Chapter 181: The Demon Emperor

The assassination to share worries for His Majesty the Demon Emperor sounded the war drum from the midnight hour, and as the night deepened, the scorching blood had already scarred the thick snow.

Flowing sword path, blade light, whistling techniques, Qi.

The Jade Garden continuously emitted deafening collapse sounds. As the buildings collapsed, dust rolled, and even the night sky was filled with murderous intent.

The Demon race's body is not as tough as the Barbarian race's, but their speed is faster than the Barbarian race's, especially at the peak of the Profound Demon Realm.

They had already completed the demonization aura and combat power surge in the previous battle, and their combat power was already comparable to the Barbarian race's half-step King of Soldiers.

This is the advantage of the Demon race.

After their bodies are demonized, the degree of improvement is much higher than the Barbarian race's barbarization.

So although their demonization time is half less than the Barbarian race's barbarization, for the Human race at this moment, the fatal killing intent increases by one point, and it has already swept in like a torrent.

Yan Chuan's sword path roared like a rainbow in broad daylight, restraining two demonized Demon generals alone, constantly swinging his sword, swinging his sword, swinging his sword!

The sharp sword path was like lightning, cutting the snow waves rolling.

But Huo Hong and Yan Qiubai, who followed behind him, dodged and avoided, but they had already suffered multiple injuries under the pursuit of the female Demon general Xuebai.

With a *boom*, a broken loud noise also came from the East Courtyard.

The Mountain and Sea Pavilion elder's iron blade fell fiercely, and was blocked by two demonized Demon generals with silver spears and the same iron blade.

And General Jianrong took advantage of this gap to step on the ground and fly toward the east, leaving only an afterimage under the snowy night.

Jiang Chenfeng hadn't recovered yet when he saw a giant axe pressing down with rolling Qi waves, slashing down fiercely. In shock, he lifted his sword to block, was slashed back three steps, and his arm was in great pain.

Before he could recover, he saw the iron blade engraved with poisonous fangs whistling over with lightning speed, stirring up the broken snow all over the sky with killing intent.

At this moment, this Jiang family prodigy lifted his arm, and the technique golden light condensed between his finger formulas directly pierced through, but it only blocked for a moment before the golden light was slashed open by the iron blade, and Jiang Chenfeng was slashed into the flower building of the East Courtyard by the iron blade with great momentum.

The figure flying horizontally directly smashed the wooden door and paper window. Jiang Chenfeng fell to the ground with a *peng*, his hands trembling wildly, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Fortunately, the gap of that finger's hard resistance allowed him to gather all his spiritual energy to protect his body, so he barely resisted it at this moment, but the threat of death made him furious.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

If the triangular formation is coordinated properly, it can indeed drag down the battle situation for a short time.

But as time goes by, it will eventually reveal a decline.

The Realm of Merging with the Dao is also considered a proud son of heaven in the Immortal Sect, but facing this kind of Profound Demon peak battle situation, it really cannot hold on for too long.

At this moment, Jiang Chenfeng was furious, but suddenly heard a clear sword chant outside the courtyard, and his brow couldn't help but condense.

That was Ji You's sword; he had seen it many times on this journey...

At the same time, in the tower outside the Jade Garden, the Tooth race leader's expression gradually became anxious.

Just like the Human race's triangular formation couldn't hold on for too long, the magic artifact they bought from the Human race to cover the Qi machine could only persist for an hour before it would collapse directly.

At that time, the Demon Emperor only needs to open his eyes lightly to see through everything.

But until now, they hadn't received news of any Human death.

Without the Demon Emperor's permission, although they could only mobilize the peak of the Profound Demon, and could not use the Heavenly Demon famous generals, they had already converted the combat power early, and the participation of all the Profound Demon generals of the two races should have been a crushing momentum.

Even if they had prepared early, the Tooth race leader couldn't imagine them being so able to drag on.

"Don't be anxious!"

"How can I not be anxious?!"

"Even if we can't kill those cultivators, with General Shu He's talent, he can definitely kill all those envoys. Perhaps... he has already succeeded!"

Like Jiang Chenfeng, the two looked toward the West Courtyard at this moment.

And in that quiet courtyard, a spirit sword with surging sword intent collided fiercely with a short blade of extreme speed, then separated rapidly, the sharp Qi directly stirring the wind and snow.

At this moment, Ji You had already landed in the courtyard, his eyes shining like flowing gold, his arms surging with Qi, and the scorching spirit began to penetrate his body. The other sword in his hand was constantly ringing, and he was currently sizing up the Demon.

Demon general General Shu He was also looking at the scholar-like Ji You in the courtyard, feeling the sword Qi rising around him, his eyes shrinking.

He had entered the West Courtyard with 【Sneaking into the Night with the Wind】 earlier. Although he was discovered immediately, he was not panicked.

Because compared to stealth techniques, his greater killing moves were his speed and the two short blades in his hands. Under the silent extreme speed, he had always been a reaper-like existence.

But what he never expected was that someone could block his short blade.

Coincidence...?

What a strange coincidence.

*Swish! *

It sounded like a sharp iron piece passing through the wind.

General Shu He suddenly stepped out, instantly turning into a black phantom, and when he took the second step, his figure disappeared completely, and even the subtle Qi fluctuation in the air was hidden in an instant.

But what was boiling at this moment was the killing intent constantly splashing in the short blade!

His background was not wealthy, and he was considered a bottom-level person in the Demon race, with parents who were both street vendors in the outer city.

Although the Demon race did not have the oppression of the upper class on the lower class like the Human race, there was always a gap between the rich and the poor, especially in this far north snow region where resources were extremely scarce, it was even more fatal.

But relying on his talent for extreme speed and hiding, he climbed to the position of Scale race Demon general, which was enough to show how much gold content there was in his description of having the worst strength but being able to rank in the top three in killing.

General Shu He revealed a bloodthirsty smile, but before the smile could be completely raised, the smile froze on his face, because the fierce short blade driven by extreme speed as usual made a *clang* sound again after stabbing down.

That was not the sound of stabbing into flesh, but the sound of gold and iron clashing like before.

Ji You had already dropped his sword in an instant, the sword blooming like overlapping waves, directly forcing the short blade that attacked with extreme speed back, and the golden light in his two solemn eyes shone brightly.

And at this moment, General Shu He looked at the short blade in his hand, his eyes suddenly shrinking, a flash of shock in his eyes.

However, in the blink of an eye, General Shu He disappeared from the spot again in the posture of sneaking into the night with the wind, and the extreme speed short blade rushed over in an instant.

*Clang! *

Ji You tilted his body suddenly, slashing down like swinging a hammer again.

The sword edge brushed against the blade edge and resisted fiercely. Amidst the sparks, Ji You tilted his body and flew back, and saw the Demon general killing again, so he raised his sword and slashed horizontally!

After another clash of gold and iron, feeling the violent trembling of the short blade in his hand, the Demon general suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"You can really see it!?"

"I'm not blind."

Ji You spoke lightly, looking at him in the posture of drawing his sword, the sword Qi in his hand not stopping.

The Human race has two ways of observing the outside world: one is the five senses, and the other is the spiritual sense.

For ordinary people, what the five senses observe is enough to use, but for cultivators, spiritual sense is the most important observation method.

In the cultivation of the Lower Three Realms, the spiritual sense of Human cultivators gradually begins to be able to be released at will, and the range is constantly increasing.

And his spiritual sense has always been different from others.

This is not a talent, but a problem of usage habits.

He has always used seven swords to defend against enemies, so his spiritual sense often needs to be divided into seven strands. This fighting style has long allowed his spiritual sense to have more observation points.

Moreover, although the Human body is weak, its sensitivity to dynamic capture is excellent.

With the multi-point observation method of spiritual sense, plus the Human race's capture of dynamic trajectories, he can indeed see this person's movement trajectory...

The Demon general outside is very strong, but the one in front of him is not that strong.

At the moment of turning, Ji You suddenly furrowed his brow, and saw the Demon general stepping into the night, the short blade attacking again, so he swung his sword to block horizontally.

But after the same sparks splashed, Ji You did not have a moment of relaxation. The crisis warning brought by the five senses made him subconsciously tilt his body, and then he saw a cold light pass by his eyes, and his cheek had an extra knife mark, and blood flowed like a fountain instantly.

One blade fell, and a trace of disbelief had already appeared in General Shu He's eyes, not believing that his blade had only caused such a little injury.

And Ji You touched the blood on his face, continued to lift his sword, and stared at his figure...

All the way here, he had been using the Barbarian race to test the strength of his physical body, and now he finally encountered someone who could break his defense.

But...

That was not because he was particularly strong.

Compared to those Demon generals with terrifying auras outside, this Demon general was not at the same level in terms of strength or martial arts.

The only thing that made people afraid was his extreme speed like a ghost.

And the reason he was able to hurt himself was because of the blade in his hand.

The Demon race not only produces high-quality spirit stones, it is said that there are countless rare iron mines under the permafrost...

General Shu He found that Ji You was staring at his blade, then furrowed his brow, and attacked suddenly. The short blade bloomed with a powerful Qi, shining like a moon wheel.

He felt that the reason his blade was seen through was because the starting position was locked, so this Human should be using spiritual sense to predict.

But he couldn't avoid the close-range extreme speed continuous attack, because the shorter the distance, the less reaction speed he could leave for him. The sword just now verified this guess.

Under such circumstances, even if this Human's physical strength exceeded his imagination, as long as he penetrated his heart, he would definitely die if he added a few more blades.

The key problem is that his reaction speed cannot keep up with his keen capture.

That is to say, even if he can see it, he doesn't have the same extreme speed as himself, so he can't hurt himself.

Can only see, even if he sees it clearly, what is the significance?

His sword can only make his hem slightly dirty!

*Clang! *

The sparks of the collision between the long sword and the short blade splashed. As General Shu He expected, he could indeed capture the first sword, and then the short blade in his left hand rushed toward his heart.

But Ji You retreated suddenly, directly opening the distance between the two sides, and held the spirit sword high.

General Shu He raised the corner of his mouth, thinking, *This Human is really smart; he can see at a glance that I want to take his life with extreme speed continuous attack. *

But he can only dodge. Thinking about it from another perspective, General Shu He felt a burst of fear.

Because even he himself didn't know how to dodge such extreme speed of himself.

*Hum! *

General Shu He swung his blade, with a bloodthirsty smile, the two short blades like silver moons, blooming with brilliance, instantly flowing with intense killing intent.

*Clang! * The extremely fast blade rushed over again. Just like the previous few times, Ji You raised his sword and blocked it directly.

Also just like the previous few times, the fast blade rushed over again, not giving him any chance to react.

But just at this moment, General Shu He, who was in extreme speed, suddenly saw a strong sword light soaring into the sky.

*Slash! * His left shoulder was in great pain, and blood sprayed like a fountain. In shock, he flashed violently, looked back with extreme speed, but saw that the sword Qi had reached three feet away, slashing a pine and cypress covered with thick snow, and the heavy snow collapsed with a *boom*.

【Unable to hurt himself】

【Feeling a burst of fear, even afraid of himself】

At this moment, General Shu He opened his eyes wide, staring at his shoulder, revealing an expression of disbelief.

He didn't know what sword that was just now, but he knew that the sword was extremely fast.

If it weren't for the fact that he was fast enough, the one slashed by that sword Qi would likely have been his head!

Can't hold back anymore.

Kill him quickly, and then complete the mission.

Suddenly, General Shu He swung his arms violently, his face gradually becoming ferocious, and his aura began to climb continuously.

As a fine sound of bone collision sounded, his figure began to hunch continuously, and the whole person folded forward, as if his waist had been suddenly pressed and bent.

*Hum! *

The wild Qi waves whistled and rolled, and Demon general General Shu He instantly completed demonization at this moment, and the whole person flew like an arrow from a bowstring, the short blade like a dragon, cold light appearing.

The wildly dancing air currents whistled and rolled; at this moment, the Demon General Shu He completed his demonization in an instant, his entire body shooting forward like an arrow released from a bowstring, his short blade flashing with the cold light of a dragon.

Ji You's clothes were torn, and there was a knife mark on his collarbone. But at this moment, he swung his sword, and the powerful sword Qi soared into the sky.

Actually, just as General Shu He thought, his speed is extremely fatal.

If one can only see clearly but cannot give him damage, then even if one sees it clearly, it has no effect.

So what he needs is a fast sword, a fast sword that only pursues extreme speed.

And coincidentally, he really has a fast sword.

Amidst the clashing, the iron sword slashed down fiercely again. The speed of this sword was as fast as cold light splashing, and even the snowflakes all over the sky were still when the sword was moving.

But as this sword fell, it didn't slash the opponent's blood like before; instead, it was a sound of gold and iron clashing that resounded through the full garden.

The demonized General Shu He held the blade and sealed his extreme fast sword, a trace of slaughter and anger flashing in his vertical pupils.

A Demon who is good at speed actually has to demonize before he can block a Human's sword, which makes him very annoyed.

*Boom! *

The short blade in his left hand pierced through the wind, almost as fast as Ji You's sword, slashing down fiercely.

Ji You lifted his sword to block horizontally, then swung his sword and hit with the Spirit Sword Mountain sword path 【Coming and Going】.

In an instant, the collision between the short blade and the long sword was dense like rain, sparks splashing in the face, but just at this moment, General Shu He suddenly felt a piercing pain coming from his heart. At this moment, he quickly pulled away from the entanglement with Ji You and looked down.

There was a sword mark on his heart, and blood was overflowing outward.

General Shu He didn't understand, but the temper after demonization was obviously more irritable, and the extreme speed short blade instantly bloomed with countless silver flowers.

*Puff! *

As General Shu He's lower abdomen hurt, another sword mark appeared on his body, which made him feel a strong irritability and deep panic.

Tonight, many things were beyond his expectations.

His whereabouts were easily discovered, his proud extreme fast blade was intercepted many times, and the continuous fast attack could only hurt his skin.

The most terrible thing is now, he didn't even see it clearly, and his body was already full of sword wounds.

Just at this moment, Ji You stepped on the snow and came, the iron sword in his hand slashed down fiercely again, that extreme fast sword. The shocked and angry General Shu He swung his blade to seal that sword, but saw sword waves whistling and rushing toward him again.

?!

He has two swords!

No, it's three swords...

General Shu He suddenly felt a pain in his back, turned his head in shock, but saw seven spirit swords soaring into the sky, the powerful sword Qi and bright sword light almost illuminating this entire dark night.

And under that sword light, what was illuminated was a face with golden eyes.

At this moment, the Princess Mansion on the west side of Dengfeng Avenue.

Fengyang was looking at the direction of the Jade Garden with a solemn expression, a flash of disbelief in her beautiful eyes.

Since the sound of the battle kept ringing under the night, she knew that a riot had broken out in the city.

But the subsequent report was the reason for the tremor in this Demon Princess's heart, because the report said that more than a dozen Demon generals of the Scale and Tooth races had all killed toward the Jade Garden under the night.

Some things are hard to think of if you don't pay attention at first, but once you pay attention, you don't need to ask why.

The Scale race and the Tooth race have always been the strongest supporters of counterattacking the Nine Provinces. Their behavior at this moment is undoubtedly the fuse for the alliance between the Demon race and the Barbarian race.

Fengyang remembered the man she felt disgusted with earlier, and at this moment, she suddenly understood why he had to recover his arm during the day...

He didn't say it clearly because she was also a Demon...

So it wasn't frivolous, nor was it not cherishing his life, Fengyang stared at her cherry lips.

That Human man did so many strange things during the day; it turned out that he had calculated the killing intent hidden under the night early on, yet he could still be so calm.

"The Scale and Tooth races acted without authorization; are they not afraid of Father's blame?!"

Ye Han looked at his sister: "If the Human delegation really died, the matter of my Demon race counterattacking the Nine Provinces would be a foregone conclusion. At the time when the war is about to start, the four strongest tribes of Scale, Claw, Fur, and Tooth will naturally not be blamed, or rather, the leaders of the Scale and Tooth tribes have never been afraid of death, only afraid of not seeing the Nine Provinces. This is an obsession."

Fengyang clenched her palms: "The Human race was prepared early on, and they will never die."

"I don't know what preparation you are talking about, but I heard... General Shu He also went."

Fengyang Princess turned to look at the cold night: "Demon general General Shu He?"

Ye Han nodded.

Hearing this, this Demon Princess's face became incomparably solemn.

Every Scale race general has a great reputation, but General Shu He is the most notorious among them, because he is extremely good at assassination. Although his combat power is not strong, relying on his talent for speed, there will inevitably be casualties when he draws his blade.

This led to him always being the most marginalized general. Except for the Scale race leader, many people are unwilling to get close to him.

But what cannot be denied is that if the target is targeted by him, it is almost equivalent to being sentenced to death in advance.

At this moment, Fengyang's face was pale, as if she had already seen the corpses all over the Jade Garden, so she immediately stepped out and headed toward the Demon Emperor Palace.

Seeing this scene, Ye Han also stood up, took the few guards under him, and hurried to the Demon Emperor Palace.

At this moment, the towering palace was like a giant beast falling into a deep sleep, quietly lurking under the thick night, silent and soundless.

And on the way to the palace in this snowy night, a powerful aura had already risen slowly from the depths of the Imperial Palace.

Subsequently, the black palace became solemn and lively, countless soldiers wearing armor lined up in front of the main hall, and three Heavenly Demon generals who were rarely seen on ordinary days also came.

Fengyang stepped into the palace, walked directly through the lined-up soldier formation, and saw that the Demon Emperor had already walked out of the deep palace, looking at the boundless dark night with a calm gaze.

"Father, the Scale and Tooth race leaders acted without authorization, taking advantage of the night to send Demon generals and death soldiers to assassinate the Humans in the Jade Garden."

The Demon Emperor looked down at his daughter: "I already know about this..."

Fengyang knelt down upon hearing this, her eyelashes trembling: "Please Father, send troops to suppress the chaos!"

The Demon Emperor stood with his hands behind his back: "They want to make a choice for me, so it can't be counted as a rebel party."

"Father, I know that the leaders of all tribes have always wanted to return to the Nine Provinces and have never regarded the snow region as home, but Fengyang feels that even if we fight, it should be open and aboveboard, and should not be like this."

"People sometimes push things, but sometimes, things also push people."

After the Demon Emperor muttered, he looked down at his daughter kneeling in front of the hall: "You and Ye Han take the Demon soldiers and Demon generals in front of the hall and go to the Jade Garden."

Fengyang stood up immediately, turned to look at the imperial soldiers and generals in front of the hall, but before she could open her mouth to give orders, she heard the Demon Emperor's voice sounding from behind again.

"Fengyang, do you know what I want you to take troops to do?"

Fengyang turned to look at him: "Isn't it to save the Humans?"

The Demon Emperor was silent for a long time before speaking: "If the Human delegation really suffers any casualties, then help Mule kill everyone else, make it thorough. If not, then send everyone who participated in this matter tonight to the cold prison."

Fengyang trembled upon hearing this, her eyes opened wide, not expecting that her father's imperial order would be like this: "Father..."

The Demon Emperor waved his hand, not letting her say any more, but spoke instead.

"The Human race has an old saying, called 'man proposes, God disposes', but I think, sometimes man's proposal is not always the opposite of God's disposal."

"Over the years, I have been trying to see clearly the choice of the Heavenly Dao, but this time I want to see how the Heavenly Dao wants me to choose. If the Heavenly Dao has never thought of favoring my Demon race, then no matter how my Demon race chooses, it is wrong, so it is good that tonight's incident happened."

"If the Heavenly Dao wants my Demon race to fight, then we will fight. If the Heavenly Dao doesn't want my race to fight, then we won't fight. The matter is simple instead."

"So you don't need to say anything more, because this time it is not me choosing, it is Heaven choosing."

Hearing this, Fengyang clenched her fists, then took the Heavenly Demon generals and imperial soldiers to leave the city quickly and head to the Jade Garden, but her heart was cold.

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