Shi Yan stood atop the city wall, his gaze resolute as he watched the surging tide of Demons.
Once the Demons drew close enough, Shi Yan shouted.
"Soldiers! Form the formation!"
Beams of light rose from the Second Great Wall, and countless longswords poured forth around those pillars of light.
This was the Life-Destroying Sword Formation, one of the deadliest formations Shi Yan commanded.
Shi Yan drew the sword at his waist, pointed it at the tide of Demons, and roared.
"Go!"
The countless longswords in the sky turned, their tips aimed at the tide of Demons. Then they hurtled toward it like raging dragons bursting from the sea.
In an instant, countless Demons were blasted away, flesh and blood flying everywhere. Yet some slipped through and reached the Second Great Wall. As the Demons began casting spells, stairways rose, and they began scaling the wall.
The moment the first Demon reached the battlements and clashed with Humankind marked the beginning of Humankind's resistance against the Heavenly Demons.
Before Mirror Lake, Cheng Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Demons engage the human cultivators and soldiers.
His clash with Samael had proved worthwhile after all. Though struggles between true Holy Spirits were meaningless, this was the Mythic Great World. Unless Samael had lost his mind, he would never act too brazenly.
After all, Samael had no idea how many true Holy Spirits had emerged in the Eternal True World since the last great war against the Heavenly Demons. Nor did he dare gamble on whether the Eternal Heavenly Dao had influenced their emergence. Holy Spirits might be unable to do anything to him, but that did not mean Mythic beings were equally powerless.
Humankind would be focused on the Second Great Wall for a long