"A method has been discovered among our people. It was left behind by Saint Zhunti, and it is said to be able to break the ancestral witches' divine bodies!"
Di Jun's eyes narrowed slightly. It could break the ancestral witches' divine bodies—was that true?
Di Jun accepted the scroll Kunpeng handed over. Upon seeing its contents and the Dao rhythm upon it, his reaction was exactly the same as Bifang's had been.
After reading the scroll, Di Jun fell silent, continuously weighing the pros and cons in his heart.
To be honest, Di Jun truly did not wish to provoke the Human Clan.
There was no race in the Primordial World more troublesome than them. Their strength was lacking, yet their backing was unfathomable. Leaving them alone was one thing, but touching them would bring endless trouble with little to gain. Moreover, the Human Clan posed no threat whatsoever to the Demon Clan in the short term, and the two races had no direct conflict.
The conflict between the Human Clan and the Witch Clan was even greater than that between the Human Clan and the Demon Clan. After all, both races lived upon the earth. The Witch Clan had to worry whether, once the Human Clan developed in the future, they would compete with them for territory.
But the Demon Clan was different. They dwelled above the Nine Heavens. Before the Human Clan surpassed the Witch Clan and took control of the earth, they posed no threat to the Demon Clan.
Yet if they could break the ancestral witches' divine bodies, then so long as they killed one ancestral witch, they could break the Witch Clan's Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array. Once the array was broken, the entire Witch Clan would be lambs awaiting slaughter!
Without the Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array protecting them, once the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array was activated, exterminating the Witch Clan would not be difficult!
For a moment, Di Jun fell into hesitation. Besides, no one could guarantee that what was recorded on the scroll was true.
More importantly, there was the attitude of the two Saints. Two Saints stood behind the Human Clan. If they acted and offended both Saints, that would be troublesome.
To put it bluntly, although the Witch and Demon Clans were currently fighting fiercely, the Primordial World had long since ceased to be an era dominated by the Witch and Demon Clans. The present Primordial World belonged to the Saints!
The Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array only barely possessed power at the Saint level. If it truly faced a Saint, it could probably only contend for a moment or two. Moreover, Heavenly Dao Saints controlled the authority of heaven and earth. If one directly severed their connection to the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, they likely would not even be able to form the array.
Seeing Di Jun hesitate, Kunpeng inexplicably said, "Why not let the newly born members of our race give it a try? The Human Clan has existed for over a hundred thousand kalpas. During this time, several Grand Luo Demon Gods and quite a few Grand Unity Demon Kings have emerged among our people."
"They have never witnessed a Saint's Saintly Might, nor do they know the Human Clan's background. We can use them to test the Saints' intentions."
"If the Saints pursue the matter, then the juniors simply failed to understand the heavenly mandate. If the Saints do nothing, we can first forge a Witch Slaying Sword and see its effects. If it truly has the power to kill ancestral witches, then forge Witch Slaying Swords to break the Witch Clan's great array!"
"That makes sense!" Di Jun's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded.
"Then it is settled. Let the newly born members of our race act first and test the waters. We will see the Saints' attitude!"
"Good!" Kunpeng and Bifang nodded, then left the Demon Emperor Palace.
After the two departed, they immediately gathered a group of Demon Kings at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm and began their test.
At the southern border of the Human Clan, a lion demon at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm descended. Looking at the Human Clan tribe before him, a cruel glint flashed through his eyes.
This fragile Human Clan... he had long wanted to taste their flesh. But the Demon Court had always strictly forbidden conflicts between the Demon Clan and the Human Clan, even prohibiting demons from entering Human Clan territory. That was why he had never dared to try.
Now was different. The ban had been lifted. I'll have a taste of human flesh first!
Once his thoughts settled, the lion demon immediately transformed into a black gale and swept toward the Human Clan, Demonic Energy filling the sky.
Above Human Clan territory, a Golden Immortal sat cross-legged atop a mountain peak, guarding the border between the Human Clan and the Demon Clan.
Although Jiang Haofeng did not know why the Demon Clan slaughtered the Human Clan to forge Witch Slaying Swords, he did know of the matter itself. Naturally, he had reminded Suiren and the others to strengthen their defenses along the border between the Human Clan and the Demon Clan.
Although Jiang Haofeng had not explained the reason, Suiren and the others still listened out of their trust in him.
The forces deployed along the northern border with the Witch Clan and the western border with the Dragon Clan were both weaker than those stationed along the southern border with the Demon Clan.
A rolling demonic gale swept through the void. The Human Clan Golden Immortal's expression changed drastically, mana surging around his body as dense Grand Pure mana enveloped him.
"This is Human Clan territory. Why has this Fellow Daoist of the Demon Clan come here?"
"Hahahaha, Human Clan territory?"
"Why should it be? Because you are merely a Golden Immortal? This king is a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!"
"From today onward, this place is this Demon King's territory!"
The lion demon's mocking voice echoed through the void.
Black smoke swept across the heavens, and a massive yellow lion appeared in the sky.
"Roar!"
The earth-shaking lion's roar resounded through heaven and earth, shaking the Human Clan Golden Immortal's mana into turmoil. His blood and qi churned, and his primordial spirit became unstable.
The Human Clan Golden Immortal was horrified. He immediately activated the protective divine ability, Grand Pure Immortal Light. A layer of golden light shielded his body, and in an instant, the mana within him stabilized, his churning blood and qi settled, and his primordial spirit returned to normal.
"Hm?"
"You have some skill!"
"Your Human Clan's Innate Divine Ability is rather profound!"
The yellow lion watched the scene before him, a trace of surprise flashing through his enormous eyes. That had merely been a casual roar, yet he was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal while the Human Clan cultivator before him was only a Golden Immortal. And still, the man had blocked it completely.
But that was all.
"Devour!"
The yellow lion stared at the Human Clan cultivator and opened a vast mouth like an abyss. In an instant, terrifying suction swept forth, pulling everything within ten thousand miles into his maw!
The Human Clan Golden Immortal was directly sucked into the air, flying toward the yellow lion's mouth!
Grand Pure Immortal Light shone around the Human Clan Golden Immortal as he desperately tried to stabilize himself. Yet before such an absolute gap in strength, it was utterly useless.
A fierce look appeared on the Human Clan Golden Immortal's face. He released the protective Grand Pure Immortal Light, gathered all his mana, and condensed a strand of golden profound light in his palm. It was the offensive divine ability passed down by the Grand Pure Sage—Grand Pure Profound Light!
The profound light flashed. A streak of golden radiance surged out, crashing toward the yellow lion's mouth like lightning. The golden profound light directly entered the yellow lion's mouth.
As the profound light entered his body, the yellow lion swayed, shock flashing through his eyes.
What a powerful attack!
Wasn't this person merely an ant at the Golden Immortal Realm? How could he unleash such a powerful strike?
If this person had been a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, that strike might have shattered even the Innate Divine Ability the yellow lion relied upon for survival.
As a Demon King who had cultivated entirely on his own since childhood, the yellow lion simply could not understand the difference between having an inheritance and following a wild, unorthodox path.
The Human Clan possessed the Grand Pure Great Dao personally passed down by the Grand Pure Sage: the Golden Core Great Dao before becoming immortals, the Grand Pure Immortal Method after ascension, ten strands of Grand Pure Astral Qi, the protective divine ability Grand Pure Immortal Light, the offensive divine ability Grand Pure Profound Light, and thirty-six great divine abilities personally passed down by the Dao Ancestor, among many others.
They had received comprehensive cultivation, with no weaknesses whatsoever.
In contrast, the yellow lion had relied solely on absorbing and refining heaven and earth's spiritual qi. Only after joining the Demon Court had he obtained the most basic cultivation technique, and even then, it was merely a basic demon art, utterly incomparable to a Saint's method like the Grand Pure Immortal Method.
In battle, he relied entirely on his one Innate Divine Ability. Other than that, he could only fight with his body.
The difference between the two was immense. If not for the fundamental disparity in cultivation, and because the Human Clan Golden Immortal had yet to cultivate any divine ability beyond the introductory stage and lacked the strength to fight above his realm, the yellow lion would not have lasted more than a few exchanges against a properly trained Human Clan cultivator.
That was the difference between inheritance and a wild, unorthodox path. If the two had possessed the same cultivation, there would have been no need to think further.
Of course, it was not as if the Demon Clan lacked inheritances. But among demon races with inheritances, who would not know the Human Clan's origins? Their elders had long warned them, so who would dare act rashly?
If the Demon Clan wanted to test the Human Clan, they could only use demons without much background.
After one strike failed, the suction in the void instead grew stronger and stronger. Seeing that he was about to be swallowed, the Human Clan Golden Immortal's eyes turned ruthless. He raised his hand and unleashed a Grand Pure Divine Thunder, but just like the previous profound light, it was directly swallowed into the lion's stomach without raising the slightest ripple.
The Human Clan Golden Immortal ignored everything else and hurled Grand Pure Divine Thunder after Grand Pure Divine Thunder. After swallowing several bolts in succession, even the yellow lion, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, revealed a pained expression. Gritting his teeth, he swallowed the Human Clan Golden Immortal into his belly!
After swallowing him in one gulp, the yellow lion transformed into human form. Patting his stomach, he sneered, "Hmph, no matter how many tricks you have, once you enter this Demon King's belly, within less than three days, you will dissolve into pus!"
The yellow lion snorted coldly, rolled up a demonic gale, and headed deeper into Human Clan territory. Before long, he spotted a Human Clan tribe of around ten thousand people. Cruelty flashed across his face. Opening his mouth, he formed a huge bloody maw in the sky, and terrifying suction swept out.
In an instant, countless humans were sucked into the air and swallowed by the yellow lion. Dense crowds of humans, along with all manner of objects, houses, and trees, were pulled into his mouth. Before long, the entire Human Clan tribe was left in ruins, with not a single person remaining.
The tribe's houses lay crooked and collapsed, while all sorts of belongings were scattered across the ground, as if a violent storm had swept through.
After swallowing nearly ten thousand humans, satisfaction appeared on the yellow lion's face. He patted his belly and continued deeper into Human Clan territory. He passed three more tribes in succession, and all of them fell into the yellow lion's mouth.
When the yellow lion reached the fourth tribe, he used his divine ability again. Tens of thousands of humans were instantly uprooted and flew toward his mouth!
"You court death!"
Suddenly, a sharp voice rang out from the void. It was like a cold spring in winter, filled with endless chill, making the yellow lion shudder involuntarily.
As soon as he raised his head, he saw a bolt of lightning descend from the heavens. It struck down heavily, carrying the exact same Dao rhythm as the lightning technique used earlier by the Human Clan Golden Immortal he had swallowed.
But only the Dao rhythm was the same. As for its power, it was worlds apart. Compared to the terrifying lightning before him, what had that earlier lightning been? It did not even count as a flicker of electric light!
So powerful!
There was actually such a powerful expert within the Human Clan?
How was that possible?!
Demonic Energy surged around the yellow lion, forming a protective barrier around him.
Boom!
The massive lightning bolt fell, tearing apart the barrier in an instant and directly interrupting his divine ability. The Human Clan members who had been sucked into the air immediately fell back toward the ground. One after another, they rejoiced and promptly used their mana to steady themselves, landing safely upon the ground with faces full of relief at surviving the disaster.
So close!
They had almost been eaten.
"Thank you, Ancestor, for saving us!"
The Human Clan members respectfully knelt and bowed toward Zhisheng in the void.
After being struck by the lightning, the yellow lion was directly forced back into his original form. The huge yellow lion instantly became charred black, his fur scorched, his entire body giving off the scent of cooked meat. Dense arcs of lightning flickered over him as he fell stiffly to the ground.
His aura had weakened to the extreme. He could only exhale, not inhale.
Zhisheng, her face covered in frost, slowly appeared in the void. Her eyes were filled with killing intent as she looked at the yellow lion!
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