Heavy

Dongmuzhou.

Gu Jinlai, who was controlling the Xuan Bird fighter jet, let out a muffled groan, and his spiritual energy dissipated.

This sudden change caused Zhou Yi, who happened to be standing next to him, to change his expression. "His True Spirit has been injured!?"

He already knew the operating mode of the Xuan Bird fighter jet, and based on the changes in the situation Gu Jinlai, he quickly realized something. "A Xuan Bird fighter jet has been shot down?"

Gu Jinlai closed his eyes and nodded.

While maneuvering two Xuan Bird fighters loaded with a large amount of explosives to unleash the explosives on the large number of Demonic Beasts, he also maneuvered another fighter to return to base.

Given that a major battle is imminent, he must maintain his perfect condition at all times.

Immediately, he glanced at the four beams of clear light stored in his spiritual world and used one of them directly.

During this time, he was busy attacking Muzhou, and the four beams of clear light he accumulated were obtained by personally executing those cultivators who betrayed their teammates in the counterattack.

Furthermore...

The areas south of the Milky Way, namely Huangzhou, Star Province, Chi Province, Jiangzhou, Baizhou, Lanzhou, and Lizhou, are not entirely peaceful. However, even some murderers, as long as they do not deliberately massacre, and kill a few ringleaders, will at most be reduced to Light Red Name.

If the person killed is also not a good person, at most a Yellow Name warning will be given.

Under these circumstances, it would undoubtedly become extremely difficult for him to obtain dozens or hundreds of beams of clear light at once, as he had done before.

Unless he moves into other states.

For example, Yanzhou.

If that undeveloped virgin land were cleared out, it wouldn't be impossible to accumulate hundreds of cleared beams like Lizhou, but one or two hundred wouldn't be a problem.

Pity...

The threat of Demonic Beasts from the Three Thousand Great Swamps is imminent.

The Yanzhou plan had to be temporarily postponed.

"Fortunately, I didn't choose to personally pilot the Cheng Ying mech to Nanmu Prefecture this time. Although the Cheng Ying mech is not slow, its aerial maneuverability is still inferior to the Xuan Niao fighter jet. The Xuan Niao fighter jet was shot down, and if the Cheng Ying mech gets entangled..."

Gu Jinlai, no one has forgotten that in the area where Yu Lian is located, there are two other Demonic Beasts with a similar terrifying aura.

Especially one of the Demonic Beasts...

His aura was even more terrifying than that of the Heavenly Emperor's senior brother, the Blood Demon Emperor Luo Lai.

"Three Demonic Beasts Emperors."

Gu Jinlai opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "So far, I have detected a total of three Demonic Beasts Emperors!"

"Three Demonic Beasts Emperors!?"

Zhou Yi's expression was one of horror.

Human cultivators are far inferior to Demonic Beasts at the second stage, but they gain a significant advantage at the third stage. This advantage is maximized at the Primordial Spirit True Lord stage, and even at the early stage of the Celestial Person stage, the advantage is quite obvious.

However, after the initial stage of the Celestial Person stage, the gap between the two sides gradually narrowed.

Once the Demonic Beasts King's indestructible demonic body reaches perfection, or a second demonic body is conceived, transforming him from the Demonic Beasts King into the Demonic Beasts Queen, the gap will be completely leveled.

Even...

The Demonic Beasts gradually regained the upper hand.

The three Demonic Beasts emperors are completely comparable to the three saints!

"Three Demonic Beasts Emperors?! This is terrible."

Fang Linghai, who was also in the command post, paled slightly. "I thought that the Demonic Beasts coming to reinforce us from the Three Thousand Great Swamps would be at most one or two Demonic Beasts Kings, how come... three of them came directly? What about the Cangshan Sacred Domain? Did they transfer all their main forces from the Cangshan Sacred Domain to deal with our Muzhou?"

His guess is based on evidence.

The latest available information states that the Cangshan Sacred Domain possessed eight great saints.

The Demonic Beasts the Three Thousand Great Swamps have been attacking the Cangshan Sacred Domain for decades, but it is said that they still have not completely conquered it. From this, we can infer that the power of the Demonic Beasts should be about the same as that of the Cangshan Sacred Domain.

That is, the eight Demonic Beasts emperors.

In this situation, they transferred three Demonic Beasts Kings to Muzhou in one go...

This means they've given up on attacking the Cangshan Sacred Domain and are concentrating all their forces on them.

"According to you, the Demonic Beasts the Three Thousand Great Swamps and the Cangshan Sacred Domain have been entangled for decades. Now the Demonic Beasts have suddenly turned around and attacked Muzhou, led by three Demonic Beasts emperors... There are only two possibilities."

Zhou Yi said in a deep voice, "Compared to the Cangshan Sacred Domain, which has a population of only 200 million but is extremely difficult to conquer, the Three Thousand Great Swamp Demonic Beasts feel that the area south of the Tianhe River, with a population of 300 million or even 400 million, is more attractive in terms of both population size and strength."

Pick the softest persimmons.

Demonic Beasts also bully the weak and fear the strong.

"As for the second guess, that's rather shocking..."

Zhou Yi took a deep breath. "I've seen many places where Demonic Beasts, for their own amusement, or to incite fierce resistance from the humans they surround, consciously give them a glimmer of hope, pretending they can't completely subdue them, as if with a little effort they could utterly defeat these Demonic Beasts..."

These words sent chills down the spines of people like Gu Jinlai Linghai, who knew very little about anything beyond the Qian Tian realm.

"After all, while both are spiritual beings, highly active spiritual beings are like fresh meat, while lifeless spiritual beings are like expired rotten meat or dead corpses. They are both meat, but their value and taste are incomparable."

Zhou Yi spoke in a deep voice.

"You mean... the sacred land of Cangshan was already breached by the Demonic Beasts of the Three Thousand Swamps? This... this can't be right."

Fang Linghai's voice trembled slightly.

"I also hope I'm wrong."

Zhou Yi said, "Otherwise... these three invading Demonic Beasts kings would only be the first wave of the three thousand Great Swamp Demonic Beasts army, and not even the main force of the Demonic Beasts... because, to be able to conquer the Cangshan Holy Land, which is guarded by eight saints, and to keep an entire holy land under their control, the Demonic Beasts' strength is at least two times, or even three times, that is..."

"A dozen, or even dozens, of Demonic Beasts kings!"

Gu Jinlai, he has spoken in a deep voice.

Zhou Yi nodded silently.

There was even one more thing he didn't say.

That is...

Demonic Beasts Emperor.

Gu Jinlai, people have looked up and gazed southwards from Muzhou.

He was not Emperor Qian, and did not have his rank.

With the dual obstruction of the Demonic Beasts of Muzhou and the fortune of the Three Thousand Great Swamps, he could not "see" the fortune of the Cangshan Holy Land.

The Qian Tian purple qi Jue is not a panacea.

After a long pause, he said, "Regardless of whether the Cangshan Holy Land has already been breached by the Three Thousand Great Swamps, and regardless of whether these three Demonic Beasts kings belong to the main force of the Three Thousand Great Demonic Beasts, we must do everything in our power to defeat them."

"We've defeated the three-headed Demonic Beasts king... but... we're afraid we won't have any reinforcements..."

Fang Linghai said in a dry voice.

"Reinforcements..."

There are only five saints in the Qian Heaven and Earth Realm.

Blood Demon Emperor Luo, Wuzhong True Person, Wunian True Person, Imperial Tutor Taiyuan, and Zhenbei King Li Mufeng.

Xuan Tianzun and him...

It can also be considered as Saint-level combat power.

Even so, there were still only seven saints.

Of these seven, Li Mufeng was too late to provide assistance. It was said that the Demonic Beasts of Endless Mountain were stirring up trouble, so he should just refrain from seeking help from other forces.

Blood Demon Emperor Luo is an enemy, not a friend; Gu Jinlai, we have even had to guard against them taking advantage of our misfortunes.

However, there are reports that Xuan Tianzun appeared at the True Immortal Palace, and he has obviously begun his revenge against Wu Tiandi and Di Luo, which relieved him.

With him at least keeping them occupied, Di Luo can't spare the energy to deal with them for the time being.

The remaining ones are Taiyuan, Wuzhong, Wunian True Person...

The death of the Beginningless True Person has the shadow of the Great Qian royal family. With Tai Yuanzhen leaving the capital, the two great sages will never let this go...

"In fact, the most likely reinforcements are the Sanqing Palace, but the two saints of the Sanqing Palace have devoted all their time and energy to comprehending the divine weapon in recent years. No matter how fierce the fighting is outside, they only care about their own cultivation. Non-Self am willing to hand over Xuan Yue to Wu Zhong True Person, it is impossible to ask the saints of the Sanqing Palace to take action."

Gu Jinlai, he has been squinting his eyes slightly.

He could feel that Zhou Yi, Fang Linghai, and Gu Qingmei, the commander of the Demon God's personal guards responsible for his safety, were all looking at him.

Others cannot be relied upon.

He can only rely on himself.

"Last time in Starlight City, although I exchanged for three Dao artifacts, each capable of a single strike, with the astonishing power of the Eternal Furnace, theoretically it should be no problem to kill the Three-Headed Demonic Beasts Emperor, but... since the Eternal Furnace was perfected, the cooldown time of its Undying and Eternal properties has been greatly extended... Reusing it may take half a year, or even a year..."

Would the Demonic Beasts King wait a year without launching an attack?

Obviously not.

"Non-Self can lure the three Demonic Beasts Emperors together and then use the energy transfer properties of the Eternal Furnace to infuse the artifact with its power, killing them in one blow..."

The Way of the Heart, from Gu Jinlai.

This is the only way.

To lure the three-headed Demonic Beasts king together...

"We must adopt a posture of decisive battle."

Gu Jinlai said in a deep voice, "We will defend Dongmu Prefecture to the death until we force the Demonic Beasts Emperor of the Three Thousand Great Swamps to take action."

He took a deep breath. "In this decisive battle, our Lingxiao Palace cannot lose before the Demonic Beasts Emperor makes his move! Moreover... the Demonic Beasts Emperor cannot make his move under my coercion. If I go into battle first, they can use enough Demonic Beasts Kings to surround and kill me."

"The Palace Master cannot be the first to step down..."

Zhou Yi's expression turned solemn. "Besides the Demonic Beasts Emperor, there must have been quite a few Demonic Beasts Kings in the Three Thousand Great Swamps, right?"

Gu Jinlai nodded. "I have detected thirty-four Demonic Beasts kings."

"Thirty-four Demonic Beasts kings!?"

"So... without your intervention, Palace Master, we have to hold off an army of over a million Demonic Beasts led by at least thirty-four Demonic Beasts Kings!?"

Fang Linghai's eyes were filled with horror.

More than anything, it's unbelievable!

Thirty-four Demonic Beasts kings and an army of over a million Demonic Beasts!

How do I block it?

With so few people in Lingxiao Palace, how can they possibly hold them off?

Gu Jinlai, everyone knows how difficult it is to achieve this strategic goal.

However, Lingxiao Palace must block Demonic Beasts below the Demonic Beasts Emperor's level in order to force the Demonic Beasts Emperor to fight.

After the Demonic Beasts King went into battle, he stepped forward and entangled him. In order to ensure victory, the demons of the Three Thousand Great Demonic Beasts would inevitably send out a second Demonic Beasts King!

At that time, he would try to play the "decapitation" card, shifting the battlefield towards the location of the third Demonic Beasts emperor.

Only in this way could he have any hope of killing the three-headed Demonic Beasts king.

And so, the most crucial part of the battle...

"Ancestor!"

Gu Qingmei stepped forward, her expression resolute, and her voice strong and clear. "We will stop all the Demonic Beasts' attack!"