Volume 1, Chapter 264 – Wipe Out the Clan, Exterminate the Race

Shi Lan had originally intended to use part of her battle merit to exchange for some spirit crystals and use them to replenish Samsara’s energy, but there were no spirit crystals available for exchange in the Battle Merit Hall. She could more or less guess the reason why.

Among these five thousand-odd spiritual items, more than three hundred were above the fourth grade, and there were several dozen kinds of fifth-grade spiritual items. In total, they cost Shi Lan more than 120 million points of battle merit.

Ninety-nine percent of Demon-Suppressing Generals could never have afforded such a price, but Shi Lan spent it without the slightest pang. Real strength was what truly mattered.

After roughly taking stock, Shi Lan put all the spiritual items into her Qiankun Bracelet, then used the remaining battle merit to exchange for another set of protective inner armor and several battle halberds.

Shi Lan did not exchange for overly high-grade war weapons. First, there were simply too many powerful experts on the battlefield now, and with the slightest carelessness, a weapon might be destroyed. Second, if she chose high-grade spirit weapons, she would still need to spend a great deal of effort tempering and communicating with them before she could bring out most of their combat strength. Under the current circumstances, that was clearly unsuitable.

After taking care of her own matters and exchanging some cultivation resources for her family, Shi Lan turned and left the Battle Merit Hall.

Before she could begin cultivating the True Martial Undying Body, she would need to spend a good deal of time preparing, but with the war situation so tense, she simply did not have the time to cultivate it now.

After leaving the Battle Merit Hall, Shi Lan made a detour to the women’s camp, intending to look for Wu Lingkong. During the half year she had been unconscious, Wu Lingkong had never once come to see her, and Shi Lan had been worried all along.

If not for the fact that there had been too many things to deal with after waking up, she would have come much earlier.

Although Shi Lan was not actually attached to the women’s camp, she could still move through it without obstruction. But after searching all around, she still did not catch sight of Wu Lingkong.

Shi Lan did not know many people in the women’s camp, and trying to find someone to ask for news was extremely inconvenient. She could not help growing somewhat anxious.

Only after a long search did Shi Lan finally run into an acquaintance: Lu Anqing, the ten-thousand commander of the women’s camp, with whom she had once spent some time.

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Compared to before, Lu Anqing had not changed much. She still wore that half-black mask on her face, carrying the same coldness that kept others at arm’s length.

From Lu Anqing, Shi Lan learned a somewhat unexpected piece of news.

Wu Lingkong had already left Xianwu City. She had been taken away by members of the Wu family.

Besides Wu Lingkong, the Wu family had quite a few other younger members training in the Demon-Suppressing Army, and they had all been taken away together. They had left in great haste, without even having time to leave behind a message.

After learning this, Shi Lan felt a jumble of emotions. Wu Lingkong had always been a scion of a great clan. It was only natural that she would be taken away by her family.

Given the current situation, Wu Lingkong’s departure was a good thing as well. At the very least, she would be safe.

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“Great Venerable, over the past half year, we have followed your orders and swallowed up the rest of Chengtian Domain first. Xianwu City is now already an isolated island. Once the city falls, we will have fulfilled the Demon Emperor’s command.”

Inside the great hall at the very center of the beast tide, Lan Die’er had gathered the Heaven Demons and begun discussing the date of the final decisive battle.

“The Demon Emperor gave us only two months, yet half a year has already passed. In the starry sky beyond the realm, the various Demon Emperors are buying time for us with their lives. I hope all of you understand the value of time.”

The Heaven Demons looked at Lan Die’er, their expressions tight and silent.

Lan Die’er rose from the seat of honor and spoke with a cold expression.

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“We have only seven days left. If we cannot take Chengtian Domain, then from me downward, every great demon at or above the Nascent Soul Realm who participated in the assault on Chengtian Domain will be executed!”

“I hope all of you understand what is at stake.”

As soon as Lan Die’er finished speaking, a sturdy middle-aged man strode forward and declared proudly,

“The Cloudwing Tiger Clan is willing to throw the full strength of our clan into the fight and expand territory for our demon race!”

The moment those words came out, every Heaven Demon present was moved.

To throw in the full strength of one’s clan was no empty phrase. It meant truly staking the lives of the entire clan, sacrificing the clan totem, and making a desperate last stand. Unless they had been driven into utter desperation, no clan would choose such an extreme course. At the very least, they would leave behind a bloodline inheritance.

“All of you, go back and prepare. Today, I will personally take action and find a way to open a breach in the Xianwu Yin-Yang Grand Array.”

Lan Die’er forced the words out through clenched teeth.

The Dao injury on her body had not yet healed. To act now would mean damaging the very foundation of her cultivation. If she was even slightly careless, she would lose all hope of ever entering the Demon Emperor Realm in this lifetime. How could she not hate this?

But if she did not act, she might die. She had no way out.

In this battle, it was not only the human race that had no retreat. The demon race had none either.

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This was a war launched by the rulers of the two races for the future development of their peoples.

A single imperial edict and a single Demon Emperor Token had already created hundreds of millions of restless dead.

“Demon Emperor…”

After the Heaven Demons left, Lan Die’er rolled those two words over in her mouth and remained silent for a long time.

…

Shi Lan had only just returned to the city wall when she quickly sensed that something was wrong. The beast tide’s assault had become utterly frenzied, with no strategy at all. They were practically charging up just to die, using their corpses to pave the way for their own kind.

Even demon beasts above the Earth Fiend Realm that had already developed intelligence had begun launching suicidal attacks without regard for their lives. The pressure on Xianwu City instantly increased severalfold, and casualties on both sides began to rise sharply.

The battered Xianwu Yin-Yang Grand Array was already running at full force. Yin and yang qi continuously harvested the lives of great swaths of beasts, yet more and more demon beasts kept coming, and they simply could not be suppressed.

It did not take long before the beast tide surged onto the city wall in great numbers, where even more brutal slaughter broke out.

The several thousand troops behind Shi Lan had long since formed the Demon-Slaying Formation and merged into the formations of the Demon-Suppressing Army. With Bai Weiyang at the lead, they engaged the beast tide at close quarters.

The beast horde was extremely chaotic. All sorts of high-grade demon beasts were hidden within the tide, and there were even transformed Demon Kings lurking among them, making them impossible to guard against. Even Bai Weiyang was entangled by several Demon Kings and forced into a bitter fight. Left with no choice, he activated the Human Emperor bloodline. The appearance of that bloodline drew still more high-grade demon beasts that came racing over at the slightest sign.

The sharp sounds of blades tearing flesh and bone being crushed were utterly inconspicuous amid the overwhelming beast roars and battle cries. All that filled the ears were hoarse, desperate screams.

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The Heaven Demons, wary of the Xianwu Yin-Yang Grand Array, did not rashly step forward, while the great Heaven-Man experts seemed to have sensed something as well and likewise did not act. They simply stood quietly in the sky, staring at the distant Heaven Demons.

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Rip.

A dazzling halberd arc whistled through the air, cleaving a Heavenly Astral Realm demon beast in two and killing nearly a hundred lower-level demon beasts along with it.

With the army formation now bolstering Shi Lan, ordinary Heavenly Astral Realm demon beasts could not withstand a single halberd strike from her. She could kill them at will.

Shi Lan carefully controlled the Black Domain, silently harvesting the beasts, when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her eardrums.

“Roar!”

An overbearing tiger’s roar swept across the battlefield. A gigantic phantom suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It was a snow-white flying tiger with wings.

“To throw in the full strength of your clan?”

Yue Xiuwen, standing at the head of the great Heaven-Man experts, suddenly narrowed his eyes, a razor-sharp light flashing in his pupils.

“Then today, this Marshal will wipe out your clan… exterminate your race!”