Strictly speaking, demons were the Blood-Clad Guard's greatest enemy—or rather, their greatest threat!
It was said that the earliest demons had come from beyond the heavens. They were indescribable, illusory, twisted things that, after parasitizing humans, fed on greed, rage, and evil thoughts to survive, eventually devouring souls and seizing bodies.
A person whose shell had been occupied by a demon was no different from before in every gesture, word, and action.
Only at certain times or in special environments would it reveal its true nature, drinking blood and eating people in a spectacle of unspeakable horror.
Even demons in their normal state would create demonic thoughts to contaminate others and strengthen their own kind!
The Cangqing Nations had known of the terror of demons for thousands of years and had tried every possible means to exterminate them. When the situation was at its worst, they had even slaughtered cities and destroyed nations, all to completely erase the soil in which demons could survive.
By now, the demonic threat was far from what it had been several centuries ago. Most people did not even know demons existed.
But the demons that remained had become more cunning and hid themselves more deeply.
They no longer showed themselves lightly.
Though that was only in peaceful, stable environments.
The more chaotic the situation in a place, the stronger the demons became.
When a nation was about to perish, demonic evils were bound to arise. Although the Great Liang Dynasty had yet to show obvious signs of its final days, demon-related incidents occurred from time to time across the land. The situation was far from encouraging!
Yet the Great Liang court ranked the Rebel Faction above demons, believing the Rebel Faction to be the foremost target for suppression. It had transferred most of the