My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 701 Escape
"I told you the claim that Lord Jiaomu made a mistake was a lie, see for yourselves!" The fat, unscrupulous merchant, his face bruised and swollen from the beating, pointed at the bloody light in the sky with an excited expression.

Those entangled around him remained unresponsive, staring blankly at the sky.

The fat, unscrupulous merchant also realized what was happening, and his face turned deathly pale.

This is an invasion by the Netherworld Demons, far more dangerous than Lu Shenjun releasing his plague!
At this moment, the sky above Fireway City had turned blood red.

Countless hordes of Netherworld Demons and Heavenly Demons, trailing crimson flames, plummeted to the ground like shooting stars. Someone shouted, and the Dao soldiers scattered in all directions, plunging the entire Fire Dao City into chaos.

……

"General Zhou Tong had already reached the perfect foundation of his Dao, how could he have been defeated so quickly?!"

"He lost, what do we do?" In the Xin Si courtyard, Wu Gang's face was full of panic.

"Of course we have to run away, what else can we do?" Chen Mu looked at the sky with a complicated expression.

Over the years, I've traveled around and encountered countless dangers, gaining valuable experience along the way.

Now, facing the invasion of the Netherworld Demons, he only experienced a slight fluctuation before regaining his composure.

Really...

"Let's go, get to Tianshi Street as soon as possible." Chen Mu took a deep breath and made a decisive decision.

"Yes, yes, there's a Heavenly Gate there that will allow us to return to Heavenly Pass City immediately." Wu Gang nodded repeatedly: "There are elders and high-ranking officials guarding Heavenly Pass Star; they can definitely hold off the Nether Demon Heaven!"

At this moment, Chen Mu no longer cared about hiding. He unleashed his rainbow light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, one has arrived at the southern end of Tianshi Street.

A semi-transparent, water-curtain-like veil covers the Heavenly Gate, which is a manifestation of the Shrinking Earth and Shifting Form Technique in operation.

Compared to its usual stability, the curtain was now flickering, like a video with a poor signal.

Countless Dao soldiers surged into the Heavenly Gate like a flood bursting its banks. However, only a small fraction managed to teleport away. The majority merely passed through the curtain and reached the back of the Heavenly Gate, but failed to leave the Fire Dao Star.

The power of the Star Lord of Horned Wood is insufficient, and the Heavenly Gate Shifting Technique is unstable.
Chen Mu's heart tightened.

"Hurry, hurry! If we're too slow, the Heavenly Gate might be blown up!" Wu Gang shouted as he flew in.
Without hesitation, he kicked aside the soldiers blocking his way and slipped into the Heavenly Gate.

The next moment, a streak of blood-red light descended from the sky.

boom!
The ground trembled violently, and the white jade gate that had stood at the end of the street suddenly disappeared.

A bottomless pit suddenly appeared. The surrounding rocks and soil hissed like acid corrosion, and were charred black.

Damn fatso, you're such a jinx!
Chen Mu's face darkened.

Little did he expect that such a sudden change would occur in just a moment of hesitation.

The numerous Dao soldiers huddled near the Heavenly Gate were blown to pieces, their cries of agony echoing throughout the area. Those behind them, their faces ashen, fled in panic.

Chen Mu stood in the corner, gritting his teeth.

This Fire City is no longer a place to stay.

……

Half an hour later.

Three thousand miles south of Huodao City, in a desolate mountain, Chen Mu appeared with a deathly pale face.

He spared no effort, using his magic power to shrink his body and teleport away from the vicinity of Fire City at an extremely fast speed.

Standing atop the mountain and looking north, the blood-red sky was no longer visible, but Chen Mu felt no relief whatsoever.

Using the Zhu Yu magic swords he left behind along the way as his eyes and ears, he discovered that the unique crimson sky light of the Netherworld Demon Heaven was rapidly spreading outwards from the center of Fire Path City.

"Is this to transform the environment of Fire Path Star into something similar to the Netherworld Heaven?" Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine.

Having regained some of his magical power, he didn't hesitate to burrow underground. A moment later, deep underground, in a natural cave, Chen Mu's figure appeared.

This cave was discovered by Zhu Yu's magical sword during his previous reconnaissance mission. Its location is secluded, underground, with thick layers of rock and soil that greatly hinder tracking.

Chen Mu was still not at ease.

He first set up the Lesser Three Talents Light-Shielding Restriction, then took out the Breath-Severing Stone and placed it around the perimeter. He also pasted all the Absolute Sounds on his body into the small cave without leaving a single one.

"With the Heavenly Gate destroyed and the Netherworld Demons invading, there will inevitably be constant fighting in the early stages."

"Let's wait out this period and then make some plans."

Nodding slightly at the arrangement inside the cave, Chen Mu left the Giant Spirit God sitting in the cave and then slipped into Thousand Lantern City.

……

A few days later.

In Thousand Lights City.

Using the Giant Spirit God as a relay and the eleven Crimson Feather Magic Swords as eyes and ears, Chen Mu secretly probed the Fire Path Star.

The sky turned blood red, and the rivers, lakes, and seas faintly glowed red. A restless wave permeated the air, and at this moment, Fire Path Star already resembled the Netherworld Demon Heaven in five parts.

"The Netherworld Demon King didn't wipe them out completely?" Chen Mu asked, puzzled.

He had assumed that the demons of the Underworld would hunt down Dao soldiers, but in reality, the demons merely occupied Fire Dao City. Instead of expanding their territory, they all gathered within the city, adopting a defensive and protective stance.

What is this going to do?
……

"Spreading the blood light of the Netherworld Demons and controlling the Yuan Qi Well, are these extraterrestrial demons trying to completely control the Fire Path Star?" Fei Zhao asked angrily in a secluded valley.

"This is probably just the beginning. In the end, they may use Tianxing as a springboard to break through the thirty-second heaven. Then they will descend to the ground and repeat the Haizhou Sky Rift disaster." Li Jiu's expression was also not good.

“We can’t count on Tianguan Star.” Zhou Tong looked up at the sky with a gloomy face: “The stars of Jiaomu Cluster are dim, and it’s probably not just Huodao Star that has suffered a calamity.”

"Senior brother, what should we do?" Fei Zhao's expression was grim.

"With the Heavenly Gate destroyed, the Shrinking Earth and Shifting Technique that traverses the stars is now impossible to use."

"Besides passively waiting for rescue from within the sect, we have no choice but to risk crossing the void." Zhou Tong looked at Li Jiu and Fei Zhao and spoke solemnly.

"Most of the Dao soldiers in Huodao City survived. If they provide the demon-sealing power, they can activate the Five Clouds Cloak to form layers of array, which is enough to protect us when we reach Yangmen Star, the closest we have ever been."

Li Jiu and Fei Zhao looked at each other in bewilderment.

“Senior brother, the void is vast and the direction is hard to discern, and there are endless gales that can erode bones and cut flesh.” Fei Zhao said in a low voice, “If we ride the Five Clouds Cloak into it, I’m afraid ninety percent of the Dao soldiers who survived in Fire Dao City will die in the void with their magic power exhausted.”

"Is the life of Dao Bing more important, or is the life of you and me more important!" Zhou Tong stared at Fei Zhao with a cold expression.

"Besides, the soldiers all signed the contract. When they signed it, they should have been prepared to lose their lives!" His eyes were full of malice.

"You misunderstand," Fei Zhao said apologetically. "What I mean is, are there not enough Dao soldiers gathered in the valley?"

"Should we activate the decree first and gather all the surviving Dao soldiers here?"

"After all, the void is dangerous. The more Dao soldiers we have, the better our chances of survival."

"Junior Brother's consideration is indeed thorough." Zhou Tong's face immediately broke into a smile.

Chen Mu: “…”

He had been hoping to hear if the others had any ideas on how to escape Fire Star, so he could hitch a ride.

Unexpectedly, these guys actually planned to use the Taoist soldiers as consumables to save their own lives.

That's inhuman!

(End of this chapter)