Volume 4 The Rise of the Dragon
Chapter 378
Make waves again
Volume 4: The Rise of the Dragon Chapter 378: Another Trouble
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"What!" Everyone else was shocked by Hasas' words, as if a huge boulder had been thrown into the calm lake. The moods of all the demon lords could not help but fluctuate violently.
The righteous cultivators have joined forces to eradicate them? What's worse is that they didn't know anything about it and they just completed the preliminary preparations? This was so unbelievable that it even made other demon lords wonder if Hasas was joking.
"Hasas, what evidence do you have to prove what you said?" The giant ape demon lowered its head and leaned close to Hasas, staring at Hasas with its eyes as big as wheels, and said in a thunderous tone.
This news was so shocking that the demon lords could not help but doubt it. If what Hasas said is true, then they will not have a good life in the future. After staying in the human world for so many years, it is not that the demon lords have not come into contact with the major forces in the human world; on the contrary, as demons that directly invaded the living space of various races in the human world, the greatest losses they suffered came from the major human forces. check.
The thirteen demon lords who stood at the top of countless demons in southeastern China had several head-to-head battles with the cultivation forces here. Both sides are injured and there is no winner. However, as invaders, the foundation of the demons in the human world is obviously not as strong as that of the cultivators who are local snakes. Except for the large-scale invasion of demons into the human world at the very beginning, it caught all the human forces off guard and occupied vast wilderness areas, compressing human living space into towns. The spread of too many stalls and the disagreements between the demons from all sides caused the demons' command to fall into chaos and slow down their offensive against humans.
And this also gave humans a chance to breathe. You must know that the overall strength of human beings is very powerful and is not inferior to monsters. It's just that these forces are in the hands of various forces and cannot be unified and formed into a joint force. In addition, due to the inherent operating inertia and wait-and-see mentality of each force, they were temporarily stunned by the ferocious offensive of the demon and failed to respond in time. When it was discovered that the demon's purpose was not just to target a certain force, but to cover the entire human race, the major human forces finally unified their understanding and began to fight back.
After relying on the town defense system to stabilize their position, the Song Dynasty court and the major cultivation sects responded with a joint counterattack, which actually defeated many powerful demons. They expelled the demons from the rural towns occupied by them and defeated many demons one after another. The demons counterattacked, and even several demons with lord strength were beaten to death.
During that time, the world simply returned to the age of myth. Cultivators and demons, the return stage against lord-level demons, the transformation phase of group battles against leader-level demons, the major cultivation sects formed a group of masters to work together to exterminate the threatening demon group, and the demon lord led his army of demons to launch a counterattack against the cultivator's stronghold. ~~~~~~ Various battles occur one after another and never stop. During this period of battle, due to the suddenness of the arrival of demons, the human side is often in passive defense and suffers heavy losses, so it can be called the strategic defense stage.
The strategic defense phase lasted for two full years. During this period, dozens of masters in the return stage and hundreds of powerful men above the lord level were killed on both sides of humans and demons during this period, or were seriously injured and had to retreat for a long time to heal. Within a hundred years, Lost their combat effectiveness; thousands of masters in the transformation stage and thousands of leader-level monsters died in battle, while the remaining cultivators in the Qi-refining stage and low-level monsters suffered numerous casualties. The fierce battle caused both sides to suffer huge losses. The land of China was also devastated. The mountains were leveled, the earth was cracked, rivers were cut off, and the forests were destroyed. As for the casualties of the human population and other wild animals, there were hundreds of millions.
The brutal attack made both sides realize that neither of them had the strength to devour the other in one breath, and each had their own troubles. The demons were new to the country and were not familiar with the place, and were greatly affected by the geographical location. The demons were not competing for power with each other. Problems such as population hostility and uneven distribution have also greatly hindered the intensity of the demon's attack; on the human side, let alone the demon cultivators, they have not contributed at all. The righteous cultivators also declared war on the demonic path, so although they faced the demonic disaster, they actually used more than half of their strength to deal with the various factions of the demonic path. If the threat of war between good and evil is not eliminated, humans will not be able to deal with the evil with all their strength.
In comparison, humans are at a greater disadvantage. Because not only do they have to deal with demons, but they are also divided internally. However, the righteous factions are stronger after all, so they can allocate part of their energy to take care of the anti-demon side. Otherwise, this strategic defense stage may take longer.
It was precisely because of the fall of many lord-level and leader-level experts on the demon side during these bloody days that other highly intelligent demons had scruples and began to change their attack methods. The powerful and smart demons no longer appeared shirtless like they did at the beginning, but began to hide behind the scenes and manipulate a large number of low-level demons and humans to fight and consume, slowly eroding the territory and power of humans.
The masters among humans, led by cultivators, did not implement beheading tactics again, but disappeared one after another as if they were also afraid of casualties. They only used the huge population base of mortals to consume the power of the demon population by supporting the court and supporting mortals, as if they were using the same name as the demons. idea.
This period lasted for a long time and I still don’t know when it will end. This period of stalemate between humans and demons is also called the strategic stalemate stage.
The Thirteen Demon Lords are the thirteen most powerful and powerful among the many demon masters who have survived among the demon forces in southeastern China. Because they were worried about the counter-attack from the human side and were worried about their fate, they often united to fight against the human forces under the guidance of popular demon lords such as Mecanshut. It is precisely because of this relative unity compared to other demonic forces that although their scope of influence has shrunk in recent years, their actual power has not weakened. On the contrary, because of the mutual support and mutual support, the cohesion has been greatly enhanced and the strength has been slightly increased.
It is precisely because of this that they have gained a high reputation among the demons in Southeast China. All the leader-level demons with advanced wisdom, and even some relatively weak lord-level demons, have vaguely formed a group of ten under their leadership. The demon group centered on the three demon lords has greatly increased the difficulty for humans to eliminate demons. Even with the support of major cultivation sects in the south, it is difficult to regain the fertile lands occupied by demons.
The demon lords have also tasted the benefits of this cooperation and have a tacit understanding to maintain and deepen this cooperation. Not to mention other things, the comfortable natural conditions of the human world and the much more delicious blood food and souls compared to the demon world are enough to make these monsters unable to stop. Creatures in the human world have been immersed in the aura of the human world during their growth process. The taste of flesh and blood is naturally much more delicious than that of the monsters that survive in the harsh natural conditions of the demon world. The souls of human beings are rarely polluted and are more pure, which is an excellent tonic for creatures like demons that can become powerful by devouring souls and absorbing the emotional power emitted by the soul.
Take Aludiba for example. When he first arrived in the human world, he was just a monster that had just reached the lord level. Although it relied on the special power brought by the blood of the abyss nobles to be stronger than ordinary monsters with statistics, it could not be compared to more powerful monsters. A high-ranking demon lord. However, after living in the human world for just over six years, he absorbed the emotional power by constantly devouring the delicious flesh and blood of human creatures, torturing those pure souls, and devouring souls to absorb the original power of the soul. Occasionally, one or two cultivators can be captured to devour their flesh and souls, which are a hundred times more nutritious than ordinary people. Aludiba's power has increased rapidly and has now reached the middle stage of lordship.
If you continue to improve at this rate and become a high-level lord within a hundred years, it is not a dream. The speed of this kind of power improvement is much easier than in the abyss demon world. Even if Aludiba hopes to live in the human world forever, it will take at least a few hundred years. In this case, Lord Aludiba might be a Demon King-level figure next time he returns to the Abyss Demon Realm. It is precisely because they can obtain such great benefits through mutual cooperation that Aludiba maintains their situation of co-governance by thirteen lords. Even though a few of them hated and despised Nibogen, they did not completely break up with it. At most, they only fought against each other, but that was limited. On the premise of common interests, all hatred can be put aside. This is a tacit understanding between them.
Other demon lords also naturally know this truth.
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"Is it because we are getting stronger and stronger that the cultivators are scrupulous about it, so they are determined to ignore the devil's actions and plan to eliminate our growing threat in one go?" Mei Canxiu Te quickly thought. The key comes to mind.
"Yes, your wisdom can illuminate the entire starry sky, His Highness Mecanshut." Hasas bowed to her, first praised her and then said to the other demon lords: "Everyone, as Your Highness Mecanshut said, It is said that from the news I heard, those righteous cultivators planned to attack us just for this purpose. However, they did this very secretly. If I hadn't discovered it by chance, I'm afraid they would have been deceived now. In the dark." Then he patted his chest and assured: "I use my character and my real name to guarantee that what I say is true!"
The monsters looked at each other. For the monsters, the real name is binding, but it can be big or small. For those pure demons, the real name is like their destiny. It is the brand given to them by the laws of the abyss and the demonic world since they were born. Any oath sworn by the real name cannot be violated, otherwise it will be punished by the soul and the law. The double punishment is worse than death. For those demons who are not in the abyss and hell demon world, their real names are just like spiritual imprints. If they violate the true name oath, it will only stimulate this spiritual imprint. Causes mental depression for a period of time but is not life-threatening. The origin of Hasas is very mysterious, and no one knows its whereabouts, so the credibility of the oath of its true name is quite doubtful.
However, Hasas is also a member of the Thirteen Demon Lords after all. Since he has already issued the oath of his true name, they cannot further ask others to show their true identity to them, otherwise they will offend him to death. After a while of silence, Nibogen came over, said hello to Hasas and asked: "Your Majesty Hasas, it's not that I don't believe in your guarantee. But this news is too important. Can you tell me what you have obtained?" Tell us the story of the news and maybe we can find some countermeasures." This is also a tactful question but it still has a hint of doubt.
"Hey, it doesn't matter. It's such an important thing. I would be embarrassed to bring it up if I couldn't provide evidence." Hasas's face did not show an angry expression because of suspicion, but still had that "charming" look on his face. With a smile, "You must have been angry because I came late. In fact, it was just to get this news. You see!" As he said this, he threw the package in his hand to the ground. The cloth that had been wrapped on the ground for several rolls spread out, revealing the contents inside.
"Ah!" "It's him!" "How is this possible!" "You are already so strong!" "No wonder only someone with his status could know such important and secret information." The demon lords were watching clearly. After seeing what was in the package, they all marveled and then showed expressions of enlightenment.
Surprisingly, there was a human head in the package!
This man's hair was messy and his face was bloody, but from the hairpin on his head and the broken Taoist temple, it can be seen that he must have been a monk during his lifetime; he had a pair of triangular eyes, a skinny face, and a goatee, although his facial skin was visible. There were no wrinkles but there was still a sense of bad luck; his eyes were bulging with a look of extreme surprise, and his mouth was slightly open as if he had seen something incredible before he died, as if he was about to shout something.
Although the head was stained with blood and the face was a little blurred due to disheveled hair, which of the demon lords present was not a person with sharp eyes, sensitive senses, and extensive knowledge? How could he not recognize the owner of this head after having been around Southeast China for so long?
"Your Excellency Hasas, you are so silent and shocking. You actually killed him without making a sound. You must have hidden at least half of your strength. I'm afraid now there has been an uproar on the human side." After all, it is Having seen strong winds and waves, Mecanxiut was just stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses and said to Hasas with a smile on her face, but her eyes already showed a hint of caution and doubt.
"You're really flattering me. I don't have that much ability. If I hadn't taken advantage of his unpreparedness and sacrificed the few flying corpses he made, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to succeed. But as you said, this guy is a big sect in the southern cultivation world. The elder of the Maoshan Sect is also a cultivator in the Returning Void Stage. His identity and status are very important. If I kill him, the human side will definitely not let it go. We should have made preparations early." Hasas said with a smile.
The owner of this head was the Maoshan faction who had a close relationship with Yun Canghai. In the early days of the founding of the Song Dynasty, he first participated in the founding ceremony of the Song Dynasty, and then formed a formation with the Buddhists at the foot of Jinling City in an attempt to stop the Song army, but was defeated by Yun Canghai. Elder Qingzhi Taoist! It is said that since Taoist Qingzhi was defeated by Yun Canghai, he had been in seclusion for decades because of the shame and humiliation. With the support of his unwillingness and the countless treasures of the Maoshan sect, he actually broke through the bottleneck and entered the realm of returning to the void. . Along with the several secretly refining zombies, he also practiced them again and their power was greatly increased. In a hard fight, they were not weaker than the peak master of returning to the void.
It's just that he came out of seclusion at a bad time when the demon disaster broke out, so the poor Taoist Qingzhi was sent by the sect to join forces with the southeastern factions to fight against the demon before he could find Yun Cang's poster to avenge his past. Depressed as his revenge failed, Taoist Qingzhi vented all his anger on the demons who were in the way. He was the Master of Returning to the Void, and those flying corpses that could fly into the sky and escape from the earth, were extremely powerful, and were indestructible made him even more powerful to kill. Many demons and even a few unlucky demon lords were surrounded and killed by him and became various weapon refining materials. Because of his record of success, Taoist Qing Zhi became famous and became the main combat force in the southeastern anti-demon battlefield. It was considered unintentional.
With his current identity and strength, he is naturally qualified to participate in this plan to exterminate demons, and he is also a core part, so it is not surprising that he knows a lot of confidential information. I just don't know why he was unexpectedly attacked by Hasas, and he died with hatred. He must have died extremely unwillingly.
"His Excellency Hasas is right. The information obtained from him as Qingzhi will naturally not be false. His death is a trigger that will soon trigger the attack on us by the southeastern human forces. Everyone, we must start immediately. Get ready!" Mecanshut looked around at the other lords and said with a solemn tone.
