Chapter 357: You are the mastermind who caused all of this!

It was unknown how much time had passed before Yingzhou finally arrived in front of that stone, his head buried very low, struggling to keep the tears in his eyes from falling.

"Little comrade, what is the matter with you? Why have you lost your vitality?"

Yingzhou did not dare to look up, standing in place like a child who had made a mistake.

"If there is something unpleasant, speak it out. Many hands make light work, and perhaps there will be a way, right?"

"No... nothing, it is just that I have failed your expectations."

Yingzhou spoke with difficulty, not daring to look up, his voice pitifully low.

"Little comrade, you have not failed anyone. To err is human; not everything goes smoothly, and not everything is absolute."

Listening to that reassuring voice, Yingzhou relaxed completely, and the discomfort that had appeared in his body gradually vanished.

He poured out the things he had encountered, and also spoke of the grievances that had been weighing on his heart.

Yingzhou said a great deal, and the person before him listened quietly, waiting until Yingzhou had finished speaking.

That reassuring voice appeared in Yingzhou's ears once again.

"Little comrade, you have already done very well. There is nothing that can be done perfectly. The fact that you have thought of those who are suffering means you have not failed my expectations.

Every step of progress is accompanied by sacrifice; one must only strive to do better and not let those sacrifices be in vain.

Do not forget your original intention, face setbacks bravely, and defeat them! Make yourself stronger! People learn lessons from setbacks time and time again, thereby making themselves even more powerful!"

Upon hearing these words, Yingzhou was visibly stunned; he slowly raised his head, saw the face he had not dared to dream of even in his dreams, and nodded forcefully as he said.

"Yes! I will strictly follow your teachings!"

Yingzhou felt a warm palm pat his shoulder, and a smile of relief appeared on his face.

"Walk forward, do not look back; the road is right beneath your feet."

As a gentle force pushed Yingzhou over, he still wanted to reach out to grab something, but in the end, he grabbed at empty air, only seeing that towering figure moving further and further away from him.

Ninth Defense Zone Outer City.

Vulkan and Dabeiwenqiao arrived before the Hell Gate, while more than 20 Mordian soldiers behind them fired continuously, eliminating the Demons flying out from the Hell Gate.

As for the Demons walking out of the Hell Gate, before they could even feel the fear from the Humans, they were severed by Dabeiwenqiao using the Heavenly Punishment Demon-Cleaving Halberd; those Demons with larger physiques were either smashed to pieces in the skull by Vulkan's fists, or used by Vulkan as weapons to be smashed back into the Hell Gate.

"Lord Vulkan, I need to use psychic power to close the gate opened by the Heretic."

After hearing Dabeiwenqiao's words, Vulkan nodded and replied.

"You focus on closing this gate with all your might, I will take care of these Demons!"

As he spoke, Vulkan's right hand quickly seized a Demon that wanted to ambush him; his black-gray arm exerted force suddenly, muscles bulging rapidly, and he crushed the Demon's neck, after which it turned into a wisp of Black Qi and vanished.

Dabeiwenqiao spoke no more, manipulating his psychic power to begin pouring it into this deep red gate.

Admittedly, destroying this gate would certainly be more efficient, but the collateral damage would be too great, and with Lord Vulkan here, he would absolutely not allow him to do so.

Furthermore, the Emperor had also said that one cannot resolve some matters using past methods; otherwise, at the very least, this entire city would have to be purged, or even...

Thinking of this, Dabeiwenqiao shook his head slightly, stopped thinking about it, and began to use his psychic power to forcibly close the Hell Gate.

The originally massive Hell Gate, under the impetus of Dabeiwenqiao's psychic power, began to close slowly, which also caused the Demons surging out to pour forth even more frantically.

Just at this moment, a low-flying Demon was grabbed by its tail by Vulkan; to Vulkan's surprise, this Demon actually spoke in human language.

"Where did you Humans come from? Do you not know that I..."

Before this Demon could finish speaking, it was used by Vulkan like a meteor hammer to smash the surging Demons back into the Hell Gate.

But this time, Vulkan did not fling the Demon in his hand away; his hands quickly snapped the Demon's wings and limbs, and the sound of shattering bones made this Demon speak in human language once again.

"Ah... ah! My wings! You Human, how can you have such power! It's you!"

This Demon looked at Vulkan in pain, a flash of surprise appearing in its scarlet eyes.

Seeing that this Demon seemed somewhat different from the others, Vulkan had the Mordian soldiers behind him restrain it.

"Restrain this Demon; it very likely has clues about this Demon attack! After Father returns, let Father make the decision!"

"Lord Vulkan, this is clearly a mutated Heretic; you should kill him directly!"

Dabeiwenqiao hurriedly reminded Vulkan after hearing him say this, and then added.

"Moreover, this Heretic might have been captured by us on purpose to distract our attention!"

Vulkan, whose blows were landing with every strike, continued to take the lives of the appearing Demons; after hearing Dabeiwenqiao's words, he also felt it made sense, and just as he was about to open his mouth to let the Mordian soldiers finish off this Demon, the Demon shouted loudly again.

"Don't! Don't kill me! I have clues regarding your father's older brother!"

This subdued Demon was none other than Pu Lie, who had flown out of the Hell Gate; at this moment, Pu Lie finally recalled the identity of this black-gray giant.

It seemed to be Yingzhou's son; how could his son's strength be so great!

Originally, after changing his body, he felt his strength had increased quite a bit, but he had not expected to encounter such a monster the moment he exited the Hell Gate.

Sure enough, upon hearing this sentence, Vulkan swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. Had his little sister's father not already died in battle? Could this Demon be lying? However, if his little sister's father were still alive, Grandmother would certainly be very happy.

Thinking of this, Vulkan asked Pu Lie while smashing the Demons surging out of the Hell Gate.

"Give me a reason to believe you."

"Your father is Yingzhou, and his older brother's name is Yingfang. Father died in an accident during production in his early years, and Mother..."

Pu Lie rambled on and on, causing a surge of anger to rise in Vulkan's heart. So his little sister had lost her father before she was even born, and Grandmother looked at that portrait with sorrow every time—all of this was caused by this guy who had defected to the Demons!

Vulkan could only vent his endless inner rage on the Demons surging out of the Hell Gate. Just then, a giant mace smashed out directly from the Hell Gate, slamming Vulkan down half a meter, and a large Demon twelve meters tall walked slowly out of the Hell Gate, roaring provocatively at Vulkan.

That deafening sound caused the ears of the surrounding fighting Mordian soldiers to bleed, but these Mordian soldiers did not cover their ears, continuing to fire at the Demons with iron-like discipline.

Just as this large Demon wanted to lift its mace, it felt a tremendous force pulling on its mace.