"Huh? The malevolent energy here seems to be thinning?" a demon soldier in black armor asked in surprise.
"Really? I didn't notice anything." Another demon soldier said dismissively, "It's not surprising if it's faded, after all, we haven't fought against human cultivators for ten years. This time, a scout said he saw traces of human cultivators, but we don't know if it's true or not. We patrolled for most of the day and didn't find a single ghost, let alone human cultivators."
"Human cultivators are cunning; let's search carefully. The captain said there's a reward of ten magic crystals for finding a human cultivator."
"The captain is really generous."
"That's because the rewards from above are more generous."
......
As the two demon soldiers gradually walked away, Li Ze, in his black mist form, emerged from the crack in the rock and drifted away in the opposite direction from the demon soldiers.
The malevolent energy here has weakened; he should move on to another place.
But what did those two demon soldiers mean by that?
What are these human cultivators doing here? Are they going to start another war with the demon race?
No one could answer Li Ze's question, and he quickly put the matter out of his mind and continued to focus on absorbing the evil energy.
Ten years have passed since he regained consciousness. Over the past decade, his misty form has condensed considerably, and it is believed that in a few more decades, he will be able to solidify into a physical body.
A few days later, Li Ze encountered several more demon soldiers.
"The human cultivators have really arrived! Hurry back and inform the king."
"The king may have known all along, after all, it was he who lured the people here."
"What did Your Majesty do to attract those cultivators?"
"They stole someone's prized possession."
"It's not a treasure of the mountain, but an evil artifact that someone was suppressing. It was something they intended to destroy, but the king stole it."
"What kind of evil artifact?"
"Who knows? Anyway, it's said to be extremely powerful, otherwise those cultivators wouldn't be so nervous and would have chased it all the way to the Demon Realm."
"Your Majesty is truly admirable!"
"May Your Majesty be mighty!"
......
The demon soldiers, while flattering their king, quickened their pace.
Li Ze watched them walk away, his murderous aura surging and roaring silently.
Who is the Great King?
Is Ji Rin the other one of the two kings?
In the Demon Realm, there are Demon Gods and Demon Kings. Li Ze has never seen a Demon God, but he has seen all three Demon Kings: Ji Lin, Ji Chuan, and Ji Shuo. All three Demon Kings share the surname Ji because their first Demon God was surnamed Ji, and every subsequent Demon King and Demon God has held this surname. Legend has it that only those with the surname Ji can receive the Demon God's power and protection.
The three demon kings, Ji Lin, Ji Chuan, and Ji Shuo, are evenly matched in strength, all being demons at the Nascent Soul stage.
Li Ze hoped that Ji Chuan or Ji Shuo would be the ones to obtain the evil artifact. Otherwise, if Ji Lin got his hands on it, his strength would increase dramatically, making his revenge much more difficult.
However, what he feared most came true. A few days later, Li Ze encountered several demon soldiers again. This time, Li Ze learned from them that the one who stole the evil artifact was none other than the Demon King Ji Lin.
That night, the murderous aura on the entire battlefield between humans and demons surged and could not be calmed for a long time.
On one side of the battlefield between humans and demons lies the Demon Realm, and on the other side, the Endless Mountains. Beyond the mountains lies the land inhabited by humans. At the edge of the Endless Mountains stands a city called Netherworld City.
The city walls of Youcheng are towering, reaching over a hundred meters high. Standing at the foot of the walls, one feels an overwhelming sense of oppression.
At this moment, people were coming and going at the city gate, with countless cultivators climbing mountains and wading through rivers.
"The Floating Sect has really gone all out this time. They must have mobilized the entire sect to retrieve the evil artifact," a cultivator sighed.
"As long as you participate in this war between humans and demons, you will receive ten high-grade spirit stones for the Qi Refining stage, five hundred for the Foundation Establishment stage, five thousand for the Nascent Soul stage, and tens of thousands for the Deity Transformation stage, plus a bottle of level eight pills. If more people come, I'm afraid even emptying the entire Floating Sect's coffers wouldn't be enough."
"You wouldn't know this, would you? These rewards are for us independent cultivators and small sects. The big sects would be too embarrassed to accept them. After all, the big sects take it upon themselves to slaughter demons and protect humanity. If they accepted the rewards, wouldn't they be slapping themselves in the face?"
"......."
Two groups of cultivators met in the largest inn in Youcheng.
"Liu Haozhi, where is your senior brother? Why haven't we seen him?" a girl in a pink dress asked, frowning.
"Our senior brother is in seclusion," Liu Haozhi replied matter-of-factly.
"Seclusion again, why is he always in seclusion?" the girl complained.
"Shangguan Meng, why do you always ask about our senior brother? Doesn't your Floating Sect have its own senior brother? Go find your own senior brother!" The girl next to Liu Haozhi said unhappily.
"Bai Xue, what business is it of yours if I ask Mo Xingjue? What right do you, a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator, have to be so nosy?" Shangguan Meng glanced at Bai Xue and said rudely.
Bai Xue's pretty face flushed red when her cultivation level was publicly scorned, and her eyes reddened slightly as well. However, she didn't back down with her words, "Mo Xingjue is my senior brother. It's perfectly legitimate for me to care about him. As for you, my senior brother ignores you, yet you still try to win him over, spending all your time gambling with him at our Fengyang Sect. As a woman, aren't you ashamed?"
It's common knowledge that Shangguan Meng of the Floating Sect is in love with Mo Xingjue of the Fengyang Sect, but this is the first time it's been revealed.
Everyone present perked up their ears, looking on with expressions of anticipation for a good show.
Shangguan Meng's secret was exposed on the spot, but she was neither ashamed nor angry. "I just like your senior brother. What can you do about it? We're both single. Once I marry your senior brother, you'll have to call me senior sister-in-law!"
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