Chapter 193 World Eight [7]

Jing Ke and Huo Yi both chose to take the initiative to find Danqing, so they naturally would not go back on their word and say they wanted to join the other gods at this time, giving the other party an inexplicable warning.

Rather than asking knowingly, Danqing was giving Jing Ke and Huo Yi a chance. If they were willing to join, Danqing could claim that they had just emerged from confinement and therefore hadn't received the previous message.

The reason why Jing Ke and Huo Yi joined now is that they rushed here in a hurry after hearing that the army was about to set off. They did not want any title or position, but simply wanted to contribute to the conquest of the demons.

If Jing Ke and Huo Yi were only at the level of upper immortals at present, the cultivators with the same level as them who needed to pass selection before joining would definitely be dissatisfied after hearing such remarks.

But the two of them have already reached the level of celestial immortals, only below the golden immortals. No matter which team they are assigned to, they can become small leaders leading hundreds or thousands of cultivators, and there is no possibility that they will fail the selection.

No one would refuse the opportunity of having two reliable and strong people join the team without squeezing out their existing positions.

Although they said they had no official duties, Danqing didn't actually let them serve as ordinary soldiers. After greeting his own disciples, Danqing assigned Jing Ke and Huo Yi to the group.

To a certain extent, it is a protection for the two of them, but it is also a test to see if they are monks with real abilities.

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Although the Lord of Time had never formally met Jing Ke and Huo Yi, after she recovered, a certain spiritual consciousness that had been separated to guard the inheritance of the lower world also returned to her body.

A lot of spiritual energy was lost, but the remaining part was enough for Shichen to know who the two monks who learned his skills were.

Whenever Jing Ke and Huo Yi took the initiative to join in the morning, the God of Time would always find time to meet with them.

However, the march had already begun, and as the commander of the army, the Lord of Time's every move was being observed by countless cultivators. Meeting them under these circumstances would only bring untold trouble to Jing Ke and Huo Yi.

Of course, they did not use traditional sword-flying to travel during the march. Considering that the number of people that the teleportation array could transport at a time was limited, the final marching tool decided to be the spirit ship. Using the highest-specification spirit ship, it only took a month to reach the demon border.

Unlike previous times when demons had proactively attacked human territory, and human cultivators had subsequently driven the demons back home, this time it was the human cultivators who had proactively come to the border and launched an attack on demon territory for the first time.

The demons own less than one-fifth of the territory in the upper realm, and most of them are places abandoned due to exhaustion of spiritual power.

Therefore, fighting in the demonic territory puts cultivators who rely on spiritual power at a disadvantage. However, after the Bixia Supreme God, who is proficient in formations, takes action, this disadvantage quickly disappears.

After countless top-grade spirit crystals were smashed down, every cultivator had almost inexhaustible spiritual power, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than during their usual training.

In just five days, the defenders on the demon border could no longer hold on and ran back.

Most demons are indeed not afraid of death, but that fearlessness of death is based on dying in battle against monks, and dying with a name and a surname.

Instead of being blown to pieces by various spells and moves that almost occupy the sky before even seeing the enemy.

The rapid collapse of the demon border was expected by everyone. The gods who participated in the battle were not happy about it, but became more serious.

"We've been training for years, so it's impossible for the demons to be unaware of the army's departure. They didn't choose to deploy troops at the border, probably because they want to wait for us to penetrate deeper. Once we reach a place where there's almost no spiritual energy, they'll fight us."

A certain god who had fought against the demons countless times said this, analyzing the other party's purpose very accurately.

"What a pity. We came well prepared this time. The spirit crystals we brought are enough for the entire army to fight for five years." said another god.

"Now that the breakthrough has been made, should we split up and act separately? Bixia has already handed us the semi-finished magic circle. If we just need to fill it with spirit crystals, an ordinary formation master can do it. There's no need to continue to work together."

"Split up, just like we agreed before, and divide into four groups. Try to fight to support the war. The demons have plundered so many of our cultivation resources, and we should give them some in return." The God of Time made the decision.

"There are currently three candidates for the Demon Lord, all of whom have reached the level of Supreme God. If nothing unexpected happens, they will lead the demons to ambush us. Whoever performs best will most likely be the next Demon Lord."

"This time, we must not only teach the demons a lesson, but also annihilate all the demons who are eligible to inherit the throne, leaving no one alive. This will ensure that the demons will be peaceful for at least a thousand years, or even longer."

The Lord of Time spoke in a resolute tone, "It's possible that after learning of our divisions, they might attempt to defeat us one by one. Therefore, I believe you must maintain daily contact. If you detect any signs of trouble, immediately concentrate your forces."

"When dealing with the demons, there's no need to emphasize benevolence or righteousness, nor do we need to prove anything by defeating the majority with the minority. What we need is to strangle as many demons as possible. Using the majority to defeat the minority isn't a dishonorable act, but rather a good way to reduce the sacrifices of our cultivators."

The Goddess of Time knew very well that her colleagues all had some pride from the upper realm or the gods, and were unwilling to resort to trickery. They wanted to defeat the demons in a fair and square manner and make them admit defeat with conviction.

But the battlefield is the most unreasonable place. When facing the enemy, paying attention to so-called pride and style will only cause more innocent monks to lose their lives.

Not to mention that the demons are untamable. As long as the demons continue to become stronger by seizing the cultivators' cultivation, then the cultivators and the demons will be irreconcilable opponents.

"Everyone, this is my request, and it is also my order as the supreme commander. I hope you can comply and pass it on." The God of Time quickly added, choosing to shoulder all the responsibilities on himself.

The God of Time felt that the real lives of the cultivators were more important than his so-called face.

"When fighting against the demons, there is really no need to follow any rules. The most important thing is to achieve the goal." God Guiyue said, openly standing on the side of God Shichen.

Bixia smiled and said, "My idea is the same as Guiyue's."

The remaining gods did not express their opinions directly, but they all tacitly agreed to the order announced by the God of Time and temporarily put their face behind them.

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After the gods unanimously decided not to follow the so-called rules, the battle line advanced even faster.

The gods generally do not take action, and cultivators with the Golden Immortal cultivation level and demons basically only fight with opponents of similar cultivation level. As for cultivators below the Golden Immortal level, it will be a complete meat grinder melee.

Although Jing Ke and Huo Yi were arranged by Danqing in her team of personal disciples, they did not follow the small team but followed the large force and rushed to the front line of the battle against the demons.

The demons, who are regarded as mortal enemies by the cultivators, are just experiences that can be used for upgrading in the eyes of Jing Ke and Huo Yi.

Every time they kill a demon, their cultivation experience bar will increase by a corresponding amount. The higher the cultivation level of the demon killed, the more experience they will gain.

Therefore, in the vanguard team belonging to the God of Time, the behavior of Jing Ke and Huo Yi quickly attracted the attention of the monks.

They had all seen cultivators with the cultivation level of celestial immortals, but they had never seen a cultivator who could kill two demons with the cultivation level of mid-stage celestial immortals in one day with the cultivation level of early-stage immortals.

A demon with the cultivation level of a celestial being can at least become a small leader, and can lead hundreds or even thousands of demons to launch a small ambush. He should be a formidable enemy of the cultivators.

What was the outcome? Did the demons ambush the human cultivators, or did the human cultivators deliberately create a false formation and then kill all the ambushing demons!

Everyone who participated in the anti-ambush battle knew that the truth was the former, but after the corresponding results were known to others, everyone felt that the truth was the latter.

However, now is not the time to argue about the so-called truth. As the vanguard troops won victory after victory, the monks' army was gradually positioned deep into the enemy's heart.

More than half a year passed in a flash, and most of the cultivators had become accustomed to relying on the spiritual energy within the formation to replenish their spiritual power, and Capricorn, which was lacking in spiritual energy, had also gradually adapted to it.

Those with relatively high cultivation levels have already begun to study how to remove the harmful components in the demonic energy and turn it into spiritual energy that can replenish the spiritual power of the cultivators.

However, such research is bound to take a lot of time and is not an additional research result that can be obtained in battle.

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On the other hand, the three heirs who stayed in the capital and had not chosen to take the initiative recently gathered together. After five or six hours of silence, the one with the least patience spoke up to break the stalemate.

"According to the agreed plan, all the monks have been let in. If they are not stopped, this place will be razed to the ground in three months." said the number one heir.

"If they didn't know that surrender would lead to death, no one in the tribe would be willing to resist now. Many people with low cultivation have already hidden themselves, or abandoned their cultivation and fled to the lower realms." Heir No. 2 then spoke.

The third heir was the calmest. "No rush. Our plan from the beginning was to lure the enemy deeper into our territory. Even if they reach the capital, it doesn't matter. As long as our plan succeeds, the demons will only grow stronger."

"Do you really think that those gods who have lived for tens of thousands of years will fall for it so easily? There are eight gods coming. According to our preparation, it will be very, very difficult to make two of them become demons. I tried my best and only cultivated two demon seeds." The number one heir couldn't help but pour cold water on him.

"If the gods are unable to do so, don't they still have their disciples? If something happens to their disciples fighting on the front lines, can they remain indifferent?" The third heir remained unhurried.

"You have to understand that the personal disciples valued by the Supreme God are at least at the level of Golden Immortal. If we don't take action, who can be competent for the task of planting demon seeds in them?" asked the second heir.

"Indeed, what if we look down a bit?" asked the third heir.

The first heir frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

"Literally." The third heir paused, "I have spies in the monk army, and they've sent me a lot of useful information."

"For example, Shichen and her first disciple both valued two non-staff members of the monk army. Although they clearly did not have a master-disciple relationship with Shichen, they were monks who actually served as master and disciple."

"It's not just Shichen. Bixia and Guiyue also seem to be paying extra attention to them," said the third heir. "You should have heard their names from the reports of your subordinates. They are the cultivators who have killed countless small demon leaders, Jing Ke and Huo Yi."

"If I remember correctly, they are only Celestial Immortals, and haven't even encountered a Golden Immortal." The First Heir still frowned. "It is indeed easy to plant demon seeds in them, but as mere Celestial Immortals, their bodies simply cannot withstand high-level demon seeds. They can only successfully plant low-level demon seeds."

"What's your plan?" asked Heir No. 2.

"I have a way to make those two high-level demon seeds enter a period of weakness temporarily, and then they will appear to be relatively ordinary demon seeds to the outside world. It's just that the Golden Immortal cultivators can't take them out, so we have to let the gods do it." The third heir showed a faint smile on his face, and his tone was still unhurried.

"Those two cultivators originally belonged to Shichen's command. If anything happened to them, it would be reasonable for Shichen to intervene. As long as we can successfully implant the demon seed in Shichen, we'll have already won half the battle."

The third heir looked at his two opponents, a look of determination in his eyes.

Shichen is the strongest among the gods, and he also killed the previous Demon Lord.

If he could successfully plant the demon seed in her body, then the most powerful God of Time in the upper realm would become his thug.

By then, let alone becoming the Demon Lord, even becoming the lord of both gods and demons would not be a problem.

The third heir had great ambitions. A demon seed capable of dealing with a god wouldn't be cultivated overnight. After all, cultivating a demon seed of this caliber required daily nourishment with flesh and blood for 49 years.

At that time, the human race had no intention of taking action against the demon race, but the third heir had had a big plan long ago.

"Hehe, time is not as easy to deal with as you think. Your demon species may not be able to control time." After a brief silence, the number one heir spoke, and then waved his sleeves and left.

As for Heir No. 2, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he seriously considered the feasibility of this matter. "If both demon seeds can be implanted into Shichen's body, your plan may become a reality."

"But I still have to remind you that Shichen hates being manipulated the most. If you can't quickly suppress the opponent, those closely related to the demon species will also suffer backlash."

Heir No. 2 knew very well that once the other party's plan succeeded, he would go from being his equal to his subordinate.

But if Shichen could really be used by the demons, then becoming their subordinate wouldn't be something too difficult to accept.

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Although Jing Ke and Huo Yi had sharp perceptions, they were unable to discover from thousands of miles away that the three candidates for the Demon Lord had set their sights on them and wanted to use them to achieve Huo Huo Shichen's ultimate goal.

However, after accumulating experience during this period, the cultivation of both of them has reached the peak of the celestial immortal. They only need a good enough stepping stone to be successfully promoted to the golden immortal.

The best stepping stone is undoubtedly to fight against opponents of higher levels, that is, to kill the demons with the cultivation level of Golden Immortal with the sword.

"That's not right. Although a Celestial Immortal cultivator can take the initiative to attack a Golden Immortal cultivator, the difference between the two is still too great. Even a cultivator who has just been promoted to the Golden Immortal realm can easily defeat a peak Celestial Immortal cultivator."

"I know you really want to improve your cultivation, but I can't let you do whatever you want." After hearing their thoughts, Danqing expressed his opposition immediately.

"The demons have tried something similar before, but even ten demons who have reached the level of celestial immortals were unable to defeat a cultivator who had just been promoted to the level of golden immortal." Dan Qing quickly added another example, trying to convince Jing Ke and Huo Yi.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi looked at each other, and very similar smiles appeared on their faces, which made Danqing's vigilance reach the highest level.

"Senior Danqing, how about this? We will each have a sparring match with you in turn. You can personally feel our strength and then make your own judgment." Jing Ke suggested politely, making his tone sound as calm as possible.

"Want to compete with me?" Danqing showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Although Danqing is indeed a Golden Immortal, she has maintained the perfection of the Golden Immortal for tens of thousands of years and is the undisputed number one person under the Supreme God.

In Danqing's opinion, he can even fight against the demons with the cultivation level of upper gods. How many moves can two cultivators who are not even at the level of Golden Immortal withstand from him?

However, when this idea came up, Danqing had to admit that it was normal for Jing Ke and Huo Yi to have such thoughts.

Look, even I, a Golden Immortal, dared to clash with the demons of the Godly Cultivation. So, putting myself in their shoes, Jing Ke and Huo Yi simply had similar ideas to mine.

"Okay, but you don't need to come one by one. You two can go directly." Danqing decided to give them a chance and give some guidance to Jing Ke and Huo Yi. It could be regarded as the guidance from the senior sister to the two future junior sisters.

What Jing Ke and Huo Yi lacked was just an opportunity to prove themselves. It would be fine if they could attack one by one or together.

If they really had to compare, they still felt that the latter would give Danqing a greater shock.

This was indeed the case. Danqing had paid attention to Jing Ke and Huo Yi and knew that even demons of the same level were no match for them. Danqing had expected the two to perform brilliantly, but that only slightly surprised him.

But what is going on now? Can anyone tell me why Jing Ke and Huo Yi can actually fight against me by joining forces?

Danqing admitted that in order not to hurt the two people, she only used half of her strength.

But Danqing is the number one person under the Supreme God. Even if she only uses half of her strength, she can still pin most of the Golden Immortal cultivators to the ground and beat them.

What was the result? Danqing was now tied with two junior sisters who were one level higher than her, which made her start to think about her life.

Is it that my strength has declined, or is it that the strength of my two junior sisters is too terrifying?

Thinking about how he had torn a fellow Golden Immortal demon into pieces on the battlefield three days ago, Danqing was certain that the problem was not with him, but with Jing Ke and Huo Yi.

"I am too conservative. If there is a suitable opportunity, I will let you fight with me." Danqing stopped first.

Danqing's biggest strength is that she can correct her mistakes as soon as she realizes them. She has no baggage that she can't get rid of, and she doesn't think it's shameful to make mistakes in judgment.

"But there's one thing I must explain in advance. Once you reveal your ability to fight above your level, you'll become sitting ducks on the battlefield. The demon elders will regard you as a thorn in their side and will stop at nothing to eliminate you."

Danqing said seriously that what she said was not alarmist but the truth.

A celestial immortal's cultivation level can fight against a golden immortal. After those two people break through to the golden immortal level, even if they don't have the chance to become supreme gods, they can still be regarded as two supreme gods in the actual battlefield.

The demon elders will really use all means to eliminate such an existence.

"It doesn't matter. We have already been noticed by the demons. Recently, many demons want to die with us." Jing Ke said with a smile, not taking the demons' targeting to heart.

One reason was that Jing Ke was confident in her own strength, and they also had jade tokens that could withstand the full force of the God. Even if they were attacked by the unsportsmanlike demon elders, they would have plenty of time to retreat.

As for the other reason, of course it is that the rules have been completely trapped in the copy world. He is now in a state where he can neither swallow it nor spit it out. He is completely trapped and cannot leave the copy world.

Without external interference, the rules wouldn't be able to spare the energy to pay attention to other things for several years. And a few years in the replica world would be hundreds or even thousands of years for this world.

In this case, even if something unexpected happens, they can let the world consciousness open a back door, temporarily mobilize the power within their bodies, and solve the problems they encounter satisfactorily.

"Don't let your guard down! The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Even if the enemy is only at the level of a high-ranking immortal, you must be extremely vigilant and not underestimate them."

"Do you know how many cultivators have lost their lives simply because they underestimated the enemy? The battlefield isn't a place to be treated casually. You should be well aware of this. How many demons have died at your hands because of underestimating the enemy? You should know this better than I do, right? You..."

After hearing the indifference in Jing Ke's tone, Dan Qing, who was usually quiet, put on the airs of a senior sister, detained Jing Ke and Huo Yi, and lectured them for nearly half an hour. Only after they repeatedly assured her that they would not underestimate the enemy did she let them go.

Faced with Danqing's sincere love and care, Jing Ke and Huo Yi could not use force and could only listen to each other's teachings obediently.

"Don't worry, senior. We have all remembered this and we will not underestimate the enemy. Let alone the demons with the cultivation level of immortals, even if they have no cultivation level at all, we will pay extra attention to them!" The last ones to answer Danqing were Jing Ke and Huo Yi who swore in unison.