The outbreak of the Sea of Demons and the invasion of the Immortal Realm by evil demons happening simultaneously is probably not a coincidence.
If it wasn't a coincidence, then someone must be behind the scenes. Long Chen immediately recalled that the Tiandu Star Domain was originally a human world, but after being invaded by evil demons, it mysteriously retreated, eventually falling into the hands of the Saint Pill Hall.
If Long Chen's intuition was correct, then the Great Brahma Heaven must have the ability to control evil demons, diverting disaster eastward to deal with Lingxiao Academy.
"When did you get the news?" Long Chen asked.
"News from three days ago." The city lord said.
Three days? That's good, Long Chen said to the city lord, "Your Lord, could you please help activate the teleportation array? I'm in a hurry to get back." The
city lord immediately said with some difficulty, "Our teleportation array isn't always open, so restarting it requires nearly a hundred Immortal King Crystals. But I have ...."
Long Chen understood. So this was about money. If the teleportation array stayed active, sending one Divine Lord Realm expert at a time would cost about ten Immortal King Crystals.
But restarting the grand formation would cost nearly a hundred Immortal King Crystals in one go. For this city lord, this was a considerable sum, and he wasn't generous enough to help Long Chen pay for it.
"No problem, just open it for me. Are these Immortal King Crystals enough?" Long Chen directly handed the City Lord 120 Immortal King Crystals.
"That's enough, that's enough, there's still some ... left," the city lord felt relieved when he saw Long Chen pay. He hadn't planned to take money from Long Chen, but he really couldn't afford to pay for it.
"The remaining amount is the teleportation fee. Rules are rules. Our Lingxiao Academy can't make things difficult for you, Lord City. Hurry up, I'm in a hurry." Long Chen didn't care about the money at all; he just wanted to hurry back and see what was going on.
Indeed, money makes things easier. Once each Immortal King Crystal was embedded in the grooves of the grand formation, the formation roared and exploded, and in less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick, it was fully activated.
"Buzz"
Long Chen stepped onto the teleportation array. Time and space twisted, space roared, and after an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt his body sink, his feet already touching the solid ground.
The air was filled with a familiar scent mixed with a strange scent, a scent of killing and brutality.
That's right, this was the aura of the Tianlan Domain. Long Chen took out a map of the Tianlan Domain, checked the surroundings, identified the location, and found the nearest provincial city.
When they arrived at the provincial city, they found it was already under martial law, the grand formation activated, and countless armored warriors stood ready, ready as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Dean Long Chen?"
When Long Chen arrived, the city's defenders cried out in surprise. They recognized him and hurriedly let him in.
"Thank you. I need to borrow the teleportation array. I need to head to Lingxiao Academy." Long Chen said to one of the leaders.
"Dean Long Chen, didn't you escape? Why go back? The leader exclaimed in surprise.
"Escape?" Long Chen's heart tightened; it seemed the problem was more serious than he had imagined.
Through inquiries, he learned that the passage to the other world was near Lingxiao Academy. The academy had become a lonely city, surrounded by endless evil demons and broken laws, making it impossible for the teleportation array to reach.
Meanwhile, the several provincial cities around Lingxiao Academy were all on high alert. Fortunately, all the demons seemed to have their eyes fixed on Lingxiao Academy, with only a small portion spreading outward.
This prefectural city is far from Tianwu Prefecture, so there is currently no pressure. The strong cultivators inside the city have already begun supporting other prefectural cities. The spatial chaos in Tianwu Prefecture makes it impossible for them to provide support, and they have no idea what the situation is over there now.
Under these circumstances, rumors spread everywhere. Everyone said that Lingxiao Academy was in trouble this time, and many powerful figures began to flee. When the person saw Long Chen come out, he thought he had also escaped.
"Remember, first, Lingxiao Academy has stood firm for billions of years. These small troubles are nothing at all.
Second, although the disciples of Lingxiao Academy appear discordant on the surface, when crisis comes, they are united as one. No one retreats, and no one abandons their group.
Third, those who spread rumors and promote negativity and pessimism all day are trash; stay away from them. After
Long Chen finished speaking, he boarded their teleportation array and headed toward Yaohua Prefecture, which is near Tianwu Prefecture.
As soon as he was teleported to Yaohua Prefecture, he heard endless sounds of fighting. When Long Chen arrived, no one noticed him.
Long Chen hurriedly rushed up the city wall, only to see endless otherworldly demons frantically attacking the city outside the formation.
These demons were over ten feet tall, with long arms and legs, somewhat resembling hairless monkeys, but with huge heads and jagged fangs. Their hands and feet were covered with bone-like blades, their bodies covered in scales, their appearances ferocious, and their auras filled with ferocity and bloodthirst.
Long Chen saw millions of powerful figures fighting these otherworldly demons, trying to prevent them from approaching the city and sabotaging the formation.
The grand formation is the last lifeline of this prefectural city; it cannot be used unless absolutely necessary. If the formation breaks, the hundreds of millions of citizens inside the city will be wiped out.
Countless women and children were trembling inside the house, listening to the roaring demons outside, feeling as if the sky was about to fall.
Millions of powerful warriors outside the city were fighting desperately, even cultivators at the Divine Fire Realm had joined in.
The battlefield stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles, with corpses strewn everywhere. Black blood soaked the earth, and countless human warriors were buried among the demons' corpses.
In the farthest distance, more than a dozen Immortal King experts were desperately attacking a terrifying demon. The scales on the other demons were all black, but this one was fiery red.
Its blood energy surged like a sea, demonic energy surging to the heavens, its sharp claws tearing through the void. A Heavenly-grade Immortal King-level powerhouse withstood its attack with all its might, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
It was a half-step Realm King level demon. Only that Heavenly-grade Immortal King could barely withstand its attack; the others could only cooperate to buy him a chance to catch his breath.
But this half-step Realm King level demon was terrifying. The old man took three consecutive blows and finally couldn't hold on and was injured. Once the old man was wounded, everyone fell into despair.
No one but him could resist this terrifying demon, and this old man was old and frail, unable to withstand it.
"Boom!"
Among these dozen or so powerhouses, two Earth-grade Immortal Kings joined forces with the others to once again block the demonic strike. As a result, the dozen or so people were sent flying like straws in the wind, each spewing blood wildly, their auras instantly scattered.
"I'm going all out with you."
Seeing he couldn't defeat the evil demon, the Celestial Immortal King roared in fury, summoning all his strength to slash down at the demon. He knew the sword was useless, but he would rather die here than retreat.
"Pfft!"
The old man slashed down with his sword, and a shocking scene unfolded. A divine light descended, and the arrogant demon's body trembled, a crack extending from its brow all the way to its lower abdomen.
"This ..."
The old man's eyes were full of disbelief.