"My lord, are we not going to intervene?"
Li Youtang stood behind Liao Xiu'er, frowning.
"Are you a match for the demons?"
Liao Xiu'er asked in return.
Li Youtang shook his head, then quickly added:
"Even if I'm no match for them, as a Ghost Messenger under Lord Zhangyue, I should slay demons and protect the villagers when I see demons enter the village!"
The other three Candidate Ghost Messengers, transformed after the deaths of the Grade B Believers, nodded repeatedly.
They had all been villagers of Four Seas Village when they were alive, and were deeply attached to the village.
Now that they saw demons charging toward them, they naturally wished they could kill them on the spot.
"Remember."
"We are Ghost Messengers. Our duty is to escort souls and handle matters of the Underworld for Lord Zhangyue."
"The living and the dead follow different paths. Resisting demons is not our duty."
"Besides, we can't even beat them. What good would charging in do?"
Liao Xiu'er shook her head, her voice tinged with helplessness at the end.
Of course—
She wasn't worried at all.
Lord Zhangyue was right there in the Divine Domain.
They were only a few demons. The Venerable God could wipe them out with a wave of his hand!
A fervent look appeared in her eyes.
In the Divine Domain.
Li Yue watched the three demons, his expression indifferent.
"I'm only twelve divine powers short of advancing to Principal Ninth Rank..."
"These three demons arrived just in time..."
"Once I sell their corpses, I'll have more than a thousand divine powers."
He murmured softly, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
After all—
This was a divine rank advancement, reaching Principal Ninth Rank!
For a Deity, improving one's divine rank was the most important thing.
An increase in divine rank—
would undoubtedly make him far more powerful.
"The Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox Land God is equivalent in strength to a Grandmaster at the peak of the fourth tier, in the Yin-Yang Realm of this world."
"Then—"
"What about Principal Ninth Rank?"
He looked down at the three demons, who had already charged into Four Seas Village—in other words, into his Jurisdiction.
Then—
He gently raised a hand.
Against demons who had entered his Jurisdiction and were merely at the peak of the second tier,
he didn't even need to waste divine power.
The Jurisdiction was the land covered by the Divine Path Law he controlled!
"Ha ha ha!"
"You Human Race are nothing but Two-Legged Sheep, born to be food for us demons!"
"Be good and become our food. That's your Fate!"
"And that demon pretending to be a God—get your ass out here and let me eat you!"
The Bear Demon sneered.
His scarlet eyes looked down upon the Humans now in sight, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth.
He realized—
The Humans here were even plumper than those in the Land of Demons!
"Humans!"
"Eat them! Eat every last one!"
The dog demon, standing upright like a human, drooled even more. Its green eyes fixed on the villagers of Four Seas Village, and it could hardly wait to gobble them all up in one bite.
It also noticed—
There were so many Martial Artists in this village!
Humans with tough meat and rich blood—perfect for a nourishing feast!
Only the snow-white Giant Horse looked on with disdain. Though she was a demon, she never ate Humans.
After all, her master when she was young had been a Human.
Her master had treated her well, and after she became a demon, she had sworn never to eat a Human.
She had come here
only because she had been ordered to slay the demon pretending to be a Deity.
Of course—
She didn't eat Humans, but she wouldn't help them, either.
She didn't dare help them. If she did and was found out, she would certainly be killed at once.
Just then—
She suddenly felt an unimaginable, terrifying force surge toward her from every direction.
Before this force,
her demonic power, already at the peak of the second tier, collapsed at the slightest touch. It couldn't resist in the least!
In that instant,
she seemed to see a mighty Deity standing high above in the Firmament, looking down at her with cold indifference.
Divine light surged boundlessly.
Divine Might swept over her like a tide.
The oncoming force froze her in place, leaving her unable to move.
And beneath this terrifying force, the demonic aura around her was like snow beneath the blazing sun, wiped away almost entirely in the blink of an eye!
Terror filled her eyes.
A Deity!
There really was a Deity here!!
Those Humans hadn't been lying. A legendary Deity was protecting this place!
It was over!
She was finished!
She had cultivated for more than a hundred years to reach this level, and now she was going to die!
In that moment,
countless scenes flashed through her mind.
But more than any others, she remembered the days of her childhood spent with her master.
Those were the most wonderful, most precious days of her life.
"What's going on?!"
"I... I can't move!"
"A Deity! I see a Deity looking down at me!"
"It's over!"
"There really is a Deity here!!"
The Bear Demon and the dog demon were frozen, too, like grasshoppers trapped in amber, their hearts overwhelmed with terror.
They had never imagined that
there really would be a Deity!
They saw him!
High above, his Divine Might surging!
That terrifying power was their demonic power's absolute bane.
And his strength was far beyond anything they could have imagined!
The next moment—
In a daze, they seemed to see thunder rolling through the cold eyes of the Deity high above.
They heard no sound—
It seemed to be nothing but an illusion.
Yet thunderclaps shook their minds!
Their powerful demonic souls were instantly blasted to nothing by the thunder!
The two enormous demon corpses crashed to the ground.
"I... I'm not dead?"
The snow-white Giant Horse stared in shock at the corpses of the Bear Demon and the dog demon. Had that Deity spared her?
"You have never eaten a Human and bear no sins. That is rare."
"Submit to this God, and your life will be spared."
A cold, dignified voice rang out in her mind.
"This little demon is willing to submit to the Venerable God!"
The snow-white Giant Horse didn't hesitate. Realizing she could move again, she immediately knelt.
At the same time—
Demonic aura surged around her enormous body. In the blink of an eye, she transformed into a woman in a snow-white dress, prostrate on the ground.
Once demons reached the second tier, they could take human form.
But in this world, Humans were weak, and most of the Demon Race disdained taking human form.
Whoosh—
A powerful force swept over her.
The Horse Demon, now transformed into a woman, rose into the air and landed in front of the Land God Temple, still prostrate on the ground.
The other two enormous demon bodies vanished, taken into the Divine Domain by Li Yue.
"Thank you, Lord Zhangyue, for slaying demons and protecting Four Seas Village!"
Li Youming glanced at the prostrate Horse Demon, then cried out loudly and bowed toward the Land God Temple.
"Thank you, Lord Zhangyue, for slaying demons and protecting Four Seas Village!"
The Martial Artists of Four Seas Village cried out excitedly and reverently, kneeling toward the Land God Temple.
"Thank you, Lord Zhangyue, for slaying demons and protecting Four Seas Village!"
All the villagers of Four Seas Village shouted in unison, thrilled and deeply moved, their reverence growing ever stronger.
They had witnessed Lord Zhangyue's Divine Might again!
The powerful, terrifying demons—
had been utterly helpless before Lord Zhangyue's Divine Might!
With Lord Zhangyue protecting Four Seas Village—
they would never again have to fear the demons!
Many people hurried back inside to fetch incense, then lit it and bowed toward the Land God Temple.
The incense smoke curled and drifted.
Countless wisps of green smoke wafted toward the Land God Temple, shrouding it in mist until it looked like a celestial paradise on earth.
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