The Demon Dao Alliance Pours Out in Full Force (3,200 words, please subscribe)

At dusk that same day.

More than a dozen Third Rank Demon Boats, each nearly a hundred zhang long, flew out from the Demon Dao Alliance's territory east of the Yuan Kingdom and entered Maple Leaf Valley's hundred-thousand-li domain.

At the same time, nine successive tolls of a bronze bell rang out within Maple Leaf Valley.

The voice of Li Xuanyuan, the Li Clan's True Lord, spread throughout the entirety of Maple Leaf Valley.

"Demon cultivators of the Demon Dao Alliance, led by the Yin Poison Sect, have arrived. Prepare for battle!"

Deep within Maple Leaf Valley, inside a grand hall.

Ling Pengyun, who had only recently finished refining that Fourth Rank array flag, immediately opened his eyes upon hearing the disturbance outside. A few traces of gravity appeared on his face.

At that moment, Heavenly Star True Lord, who had remained in the hall overseeing everyone's array refinement, appeared as well and said, "You have all finished refining the array flags. It is time for you to be of use. Follow me out of the hall!"

Having said this, Heavenly Star True Lord, with his Celestial Bone Structure, took the lead in striding out of the hall.

Ling Pengyun and the others followed close behind.

Before long, the group passed around the many low-level cultivators in the valley and arrived at Maple Leaf Valley's entrance.

With the aid of his eye technique, Ling Pengyun's vision was enhanced. The situation aboard the dozen or so medium-sized Third Rank flying boats approaching from a hundred thousand li away immediately became clear to him.

Although there were not many demon cultivators aboard them—only a little over ten thousand, far fewer than the cultivators within Maple Leaf Valley—their cultivation was at least at Qi Training Late Stage. There were also eighty or