It wasn't just Li Yuren who was shocked. Zhu Jiayi clicked his tongue as well. "Such heavy karma."
"Is... Red Leaf Ridge planning to take on the Heavenly Demon horde alone?"
A disciple nearby asked softly, "Old Ancestor, should we go forward and lend them a hand... Would that, would that, would that be inappropriate?"
Are you tired of living? Zhu Jiayi glanced at him, then nodded slightly. "Have faith in Red Leaf Ridge. They have not asked for aid yet!"
There were thousands upon thousands of densely packed Black Shadows. Anyone who saw them would feel their scalp go numb.
Rarely enough, they were all charging toward Red Leaf Ridge. If everyone truly rushed forward to help, they might instantly disrupt the Heavenly Demons' rhythm! Among the onlookers, quite a few factions were on good terms with Red Leaf Ridge, and even more viewed them favorably.
Yet at this moment, no one dared attack the Heavenly Demons. It was not simply because they feared death!
The Heavenly Demons' hatred was clearly focused entirely on Red Leaf Ridge. If someone carelessly drew aggro now, what if the Heavenly Demons went berserk? If such an enormous number of Heavenly Demons scattered in every direction across the entire Eastern Prosperity Continent, it would be nothing short of a disaster.
This was not a hypothetical possibility, but something very likely to happen.
Just like Red Leaf Ridge right now, it had attracted far too much hatred from the Heavenly Demons. No matter how one looked at it, it seemed somewhat unreasonable.
What exactly had they done to provoke such an intense reaction from the Heavenly Demons?
If the speculation of some people was correct—that the first cultivator in recent years to undergo tribulation would receive their full attention—then that possibility objectively existed.
Yet