Moreover, the Witch Clan could treat slain members of the Demon Clan as food and devour them, while also increasing their own strength.
As for the Demon Clan, they possessed massive numbers, nearly endless.
In terms of numbers, the Demon Clan had at least ten thousand times as many members as the Witch Clan.
Even if one member of the Witch Clan killed ten thousand demons, the Demon Clan would not fall into a disadvantage in terms of numbers.
The battle continued, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed.
By now, the great demons and Great Witches were fighting fiercely. Many Great Witches and great demons had been injured, and some had even fallen.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Dijun and Taiyi had long since begun confronting each other from afar.
They were constantly preparing to unleash a battle at the highest level.
Kill!
Kill!
Kill!
Countless members of the Demon Clan surged toward the Witch Clan's territory like a raging tide.
Fight!
Fight!
Fight!
The warriors of the Witch Clan erupted with powerful fighting spirit. Like tigers among a flock of sheep, they continuously reaped the lives of the Demon Clan.
"Big Brother, it's time for us to act!"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi had long been unable to hold himself back. Now, he looked toward the figures of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and said coldly.
"Good!"
Dijun nodded as well. Then his figure flashed, and he charged first toward the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi followed close behind.
Kunpeng, Fuxi, and other powerful members of the Demon Clan came after them.
Seeing the powerful members of the Demon Clan arrive, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were also brimming with fighting spirit.
"Kill!"
"Slaughter this bunch of demons!"
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
The Twelve Ancestral Witches likewise revealed their enormous true forms and charged toward Dijun, Taiyi, and the other members of the Demon Clan.
In the valley, Hong Yun rose to his feet.
With a wave of his hand, the Qiankun Cauldron stopped spinning, and a golden bow and arrow appeared inside.
One bow and twelve arrows!
"This... is a set of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!"
"And they are relatively powerful even among Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures."
Feeling the aura emanating from the golden bow and arrows, Hong Yun was delighted.
The golden bow and arrows he had refined this time were not limited to the bow being a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Every single arrow was also a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
This was equivalent to obtaining thirteen Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures at once.
Whoosh.
Hong Yun waved his hand and put away the Qiankun Cauldron, then gripped the golden bow.
Then he circulated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique and suddenly exerted force.
Buzz!
The golden bow was drawn open.
"How powerful!"
The bow's draw strength was dozens of times greater than that of the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow.
"A bow like this is suitable for me!"
Hong Yun nodded.
The Sun-Shooting Divine Bow's draw strength was too weak and could not unleash his full power at all.
But this bow was strong enough to carry the power of his Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique. It was just right.
Of course, it would be even better if this set of bows and arrows could advance further and become a Postnatal Merit Treasure.
But Hong Yun currently had no merit on him and could not use the Qiankun Cauldron to refine a Merit Treasure.
"Has the second Witch-Demon Tribulation already reached the decisive battle?"
Hong Yun raised his head and pushed his eyesight to the limit.
Countless billions of miles away, he saw the great battle between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan.
There...
The Twelve Ancestral Witches had already clashed with Dijun, Taiyi, and the others.
Once experts at their level engaged in battle, it meant that the fighting had reached the decisive stage.
Of course, even after they started fighting, the battle would not end without several decades or even a century.
"It's time to trick the Demon Clan again!"
Hong Yun had just refined a bow and arrows that suited him, and he was considering how to use them to cause trouble.
He would not directly participate in the Witch-Demon Tribulation, because doing so would entangle him in karma.
If he could not become a Saint in time, he would be caught in the Heavenly Dao's calamity and might even fall and turn to ashes.
But merely tricking the Demon Clan would not cause much trouble.
Moreover, he would receive a system reward.
With that thought, Hong Yun's figure flashed, and with a whoosh, he flew toward the Lunar Star.
On the Lunar Star.
With Hong Yun's arrival, the two Great Desolation goddesses, Xihe and Changxi, were somewhat surprised.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two figures in fluttering white robes, like fairies descending to the mortal world, arrived before Hong Yun.
"Fellow Daoist Hong Yun, why have you come to my Lunar Star?"
After Xihe saw that the newcomer was Hong Yun, she asked him.
Changxi, standing to the side, also stared at Hong Yun with curious eyes and sized him up.
Their impression of Hong Yun was the same as that of the other people of the Great Desolation: they believed Hong Yun was a good-natured person.
Thus, they did not dislike Hong Yun's arrival, but neither were they particularly delighted.
"Goddesses, several months ago, I accidentally shot an arrow through the Lunar Star. I have come especially to apologize. I hope the two of you will not take offense."
Hong Yun first apologized for what he had done at the Witch Clan.
At that time, he had been testing the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique in the Witch Clan's territory. He had shot an arrow casually and had not intentionally aimed it at the Lunar Star.
Who could have expected that arrow to pierce through the Lunar Star? It could only be called a twist of fate, an unfortunate misunderstanding.
"What? Several months ago... that arrow was shot by you?"
Upon hearing Hong Yun's words, Xihe, who had been calm as usual, instantly opened her mouth wide and asked in disbelief.
"That can't be right. You know archery? And you shot such a powerful arrow?"
Changxi also widened her beautiful eyes, not quite believing him.
They naturally had no objection to calling Hong Yun a good-natured person.
As for saying that Hong Yun was powerful, in their impression, Hong Yun was not among the very strongest in the Great Desolation, but he was still fairly capable.
But to say that Hong Yun knew archery and could shoot an arrow through the Lunar Star was something they could not believe even if they were beaten to death.
"Ladies, I truly apologize for what happened earlier!"
Hong Yun expressed his apology again.
"Impossible!"
"If you can truly shoot such a powerful arrow, we naturally will not blame you. But... ahem! If you cannot shoot an arrow like that, then you are bragging!"
Xihe immediately spoke to Hong Yun with a flushed face.
"That's right. Unless you can prove that you can truly shoot such a powerful arrow, you are just bragging!"
Changxi's beautiful eyes flickered as she echoed her.
At least in their view, no matter how handsome Hong Yun was, if he was merely boasting and could not shoot such a powerful arrow, he did not fit the image they had of him.
But if Hong Yun could truly shoot such a powerful arrow, the two of them thought of their argument earlier and immediately felt somewhat embarrassed.
"Ahem, this... do I really have to shoot another arrow?"
Hong Yun looked bewildered and asked uncertainly.
The arrows he could shoot now were far more powerful than when he had been in the Witch Clan.
After all, in the Witch Clan, he had used Da Yi's Sun-Shooting Divine Bow.
But now, he had personally refined golden bow and arrows dozens of times more powerful.
If he shot another arrow, he did not know whether the Lunar Star could withstand it.
"That's right! We have to see it with our own eyes before we can believe you!"
"Exactly. Unless you shoot an arrow like that right in front of us, we will not believe you!"
Xihe and Changxi, the two goddesses, spoke one after another.
"All right!"
Hong Yun did not waste any words.
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, a golden bow and arrow appeared in his grasp.
Then he circulated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique!
Buzz!
A vast force surged through both his arms.
In an instant, his originally ordinary arms suddenly doubled in size.
They looked like enormous qilin arms, with every muscle knotted like hard blocks of stone piled together.
"What powerful arms!"
"My heavens, this is truly the aura of a virile man!"
Seeing this, Xihe and Changxi were both stunned. They opened their little mouths and were unable to speak.
Yet their beautiful eyes revealed both shock and delight.
"Goddesses, watch!"
As he spoke, Hong Yun drew the golden bow and arrow and fired.
Whoosh!
The arrow immediately flew into the void before striking the ground from the opposite side of the Lunar Star.
Rumble!
The instant the arrow struck the ground, the entire Lunar Star trembled, producing wave after wave of thunderous booms.
The Lunar Star's yin energy was also stirred by the arrow at that moment and descended into chaos.
"Too... too powerful!"
"Not good, the Lunar Star can barely hold together!"
Feeling the endless spiritual energy of the Lunar Star rapidly drain away beneath the arrow's power, the two goddesses turned pale.
The arrow's might had already exceeded their expectations.
Compared to the arrow from several months ago, its power had increased by more than several times!
The previous arrow had merely pierced through the entire Lunar Star.
But this arrow showed signs of causing the Lunar Star itself to collapse.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The two Lunar goddesses hurriedly flashed away and flew toward the Lunar Star's protective formation.
If they did not activate the protective formation, the Lunar Star might completely disintegrate.
Seeing this, Hong Yun pursed his lips helplessly.
"You were the ones who told me to shoot. I said I was powerful, but you refused to believe me!"
Hong Yun muttered.
Several days passed.
Only then did the two Lunar goddesses protect the Lunar Star, which had been on the verge of collapse.
Looking again at the destruction caused by the arrow, it had shot a huge hole through the entire Lunar Star.
From one side of the Lunar Star, one could see straight through to the other side.
Countless areas on the surface of the Lunar Star had collapsed, and the spiritual energy within them had also dissipated.
If there were a sufficiently long wooden stick, and it were passed through the Lunar Star at this moment, the Lunar Star would look like a candied hawthorn skewer.
The two goddesses came before Hong Yun, their expressions still not fully recovered.
That arrow had nearly destroyed their Lunar Star. It was truly horrifying.
"Fellow... Fellow Daoist Hong Yun, I never thought you could really shoot such a powerful arrow!"
Xihe calmed herself and spoke slowly.
"That's right, Fellow Daoist Hong Yun, you are too powerful. We misunderstood you before. Please don't be angry."
Changxi blinked and reassessed Hong Yun.
This Fellow Daoist Hong Yun, whom they had originally regarded as a good-natured man of the Great Desolation—at most somewhat handsome, but not particularly powerful—had completely overturned their understanding.
The two goddesses' hearts also began to stir.
After all, this was a man who could pierce through the Lunar Star with a single arrow.
And he had done so even while they had hurriedly activated the protective formation. Otherwise, a single arrow might have shattered the Lunar Star.
What terrifying power!
Even a mighty late-stage Quasi-Saint might not have been able to accomplish this.
"Two Goddesses, I hope you won't take offense!"
Hong Yun also spoke apologetically.
After all, his two arrows had caused them considerable damage.
"We don't blame you, we don't blame you. If Fellow Daoist Hong Yun doesn't mind, please come to Guanghan Palace for a chat!"
"Yes, Fellow Daoist Hong Yun. Please come to Guanghan Palace and have a little wine."
Changxi and Xihe invited him sincerely.
Hearing their words, Hong Yun finally relaxed.
Since they clearly had no intention of blaming him, and he happened to have something to discuss with them, Hong Yun followed the two women toward Guanghan Palace.
On the land of the Witch Clan.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"My warriors, trample the Witch Clan into the ground!"
Countless members of the Demon Clan surged madly toward the Witch Clan.
Led by Demon Emperor Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the others, countless demons charged forward one after another. The Demon Clan had an enormous population, so they had no fear of death.
Elsewhere.
"Fight!"
"Fight for the Witch Clan!"
"Fight for the Great Desolation!"
"Fight for our Father God!"
The Witch Clan's people were equally fired up. Their enormous bodies harvested the fearless demons as easily as chopping vegetables.
In midair.
At this moment, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had already taken action. Each of their enormous bodies stood twelve hundred and ninety-six thousand zhang tall.
They were like twelve enormous mountains moving across the land.
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