The Elephant Demon Group was greatly alarmed, then immediately fell into chaos and scattered in all directions.
The Witch Clan members immediately wanted to step forward and claim the kills.
But Hou Yi stopped them.
Though everyone did not understand his intention, they still halted.
Hou Yi drew out his Divine Arrows again. This time, there were two arrows. He took the same aim, then fired both at once!
But this time, it was not as outrageous as five kills with one arrow.
After all, the fleeing Elephant Demon Group was not so easy to target.
Even so, he achieved the astonishing feat of three kills per arrow, six kills with two arrows!
Hou Yi continued without pause. The number of Divine Arrows steadily increased to three, four, five, six...
But when he reached nine arrows, Hou Yi stopped increasing the number.
Firing nine arrows simultaneously had already reached the limit of Hou Yi's current abilities.
A rare look of disappointment appeared on Hou Yi's face.
Unfortunately, he still could not break through to ten arrows.
Even with only nine arrows, Hou Yi's tiger's mouth was already faintly aching.
It was not that Hou Yi did not want to attempt firing ten arrows at once. It was simply that every previous attempt had ended in failure.
And for now, killing the demon group took priority. He did not have that much time to test himself.
On average, every one of Hou Yi's arrows could kill three or four elephant demons.
Nearly two hundred elephant demons had died beneath Hou Yi's Divine Arrows in the blink of an eye.
The rest did not escape Hou Yi's grasp either. Though he could not fire ten arrows at once, each volley of nine still killed quite a few demons.
Before long, all the demons had been slaughtered.
Hou Yi was somewhat exhausted as well, so he had the others in the Witch Clan squad drag the Elephant Demon Group's corpses back.
When one Golden Immortal Realm Witch Clan member hoisted an elephant demon corpse onto his back, he failed to notice a tiny Carrion Worm resting on it.
The Carrion Worm followed the elephant demon corpse and flew onto the Golden Immortal Witch Clan member's head.
The Golden Immortal Witch Clan member felt a slight itch on his head, but merely scratched it and paid no further attention.
On the way back to the Hou Tu Tribe, the Witch Clan members gathered together and chatted.
Then, one of them suddenly asked.
"Brother Hou Yi, you're about to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Peak, aren't you?"
Hou Yi nodded.
As one of the Witch Clan's top Great Witches beneath the Ancestral Witches, he had indeed reached the late Great Luo Golden Immortal stage and would soon break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Peak.
"This is also thanks to Ancestral Witch Hou Tu's careful guidance."
Hou Yi said this sincerely.
He truly was grateful to Ancestral Witch Hou Tu.
Not only was Ancestral Witch Hou Tu the easiest to get along with among the Ancestral Witches, but she also trusted him greatly, entrusting nearly all matters of the Hou Tu Tribe to him.
Moreover, she guided him from time to time, allowing him to avoid many detours.
Otherwise, he could not have risen in one leap to become one of the Great Witches with the greatest combat power and highest status beneath the Ancestral Witches.
The Witch Clan member who had asked the question spoke again.
"Great Witch Hou Yi, if you can take another step forward in the future, don't forget us brothers!"
Hou Yi laughed when he heard this. "Of course!"
Hou Yi only assumed that this Witch Clan member meant another breakthrough in cultivation. After replying with a smile, he could not help feeling somewhat worried.
"But taking another step forward won't be so easy. The Ancestral Witches are still in Pangu Temple attempting to break through in cultivation. If they do not break through, how will we know which path to take next?"
It could be said that within the Witch Clan, the Ancestral Witches were crossing the river by feeling for stones, while the rest of the Witch Clan crossed the river by feeling their way along the Ancestral Witches.
The Ancestral Witches were their guides.
As soon as these words were spoken, the many Witch Clan members present could not help feeling somewhat dejected.
They all knew clearly that the Witch Clan's current circumstances were no longer what they had been before the second lecture.
Before the second lecture, there had been no Quasi-Sages in the Primordial Wilderness. The Witch Clan had quite a few Great Luo Golden Immortals and could still dominate the Primordial Wilderness.
But now, Quasi-Sages were emerging one after another, and the Witch Clan's status had greatly declined.
The Ancestral Witches had begun their secluded cultivation shortly before the second lecture started. Several thousand years had now passed, yet they still had not emerged.
"It's fine. Perhaps the Ancestral Witches will break through before long. When that happens, our Witch Clan will naturally recover as well!"
The Ancestral Witches were the backbone of the Witch Clan.
Hou Yi forced a smile as well. "I hope Great God Pangu watches over the Ancestral Witches."
In an unnoticed corner, the Carrion Worm on the Golden Immortal Witch Clan member's head had heard everything. An unnatural red light gleamed in its eyes.
Within the Sun Star, every word of the Witch Clan's conversation was transmitted before the Demon Clan's upper echelon.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi was overjoyed.
"Big Brother, judging from what those Witch Clan members said, the Twelve Ancestral Witches likely have not yet broken through to Quasi-Sage. This is an opportunity for our Demon Clan!"
Given how high-profile the Witch Clan was, if they had already broken through to Quasi-Sage, they would probably have long since been active throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
Di Jun did not immediately agree. Instead, he asked the others.
"Emperor Xi, when you previously used the Hetu Luoshu to calculate the outcome of a battle between the Witch and Demon Clans, what result did you get?"
After bringing Fuxi into the Demon Clan, Di Jun and Fuxi had accidentally discovered that Fuxi possessed considerable talent in divination.
Thus, Di Jun had handed the Hetu Luoshu to him for calculations.
Fuxi stepped forward and said.
"Perhaps because the Witch Clan's fortune is currently at its peak, the calculation did not yield any particularly clear guidance."
Di Jun frowned slightly.
The Demon Clan had only just begun to rise and could not withstand too many losses.
If this battle would not bring much benefit, Di Jun was not particularly willing to make a move.
"However..." Fuxi changed his tone and continued, "one result of the calculation was that the Witch Clan will suffer a great calamity!"
These words made everyone's eyes light up.
If the Demon Clan attacked the Witch Clan, would that not be the Witch Clan's great calamity?
Delight appeared on Di Jun's face. "Good! Wa Emperor, how is the Demon Clan's troop count progressing?"
To move against the Witch Clan, they naturally needed a large number of Demon Clan soldiers.
Though many demons on the Primordial Continent had been slaughtered by the Witch Clan, the Demon Clan remained enormous.
Once gathered together, they would still form an army not to be underestimated!
Nüwa answered as well, "The count has now been completed! Our Demon Clan has relatively few Taiyi Golden Immortals, around three thousand. There are one hundred and twenty thousand Golden Immortal-level demons, and twenty-nine million Profound Immortals..."
Those above the Great Luo Golden Immortal level could now be considered the Demon Clan's upper echelon and were already gathered here for discussion.
As for living beings below the Profound Immortal level, though their numbers could reach hundreds of millions or even billions, they were far too weak and could only serve as cannon fodder.
Without realizing it, the Demon Clan had already assembled an extremely formidable force!
"Good! Pass down the order: have the entire Demon Clan marshal its forces and prepare for battle. Be careful not to let the news leak. This emperor will catch the Witch Clan off guard!"
Everyone present was fired up.
After being oppressed by the Witch Clan for countless years, they could finally demand justice from them!
An operation targeting the Witch Clan was quietly underway.
Yet Pangu Temple remained calm and peaceful, utterly unable to imagine the undercurrents surging beneath such tranquility.
There will be another chapter a little later. Sorry.
Before you continue