The Oriole and the Rout

"Demon Emperor!"

The East Sea King's furious roar rang out from the sky.

At the same time, Liang Zhaohuang saw the "culprit" that had triggered the volcanic eruption, spewing vast amounts of terrifying golden earthfire and lava.

It was precisely the Demon Emperor's avatar that had entered the Myriad Demon Mystic Realm.

On the other side of Golden Crow City, the Demon Country's demon army, led by its demon kings, was likewise fighting and slaughtering large numbers of native mystic-realm demon beasts and Winged Demons as they assaulted Golden Crow City.

However, compared to the Immortal Dynasty's side, which had advanced by leaps and bounds and swiftly breached Golden Crow City's walls, the Demon Country's demon army was clearly progressing far more slowly. Blocked by the native mystic-realm demon beasts and Winged Demons, they had not even managed to approach Golden Crow City so far.

At first, the Immortal Dynasty cultivators had not realized anything was amiss. They had merely assumed that their own side was stronger.

Who could have imagined that the Demon Emperor's avatar, after entering the Myriad Demon Mystic Realm, had somehow and at some unknown time already entered the volcano beneath Golden Crow City, concealed itself within, and waited all along for its chance?

After the Immortal Dynasty's side breached Golden Crow City, causing the fourth-order Fire Crow King within the city to lose control over the volcano beneath it—

—the Demon Emperor's avatar, which had been hiding in the volcano all this time, immediately seized the opportunity. Like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, it directly triggered another volcanic eruption, blending the terrifying golden flames under its command into the erupting earthfire and lava.

This caught the Immortal Dynasty cultivators and attacking soldiers completely off guard, leaving them with grievous