Chapter 982: What Are You Running For?

Along the way they overcame countless difficulties and dangers, constantly having to evade Human Race cultivators and deal with attacks from evil spirits.

For the Demonic Cultivators, this could be said to have endured extreme hardship.

This is easy to see from each person's condition and aura; they all looked like beggars.

Their black robes were tattered as well; to have made it this far, the hardships they endured need not be explained to outsiders.

Along this road, no one has complained; everyone has gritted their teeth and persisted.

They pressed forward solely by that sliver of faith in their hearts—the faith to see the Esteemed Demon God.

Now, the Esteemed Demon God is right before their eyes; vaguely, they seemed to already see the demon tribe's encampment.

At that moment, all the Demonic Cultivators felt great joy in their hearts; their excitement and happiness could not be contained.

"Hold on a little longer, the Esteemed Demon God is just ahead."

"Who's there?"

Just then, a shout rang out—it turned out the surrounding Human Race cultivators had noticed the disturbance and rushed over.

"Hurry up and leave."

Hearing this, the leading Demonic Cultivator didn't delay, immediately crossing the Tianhong Guan defense line and sprinting madly toward the demon tribe's encampment.

Now the Esteemed Demon God is already within arm's reach; they no longer need to hide their feelings.

In their view, as long as they entered the demon tribe's encampment, would Human Race cultivators dare to charge in?

Facing their demon army, the fact that the Human Race has held out until now is already extraordinarily difficult, largely thanks to the advantage of Tianhong Guan—after all, this is one of the three great passes the Human Race built at immense cost of energy and wealth.

These Demonic Cultivators clearly know nothing about how the war is developing; after all, on this journey they have endured countless hardships just to stay alive, leaving no room to pay attention to anything else.

They ran all the way, and at this moment the Human Race cultivators behind them also spotted their trail.

"Demonic Cultivators? Stop, don't run."

"Capture them."

It's unexpected that Demonic Cultivators would appear here, and judging by their direction they are heading straight for the demon tribe, clearly intending to make contact with them.

These "stinky rats" have remained unruly to this day, but now that we've encountered them, we obviously cannot let them go.

With the shouts of many cultivators, more and more people became aware of the disturbance here.

The strong ones from all the Sects sprang into action.

"What's happening?"

"Demonic Cultivators have appeared on the Tianhong Guan defense line."

"Demonic Cultivators? Seize them."

"Yes."

When dealing with Demonic Cultivators, the attitude of Human Race cultivators has always been the same: kill them on sight.

Moreover, being in a place like Tianhong Guan, there is even less reason to let them go.

Behind them, more and more Human Race cultivators came rushing forward, while the multiple groups of fleeing Demonic Cultivators had already pushed their speed to the limit.

"Hold on a little longer, we'll be there soon."

"As long as we enter the demon tribe's encampment, these people can't do anything to us."

"Run fast."

The hope of the Demonic Cultivators lay in the demon tribe's encampment right before them; naturally, the encampment not far away also sensed the disturbance here.

Mainly because many Human Race cultivators have come, and they appear to be charging this way—this is clearly the launch of an attack.

Again they came; many demon tribesmen wore faces of anger, but their eyes held more helplessness.

The news quickly reached the ears of the Four Demon Gods.

Upon hearing that the Human Race had come again, the Four Demon Gods were also extremely angry.

"Roar.......... (Now these Human Race folks aren't even hiding? They're just charging straight out in the open?)"

"Roar roars.......... (What should we do now? Should we fight?)"

"Roar...... (How are the preparations?)"

"Roar...... (Almost done.)"

"Roar...... (Then let's withdraw.)"

They had no intention of fighting the Human Race, after all they had already planned to withdraw; fighting now would only needlessly increase casualties.

Since preparations were complete, they simply withdrew.

In this regard, the Four Demon Gods were unanimous, and the order to withdraw was soon issued.

Upon hearing the order, the demon tribe actually felt a hint of joy, thinking they finally wouldn't have to fight these despicable humans anymore.

Immediately, the many demon tribesmen began to withdraw without the slightest hesitation.

Because of the demon tribe's customs, they basically have no encampments to speak of; they are the type that can just get up and go.

But the demon tribe's withdrawal left the Demonic Cultivators who had been sprinting forward utterly dumbfounded.

Originally they had stopped hiding their presence precisely because the demon tribe's encampment was right before their eyes, and the Esteemed Demon God was right before their eyes.

In their view, as long as they entered the demon tribe's encampment, no matter how many Human Race cultivators were behind them, there would be nothing to fear.

But damn it, after all that effort they were about to rush into the demon tribe's encampment—yet the demon tribe had retreated.

There was absolutely no sign whatsoever; countless demon tribesmen all retreated backward at the same time.

"They ran?"

"What are they running for?"

"Esteemed Demon God............"

Seeing this scene, the Demonic Cultivators who had rushed forward at top speed were utterly depressed; we had finally, after crossing mountains and ridges, made it here—what the hell are you running for?

But the demon tribe clearly didn't care about them; at this moment all the demon tribesmen had only one thought: to move quickly, so as not to let the Human Race cultivators behind catch up, otherwise they would find it hard to escape.

Thus it came to be, countless Demon Race members ran ahead, while behind, ten Demonic Cultivators in tattered black robes pursued relentlessly, and further back were many Human Race cultivators.

Four of the Demonic Cultivators chased the retreating Demon Race army, already fuming and cursing.

These damn Demon Race are sick, what are they running for?

However, they now know that only by catching up to the Demon Race do they have a chance to survive, so they keep gritting their teeth and pressing forward.

But these Demon Race run damn fast, as if a flood or ferocious beast were behind them, not even glancing back.

"No, you damn turn around and take a look."

"What are you running for, what's behind you?"

"Stop!"

Whether they chased close or far, they simply had no intention of catching up; the Demonic Cultivators were utterly speechless.

The Human Race cultivators behind also noticed the Demon Race intending to retreat, and immediately turned their attention to these ten Demonic Cultivators—damn, the food material is about to run away, who has time to worry about anything else?

"Holy shit, this food material is going to run."

"Damn it, stop them."

"We absolutely cannot let them run."

"Chase!"

Seeing the numerous food material running farther and farther, the Human Race cultivators also grew anxious, quickening their pace; many without hesitation swallowed medicinal pills just to gain a bit more speed.

Having grown accustomed to good food and drink these days, if the food material all runs away, that would be intolerable.

Most importantly, nobody yet knows where these Demon Race food material are headed; if they go straight back through the Demon Cave, what then?

By then, where would they obtain food material? So we absolutely cannot let the food material escape; we must definitely stop them.

Thinking this, the Human Race cultivators' speed kept increasing; the Demonic Cultivators hadn't caught up to the Demon Race army, but they could see they were about to be caught up by the Human Race cultivators, which made them anxious.