Primeval Demonic Realm, Jiuzhou City. The Heavenly Demon army had been stationed there for ten days and nights, its movements never ceasing.
Whenever night fell, demonic clouds swept across the skies above Jiuzhou City. Tens of thousands gathered, heading south to raid the camp.
Three thousand li away, the Scaly Clan camp maintained strict vigilance day and night, doing everything in its power to guard against a surprise attack from the Heavenly Demon army.
After ten days and ten nights of repeated harassment by the Heavenly Demon army, the Scaly Clan soldiers were exhausted beyond endurance, and changes gradually began to stir within the ranks.
On the eleventh day, darkness descended. Just as the Scaly Clan soldiers were preparing to rest, the demonic army gathered once more above Jiuzhou City.
The strain and exhaustion of many days had accumulated to the limit. Not long after nightfall, aside from the few soldiers assigned to patrol, every Scaly Clan soldier in the camp fell into deep sleep.
Above Jiuzhou City, more and more demonic troops assembled, a vast and mighty mass that blotted out the cold moon in the nine heavens.
Upon the city walls, the Plain-clothed Figure stood still. Ten days of sheathing the edge—tonight, its brilliance would be fully revealed.
"Deploy!"
At the command, the vanguard army set out. Crimson demonic clouds swept rapidly southward, their momentum like raging waves, impossible to ignore.
At the Scaly Clan camp, the scouts' secret reports arrived as usual. Yet after ten days of being toyed with, no one believed the demonic army would truly launch a surprise attack this time.
At the center of the camp, within the royal tent, King Li and the other three Scaly Clan kings focused on healing their injuries, lowering their vigilance toward the outside world to its