Unwilling to Leave! Demon Clan Army! War Begins!

Hongjun also sensed everyone's gazes settling on him.

He could not help but sigh inwardly.

What a pity he had not taken Tongtian as a personal disciple. It truly was his loss.

If he directly sent Laozi and Yuanshi back, the two would certainly harbor resentment over it.

Being a master was not easy for him either!

After pondering for a moment, Hongjun sighed. "So be it! Since the two of them are already here, they can take this as an opportunity to gain experience."

"Moreover, both are blessed with profound fortune and protected by Heaven-Opening Merit."

"They will not perish easily. Let them follow us!"

Yang Mei and the other two said nothing upon hearing this. Hongjun had already made himself so clear that it would not be appropriate for them to continue persuading him.

As long as it did not affect the four of them joining forces to kill Rahou, it was fine.

At worst, they could kill Rahou as quickly as possible. That way, there would be no danger at all.

"Quick battle, quick victory. Let us depart at once."

Yang Mei spoke bluntly.

Ancestor Qiankun and Ancestor Yinyang nodded in agreement as well.

The longer the night, the more dreams it brought. Since they had decided to attack Rahou, they had to kill him as swiftly as possible.

If they gave Rahou more time, who knew whether that fellow would prepare even more contingencies?

They were all Innate Demon Gods and knew Rahou, their enemy, quite well. Naturally, they would not underestimate him.

"Good!"

Hongjun was also a decisive man. He immediately said in a deep voice, "Let us go!"

As soon as the words fell, he turned into a streak of light. Yang Mei and the other two followed after him.

The four were all mighty Primordial Golden Immortals. Their flying speed was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had already traveled tens of thousands of miles.

Seeing this, Tongtian immediately used the divine ability Ground Shrinking Step. Empowered by his mana, he was not much slower and closely followed behind Hongjun and the others.

Laozi and Yuanshi, however, were in trouble. Unlike Tongtian, they had not mastered a divine ability such as Ground Shrinking Step and could only rely on flight to follow them.

Yet at this speed, they could not even catch up with Tongtian, much less Hongjun and the other four.

At this moment, Hongjun, far ahead of them, was beginning to regret his decision.

There was no other reason: Laozi and Yuanshi were simply too slow!

Not to mention that they still had to cross more than half of the Primordial World to reach the Western World.

The two were slow, and their mana was far inferior to the others'. By the time they reached the Western Region, the battle between the four of them and Rahou would likely already have a victor.

Hongjun had no solution to this. He was only a Primordial Golden Immortal, not an omnipotent saint, and had no ability to help Laozi and Yuanshi.

He could only hope that the Heaven-Opening Merit on them would protect them. At the very least, they should not cause him any trouble.

Otherwise, his lifelong reputation might be ruined by these two disciples.

Tongtian, on the other hand, gave him a pleasant surprise.

Although Tongtian's cultivation had not reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, his speed was not much slower, and he steadily remained behind them.

If Tongtian had been his personal disciple, he probably would not have been able to resist showing him off to Yang Mei and the others.

Yang Mei and the other two also noticed Tongtian's astonishing speed. They could all tell that he was traveling with a divine ability, but being able to master such an ability was enough to demonstrate how extraordinary he was.

However, continuously using a divine ability consumed mana at an extremely rapid rate. Tongtian was not yet a Primordial Golden Immortal. Could he endure it?

At some unknown distance behind them, Yuanshi wore a bitter expression as he said, "Brother, I can no longer sense Master's aura or those seniors' auras."

"I fear the two of us have been left behind by more than ten thousand miles. It may even be over a hundred thousand miles!"

He hesitated to speak further, because not only could he no longer sense Hongjun and the others, he could not even sense Tongtian's aura.

That meant Tongtian was also far faster than them and was likely not far from Hongjun's group.

They were all Pangu Sect Disciples, yet the gap between them was simply too enormous!

So enormous that it was impossible to accept.

"It is no matter! As long as we continue pursuing them, we will catch up sooner or later."

Laozi understood what Yuanshi meant. After his expression shifted for a moment, he spoke in a deep voice.

He knew very well that if Tongtian went to the Western World alone, he and Yuanshi would only be left even further behind by Tongtian.

Only by obtaining more Heavenly Dao Merit would the two of them have a chance to overtake him on the curve!

They could not possibly allow Tongtian, their third brother, to keep pressing down on the heads of the two of them.

He was the head of the Three Pure Ones, the true eldest brother!

Therefore, no matter how far away the Western World was, they had to catch up.

They absolutely could not let Tongtian abandon the two of them once more.

Tongtian was also beginning to feel strained. There was no other reason: the mana within him was being consumed far too quickly.

If he were a Primordial Golden Immortal, he could travel while continuously drawing spiritual essence from heaven and earth to replenish his mana.

But his cultivation was only at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, so he could only rely on his own mana to endure.

Fortunately, he had an advantage no one else possessed: Three Lights Divine Water!

As one of the finest heavenly treasures in the world, Three Lights Divine Water not only had the power to revive the dead and regrow flesh from bones, but could also quickly restore him to his full peak condition.

An ordinary person would certainly be reluctant to squander it like this, but Tongtian possessed an entire stream formed from gathered Three Lights Divine Water. To him, this was not wasteful at all.

Without hesitation, Tongtian took out a drop of Three Lights Divine Water and swallowed it. In an instant, incomparably surging spiritual essence flooded through his body, replenishing his depleted mana at an astonishing speed.

He continued using Ground Shrinking Step, closely following behind Hongjun and the others.

As for Laozi and Yuanshi, who had been left far behind, Tongtian could no longer sense their auras either. However, he knew the two brothers would not give up so easily.

He merely shook his head slightly. Participating in this Dao-Demon War was indeed an opportunity for Laozi and Yuanshi.

It was simply that their cultivation was far too weak! They were now even burdens to the group.

Besides, going to the Western Region was hardly a good thing. With their cultivation, they would likely struggle just to protect themselves, much less kill many Demon Clan experts and earn vast amounts of Heavenly Dao Merit.

Still, he could more or less guess what the two were thinking, so he would let them do as they pleased.

In any case, they were protected by Heaven-Opening Merit and possessed great fortune. As long as they did not perish, it was fine.

After traveling for an unknown length of time, Tongtian finally followed Hongjun and the others to the edge of the Western World.

Tongtian gazed into the distance. The Western World had not yet undergone the Dao-Demon War and looked no different from the east. It was equally filled with lush green scenery and abundant spiritual essence of heaven and earth.

He could not help but sigh inwardly.

What a pity. Once the Dao-Demon War ended, such a vast Western World would become a land of death.

That would be far too regrettable!

But if the Western World were not destroyed in the Dao-Demon War, would it not be left for Jieyin and Zhunti, those two utterly shameless fellows?

The two had shamelessly wormed their way into becoming Hongjun's nominal disciples during his lectures. Later, they established the Western Sect and sowed discord among the three Daoist sects during the Investiture of the Gods War, ultimately becoming among its beneficiaries.

If the Western World at its peak were left to them, those two would probably soar straight to the heavens.

After considering it briefly, Tongtian stopped thinking about it. His own dojo would not be established in the Western World anyway, so let those two suffer misfortune if they had to.

Better a fellow Daoist die than oneself.

Besides, Jieyin and Zhunti were not good people to begin with. He would be more than happy to see them suffer a little more.

Somewhere within the Western World, amidst a mountain forest.

Two Daoists sat cross-legged at the place in the forest where spiritual energy was most abundant, cultivating.

One had fair skin and a lively expression, while the other had dark yellow skin and a steady, composed appearance.

"Achoo!"

Zhunti had just settled his mind into cultivation when he suddenly sneezed.

Jieyin, who had been concentrating with bated breath, instantly lost his focus. His lively eyes surveyed the area around the forest.

"I wonder who is talking about me. Could it be those damned Demon Clan bastards?"

"Those accursed fellows! If they had not been hunting us throughout the Western World, from the skies to the earth, how would we have fallen to such a state!"

Zhunti looked indignant.

The two of them were innate living beings, but the Western World had always been controlled by the Demon Clan. Not long after they took form, Demon Clan members came to find them and demanded that they submit to the Demon Clan and serve Rahou.

Naturally, Jieyin and Zhunti were unwilling to agree to such a thing, and they thus formed a grudge against the Demon Clan.

The Demon Clan had been so aggressive that the two brothers simply ambushed and killed several Demon Clan experts. This, in turn, attracted the pursuit of even more Demon Clan experts.

Neither of them had yet become powerful. Facing the overwhelmingly oppressive Demon Clan, they were naturally no match for them. Thus, they hid throughout the Western World and could only cultivate in obscure, nameless places.

"The Demon Clan truly deserves to die! But with Rahou protecting them, who would dare provoke them?"

Jieyin wore a bitter expression. If their cultivation had been sufficient for them to fight their way out of the Western World, the two brothers would have fled east long ago.

Why would they need to hide so cautiously everywhere? It truly left them stifled with frustration.

"Brother, I heard that the war among the Three Clans has already ended, and the Demon Clan did not gain much from it either."

"In my opinion, the Demon Clan will likely not be able to run rampant in the Western Region for much longer."

"As long as the Demon Clan fails, we will be able to cultivate peacefully in the Western Region."

Zhunti spoke with anticipation filling his eyes.

The Western Region had suffered under the Demon Clan for far too long!

What he hoped for most now was for someone to take forceful action and completely eliminate the Demon Clan, this troublesome scourge.

Then the two brothers would be completely free.

"How could it be so easy? Unless Rahou dies and his Dao dissipates."

"Otherwise, the Demon Clan will certainly continue controlling the Western World."

Jieyin said helplessly.

Rahou was a mighty expert from ancient times. There were likely few in the world who could match him.

The foundations of the two brothers were not bad, but compared to a Primordial mighty expert like Rahou, they were still vastly inferior!

At that thought, the two looked at each other and sighed in unison.

Mount Tianmo. Endless demonic qi continuously spilled out from Mount Tianmo, blotting out the sky and covering a radius of ten million miles.

This was the cultivation ground of Rahou, the Demon Ancestor, and also the holy land of the Demon Clan.

Rahou, seated cross-legged upon a Prayer Mat, suddenly opened his eyes, which were filled with fury.

Buzz!

A powerful and terrifying aura erupted from his body. The violent presence caused the Demon Clan beings throughout the surrounding area to kneel one after another.

"Damn Hongjun! It seems he truly intends to obstruct this Venerable One's path to attaining the Dao."

"He has even brought other helpers. Since you have delivered yourselves to my door, do not blame this Venerable One for showing no mercy."

Rahou was enraged. Hongjun had brought Yang Mei and the other two directly into the Western World, displaying a complete lack of regard for him.

Did Hongjun think that merely because he had helpers, Rahou would fear him?

This time, he would ensure that none of them returned alive!

Rumble!

Rahou's terrifying divine sense immediately spread outward, probing toward the borders of the Western World. The immense power sent ripples through the void.

"Damn it!"

After completing his investigation, Rahou became even angrier. That brat Hongjun actually looked down on him this much!

Bringing helpers was one thing, but Hongjun had even brought along two ants at the late Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm!

What did this mean? Did Hongjun intend to use his hands to temper his two disciples?

What did Hongjun take him for? A stepping stone?

The Western World was his base! That bastard had brazenly brought two ants here, clearly intending to use him to temper them. This made Rahou feel utterly slighted.

If these ants had no one backing them, how would they dare offend him?

Thus, Rahou immediately guessed that the two had to be Hongjun's disciples.

At the same time, he also noticed Tongtian following Hongjun's group. However, he had witnessed Tongtian's combat strength before. Though Tongtian had not reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm,

his combat power was in no way inferior, and he even possessed a supreme treasure for protection.

Judging from Tongtian's actions last time, he was undoubtedly a helper invited by Hongjun.

"To deal with this Venerable One, that bastard truly seems to be pulling out every trick he has!"

"But he should never have underestimated this Venerable One so greatly! In that case, this Venerable One will first tear these two ants to pieces. Let us see whether that bastard Hongjun will feel heartache over it!"

Rahou sneered, immediately devising a way to deal with them.

He directly sent a voice transmission to all Demon Clan experts, ordering them to prepare for the incoming enemies.

At the same time, he issued an order that the two late Grand Luo Golden Immortal ants were not to be spared.

Kill without mercy!

Within the Western World, Hongjun and the others did not rashly charge directly toward Mount Tianmo. Instead, they rested where they were to recover, while also waiting for Laozi and Yuanshi, who trailed behind.

At this moment, streaks of light flashed across the horizon. Tongtian had not fallen too far behind Hongjun's group, and shortly after they stopped, he arrived.

"Since we entered the Western World with such fanfare, Rahou has surely noticed us."

"Little friend, recover for a while first. There will likely be a hard battle ahead."

Hongjun reminded him.

Tongtian nodded slightly. Before Hongjun and the others, he could not directly take out Three Lights Divine Water to recover. Even Primordial Golden Immortals might be unable to resist the temptation of such a supreme treasure.

Thus, he directly sat cross-legged and began restoring his condition.

Hongjun and the other four recovered while keeping watch over the changes in heaven and earth.

They had already entered Rahou's territory. Given Rahou's temperament, he certainly would not hide away. The Demon Clan army was likely already on its way.

By the time Hongjun, Tongtian, and the others had mostly recovered, Laozi and Yuanshi had finally arrived as well.

Before the two could speak, their bodies suddenly trembled, as though they had sensed some fatal danger.

It was a premonition from their hearts, leaving both of them deeply puzzled.

"Eldest Brother, did you feel it too?"

"Why did it feel like some terrifying thing had set its sights on the two of us?"

Yuanshi spoke with confusion on his face.

Laozi nodded solemnly. "I felt it too. This feeling is indeed far from good."

Hearing them, Tongtian spoke up. "Eldest Brother, Second Brother, we have already entered the Demon Clan's territory."

"Neither of you has fought the Demon Clan head-on before. They are not easy to deal with."

"If you leave now, it should still be in time."

"Those demons would not possibly leave the Western World just to hunt you down."

Yuanshi said in a deep voice, "Third Brother, there is no need to persuade us further! Brothers should live and die together."

Tongtian felt helpless. He had not sensed even the slightest hint of danger, alright?

With his current strength, unless Rahou personally attacked him, he did not need to take anyone else in the Demon Clan seriously.

Still, it was not suitable to say such things directly in front of them. Otherwise, Laozi and Yuanshi might think he was looking down on them.

Yang Mei gave a light cough and said, "This battle will be extremely dangerous. When the time comes, I am afraid we will not be able to spare the effort to help you."

"If you are afraid, leaving now truly is not too late."

Hongjun also said gravely, "You are both this venerable one's disciples. Even if you choose to leave, your master will not blame you."

"After all, with your cultivation, taking part in this battle is indeed far too dangerous."

Laozi shook his head. "Master, we know our limits."

"It does not matter how fierce the Demon Clan is. We merely wish to do our part."

Yuanshi also said with a serious expression, "That is right. This is for the sake of protecting the Primordial World!"

"As Pangu Sect Disciples, it is our bounden duty."

Hongjun opened his mouth, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

He truly could not understand where the two of them had found such inexplicable confidence.

However, he had already said everything that needed to be said.

Since it was their own choice, he said nothing more. If they truly encountered danger, he would intervene as he saw fit.

They were his disciples, after all. If he did not look after them somewhat, could he expect Yang Mei and the others to do so?

Tongtian merely shook his head without speaking.

They had chosen this path themselves.

Whether they could endure it would depend on their own fortunes.

"Then let us continue deeper!"

"Rahou will likely not let us reach Mount Tianmo smoothly."

"I have a feeling that he has already made his move."

Hongjun spoke solemnly, his gaze deep as he looked toward the place where the demonic qi between heaven and earth was most concentrated.

Vast swathes of demonic qi drifted through the heavens and earth in that direction. Mount Tianmo was clearly located there.

Thus, everyone immediately headed for Mount Tianmo, advancing into the heart of the Western World.

Rumble!

At some unknown point, the sky had turned gloomy. Incomparably dense demonic qi swept in from all directions, completely surrounding the group as they traveled.

That was not all. Demon Clan armies emerged from every direction, their battle cries resounding through the sky as the gathered demonic qi shot straight into the heavens.

"Is this the Demon Clan army?"

Laozi and Yuanshi's faces were filled with shock.

There were too many!

The Demon Clan army surged in from every direction, sweeping across the surrounding area like a tidal wave.

In the blink of an eye, their group had fallen into the encirclement of the Demon Clan army.

The overwhelming demonic qi made Laozi and Yuanshi tremble with fear.

They had been rash!

They had both known that the Demon Clan army would not be small, but seeing it with their own eyes still inspired dread.

Fortunately, Hongjun and the other great powers were here. Otherwise, they would likely have turned around and fled.

"The Demon Ancestor has long seen through your movements and schemes."

"Today shall be the day you die!"

At that moment, a tall Demon Clan expert spoke loudly from within the army.

This man possessed a powerful aura. Though he was not a Primordial Golden Immortal, he had reached the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

The experts behind him were likewise Demon Clan elites, all Grand Luo Golden Immortals without exception!

Mora's eyes brimmed with savage killing intent as he roared, "By the ancestor's command, kill them all!"

"Especially those two ants at the late stage of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm!"

"Kill them first!"

As his words fell, the vast Demon Clan army surged forth from all directions at once. The boundless demonic qi even caused heaven and earth to change color.

Hearing Mora's murderous words, Laozi and Yuanshi were utterly dumbfounded.

What was going on? Could the two Grand Luo Golden Immortal ants he mentioned be the two of them?

But they had never provoked Rahou or the Demon Clan!

Why had the Demon Clan already set its sights on the two of them?

Tongtian's expression also turned strange. Could Rahou have thought that Laozi and Yuanshi were provoking him?

Otherwise, he would not have given the order to kill the two of them first.

Moreover, the number of Demon Clan troops exceeded even his expectations. With an army this vast, even with Hongjun and the other three helping, exterminating them all would not be easy.

Rahou had also yet to reveal himself. That meant he was certainly making other arrangements.

This battle had to be ended quickly.

Hongjun understood this as well. His face darkened as he said, "Fellow Daoists, do not hold back."

"Quickly kill these Demon Clan troops blocking our path, so that we can charge straight up Mount Tianmo!"

"I fear Rahou is still arranging further measures against us."

Yang Mei and the other two immediately nodded in agreement.

The three then each unleashed powerful divine abilities. Terrifying power erupted in an instant, easily slaughtering quite a few Demon Clan experts.

But such numbers were merely a drop in the ocean to the Demon Clan army.

Facing so many enemies, Tongtian had no choice but to proceed cautiously. He decisively summoned the Innate Merit Treasure, the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda.

Light flowed across the pagoda, perfectly protecting Tongtian within it while effortlessly blocking a great many offensive divine abilities.

The vast Demon Clan army directly submerged the entire group.

A great battle began in an instant.

Because of Mora's command, large numbers of Demon Clan experts immediately targeted Laozi and Yuanshi.

All manner of divine abilities and magical treasures poured down upon them.

Most of the attacks came from Grand Luo Golden Immortals.

This sent chills through Laozi and Yuanshi from head to toe, and they could not help cursing inwardly. Who the hell had the two brothers offended?

In this situation, should they not be focusing their attacks on their master and the other Primordial Golden Immortal great powers?

Why were they attacking the two of them first?!

This Demon Clan truly had no sense of fair play!

"Die!"

A furious shout rang out. Mora had launched his attack directly, and his peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal cultivation instantly pinned Laozi and Yuanshi in place, making it difficult for them even to fight back.

They could only stare blankly as Mora charged toward them...