Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

Chapter 648 Powerful

"The current situation is extremely unfavorable for us. Whether we like it or not, we have to retreat," the city lord sighed.

"How are we going to explain this to the people of Qingyan City?" an official asked.

"You are in charge of informing the people of the city about this matter, and urging them to flee Qing Teng City as soon as possible," the city lord said slowly.

"Lord, those civilians may suffer losses," a civil official said.

"Then there's nothing I can do. All I can do now is try my best to protect the lives of the elderly, the weak, women, and children," the city lord sighed.

“Lord, you’re right. Our soldiers definitely can’t stop the demons’ attack,” a warrior said.

"However, I believe our soldiers will never lose. As long as you are here, I am confident we will win!" the city lord said firmly.

Meanwhile, in the northern region of the Aoki Empire, within the Aoki Empire's imperial palace.

The emperor of the Aoki Empire stood in the palace, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light.

"Your Majesty, are we about to set off on a campaign?" a guard asked.

"Yes, I want to go to the front lines myself. I want to see if Qingyan City is really as powerful as the rumors say," said the emperor of the Qingmu Empire.

Xu Yao never told him who he was, but the emperor of the Qingmu Empire knew that Xu Yao was the son-in-law of their Qingmu Empire.

Xu Yao had served in the royal family of the Qingmu Empire for a period of time, so everyone in the Qingmu Empire knew Xu Yao.

Now that the demons have invaded, Xu Yao's parents have long been killed by the demons, leaving Xu Yao as an orphan.

Therefore, the people of the Qingmu Empire all hope that Xu Yao can join the Qingmu Empire's ranks.

Moreover, Xu Yao's strength was indeed very powerful. In the eyes of the people of the Qingmu Empire, Xu Yao alone was enough to withstand the attack of the demon race.

Xu Yao suppressed his strength to the seventh-level martial artist, and his figure transformed into a streak of light as he sped towards Qing Teng City.

Qing Teng City is a huge city in the northwest of the Qing Mu Empire.

The entire city is teeming with countless demons, who have deployed many spies around Qing Teng City.

Xu Yao appeared on the city wall of Qing Teng City, where there was also a soldier.

"Who goes there? How dare you trespass into my Qing Teng City?" the soldier asked, looking at Xu Yao.

"Get lost," Xu Yao said indifferently.

The soldier was furious upon hearing Xu Yao's words, but the next second a red mark appeared on his neck.

Then he fell straight down to the ground.

Xu Yao didn't even glance at him before continuing to walk towards the city gate.

The city gates of Qing Teng City were tightly closed. As soon as Xu Yao arrived at the city gate, soldiers rushed over.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" the soldiers shouted.

The gates of Qing Teng City opened, and the soldiers of Qing Teng City raised their weapons and charged towards Xu Yao.

Xu Yao charged straight ahead, and before the soldiers could react, he had already ended their lives.

Moreover, when Xu Yao destroyed the city gate of Qing Teng City, a lot of information suddenly flooded into Xu Yao's mind.

It turns out that Qing Teng City is the capital of the Qing Teng Empire, and it is rich in resources.

Xu Yao believed that once Qing Teng City was captured, the people of the Qing Teng Empire would surely surrender.

As Xu Yao had predicted, after he captured Qing Teng City, everyone inside surrendered.

Xu Yao asked the city lord to send someone to settle them, while he returned to Bronze City.

The Bronze City has now been built, and Xu Yao's alchemy room has also been completed.

Xu Yao simply didn't go looking for those materials, because he had no interest in them at the moment.

Xu Yao now wants to improve his strength so that he can go find his mother once he reaches the Martial King realm.

His most pressing need now is to improve his cultivation level, but Xu Yao knows this.

It would be extremely difficult for him to improve his cultivation level, so he decided to refine a pill first.

Xu Yao took his alchemy furnace and entered the alchemy room.

The alchemy room was filled with many herbs and ores.

These herbs were all collected by Xu Yao.

Although Xu Yao currently lacks materials, he possesses alchemical fire.

With the Danhuo (a type of alchemical fire), there's no need to worry about running out of medicinal herbs and ores.

Xu Yao threw the medicinal herbs and ores into the cauldron and began the refining process.

After an incense stick's time, Xu Yao finally finished refining all the medicinal herbs.

At this moment, a round pill appeared in Xu Yao's palm.

The pill emitted a rich fragrance. Xu Yao swallowed the pill and then began to circulate the true essence within his body.

Soon, Xu Yao felt the true energy within his body become more active.

Xu Yao frowned slightly, then continued refining another pill and swallowed it.

A day passed, and Xu Yao refined several thousand pills in the alchemy room, but he still hadn't managed to raise his strength to the second level of Martial Saint.

"Sigh, I'm just a hair's breadth away from advancing to the second level of Martial Saint, but I'm still unable to break through." Xu Yao sighed.

"No, it seems I need to find a demonic beast to test this on," Xu Yao thought.

In addition to refining pills, Xu Yao has also taken time to kill demonic beasts and obtain their crystal cores these days.

Xu Yao is now considered a third-grade alchemist. If he wanted to, he could now refine fourth-grade pills.

However, Xu Yao did not choose to refine a fourth-grade pill because he was currently lacking a fourth-grade pill called the Blood Soul Pill.

This Blood Soul Pill is a fifth-grade pill, but the materials required are quite precious, and Xu Yao still needs to find them.

Moreover, Xu Yao did not plan to attempt to refine the Blood Soul Pill right now, as he was not sure if he could succeed.

If it fails, it will not only waste materials but also expose one's identity.

After packing everything up, Xu Yao left the imperial city of the Qing Teng Empire.

Xu Yao returned to the border of the Bronze Empire and then rushed towards the Demon Clan's encampment.

Xu Yao moved very quickly, and soon he arrived at the border of the Bronze Empire.

Xu Yao stood at a distance, carefully observing the situation of the demons.

This time, the demon army's force was quite large, with tens of thousands of soldiers.

Not only that, the demon soldiers wore black armor and rode giant wolves that were several meters tall.

The demon soldiers roared to the sky, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.

Xu Yao looked at the attire of those demon soldiers and sneered inwardly.

These demon soldiers were wearing armor; it was obvious they intended to use it to defend against arrows.

However, these demon soldiers were too foolish. If it weren't for their armor, they wouldn't have been able to stop Xu Yao at all.

"Since you're wearing armor, I'll give you a little gift." A strange smile appeared on Xu Yao's lips.

Xu Yao then took out a bow and arrow.

This bow and arrow is no different from ordinary bows and arrows, but the only difference is that the bow and arrow Xu Yao uses is made of black iron.

Xu Yao drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and shot it.

The arrow struck a demon soldier squarely in the chest.

The demon soldier was pierced through the chest by the arrow, and blood gushed out.