When the demon world invaded, the major sect leaders and their disciples stayed outside the rotating tower, waiting for the last two people to come out of the tower.
"It's already a great achievement to be able to reach the eighth floor. Now they have to stay there for such a long time. I think their strength must have greatly increased." Dan Zong said, looking at the light spot on the eighth floor.
It is true that things are unpredictable. Before the sect competition, everyone thought that Kunlun would be the final winner, but it was eventually robbed by a weapon-refining sect that was on the verge of bankruptcy.
"It would be a great achievement if we could find the passage to the ninth floor and climb up there," said the Five Elements Sect leader. "It's not like there were no Kunlun disciples who spent a year on the eighth floor before."
Lian Lian was extremely displeased when he heard what his father said. He was always thinking about currying favor with Kunlun and never thought about how to improve his own strength.
Taoist Feng Chen did not hear what the Five Elements Sect leader said. He looked down at the communication jade disc in his hand, his face changed drastically: "There is a demon invading."
When everyone heard the word "demon", they were instantly alert. All the disciples looked towards the demon world on the right, but they only found demonic energy surging, but no demon appeared.
At this moment, other sect leaders also received the message that demons had appeared in various cities. The elders and disciples who stayed behind in each sect had already gone out to fight against them, but they found a huge number of demon armies. They realized something was wrong and quickly sent a message to the sect leader outside the rotating tower.
"Return to your sects immediately." Taoist Feng Chen said solemnly, "Suppress the demon army."
"How could so many demon armies appear silently in the world of cultivation?" Wu Yue, the leader of the Hehuan Sect, was puzzled. They all believed that there would be unusual movements in the demon world and it should be here in the Rotating Tower, so they led so many elite disciples here.
Those demons do not pass through the boundary, and if they want to go directly to the world of cultivation, they must have a blood pool passage.
"There are people in the world of cultivation who are in contact with demons." Zhou Qi, the leader of our sword sect, said solemnly. Under their noses, there was such a large-scale act of collusion with demons, and all the sects were responsible.
"No need to say anything else, everyone go back immediately." Taoist Fengchen flicked his sleeves and said coldly, "Kunlun is determined to catch the person who communicates with the devil."
All the sects were about to leave, and Yi Xuan stepped out and asked, "My senior sister and... junior brother are still inside."
The sect leaders stopped and turned their eyes to Taoist Feng Chen.
"The gate of the Rotating Tower can only be opened once every ten years. We cannot alert the two people in the tower, so we can only leave for the time being." Taoist Feng Chen comforted the two people from the Thousand Machine Gate, "With the Holy Envoy Penglai guarding here, nothing will happen."
"We stay here." Lu Jiu looked at the rotating tower and said, "Wait for Ye Su and Junior Brother You to come out."
Taoist Feng Chen glanced at the two of them and said, "That's fine. You two just wait here."
After saying this, Taoist Feng Chen took the Kunlun disciples and left the intersection of the three realms first.
Ning Qianyao did not follow Lu Chenhan. She walked to the side of the leader of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect and said that she wanted to see Jian Hu.
Gu Liangtian watched coldly as the sect leader agreed to take her with him.
All the sects left one after another.
"This is a teleportation scroll." Xu Chengyu took a scroll and said, "The sect leader asked me to give it to you. If you want to leave here, you can use this scroll."
"Thank you." Yi Xuan accepted it.
"We'll send you a message if there's any news," Xu Chengyu said before leaving.
Not only him, Yan Hao and Mei Chou Ren from the Hehuan Sect also said that they would pass on the news. After all, there are disciples from the Qianji Sect in the two sects.
This was their original plan, but after all the sects had left, Yi Xuan and Lu Jiu had been waiting outside the tower for less than ten days when they received news from the two sects that the place where the Thousand Machine Sect was located was surrounded by the demon army.
To be precise, the place where Qianjimen is located is not a city, but a narrow road composed of mountain ranges and small towns. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, connecting the two directions of southeast.
It is not surprising that the demon army wants to encircle the Qianji Gate. They probably want to occupy this position to deal with the cities in the southeast.
Fortunately, the disciples of Qianji Sect were not in the sect, and Wujian Sect and Hehuan Sect were busy dealing with the demon army and had no way to spare, so Xu Chengyu and Yan Hao only sent a message to inform Yi Xuan and Lu Jiu.
"Yu Shoumen is still in the sect." Yi Xuan thought of the ordinary people at the foot of the mountain, "I need to go back."
Apart from the Wuyin Sect and the Qianji Sect, there are basically no cultivators in the town there.
"... I'll go with you." Lu Jiu said, "An extra helper."
Yi Xuan looked up at the rotating tower and finally agreed.
That day, Yi Xuan and Lu Jiu used the teleportation scroll to go to Qianji Gate.
Before leaving, Yi Xuan wrote a letter, briefly explaining what had happened and that they had to return to Qianji Gate first. He then handed the letter to the Penglai Holy Envoy guarding outside the tower and asked him to give it to You Fushi who had come out first.
If there were people from other sects here, they would be shocked to see that Saint Envoy Penglai actually accepted the letter and agreed to Yi Xuan's words.
Peng Lai is good at being alone and never interferes in other matters.
When the two arrived at Qianji Gate, the situation was worse than they had imagined.
This was an army of Heavenly Demons. It had not attracted too much attention from the major sects and was not among the top targets for elimination. However, there were actually two Demon Lords leading them silently.
There are different levels of demons in the demon world. The three demon lords are equivalent to the great tribulation-crossing masters in the world of cultivation, that is, the level of the ancestors in seclusion in the major sects. Next are the seven demon lords, who are equivalent to the Mahayana level of the major sect masters.
The others are divided into Demon Lord, True Demon and Heavenly Demon, which correspond to the fusion, transformation and Nascent Soul realms of the cultivators respectively.
When the demon army arrived, the people in the town fled to the two sects, and most ordinary people chose to go to the Wuyin Sect.
First, the Qianji Sect had been in decline for more than 500 years, and most people had no hope for it. The changes in just one or two years were not enough to restore its former glory. Second, the Wuyin Sect was a sect of cultivators who could kill monsters, while the Qianji Sect was only a sect that refined weapons.
However, no one expected that the moment they sensed the demonic energy, the Wuyin Sect activated the gate guarding formation, and no people or demons outside could come in.
Some young disciples looked at the people outside asking for help, and subconsciously turned back to look at the sect master and the elders, wanting to let these people in.
"Demons are not something that ordinary cultivators like us can deal with." Zhi Ji, the leader of the Wuyin Sect, said, "But the gate guarding formation can protect our safety."
Some disciples were still hesitating, but when demons chased them and started biting and swallowing people in front of them, they instantly became timid. They could not defeat these demons.
"Master, the monks should protect the safety of ordinary people." Xin Xin tightly grasped the flute in his hand, his eyes struggling for several times, and finally turned around and half-knelt down to say to Zhi Ji, "I am willing to go out and save people."
"Impossible." Wuyin Sect's leader Zhi Ji looked at Xin Xin and said coldly, "Letting you go will allow the demon army to come in and harm other disciples?"
Xin Xin looked back at the people outside the sect being devoured by the demon army, his eyes red, "We can't just stand here and watch."
Yang Tan waved his hand, trying to knock him out, but Xin Xin had already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul. Although he was not as good as him in the late stage of the Nascent Soul, at least he would not be subdued by one move.
The two of them actually started fighting right here and right now.
Zhi Ji sneered, and played the pipa lightly, and Xin Xin was knocked out: "Take the man away."
Yang Tan's face looked ugly. He was not very talented. He was over 500 years old, but he was still in the late Nascent Soul stage. Now a little disciple could bully him.
"Go back and rest first." Zhi Ji walked to Yang Tan and said softly, "Don't worry about these people."
Yang Tan's expression gradually calmed down. Fortunately, he had chosen a good partner for dual cultivation.
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In the neighboring Qianji Sect, Yu Fenghai flew out of the Sutra Pavilion. He could sense that the Wuyin Sect had activated the gate guarding formation, and he also guessed that a considerable number of ordinary people would be outside the sect, but he was unable to go over to save them.
Because some people were coming towards Qianji Gate, he could only protect these people first.
Yu Fenghai stood in front of the Qianji Gate, looking at the surging demon army. He could tell at a glance that the leading demon king was almost as powerful as himself.
As a person at the peak of the late stage of fusion, he has a good chance of killing the Demon Lord. However, there is a group of demons behind him that interfere from time to time, so he can only rely on Elder Hu to use various magic weapons to block the way for him.
If they could have activated the Thousand Machine Sect's formation, they wouldn't have fallen to this point. Unfortunately, the spiritual energy in the sect has dried up, and no one has maintained the formation for a long time.
Three days later, Yu Fenghai killed the Demon Lord in front of Qianji Gate. He looked at the Demon Army opposite and was helped up by Elder Hu.
"It's okay." Yu Fenghai's voice was rough and hoarse. "It will be resolved soon."
He was covered in blood. He originally had only one arm, and now that arm was covered in scars, with even the bone at his elbow sticking out of the flesh.
Yu Fenghai had no expression on his face. He simply pressed the bone back in and waited for it to recover.
"Really?" The Demon Lord who was originally in front of the Wuyin Sect came to the Qianji Gate at some point and licked his long black nails. "Today, this Demon Lord will definitely destroy your small sect. It's a pity... why are there no tender young monks in it?"
Here comes another demon king in the fusion stage.
Yu Fenghai and Elder Hu looked at each other, knowing that they would probably be in great danger this time. They could only hold on for a while, perhaps a large sect would come to rescue them.
However, a slight fluctuation of spiritual power suddenly appeared in the air, and it was the teleportation scroll that sent Yi Xuan and Lu Jiu over.
"Elder, guard the gate." Yi Xuan turned his back to the demons and nodded to the two of them.
"You..." Elder Hu looked around, "You two are the only ones back?"
There were no reinforcements, only two young disciples. Elder Hu couldn't help but feel worried. He lowered his voice and said, "Do you have any more scrolls? Leave here quickly."
It doesn’t matter if they died, as long as these young disciples are still here, there is hope.
"There are no other scrolls." Yi Xuan turned around, drew out the Chongming Sword, and gently tilted his wrist, and the Chongming came out.
One man and one spirit stand side by side.
"Sword spirit?" Yu Fenghai recognized it. Although he felt the same as Elder Hu, he did not let Yi Xuan and Lu Jiu leave. People living in this world must have their own path.
The fact that only two of them were willing to come over showed their determination.
"This knife smells really bad." The demon lord licked his long black nails and suddenly grabbed Yi Xuan, his nails stretched terribly long.
Yi Xuan turned sideways and swung his sword, with Chongming at his side, the sword intent all around him rushing towards the Demon Lord.
"You two stay here to heal your wounds first." Lu Jiu took out two bottles of pills from his Qiankun bag and fed them to Yu Fenghai and Elder Hu. After they finished eating, he raised his sword and rushed towards the demons.
The Demon Lord is comparable to a cultivator in the fusion stage, while Yi Xuan is only in the early stage of the spirit transformation stage. Without Chongming's help, he would not be able to fight across levels.
The demon's physical fitness was much better than that of the cultivator. Even if Yi Xuan hit the opponent with his sword, he only cut a layer of skin.
"The body and the spirit are one, when in motion one is still." Yu Fenghai stood aside, staring at the battle between Yi Xuan and the Demon Lord, and gave a reminder.
Yi Xuan was not an ordinary cultivator, he had a strong ability to comprehend. As long as Yu Fenghai opened his mouth, he could learn it instantly. With Chongming beside him, they were almost in sync.
In the end, Yi Xuan crossed the level and beheaded the demon king.
Before being beheaded, the demon king's eyes flashed with confusion. The knife had the so-called righteous aura that he hated the most, but why did this cultivator have a familiar smell
Once they lost their leader, the Heavenly Demon Army fell into chaos. Lu Jiu and Yi Xuan gathered the troops separately and killed all the Heavenly Demons.
The entire area in front of Qianji Gate was filled with demonic blood and evil spirits, and the sky became dark.
"There are quite a few people gathered outside the Wuyin Sect." Yu Fenghai's leg was chopped off by the Demon Lord before, and is slowly recovering. He can only be supported by Elder Hu. "Can you still go?"
The bloodthirsty energy kept churning in Yi Xuan's heart, making him addicted and obsessed, but Chongming walked over, reached out and held Yi Xuan's hand, his eyes were tolerant and gentle, and after a moment it returned to the Chongming sword, making him suddenly sober up.
"We'll go over there now." Yi Xuan put away his knife and said calmly.
Almost non-stop, the two rushed to the gate of Wuyin Sect. A considerable number of people had already died, and blood was flowing along the mountain road, looking weird and terrifying.
When those people saw the monks coming, they were happy at first, but then they found that there were only two monks in disheveled clothes, and the hope in their eyes gradually disappeared.
"Why are there only two monks?"
"Please, save me!"
Various screams and cries of panic and fear were intertwined.
Yi Xuan and Lu Jiu were not talkative people. They held their swords in their hands and started to clear out the demons.
The two made rapid progress after the sect competition and the rotating tower. The monsters that were extremely powerful before were not so difficult for them to fight now.
The number of demons decreased one by one. When everyone thought that they could be rescued as long as they killed all the demons, they didn't know that it was just the beginning.
Those people in front of the Wuyin Sect were taken to the Qianji Sect, and Yi Xuan contacted Ming Liusha and others who were in the Wujian Sect.
They can't come back, and they can't come back.
All the cities are under attack, and the two sects are unable to spare manpower to escort the people from Qianji Sect back, not to mention that it is safer in Wujian Sect.
As for Zhang Fengfeng, he couldn't come back because he had to temporarily make protective magic tools for some disciples of the Hehuan Sect.
There were only four people guarding the Qianji Gate, and they all thought that the demon army would not come again for the time being. Who could have expected that just over two months later, the Demon Lord would come to attack the Qianji Gate again.
And there are more than two.