Seeing the remaining ferocious beasts retreating slowly and cautiously, everyone in the field was stunned on the spot... It was not until the army of ferocious beasts disappeared from their sight at an extremely fast speed that the joy of surviving the disaster surged in their hearts...
"The beast... retreated?"
"I, we won? No... there was no battle at all, what's going on?"
No one could understand what was happening. They were all ready to die in battle, but the enemy just came and walked away...
Such a strange thing has never happened in previous beast tide incidents!
However, no matter how strange it was, it was an indisputable fact that they survived the catastrophe. In a moment, everyone collapsed to the ground, with beads of sweat dripping down their cheeks, but everyone's face showed a look of relief and joy...
They could certainly risk their lives, but it would be better for them to be alive.
At this juncture, no one would be indignant, or would propose to chase after the ferocious beasts beyond their capabilities - they alone were not enough to stop the beast tide - even the old city lord only ordered the men to rest on the spot and quickly reported the matter to their superiors.
This report was not a big deal, but the message sent back from the other end gave him a big surprise!
"The siege is lifted? The beast tides everywhere have retreated?!"
Upon hearing the news, everyone in the room was stunned for a moment—no one could have imagined that this disaster, which was clearly going to sweep across the war zone and destroy the wartime alliance, would just... just pass like that
Is this what they call much ado about nothing
For a moment, some people even felt unhappy that they were "tricked", but the next moment, this feeling was replaced by relief!
This is actually great.
"Which great man took action to resolve this disaster? The leader of the Hidden Sect? The president of the academy? His Majesty Emperor Zhou, the strongest man in Shenzhou?"
Many people began to whisper to each other, discussing the possibility of the 'person who took action'... In their opinion, judging from the overall scale of the beast tide before them, only the strongest people at the top level of Shenzhou would be qualified to step into this situation. Even ordinary great practitioners would not be able to perform such a miracle!
Of course, if they knew that the person who resolved this disaster was not one of those powerful people, but just a young man who had just turned eighteen and ascended to the Soul Initiation Realm not long ago... and that this young man was going to take advantage of this situation and give them a taste of their own medicine... I wonder if they would be so shocked that their eyes would fall out
Fortunately, they didn't know and wouldn't make such absurd assumptions. Otherwise, they would have many associations, which would have been detrimental to the implementation of Chu Tianxiao's subsequent plans...
At that moment, due to the atmosphere of surviving a disaster, everyone in the room became talkative. Just as they were discussing endlessly and smiling, one of them suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait... Think about it carefully, the direction that the beasts retreated seems to be different from when they came..."
"Um?"
"Come to think of it... it seems to be true. Wait, that direction..."
After these words fell, the alert people in the room also pondered, carefully recalling the previous scene, and then... several people said in unison at the same time: "It seems to be... the demon clan's residence!?"
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“Bang!”
A pair of hands with long black nails slammed heavily on a jade slip. Demonic energy emanated from it, instantly smashing the jade slip into pieces.
"We've been fighting for so long, and we've only gathered 10% of the blood essence needed for the blood sacrifice... If this continues, when will we be able to launch a general offensive?"
Thick demonic energy wrapped around the waist of the demon who was speaking, making the demon horns on his forehead look even more hideous and terrifying. Judging from his aura, he was obviously a veteran demon general, strong enough to rival the peak of the human soul!
He was also one of the three demon generals mentioned by the captain of the Tianji team.
Hearing his words, a demon general with a powerful aura on the opposite side couldn't help but shake his head and said, "... There's nothing we can do. The so-called strong men in the wartime alliance are really of poor quality. The geniuses in the big cities are delicious, but the city shields of the human race are too troublesome. If they stay inside, the losses will be too great if they attack by force..."
At this point, he sighed with a complicated expression and said, "If Chang Ke were still here..."
After these words fell, the demon general who spoke first suddenly clenched his hands, a trace of violence flashed in his eyes, and there was also a hint of sadness hidden in his eyes...
By the way, the "Chang Ke" they were talking about was the demon general who died tragically in the surprise attack by Chu Lu and his companions that night. It was because of his death that the strength of this war zone was severely weakened. The subsequent reinforcements were hindered by the powerful human beings in other war zones, so that many of the actions they were going to launch had to be abandoned...
"Once I break through the wartime alliance, I will skin those old guys alive, extract their blood and refine their marrow, and avenge Chang Ke!"
The demon general spoke angrily. Until now, they, the demons, still thought that the demon general Chang Ke was surrounded and killed. They never thought that he was killed by two young humans...
"No hurry, the higher-ups have already made a plan this time... I think the beast tide has already started! We just need to wait for a few more days, and the wartime alliance will naturally collapse. Then we can take action and gather enough blood and energy..."
After these words fell, the demon general's expression brightened up slightly, nodded, and was about to speak, but suddenly there was an unusual loud noise outside...
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At the same time, in the rear of the entire human-demon war zone, on a certain island, an event occurred that had a far-reaching impact on future generations...
This island, named Qiming Island, floats above the Demonic Futu Sea. It is located in an extremely dark place where demons rarely come. Normally, no one would have nothing to do and come to this deserted island with no mineral resources and full of dangers.
But today is an exception.
At this moment, many powerful demons have arrived on this deserted island... In the thick fog, several dark figures can be vaguely seen walking in front. Each of them is as sturdy as a mountain, with a temperament as deep as the abyss. The murderous aura seems to be extremely strong. Even the extremely hungry predators hiding in the black fog feel a great threat and dare not show their faces, let alone attack...
There is no doubt that every demon at the forefront is a demon commander, a top-notch warrior who can rival the great practitioners of the human race!
Moreover, if there were any human race warriors here, they would recognize the seven demon commanders here. Each of them is not an ordinary person, but a famous killer with the blood of countless human race warriors on their hands! Each of them can easily defeat a human race middle-level Lingyue warrior. There is even a demon commander who has reached a level similar to the peak of Lingyue!
Behind them, there were dozens of burly men with strong bodies and muscular bodies. There was a ferocious blue-grey demon totem engraved on their skin, which was faintly emitting a light blue light...
This is the symbol of the wrestling demon bloodline among the demons... Although this kind of demons do not have obvious talents, they are all "born with supernatural powers" without exception. Adult wrestling demons can even rival Lingyue-level strongmen in strength!
Of course, in contrast, their speed is not so impressive... If they encounter a powerful human being who is in conflict with them, they will be like a moving target and will definitely be abused... It is also because of this that their performance on the battlefield is always "not entirely demonic", and their status in the demon clan is slightly lower.
But today... Each of them was arrogant and full of energy, carrying a strangely shaped, huge blood-red spear, thinking silently about the benefits they would get after making merit today, and each of them was very happy in their hearts...
Right at this moment.
"Almost..."
A demon commander raised his eyes slightly, and a dark light flashed in his fiery red eyes, which fell in front of him and formed a circular area.
"Let's start from here."
After these words were spoken, the powerful demon commanders around him nodded slightly. Then, a slightly old demon commander stepped forward, clenched his long black claws, and a black object similar to an array plate appeared in his hand. As he moved, the array plate slowly fell into the circle and sank deeply with a bang.
Immediately, a faint black light was seen coming out of the array disk, which slowly affected the surrounding land, making the circular area look more and more like a black vortex...
After that, the demon commanders used their eyes to signal to the back, and immediately two wrestling demons came forward, shouted wildly, and added rolling demonic energy to the spears, causing them to emit a buzzing sound as if they could not bear the heavy burden...
Then, in a brief moment, the two demons stepped on the ground at the same time, and leaped up with the force of the recoil, staring at the place below with sharp eyes. Their demonic energy was circulated to the limit of their body's load, and their muscles bulged, with light gathering on their wrists... The next moment, they attacked directly and smashed their spears down fiercely!
It was like a falling meteor, or a long rainbow drinking from a stream... The entire Qiming Island trembled instantly, and countless trees collapsed and rocks shattered...
The spear was inserted straight into the soil, burying most of it, and as the array disk rotated, it glowed with a strange red light... After that, a group of wrestling demons attacked one after another, doing the same...
Click, click, click!
The sound of rocks exploding continued, but the demon commanders' eyes became more and more sharp, as if they were holding a hint of expectation...
About an hour later, the area had been "smashed" beyond recognition, and its scope was several times larger than the previously "demarcated" area!
But the biggest change was the sudden appearance of a thick, dusty bloodstone inside... It seemed to be "engraved" with blood-colored lines, which was mysterious to look at...
As it appeared, the surrounding rocks quickly turned red, as if they would ooze blood if pinched, and the bloody aura in the air became several times thicker...
"…The Demon Blood Stone has appeared. Has the Great Transmigration Blood Formation been set up?"
A demon commander who seemed to be the leader of the seven demons fixed his eyes upon seeing this and asked.
The so-called "Great Blood Array" is actually a kind of array to cover the blood sacrifice of the demon clan... Its purpose is to connect two distant ground veins through rituals, so as to complete the gathering of blood from various places to achieve the effect of blood sacrifice... If you delve into the principle, it is quite complicated. To put it simply, it is to create a continuous "blood path" deep in the ground veins, and through various means, make the blood from a long distance circulate quickly in that "blood path"...
It is conceivable that such a wonderful protective formation is not something that can be created overnight... Moreover, the 'Great Blood Array' that the demons have to set up now needs to 'attract' the essence and blood and remove impurities, which requires more meticulousness and is more complicated... The essence and blood that were saved from the previous "small fights" could be "transported" by other means, but this "beast tide" is definitely a big deal, and we must be cautious... That's why the leading demon general asked this question.
"The formation was completed yesterday. We just need to wait for the beast tide to sweep in and collect enough blood in that area... Then we can pull it here and open the Liu clan's imperial palace!" Upon hearing this, a demon commander replied.
“… That’s good.” The demon commander nodded upon hearing this, and then signaled the demons to continue their actions, smashing the same pits everywhere… If you look down from a high altitude, you can find that all the pits correspond to a demon clan’s six-pointed star formation. Obviously, they just need to wait for the blood sacrifice to succeed and all six points to light up, and then they can open the Liu clan’s imperial palace…
In fact, it was because the Liu Clan's Imperial Palace was too old that conventional methods of opening it could no longer work. Even Ku, who was well-versed in allusions and seemed to know everything in the world, could only come up with such a blood sacrifice method, which led to a series of subsequent events this time...
At that moment, everything was arranged properly. The leading demon general raised his eyes slightly and said with a hint of satisfaction: "Begin the guidance! Let the blood of those human ants fill the blood pit on this island!"
After giving the order, the leading demon commander raised his lips in a cruel and contemptuous sneer.
"Let me see, who will be the first weak human to die in the beast tide?"
As soon as this voice fell, the other demon commanders in the field also revealed cold smiles... They were all powerful warriors with noble status and heavy responsibilities, so they naturally cared a lot about the geniuses of the human race... So they only needed to guide a part of the essence and blood, and they could roughly determine which genius it was - of course it was impossible to be 100% accurate, but it was enough for them to enjoy the enemy's death and their own happiness while guessing.
At that moment, with the actions of the various demon commanders, the blood pit that was smashed out at the beginning began to move... The blood stone glowed with a dazzling red light, and soon a crack appeared on it, which quickly expanded, and blood flowed out of it... At first it was just a small stream, like a trickle, but later, it gushed out more and more like a fountain... These bloods, as if carrying pure energy, broke through the scattered rocks and began to fill the huge pit!
The red light raged, and powerful spiritual energy fluctuations appeared in the field!
"Oh? The first fish is like this... Wait, that's not right!"
Seeing this scene, the leading demon commander was feeling slightly happy, but his brows suddenly frowned!
The other demon commanders on the field also showed the same solemn expressions!
"How could this blood essence belong to my demon clan, the demon general?"
(4000 chapters, updated today.)