When the morning sun shone down and white mist rose, there was not a single living enemy left in the Great Swamp.
Only God knew what kind of night it was, and what the unlucky Sunnis had experienced. In short, when the sun rose, what appeared in front of the animals was a sumptuous feast. Blood and corpses would be the fattest Taotie for the swamp crocodiles. Those impatient vultures didn't wait for Heaven's Wings to leave and circled in the sky.
Xia Geng fulfilled his promise. More than ten thousand enemies who were preparing to attack White Stone City did not survive. These barbarians, who were known as the survival experts of the Great Swamp, were first destroyed by Skywing's mercury-like attacks, then pulled out from the depths of the Great Swamp and executed with their heads cut off.
On this night, Xia Fan displayed an amazing ability to search. His sense of smell was so sharp that even if the enemy hid in the water, they could not escape from Xia Fan's pursuit. The Skywing wolves began to wonder if Xia Fan's strange superpower would bring new changes to the tribe.
Thinking back to when Xia Fan's father, Xia Fei, returned to Skywing and brought with him the lone wolf strategy, which eventually became Skywing's weapon of slaughter. Xia Fan's sense of smell was also unique. Perhaps in the future, he would be as successful as his father.
"Killed … killed them all!"
Warrior Armstrong's eyes widened as he looked at the blood and guts flowing in the Great Swamp under the light of dawn. The number and quality of the barbaric Sunnis were second to none on this continent. The surrounding kingdoms were afraid of them, but they could do nothing about them.
However, comparing the Sunnis to Skywing, it was not hard to see who was the real barbaric. The furious Skywing was a hundred times more barbaric than the Sunnis of the Great Swamp! They were simply a group of devils!
In one night, there were no more Sunnis in the world. According to Xia Geng, they would go to the Sunnis' nest in the Great Swamp and kill the remaining old people and children to prevent future troubles.
Armstrong could not help but associate Skywing with terror. When he learned that these guys were only a scouting team of the Skywing clan, the balance in his heart completely collapsed.
"This is a group of powerful beings comparable to demon kings!" Armstrong exclaimed in his heart.
Xia Fan stood on high ground, facing the wind. He took three deep breaths and let the air of the Great Swamp fill his lungs.
"I'm sure there are no more enemies here, but that direction should lead to the Sunnis' nest," Xia Fan said.
"Thank you for your hard work."
He held Queen Meryl in one hand and Xia Di in the other. In just one night, he seemed to have changed completely. From an iron-blooded warrior, he became a loving father. Xia Fan had seen the couple whispering in each other's ears countless times. Queen Meryl's face was as red as a honey peach. She was extremely shy.
"This is too disgusting. I'm about to puke. Can you two not be so disgusting?"
Xia Yu sighed and complained with a frown. This old bachelor was very indignant about Xia Geng and Meryl's behavior. He felt that the two of them were deliberately showing off their affection in order to torment the large number of single dogs in the clan.
"What a happy family …"
Xia Fan muttered in his heart. In comparison, his parents were just a string of distant names. Xia Fan had never seen them since he was born. It was as if they were always busy and brushed past him.
He did not know when he could reunite with his family. There was also his brother and sister. It was said that they had already become indomitable warriors. No matter how famous Xia Fan was in Cangyue, he realized that his speed was nothing compared to his family's when he returned to Heaven's Wings. The only commendable thing was that Xia Fan's nose was more sensitive.
Xia Fei and Avril were probably the most responsible and irresponsible parents in the world. In order to find their son, they could break through the Gate of the Universe and sweep across the world. However, when they realized that there was a greater danger in the world, they quickly forgot about Xia Fan.
Xia Yu did not want to see Xia Geng and his wife flaunting their affection, so he brought a few brothers with him to sweep through the Sunnis' nest. The adult warriors had already been slaughtered by Heaven's Wings last night, and the rest were old, weak, and disabled. There would not be any obstacles, so they just had to eliminate them.
They went all the way to White Stone City at the foot of White Spirit Mountain. They followed the secret tunnel at the foot of the mountain and entered the city. They did not disturb the citizens, and the citizens did not know that they had just escaped a disaster.
If not for the sudden appearance of Xia Fan and his men, White Stone City would have fallen. The men would have been killed, and the women would have become the Sunnis' reproductive tools. In a place like the Lower Realm, talent determined everything. Although White Stone City was vast, there were only three hundred or so true warriors, which was on a completely different level compared to the Sunnis of the Great Swamp District.
As for the insignia on the arms of the warriors, it was proof of their talent. The people here were determined from the moment they were born that cultivation and hard work did not exist in the Lower Realm. Mortals without insignia, even if they worked hard all their lives, would still end up as farmers in the fields.
In the tallest castle, a banquet was being held. The laziness of Heaven's Wings shocked Armstrong once again. When these speed maniacs were idle, they were like a bunch of loose sand. He had thought that Xia Geng was the leader of this army, a noble like a king, until he saw Xia Geng being made drunk by his brothers. Then, everyone laughed and stripped Xia Geng naked, throwing him from the top of the tower into the pond in the back garden to feed the fish.
Armstrong came to a sudden realization. The Skywing Tribe actually didn't have a leader. Xia Geng's role was more like a battlefield commander. Only on the battlefield would his brothers obey his commands. When he wasn't fighting, Xia Geng was like everyone else, just an ordinary person.
Queen Meryl was surrounded by a familiar sense of happiness. In the eyes of the Heaven's Wings, she was never a queen. She was just Mei Mei. She could chat with everyone and drink to her heart's content.
This feeling of freedom was the reason why Meryl had been unable to make up her mind to go home all those years ago. It was only when she received a telepathic message from her father, who told her that he would soon die that she hardened her heart and left Xia Geng and her son.
After the fun, Tian's Wings' seriousness made Armstrong very uncomfortable. Just a few minutes ago, they were a group of debauchees who ate and drank to their heart's content. When they heard Xia Fan ask about the Lower Worlds, their expressions immediately became serious. They pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Their previous carefree attitude disappeared without a trace.
Xia Geng grabbed Mei Mei's hand, his eyes full of encouragement. "We're all brothers. There's no need to have any misgivings."
Mei Mei nodded. "My understanding of the situation is a bit different from yours. When my father was alive, he told me that the Lower Realm is actually a screening mechanism."
Screening mechanism?
This was an unexpected adjective. In the middle realm, Xia Fan had learned that the Lower Realm was hell. When experts died, their souls would be reborn in the Lower Realm. This was a world of fire and blood, filled with cruelty and torture. Why did Meryl say that falling into the eighteen levels of hell was a screening mechanism?
Meryl continued, "Because only the souls of experts can be reborn in the Lower Realm. There are countless people in the Great Thousand Worlds, but those who can be reborn after death are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. After being reborn in the Lower Realm, there is an even more cruel screening mechanism. The ancestors of the Sunnis and the citizens of White Stone City were once the most powerful existences in the Great Thousand Worlds, but after many rounds of survival of the fittest, their descendants became commoners and barbarians, no longer possessing any extraordinary abilities.
"At the same time, those who passed the test and successfully ascended to the top became kings or even demon kings. Like my father, he defeated countless powerful opponents and finally established his own kingdom.
"However, not long after my father's death, the kingdom was severely challenged. If I couldn't protect my father's foundation and White Stone City was destroyed, then my descendants and I would also sink, just like the commoners outside the city.
"Father said that this is the cruelest survival of the fittest. All the famous experts in the middle realms will be sent to the lower realms, and then a new test will begin. They will know how to pick out better genes and stronger warriors."
"My father also used an unpleasant term to describe the Three Realms and the transmigration of souls. He said that everything is like breeding. The people who feed the animals will select the strongest animals and breed better breeds. As for the animals that are eliminated, they will be killed and eaten …"
Meryl's words sent chills down everyone's spine. They couldn't help but think of their own experiences. Only the strongest warriors could rush out of the Gate of the Universe. This in itself was a survival of the fittest. Mortals without supernatural abilities would be imprisoned in their own universe, reproducing generation after generation. It really was like a huge ranch.
When Tian Yi rushed out of the Gate of the Universe and entered the Great Thousand Worlds, they faced the competition of experts from other universes. Those experts were also the top existences in their respective universes, and they also rushed out of the Gate of the Universe.
There was even the Demon Ant. He was like a wolf thrown into a flock of sheep. In order to escape, the sheep had to risk their lives, think of all kinds of countermeasures, and bring out their greatest potential.
Meryl frowned. Xia Geng's encouragement made her let go of her worries. She said bluntly, "They must be impatient. With the potential that Tian Yi has shown, he can definitely go to the Lower Realm after his death. However, that will take a very long time. At your level, you have already jumped out of the limit of life. You are immortal.
"The only way to come to the Lower Realm is if someone successfully challenges Tian Yi and kills all of you. However, that seems to be an impossible thing. I have been to the Great Thousand Worlds before. No one can kill Tian Yi there. You are the undefeated legends on the God's Path.
"Perhaps the people in the Lower Realm can't wait. They can't wait for an army stronger than Tian Yi to appear on the God's Path and then kill you. It seems that the Great Thousand Worlds will never have an existence stronger than Tian Yi.
"Thus, they opened a path for Heaven's Wings, bringing Xia Fei and all the warriors of the Heaven's Wings Clan into the Lower Realm. As for you lot, because you were part of a search party carrying out a mission outside, you were able to escape. Xia Fei came here, but all of you remained in the Middle Realm."
After saying her thoughts, Meryl finally sighed in relief. "This is my speculation. My father likes to study strange things, and others call him a madman. I am just following my father's train of thought to speculate why the main force of Tian Yi's army suddenly disappeared. It's very possible that what I said isn't the truth. You guys can just use it as a reference."
The hall was silent. Everyone was speechless. If Meryl's speculation was true, then was this world not a little too cruel?
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