, the Demon Race army might suffer a crushing defeat.

Therefore, Lang Batian's plan for rescuing Lang Jiao this time was to act quickly and decisively; once she was saved, he had to hurry back to the front lines of Dongzhou City.

"Lord Lang, has Meng Yifan broken through to become a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator?" Hu Dameng did not mention that Meng Yifan was still a Fourth-grade Immortal Cultivator when he killed Zhu Ganglie, as that would make his group of demons seem too incompetent.

"What was that? Are you sure?" Lang Batian was shocked; the intelligence he received before coming was that Meng Yifan was merely a Fourth-grade Immortal Cultivator, and Lang Batian had assumed that rescuing his daughter would be an easy task.

Even if Lang Jiao had been forced to recognize Meng Yifan as her master, Lang Batian had ways to make Meng Yifan voluntarily dissolve the master-servant contract, but now that he suddenly heard Meng Yifan had advanced to a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator, things would be difficult.

"It is absolutely true." Hu Dameng nodded; the sight of Meng Yifan devouring Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was spectacular, with a massive funnel of Spirit Qi connecting heaven and earth, which all hundred thousand of the Demon Race army outside the city had seen.

It was precisely because they discovered Meng Yifan had broken through to a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator that their hundred-thousand-strong Demon Race army had fled in such a sorry state.

Zhu Meimei and She Qingqing also chimed in: "Lord Lang, Meng Yifan really has broken through to a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator."

Lang Batian frowned; he was currently a Fifth Grade Low Stage Demon Beast, but having been at this stage for thirteen years, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Fifth Grade Low Stage, and his true combat power was comparable to a Level 5 Middle Grade Demon Beast.

Even if Meng Yifan had recently broken through to a Fifth-grade Lower-tier Immortal Cultivator, Lang Batian was confident that his own combat power was definitely stronger than Meng Yifan's.

However, since both sides were Fifth-grade powerhouses, it seemed unrealistic for Lang Batian to crush and suppress Meng Yifan with ease.

Especially since Meng Yifan held Lang Jiao's life in his hands; if Meng Yifan used her life to threaten him, Lang Batian would be tied down, which would be hard to deal with.

"Give me a briefing on Meng Yifan," Lang Batian said.

"According to intelligence, Meng Yifan used to live in a small mountain village called Qinghe Village, which was just a very ordinary small village where the villagers mainly relied on hunting; later, the Third Grade Middle Rank Flying Tiger Demon 'Hu Dali' used a mist array to seal the village, and all the humans in the village became food for the Demon Race, with more than half being eaten," Hu Dameng said.

"Wait, you said a Third Grade Demon Beast besieged Qinghe Village and ate many villagers? What about Meng Yifan? Did he not come out to stop it?" Lang Batian asked.

"According to intelligence, Meng Yifan was just an ordinary person at that time, living with his father Meng Dayong, and was completely powerless to resist." Speaking of this, Hu Dameng was also puzzled; he even suspected whether this intelligence was wrong.

It had only been two or three months since Hu Dali besieged Qinghe Village; how could Meng Yifan have transformed from an ordinary person into a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator? It was simply too incredible.

Lang Batian frowned, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and said, "Continue."

Hu Dameng nodded and said, "The father and son of the Meng family resisted the beasts that entered the village to feed, and then Hu Dali led the Demon Race to suppress them, but Meng Yifan used some firearms to kill Hu Dali."

"Then, Meng Yifan brought the hunters from Qinghe Village into Luolong County, and not long after, he clashed with the County Magistrate, killed the official, rebelled, and occupied Luolong County."

"Later, Dongchuan Prefecture sent the Divine Machine Battalion to wipe out Meng Yifan and his rebels, but they were instead completely annihilated by Meng Yifan."

"After that, it was Commander Lang Jiao who led a Demon Race army to attack Luolong County; it was in that battle that Commander Lang Jiao was captured alive by Meng Yifan and forced to become his servant."

"Finally, I led over a hundred thousand Demon Race troops to rescue Commander Lang Jiao, only to find that Meng Yifan was very powerful, insidious, and cunning, not playing by the rules; we were beaten back step by step, and Commander Zhu Ganglie was also killed by him."

Hu Dameng briefly recounted the gathered intelligence to Lang Batian.

Before coming, Lang Batian hadn't taken Meng Yifan seriously at all and naturally hadn't bothered to learn about him; now, listening to Hu Dameng's explanation, Lang Batian became more and more confused.

According to Hu Dameng, when Meng Yifan first blew up the Third Grade Demon Beast Hu Dali, he had relied on the sharpness of his firearms to barely kill him.

But how much time had passed since then? For Meng Yifan to have become a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator—how was this possible?

Lang Batian pondered for a moment and thought of a possibility: for Meng Yifan's strength to have increased so rapidly, it was very likely that he was the reincarnation of some great being.

When Hu Dali besieged Qinghe Village, Meng Yifan must have awakened the memories of his past life, which was why his strength could advance by leaps and bounds and easily reach the realm of a Fifth-grade Immortal Cultivator.