Chapter 1939: Demon Race Turmoil

Now, the Demon Race Clan Chief and some important figures finally began to feel uneasy.

The Demon Race Clan Chief only then remembered to ask the Witch: "Weren't we supposed to have you negotiate with Ye Liuyun? Did he say anything?"

The Witch didn't want to waste his time with idle talk. He simply said, "He wants you to surrender and pay tribute. Otherwise, the next time you see me, I'll kill you outright!"

After speaking, she immediately put away the Transmission Talisman and ignored Tuo Mu Qianglei.

"Surrender?" the Demon Race Clan Chief relayed these words to other Demon Race members, who of course would not agree.

"Gather all forces and Martial Cultivators from the nearby cities, combine them, and wear him down. On our territory, we can even wear them to death!" suggested a Demon Race Leader.

"Good!" the Demon Race Clan Chief immediately ordered the troops from the three cities ahead of Ye Liuyun—over a hundred thousand men—to be gathered in one place, to meet Ye Liuyun's Death Legion in the open field.

Moreover, those three cities also contributed nearly a hundred thousand Demon Race Martial Cultivators to the battle.

But for Ye Liuyun and his side, these were still a piece of cake!

The hastily cobbled‑together army lacked any skilled coordination. As for those Demon Race Martial Cultivators, they couldn't even stop Ye Liuyun inside the city; against such a large force they had even less advantage!

In this battle, just the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine killed most of them; the remainder were swept away by Ye Liuyun, who led fifty thousand Death Legion soldiers.

Afterwards, the fifty thousand soldiers who had fought stayed to clear the battlefield, and he immediately led another fifty thousand troops to charge into the city.

The city no longer had any defending troops or resistance. It had become a paradise for the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine.

After the city massacre, Ye Liuyun immediately led his troops at full speed toward the next city.

Soon those three cities were completely wiped out by Ye Liuyun.

Besides the two hundred thousand soldiers and Martial Cultivators who fought, each city inside and out was littered with corpses.

The members of the envoy team only began to truly fear after seeing it.

"These are real demons!"

They not only reported the situation to the Demon Race Clan Chief, but also informed every Demon Race dignitary they could reach, describing the battlefield's horrors in detail.

After the news was sent back, many Demon Race members in each city began to abandon their cities and flee to the capital.

The capital quickly became overcrowded, and the temporary tents set up outside stretched for hundreds of li.

The envoy team also, while Ye Liuyun's army rested, took a long detour to rush back to the capital.

Along the way, they saw countless fleeing Demon Race members rushing toward the capital. Only then did they truly grasp what the Witch meant by disaster.

In the capital, some Demon Race members could not enter the city and grew discontented, leading to disturbances and constant fighting; gradually, many refugees banded together to assault the defending soldiers.

To prevent the unrest from continuing, the Demon Race Clan Chief devised a conscription method: everyone, regardless of gender or age, could join the army, and then he dispatched the troops to intercept Ye Liuyun.

But even those who went were merely going to their deaths. After the first conscription, no one fell for it again; instead, dissatisfaction with the Clan Chief grew.

Calls within the Demon Race to overthrow the Clan Chief grew louder.

After Ye Liuyun previously annihilated the Demon Race Imperial Guard, he had already informed Pei Yong, sending two hundred thousand Reinforcement Troops to aid.

Now, that two hundred thousand army has already passed Duanmo Pass.

Upon receiving the news, the Demon Race panicked completely, and many demanded that the Demon Race Clan Chief send someone to negotiate.

The Demon Race Clan Chief again tried to send the Witch, but the Witch refused to go no matter what.

With no other choice, the Clan Chief sent another candidate. However, the envoy team never even saw Ye Liuyun; they were slaughtered down to a single survivor, who also had his core elixir extracted.

Spare his life only to have him return and deliver a message.

And it was just a simple eight‑character phrase!

"Surrender, pay tribute. Otherwise, annihilate the clan!"

Afterwards, many more reports spread.

"The Demon Race Clan Chief once detained the leader of the Death Legion and tried to seize his treasure!"

"The Witch was rescued by the Death Legion's leader, yet the Clan Chief repaid kindness with betrayal; not a single Magic Crystal was given as a reward, and instead he placed him under house arrest."

"The Clan Chief once signed an agreement with Ye Liuyun, stating they would only fight up to Duanmo Pass. But due to his greed, he exploited a loophole, sending troops to raid Human Race cities beyond Duanmo Pass, and was retaliated against."

These pieces of information were all orchestrated by Ye Liuyun, who had Yu Xiaofeng mobilize the deep‑cover agents they had long placed within the Demon Race, launching a propaganda offensive.

The Demon Race, upon learning the truth, blamed the entire disaster on the Clan Chief.

Demon Race members with nowhere to go outside the city even staged two relatively large‑scale riots, striking the capital.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun was still advancing slowly, waiting for the follow‑up reinforcements to catch up.

When they arrived before a city this time, in front of the city stood a group of elderly, weak, women, children and the infirm of the Demon Race, kneeling and begging Ye Liuyun to spare them.

Ye Liuyun loudly recounted the Clan Chief's deeds to them.

Then he told those Demon Race members: "I give you three days to evacuate this place. After three days, the city will be razed! If your Demon Race Clan Chief Tuo Mu Qianglei does not surrender within a day, I will keep killing until your Demon Race is exterminated."

After speaking, he actually ordered his army to retreat a short distance.

Later, many Demon Race members still withdrew from here, taking the news with them.

However, the City Lord kept many Demon Race members behind, and the city gates were left wide open, with the elderly, weak, women and children kneeling at the gate. They thought perhaps Ye Liuyun's heart would soften and spare them.

Yet this time, Ye Liuyun directly unleashed the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine, then drew his sword and slashed those who entered.

The Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine cared not for the elderly, weak, women or children; they began killing outright. Ye Liuyun showed no mercy—whoever was at the front was cut down with a single slash.

He now has no choice but to act ruthlessly.

If he isn't ruthless, these Demon Race members won't fear or surrender. In the future, such wars will have to recur from time to time. Then all his previous efforts would have been in vain.

"Kill! Not a single one left!"

That was still the order Ye Liuyun gave his soldiers.

But those who fled spread Ye Liuyun's words.

Many Demon Race members organized themselves to resist Tuo Mu Qianglei; if the situation escalated further, the entire Demon Race might split.

He also sent many Demon Race experts to eliminate Ye Liuyun, but they never returned, becoming nourishment for the Sealing Demon Tablet and Ye Liuyun's Soul.

The Sealing Demon Tablet is now growing stronger; a Demon Race of the Mid‑Seventh Layer can be crushed instantly. Ye Liuyun estimates that it will have no problem against Martial Cultivators of the Mid‑Eighth Realm.

As for Martial Cultivators of the early‑mid Sixth Layer, they can't even break through the Magic Vine's defenses.

Ye Liuyun and the people around him all saw their Divine Soul Power rapidly increase.

Ye Liuyun can now, when fighting Martial Cultivators at the early Seventh Layer, directly launch attacks using his Divine Soul Power.

Tuo Muqiang Lei now, when trying to gather experts from the major forces, can't borrow people anymore. Even some forces directly slap the table and turn against him, and he doesn't dare to punish them, for fear of provoking those major forces to directly rebel against him.

Want to send troops out, point to which Leader, that Leader directly resigns. Finally, simply pretends to be sick, not even attending meetings.