The Demons Attack!

Black Mountain's peak.

A jet-black willow tree was coiled there.

The willow tree was enormous, blotting out the sky. Countless dense, black willow branches hung down, their surfaces metallic, gleaming black, and radiating a dark light.

Beneath the black willow.

Three towering figures sat cross-legged.

One was a tiger demon, a humanoid figure with a tiger's head. The muscles on its chest bulged, filled with explosive power. It wore a tiger skin draped over its body, resembling a tiger-shaped man.

Unlike most demons who transformed into human shapes, it had slowly evolved from a tiger form into a human one. Its hind legs had transformed into legs similar to those of humans, and its front legs had become hands like those of humans. But no matter how it changed, it still gave the impression of a tiger walking upright.

Another was a wolf demon, a human body with a wolf's head, burly and powerful. Its breathing sounded like rolling thunder. Unlike the tiger demon, it conformed to the appearance of most demons who transformed into human forms, with a body that was completely human-like.

It wore animal skins, but the husky-like wolf head on its neck revealed that it was no ordinary human, but a wolf demon who had cultivated successfully.

The last figure was a white ape, its fur disheveled, with a hairy face and a thunder god's mouth. Although it looked the most human-like, its face was filled with violent expressions.

Most surprisingly, it had a vertical eye growing between its eyebrows. Its other two eyes were tightly closed, but the vertical eye between its eyebrows was always open. That eye seemed to possess its own intelligence, rolling its eyeball as if it were smiling.

These were the famous Three Black Mountain Demons: the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord, the Howling Moon Wolf Demon, and the Three-Eyed Ape Demon!

Just then.

A white dove flew past the foot of Black Mountain. A willow branch from the black willow tree suddenly shot out, extending over most of Black Mountain, directly piercing the dove, killing it, and then bringing its corpse to the foot of the tree.

A message tube was tied to the dove's leg.

The three demons sitting cross-legged under the black willow tree all opened their eyes.

Three-Eyes directly crushed the message tube under the dove's foot, taking out a letter from it.

"This is a letter to Zuo Qianqiu requesting reinforcements."

"All the demons in Ping An County have been killed, and even Cao De committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

"They are worried that after we learn about the events in the county town, we will attack Ping An County, so they are asking Zuo Qianqiu for help, hoping he can send a Divine Aperture Realm martial artist to pacify Black Mountain!"

Three-Eyes looked at the Mountain Lord and Howling Moon, and said in a deep voice.

"The three of us brothers ignore worldly affairs, staying in this Black Mountain to cultivate in peace, only letting our subordinates occasionally go down the mountain for a snack. But we don't want to kill people, yet some ignorant clowns want people to come and kill us. It's really damned!"

"They don't even think about it. If we had the intention to kill, could Cao De, such a third-rate character, stop us? We could completely violate the agreement and eat the entire Ping An County into an empty city."

"We don't cause trouble, but someone kills our subordinates and wants to ask the prefecture city for help to kill all the demons in Black Mountain. This is truly unbearable!"

"Brother, give the order to destroy Ping An County and warn the human race with blood!"

The Howling Moon Wolf Demon bared its teeth angrily, looking at the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord.

"Willow Lord, what do you think?"

The Tiger Demon looked at the towering tree beside it and asked.

The reason why the three of them had achieved their current accomplishments was all thanks to the guidance of the Willow Lord before them.

To them, the Willow Lord was not only a teacher who imparted knowledge and resolved doubts, but also the master of the entire Black Mountain, and even a respectable elder!

"The arrow is on the string and must be fired!"

"Today I can stop this white dove, but it is impossible to stop it every time."

"Since the other party already has the idea of destroying Black Mountain, why not strike first?"

"After destroying Ping An County, we will leave this place. The world is so big, we can roam freely!"

An old face appeared on the trunk of the huge black willow tree, and said in a deep voice.

"Then let's destroy Ping An County, avenge our subordinates, and then leave Black Mountain!"

The Tiger Demon Mountain Lord said in a deep voice.

Its son, Black Tiger, had also died in Ping An County. That was its favorite youngest son. Because he was greedy, he often went down the mountain to enjoy delicious food, but this time he would never return!

Before, they had intercepted several white doves flying from Ping An County to Dragon Abyss Prefecture, knowing that someone in the city was collecting Cao De's evidence of crimes, wanting to bring him down.

They also knew that there might be disturbances in Ping An County.

But they did not expect Cao De to be so useless. In just a few days, the situation completely collapsed, and he was killed.

And all of their subordinates lurking in Ping An County had also died!

"Ping An County, plus the towns under its jurisdiction, has tens of thousands of people. If we devour these tens of thousands of living beings, it will be of great benefit to our cultivation."

"In my opinion, it should have been done long ago!"

The Howling Moon Wolf Demon grinned, revealing a cold smile.

"My few unworthy younger brothers also died in the hands of that human martial artist named Chen Fan. I want to tear this person into pieces to vent the hatred in my heart!"

Three-Eyes opened all three of its eyes, emitting a terrifying dark light, and said in a cold voice.

That night.

The demons of Black Mountain, led by the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord, the Howling Moon Wolf Demon, and the Three-Eyed Ape Demon, marched mightily towards Ping An County.

All the people in the towns they passed through became their blood food. Wherever they went, there were no survivors and not a blade of grass grew!

"Why are they here so fast?"

"We've already killed all the demons in Ping An County, even Cao De and Li Mo, those traitors who colluded with the demons."

"But why is it that we just cleared out Ping An County last night, and tonight the Black Mountain demons have arrived?"

Lu Xuening stood on the Ping An County gate tower, watching the two hundred-plus demons approaching in a mighty horde. The roars of the demons sent a chill down her spine.

"The county isn't that close to Black Mountain. For them to come from Black Mountain, and with so many demons at the first level of the Divine Treasury Realm, they couldn't have moved fast. They probably set out a long time ago!"

"Perhaps they already knew when we were clearing out Ping An County and killing the demons yesterday. Demons have many tricks, making it impossible to guard against everything."

Chen Fan said meaningfully, then gave Lu Xuening a deep look. Lu Xuening immediately realized she had said the wrong thing.

With a great enemy before them, her words could be interpreted as suspecting someone of colluding with the Black Mountain demons and informing them.

At this time, words that undermine unity must not be spoken, lest they cause panic.

After all, no one wants to be stabbed in the back by their own brother while they are concentrating on slaying demons.

"That's true. Some of the Black Mountain Three Demons' blood relatives died in Ping An County. It's possible they can sense the deaths of their close relatives through some secret method."

"Not only demons have such methods, but even some powerful human martial artists can do it."

Lu Xuening seized the opportunity to change the subject and echoed his words.

She had only sent a request for help to Dragon Abyss Prefecture this morning. Even if the carrier pigeon flew at its fastest speed, it probably wouldn't reach Dragon Abyss Prefecture by now.

But now, the Black Mountain Three Demons were already at the city gate.

A name is like a shadow. The Black Mountain Three Demons had made a huge name for themselves within a radius of a thousand miles. Even if she wanted to underestimate them now, she couldn't!

Little did she know that the Black Mountain demons had learned about what happened in Ping An County through the letter she wrote to Dragon Abyss Prefecture. Otherwise, it was estimated that the Black Mountain demons wouldn't have known about the affairs of Ping An County for another ten days or half a month.

But in that case, Dragon Abyss Prefecture would also not be able to find out. At that time, the Black Mountain demons would still come out in full force to attack Ping An County, and they would still not be able to wait for reinforcements.

This was truly a case of being damned if you do, and damned if you don't!