With safety temporarily guaranteed, the tree spirit sighed, "Actually, I knew this day would come, but the outside world is not as safe as the capital, so I hesitated to make a decision. I didn't expect this day to come so soon."
There's a story behind that.
She then told Rong Yi and the others about the news she had overheard by chance.
At that time, the tree spirit received a large order and, to express her gratitude, personally delivered it to the family. Only then did she discover that the person who ordered the flowerpots was also a demon, and a powerful one at that. At that time, the family was hosting a banquet, and she was about to leave after delivering the goods.
However, she was born with the ability to sense other plants, and through the flowers at the banquet, she could hear the conversations between the great demons.
"The great demon who was there as a guest said that the human race and the demon race would clash and go to war within the next two years, and that the great demon who was hosting the banquet should leave as soon as possible, otherwise it would be troublesome to be trapped in the capital. I listened to him, but when I heard that it was within two years, I thought I would stay for another year or so and then consider going to other towns. I didn't expect this day to come so soon, and I didn't even have time to react."
Since the murder occurred, the demons in the city have been prohibited from leaving, as have the humans, to prevent the murderer from escaping.
These were things she knew through her psychic connection with the plants in the city.
Rong Yi: "You have quite the talent. You can know about even the slightest thing. You're a good intelligence agent."
The tree spirit smiled shyly, "That's all I can do; my ability to protect myself is too weak."
If she weren't weak, she would have left the capital the day she heard that conversation.
Upon learning this important news, Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing understood that today's battle was not sudden, but rather a long-planned event.
Whether the demon race is the only force behind this, or whether other groups are involved, remains unknown.
boom--
A loud bang suddenly came from above. Rong Yi put the tree demon into his storage compartment to prevent her from being discovered by others.
Stepping out of the courtyard, I discovered that the city's defensive array had been activated, now covering the entire capital. Floating runes were embedded in the flowing light, protecting this central city of the Great Liang Dynasty.
Seven or eight powerful demons were flying overhead, attacking the defensive formation together.
The disciples of the Ten Directions Sect then set out and fought fiercely with the great demons in the sky.
With the great battle officially underway, Rong Yi estimated that it would take many more days before she could continue searching for the jade spirit stone vein.
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Starting with the Liang Dynasty, the human race and the demon race officially went to war, and other dynasties in other places did not avoid this either.
Zhang Shourong recently discovered that the monsters in his territory were very irritable.
"Big brother! Big brother!"
The boy, barely a teenager, ran all the way here, his hair damp with sweat and stuck to his temples.
Da Wa has changed his name to Zhang Shourong, but everyone still calls him by that name.
"What's wrong?"
The boy who ran over was panting heavily before saying, "They've run away! All those monsters are heading out!"
The term "outside" refers to directions outside of one's territory.
Zhang Shourong gripped his spear. "I'll go take a look."
Several more people followed, wanting to see what these monsters were up to.
As a result, everyone followed along and ended up outside the territory.
So many villages have been trapped here for many years. Now that they can finally leave, everyone is excited but also a little apprehensive, wondering if they can really get out.
For many years, the barriers imposed by the local authorities have not only trapped the villagers physically, but also emotionally.
More people came to try it and found that they could indeed walk out of the area without going in circles or going back, and they could really see different scenery in the area.
The villagers were happily packing their things to leave this awful place, but Zhang Shourong felt that something must have happened outside.
The demons had had enough of the sudden uprising of the humans within their territory, and they all took this opportunity to leave.
They went to the villages outside and found that the humans were still easy to bully.
Luhua Village is not far from the territory and was among the first places to be attacked by the monsters within the territory.
A disheveled woman was running quickly with a child in her hand, trying to get the child into the cellar and hide for as long as possible.
Before they even reached the door, a bird demon grabbed the child by the waist.
"Ah! Let go! Let go!"
The woman grabbed the child frantically, the veins on the back of her hand bulging.
"Mother—" The child cried out in pain as his waist was being constricted, clutching his mother's sleeve.
The other villagers were all entangled with the monster, and no one had the chance to help the mother and child.
"Bean! Hold on tight to Mother's hand!"
The woman knew that if she sold him, her son would be dead.
Suddenly, with a soft "plop," warm blood splattered onto the woman's eyelids. She froze, closing her blind eyes, but dared not let go of the child's hand.
Then the force pulling on her son disappeared, and the woman opened her other eye, pulled the child back, and held him in her arms.
The once lively bird demon was now lying on the ground, twitching as a spear pierced its chest.
The tall, slender boy, his face filled with murderous intent, gripped the hilt of the spear and yanked it out, instantly killing the bird demon.
It was Zhang Shourong who arrived. Seeing so many demons running out, he knew that the surrounding villages would definitely suffer, so he led a few people to support the villages here first.
Zhang Shourong's companions joined the fray and quickly drove away the scattered demons.
The barriers of the territory disappeared suddenly, and most of the demons ran off in any direction. The great demon couldn't control his subordinates' excitement for freedom.
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Suddenly, humans and demons fought each other all over the world. As if they had received some kind of command, the demons in the mountains and fields all came out of the forest. Many villages were destroyed overnight, while others managed to escape to the towns.
Disciples from all the immortal sects across the continents mobilized in droves, and the war quickly entered a fierce stage.
The defensive array in the capital is about to collapse. The human race wasn't lying; they have very limited jade spirit stones. The jade spirit stones used in the array these past few days have almost depleted their reserves.
However, no announcements were issued in these capital cities, which would only increase panic and dampen the morale of the human race.
Everyone else stayed inside, afraid to come out, unless there was truly no food or drink left in the house.
Rong Yi often observed the situation outside. On this day, another great battle took place. The elders of the Ten Directions Sect came down from the mountain and fought a fierce battle with the great demon in the sky.
"How long will this fight last? If the defensive formation breaks, should we intervene?"
The monsters are not mutated creatures like zombies, nor are they invasive species like ghosts or ferocious insects. The principle of the natives fighting the adventure host is to avoid getting involved if possible.
Wei Yanqing peered into the air and said, "We'll see how it goes. If they get close enough to us, we'll deal with them."
Two days ago, people from the Immortal Sect came to them, hoping they could help. Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing didn't hide it from them, saying that since they weren't locals, they couldn't interfere casually.
Rong Yi saw that the figures were so fast that ordinary people couldn't even see them clearly, and then he saw something interesting in the clouds.
"Wei Yanqing, look at that cloud."
Following the direction Rong Yi pointed, they saw a barely visible figure behind the thick clouds—the very immortal they were looking for.
"Why was he just standing there? Didn't they, as gods, stop him from getting into such a fight?"
Immortals are not alien species; they are also part of this world.
Wei Yanqing raised an eyebrow. "Among the immortals, the majority are human, while only a few are demons. The proportion of people in the immortals is unbalanced."
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