The Cangzhu Kingdom is one of the many kingdoms in the Burning Moon Region.
There are a large number of demons living here, of different races, but there is only one recognized dominant demon clan, the Cang Demon Clan.
It can be seen that the Cangzhu Kingdom is named after the Cangmo clan.
The capital of the royal realm, Cangmo City, the core area of ​​the Cangmo clan, is now crowded with a large number of demon cultivators.
Three high-ranking demon lords and seven weaker middle-ranking demon lords of the Cangmo clan were suspended above the sky, overlooking the city below.
"Warriors of the Cangmo Clan."
The rumbling sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth, echoing in every corner of Cangmo City.
Not only the gathered demon cultivators, but also those demons who were eating, drinking, playing and practicing heard the voice. Their faces changed and they all looked up at the powerful figures in the sky that made their hearts suffocate.
"war."
"The war is about to begin, a war that will decide our fate."
“A war that has a bearing on the fate of each of us.”
"The Demon Realm has entered a period of desolation and is heading towards ruin and destruction. My demon race and millions of demons are about to lose the territory on which we depend for survival."
"But over there," the Cangmo clan leader, Demon Lord Cangyu, spoke louder and louder, stretched out his strong arm, and pointed to the east, "On the other side of the Demon Realm, there is a vast and rich territory waiting for us to explore!"
"We must win this battle! If we win, we will gain new territory and continue the glory of our race. If we win, you will all gain supreme military merit and even start a powerful family," said Demon Lord Cang Yu. "In the last battle between Taoism and Demons, we almost took over the human domain, but because of the appearance of Xia Zu of the human race, we failed at the last moment."
“But!” Demon Lord Cang Yu suddenly emphasized, “But this time there will be no Xia Zu, so nothing can stop the Cang Mo warriors.”
"Besides, we have no way out."
"Once we lose, we will be doomed along with the Demon Realm, and there will be no recovery!"
Eternal damnation?
All the demon cultivators felt their hearts skip a beat when they heard this and felt a huge pressure.
Yes, they still had a way to retreat in the last battle between Taoism and Demons. The abyss had not yet reached its final ruin, so they could barely survive. But this time it was different.
"A new swordsman has appeared at Yumen Pass in the Eastern Region of the Human Race. If we let them go, they will only become more powerful and bring us greater trouble."
"So, today!"
"Capture Yumen Pass at all costs."
"If you have made great contributions, even if you die in battle, I will make sure your bloodline will be rewarded!"
A huge monster was pulled out from nowhere and was fixed in the void.
The monster was huge, with a ferocious and ferocious appearance, and it was extremely powerful, but at this moment it could only roar and struggle in vain, unable to move.
Just at that moment, Demon Lord Cangyu took a step forward, grabbed both sides of the monster with his two big hands, and let out a long roar, and actually tore the monster into two halves.
Then, scarlet blood splattered everywhere, falling from the sky towards the city below.
What followed was a cheer that resounded throughout the entire sky. Countless demon cultivators responded in unison, and the surging sound waves impacted the void.
Blood sacrifice and going to war.
The tradition of describing the habits of brutal and unjust villains, which has always been circulated in human fantasy novels, is now being vividly played out.
I really don’t know if it’s just that the imagination of humans matches the habits of demons, or if these descriptions were originally taken from the demons.
The devil's power is at its peak, it's time to go to war.
In just a short time, the demon army flew up in groups from all over the place below .
Each group of demon army is composed of hundreds or thousands of demon cultivators. The commander in the center is usually a high-level demon lord, and there may even be a ninth-grade demon cultivator as the core.
These groups of demon armies formed into a larger demon formation, like a huge blooming black petal, and then flew towards the direction of the space channel.
Wow! Wow! Wow!
Countless demonic energy rolled in, even the light of the blood moon was obscured.
This moment——
Not only in the Cangzhu Kingdom, but in the entire Burning Moon Region and in various kingdoms, there are dense formations of demon armies setting out for the expedition.
The demons have been recuperating for 20,000 years, and with their powerful reproductive ability they have already bred a large number of warriors.
These warriors had already been deployed in the last decade when the Three Lords personally arrived at the Realm of Kings to mobilize them, and were now waiting for orders from the Three Lords at any time.
Now that the order has arrived, in less than a day, the army has assembled and set out for the front line.
…
Eastern Region, Yumen Pass.
Inside Qingshan Palace.
Wow wow wow~
There was clearly no water, but the sound of water was unusually loud and rippling.
The water waves are vast.
In the center of the endless waves, there is a woman in blue. She is practicing swordsmanship. Every move she makes can cause endless waves.
Lu Qingshan watched quietly from the side without disturbing him.
After half a quarter of an hour, the drill was completed.
"Not bad, great progress." Lu Qingshan said at this point.
The one practicing the sword technique was his eldest disciple Lin Chuyi. He turned to look at Lu Qingshan and said with great joy, "Thank you, Master."
"Chuyi, compared to Shiwu, your foundation is stronger than hers, so your sword skills are also more solid than hers. In this respect, she is not as good as you. However, you have an obvious weakness. The murderous aura in your sword moves is not enough. In this regard, you have to learn from Shiwu."
Except for the Haoran swordsmanship, anyone who practices swordsmanship must first cultivate the murderous aura.
The importance of murderous aura to sword moves is self-evident.
If there is enough murderous aura in the sword moves, the power will naturally be extraordinary.
Lin Shiwu, who was also watching from the side, couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this.
"Yes, I understand." Lin Chuyi responded obediently.
"It's useless to know. You have to change. The enemy at Yumen Pass is very powerful and you are not capable of fighting them now." Lu Qingshan thought for a moment and ordered, "How about this, from today on, you have to leave Yumen Pass every month and go back to the East Region to hunt evil cultivators. You have to kill at least three evil cultivators of the same realm before you can come back."
"Due to the war, many evil cultivators have taken advantage of the situation to stir up trouble. Eradicating these evil cultivators is the responsibility of the Sword Sect cultivators."
"Yes!" Lin Chuyi responded quickly.
After explaining this, Lu Qingshan turned to look at the smiling Lin Shiwu. Just as he was about to say something, his eyelids suddenly twitched and his brows unconsciously frowned.
At this moment, he felt a strong sense of threat and oppression, as if a dark cloud was covering the sun.
Lu Qingshan knew that this was not some kind of curse or illusion, but rather an ability that a powerful cultivator possessed on a whim when his soul reached a certain strength.
The last time I had an impulse was just before Luo Qiantuo attacked.
This time the threat is even greater than the last time. It sweeps in like an overwhelming force, more suffocating than a flood.
"What happened?" Lu Qingshan had a vague guess, but still needed to be confirmed.
"Daoyun, what's going on?" He immediately sent a message to Xia Daoyun through the letter talisman, asking for details.
During this period, Xia Daoyuan was the real chief monk of Yumen Pass.
A moment later.
A message came back, very short, only five words, but crueler than anything else.
"The war has begun."
…
The gate of Qingshan Palace was pushed open, and Lu Qingshan, dressed in a black robe, walked out and headed straight for the city wall of Yumen Pass.
Xia Daoyuan, Yu Canghai, Xue Wushao and others were already on the city wall. They had solemn expressions but were relatively calm.
After all, they had anticipated this moment.
The demon army has not yet arrived at the city and is on the way forward, but it will not waste too much time.
After all, it takes a long time for humans to discover the actions of the demon army and send back the news.
"Here he comes." When Xia Daoyun noticed Lu Qingshan's arrival, her tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little, with an inaudible hint of meaning between her eyebrows.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.
"The war has finally come. It would have been better if it could have come later. Sect Master, your injuries haven't recovered yet..." Yu Canghai shook his head with some emotion.
If it could be a little later, Lu Qingshan would have become a sword immortal.
And now, Lu Qingshan is not only in the Tribulation Realm, but also seriously injured and unable to take action...
But at least it's not the worst.
Yu Canghai looked at the tall woman in green beside him, with certainty in his heart.
Although Lu Qingshan cannot take action, there is still the Sword Immortal Luoshen at Yumen Pass.
…
Less than two days after receiving the news, the Burning Moon Army had arrived.
They chose a vast wilderness two hundred thousand miles outside Yumen Pass as their base, and then began to plant magic plants, arrange the military formation, and wait for the logistics troops and the Three Lords.
On the third day, the arrival of the Three Lords was like three reassurance pills, which greatly increased the confidence of all the demon armies.
Afterwards, before the logistics arrived, Chi Zun commanded the demon army to launch the first test of Yumen Pass.
It can be said to be a test, but in fact it is more like a show of strength.
The demon army was like a swarm of bees, densely packed into one formation after another and standing outside Yumen Pass, but they did not launch an offensive at the first moment.
There is no doubt that the demons are swaggering.
This is their nature and their confidence.
Because you have strength you can show off, and because you show off you can demonstrate your strength.
Swaggering is also of great help in boosting the confidence and morale of the demon army.
Just like an ordinary military march, an army of 200,000 or 300,000 will often declare to the outside world that it has an army of 500,000, or even a million. Isn’t the purpose of such a show of force just to gain momentum?
The monks at Yumen Pass did not have claustrophobia, nor did they have demon phobia, but they were still shocked by the demon cultivators that filled the sky and the wilderness.
The terrifying number and the vibrating demonic energy are both daunting.
The battle between Taoism and demons that has been passed down from generation to generation in human history can only be fully understood by experiencing it firsthand how terrifying it was.
It is something that cannot be described clearly with words, and it makes people feel powerless.
Yumen Pass is guarded by the Changfeng Formation.
If the demons want to break through the barrier, they must use a large number of demon cultivators to attack the formation. This will buy a short break for the Changfeng formation, so that they can engage in hand-to-hand combat with the monks at Yumen Pass and exchange their weapons.
Not to mention whether it would be possible to break through in the end, just to let the Changfeng Formation enter a resting phase would consume a large amount of the demon clan's manpower and would require the lives of countless demon cultivators.
This is a very normal thing for the demons, but it is almost impossible for humans to do it - perhaps when guarding the pass, humans can ignore the sacrifice, but it is difficult to have such courage during an invasion.
Therefore, it must be said that in addition to comprehensive strength, the demons also have advantages that other human races cannot match.
This is destined to be a difficult war.
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Yumen Pass.
"Master, the demons are demonstrating." Yu Canghai said in a deep voice, looking at the overwhelming but motionless demon army from afar.
Lu Qingshan only glanced at the demon army that was like a swarm of locusts, and then withdrew his gaze, "Have we made our preparations?"
"It's all set," Yu Canghai said confidently, "If the demons think they can defeat us as easily as they did in the first war between the Taoists and the demons, they are naive."
"Okay." Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and smiled.
In the last war between Taoism and Demons, the human race was not fully prepared at all, and even fought on their own at the beginning. By the time they reacted, the situation was already lost, so there were heavy casualties.
But this time was different. The victory in the first war between Taoism and Demons bought the human race 20,000 years of time to recuperate.
Over the past 20,000 years, the human race has made numerous preparations for the second war between Taoism and Demons that is destined to come, including battle formations, war instruments, supplies and logistics...
The most important thing is that there is the Yumen Pass built by Xia Zu, which can be used as a defense line to keep the demons out of the Eastern Region, instead of fighting everywhere like 20,000 years ago.
"This war will be a protracted one. The demons think they have strong forces and are not afraid of casualties. So we don't need to be polite to them. We should kill as many as come." Lu Qingshan was murderous with a gleam in his eyes.
His injuries had not yet healed, and his magic power could not be fully restored. It was only 30% of his peak strength, resulting in weak combat power, making it unsuitable for him to take action.
But this is not absolute.
Lu Qingshan has always been very resourceful and possesses many secret techniques.
Among these secret techniques there just happened to be one that could help him temporarily recover to his peak combat power and attack with all his strength in the current situation.
certainly.
There is some cost involved.