The Great Demon Shang Yang - One Man Destroys a City (Part 1)

Chapter 45: Great Demon Shang Yang -- Destroying a City Alone (Part 1)

After clarifying the exact locations of Huoyun City and Qingmang Mountain from Xi San and Shui Sheng, Shen Gui sent them back.

With the intelligence gathered, he still needed to carefully consider his next steps.

Logically, following the principle that an enemy of my enemy is my friend, Qingmang Mountain seemed like a good partner if he wanted to attack Huoyun City. However, the fact that the person he killed previously was from Qingmang Mountain made Shen Gui have to consider more factors.

Unbeknownst to Shen Gui, while he was contemplating his next move, someone else had already begun their assault on Huoyun City.

Huoyun City.

A torrential downpour enveloped the entire city.

Within the vast curtain of rain, a single-legged, vibrantly colored Divine Bird darted through the downpour, its movements graceful, like an immortal fairy dancing.

However, this graceful dance held no beauty in the eyes of the demons within Huoyun City. To them, the exquisite figure resembled a harbinger of death.

Huoyun City, being a border city, was guarded by a million demon soldiers and a Demon General at the Grand Unity realm. Yet, just moments ago, as the rain began to fall, before the city's protective formation could even be activated, over a hundred thousand demon soldiers had dissolved into the downpour, leaving no trace behind.

Now, although the protective formation was active, anyone with a discerning eye could see that with the erosion of the Water Law contained within the rain, the formation's failure was only a matter of time.

And once the formation failed, of the remaining hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers in Huoyun City, only a handful would likely survive this rain infused with the Water Law.

On the battlements of Huoyun City.

A middle-aged man with a receding hairline, long fiery red hair, and a face covered in many bumps was watching the Divine Bird in the rain.

He was the Demon General sent by the Demon Country to guard Huoyun City, the Huoyun Toad at the early Grand Unity stage.

Watching the Divine Bird darting through the rain, unhindered by the falling water, a flash of anger crossed the Huoyun Toad's eyes.

Others might not recognize the Divine Bird, but he certainly did.

The Lord of Qingmang Mountain, Shang Yang.

He had been forced to retreat by this Shang Yang Divine Bird when he was pursuing the remnants of the Qingniao Clan.

At that time, the opponent was only at the peak Golden Immortal stage, but their bizarre and unpredictable Water Law rendered his most reliable Natal True Fire useless. As a result, he, a dignified early Grand Unity cultivator, was ultimately forced to let a peak Golden Immortal save the remnants of the Qingniao Clan from his grasp.

And now, he could sense that the Shang Yang Divine Bird in the sky was no longer the peak Golden Immortal from back then.

The aura emanating from the Shang Yang Divine Bird was precisely that of an early Grand Unity cultivator, just like himself.

However, when Shang Yang was at the peak Golden Immortal stage, he was already faintly outmatched. Now that the opponent had broken through to the early Grand Unity stage, he was likely even less of a match.

Nevertheless, as a general of the Demon Country, sometimes one could not simply refuse to fight just because they were outmatched.

Taking a deep breath, the Huoyun Toad circulated his mana and shouted, "Shang Yang, why are you surrounding Huoyun City without cause and harming my soldiers? What is your intention?"

Hearing this, the Shang Yang Divine Bird, which had been dancing through the rain, looked towards the Huoyun Toad, its eyes flashing with disdainful mockery. "What is my intention? When you massacred the Qingniao Clan and occupied this city, did anyone ask you what your intentions were? Today, I shall wash this city with blood to commemorate the Qingniao Clan."

Although he had vaguely guessed Shang Yang's motive, the Huoyun Toad couldn't help but feel shocked and angered when Shang Yang actually stated it. "Shang Yang, if you dare to do this, you are making an enemy of our Demon Country!"

"So what?" Shang Yang let out a cold laugh. "Since Di Jun and Tai Yi established the Demon Country, they have expanded everywhere. Countless forces on Southern Jambudvipa have fallen to the Demon Country. You have always been 'those who obey shall prosper, those who resist shall perish,' your ambition is clear for all to see. Do you think that if I don't wash this city with blood today, you will spare Qingmang Mountain in the future? Since that's the case, why shouldn't I strike first?"

"Presumptuous! How dare a mere Grand Unity like yourself insult the names of their Majesties?"

Even though he knew he was no match for Shang Yang, upon hearing Shang Yang mention Di Jun and Tai Yi, the Huoyun Toad couldn't help but let out an angry roar and flew out of the city.

He opened his mouth and spat, his Natal True Fire erupting forth, transforming into a sea of fire that surged towards Shang Yang.

However, under this vast curtain of rain, it was Shang Yang's domain. Although the Huoyun Toad's cultivation realm was the same as Shang Yang's, he was not Shang Yang's opponent when Shang Yang was at the peak Golden Immortal stage. How could he be a match now that Shang Yang had broken through to the early Grand Unity stage?

The seemingly boundless sea of fire, suppressed by the heavy rain, had already dissipated more than half of its power before it could even get close.

Seeing this, a profound sense of powerlessness welled up in the Huoyun Toad's heart.

His Natal True Fire was utterly useless against Shang Yang.

Looking at the Huoyun Toad charging towards him, Shang Yang let out a cold laugh. "Fool, if you had stayed in the city and relied on the formation for defense, you might have lasted a little longer. Now that you've rushed out of the city on your own, you're just asking for death!"