"Wow, Ye Fan, you're amazing!"
Seeing that there seemed to be no danger, the two elders curiously came closer.
"How did that stone taste just now?"
Truly a spiritualist of the mental system.
In their eyes, Ye Fan had just eaten that strange stone.
Their first thought wasn't about the danger, but about how it tasted...
"Are... are you okay?" the little witch asked with concern.
"I'm fine now," Ye Fan replied. "But I'll have to go into seclusion for a while."
"Right here?" the little witch asked again.
"Yes," Ye Fan nodded. "While I'm in seclusion, I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"Tell me."
"I have a friend named Liang Rujing. She's in the Jade Empire..."
After the three left, Ye Fan once again entered the stone's inner world.
Having learned that the stone devoured origin, Ye Fan gained new insights into it.
For example, the mysterious runes that appeared on the misty platform represented the power of devouring.
Once he fused all the runes, he would have initially mastered the power of devouring.
As for the celestial ladder in the distance, it was for further fusion of the power of devouring.
Only when he reached the summit would he have completely mastered the power of devouring!
Looking at the towering celestial ladder in the distance, Ye Fan suddenly felt an urge to curse...
Putting aside his distracting thoughts, Ye Fan sat down on the misty platform.
Perhaps it was due to fusing the complete origin of devouring.
Even without a breakthrough, Ye Fan's current cultivation allowed him to immerse himself in the comprehension smoothly.
His speed of absorbing and fusing the mysterious runes also increased severalfold!
It felt like wearing a single piece of equipment might have ordinary attributes,
but once a full set was assembled, powerful set bonuses would erupt!
The effect was far greater than 1 plus 1 equaling 11!
The mysterious runes shuttled back and forth on Ye Fan's body, several times faster than before.
After only a few shuttles, they were completely fused into Ye Fan's body!
His current speed of fusing a single rune was less than one-tenth of what it was before!
Outside the cave.
The little witch took out her flying boat and flew towards the Jade Empire.
Ye Fan had asked the little witch to pick up Liang Rujing and also to inform them about the impending arrival of the demon race.
Ye Fan pondered.
Currently, on the entire continent, the safest place seemed to be by the side of the two elders.
As for why he only asked the little witch to bring Liang Rujing and not everyone else...
Ye Fan was not a saint and couldn't care for everyone.
Spreading the news would allow them to prepare; the rest would be up to fate.
Meanwhile, the two elders urgently gathered Liang Dekuai and others to discuss.
"Ye Fan just said that the demon race is coming soon!" the two elders said seriously. "It will be very dangerous, we must be prepared!"
"Oh my god, how terrifying!"
"How exciting!"
"What is the demon race?"
...
The reactions of the crowd varied.
However, they all seemed somewhat excited.
What the demon race was didn't matter.
What they were coming for didn't matter either.
Even hearing that many people were coming made them excited!
It could only be said...
Their way of thinking had completely deviated from the normal range...
Time flew by, and three months passed.
Demon Realm.
The demon army was arrayed, standing before the barrier.
As the last surge of demonic energy flowed in, the weakened barrier shattered silently!
Through the gap in the barrier, the human realm could even be seen!
The next moment, a clear barrier wall appeared.
But soon, cracks spread all over the barrier!
Finally...
The barrier that had separated the human and demon realms for countless years had completely disappeared!!!
The Demon Realm was divided into four regions: East, West, North, and South. Among them, the Eastern Demon King was the most powerful and had the largest territory.
The pre-war mobilization naturally fell to him.
The Eastern Demon King surveyed the demon elites.
They wore ferocious and terrifying black demon armor, exuding a fearsome aura!
"I can't remember... how many years it's been..." the Eastern Demon King slowly spoke, his tone somewhat somber. "Our ancestors were expelled by the detestable human race and came to this banished world."
The Eastern Demon King's words caused a flicker of hatred in the eyes of all the demons.
Perhaps they had never experienced those events themselves.
But everything the human race had done to the demon race back then was clearly recorded in demon history.
Even the term "demon race" was the greatest insult to them!
Because in fact, they were the true human race!
The original cultivation world belonged to them!
It was only later that those who appeared from nowhere expelled their ancestors!
In that battle, they were almost wiped out!
Later, they came to the Demon Realm.
And were branded with the name "demon race."
Initially, due to their inability to adapt to the environment of the Demon Realm, many ancestors died one after another.
Only a small portion of the resilient survived and grew increasingly powerful!
Truly powerful!
Although the environment of the Demon Realm was harsh, it had a significant effect on improving their strength!
For example.
In the human realm, the Tribulation Stage was the peak.
But in the Demon Realm, that was not the case!
A Demon Commander of the same level might not be able to defeat a Tribulation Stage cultivator in a one-on-one fight.
But if three Demon Commanders attacked together, they would be enough to pose a threat to a Tribulation Stage cultivator.
Even...
To kill them!
And the Demon Kings, who were a level higher than Demon Commanders, possessed even more terrifying strength!
Any one of the Four Great Demon Kings could easily kill a Tribulation Stage cultivator!
This war, the demon race was bound to win!
"We endured humiliation and almost faced annihilation," the Eastern Demon King continued. "Fortunately, this day has finally come!"
"It's time to settle accounts with the human race!" At this point, the Eastern Demon King's voice rose a notch. "Reclaim what was once ours!"
"Kill—!"
"Kill—!"
"Kill—!"
The demon army simultaneously brandished their weapons, responding excitedly to the Eastern Demon King.
Led by the Four Great Demon Kings, countless demons crossed through the shattered barrier one by one!
Finally!
The iron hooves of the demon race stepped onto human territory!
The accumulation of countless demons created an unimaginable wave of demonic energy!
Especially with the presence of numerous Demon Generals, Demon Commanders, and the most formidable Four Great Demon Kings!
They didn't even need to act.
The demonic energy emanating from the Four Great Demon Kings alone caused everything around them to decay!
Flowers and trees withered, and wild beasts and monsters died on the spot!
Only those with higher cultivation could barely survive.
This was even without the Four Great Demon Kings actively using their demonic energy to attack!
Even so, those beasts collapsed to the ground and trembled uncontrollably.
The next moment.
Their livers and gallbladders split, and they lay dead on the spot!
They only lasted a moment longer than their predecessors...
In the distant beast forest.
All beasts below the Soul Transformation stage were terrified!
They ran around blindly like headless flies!
The cultivators who had been fighting them earlier were not much better off.
Those with lower cultivation directly suffered mental breakdowns and became idiots!
Those with higher cultivation were also paralyzed with fear, trembling in place...
And the top-tier beasts in the deepest part of the forest all hid in their dens, not daring to move.
Their instincts told them that it was extremely dangerous outside!
They couldn't afford to provoke it, couldn't afford to provoke it...
The demon army advanced unimpeded.
Where they passed, nothing survived!
In just half a day, countless sects had fallen under the iron hooves of the demons!
The entire sect annihilated, not a single survivor!
The land was stained red, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood!