Chapter 264 Hu Yuniang

The main hall at the top of the mountain.

Master Huoyun laughed heartily, a hint of ruthlessness in his voice:

"Hehe, let's see how those demon kings deal with this!"

He is the most powerful cultivator in Fallen Maple Valley, with a cultivation level of the seventh level of the Golden Core stage, and is also the only late-stage Golden Core cultivator in the entire Western Continent.

Master Qingxu was severely injured; his life was like a candle flickering in the wind, not long before it was extinguished.

Today's battle plan was proposed by Fallen Maple Valley: first, find an opportunity to kill the Demon King on the front lines and force the demon race to retreat.

Then, by pooling the power of the Western Continent, they will try to find the hidden demon cultivator.

The start of the Azure Mist Secret Realm, which should have been a great opportunity to gather resources, has become an unspeakable pain for Fallen Maple Valley.

Not only did a large number of elite disciples die, but a Golden Core cultivator was also lost. This grudge must be avenged.

Master Nanshan coughed lightly and said:

"Although the full-scale demonic calamity has been ongoing for less than a year, the number of our low-level disciples who have died has already exceeded the number counted in the last demonic calamity."

By this time, the low-level monsters should have consumed half of their strength, thus fulfilling the conditions for ending the war.

But if the monsters continue their siege, how should we respond?

According to their reconnaissance, the number of demon kings is about the same as the number of human Golden Core cultivators, but they are not as united as the human race.

The death of a demon king will inevitably reduce the cohesion of the demon beast race.

If the monsters continue their relentless attack, they must have something to rely on.

His question was so succinctly spoken that a pin drop could be heard in the hall; all the cultivators knew what it meant.

Master Huoyun remained silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"Let's see how intense the monsters' attacks are in the next few days. If they remain fierce, we'll retreat as planned."

If the demon beast clan continues to send out demon kings to launch fierce attacks, it means that there are Nascent Soul stage demon beasts driving them, otherwise they would not have such a firm fighting will.

A Nascent Soul stage demon beast that can transform into human form might already be lurking behind the human race.

Thinking about this, he also felt a little scared.

It wouldn't be too difficult for a Nascent Soul stage demon beast to crush him.

"It's all the fault of those cultivators from the Central Continent; their support was delayed, otherwise we could have acted freely."

Master Nanshan said bitterly that the preparations for this demonic calamity in Xizhou were very thorough. Both the number of low-level and high-level cultivators were much greater than during the last demonic calamity.

With the addition of elite troops from Central Continent, the Mingfeng Mountain defense line will not be breached.

If the defenses of Mingfeng Mountain are secure, the demon cultivator who attacked Qingxu Zhenren will not be able to infiltrate so easily.

Master Zhengyang pondered and said:

"In the eyes of the sects in Zhongzhou, we are just expendable resources."

Even if we are completely wiped out, the demonic calamity's edge will be worn down.

At worst, they can forcibly relocate another batch of cultivators, and after thousands of years of reproduction, they will be ready to deal with the next demonic calamity.

They didn't expect that our generation would actually be able to establish itself!

In the past, when the demonic calamity broke out, although various sects and families could unite, their cohesion was not strong, and most of them were defeated one by one by the demonic beasts.

During the last demonic calamity, although there were several Golden Core cultivators in the Western Continent, only one was a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, and the rest were all early-stage Golden Core cultivators.

Currently, there is one late-stage Golden Core cultivator and three mid-stage Golden Core cultivators in the Western Continent.

Both in terms of quality and quantity, the high-end combat power is much stronger than during the last demonic calamity.

In addition, the three sects invested countless resources, lured more than 100,000 independent cultivators, and mobilized the power of the Western Continent to establish the Mingfeng Mountain defense line.

No effort was wasted; the huge amount of energy invested was not in vain.

Master Huoyun nodded:

“Fellow Daoist Zhengyang is right. The Central Continent wants us to be a barrier, but it doesn’t want the Western Continent’s power to be too strong.”

I believe that every time the merchant ships came to trade, it was for intelligence gathering.

If the Western Continent becomes powerful, it will be contrary to the fundamental interests of the Central Continent.

If the Western Continent develops peacefully, it is inevitable that one will become a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Prior to this, if the Western Continent obtained the resources needed by Nascent Soul stage cultivators, it would inevitably choose to exchange them with the forces of the Central Continent.

Because keeping it in hand is useless; the Western Continent is the resource warehouse for Nascent Soul cultivators in the Central Continent.

However, if a Nascent Soul cultivator is born in the Western Continent, the amount of such resources flowing to the Central Continent will inevitably decrease significantly.

It will no longer be possible for cultivators in the Central Continent to purchase such resources at 'low' prices.

This is driven by self-interest; a powerful Western Continent is not something the Central Continent's leadership wants to see.

The demon kings rode the black wind to a cave, shrank their bodies, and respectfully stepped into the cave.

This cave dwelling is decorated very elegantly, and it definitely doesn't look like the dwelling place of a demon beast.

Adorned with silk and brocade curtains, a mahogany dressing table leans quietly against the wall, its surface reflected in a bronze mirror, where a jade box rests.

On either side of the main hall, there are two dull bronze tripod incense burners.

A faint fragrance wafts through the air, seemingly there yet not there.

A reclining chair carved with phoenix patterns was placed in the center of the cave, covered with several layers of light gauze.

A beautiful woman with captivating charm emerged from the inner room. She wore a pink silk dress and had a jade phoenix hairpin adorning her black hair.

Every step you take exudes a unique charm.

Her lips curled slightly upwards, exuding a captivating and alluring charm.

She sat languidly in the chair and said softly:

"You're back so early, did things go well?"

Her voice was soft, sweet, and pleasant, but the demon kings broke out in a cold sweat after hearing it.

A black wind wolf demon king boldly said:

"Fairy Hu, this is what happened. The human cultivators are very well hidden. The Demon King Xiong Zhuang was ambushed and killed. We have no choice but to keep our bodies intact and return to your cave to serve you."

The fact that the guardian beasts raised by human cultivators had reached the Golden Core stage and participated in the battle was something the demon kings had not anticipated.

"waste!"

Three fluffy white tails appeared behind the beautiful woman, and the scene in the cave immediately changed.

The cold moon hung like a hook, desolate grass covered a lonely grave, and a chilling wind blew intermittently through the air. It was a Nascent Soul Dharma Image!

When a Nascent Soul cultivator emerges, even ghosts and gods are terrified. Each Nascent Soul cultivator possesses a unique Dharma form.

The Dharma image appeared for a moment and then quickly disappeared; several demon kings hunched over and kowtowed to the ground.

"Thank you for sparing my life, fairy."

They all understood that this was a brush with death.

The beautiful woman snorted coldly. She didn't kill these demon kings out of mercy, but because they were still useful.

The human cultivators continued to expand, and the demon beasts could not withstand them.

If things are left to develop unchecked, the human race's territory will one day border the Qingqiu Heavenly Fox Clan.

"The tentacles of the cultivators from the Central Continent have penetrated into the Western Continent for more than six thousand years, and the area controlled by the demon race has been shrinking."

I am acting on the orders of the Grand Elder of Qingqiu to take advantage of this war to curb the expansion of human cultivators.

"Don't even think about retreating unless several Golden Core cultivators of the human race die."

Hu Yuniang said coldly, knowing that there were still hidden forces among these demon beast groups that had not yet been revealed.

There are a few old fogies trying to break through to the Transformation Realm, hiding in the clan's territory to cultivate. You can't fool her with a few young idiots.

The Transformation Stage is equivalent to the Nascent Soul Stage for humans.

The human body is a body close to the Dao, while the demon race can only proceed to the next stage of cultivation by transforming into a human.

Most demons do not completely transform into human form when they take human shape, but retain some distinctive features.

For example, if a member of the bull demon clan transforms into human form, their bull horns will remain until their cultivation deepens, at which point the horns will fall off.

At this time, bull horns are the best material for refining weapons; according to the human race, this is a fourth-grade top-quality material.

The magical artifacts crafted from one's own horn are in tune with their master's mind, saving the effort of cultivating their spirituality, which can be considered another form of compensation from heaven.

"Your subordinates understand," the demon kings said, daring not to speak their anger, as their clans were nominally all under the patronage of the Qingqiu Fox Clan.

They were sacrificed in the battle. Although Qingqiu sent a transformed great demon, it did not contribute much, which made them quite resentful.

A bull demon said in a gruff voice:

“Fairy, the human cultivators rely on the protective array of the mountain, making it very difficult for us to break through.”

"If we can get the fairy to break their magic array, the human race's geographical advantage will be completely lost."

Humans have two major advantages that demonic beasts cannot match. The first is the application of various magical artifacts and treasures, which gives the weak human race the means to fight against demonic beasts.

The second type is magic arrays, which can utilize the power of spirit stones and spiritual veins to greatly enhance the human race's defensive capabilities.

If the demon race wants to utilize these things, they need to break through to the Transformation stage.

"Hehe," Hu Yuniang chuckled lightly, then said coldly:

“I can not only break their magic array, but also kill all those cultivators, so what use are you to me?”

Another point: when the Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race arrive and hold you accountable for this, seeking revenge against your race, how will you respond?

Whether human or demon, once they reach the Nascent Soul stage, they rarely intervene directly in inter-tribal conflicts because it involves the secrets of cultivation.

These idiots wouldn't understand even if I explained them to them.

The demon kings were speechless. If the Nascent Soul cultivators were to swallow their pride and retaliate, they would indeed be unable to withstand it. However, there were no Nascent Soul cultivators in the Western Continent, so what connection would the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Central Continent have with these Western Continent cultivators?

They all thought it was just a perfunctory speech, muttering to themselves, but their expressions remained respectful.

“The fairy is right.”

The Bull Demon King's eyes darted around a few times before he tentatively asked:

"Uh, I must inform Fairy Hu that the demon cultivator Qingjiao has a partnership with us."

According to reliable sources, he successfully ambushed Master Qingxu of Falling Maple Valley, and the target was poisoned by his dragon venom and was near death. Can't this be considered a victory?

Their cooperation with the demon cultivators was originally just a matter of mutual exploitation. The demon cultivators were jointly wiped out by the cultivators of the Western Continent, and the Azure Dragon fled into the Hundred Thousand Mountains to avoid disaster, seeking refuge in the territory of the Bull Demon.

In return, the Azure Dragon helped the Bull Demon Clan refine elixirs for enhancement.

Over the years, the Bull Demon Clan has grown increasingly powerful, and the Azure Dragon has played an indispensable role in this.

Hu Yuniang raised an eyebrow slightly, carefully examined the bull demon, and smiled:

"Of course it counts. Even if a human Golden Core cultivator dies of old age due to the exhaustion of their lifespan, it will still count as part of your battle record."

Let's divide the cultivators of the Western Continent into four groups: three sects and independent cultivators.

If four Golden Core cultivators die, you will have completed your mission and the war can end.

If Qingxu dies, then you will have accomplished one.

"You may all leave now and think about how to complete the mission."

"Fairy, human cultivators keep guardian spirit beasts at the Golden Core stage. Does killing them count as a battle achievement?"

"Calculate!"

(End of this chapter)