Yang Yun gazed in the direction of Tianxing Sect.
Zhao Wuji should have succeeded by now, right?
But…
Why was the protective grand array starting to activate?
Did something unexpected happen?
Never mind.
This little hiccup wasn't much of a problem. He had encountered a minor surprise on his side as well. That grand protective array was on the verge of breaking. Once the demons broke through, it would become a massacre.
When Tianxing Sect was plunged into utter despair, he would descend like a divine being. By then, the entire Tianxing Sect would become his base of operations. He could use Tianxing Sect to join the race for supremacy among the human cultivators.
At that point, whether among the demons or the humans, he would be a hegemon in his own right. Wasn't that an interesting prospect? With a smile on his lips, Yang Yun flew forward at a relaxed pace.
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At the mountain gate of Tianxing Sect—
The attacks continued to rain down.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
Everyone watched in silence. The moment the barrier shattered, the battle would begin. Against demons, retreat was pointless. It would only make them even more arrogant. The only thing they could do was fight.
Fight to the last moment.
Fight until their final drop of blood was spilled.
"Xiao Jin, you shouldn't have come back," Lin Ya couldn't help but sigh.
He hadn't expected the demon force to be this powerful. If he had known, he never would've let Yun Jin and the others return.
They could've remained safely at Wushuang Sect. But returning to Tianxing Sect now… weren't they walking straight into death? These demons were overwhelmingly stronger. Lin Ya couldn't see the slightest chance of victory.
"Master, it's an honor to fight alongside everyone," Yun Jin said with a faint smile.
Lin Ya sighed again and secretly sent her a voice transmission: "Don't be foolish. When the time comes, if you have the chance to escape, take it. With your talent, if you survive and grow stronger, you'll become a force to reckon with. Then you can avenge your master. Wouldn't that be better?"
"Hehe, don't worry, Master," Yun Jin responded with a transmission of her own.
Lin Ya was stunned for a moment.
At a time like this…
Yun Jin was still chuckling?
And telling him not to worry?
Wait!
When had this little disciple of his ever done something without certainty?
She had uncovered Zhao Wuji's scheme ahead of time. She had even prepared an antidote for that poison in advance. With all her meticulous planning, could she have blindly walked into a dead end?
Could there still be a chance to turn the tide?
Lin Ya's eyes flickered, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't think of a single way to break the siege.
Just then—
A swirl of black mist surged forward, and the demon leader landed just outside the barrier.
"Chief!"
"What happened?"
The other demons quickly surrounded him with questions. The demon leader cast a cold glance toward Tianxing Sect. "Break the array—now! I'm injured and need blood nourishment to recover!"
To demons, "blood nourishment" referred to human cultivators. The blood essence in human cultivators was a powerful tonic for them, capable of rapidly restoring strength.
However—
This kind of nourishment had to be specially prepared before it could be consumed.
"Don't worry, Chief. The grand array is about to fall. Once it's down, we'll capture all these humans for you to devour at will," a demon replied.
The next moment—
They launched another full-force assault. The barrier, which had held for so long, finally shattered.
Dark energy surged.
The demons stormed into Tianxing Sect!
The demon leader strode forward and stared at the cultivators of Tianxing Sect. His voice was cold and commanding.
"I don't feel like wasting time fighting you. You've clearly seen our strength far surpasses yours. If we fight, you will all die. I'll say this only once. Surrender now and you will live. Those who aid us will be taught our cultivation methods. But those who stubbornly resist… will be slaughtered without mercy."
His words dripped with bloodlust.
Of course, it was a lie.
He had no intention of letting a single person in Tianxing Sect survive. To eradicate the demons, their squad had fully unleashed their demonic energy. The Demon-Slaying Alliance would likely arrive soon. Once they were surrounded, it would be nearly impossible to escape.
But before death came, he had one goal—to kill the Demon Sovereign.
Even if he couldn't succeed, he had to expose the Demon Sovereign's identity and use the humans to eliminate him. To do that, he had to devour these cultivators first to restore his strength.
However, having been injured, he couldn't act immediately.
While the remaining demons still held the upper hand against Tianxing Sect, capturing everyone and setting up a restoration array would take time. If the Demon-Slaying Alliance arrived during that period—
Or if the Demon Sovereign escaped—that would be a total loss.
So the best strategy was to divide and conquer.
Sow fear. Break them from within.
As his voice fell, demons at the Tribulation and Divine Transformation stages took to the sky. They unleashed their full spiritual pressure on the Tianxing Sect disciples. A suffocating pressure blanketed the entire sect.
Fear began to ripple through the crowd.
The sheer difference in strength was overwhelming. If a battle really broke out, most of them wouldn't survive.
The Demon-Slaying Alliance might come.
But if things followed the usual pattern…
They'd take time to arrive. By the time they did, even if these demons couldn't escape, Tianxing Sect would already be wiped out. These demons didn't seem intent on total slaughter. If they surrendered now, they might survive until the Alliance arrived.
At worst, they would be punished later for surrendering.
But at least they'd live.
And what was more important than staying alive?
Many eyes began to shift.
Yun Jin calmly took in the reactions of the crowd.
The fear of death was a natural instinct.
It wasn't necessarily wrong.
But she wouldn't choose people like this.
Some opportunities were meant only for those who were truly worthy.
The crowd stirred slightly, but most remained hesitant.
Fairy Yin Jun suddenly shouted in fury, "You demons—stop spewing your poisonous lies! If you want to fight, then fight! We of Tianxing Sect are not cowards!"
"That's right. So what if we have to risk our lives?" Lin Ya gritted his teeth. "Come if you dare!"
The demons were always seducing humans from the shadows. Over the years, countless cultivators had fallen into darkness chasing after power. If they bent their knees today—
Even if they survived, the demons would plant fear in their hearts. That fear would fester, and eventually, many would fall into the demonic path.
Today—
They would rather die in battle than surrender.
"Oh really?" The demon leader let out a cold laugh. "If you want to die so badly, fine. But I doubt everyone here is foolish enough to follow you to your grave."
He had already identified the troublemakers.
With a glance—
Seven demons at the Tribulation stage rose into the air together. They unleashed their demonic energy freely, and in an instant, a dreadful pressure engulfed all of Tianxing Sect.