Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 468 - 466 Start of the Great War (Make Up For 30 Missed - s) _1

Chapter 468: Chapter 466 Start of the Great War (Make Up For 30 Missed Chapters) _1

Several days later, above Icefiend Lake.

"The journey to Tianli Plains is far and arduous..."

Fang Xi, looking at Bai Yunsou and Elder Diao Ao before him, a hint of a smile appeared on his face, "It just so happens that I have a Void Spiritual Treasure that can be used for travel. How about we go together?"

Bai Yunsou and Elder Diao Ao exchanged a glance and replied, "Since Sir has extended such a gracious invitation, we would be disrespectful to decline."

"We will need the combined efforts of the three of us for this task, so there is no need for modesty."

Fang Xi’s face wore a humble expression before he released the Blood Kill Hall!

Hum!

The Blood Kill Hall rapidly expanded, transforming into a vast palace, layers of blood clouds emerging from within.

"This... this... this..."

Bai Yunsou, who had been smiling whilst stroking his beard, nearly pulled his own whiskers out in shock, "This item... seems to be that sev..."

He was alarmed and realized he had misspoken, suddenly falling silent.

Elder Diao Ao, witnessing this scene, was similarly filled with astonishment: ’Rumors of Demon Lord Qi Sha’s fall had to do with Yun Jiezi, but I never expected... even the Void Spiritual Treasure of Seven Deadly Sins Hall to end up in his hands... How did Huang Yungong manage to befriend such an extraordinary individual? That’s not right, when we became acquainted, he seemed quite ordinary...’

Recalling their past camaraderie of sharing drinks and meals, Elder Diao Ao and Bai Yunsou exchanged glances, feeling some regret in their hearts.

"Please!"

Fang Xi transformed into a swath of pitch-black demon light, flying into the Blood Kill Hall.

He had deliberately displayed this treasure to intimidate the two Nascent Souls, thereby obtaining complete control over this operation.

After all, he wouldn’t be willing to take orders from others, let alone be bossed around, not even a discussion would be acceptable.

He must have the right to make all the critical decisions on the spot, which is the premise for being able to advance or retreat defensively.

After all, although Yun Jiezi had a fierce reputation, he was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul and most old monsters of Nascent Soul were unruly...

Whoosh!

The Blood Kill Hall turned into a streak of blood light, moving at an extreme speed and vanished into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

Bai Yunsou and Elder Diao Ao looked at each other and bowed to Fang Xi, who was leaning on the rail and looking into the distance, "Mr. Yun Jiezi, we are willing to follow your lead on the journey to Wind Moon Mountain!"

"There’s no need to be so formal, gentlemen, let’s discuss matters as they arise." Fang Xi was quite satisfied with their stance; his intimidation had not been in vain, but he still needed to keep up appearances.

Bai Yunsou hesitated for a moment before continuing, "About that female disciple of old Huang Yun, sigh..."

"I’ve already taken care of that matter, so let’s not speak of it any further."

Fang Xi gestured dismissively, indicating he had no interest whatsoever in the subject.

How close these two were to Huang Yungong was none of his business.

As for whether to take action, that was even less of an issue—it was merely a matter of choice for each individual.

What’s most important now is the Array Eye of the Transformation Array!

...

Seven Treasure Building Boat.

Top floor.

Demon Lord Tian Du, with his hands clasped behind his back, watched the disappearance of the Blood Kill Hall, and said to Su Xuelong behind him with a smile, "With this ’Blood Kill Hall,’ their expedition should have a better chance."

"To think it’s the Blood Kill Hall, this hall is a Void Spiritual Treasure, capable of sealing Nascent Soul instant movements..."

Su Xuelong felt some cold sweat on his forehead.

Perhaps he hadn’t been harsh enough in handling his subordinate? Maybe he should’ve obliterated the Divine Soul and then offered it to Ling Shu?

Who would have thought that after just one or two meetings with Huang Yungong, Yun Jiezi would actually take action when asked!

"All the teams have set off, it’s time for us to depart too. The massive force should provide them with cover..."

Demon Lord Tian Du’s face suddenly turned expressionless, "Has that person... sent out our false intelligence again?"

At the mention of this, Su Xuelong also grew serious, "It has been confirmed... it’s junior fellow Qin. I can’t understand why he would do this, it’s truly unbelievable."

Heh heh... Don’t just blame the Demon Path, even among the Righteous Path, many are self-serving," said Demon Lord Tian Du with a sneer, "If instead of the Monster World, it was the Demon Realm that had descended, you would see how many old demons would’ve straightaway defected... Our cultivation borrows from the ancient Demon Tribe’s Demon Skills, and indeed, the cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds if one could be infused with True Demon Qi, especially those old demons nearing their end, who wouldn’t do anything to stay alive?"

"Ancient demons..." mumbled Su Xuelong, the Demon Clan being one of the powerful tribes contending with the human race in the Earth Immortal Realm, even the Mortal World had once invaded the Demon Realm.

He brushed off that thought and continued report, "The false intelligence contains nine truths and one lie, as instructed by the Supreme Elder; is that too revealing?"

"It’s fine... Given that the Monster Clan has many spies, our movements are quite clear. If it corroborates with their information, it only increases the credibility of the intelligence... and flux of the massive forces; how can we conceal that? As long as we can obscure the information about those few small teams and make the Monster Clan suffer a setback, it would be good enough."

Demon Lord Tian Du then asked, "How are our preparations?"

"The Ancient Demon Beasts have all been refined... We’ve also taken out the ’Summon Demon Order’ from the Ancestor Hall, and suitable sacrifices have been found—people born at special times, possessing the ’Call for Demon Body’... Besides that, we’ve also prepared someone with a ’Nine Yin Body’ as a backup,"

Su Xuelong bowed as he spoke.

"Good, next, let’s pay a visit to junior fellow Qin. After all, he is a fellow sect brother, so let’s just send him off without having to refine his Divine Soul into a weapon... Although his corpse should still be turned into a Devil Corpse to continue serving the sect."

Demon Lord Tian Du’s eyes flickered coldly as he spoke.

For a Demon Cultivator, this was already a rare kindness.

...

Several months later.

The Tianli Plains.

This place was a vast grassland that, by now, had already been filled with armies of both the human race and the Monster Clan.

On the Monster Clan’s side, the ground was covered with various low-level monster beasts donning fur and horns, or bearing scales of all colors, so densely packed that the sight alone was enough to impose a significant pressure.

In the skies above, even more monster birds had gathered.

Directly in front stood a flock of Iron Wing Eagles, a dark mass as if they were large clusters of storm clouds, and on both sides were swarms of demon beasts resembling dragonflies, known as Four-winged Flies, spewing poisonous mists and forming green clouds of toxic miasma. Perhaps this had little effect on high-level cultivators, but those of lower levels certainly couldn’t maintain their protective spiritual light under such poison for long.

The Monster Clan army was only showing a part of its force, with many more hidden within the dense Demon Qi, faintly visible.

Looking over at the cultivators’ side, hundreds of colossal Spirit Boats floated in the sky, led by the Seven Treasure Building Boat.

A great number of cultivators stood on their magical instruments, hovering in mid-air like densely packed guards.

On the ground, beams of spiritual light shot into the sky, transforming into protective barriers of various colors that enveloped the numerous cultivator troops.

Above those low-level disciples, Pure Demon Talismans flickered with white light, purifying the Demon Qi in the void.

A closer look revealed that the arrangement of these low-level cultivators subtly followed an array pattern, clearly ready to form a Battle Array at a moment’s thought!

And from the flags, it was apparent that fellow sect members were placed within a grand array, managed personally by their Sect Leaders or even Nascent Soul seniors, following their every command.

Nangong Li was positioned on the left side of the cultivator’s army, with eighteen strikingly beautiful Heavenly Concubines around her, her gaze extremely solemn.

On her shoulder, a small Four-eared Marmoset was scratching its ears and cheeks, seemingly listening to the movements within a thousand li.

With a flash of Escape Light, three Nascent Soul seniors appeared next to Nangong Li, namely Madame Miao Yun, in the guise of a beautiful woman, as well as the Empty Mulberry Old Demon, and Lord Tianlong!

"You’ve arrived at the perfect time, the Alliance leader has ordered us to prepare for the attack,"

Nangong Li said with a somber expression. "Lord Tianlong, your Taoist Soldiers go first!"

"Understood!"

Lord Tianlong, expressionless, internally cursed his bad luck and took out a Voice Transmission Talisman to speak a few words.

"Roar Roar!"

"Howl Howl!"

Driven by the disciples of Eternal Spring Valley, one after another fierce-looking Dragon Beast Soldiers took their positions at the forefront of the array.

These Dragon Beast Soldiers were all odd and grotesquely shaped, some as huge as houses and others only as big as oxen. Their common feature was the green scales of the same hue covering their bodies, emanating a faint aura of Flood Dragon majesty.

Thud Thud!

Just then, within the ranks of the Monster Clan, suddenly, the sound of war drums erupted.

These drum beats seemed to hold a strange power, creating invisible ripples that caused the eyes of the low-level monster beasts to slowly turn red, becoming restless.

Amidst the drum beats, a marshal platform rose from among the beasts and was slowly pushed to a forward position near the center.

This platform seemed to be entirely constructed from the skeletons of the human race, revealing a ghastly white color, and atop it stood a huge drum engraved with phoenix patterns.

Feng Shisan held the drumsticks, fiercely hammering the drumhead with thunderous sounds that echoed throughout the plains.

Elder Qing stood on the marshal platform, looking indifferently towards the Seven Treasure Building Boat where Demon Lord Tian Du resided, "Sir, wouldn’t it be a pity to lose so many years of cultivation in a single moment? If you surrender now, you can still retain a high position... This is my last gesture of goodwill."

"Further words are useless."

Demon Lord Tian Du, with an increasingly bright red mark on his forehead, coldly declared, "Begin the attack!"

The Seven Treasure Building Boat roared, and a precious mirror slowly rose, releasing a brilliance that caused countless members of the Monster Clan to scream in agony.

Hum!

This beam of brilliance swept through, and the thick Demon Qi around it began to dissipate rapidly like spring snow under the sun, revealing hideous Monster Clan members one after another.

Especially near the human race’s formation, a section of Demon Qi was directly erased, uncovering a group of peculiar demon beasts.

These creatures, akin to monkeys but with four arms each, were armed with pitch-black sticks and other weapons. They had obviously intended to use the Demon Qi as cover to close in on the human camp and launch a sneak attack.

But they hadn’t expected the Demon Qi to be directly obliterated!

Not only that, the brilliance kept pushing forward until it finally dissipated upon meeting a layer of blood color.

Even so, most of the Monster Clan’s cover had been broken, revealing a large portion of their formations!

"It’s a Spirit Treasure level Demons’ Mirror! Damn it! The human race of the South Wilderness was never known to be able to refine such treasures..."

Feng Shisan snorted coldly.

"As I thought, it’s the ’Thousands Demon Array’!"

Demon Lord Tian Du, looking at the layer of blood color where the silhouettes of various Monster Clan members flickered, couldn’t help but frown with a serious expression.

"Attack!"

Nangong Li ordered coldly as Voice Transmission Talismans flew through the sky.

"Howl Howl!"

One by one, the Dragon Beast Soldiers were released from their shackles and roared towards the sky, all charging at once toward a group of low-level Moon Watching Rhino Tribe on the opposite side.

Their oozing Dragon majesty caused a commotion among the Moon Watching Rhino Tribe...

Meanwhile, in Feng Country, inside and outside a particular great array, an even more tragic battle between human and monster clans was on the verge of breaking out!