Wei Chongran's voice slowed down. "The Taixuan Sect's Yuandu Patriarch tried his best to activate the 72 Heavenly Gates Array to protect the sect, which barely bought some time. He did not hesitate to consume a large amount of resources in an instant and activated the ultra-long-distance teleportation array, which finally allowed most of the sect's middle and high-level monks to be teleported out.
However, he only escaped with his Nascent Soul in the end, and later he brought the remaining monks of Taixuan Sect to Shibuyuan, because Shibuyuan was the closest to them.
Now the Yuanying of Yuandu Patriarch is still in seclusion to recuperate, and he can only find a suitable physical body in the future.
So, at present, there are already four known incarnation-level cultivators in the Desolate Moon Continent. In addition to the Taixuan Sect, the remaining three sects actually have three more incarnation-level cultivators. However, the Taixuan Sect's Yuandu Patriarch has been seriously injured. There is a big gap between us and the top demons in terms of combat power. Alas!"
At the end, Wei Chongran sighed heavily. Although it seemed that the difference between three and four was minimal, but at that level, the strength was almost the same, and the probability of killing the opponent one-on-one was less than 20%, not to mention that the opponent had one more top-level strongman in the world.
Li Yan's heart sank suddenly. Seeing Li Yan's face turn embarrassed, Wei Chongran spoke up to comfort him.
"However, in addition to the three major sects, the secret realm is now led by two fourth-level demon kings, who are leading a large number of demon beasts to come to support at the same time. So overall, the situation is not so bad that it cannot be saved."
A fourth-level demon beast is equivalent to a human Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Is there no fifth-level demon emperor in the secret realm?"
Li Yan was delighted, but then asked in confusion, in this kind of war, in the end it still depends on the strongest combat power. The fifth-level Demon Emperor is the real key to decide the situation. What's the use of having a Demon King
“Alas, Demon Emperor? Maybe there is. I really don’t know about this. In these years of interacting with the secret realm, the strongest cultivators who have entered the four major sects are the Nascent Soul seniors, and those who have appeared in the secret realm are all fourth-level Demon Kings.” Wei Chongran shook his head.
Then, his next words shocked Li Yan again.
“In fact, three of the four demon commanders who came from the Demon Realm through the South China Sea Channel should be human monks.
Moreover, among these 10,000 demon cultivators, more than 400 are human cultivators, and among these human cultivators, it is said that there are more than 20 who have reached the Nascent Soul stage.
Adding some demon generals of the same level, this is already much more than the total number of Yuanying in our entire Desolate Moon Continent."
"There are human cultivators in the demon army? Master, are there human cultivators in the demon world as well?" Li Yan looked incredulous.
“First of all, these four hundred people are indeed human cultivators, and each of them has a high level of cultivation. They are filled with hostility and have no sympathy for the Taixuan Sect, who are also human. Their killing is extremely bloody.
No one knows where these monks came from. After investigation by senior monks from the four major sects, there are two opinions. One is that these human monks are human monks living in the Demon Realm, and they have long been assimilated by the demons. So they came here together, of course, to occupy more cultivation resources.
Another opinion is that these human monks may be human monks from other continents, such as monks from foreign continents that have been conquered by the demons. This opinion is also the one that is most recognized by most senior monks at present.
Well, as to whether there are human cultivators in the Demon Realm, I have heard a little about it. A long time ago, when Su Changyang, an ancestor of the Wangliang Sect who had achieved the state of transformation, was traveling around the world, by coincidence, he was drawn into the Demon Realm after passing through a space node.
He later had a fierce battle with a demon commander there, and finally broke into the space turbulence again, thus escaping the joint pursuit of the three demon commanders who followed.
I have heard your grandmaster say it himself. Our ancestor, Su Changyang, briefly mentioned this matter in a jade slip later on. He also confirmed that there are human cultivators in the demon world as well, but the cultivation methods they use should be based on demonic skills.
So until now, although we don’t know where this group of human monks who are so powerful that they terrify the entire continent come from, we have heard from the Taixuan Sect that these mysterious human monks have not yet shown any magical aura, so it is more likely that they are monks from foreign lands.”
Li Yan's heart was beating violently. For a moment, he felt that everything he heard today was a farce.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, Li Yan had to face the facts, and he had no ability to change it. Even though he was now a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was still helpless.
Including the number of demon generals, the other side has about thirty Nascent Soul cultivators. There are only a few Nascent Soul cultivators in their Wuliang Sect. How many are there in the entire Desolate Moon Continent? Just thinking about it makes people feel powerless from the bottom of their hearts.
As for where those human monks came from, Li Yan undoubtedly agreed with the second opinion.
Just as Master Li Yan and his apprentice were having a secret conversation in Fengliang Mountain, in a spacious hall hundreds of thousands of miles away, three people were sitting on three chairs in the center.
Compared with the entire magnificent hall, the bodies of these three people seemed so small, and the surroundings seemed endless and empty.
At this time, a Buddhist chant was heard in the hall. Although the voice was peaceful and weak, it echoed everywhere in the hall.
"Amitabha, Fellow Daoist Yuandu, you said that the magic arts used by the three human cultivators who have reached the state of transformation are something you have never seen before. So can you be sure that they are not magic arts?"
Although the voice was plain and revealed a heavy sense of vicissitudes, it made people feel as if they were bathing in the warm spring breeze, and it made people feel peaceful and far-sighted, as if they had seen through everything in the world. This was a young monk, wearing a simple coarse cloth monk's robe, and his facial features were indescribably handsome, but his handsome appearance was completely inconsistent with his voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, a blurry ball of light suddenly appeared in the void in front of the three people. The color of the light was dim, making it difficult to see what was inside. Then a weak voice came from the light ball.
“Greetings to Senior Brother Da Ling and the two Junior Brothers. Although I have not fought these three people head-on, the methods they used to break the 72 Heavenly Gate Formation that protects my Taixuan Sect are very different from those of the Demon Marshal. I can still tell that this is definitely not magic.
But even with what I have seen and heard in my travels to several continents, I have never seen these methods. It may be that the monks of a hidden sect in a foreign continent... "At this point, the weak voice seemed to be lost in thought and stopped talking.
"Zhan Tian, what do you think?"
Just as the young monk was talking to the ball of light, a domineering voice suddenly sounded. It was from an old man in brocade clothes sitting among the three chairs.
The old man had dark hair that shone dimly, his face was golden, and his eyebrows were as long as an eagle's, reaching straight into his temples. At this moment, he turned his head to look at a gentle middle-aged man in a long green shirt sitting to one side.
Although the middle-aged man looked like a well-read Confucian scholar, when he raised his eyes to look at the old man in brocade clothes, there seemed to be thousands of swords hidden in the depths of his eyes, and there was even a faint sound of swords whistling, as if as long as he opened his breath and made a sound, everything in front of him would be wiped out.
He glanced at the old man in brocade clothes without answering. Instead, he looked back at the dim light floating in front of him and spoke slowly, but his voice was so calm that not a trace of fluctuation could be heard.
"Fellow Daoist Yuandu, you shouldn't have been invited here today. It's time for you to retreat and recuperate. But we know very little about these mysterious monks.
Some time ago, my fellow Daoist Su Changyang and I secretly wanted to sneak into the enemy's base camp. Unfortunately, one of the enemy's cultivators might have reached the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. As soon as we approached Wanli, we were discovered by him.
Fortunately, my 'Spiritual Sword Heart' gave us a warning, which allowed us to avoid falling into the enemy's ambush and retreat in advance.
As a result, we suddenly have no direction on how to make the next plan against them. Currently, we can only defend step by step, but if we continue like this, it will only give the opponent more time to adjust and prepare.
I sent you a message yesterday and I know that you have recovered a little, so I have to invite you here. I wonder if you can imitate some of the methods you have seen without using your magic power. Maybe the three of us can see something of their origin and guess the cause of some things. "
A reply came from the dim light group very quickly. "Of course you can. I am only using the 70 arrays of the Heavenly Gate to fight them. Otherwise, they would be killed in one encounter. So most of the time, they are mainly using methods to break the arrays and restrictions. Other means of attack are not used much."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ball of dim light surged and immediately turned into an old Taoist in his fifties. However, he looked listless, his breath was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, extremely unstable, and even his figure was switching back and forth between reality and illusion.
Then, he frowned and thought for a while, then he drew a series of random marks in the air with his fingers. However, he often stopped to think for a while after drawing one or half a finger before he could continue, explaining at the same time.
"This is the technique used by the tall and thin old man standing in the front. His cultivation should be the highest among the four. He might be the late-stage Spiritualization expert that Zhan Tian sensed. At that time, even the Demon Marshal respected him."
"This is another..." Just like that, the half-shadow old Taoist said as he slowly drew a series of strange marks.
After half an hour, the old Taoist finally stopped, but his voice revealed more weakness. Although he did not use too much magic power this time, the task of thinking and memorizing the opponent's skills was also very exhausting, even if what he drew was just something that seemed to be true.
"Amitabha, can you two see anything? I do have a feeling..."
The young monk's face changed from its initial gentleness to an unprecedented solemnity. After half an hour, he looked depressed.
Before he finished speaking, the scholar in green robes spoke without any emotion, "Ancient Immortal Technique!"
The old man in brocade clothes was still frowning in thought, but after hearing this, his eyes suddenly opened and he said, "I felt like I had seen this somewhere before. It looks very much like an ancient immortal technique."
At this time, the old Taoist had turned into a ball of light again, and his weak voice was heard again.
"It turns out that I am not the only one who has this feeling. At first I thought I was sensing it wrongly because I was in a hurry.
This kind of magic has been lost for who knows how many years since the Desolate Moon Continent was destroyed. I only know a little about it from some ancient books. When I first found Daoist Zhan Tian last time, I wanted to tell you immediately, but my Nascent Soul was on the verge of collapse, so I couldn’t say more. "
After listening to this, Zhan Tian nodded. When Yuandu's Nascent Soul found Shibuyuan, he only had time to say "Taixuan is destroyed, the demons are coming south!" before passing out. If Yuandu hadn't rescued him immediately, Yuandu's Nascent Soul might have collapsed and perished.
Zhan Tian also learned the details of the attack on Taixuan Sect from the Taixuan Sect disciples who fled with Yuandu.