Beyond these matters potentially linked to the Demon Cult, the final piece of news concerned the Heavenly Demons.
This was actually closely related to An Jing—the Niasheng Fiend had not only destroyed the village he had witnessed; it had swallowed two other mountain villages to recover from its injuries. The total annihilation of three villages, all at the hands of a Heavenly Demon, had truly terrified many people living around Kanming City.
Countless families who had intended to return to their ancestral villages for the winter holidays abandoned the idea and decided to stay within the city walls. Consequently, Kanming City, which should have been desolate and quiet, became increasingly bustling, its population even swelling beyond a million.
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