Within Donghai City, countless demons roared and howled in fury. At this moment, a murderous aura soared to the sky, and killing intent boiled over, all clamoring to take down the Shanhe Army and kill Lin Xuan.

But for the enslaved people of Great Xia, a glimmer of hope appeared.

The Great Xia army has arrived. Are they here to take them back?

Many people's eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope as they looked at the Sky River Army's warships, but their gazes quickly dimmed again. They feared that the greater the disappointment, the greater the hope. After all, this wasn't the first time Great Xia had sent troops to try and subdue Donghai City.

In fact, to be precise, since Donghai City fell and was occupied by demons, the Great Xia Dynasty launched seven attacks in an attempt to recapture it, but all ended in defeat. With each failure of the Great Xia army, the people of Great Xia, enslaved by the demons, fell into despair time and time again.

Most importantly, after each major battle between the demons and the Great Xia army, they would vent their anger on them. Countless people were devoured alive by the demon soldiers, becoming their blood food. Or their blood and souls were drained by the demon warriors of various evil cults to refine their cultivation techniques.

This is also a major reason why, in a short period of time, the population of Donghai City, which originally numbered over 100 million, has dwindled to less than 50 million.

Because of all the previous reasons, the remaining people were already traumatized by the arrival of the Great Xia army, and were both surprised and delighted. They were delighted because the Great Xia army was attacking the city, and they had hope of being rescued.

What's alarming is that if the Great Xia Dynasty fails, many of them will become targets of evil spirits and die a terrible death.

High in the sky, on the deck of the Shanhe warship, Lin Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, squinting at the majestic and massive city in front of him. His pupils gradually flashed with a sharp light, and his spiritual eyes were activated to the extreme in an instant, taking in everything in the entire Donghai City.

He saw tens of millions of people enslaved, becoming servants, lambs to the slaughter.

He also witnessed cultists using human blood and souls for cultivation. The vast city of Donghai was filled with malevolent energy, and mountains of corpses littered the ground. It had become a living hell.

"Damn it, he deserves to die..."

Lin Xuan roared, his eyes filled with killing intent, and his body erupted with an astonishing aura. In an instant, cracks appeared in the surrounding space, spreading across a radius of a thousand feet, sending chills down one's spine.

Lin Xuan suppressed his anger and scanned the entire Donghai City with his spiritual eyes. Finally, he locked onto a location: an underground space in the city center that was originally a shopping mall but had been transformed into a prison by evil spirits.

The families of the soldiers of the Shanhe Army were all detained in this prison converted from an underground shopping mall.

Having locked onto the location, Lin Xuan finally withdrew his spiritual eyes, but the killing intent in his heart instantly reached its peak. He let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "Send the order: the fleet accelerates and charges forward..."

"Yes, sir!"

At Tie Dachui's command, he immediately went down to give instructions.

Boom... Rumble...

The next moment, the Shanhe Army's fleet, led by the Shanhe, suddenly increased in speed, unleashing a terrifying momentum as it charged straight towards Donghai City. Lin Xuan prepared to repeat his previous tactic, just as he had broken through Shanhaiguan, and wanted to use the Shanhe to forcefully break through Donghai City's defensive array.

The fleet's sudden acceleration caught the demons and warriors in Donghai City off guard. By the time they came to their senses and prepared to stop it, the Shanhe Ship was already ahead, crashing into Donghai City's defensive array like a rainbow piercing the sun.

With a deafening roar, the defensive array that had withstood seven attacks by the Great Xia army was shattered by the Shanhe Ship as easily as cutting tofu. The massive warship traversed the sky and crashed directly into Donghai City.

At the same time, following closely behind the Shanhe, all the warships of the Shanhe Army rushed in like rivers flowing into the sea.

In an instant, they arrived over Donghai City.

"You bastard, you're asking for death..."

Within Donghai City, a furious roar suddenly erupted, accompanied by a terrifying surge of demonic energy. A colossal ancient tree, its massive branches blotting out the sky, grew wildly, its unparalleled vines piercing the air like dragons, hurtling towards all the fleets.

It was a powerful being among the demons who made a move, intending to destroy the fleet in one strike.

Unfortunately, he overestimated his own strength and underestimated the Shanhe Army's warships.

Leaving aside the Shanhe, even the other warships are all comparable to Starshine-class or even Moon-class spiritual artifacts. They are as stable as Mount Tai even when facing attacks from peak-level demons of the Sorrow class. Only general-class warships above the Sorrow class would have a slight chance of breaking.

The powerful demon who made the move was at most at the peak of the Sorrow level, which is equivalent to the peak of the Celestial Realm among human martial arts experts. With such strength, he couldn't even break through the warship's defenses, let alone harm the soldiers of the Mountain and River Army on board.

Boom... Bang...

The fleet continued forward at an undiminished speed. Led by the Shanhe, it forcefully smashed through the thorny vines that came towards it, and then streaked across the sky, creating a terrifying storm.

Each of these storms was at least hundreds of feet in size, connecting heaven and earth. As they swept across, countless demons and evil spirits were instantly shredded before they even had a chance to react, their bodies and souls vanishing without a trace.

In less than ten seconds, the fleet had arrived above the underground shopping mall where the families of the soldiers were being held.

With a thought, Lin Xuan's Mountain and River Ship burst forth with blinding light and descended directly from the sky.

The ground directly below was instantly annihilated.

As if purified, all the buildings on the ground disappeared in an instant, even the concrete turned into nothingness, revealing the underground mall below that had been transformed into a prison. Then, as the light fell, all the people imprisoned in the mall were forcibly lifted up and instantly sent into the Mountain and River Ship.

It all happened very slowly, but in the blink of an eye.

By the time the demons realized what was happening, Lin Xuan had already rescued all the soldiers' families.

Of course, they were only imprisoned. As for whether they were injured, Lin Xuan had no idea. Fortunately, some of them were rescued.

What followed was the killing.

Having come to Donghai City, Lin Xuan had no intention of simply rescuing people and leaving; that would be too cowardly. Today, all demons and cultists in Donghai City must die.

"You bastard... Lin Xuan, how dare you! Now that you're here, you're not leaving."

Just then, a roar as loud as thunder exploded.

A colossal figure soared into the air, its body engulfed in terrifying demonic flames. Its massive form, hundreds of feet in size, stretched across the sky and lashed out with a powerful palm strike towards the Mountain and River Ship.

He was a powerful demon among the demons, a general-level expert whose strength was comparable to an Earth Immortal. With a single palm strike, demonic flames surged, distorting and tearing space itself, heading straight for the Mountain and River Ship. Under that astonishing power, he slammed hard onto the Mountain and River Ship's defensive shield.