Taking Over Huang Province

"Our Spirit Clan must demonstrate its strength, but constrained by the current situation, we cannot display a strength that would make Qian Tian Zhong Zhou wary. One Yellow Heaven Dao Sect is just right."

Above the sky, a colossal demonic bird manifested its indestructible demonic body, like a deathly cloud, carrying a suffocating pressure, and rushed straight towards Huangtian City, which was tens of miles away and on high alert. "Today, Huangtian shall perish."

Behind it was a massive horde of tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts.

These Demonic Beasts, like a torrent, swept across mountains, rivers, forests, and fields, rapidly spreading towards Huangtian City.

Along its path, all living beings perished; all spiritual beings capable of manifestation became its food.

Faced with this surging torrent of Demonic Beasts, everyone on the walls of Huangtian City turned pale.

Those disciples and protectors who had just experienced a great battle and deeply understood the fear of Demonic Beasts were trembling all over, their eyes filled with despair.

"How could it be so fast? How could these Demonic Beasts arrive so quickly?!"

Zhang Lingjian's face showed disbelief.

In just a few days, Demonic Beasts have actually reached Huangtian City!?

"Where is that Gu Jinlai lord now? We need his help!"

Zhang Taiping immediately inquired.

Yu Xuanjing responded, "The ancient state lord was originally stationed at the border fortress in Lanzhou to defend against the invasion of Demonic Beasts from Muzhou. It is more than 7,000 li from there to our Huangtian City. Even if the demon god's personal guards are responsible for carrying the sharp swords and heavy cannons, the journey will be less than 1,000 li in a day. At present, it is estimated that... they have just completed the assembly and set off from Xingguang City. It is expected that it will take another two to three days to arrive at Huangtian City."

"Two to three days... do we, Huangtiancheng, have to hold out for two to three days?"

Zhang Taiping's expression was grim. "Saving lives is like putting out a fire. Couldn't Gu Jinlai have acted alone and rushed to our Huangtian City as quickly as possible? With the speed of his mechanical Tyrannosaurus Beast, if there had been no delay, he would have arrived in Huangtian City by now."

Zhao Danqing glanced at his own Supreme Elder.

He couldn't accept that.

He simply said, "This Demonic Beasts king's indestructible demon body doesn't seem to be fully perfected yet. Let all the Spirit Transformation cultivators assist us from the side, and we'll rely on the defensive equipment on the city walls to hold out for two or three days. It's not entirely hopeless."

The other elders exchanged glances.

Support!

The current situation...

We have no choice but to force ourselves to keep going!

Just as several Primordial Spirit True Lord made their decisions and rallied Nascent Spirit Transformation Grand Cultivators and even Spirit Refining True Person to prepare to relinquish air superiority and rely on cities on the ground to resist Demonic Beasts, the avian Demonic Beasts king finally appeared in everyone's sight.

"Chirp!"

With a deafening roar that shattered rocks and pierced the heavens, the Demonic Beasts king, and...

Hundreds of avian Demonic Beasts roared and rushed straight towards Huangtian City.

"That Demonic Beasts king's true form... is a Lightning Falcon!? The Lightning Falcon, the fastest of the large birds of prey!?"

"Draw your sword!"

Zhang Taiping let out a long roar.

Sword Qi soared into the sky.

The flying swords interspersed among the sword light shot straight towards the avian Demonic Beasts that were the first to attack from the sky.

Several of the Primordial Spirit True Lord's flying swords were aimed directly at the Demonic Beasts King-level Flash Falcon.

Only...

There is still a considerable distance between the two sides.

These distances gave the Demonic Beasts and birds time to react.

A dozen or so great Demonic Beasts- level flying beasts stepped out from the crowd, some pouncing with their sharp claws, others using their bodies as shields, fearlessly clashing head-on with the flying swords shot out by the True Lord.

In an instant, blood splattered across the sky.

Almost simultaneously, the Demonic Beasts King-level Lightning Falcon accelerated, its enormous body breaking the sound barrier. At nearly four times the speed of sound, it swept through the hurricane and charged straight towards the Nascent Primordial Spirit True Lord on Yellow Heaven City.

"How could something of this size have such speed?! Even the flying sword of Spirit Transformation cultivator can't compare to it!"

"Ordinary Demonic Beasts kings can only fly at a speed that is barely comparable to that of Spirit Transformation cultivator who can kill with a flying sword. But this Demonic Beasts king is the fastest flying bird, the Flash Falcon, and its Undying Demon Body is also biased towards flight speed... That's why it has a speed that surpasses that of a Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivator!"

"There's another possibility: its immortal demonic body might have already reached perfection! Be on your guard!"

Zhang Lingjian, Zhang Taiping, and other Primordial Spirit True Lord shouted at the same time.

"Intercept!"

Zhang Taiping's flying Sword Qi, which had been trapped by a high-ranking Demonic Beasts, suddenly erupted, tearing the Demonic Beasts to shreds in an instant.

Even this great Demonic Beasts, which is inclined towards defense, is no exception.

Bird-like Demonic Beasts are inherently weak in attack and defense, a weakness that an immortal demonic body cannot compensate for.

Moreover, the sword in Zhang Taiping's hand was far from ordinary.

The sword flashed, slaying the high-ranking Demonic Beasts and then hurtling towards the Demonic Beasts King-level Falcon at incredible speed.

However, although Zhang Taiping is also a top-tier True Lord, the sword control technique he cultivates is clearly different from Huo Yuqing's, focusing specifically on speed.

His flying sword contained terrifying energy fluctuations, making it more lethal than Huo Yuqing's flying sword, but slower...

At most, it's only around five times the speed of sound.

In this situation, before the flying sword could reach the Demonic Beasts king-level flash falcon, it had already flown to the city wall.

Before the various defensive mechanisms and arrow chariots on the city wall could be released, it had already ignited its own Qi and Blood, using its Qi and Blood, demonic nature, and the compression of air to form several huge, visible wind blades that plowed directly across the city wall.

Wherever the wind blades passed, all the elite soldiers on the city wall were instantly shredded to dust, and many siege weapons were also destroyed.

A True Person Spirit Refining reacted quickly roared, his True Qi surging, and his battle blade slashed down, transforming into a blade aura tens of meters long. However, the blade aura could not withstand the wind blade and was smashed into dust.

In the end, several wind blades plowed through the city wall for hundreds of meters, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries before crashing down on the city tower.

Amidst billowing smoke and flying stone chips, the sturdy city tower was torn apart, with countless tiles and rubble falling to the ground.

"Demonic Beasts!"

Zhang Taiping roared, and the speed of the flying sword in his hand increased dramatically again, almost catching up with the figure of the Flash Falcon.

But this Demonic Beasts king suddenly rose up, his body spinning rapidly, creating a violent hurricane and airwave behind him, constantly cutting and shaking the flying sword shadows that Zhang Primordial Spirit was using to attack.

The shockwave caused the flying sword to lose its balance.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Falcon turned around and soared into a downward dive. Its Qi and Blood and qi and the boiling demonic nature within it merged into one, forming a fierce black flame that violently impacted Zhang Taiping's flying sword.

Upon merely coming into contact with these demonic flames, Zhang Taiping clearly felt that both his Primordial Spirit and the spirituality contained within his flying sword were being corroded at an extremely rapid pace.

It felt like throwing an ice cream into a 40-degree summer sun; it melted incredibly fast.

"Demon!"

Zhang Taiping let out a cry mixed with pain, "The Demon Body is at its peak! I am a top-tier Demonic Beasts King!"

"Bang!"

Almost at the same moment he shouted, the flying sword, corrupted by the demonic energy, was seized by the Demonic Beasts King's claws and broken in two amidst a burst of sparks.

At the same time, a large number of high-ranking land Demonic Beasts took advantage of the fact that the Spirit Transformation cultivators and Primordial Spirit True Lord' flying swords were tied up, and charged with all their might, finally reaching the foot of Huangtian City.

Amidst terrifying roars, these high-ranking Demonic Beasts charged straight at the Primordial Spirit True Lord who possessed the ability to fly.

In this situation, the Primordial Spirit True Lord had no choice but to rush into the void.

Their plan to use the city's machinery to deal with the Demonic Beasts King was thwarted in an instant.

Upon soaring into the void, the Primordial Spirit True Lord had to allocate a portion of his power to control the flying sword while maintaining his own rapid movement at high altitudes, which greatly affected his energy consumption and stamina.

In this situation, the few Primordial Spirit True Lord who were already unable to stop the Demonic Beasts King Flash Falcon were in an even more precarious predicament.

"A top-tier Demonic Beasts king! We can't stop him!"

With half of his Primordial Spirit corrupted, Zhang Taiping looked at the Demonic Beasts king, fear flashing in his eyes. He no longer had the determination to fight to the death. "Retreat! Abandon Huangtian City! We retreat!"

At this time, the army led by Gu Jinlai was still advancing towards Huangtian City.

Due to the urgency of the situation, he brought only a small number of people.

There were only four thousand Demon God guards and a special operations squad of one thousand cultivators at the Qi Refining, Gang Condensing, and Core Forming Formation stages. In addition, there were eighty-eight heavy cannons and related operators.

A total of more than 6,000 people.

With a small number of people, mostly elites, they traveled at an extremely fast pace and have now entered Huangzhou territory.

However, Huangtian City, where the Yellow Heaven Dao Sect is located, is situated in the north-central part of Huangzhou, 1,600 li from the border of Star Province, and less than 1,000 li from Tianhe.

Even if the Gu Jinlai are streamlined and move at full speed, it would probably take another two days to reach Huangtian City smoothly.

But before they even arrived at Huangtian City, Gu Chaoyang, who had come with them from Xingguang City, handed them a report, "Ancestor, our observers at the Yellow Heaven Sect have just sent word that Yellow Heaven Sect... has been destroyed."

"It's broken?"

Gu Jinlai was stunned. "It's broken already? Didn't the news a day ago say that the Demonic Beasts hadn't even reached Huangtian City yet? How long have the people of the Yellow Heaven Sect held out? Less than a day? One night? Half a day?"

"To be precise, it was one hour."

As Gu Chaoyang spoke, there was a hint of disappointment in his tone. "The Demonic Beasts King, the leader of the Demonic Beasts, is a top-tier existence on par with the Crocodile Dragon King. He possesses a perfected Undying Demon Body and destroyed Zhang Taiping's flying sword with a single blow. Shortly afterward, he also killed two True Lords, Zhao Danqing and Tao Changle. This caused Zhang Taiping and Zhang Lingjian to lose the courage to resist and flee first. Once they fled, the morale of the Yellow Heaven Sect disciples naturally collapsed, thus setting the stage for the great defeat of Huangtian City."

"Zhang Taiping, Zhang Lingjian... as the first Supreme Elder and Sect Master of the Yellow Heaven Sect, they actually abandoned their sect disciples and fled first..."

Gu Jinlai's expression was somewhat unpleasant. "If I remember correctly, Huangtian City, the capital of Huangzhou... has a population of over five million, right?"

"Since the Heavenly River Demonic Beasts emerged from Crocodile Dragon Marsh a few months ago, the situation north of Huangzhou has deteriorated, and countless people have fled to Huangtian City with their families for refuge... Although some people have recently returned, the total population of Huangtian City... still exceeds eight million..."

Ancient Chaoyang Road.

Gu Jinlai, people have looked northwards with a somber expression.

Although Star Province and Jiangzhou still need time to recover, having too much territory isn't necessarily a good thing, but...

"Pass on my order to mobilize the elite troops of Star Province to enter Huangzhou and take over all cities in Huangzhou."

Gu Jinlai said in a deep voice, "The land of Huangzhou is not wanted by the Yellow Heaven Sect, but it is wanted by our Lingxiao City!"