Chapter 1919: Battle Between Humans and Demons (Part 5)

"Lord Bloodlight, calm your anger. Although the defense of this Tianyuan City is more difficult than rumored, with our strength, breaking this city is only a matter of time. If you want to complete this matter earlier, just let the demonic beast army take turns attacking this city, and let the intensity of the attack gradually increase, forcing out most of the defensive measures in the city, finding ways to break them one by one, and finally gathering all our strength for a full-out attack. This city will definitely be taken. However, by then, the demonic beast army we brought will probably not have much left." An old man with several golden long feathers on his head suddenly stood out and said respectfully to the blood-robed man.

"As long as we can take this city as soon as possible, what does it matter if some demonic beasts die? Our Holy Realm has nothing else, but this kind of low-tier demonic beast is endless and can be replenished at any time. Does anyone else have anything to add to Elder Huanyu's method?" The blood-robed man nodded with satisfaction after hearing the old man's words and asked the other demons coldly.

"Lord, I suggest that while attacking Tianyuan City, we send other elite demons to wipe out the other smaller human strongholds in this area one by one. In this way, when the final full-out attack comes, you can also be at ease without any worries. And taking this opportunity to let our Saint Ancestor elites familiarize themselves with the human cultivators' fighting style can also reduce the elite losses during the full-out attack." Another yellow-robed woman also walked out gracefully and suggested.

"After an initial rough sweep, how many large human strongholds are still left in the nearby area?" The blood-robed man asked with some interest.

"Because the time is short, when encountering slightly tricky strongholds, the people in front immediately bypassed them without touching them. In the nearby area, there are probably seven or eight left. However, in terms of scale, they are far worse than Tianyuan City." Another high-tier demon who looked like a young man with a fair face replied with a smile.

"Since that's the case, send out the Jialun War Demons, Bloodlight Crystal Guards, and Myriad Elephant Demon Cavalry to wipe out all these strongholds. Everything else, just follow Elder Huanyu's meaning." The blood-robed man pondered for a moment and said decisively.

"What? You intend to send out the Bloodlight Crystal Guards! The Jialun War Demons and Myriad Elephant Demon Cavalry are fine, although they are the elite forces of our Ancient Demon race, every Saint Ancestor will allocate a batch to listen to orders. But the Bloodlight Crystal Guards are your personal guards, how can they easily leave your side?"

Hearing this, most of the high-tier demons' expressions changed drastically, and some even spoke out to try to dissuade him.

"I let the Bloodlight Crystal Guards go out, naturally there are other purposes. You don't need to persuade me." The blood-robed man narrowed his eyes, not intending to change his mind at all.

The group of high-tier demons below looked at each other, but didn't dare to say anything more, and could only bow respectfully and remain silent.

And the blood-robed man raised his head at this moment, his gaze seemingly passing through the top of the hall and looking directly at a certain place far away...

Almost at the same time, on a giant peak near Spirit Emperor City, a woman with clean white horns and a graceful figure was standing on a giant rock, retracting her gaze from a certain direction, a trace of sarcasm appearing on her jade face.

Behind this woman, there were fifty or sixty high-tier demons, both male and female, standing respectfully.

And looking down from the top of the mountain, in the rolling demonic Qi, there were dense demonic armored soldiers and giant banners, almost endless.

There were also many high-tier demonic beasts that had never been heard of before, mixed in with these armored soldiers, occasionally emitting low roars.

Spirit Emperor City not far away was actually surrounded by the demonic army.

Unlike that Bloodlight Saint Ancestor, the demons responsible for attacking Spirit Emperor City mobilized all their manpower from the beginning, intending to achieve success in one battle.

The distant Spirit Emperor City, with that sky-reaching giant tree as the center, was shrouded in layers of green light, and rows of human cultivators were also standing straight on the city walls.

In front of Spirit Emperor City, there were ruins of tens of thousands of various fortresses everywhere, seemingly destroyed by some powerful force that could not be resisted.

"Start the siege!"

The horned woman had a delicate face, but when she opened her mouth, she spat out murderous words.

"Yes, Lord Liuji!"

Those fifty or sixty high-tier demons didn't dare to look directly at the woman's beauty and bowed to receive the order at the same time. An astonishing murderous aura rushed into the sky from the giant peak!

And at the very edge of these high-tier demons, a demon woman wearing purple palace attire raised her face slightly, revealing an incomparably beautiful face.

Facing the horned demon woman, although she was full of respect like the other high-tier demons, there was a hint of confusion and complexity deep in her eyes.

After Han Li returned to his residence, he immediately entered the secret room on the top floor to continue refining the Myriad Sword Map and Gourd Sword in his hand.

If he could refine these two treasures earlier, he could naturally give himself and his disciples a bit more strength in the upcoming battle.

A month later, Han Li finished refining the Gourd Sword and actually bestowed this treasure to Hai Dashao.

In the following time, he put all his heart into how to perfect the Myriad Sword Map in his hand.

Just like this, time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

During this period, Zen Master Jin Yue and other Tianyuan City Elders never sent anyone to disturb Han Li, but through the news delivered by his disciples every day, he knew that the demons' attacks on Tianyuan City had almost never stopped.

No matter how many demonic attacks were defeated, a few days later, a demonic beast army with even more astonishing numbers would definitely appear in front of the city, as if the number of demonic beasts was endless.

And the high-tier demons commanding these demonic beasts didn't care about the damage to these low-tier demonic beasts at all, even though the Body Integration cultivators responsible for hosting the city's defense had used several super magic arrays in the city several times to almost annihilate the commanding high-tier demons.

Next time, these high-tier demons still fearlessly led the next batch of demonic beast armies to attack the city.

What's more, in this half a year, several other human strongholds built near Tianyuan City sent news of being broken one after another.

Most of the human cultivators guarding these strongholds died in battle, and a small portion were taken away by the demons, said to be converted into demon-humans using the method of demonic Qi infusion. However, the ordinary human people were not slaughtered by these demons, and they still lived in the strongholds.

And the demons attacking these strongholds were not those low-tier demonic beast armies, but the true elite forces of the demons.

These demons not only had astonishing abilities but also were good at joint techniques. Even the Body Integration cultivators who sat in these strongholds could not escape with their lives in the hands of these elite demons.

Hearing this news, Han Li's heart tightened.

The demons' true strength seemed far more terrifying than rumored. Once they truly found the weak points of Tianyuan City's defense and swept away all the other human strongholds in the nearby area, whether this city could be held was truly a matter of two possibilities.

However, these things were not something he could control alone.

He could only watch how Zen Master Jin Yue and other Body Integration cultivators would deal with this crisis.

These Tianyuan City Elders, each of whom had lived for over ten thousand years, naturally could not sit and wait for death like this.

And Han Li vaguely expected that his days of leisurely refining treasures would not last too long.

Sure enough, a month later, Han Li received a message from Zen Master Jin Yue, inviting him to the Elder Council to discuss matters.

Han Li naturally didn't hesitate and immediately left the secret room, turning into an escape light to fulfill the appointment.

Half a day later, Han Li was sitting on a chair in a hall. Besides Zen Master Jin Yue, Elder Gu, Fairy Yin Guang, and other Elders Han Li knew, several other Body Integration cultivators appeared with very unfamiliar faces. Clearly, they were other Elders of the Elder Council whom he hadn't met before.

These Elders were said to have had other important matters to attend to some time ago, so they had never appeared before Han Li.

Although Han Li was somewhat curious about the "important matters" these Body Integration existences had been busy with, he naturally didn't show it at all and exchanged a few polite words with these Elders with a smile.

Most of these Elders were at the early Body Integration stage and were naturally extremely polite to Han Li, a mid-stage cultivator.

However, during the pleasantries, Han Li noticed that although Elder Gu and the others looked normal, there was a trace of anxiety deep in their eyes, as if they all had something on their minds.

"Alright, Daoist Zhang, you have all met Brother Han. Let's get down to business. Just yesterday, the Elder Council received news that the demons have sent another army to attack the joint city of the four major sects, including the Yitian Sect and the Tianhuang Sect. The four major sects know that they can no longer withstand the demons' attack this time, so they sent envoys to Tianyuan City to seek help. And the strongholds of these four major sects are the only large strongholds near us besides this city. If they are also broken by the demons, we will truly be fighting alone. Therefore, this city must send people to reinforce them." Elder Gu coughed lightly, his expression suddenly solemn.

Hearing this, the expressions of Zen Master Jin Yue and the others also became heavy.

And Han Li, hearing this, frowned slightly.

The other new Elders showed shock at the same time, seemingly just knowing this news as well.

"Brother Gu, didn't the Yitian Sect repel the demons' attacks several times before, and even severely injured several high-tier demons? How did the situation suddenly turn so urgent?" A red-faced Elder asked hurriedly.

"The joint forces of the four major sects, including the Yitian Sect, can be ranked in the top ten among our human race. The Yitian City they built, even if its defensive capability is not as good as Tianyuan City, is not much worse. The reason it has become so critical this time is that the demons suddenly mobilized over a dozen high-tier demons and used a trick to lure out the several Supreme Elders of the four major sects, launching a sneak attack. As a result, two of the Supreme Elders unfortunately perished! With this, the top combat power of the four major sects was greatly reduced, and the situation naturally became unfavorable." Elder Gu explained in a low voice.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1920 =====