I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#506 - Yama

Ironically, it was the demon race that was controlling the floods and saving the people, while the human race itself was causing the floods and harming people. It was truly a great irony.

Now, after a month of flood control by the demon race, the floods in the Northern Lands had disappeared, and the ground had dried up. However, the tragic situation along the way made Zhang Chen feel unbearable.

Do you know why?

Everywhere were refugees, all dirty, carrying packages, forming large-scale teams in the Northern Lands, leading donkeys, pushing carts, heading south.

The carts rumbled, the horses neighed, the travelers carried bows and arrows at their waists, fathers, mothers, wives, and children saw them off, dust obscured the Xianyang Bridge.

All were people fleeing south!

Now that the Northern Lands had been breached and the demon race had entered, the people of the Northern Lands were living in misery. The people could no longer survive, and now that the floods had receded, countless people were bringing their families and preparing to go south.

The passing carts stirred up dust, covering Zhang Chen's clean and tidy clothes with a layer of dirt. The three little ones beside him sat obediently on the edge of the carriage, each with a dusty face.

Previously, the floods raged, and the river silt swept through the Northern Lands, causing river sand and mud to be everywhere. The passing carts stirred up trails of dust, which was unavoidable unless new vegetation grew, and then the mud and sand could be transformed into fertile soil.

Even the big wild donkey with its shiny hair was covered in dust, looking very embarrassed.

"There are so many refugees along the way," Xu Erniu said, looking at the large groups of thousands of people, each with numb eyes and ragged clothes, her voice full of sympathy.

How many large groups had they experienced today?

Not only were there refugee groups, but there were also surviving merchant groups, walking in groups in the endless yellow sand.

The Northern Lands were submerged by river water, and all the vegetation was soaked to death. Now the entire Northern Lands were withered and yellow, and new vegetation had not yet grown.

"They can only form large teams to have a chance to leave the Northern Lands. You must know that there are now demon beasts raging in the Northern Lands. King Pingbian's army has completely given up resistance. Ordinary people uniting against the demon beast army still have a chance of survival. If they walk alone, encountering a beast may cost them their lives," Zhang Chen explained to Cheng Yu.

Most of the demon race's army were ignorant beasts. Only a small number could awaken their intelligence. The demon beasts that had awakened their intelligence were equivalent to human cultivators who had awakened their bloodline. If there were too many such demon beasts, they would have grown up long ago and occupied the human race's Divine Continent. The demon race's invasion was essentially those demon beasts that had awakened their intelligence leading the demon beasts that had not awakened their intelligence, killing and plundering everywhere. If too many demon beasts had awakened their intelligence, after countless years of growth, the world would have been occupied by the demon race long ago.

Facing groups of beasts, as long as there were no demon race powerhouses who had mastered monstrous strength, even ordinary people gathering together would have the advantage.

Never underestimate the power of humans. As long as a person holds a sharp weapon, they can face several wolves alone.

Ten people with ropes, hooks, and nets, plus knives, spears, and clubs, dare to fight a tiger head-on.

And this group of people heading south were not alone, but all were based on clans, villages, and surnames, so everyone could take care of each other.

Which farmer's house doesn't have a sickle or hoe? Everyone forming a team, even if they accidentally run into a beast tide, they dare to try.

Of course, if they encounter a great demon who has mastered monstrous strength and is broken through one by one, then they can only admit bad luck.

Moreover, even the great demons who have mastered monstrous strength, if they are not at the fifth or sixth level, are still wary of the human race's large troops. After all, the demon race is not made of steel and iron, and they will be injured if they are hurt by sharp weapons.

In particular, the human race's clan forces, as well as hunters and bows and arrows, make the demon beasts even more wary.

You must know that not all of those demon beasts are strong. The awakened abilities are strange and varied, some strong and some weak. The specific strength still depends on the individual. After all, there is no comparison between an awakened tiger and an awakened rabbit.

The human race is not vegetarian either, otherwise the world would not be the human race's world.

Zhang Chen drove the donkey cart, his eyes looking at the scattered troops, shaking his head secretly: "Although the large troops are safe, they are also a big target, easily targeted by demon beasts. However, the Northern Lands are too large, even if millions of demon race troops rush into the Northern Lands, the number of demon beasts that have awakened their intelligence does not exceed several thousand, scattered into the entire Northern Lands is just a drop of water falling into the sea.

So there is a chance for the human race to escape!

Moreover, once the beasts leave the restraint of the demon beasts, they will restore the nature of the beasts, fighting each other and falling into infighting, their wisdom is extremely low, and they cannot cause effective damage to the human race's large troops.

This is also a shortcoming of the demon beast race!

Zhang Chen's family was also covered in dust, not conspicuous in the crowd.

"Brother, there are so many dead souls in the air, they all smell so good," Zhang Tuowei stared at the dead souls in the air, drooling.

In this catastrophe in the Northern Lands, I don't know how many people died unjustly. The least lacking in the air is dead souls, but these dead souls cannot get their due, and they cannot become anything. If they cannot reach the underworld as soon as possible, they will disappear into the world before long.

“You are not allowed to eat! Maintaining the purity of your bloodline is the most important thing for you. With the treasures I give you, as long as you digest them properly, one day your bloodline will be fully developed. Although I don't know what the defects of devouring dead souls are, this act is harmful to nature, and I'm afraid that when the future calamity arrives, it will definitely be settled.” Divine golden light opened in Zhang Chen's eyes. What he saw was the overwhelming number of wronged souls in the Northern Lands, turning into black air currents that were invisible to the naked eye, heading towards the ancestral veins of the Pingbian King. The ancestral veins of the Pingbian King were surrounded by black air, as black as ink, and the clear and righteous light of the earth from the past was long gone.

“The Pingbian Royal Mansion has created such a sin, and it has already begun to be settled by karma,” Zhang Chen thought to himself.

Just as Zhang Chen was thinking in his heart, a strange roar suddenly came from the north. A black pillar of air soared into the sky, turning into a flag entirely composed of black air currents. The black flag was accompanied by the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling, emitting endless traction and attraction, guiding the dead souls of the world to fly into the flag.

“The Yama Banner! A ghost cultivator is actually taking the opportunity to refine this evil art?” Zhang Chen recognized the origin of the flag at a glance. He has now read countless books on cultivation, and he recognized the origin of the phenomenon with just one glance.

The Yama Banner is the supreme treasure of the ghost path. When cultivated to the Great Vehicle realm, it can breed the Nine Sons Ghost Mother, and even a Grand Luo God Immortal can fight with it.

“There are still people in the world who understand this method? It seems that someone has deciphered the immortal cultivation formulas,” Zhang Chen said thoughtfully.

This is a ghost path technique, which can also be called a Yang God technique. It does not require the cultivation of magic power, only the cultivation of ghost path power, which can completely bypass magic power.

Accompanying the birth of the flag, countless wronged souls in the Northern Lands roared, like ten thousand rivers returning to their source, and flew towards the flag in a mighty manner.

“With the support of countless wronged souls in the Northern Lands, perhaps its flag will be able to open up a Dharma realm and open up a country for nurturing evil ghosts.” Zhang Chen thought thoughtfully, but once the wronged souls fall into it, they will not be able to live or die, providing power for the Yama Banner day and night, and painstakingly blessing the Yama Banner.

Those who enter the Yama Banner will never be reincarnated!

“Moreover, this Yama Banner has already been refined to some extent, otherwise it would never be so blatant in the Northern Lands, after all, there are countless masters in the Northern Lands.” Zhang Chen silently analyzed. Even if he had the heart to eliminate demons and defend the Dao, he was powerless. Not to mention the distance, even if he was asked to destroy the Yama Banner, he couldn't do it. The Yama Banner's aura soared into the sky, and the aura of pure Yang was born, already stepping into the ninth rank, how could it be so easy to deal with?

The wild donkey seemed to have noticed the abnormality brought about by the Yama Banner, and looked around restlessly, its body began to move, and it might kick and run away at any time.

Zhang Chen took out the whip and whipped the wild donkey's butt: “You beast, why are you looking around when you're not driving properly.”

While scolding and reprimanding, Zhang Chen's dragon energy burst out from his body, causing the donkey to quiet down.

While speaking, several divine lights in the Northern Lands noticed the abnormality at this time, rose into the air and flew towards the flag. The flag twisted for a while, turning into a world where hundreds of ghosts walked at night, suspended above the clouds. After those several divine lights fell into the flag, it was like a stone falling into the sea, without causing any waves.

“Those few divine lights are at least sixth-rank gods, and after breaking into the ghost realm, they didn't even stir up a wave. That's not right, that Yama Banner has only derived the aura of pure Yang, and it's only ninth-rank, where does it have the ability to open up a ghost country? To open up a ghost realm, it must be at least tenth-rank, right? That flag is not quite right.” Zhang Chen noticed something was wrong and kept recalling the records about the Yama Banner in his mind.

“Could it be that someone is not refining the Yama Banner, but someone has obtained the Yama Banner, and is now absorbing ghosts to repair the Yama Banner?” Zhang Chen had some guesses in his mind.

However, no matter what the other party's origin or means, it has nothing to do with Zhang Chen. As long as they don't provoke him, everyone will be fine. If they provoke him, then everyone will have a competition. He is not the rookie he used to be.

“I don’t have a sense of security. I still need to get the embers of the sun to a ninth-rank skill as soon as possible, so that I can have a sense of security.” Zhang Chen began to absorb the essence of the great sun. He is now successful in his cultivation, and as long as he is in the sun, he can absorb the essence of the sun at all times.

“Also, that bastard Chen Xu, I don’t know how he is now, where has he run off to.” Zhang Chen didn't say goodbye to Chen Xu. This old boy disappeared after molting, and Zhang Chen couldn't find him either. I don't know if he succeeded in molting, or if he was caught and skinned.

Just as Zhang Chen was absorbing the essence of the sun, suddenly three divine lights rose again in the world. The power of the divine light was mighty and shocked the entire Northern Lands. Zhang Chen was shocked and opened his eyes, and quickly turned around and looked back, surprised: “The three ninth-rank powerhouses of the Yellow Heaven Dao have taken action, one of them is Gu Mingyue!”

“Chen'er, mother feels something is wrong!” Just as Zhang Chen was surprised in his heart, Zhang Shi whispered to Zhang Chen beside him.

Zhang Chen turned his head to look at Zhang Shi, and saw Zhang Shi secretly pointing to the distance: “There seems to be a group of people there, following us for an hour. We are orphans and widows, could it be that we have been targeted?”

Hearing this, Zhang Chen followed Zhang Shi's gaze and looked over. From afar, he saw a dozen figures, now following behind his donkey cart unhurriedly.

Those dozen figures were all tall men, all walking on their legs at this time, trailing far behind the carriage, their bodies dirty and unable to see their original faces.