3 li outside Jade Gate Pass, at the demon army tents!
The three Demon Sovereigns had finished drinking.
Crimson Flame Wolf Sovereign and the Spider Sovereign lay in human form in the tent, having just talked the simple-minded, musclebound Bear Sovereign into going out as the vanguard for the general assault.
The demon soldiers below had been fighting for months, and they had finally seen through it.
The Demon Emperor had been talking nonsense from the start!
What nonsense about insufficient foundation and not enough provisions?
Once, the demon soldiers intercepted a Jing Kingdom grain cart and, after seeing the miracle rice on it, they were completely stunned!
With grain this high-yield, there probably had never been a year in Jing Kingdom’s history more abundant than this one!
The Demon Emperor chose to start the war neither early nor late, but at such a bumper-harvest “good” time. Wasn’t that basically sending them to their deaths?
The two Demon Sovereigns figured they might as well gather together and launch one all-out assault!
With the tough-skinned Furious Bear Tribe taking the hits up front, the remaining two factions could at least preserve some strength.
That way, when this national war ended, Jing Kingdom might not be destroyed, but they would not be swallowed up directly by Demon Emperor City instead!
“Wolf Sovereign, if we can’t take it down today, will you withdraw?” With a tilt of her pointed chin, the Spider Sovereign asked meaningfully.
“Withdraw? Why wouldn’t I?”
Wolf Sovereign said indignantly, “If we go back with our strength intact, that old fox will at most punish us; but if our foundations are gone, that old fox might just take over my Holy Demon Palace!”
“Hehe, aren’t you afraid the Demon Emperor hears that?”
The Spider Sovereign laughed softly.
Wolf Sovereign curled his lip in disdain and raised his wine cup, just about to drain it.
Suddenly.
The entire tent shook violently as if a giant earth dragon were turning over beneath it!
Wolf Sovereign’s wine spilled all over the ground.
He froze for a moment.
Yet, unusually, he did not get angry.
Instead, a moment later, he suddenly raised his head and exchanged a glance with the Spider Sovereign, who had realized it at the same time!
“That sound is… Bear Sovereign’s true body skill, Earth Armor!?”
“What the hell, he had only been out for a little while, so how was he already using a true body skill?!”
The two demons exclaimed in shock!
A demon beast’s true body skill consumed tremendous power; unless it was a life-or-death situation, it would not be used at all.
Yet inside Jade Gate Pass, there was actually something that could threaten a Demon Sovereign’s life?
Wolf Sovereign and the Spider Sovereign hurried out of the tent and looked up.
What they saw sent chills down their spines!
An old Daoist priest with immortal bearing waved his whisk, and Bear Sovereign’s massive true body rolled back and forth on the ground!
Bear Sovereign, who was always renowned for his defense, was torn open and bleeding profusely, yet the old Daoist priest looked utterly effortless and completely unruffled!
A crushing domination!
Wolf Sovereign and the Spider Sovereign were both shell-shocked, and both regretted coming out!
They should have just sold out Bear Sovereign and run… when the hell had this terrifying Daoist priest arrived?!
“Alas, this poor Daoist only came to ask for a Demon Saint relic. Why force this poor Daoist to make a move?”
Daoist Master Yunlong sighed faintly and flung the barely breathing Bear Sovereign far away.
He had been quite polite.
Unfortunately, the Demon Saint relic he wanted was a supreme treasure of the Demon Realm. Bear Sovereign thought he was insulting the Demon Realm, and since he also looked down on humans, he attacked directly…
Damn it, didn’t that old fox say that if the Sword Immortal made a move, Demon Emperor City wouldn’t stand idly by? This Daoist was even more terrifying than the Sword Immortal…
Wolf Sovereign swallowed hard and said hesitantly:
“Senior, Old Bear here was rude and ill-mannered. Please forgive him. If you have any demands, you can go to Demon Emperor City and talk to our Demon Emperor.”
The Spider Sovereign also nodded in agreement.
Daoist Master Yunlong naturally knew this was the tactic of driving a tiger to swallow a wolf.
“I will go to Demon Emperor City someday, but today I was entrusted by someone to obtain a Demon Saint relic… why go far when I can take the nearer path?”
The old Daoist priest’s smiling gaze landed on Wolf Sovereign.
Wolf Sovereign shuddered violently!
The Demon Saint relic was inside his body, and this old Daoist priest clearly knew it!
And that meant he intended to forcibly tear the Demon Saint relic right out of his body!
“Senior, even if your strength is formidable, such bandit behavior would surely be looked down upon, wouldn’t it?” Wolf Sovereign broke out in a cold sweat.
“Hehe, this poor Daoist will be ascending into immortality in just a few years. Why would I care about my reputation?”
Daoist Master Yunlong smiled indifferently.
His lifelong wish was to pass the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion on to his disciple.
And the only one who could save his disciple was Gu Lan, so satisfying Gu Lan’s wishes was a matter greater than heaven itself!
Besides, wasn’t it ridiculous for a Demon Sovereign that devoured people every day to try moral blackmail on a Daoist like him?
With a light tap of the whisk, Wolf Sovereign’s body suddenly stiffened!
Under his furious gaze, a blood-red Demon Saint relic burst out of his body, and the pain forced him to reveal his original form at once!
“Roar!!”
Wolf Sovereign howled in agony, wolf blood splattering everywhere.
This scene was even more terrifying than the earlier beating of Bear Sovereign!
When had a dignified Demon Sovereign ever been so miserable?
The demons watching were all trembling to the core!
The 300,000-strong great army, whose arrogance had originally been set on a general assault against Jade Gate Pass, had long since been scared out of its wits!
The Demon Saint relic floated into Daoist Master Yunlong’s hand.
He glanced at it lightly and nodded to himself. “With Demon Sovereign blood essence on it, the quality seems to be a bit better. Fellow Daoist should be satisfied with the pill refined from it…”
Daoist Master Yunlong turned to leave.
At that moment, the giant wolf crouched on the ground had bloodshot eyes and spoke in human language: “Human… who exactly are you to dare humiliate me like this… The Demon Realm will not let you off!!”
With the Demon Saint relic taken away.
Wolf Sovereign was already nearly insane and no longer even feared death; he directly challenged the old Daoist priest!
“This poor Daoist Yunlong, a man from the Heavenly Secrets mountains, was entrusted by an honored guest of the pavilion to come take your relic… If the Demon Realm wants revenge, this poor Daoist will take it all.”
Daoist Yunlong said flatly and left that one sentence behind.
He departed gracefully under the shocked and terrified gazes of the demon beasts!
“The Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion? How could that be!?”
Wolf Sovereign’s eyes nearly split with rage. After hearing those words, his spirit crumbled, and he fainted on the spot!
All the myriad races under heaven naturally knew Daoist Master Yunlong’s name!
They also knew he was one of the foremost figures of the present age!
Only… why had he suddenly descended upon Jade Gate Pass and crippled two Demon Sovereigns at the slightest disagreement?
Wasn’t the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion supposed to be a neutral power!?
And from Daoist Yunlong’s words, it seemed he had come at the request of an honored guest within the pavilion… when had the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion gained such an honored guest?
And one could even order their Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master around to make a move personally?!
…
Wu Feng, far away on the city wall, saw this and nearly jumped up in excitement!
He had long since known that old immortal was no ordinary man, but he never expected him to be the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!
Two Demon Sovereigns had been crippled, and the demon army’s morale was scattered… if not now to pick up a windfall, then when?
If he struck while they had not yet recovered, he could still seize a huge advantage even if the gap in combat strength was enormous!
Wu Feng immediately suited up in armor and ran down the tower all the way to the camp, loudly issuing orders!
“Soldiers, the opportunity has come! Follow me out to campaign now!”
The soldiers were all stunned!
They looked at him in utter confusion.
With the three Demon Sovereigns of the Demon Realm entrenched here today and 300,000 great army troops assembled for a general assault, it was already good enough not to run… why would they take the initiative and attack? Were they crazy?
But Wu Feng did not have time to explain.
He shouted directly:
“Within the time it takes one incense stick to burn, all soldiers must assemble in front of the city gate and follow this official out of the city to slay demons!”
“If you fail within one incense stick, execute the soldiers; fail within two incense sticks, execute the generals; likewise, anyone who beheads an enemy soldier may come to this official after the battle to collect double the reward silver!”
After speaking, Wu Feng was the first to spring onto his horse and set an example for everyone.
Although going out of the city was risky, he knew this was the only chance since the national war began to lift morale; the opportunity must not be missed, and once gone it would never return!
Seeing how serious he was, he even brought out military law!
The soldiers were all dumbfounded!
And seeing that Lord Wu, a 3rd-rank official, was leading the charge himself, could it be… that they really could win?
A moment later.
They still obeyed the military order, got up from the camp, and ran out through the city gate.
But when they saw the demon beasts in the distance on the battlefield already scattering and retreating, their delight became beyond measure!
“Damn… charge!”
“Kill those beasts!”
“Brothers, it’s time to earn our coffin money!”
“…”
…
In this battle.
The Jing Kingdom prevailed over a stronger foe and forced the demon army’s main camp to retreat 100 li!
Although the Demon Realm still retained its strength, and the soldiers had won in a daze, Jing Kingdom’s decline had clearly taken a major turn!
That night.
As soon as Wu Feng took off his armor, he did not even bother to wash up before running to the camp to write all of this into a memorial, and the victorious report was sent back to the capital!