Chapter 644 - 10: A Kingdom Falls

Seeing the confusion on Ji Feng and Shao Zhongguang's faces, Liang Yuxiu pondered for a moment before speaking.

"What I am about to say is a top secret of the Six Sects and is of great importance. You must all swear a heart-demon oath to never divulge it."

After exchanging a glance, the three of them raised their hands and swore the heart-demon oath.

"The Six Sects have operated in the Western Continent for many years. Their sudden, major defeat was for two reasons. First, someone from within was colluding with the Demon Court for Spiritual Materials and Spirit Stones and made a desperate move when they were about to be discovered. Second, Ancestor Wen Yan of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect passed away a hundred years ago. Now, the only Divinity Transformation Ancestor of our Six Sects is the Celestial Sword Ancestor. He cannot bear the burden alone."

The long history of the Six Sects' expansion into the Western Continent was, naturally, not smooth sailing; on the contrary, it was full of turmoil.

Whenever the number of Divinity Transformation Cultivators was equal to or greater than those of the Demon Court and the Demon Sect, they would push forward, continuously shrinking the territory of their enemies. When the number of Divinity Transformation Cultivators was at a disadvantage, they would rely on the Six Passes Defense Line to hold their ground and do their best to protect their existing land.

By encroaching year after year like this, there would surely come a day when they could completely occupy the Western Continent and drive out the Demon Court and the Demon Sect entirely.

"Although the Six Passes Defense Line was breached by the Demon Court due to a traitor's betrayal, the Six Sects are far from being at the end of their rope. There's no need for a Divinity Transformation Seed like Yang Jing to take such a huge risk, going deep into the Demon Court to turn the tide. What he should be doing is cultivating in seclusion on the Central Continent, striving to break through to Divinity Transformation as soon as possible," Liang Yuxiu said with a solemn expression.

Among the Six Sects, although the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had the shallowest foundation, because of the Contest of the Nine Marvels, the chances of their True Disciples advancing to Divinity Transformation were no lower than the other five sects. Yang Jing's Talent was likely even greater than the Celestial Sword Ancestor's. Once he achieved Divinity Transformation, the tables would immediately turn in the Western Continent. Why take such a risk?

Ji Feng and Yellow Foot exchanged a glance. When they came to the Western Continent, their master, Yang Jing, had told them to find a way to investigate the recent status of the Six Sects' two Divinity Transformation Ancestors.

Their master had speculated that the Demon Court dared to launch a sudden attack for two reasons. First, under the Demon Emperor's rule, the population of the Demon Court had flourished, and its Power had greatly increased. Second, something had likely happened to the two Divinity Transformation Ancestors of the Six Sects.

If the Divinity Transformation Ancestors were simply running out of lifespan, with their master Yang Jing's skills, he could naturally refine a Life-Extending Puppet to prolong their lives and restore the balance of power at the Divinity Transformation level. But since Ancestor Wen Yan had already passed away a hundred years ago, a Life-Extending Puppet would naturally be of no use.

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Honed by years of war, the Demon Court's level of civilization was not low. Some powerful Demon Countries had even established demon cities. Although these demon cities were not as prosperous as the great cities and Marketplaces of the Six Sects and the Central Continent, they possessed a certain exotic charm.

Yingyue City, the Capital of the Yingyue Kingdom, was the largest city for hundreds of miles around.

Within the city, most of the buildings were made of adobe, with only a few structures built from brick, tile, and massive logs.

Due to limited technology, they could not construct tall buildings. So even though Yingyue City had fewer than ten thousand Demon People, its area was still vast, spread out across the land like a giant flatbread.

The royal family of the Yingyue Kingdom was the Howling Moon Demon Wolf clan. Nearly ten percent of the Demon People in Yingyue City were Howling Moon Demon Wolves, the upper-class citizens of the kingdom. Almost fifty percent were various mixed-blood Demon Wolves, the middle-class citizens. The remaining forty percent were other kinds of Demons, classified as middle or lower-class citizens based on their Power.

As one of the most powerful Demon Countries in the western Demon Court, the Yingyue Kingdom's Power was not weak. Its Sovereign, the Eclipse Moon Great Saint, was at the Nascent Soul Realm, which was considered mid-tier. During a full moon, he could draw upon the power of the Supreme Yin, greatly increasing his Power.

The entire Demon Country had 300,000 Little Demons, 6,000 Foundation Establishment Great Demons, and over a hundred Golden Core Demon Kings.

Although the Yingyue Kingdom had conscripted a large number of Demon Wolves for the war by order of the Demon Emperor, the forces remaining in the country were still very powerful.

But today, such a massive force was not enough to resist the foreign invaders.

A colossal Flying Boat hung over Yingyue City like a mountain. An astonishing number of Impact Boats flew out from it, like a massive flock of birds.

Raging fires burned in Yingyue City. The massive corpse of the Sovereign, the Eclipse Moon Great Saint, lay amidst a pile of rubble. His Demon Body was covered in gruesome wounds, the fatal one being a piercing injury to his neck that had nearly severed his head.

As a Nascent Soul Demon Saint, even in death, his physical body still emitted a terrifying pressure. The raging flames did not harm his gleaming, silver-like fur in the slightest.

Fully armed Cultivators searched the ruins of Yingyue City for surviving Demons.

From time to time, hiding Demons were found, triggering fierce battles. With no path of retreat, these surviving Demons were fearless and fought desperately. But against the Cultivators, who held an overwhelming advantage in numbers and cultivation, they could only die filled with resentment.

More Cultivators boarded Impact Boats to hunt down the fleeing Demon People.

Wolf Demons were extremely skilled at running. Many of them did not choose to flee by flying, but instead revealed their Demon Bodies and fled close to the ground. This actually increased the difficulty of the pursuit.

"SWISH!"

A Spirit Net flew out, ensnaring a Demon Wolf the size of a giant elephant. The Demon Wolf let out a terrifying roar from within the net. Demon Qi surged as silver Demon Fire erupted all over its body, causing the Spirit Net to sizzle and crackle.

"Quick, attack! Don't let this beast burn up my Magical Artifact!" the leading Foundation Establishment Cultivator shouted.

The next moment, a dozen or so Magical Artifacts shot out, pulverizing the Demon Wolf in the Spirit Net into a paste of flesh and blood.

No matter how tough the Demon Wolf's body was, it could not withstand the bombardment of multiple Magical Artifacts.

"We'll stop after we hunt down three more. This Demon Country doesn't just have Golden Core Demon Kings in its capital. If we accidentally run into one, we'll regret it for the rest of our lives!"

The Rescue Army's Flying Boats were not concentrated solely on Yingyue City. They had dispersed to various parts of the Yingyue Kingdom to exterminate all of its Demon People.

In Yingyue City, outside the Eclipse Moon Great Saint's Cave Mansion, Yang Jing sat on a large, tiger-skin chair. He watched as countless Cultivators, like ants, collected Spiritual Materials and Spirit Stones from the city's various hidden vaults.

Demons were not skilled with Arrays and Restrictions. In the eyes of the Cultivators, the hidden vaults in the city were almost completely exposed. They could easily detect the Spiritual Light of Spiritual Objects with a Dharma Mirror. Even the Restrictions on the Eclipse Moon Great Saint's secret vault were so simple that a Golden Core Cultivator could break them.

Within the Demon Court, although the Muddy Qi was abundant and the Spiritual Qi was weak, it could still produce many of the Spiritual Materials that Cultivators needed.

Here in Yingyue City, many of the materials the Demons had used to build their houses were actually valuable Spirit Woods from the Western Continent.

The Rescue Army had a full 800,000 members, and their daily consumption was astronomical. By conquering the Yingyue Kingdom, they had handsomely replenished their military supplies.

Yang Jing's Divine Sense swept across the city, warning those Cultivators with sticky fingers not to go too far.

"Loot the city for two days. After two days, the entire army will move out."