"City Lord, we've struggled against each other in the open and in secret for so many years. Who would have thought this day would come?" As a great horde of demons charged out of Luoyang Prison and clashed with the immortal army outside, the Eroding Heart Demon, the Purple-Cyan Netherflame Tiger, and several others had already appeared before Nine-Ren Mountain.
Nine-Ren Mountain was in a wretched state. His chest was stained red with copious blood, his face deathly pale, and his eyes held the alarm and chagrin of a defeated man.
After so many years of plotting, all his careful scheming had come to naught. Not only had he been defeated, he had also lost any chance of returning to Nine Central City.
As he fled toward Luoyang Prison in his haste just now, wave after wave of demon armies had simultaneously launched an assault on the immortal army's camps.
The City Lord and the Lord had inexplicably fought each other, throwing the immortal army at the front into disarray. The demons inside Luoyang Prison had been plotting for a long time, and now that the Xun Yin Thunder Spirit had personally issued its orders, the several demon forces attacked with unprecedented ferocity—far greater than in any previous assault.
As the balance tipped, several passes fell at once. Nine-Ren Mountain had originally planned to join up with his own loyal immortal army first, then decide what to do after his injuries had improved. But before he had even made it halfway, the Eroding Heart Demon and two others intercepted him.
Under normal circumstances, even if Nine-Ren Mountain could not fight all three at once, they would not have been able to stop him from escaping. But in his current state, with the City Lord's Seal having turned against him, he