The three monks at the Venerable Realm were all stunned at this moment.
“So… the high-ranking cultivators of Huanling Sect have all long been members of the demon clan?” Jiulian Lingzun murmured.
“No wonder, no wonder… Ten thousand years ago, the Huanling Sect was ranked at the bottom among our six top sects. But in the end, they rose against the trend at an unimaginable speed and became the Dao Sect.” Taoist Master Li Xing sighed softly.
Many doubts were answered after finding out the truth.
The demons gathered their strength from across the region and pushed the Huanling Sect to the position of the Dao Sect.
Now, the three Venerable Realm monks who have figured out the truth have only one last question in their minds.
"How on earth did you do it?" Emperor Qingfeng Wu was in a daze, his eyes suddenly narrowed, staring at the two motionless leaders of the Huanling Sect opposite him.
The four great rulers of Huanling Sect and so many high-level cultivators, as demons, hid in the human domain, and even stood in the name of Taoism under the public eye, but over the years, not a single one of them revealed the slightest flaw.
This is not because they, the human race, are not vigilant enough, but because the cultivators of the Huanling Sect appear to be no different from humans on the surface.
They practice human skills, cast human spells, and use human magic tools.
Even now, Taoist Master Li Xing, Spirit Master Jiu Lian and Emperor Qing Feng Wu have already determined that Lord White Tiger and Lord Black Tortoise are from the Abyss Demon Clan, but they still cannot detect any trace of the demon clan in them.
This method is so weird that it makes people feel suffocated.
“Hehehe…” The White Tiger Overlord laughed unabashedly, “As expected of a human cultivator at the Venerable Realm, you’re quite smart and you reacted right away.”
"It's just too late," he said with disdain and confidence, "What's the point of understanding this now?"
At this point in time, the White Tiger Lord no longer fears the possibility of his demon identity being exposed.
This was because, even if Taoist Master Li Xing and the other two had not revealed their identities, they would have exposed themselves in the future, and they were not prepared to conceal them any longer.
Above the sky, under the bright moon.
The White Tiger Lord was smiling proudly and wantonly.
The Xuanwu Lord remained silent, but there was also a strong hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
They were not in a hurry to kill Taoist Master Li Xing and the other two.
Because they want to enjoy the joy of victory that comes after thousands of years of careful planning.
There is no doubt that the enemy's shock is the best fuel, which can make the pleasure in their hearts reach its peak.
"Is it really that funny?" Jiulian Lingzun had been silent until this moment when he asked.
"At least I have the right to laugh," said the White Tiger Lord. "You have guarded the Central Spirit Realm for ten thousand years, but now you see that it will be conquered and occupied by us. I'm afraid you can't laugh anymore."
"Conquer Zhongling?" Unexpectedly, Jiulian Lingzun immediately laughed, "After all, you overestimate yourselves and underestimate our human race. We will die, and Longchengguan will fall. But..."
"The Middle Spirit will never fall."
“As for today, although we cannot defend Xialongcheng Pass, we will definitely make you pay the heaviest price.” Jiulian Lingzun said firmly.
Taoist Master Li Xing, Ling Zun Jiulian and Martial Emperor Qingfeng, the three monks at the Venerable Realm, looked at each other at this time.
The expressions on the three people's faces gradually changed from the initial anger, bewilderment and confusion to the current calmness, like a pool of stagnant water.
"Do you still remember the oath we made when we entered Longcheng Pass?" Taoist Master Li Xing looked at the other two comrades and asked with emotion.
Jiulian Lingzun and Qingfeng Wudi nodded expressionlessly.
"This is the oath." Taoist Master Li Xing said.
"This is my oath." Jiulian Lingzun stepped on the void, and every step he took made a dull sound.
It doesn't feel like stepping into the void, but more like stepping on a war drum, the thumping sound is enough to shake one's soul.
Wherever he passed, lotus flowers bloomed at every step.
"This is my oath." Emperor Qingfeng Wu roared, and the power in his body surged, like an ancient dragon reviving.
"I have gained unwarranted confidence just because I was lucky enough to save the life of the Suzaku Lord." The White Tiger Lord did not get the response he wanted, and the pleasure came to an abrupt end. He said gloomily: "There are still many of my demon army that have not entered the Dragon City Pass. We still have more in the Zhongling Realm... In short, my Wujian Realm is united and has a far-reaching plan. How can we not capture Zhongling?"
Wujian Realm is the name of the Heart Demon Clan’s territory in the abyss.
"There are still many of your demon army that have not entered Longcheng Pass, but you should know that the guarding force of the Central Spirit Realm is not limited to Longcheng Pass."
"The battle at Longcheng Pass cannot decide everything." Taoist Master Li Xing said.
"I believe...in them."
As for who they are, perhaps only Taoist Master Li Xing himself knows.
At this moment, the White Tiger Lord's face finally turned ashen.
He did not speak again. The light in his hand became brighter, and the moon rose again in the sky.
Xuanwu dominates cooperation.
This time, the two of them will use all their strength to activate the Bright Moon Formation and will not hold back at all.
Looking at the moon swords that were shining again in the sky and feeling the powerful pressure that was echoing between heaven and earth, Taoist Master Li Xing and the other two frowned slightly.
Xia Daozu's formation is very powerful.
"Hold on a little longer, and wait a little longer." Jiulian Lingzun said to the two of them.
Then, the three of them released their magic domain, performed secret techniques, stimulated their qi and blood, controlled their magic weapons, and went forward to meet the enemy.
The moonlight instantly submerged the three venerables.
The rumbling sounds of battle echoed throughout the world.
...After a long, long time.
The moonlight is still bright.
Emperor Qingfeng Wu's eyes were blurred.
Blood was flowing from the wound on his head, spreading through his eyes, making his vision bloody.
He is the Martial Emperor, and wounds for him can be healed by just moving his blood.
But now, he could only let the blood flow out.
Because his qi and blood have been exhausted.
There is no true eternity in the world. Even the physical body of Emperor Wu cannot be immortal.
After a long battle and repeated recovery, Emperor Qingfeng Wu's body finally showed signs of withering.
The magic power of Taoist Master Li Xing and Jiulian Lingzun was almost exhausted under the continuous attack of the Mingyue Formation.
The three monks in the Venerable Realm had fine scars all over their bodies from the cuts of the Moon Sword. Blood was constantly overflowing, staining their clothes blood-stained.
They were already very tired.
The White Tiger Lord and the Black Tortoise Lord, who were manipulating the Bright Moon Formation to attack, still looked at ease.
The side with the numerical advantage is already at the end of its strength, but the side with only two people is still unharmed.
This is just because of a formation.
This is Xia Daozu’s formation.
"The time has come." Taoist Master Li Xing suddenly said.
At this time, in Longcheng Pass, the sounds of fighting and magical bombardment gradually subsided.
This huge city gate that had been bustling all night long was now in ruins and hushed silence.
This is because the resistance forces in Longcheng Pass have been almost completely wiped out by the demons.
Above the sky, the bright moon transformed by the Bright Moon Divine Formation was still hanging high.
The moon is bright in the sky, and the die is cast.
Longcheng Pass has already fallen.
The rest of the monks at Longcheng Pass had all died in the battle defending the pass.
Now, there are only the last three monks in the Venerable Realm left in Longcheng Pass.
The three of them are the last resistance force in Longcheng Pass .
"Now that Longcheng Pass, which gathers the most powerful forces in the Central Spiritual Realm, has fallen, how can the Central Spiritual Realm not be destroyed!" the White Tiger Lord shouted.
"Idiot." Taoist Master Li Xing squeezed out two words from between his teeth.
Then, light suddenly flashed on the bodies of the three monks in the Venerable Realm, as dazzling as the sun.
At this moment, Longcheng Pass, shrouded in the night, was as bright as day.
At the last moment, the three monks in the Venerable Realm chose the most tragic self-destruction.
There is no afterlife, and the soul will be destroyed by self-explosion.
They have been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Waiting until now, the sound of fighting.
That means there are only demon monks left in Longcheng Pass now.
Then their self-destruction will not harm their own people.
This is why they knew they could not resist the power of the Bright Moon Formation, but would rather struggle to hold up their defense until their magic power was exhausted than launch an attack.
They are just stalling for time.
Longcheng Pass, which had just become quiet, was greeted by three loud bangs.
The power of the self-explosion of the three great monks in the Venerable Realm is self-evident.
The strong shock wave caused the entire Longcheng Pass to shake.
Wherever the shock wave passed, it destroyed everything in its path, and all the buildings flew upside down.
Three extremely brilliant suns lit up.
The three monks in the Venerable Realm died calmly and heroically.
…
The dazzling light lasted for three breaths.
In just three breaths of time, the shock wave plowed through half of the entire Dragon City Pass.
Outside Longcheng Pass.
Two figures emerged.
It is the White Tiger Lord and the Black Tortoise Lord.
Under normal circumstances, self-destruction would never cause much damage to enemies in the same realm.
This is because the startup time required for the self-destruction is more than enough for enemies in the same realm to escape from the range of the self-destruction.
But the problem is that Taoist Master Li Xing, Jiulian Lingzun and Emperor Qingfeng Wu never came here for the two of them.
Their target is the demon monks in Longcheng Pass.
Those eighth-grade and seventh-grade demon cultivators do not have the ability to escape from the self-detonation impact range of the Venerable Realm cultivators in a short period of time.
Replace the small with the big.
This may seem stupid, but it is the wisest decision in this situation.
The power of the Bright Moon Formation could completely limit and resist the self-destruction of a monk in the Venerable Realm.
But the problem is that the three monks in the Venerable Realm self-destructed in the Mingyue Divine Formation, not outside the formation.
The group defense capability of the Mingyue Formation can only be used against external attacks.
The three monks in the Venerable Realm knew this clearly, so they chose this method.
Therefore, their self-destruction this time brought unimaginable huge losses to the demon clan.
whoosh!
Another sound of breaking through the air was heard.
A black figure appeared next to the two masters.
It was the Demon Lord Dongqi who led his troops to suppress other battlefields in Longcheng Pass.
"Soul Master, Control Master, at least a thousand eighth-grade demon cultivators died in the self-explosion of the three masters, and they will never be able to return to the world again."
"There are even more seventh-grade demon cultivators who died..." said Demon Lord Dongqi.
The Xuanwu Lord's expression turned gloomy.
Even though they had successfully captured Longcheng Pass as expected.
But such a tragic victory made it impossible for them to laugh.
…
The sky was about to brighten, revealing a glimmer of light.
Longcheng Pass finally became completely quiet, but the smell of blood was extremely strong and lingered for a long time. It would take some time for it to subside.
Demonic cultivators are pouring in continuously from the three city gates in the east, west and north that face the extraterritorial battlefield.
The determination of the Heart Demon Clan was extremely strong, and they did not leave much room for themselves.
Except for leaving behind a small amount of necessary forces to prevent the rear from being left empty and being robbed by the other seven holy demon clans, all other available forces were transferred to the Central Spiritual Realm without reservation.
Longcheng Pass has fallen.
The target of the Heart Demon Clan is not Longcheng Pass, but the entire Central Spiritual Realm.
But the Mingyue Formation is at Longcheng Pass, so they have no reason to give up Longcheng Pass.
So, under the orders of Huanling Sect, or in other words, the two overlords of the demon clan, the demon cultivators began to clean up Longcheng Pass, wash away the blood splattered everywhere, tidy up the ruins, and deal with the remains of corpses.
No matter whether it was the corpse of a demon cultivator or the corpse of a human cultivator, in the eyes of the demon cultivators there was not much difference. They all burned them all in one fire, with such coldness that it was chilling.
At this time, the gate of the southern city wall was finally completely opened, leading directly to the Central Spiritual Realm.
The battlefield here is also the most intense.
It can be seen that there are dead bodies everywhere on the south city wall and below the south city wall. There are sword cultivators from the Southern Sword Pavilion, as well as those from the demon clan. There are also several corpses wearing the uniform clothing of the Huanling Sect.
The blood, which had not yet completely solidified and dried, flowed slowly down the stone wall like a stream.
Looking at this tragic scene, the faces of the demon cultivators who had just arrived during the day and did not participate in the battle of Longcheng Pass last night all changed slightly.
Especially when they saw the mottled sword marks on the city wall and the bodies of the sword cultivators from the Southern Sword Pavilion covered with wounds, they were secretly shocked.
They couldn't imagine how these sword cultivators with such weak bodies could have such terrifying determination in such a desperate situation?
The battlefield here is completely different from the other battlefields in Longcheng Pass.
In the rest of the battlefields at Longcheng Pass, there were demon cultivators everywhere, so the cultivators at Longcheng Pass had nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape. They had no way to retreat and could only fight to the death.
However, behind the south city wall is the vast central spiritual realm.
In other words, if these sword cultivators from the Southern Sword Pavilion want to survive, they have a way out. They just need to abandon the city and flee.
But they still chose to hold on.
A desperate fight with a way out and a desperate fight when you are forced to do so are two completely different situations.
These demon cultivators believed that they put themselves in the position of the Southern Sword Pavilion sword cultivators and that they would never be able to sacrifice their lives like them.
That is why, even though this was an unprecedented victory in 20,000 years and was worth writing about, the demon cultivators who were responsible for cleaning up the mess on the south city wall could not be happy and were in an extremely weird and inharmonious atmosphere.
They dully cleaned the bloodstains on the city wall, summoned magic fire to burn the broken corpses to ashes, and then picked up the swords that could not be burned and piled them together.
Noon time.
The palace in the center of Longcheng Pass.
The White Tiger Lord, the Vermillion Bird Lord, and the Dongqi Demon Lord in demon form walked out of the palace .
The three did not choose to fly, but walked step by step through the streets of Longcheng Pass, like reviewing troops, and headed towards the south city wall.
The streets were crowded with people, and the demon cultivators who had just entered the city were walking around, making it very lively.
"In the past, these streets were occupied by human cultivators..." the White Tiger Lord said softly, as if the haze of last night had been swept away.
"The demons have finally waited for the time when they can walk on it openly." The Xuanwu Lord said in a low voice.
Wherever the three of them passed, the omnipresent demon cultivators separated.
"The bravery of the human cultivators is indeed extraordinary, but no matter what, things will proceed as we planned." The White Tiger Lord said in a deep voice, firming his resolve.
They continued on and finally reached the south city wall.
Demon Lord Dongqi narrowed his eyes and looked towards the wide-open South City Gate. A bright light shone in from the city gate, making the road out of the city look like a sunny avenue.
In fact, this is indeed a sunny avenue.
It was the sunny avenue that allowed their Heart Demon Clan to successfully "seize the soul" and become the leader of the eight holy demon clans.
Demon Lord Dongqi opened his arms as if embracing the sunshine, feeling extremely intoxicated.
Just at this moment, the thin clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, the sky light shone brightly, and the sun moved.
His eyes were suddenly dazzled by a golden light.
"What is that?" he asked.
The golden light came from the corner of the city gate, where many swords were piled up.
Seeing this, the demon cultivator who was waiting nearby shuddered all over and quickly stepped forward to explain: "These are the magic weapons of the human cultivators we collected. They are temporarily piled here, waiting for the final inventory."
Demon Lord Dongqi frowned and did not listen to the demon cultivator's words. He just stretched out his hand calmly and swung it, and demonic energy rolled out.
The swords that were piled up like a mountain were immediately pushed away by the evil spirit and fell to the ground with clanging sounds.
The golden object at the bottom was revealed.
It turned out to be a stone tablet, like a crouching dragon lying on the ground.
The stele was made of a strange obsidian, with some large golden characters written on it.
The golden light was emitted by the big characters on the stone tablet.
The White Tiger Lord at the side glanced at the stone tablet casually and said lightly: "It's just some tricks used by human cultivators to brainwash people."
"The oath monument. Every cultivator will be brought here to take the oath when he first enters Longcheng Pass." The Xuanwu Lord was more patient and said one more sentence to clear up the confusion for the Dongqi Demon Lord.
The southern city wall is the only way for all cultivators from the Central Spiritual Realm to enter Longcheng Pass.
The human race erected this oath monument here.
Therefore, the first thing every cultivator from the Middle Spirit Realm sees when entering Longcheng Pass will be this stone tablet.
"Oh?" Dongqi Demon Lord raised a playful smile and glanced casually at the stone tablet...
"All the monks in Longcheng Pass hereby sincerely inform the spirits of the mountains and rivers."
"I am now a dignified teacher, guarding the land that my people have worked so hard to build and left to us."
"The name is just and proper, ghosts succumb and gods drink."
"I am determined and will never change until I die."
"Humans and demons cannot coexist, as the ancients have taught."
"The Chinese and the barbarians must be strictly debated, and justice will last forever."
"Be a cultivator of the sky, and die as a soul of the sky."
"The future generations will look upon the present just as we look upon the past. Why should I be worried?"
"Now that the enemy has come, I will kill them mercilessly, and sacrifice my life for them when my strength is exhausted."
"But I firmly believe that the heavens will bless the loyal."
"When we fight a bloody battle, victory is within our grasp."
"This oath."