Chapter 1024: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 1024: The Demon God Has Arrived!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Kong Ling's body trembled slightly, not from fear, but an instinctive, uncontainable excitement.

That excitement surged from deep within its bloodline, burning along its meridians all the way to the tip of every feather, causing the five-colored rosy light all over its body to flash uncontrollably.

From afar, it looked like a volcano about to erupt.

It raised its head, its gaze fixed tightly on the direction of the Central Region.

Reflected in its pupils were the dark-red demon clouds beneath that distant sky.

To others, the churning shape of those demon clouds was merely a blur of chaos, but in Kong Ling's eyes, it was as clear as a totem carved into its bones and blood.

This trembling deep in the bloodline, this pressure felt across tens of thousands of li, could only be done by one person.

No, only one was worthy of ten thousand demons paying homage.

Who?

Demon God Kong Fang!

Kong Ling chuckled in its heart, even shaking its head crest involuntarily.

That ancestor who made even the phoenix bow its head had indeed arrived.

Not only had it arrived in the Central Region, but it had no intention of restraining its aura, simply spreading demon qi across the entire sky in such a grand display.

With such a commotion, it seemed it did not intend to hide.

Thinking about it, with the ancestor's status, hiding would be beneath its dignity.

Things were getting interesting; between the human race and the demon race, a final showdown was likely coming.

One had to know that last time, before anything happened in the Tianyuan Realm, and with the Three Great Immortal Sects joining forces, they had barely managed to drive Kong Fang back, and this time...

It had not yet finished arranging this good play in its mind when a voice suddenly rang out in its sea of consciousness without warning.

"You're very happy?"

Xu Zhangqing's tone was flat, as flat as asking about today's weather, whether it was sunny or rainy, whether to add a layer of clothing.

But the moment Kong Ling heard those words, the blood all over its body felt as if a bucket of ice shards had been poured over it.

That surging excitement was extinguished in an instant, clean and dry, and even the rosy light at the tip of its tail feathers froze at this moment.

It abruptly folded its wings, then turned its head, just meeting Xu Zhangqing's eyes that showed no emotion at all.

Those eyes were neither angry nor happy, neither cold nor hot, simply gazing at it calmly, as if looking at an open book.

Kong Ling felt its whole body go numb under that gaze, its voice stuttering: "Mas... Master... why..."

Xu Zhangqing explained unhurriedly: "After signing the spirit pet contract, I know your thoughts clearly."

There was no blame in his tone, but neither was there tolerance.

He moved his gaze away from Kong Ling and looked toward the Central Region; that dark-red demon cloud piercing the sky lay across the horizon like a ferocious scar.

"It has come?"

"Mm!"

Kong Ling nodded listlessly, its head crest drooping, like a child caught red-handed after doing something wrong.

It knew it could not hide it; its little thoughts could not be concealed at all, so it honestly confessed everything it had sensed.

Demon God Kong Fang had officially entered the Tianyuan Realm from the Demon Realm Rift and was now in the Central Region.

That demon qi was incomparably tyrannical, like a black sun fallen from the Demon Realm; wherever it passed, ten thousand demons bowed their heads, and even the spiritual energy between heaven and earth trembled.

When Kong Ling spoke, a trace of trembling still remained in its voice—that was reverence carved into its bones, not something that could be suppressed just by wanting to.

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow after hearing this, saying nothing.

He knew the weight of this opponent better than anyone.

Back then in the Central Region, although he had not participated in that battle, he had witnessed the entire process with his own eyes.

The Three Great Immortal Sects sent out all their elites and even activated their ultimate weapons before barely driving Kong Fang back.

Note: driven back, not defeated.

That battle consumed a vast amount of manpower and resources; just recovering took the Three Great Immortal Sects several decades.

Now in the Tianyuan Realm, the Wu Sheng Chong Mu was gone, and Lu Chen Yuan had perished in body and dao.

Dongting Immortal Sect split apart; Sect Master Chao Jin took the ultimate weapon and left, and the sect's experts were estranged from one another. The former number one sect of Dongyu was now fragmented.

The former three-way standoff now had only two great immortal sects left.

Longhu Immortal Sect and Yao Yue Immortal Sect.

And Kong Fang was still Kong Fang.

No, perhaps even stronger than before.

Xu Zhangqing turned to look at Li Lingbi; the other's expression was equally solemn, the vertical line between his brows deeper than before.

Xu Zhangqing said expressionlessly: "Senior Brother, it seems the matter we discussed earlier needs to be recalculated."

Li Lingbi's face was as still as water, his voice lowered somewhat: "If it really is Kong Fang who has come, then the situation in the Central Region, we will know soon enough."

His tone was restrained, but the meaning in his words was clear as day: the Central Region was finished.

Not alarmist, not groundless worry, but based on a clear understanding of the Demon God.

Those isolated cities, those remaining cultivators, those barely maintained spiritual arrays in the Central Region were nothing before Kong Fang but a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Sure enough, within a few days, news from the Central Region was transmitted back to Dongyu.

The news was not delivered through official channels, but by more than ten cultivators who had escaped back from the Central Region.

All were wounded without saying so, three of them missing limbs, with lingering wisps of Demon Qi at the severed ends constantly interfering with the surrounding flesh.

Not to mention healing, just keeping their lives was already a great fortune.

Another had his Qi Sea interfered with by Demon Qi, lying on a stretcher unable to speak clearly, Black Blood constantly overflowing from his mouth corner, his whole body twitching without stop.

Those who luckily saved their lives, in hoarse voices, recounted everything that happened in the Central Region.

The fierce battle occurred in one of the few remaining isolated cities in the Central Region, Cangwu City.

The city was built against a mountain, with dangerous terrain, and was the only outpost still in the hands of Human Cultivators within a radius of three thousand li.

The Guardian Grand Array, reinforced over several months, had array patterns layer upon layer spreading from the foot of the city wall all the way to the mountain waist, the entire mountain body refined into a single huge Array Base.

It was the last reliance of the cultivators in the city, and also everyone's hope of survival.

Every man, woman, old and young in the city knew that as long as the Grand Array remained, they could live one more day.

As long as they lived one more day, perhaps a miracle would occur.

Pity no miracle came, but Demon God Kong Fang did!

No cultivator could say clearly how Kong Fang appeared.

Just as no one could say clearly when the Moon was in the Sky.

It just appeared above Cangwu City, without any omen, without any sound.

When that extremely intense Demon Qi pressed down from above the Sky, everyone, whether Flesh Body or Divine Soul, trembled.

It was a fear impossible to describe in words, like an invisible hand grasping everyone's Heart, and with a slight exertion of force, could end everything.

Some cultivators went soft on the spot, cold sweat pouring down their whole bodies, unable even to stand.

Some cultivators desperately circulated their Cultivation Method trying to resist, but found the power within their Ti Nei stagnant like ice under the oppression of that aura, completely unresponsive.

Some cultivators had their Divine Souls directly crushed by that pressure, falling down soundlessly and without a trace, never able to stand up again.

Then, the Guardian Grand Array was broken.

That array, which cost countless spirit stones and was reinforced day and night by dozens of Array Masters, before Kong Fang was like a spiderweb blown by the wind, crumbling soundlessly and without a trace.

Not breached by attack, not destroyed by explosion, but from Array Base to Array Pattern, from inner array to outer array, layer by layer, section by section, thoroughly dissipated, until not a single intact Array Base was left!