Demon-Resisting City, within Demon-Resisting Hall.
Carefree Swordmaster and eleven other Nascent Soul Cultivators had gathered together to discuss the war.
Carefree Swordmaster sat in the seat of honor, his face full of smiles.
He looked toward a refined-looking middle-aged man and a dignified, noble-looking middle-aged beauty, smiling as he said, "Lady Ji, Daoist Zhao, you did splendidly. You destroyed one of the Demon Race's supply depots. No wonder their offensive has weakened considerably."
With the human and demon races at war, the border was simply too vast and had been divided into five battlefields. Carefree Swordmaster was in charge of one of them. The Great Zhou Dynasty had sent people to reinforce the Seven Great Immortal Sects, and they had rendered great service in their first battle by destroying a Demon Race stronghold and slaying two Nascent Soul Realm demons.
The middle-aged man was Zhao Guozhong, younger brother of Prince Zhongshun, Zhao Guoli. The Zhao Family was a non-imperial princely house of the Great Zhou Dynasty and possessed five Nascent Soul Cultivators. This time, they had dispatched two Nascent Soul Cultivators to reinforce the Eastern Wasteland, while the Imperial Clan had sent one: Ji Yuxia.
Following Carefree Swordmaster's deployment, they had led a group of elites deep into Demon Race territory to harass their rear. Their results had been quite good—they destroyed a supply depot and slew two Nascent Soul Realm demons. Unfortunately, the Nascent Soul Realm demons' reinforcements had arrived too quickly, so they had been unable to seize much loot.
Many of the accompanying Core Formation Cultivators had personally witnessed them kill the two Nascent Soul Realm demons.
"Daoist Ye, you flatter us. It was merely our duty. However, as we agreed, we will not take part in the upcoming decisive battle. We were injured while killing those