Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 75: Dao San Qian arrived at the capital

Chapter 75: Dao San Qian arrived at the capital

Jun Wu Xiao tracked the traces left by the people on the road. It didn’t take long for him to finally see a group of soldiers. He quickly approached them.

The soldiers were extremely surprised to see him approaching at such a fast speed. Apart from Dao San Qian, this was the second person with such terrifying strength that they had encountered.

A soldier leading the group spoke:

"I wonder if you have come here for something?"

Jun Wu Xiao didn’t beat around the bush, he asked:

"Do you know an old man who has come here to help everyone fight against the monsters?"

The soldiers stared at him. He looked quite similar to Dao San Qian. He was also an old man but quite young when compared with age, and moreover, he was very fast. The soldier asked:

"You know him?"

Hearing this, Jun Wu Xiao understood that these people knew or at least had seen Dao San Qian. He nodded and said:

"Yes, do you know where he is now?"

The soldiers shook their heads. They really didn’t know much. They only knew that Dao San Qian had left a long time ago. The soldier said:

"We don’t know. After he finished killing the monsters here, he immediately left. He has been gone for a long time."

"Was he seriously injured?" Jun Wu Xiao continued to ask.

The soldier shook his head and said:

"If an ordinary person had those injuries, it could be considered serious, but we saw that he was still very strong. He didn’t look like he was in a weak state."

Jun Wu Xiao nodded. Hearing this, he couldn’t determine Dao San Qian’s exact location, but it wasn’t without information. He thought:

"It seems difficult to get his exact location. From what I have heard, after leaving this fortress, he is still in good condition, injured but not severely. If he goes, where will he go? I don’t know, so let’s just go straight to the capital city, and on the way, eliminate the monsters in the places we pass. If we meet him along the way, it’s good. If not, I will continue to find him later."

"Thank you all for providing information." Jun Wu Xiao said gratefully before immediately leaving.

By the time the soldiers had not had a chance to say anything more, his figure had gradually disappeared from their sight. Several soldiers looked at each other bewilderedly, and one of them spoke up:

"Are there really so many gods in this world? I know we worship many gods, but that’s just a matter of faith. I’ve never seen one."

"If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"Let’s forget about it. This is not something we can get involved in. What we need to do is quickly help the people stabilize their lives."

"That’s right, let’s get to work quickly."

.....

Jun Wu Xiao was now both traveling and hunting monsters. Although Dao San Qian had probably passed through these places, it did not mean that there were no monsters from elsewhere continuing to come. Because of this, Jun Wu Xiao’s speed was significantly reduced.

Sometime later, Dao San Qian had also arrived at the capital. At this point, he had many wounds on his body, but fortunately, there were no life-threatening injuries.

Looking at the capital now compared to the one in his memory was truly like night and day. Although the capital had been devastated, he could see that its scale was much larger than before.

Suddenly, his intuition felt an extremely dangerous sensation. He immediately jumped to a high place to observe the situation. Looking towards the direction of the giant monsters, a drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead.

But he immediately regained his composure. He could see three people moving around the monsters. He said:

"Damn it. They must be in danger. I have to go help them quickly."

He immediately ran straight toward the monsters. Chu Wu, seeing him arrive, felt a bit more optimistic, but only slightly. He knew that even with Jun Wu Xiao and Yue Guang here, they could not defeat that terrifying monster, let alone just Dao San Qian alone.

Chu Wu suddenly saw Dao San Qian carrying more than a dozen barrels of explosives. He shouted:

"You take all the explosives over there and quickly go with Zhu Ji Feng to gather more explosives. Leave it to us to buy time here."

Dao San Qian didn’t say anything, but he saw that the way the three of them fought could indeed buy time. However, he noticed that Sheng Yuan was more seriously injured than the other two.

He threw the explosives on the spot and ran to Sheng Yuan, kicking away a nine-meter-tall monster approaching her. He said:

"Switch."

Sheng Yuan not crazy enough to stay and argue with him, immediately ran out of the battlefield. The monsters were also attracted to the stronger target, so they focused on Dao San Qian now.

Only one of the nine-meter-tall monsters had been killed from the moment they started buying time. Now all the monsters were in one place, and they had to hold the monsters so they couldn’t escape. Therefore, it was difficult to kill them one by one.

"We’re just stalling, don’t fight." Chu Wu said.

He didn’t have the breath to say much more. Now he had to constantly dodge the monster’s attacks.

Dao San Qian nodded. He was obviously not stupid. If there were only eight nine-meter-tall monsters here, he would risk it, but now, risking his life would not have much meaning.

They continued to hold off the monsters for a few more days. By now, Sheng Yuan and Zhu Ji Feng had also gathered a large pile of explosives. These explosives were all that could get right now.

They continued to hold off the monsters for a few more days. By now, Sheng Yuan and Zhu Ji Feng had also gathered a large pile of explosives with thousands of barrels. These explosives were all that could get right now.

"This is all we can find at the moment. We may have to gamble." Zhu Ji Feng said.

Sheng Yuan nodded. Looking at the current situation, there was no possibility of collecting more explosives. She sighed:

"Haiz, do we have any other choice? Quickly design a system to make the explosives detonate simultaneously. They will then help them lure the enemy."

Meanwhile, he had been lying still for a long time. Don’t misunderstand, he was not dead, just disabled.

The reason for this has to be mentioned before the explosion that attracted Chu Wu’s attention. At that time, Xia Ni was standing behind to assist the fleeing civilians, and nearby, there were about fifty barrels of explosives.

Suddenly, three nine-meter-tall monsters ran closer. Xia Ni shouted:

"Quickly prepare to detonate all the explosives at once for me. After finishing, all of you run far away."

"Your Majesty!" the subordinates beside him hurriedly exclaimed but were immediately interrupted by Xia Ni.

"Enough, this is an order. Your staying here is useless. Retreat and leave behind three crates of explosives. After the explosion, come back and use those three crates to stuff directly into the monster’s head and then detonate them, then quickly remove its core. That has to take priority over my safety."

Hearing such an order, everyone, besides respecting Xia Ni, didn’t know what else to do. More accurately, they couldn’t do anything else. Now wasn’t the time for them to act recklessly. There were still many people who needed their help.

"Your Majesty, there’s one minute left until the explosion." a soldier said and then immediately ran away.

Xia Ni calculated the time while holding two very large iron shields. These shields were originally made for his amusement, but he hadn’t expected to actually need them now.

"I hope this works." Xia Ni thought to himself.

"If you want, come here and kill me!" he shouted, then began to attract the attention of the monsters.

When the monsters noticed the presence of a strong target, all three of them focused their attacks on Xia Ni. By now, he had achieved his goal and was just trying to avoid the attacks while waiting for the monsters to approach the explosives.

After dodging for several dozen seconds, he and the monsters were now very close to the explosives. He thought:

"It’s time."

Xia Ni then used all his strength to grab the core and tried to jump as far away as possible. He initially placed the two iron shields along the jumping direction to reduce air and wind resistance. When it was time for the explosion, he immediately turned around and used the two shields to shield himself.

"Boom!!!"

A terrible explosion resounded, causing the monsters’ bodies to shatter in many places, temporarily immobilizing them. Xia Ni was also thrown far away by the explosion. His two shields and armor were shattered, his body severely burned, and his hair burnt to ashes. At this moment, he truly looked nothing like a human.

"Charge!"

A shout echoed, and dozens of soldiers quickly spurred their horses, bringing explosives to detonate the monsters’ heads. Then, they quickly removed the cores from the monsters’ heads.

Although Xia Ni had said not to worry about him, his subordinates had prepared a team of skilled doctors to rescue him. At first sight, everyone was greatly shocked when they saw that he wasn’t blown to pieces.

But the doctors quickly started working. After a tense emergency treatment, one doctor said:

"We’re not sure if he’ll be okay, but at least he’s still breathing. As you all have seen, His Majesty is not an ordinary person, so there’s still hope for his survival."

But despite saying that, everyone still couldn’t be sure, they could only believe that miracles would happen. An ordinary person would have surely died in his condition, but Xia Ni was not normal. Even a cultivator at the peak stage of body refinement would die under such an explosion. There was another secret here, but no one knows what it is.