The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Hearing Chen Xuelan's words, Xiao Zhu's heart trembled, but he immediately asked in confusion: "Attacked? The entire Nuowan City is under the protection of the Demon Slaying Formation, how could Nuowan College be attacked?"

"There's something wrong with the Demon-Slaying Formation!" Chen Xuelan explained.

"The Demon-Slaying Array is an epic formation that took three hundred years to build by countless demon hunters. It is composed of seven hundred and twenty array eyes that surround the entire Novan City. Although the Demon-Slaying Array is very strong, these array eyes are very fragile. In order to prevent the array eyes from being destroyed, the predecessors who designed the Demon-Slaying Array made mechanisms for these array eyes, pairing them up in pairs to form three hundred and sixty combinations of one yin and one yang. These combinations are hidden at different distances. Unless two array eyes in a combination are destroyed at the same time, the array will form a powerful force to kill the person who destroyed the array eye."

"The wisdom of our predecessors is truly amazing! Could it be that the Yin and Yang array centers of the Demon-Slaying Array were destroyed at the same time?" Xiao Zhu asked puzzled.

"That's right. There are thirty-six pairs of Yin-Yang array eyes around the Swan Lake of Novan College. These array eyes were destroyed at the same time. Now the monsters are besieging the city and attacking the direction of Swan Lake!" Chen Xuelan explained.

"Ah? How could this happen?" Xiao Zhu asked in surprise.

"In fact, this matter had been foreshadowed. Do you remember that before you went to Yanhui Peak for the competition, the other two talented contestants in the academy, Bai Hao and Ying, were assigned special tasks? At that time, the Elders' Council discovered that there was an abnormality in the Demon-Slaying Array, so they arranged for them to go and investigate. However, they did not expect the situation to be so serious." Chen Xuelan replied.

"Then who did this?" Xiao Zhu asked.

"I don't know, but because the Demon-Slaying Array is so important, only the academy, the Demon Hunter Association and the imperial royal family in the entire Novan City know the secret of the array. Although we have no evidence, we speculate that all this should be done by the royal family." Chen Xuelan said.

"Royal family? Why would they do this? Isn't this courting their own destruction?" Xiao Zhu asked puzzledly.

"Of course it's for power! The three major forces in Novan City have maintained a delicate balance for hundreds of years. Although Novan College has never formed its own forces, because the college controls the resources of the illusionary world of nothingness, the graduates of the college are spread all over the Rhine Empire, and they are all extraordinary demon hunters. But seeing that the power of the 'academic faction' is gradually growing, there are even rumors among the people that 'If Novan College stamps its feet, the Rhine Empire will tremble'. The royal family, as an organization that controls the entire imperial government, is becoming more and more intolerant of Novan College." Chen Xuelan said.

"For the sake of power, can they be so disregarding of human life?" Xia Shi said indignantly.

"You don't understand power at all. There is a saying that goes 'there is no family affection under power'. In history, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, did not hesitate to kill all his brothers and sisters and even imprisoned his own father in order to seize power. For the sake of power, not to mention taking human lives lightly, even if the royal family massacres all the people in the city of Novan, they will not blink an eye." Furukawa answered coldly behind him.

Chen Xuelan glanced at Gu Chuan. She didn't expect that a young boy could say such words. However, seeing his gloomy expression, which formed a clear contrast with Xiao Zhu, he must be a cold person.

"It's about two days' journey from here to Nuowan City. Let's set off quickly. The war broke out seven days ago. I wonder what the situation is like now." Chen Xuelan said, pointing to the north.

Chen Xuelan took out a palm-sized paper kite from her storage bracelet. The kite was in the shape of a paper kite. She threw it lightly, and the kite swelled up in the wind. Its size suddenly increased a hundred times. Its length exceeded five meters, and its wingspan was a full ten meters.

"This is my flying magic weapon, the letter and the kite. Everyone, come on up and let's hurry back to Nuowan College." Chen Xuelan was the first to step up.

Everyone stood on the kite, and the kite drew a graceful arc, soared into the sky, and soon disappeared into the clouds.

As a wind-type demon hunter, Chen Xuelan controlled the letter and kite to fly steadily and quickly in the air. They arrived half a day ahead of schedule for the two-day journey. Of course, this was also largely due to her eagerness to know the situation in the academy.

When they arrived at Novan City, they saw from afar that there was a huge gap in the Demon-Slaying Formation above Swan Lake. Hordes of magical beasts poured in from the gap, but fortunately the gap was in the air and many magical beasts on the ground could not get up, so the only threats were some magical beasts with flying abilities.

But outside the Demon-Slaying Formation, there were dark masses of magical beasts stretching for dozens of kilometers, and there were probably tens of thousands of them.

Seeing this scene, whether it was Chen Xuelan or Xiao Zhu and others, they were all dumbfounded. Such a large-scale siege of the city by Warcraft was rare in a century and was too visually impactful.

During the years as a demon hunter, Xiao Zhu was confident that he had the power to fight against the monsters. However, when the war really broke out, he realized that the world was ultimately controlled by the monsters. In order to seek survival, humans gathered together for warmth. Once the barrier protecting humans collapsed, the human flesh and blood body was vulnerable.

"Let's go to the college quickly." Chen Xuelan said with a frown, her inner anxiety was evident.

"Teacher Chen, I want to go to the Demon Hunter Association." Xiao Zhu suddenly said.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xuelan looked at Xiao Zhu, very surprised why he chose to go to the Demon Hunter Association now.

"Teacher Chen, I have actually been thinking about what you said all along the way. If the culprit for destroying the Demon-Slaying Formation is the royal family, why don't we ask for help from the Demon Hunter Association?" Xiao Zhu asked doubtfully.

"Of course the academy has thought of this. Although the Demon Hunter Association and Novant College are on good terms, and even many members of the association are graduates of Novant College. But the Demon Hunter Association is an independent social organization after all, and the first thing they consider when encountering things is their own interests. Now that Novant College is in crisis, if the Demon Hunter Association is asked to come to help at the risk of sacrificing many members, they may not agree." Chen Xuelan shook her head and said.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu fell into deep thought. The situation in Nuowan City was more complicated than he had imagined. He thought for a while and said, "Teacher Chen, I am a platinum demon hunter from the Demon Hunter Association, and I once met the president of the association, Wan Yixing. Let me give it a try!"

When Chen Xuelan heard the words "Platinum Demon Hunter", she looked at Xiao Zhu in surprise, then nodded and said, "Okay, then we will split up. I will go back to the academy for support, and you go to the Demon Hunter Association."