Five Decays of Heaven and Man

The atmosphere on the battlefield abruptly tightened the instant the Demon Race launched its final assault.

A sleek, elongated Great Demon shark was the first to leap into the air. Its entire body was silver-white, its scales gleaming with a cold sheen beneath the sunlight. Its blood-red eyes swept over the Human Race cultivators atop the walls as it shouted in a rough, overbearing voice:

"I am Shark Cunt of Sea Shark Palace! Who dares come die?"

An elderly monk soared up from the city wall, his gray monk robe billowing in the wind.

His face was lean, his grizzled brows hanging down beside his cheeks. With his palms pressed together, faint golden Buddhist light circulated around him.

Without another word, he merely uttered a low Buddhist invocation before darting toward the Great Demon shark.

The two collided violently in midair. Buddhist light and Demonic Qi crashed outward, and they swiftly fell into a fierce struggle.

Immediately afterward, a member of the Dragon Race rose into the sky.

His dragon body unfurled amid the Demonic Qi, its scales jade-green and lustrous, radiating an icy, weighty aura.

Rather than challenge anyone alone like the other Great Demons, he waved a hand behind him, his voice booming like muffled thunder. "Attack!"

In an instant, the Demon Race army surged toward Zhennan City like floodwaters pouring through a breached dam.

Low-ranked Demonic Beasts charged at the front, while Round Marrow Great Demons supported them from the middle. Demonic Qi soared into the heavens, and their roars were deafening.

The Human Race defenders atop the walls launched their counterattack at the same time. Arrows fell like rain, blade light flashed like snow, and the two torrents crashed together before the city walls.

Yet the Human Race was clearly short on fifth-turn fighters.

The Demon