Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 117 Leading Beasts to Devour People
Just as Yang Feng finished speaking, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook violently. The next moment, a colossal creature leaped out of the large pit beside him, instantly smashing through the four piers and carrying away the soldiers and feed, crashing down on him like a mountain.

Enveloped in shadow, Yang Feng stared in shock at the gigantic maw above him.

But the next moment he cleaved open a spatial rift and returned to the side of that so-called god.

"This is?"

He stared in astonishment at the colossal beast before him.

The latter crashed right where he had been standing.

However, this thing is actually not very big. At least for someone who is used to seeing giant monsters and various giant man-made machines in modern movies, the impact is still limited.

How big can it be compared to an aircraft carrier?
It was actually only about two and a half trailer lengths long, but its shape was extremely bizarre. The giant mouth was almost its main body, with a diameter of more than ten meters. Below it, the body contracted rapidly, eventually becoming only twice the diameter of the giant mouth. The whole thing looked like a giant funnel, except that countless sharp teeth were wriggling right in front of its funnel opening.

Although the giant general was practically on his deathbed, he still desperately crawled toward it.

He looked very anxious.

But his soldiers were scattering and fleeing in panic.

Clearly, they are also afraid of this thing.

Yang Feng and the so-called god watched the giant monster with great interest. The monster dragged itself on the ground, crawling forward, stretching out its right hand as it crawled, and chanting what appeared to be a spell. The monster roared and thrashed its body, sending two slow-moving soldiers flying. The giant monster continued to crawl forward desperately, and finally reached its side. Yang Feng pressed his blood-stained hand to its mouth.

The monster's roar began to subside.

The troll remained in that position with a sense of satisfaction.

then……

With a malicious smile on his face, Yang Feng slowly drew back the giant bow in his hand.

Energy arrows are generated rapidly.

As if telepathically connected, the giant monster turned its head in terror to look at the energy arrow that had taken shape in Yang Feng's hand.

"No!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs.

But the next moment, the energy arrow, carrying an instantaneously generated blue ionosphere, crashed directly into the monster's maw. The monster's body exploded instantly, turning into a spray of blood mist as the energy arrow flew out. Even the monster itself was lifted up by the terrifying energy, shattered into pieces in the blood mist, and then vanished.

The so-called god raised his right hand, and energy clearly condensed within the blood mist.

It eventually transformed into a ball of energy and landed in his hand.

"Three thousand innocent people were devoured, and only a knock-off product was created that couldn't even compare to my original one."

He sighed.

Then the energy cluster turned into starlight and dissipated into the world.

"An era when beasts devoured humans."

He said.

Then he looked at the soldiers who were scattering and fleeing.

The next moment, as they ran, the latter shook off their armor, clothes, and weapons, followed by their flesh and blood. Because the process was so fast, they were still running, but their flesh and blood kept falling off. They screamed in terror, and then quickly turned into running skeletons that scattered all over the ground.

"This thing is an energy collector. It accumulates soul energy by devouring living people and then transfers it to that general. It's too slow for him to eat people himself, but he can quickly strengthen himself by using this kind of monster. This thing doesn't come from this world; it must have been summoned from some other world. Have fun! This should just be an ordinary general. The real overlords would be much stronger. But these soldiers are just ordinary soldiers, and even the generals are only slightly stronger."

The leader uses soul energy to become powerful, driving his subordinates to kill and capture more people to raise this monster and obtain more soul energy to further strengthen himself.

Whoever kills the most people is the strongest.

The so-called God said.

Then he disappeared.

"This really is a case of leading beasts to devour humans!"

Yang Feng looked at the feed fodder that was still trembling.

The latter was already so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed to him.

"Can someone explain to me where I am, who these people are, and who you are?"

Yang Feng shouted.

A middle-aged man carefully crawled forward on his knees.

“Replying to the immortal, I am Li Yi. This place is Leping County. We are all people from nearby villages. These are Jie people. King Shi Le of Jie besieged Leping and released his men to plunder. Our village was destroyed by them, and after being captured, we were used to feed their monsters.”

He said.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Yang Feng asked.

"The Jie people call it a gift from the gods, but we common folk don't know where it came from. We only know that from King Shi Le of Jie down to his generals, everyone has their own. They live by eating people. This monster can travel underground, and when attacking a city, it burrows in from underground to destroy the city walls. Our village and fortress were destroyed by it. The Jie people use this to roam the world. Now, the lands of You and Ji are all under the control of the Jie people. The Han people have been almost completely devoured by them. What remains are only the retainers of powerful families and noble clans. Because of Shi Le's appeasement, they have become his henchmen."

As for Bingzhou, it currently relies on Governor Liu for protection, but this time Shi Le will turn his attention to attacking Bingzhou after defeating Wang Jun.

Li Yi said.

So this is a fortified village.

Of course, by this time, Shanxi should have been dotted with fortified villages.

It is clearly the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If the events match up, it should be shortly after Luoyang was captured, Emperor Min of Jin surrendered to Liu Cong, Shi Le destroyed Wang Jun and controlled Hebei, then attacked Liu Kun, besieged Leping or modern-day Xiyang, and then used a strategy of encirclement and suppression to finally defeat Liu Kun...

"What is the meaning of steel being tempered a hundred times, turning into something as soft as silk wrapped around your finger?"

Yang Feng sighed.

The downfall of Liu Kun represented the complete shattering of the last hope of the Han people in the north.

From now on, it will be the Sima Rui Group.

However, he still didn't get much of anything useful.

Of course, what's truly useful isn't something someone from a small fortified village could know.

"How many years has your chaotic world been going on?"

Yang Feng asked.

"It's been almost twenty years. From the time when the Sima family kings killed each other, to the rebellion of the Hu people, it's been almost twenty years of non-stop killing. What was once a peaceful life has turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. Now, less than one-tenth of Bingzhou remains. Those who are still alive can only hide in fortified villages. If Governor Liu can defeat the Jie people this time, perhaps we can still survive. If Governor Liu can't win, most of the remaining people in Bingzhou will probably be eaten."

These Jie people take pleasure in cannibalism. They not only feed their demonic beasts but also eat them themselves. The higher the rank, the more they eat, and the more they eat, the stronger they become in combat.

Li Yi said sadly.

"Since they can command demonic beasts, and their generals are clearly different from ordinary people, how do you intend to resist them?"

Yang Feng said.

Judging from the combat power displayed by this behemoth, let alone ordinary generals, even someone like Yue Yun would be utterly no match for it. It's a complete rout, or rather, it has surpassed the realm of normal humans. If Shi Le had a group of generals like this under his command, coupled with monsters, they would be invincible in any era of cold weapons. So how did these people manage to create chaos in the world instead of a crushing defeat?

"Immortal, those who have survived to this day all possess some skill, and are all from aristocratic families, with ancestral Taoist arts or martial arts, capable of protecting their troops. The chieftain of the small village is from the Li family of Zhao County, and has ancestral sword techniques, but he was no match for the Jie general and died in battle. As for Governor Liu, he is from the Liu family of Zhongshan, a descendant of the Prince Jing of Zhongshan of the Han Dynasty, and possesses the Chixiao Sword, which is said to have been worn by Emperor Gaozu of Han. Therefore, he guarded Bingzhou alone for ten years, protecting the remaining people of this region."

Li Yi said.

Yang Feng smiled.

Therefore, the Crimson Cloud Sword is in Liu Kun's hands.

As for the descendants of Prince Jing of Zhongshan...

Just how many descendants did this guy leave behind?! And this is clearly an era of high martial arts and even magic.

Of course, this is quite normal. After all, the Jie people could summon creatures from another world. Besides, if they weren't highly skilled in martial arts or possessed magic, the Han people would probably have been wiped out by now. So even though Shi Le had such extraordinary abilities, he was still just a regional warlord. There was no other reason than that everyone else was also using extraordinary abilities.

Those who possess these extraordinary abilities will naturally develop into powerful and influential families, and in this chaotic world, their strength will only continue to increase.

After all, ordinary people can only hope to survive in this chaotic world by relying on them.

They eventually continued to develop and reached their peak.

Valve.

"Do any of you know these martial arts or Taoist techniques?"

Yang Feng asked.

Li Yi looked at him awkwardly.

"Okay, my question is a bit redundant, but I can make it available to you."

Yang Feng said.

The next moment, he pointed his halberd, and a hundred flintlock muskets and ammunition were thrown out.

Under the shocked gazes of Li Yi and the people, he picked up a gun, quickly loaded it, and then pulled the trigger at the corpse of a Jie soldier on the ground. As the muzzle flashed, a hole appeared in the latter's head.

Li Yi stepped forward in shock, tried inserting his finger, and admired the brain matter smeared on his finger.

"Can someone do what I just did?"

Yang Feng shouted.

Gao Wu, right?

Taoist arts, right?

Let's see if it can stop the bullets!

Even if a general like the Giant Monster could indeed block bullets, his ordinary soldiers and officers didn't have that ability and would still be killed by a hail of bullets. How many were at the Giant Monster level? It took three thousand men to produce one. Even if the entire population of the Western Jin Dynasty were consumed, there would only be a few thousand left.

Those who truly served as their henchmen were the ordinary officers and soldiers.

As long as we can crush these people, that's fine.

leftover……

Even if they use cheats, can they compare to Yang Feng's cheats?
"This humble citizen is capable!"

A young man in the crowd said.

He then crawled forward on his knees, took the flintlock pistol from Yang Feng with both hands, and then imitated Yang Feng's loading process. This guy clearly had a very good memory; he actually managed to do it. Then, he raised the pistol to the corpse on the ground, just like Yang Feng had done. However, he didn't actually shoulder the pistol properly, or rather, he didn't shoulder it firmly. As the gun fired again, he screamed and almost fell backward.

Yang Feng then corrected a few of his mistakes, and after one more time, there were no problems.

Then he teaches others.

Soon, of the remaining six hundred men, two hundred able-bodied men were organized into soldiers.

Then each person was given a flintlock pistol.

As for the remaining people, they were the elderly, the weak, women, and children. They also consciously picked up the weapons of the Jie people, and even the children carried knives. In this era, mastering force was a universal desire. Li Yi, filled with excitement, led these people under the guidance of the immortal. He was actually a servant of the Zhao Li Fortress Master. This era was basically a semi-slave system. Powerful families, clans, slaves, and dependent retainers worked together to defend their fortified villages. Those who were not protected by powerful families were the ones who truly became prey for the foreign tribes.

Of course, they also have names.

Begging for a living.

"go!"

Yang Feng said.

Then he walked forward.

Two hundred able-bodied men carrying flintlock pistols protected the remaining elderly, women, and children, following what they believed to be a deity descending from the heavens to save them.

But they hadn't gone far when they encountered a troop of cavalry.

They must have been alerted by the gunfire and rushed over to investigate.

"Point your guns at them and await my orders."

Yang Feng shouted.

The young men immediately raised the flintlock pistols they had just barely learned to use.

And the cavalry had already begun their charge.

Knowing they had divine backing, the able-bodied men, flintlock muskets in hand, watched the approaching enemy. Panic quickly spread, but no one fled. In this era, those who survived had crawled out of piles of corpses; panic was normal, but fear of fleeing was another matter entirely. They held their flintlock muskets, watching the cavalry rapidly close the distance. When only ten paces remained, Yang Feng gave the order to fire. Short, dense gunfire erupted, and a third of the cavalry immediately fell. The remaining cavalry, unable to stop, continued forward, then crashed into the spatial rift Yang Feng had created, their horses' heads and soldiers' bodies severed together.

But one of them leaped off his horse the instant he collided with the rift, avoiding it. While still in mid-air, he hurled his javelin at Yang Feng.

The javelin hurtled through the air.

But the next moment, Yang Feng appeared above him.

Before he could react, the halberd crashed down from mid-air.

He screamed as he was slapped to the ground.

His bones were shattered from the impact, and he spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, weakly watching Yang Feng fall.

The latter stepped on his chest.

"So, you also have that kind of monster? But you don't look like a Capricorn."

Yang Feng asked curiously.

This person is clearly a Han Chinese.

“The Stone King is the Lord of Heaven’s Mandate. We follow the Stone King. What difference does it make whether we are Jie or Han?”

The latter said weakly.

Even if they enjoy eating people?

Yang Feng said.

“They are merely creatures, how can they be considered human? The weak are eaten by the strong, this is their fate, and the strong are naturally respected. We are not as good as the Stone King, so what is wrong with respecting him as our master?”

The latter, spitting out blood, spoke with an air of self-righteousness.

Therefore, this should be a powerful figure who was dependent on Shi Le.

"Immortals, in the eyes of these powerful families, ordinary people are just as easily killed, even eaten. Let alone in this chaotic world, even in peaceful times, they kill slaves like pigs and dogs, and some even eat slaves. It is precisely because they fear that the people will rebel that they have sent those barbarians to the interior, even to serve as their henchmen. This has given these barbarians an opportunity to cause chaos in the world. Now, nearly half of Shi Le's subordinates are powerful families who have submitted to him."

Li Yi stood to the side and spoke.

The elderly, women, and children behind him had already begun cutting horse meat for food.

Yang Feng stood up with a sigh.

The general on the ground coughed up blood, continuing to await his death on the verge of passing away.

"It really is an era where beasts prey on humans."

Yang Feng said.

Then, with a swift stroke of his jade axe, the man's body on the ground was split in two...

(End of this chapter)