Chapter 685: Demon Withdrawal, Righteous God Revives

Jiang Chen felt surprised as well after hearing it.

The Dragon-Demon Allied Forces surged forward with fierce momentum, then suddenly withdrew. "Did something happen to them?" Jiang Chen asked.

Li Xueru said, "It's not the Dragon-Demon Allied Forces that retreated, it's the Demons that withdrew.

"That makes it even stranger—did they have internal conflict?" Jiang Chen was even more puzzled, unable to understand.

Li Xueru said, "If you can't figure it out, don't dwell on it; their retreat is a good thing.

That's the logic: once the Demons retreat, only the Dragon Race remains

The pressure on the Human Race will be much less, and casualties will also decrease greatly.

In any case, it truly is a good thing.

Jiang Chen asked, "The Demons have withdrawn; what about the Dragon Race? How do they react?"

Li Xueru said, "They have temporarily halted their attacks, but I think they will also withdraw. The Dragon Race should know that confronting the Human Race alone could very likely end in a mutually disastrous defeat."

Jiang Chen said, "A mutually disastrous outcome would benefit the Abyss Demon, as the clam and the snipe fight and the fisherman profits."

"That's right, so most likely the Dragon Race will also withdraw."

Li Xueru's judgment makes sense, and Jiang Chen thought the same; although unsurprising, it is most likely to develop this way.

This is also the best outcome for now; the Human Race has suffered huge damage, but the Dragon-Demon Allied Forces have also been badly hurt.

This sudden battle has no winner.

Li Xueru continued, "I think the Demons' sudden withdrawal is probably related to you."

"They failed to ambush you and me, so continuing this great war would be meaningless."

Jiang Chen knows he is the person Long Huang most wants to kill; this ambush primarily targets him, and secondarily

Li Xueru and others.

If he and Li Xueru and others were all killed, the Dragon-Demon Allied Forces would surge forward, posing a huge threat to the Human Race.

Not to mention wiping out the Human Race; it could very likely cripple them completely.

Yet the result failed; none were killed.

Thus this great war lost its meaning.

Li Xueru linked the Eternal Great Wall formation and could see the scene on the Prime Battlefield. At that moment, the Demon army retreated like a tide, the Dragon army also halted its attack. The Human Army withdrew in turn, falling back to the Fortress without pursuit. It seemed the great war would end that way, when Li Xueru suddenly saw a sword light flash rapidly toward them.

Li Xueru let out a light "Eh?" and said, "How did he come?"

Jiang Chen's eyes flickered, "Is the Righteous God here?"

Li Xueru nodded, "Looks like he has recovered."

Li Xueru wasn't surprised that Jiang Chen could guess Jiang Yi. At Li Xueru's lofty position, there aren't many things that can astonish him, nor many people who can.

Jiang Yi is one of them.

Jiang Yi lived over 600 years ago, was extremely powerful, had reached level 98 before his fall, and had already touched the Half-step Super God tier.

But the great age means Li Xueru naturally lacks a bit of awe toward him,

As for Jiang Chen, he has respect but not awe.

In their minds, both being Half-step Super Gods, Fan Emperor's presence far outweighs Jiang Yi's.

This subtle psychological shift can only be understood by the parties themselves. Jiang Chen was a bit confused, "What is he doing here now?"

Li Xueru also expressed confusion: why Jiang Yi didn't appear earlier or later, but shows up now.

Is it that he only learned the news now, or…

…just now recovered?

The activation of the Eternal Great Wall caused such a huge disturbance that Jiang Yi couldn't have been unaware. He sensed the last time the Demon Emperor acted from afar, let alone this time. Li Xueru speculated, "Perhaps he has just recovered."

In Li Xueru's view, Jiang Yi stepped forward from afar with his sword, a single man and sword cutting into the Dragon army.

He himself is level 98 and has already crossed the threshold into Half-step Super God.

As the law was wielded, countless Dragon War Generals fell, and the two Dragon Kings in the army likewise couldn't last even three to five seconds.

Jiang Yi moved as if in a realm without people, his sword light streaking everywhere, slaughtering all around.

The Dragon army was shattered by Jiang Yi alone, scattering in flight.

The Demons had withdrawn a step earlier, already far away, and did not encounter Jiang Yi. After annihilating the Dragon army, Jiang Yi enveloped his sword light, again charged toward the depths of the Prime Battlefield, vanishing into the darkness.

It can be foreseen that deep in the Prime Battlefield, both the Dragon Race and the Demons, whoever Jiang Yi encounters, will meet a terribly grim fate.

Li Xueru sighed, "He seems to be venting."

Earlier Jiang Yi killed ferociously, both swift and ruthless, the law poured out indiscriminately, bearing deep hatred and intense malice.

Li Xueru could feel this emotion from his sword light.

Imagine he was nearly killed, spent centuries in solitude before Rebirth, how could he have no hatred,

Li Xueru understood well.

Yet Jiang Chen frowned upon hearing this, "Master, you say he's venting?"

Li Xueru nodded, "His sword light and the law carry deep hatred; every enemy slain by his blade is cut into fragments!"

Li Xueru's words made Jiang Chen even more doubtful.

Li Xueru thought for a moment, then added, "Looking now,

…indeed it's a bit strange. Some people were clearly already dead, yet it still adds two sword strokes on the corpse, performing fragmentation."

Jiang Chen said, "I feel something's off. I once met the Righteous God in the Secret Realm; he gave me a gentle impression, like an elder who sees through everything and has attained enlightenment."

"There was no malice, no hatred, only openness," Li Xueru mused after a few seconds, "Do you think his hatred toward the Demons fully erupted after his Rebirth? Or perhaps his hatred toward the Human Race."

Jiang Chen shook his head, "It shouldn't be like that. Even if he hates the Demons, it shouldn't reach such extremes. Moreover, what he just killed wasn't a Demon but the Dragon Race."

Jiang Chen's words are very reasonable; the higher the soul level, the more stable the emotions.

Even with hatred, generally it wouldn't reach such a degree.

Even though Long Huang despised Jiang Chen to the core, he still remained calm. Moreover, in the era where Jiang Yi lived, the Dragon Race and the Human Race only interacted on the Ancient Battlefield.

At that time, the Demon was still the Human Race's greatest enemy, and Jiang Yi almost truly fell because of the Demon.

To hate, it would be odd not to hate the Demon.

The Demon had just withdrawn, and if Jiang Yi wanted to pursue, he could easily catch up.

But that was not the case.

Jiang Yi gave the impression of cutting down any enemy he saw, regardless of who the enemy was,

His rationality seemed somewhat weak,

Li Xueru and Jiang Chen could not figure it out; Jiang Chen thought for a moment and took out Antares's Dragon Scale.

Regarding the Human Race's Half-step Super God, after Fan Emperor departed, Jiang Yi became the strongest among the Human Race, and his affairs had to be taken seriously. Jiang Chen, thick‑skinned, went again to disturb Antares. Fortunately, this

this time Antares was not sleeping, but he could not avoid being mocked a few times. Jiang Chen's thick skin had reached a certain level, especially when facing Antares, comparable to Divine Level. Soon, he obtained some answers from Antares's mouth. Li Xueru looked at Jiang Chen, "What does the master say?" Jiang Chen put away the Dragon Scale, "It says Jiang Yi encountered a problem during the resurrection process, specifically with the Demon‑slaying Sword he wields." Li Xueru searched his memory and said gravely, "The Demon‑slaying Sword was famous back then; according to records, forging the Demon‑slaying Sword cost the Human Race a great price." Moreover, the Demon‑slaying Sword was also the spark of that great war, and Jiang Yi's fall is somewhat linked to the Demon‑slaying Sword.