Haofeng had said that the demon race was the most likely to make a move against the human race. Sure enough, these demons had actually charged straight into the heartland of the human race and devoured their people. They were truly despicable.
Fortunately, after listening to Haofeng, she had kept patrolling the border between the humans and demons instead of going elsewhere. Otherwise, who knew how many clansmen would have been harmed!
Judging by the direction the lion had come from, there were four large tribes of ten thousand people each there. They had probably already met with disaster.
At that thought, Zhisheng's expression grew even colder!
If she had not been wary of the demon race behind him, she would have struck him dead with a bolt of lightning long ago!
Suddenly, Zhisheng froze. No, there was life inside his belly!
It was a human!
Zhisheng's eyes lit up. She brought two fingers together like a sword, and Grand Pure Profound Light gathered around them, sharp as a blade.
Zhisheng slashed through the air, and a massive gash instantly opened across the Yellow Lion's abdomen. A flash of golden light appeared, and a bedraggled human Golden Immortal landed on the ground.
Seeing Zhisheng, he immediately bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Ancestor!"
"No need for formalities. It is enough that you are alive."
"What happened with this Yellow Lion?" Zhisheng asked as she looked at the half-dead Yellow Lion below.
The human Golden Immortal did not dare delay and recounted everything in detail. Zhisheng frowned. What was going on? Why was the demon race suddenly no longer afraid of a Sage's might?
After pondering for a long while without reaching an answer, Zhisheng took out the bell at her waist and sent a stream of magical power into it. The bell immediately began to ring.
As the bell rang, an unfathomable ripple swept outward. At the same time, the bells at the waists of the human race's fifty elders all began to ring. The Visible Lineage elders patrolling the human border changed expression slightly and immediately transformed into streaks of golden light, flying toward Zhisheng.
On Central Phoenix Mountain, Jiang Haofeng sat cross-legged inside a small house. The bell at his waist suddenly rang, and at the same time, the golden bell hanging on the other side began to ring as well.
A sharp light flashed through Jiang Haofeng's eyes. The demon race had made its move!
It was Zhisheng's bell. Jiang Haofeng's expression shifted slightly. Nothing better have happened.
"Hidden Lineage elders, remain calm. Do not act rashly!" Jiang Haofeng immediately reminded them. Then he looked toward Zhuxiang's territory and transmitted his voice in secret.
"Zhuxiang, I am going out for a while. Take charge of the Hidden Lineage for now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Haofeng took a step forward and instantly crossed countless mountains and rivers spanning hundreds of millions of miles. With a single step, those vast lands shrank beneath his feet. At the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, combined with the perfected divine ability—Star Chasing Moon Catching!
Jiang Haofeng's speed had reached a terrifying level. Even ordinary Quasi-Saints might not be faster than him. This was the difference brought by divine abilities!
On Central Phoenix Mountain, Zhuxiang, who had been cultivating, immediately acknowledged him. However, Zhuxiang did not know that by the time he spoke, Jiang Haofeng was already hundreds of millions of miles away.
The other Hidden Lineage elders also cupped their hands in acknowledgment. Their expressions were complicated as they walked out of their caves and looked south.
When would they have the chance to protect the human race themselves? The Witch Clan was so powerful. How could it possibly be easy to surpass them and appear openly in the prehistoric world?
With perfected Star Chasing Moon Catching driven to its fullest, Jiang Haofeng's speed reached the utmost extreme. Along the way, he overtook several Visible Lineage elders in succession. Before long, he saw Zhisheng with her frosty expression, along with the half-dead Yellow Lion below.
A lion demon at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm?
Jiang Haofeng swept a glance over the Yellow Lion and instantly saw through his background completely.
Jiang Haofeng flashed forward and landed beside Zhisheng. When Zhisheng saw him, her eyes brightened, and delight appeared on her face. "Haofeng, why are you here?"
"I heard your bell ring and was worried, so I came to take a look."
As they spoke, a streak of golden light flashed through the sky. Lieshan, who had been patrolling nearby, also arrived.
The instant Lieshan saw Jiang Haofeng, he froze on the spot. Haofeng?
Was Haofeng not supposed to be stationed on Central Phoenix Mountain? Why had he come here?
Seeing Lieshan arrive, Zhisheng also revealed a puzzled expression.
Was Haofeng not supposed to be stationed on Central Phoenix Mountain? Even if he had heard her bell, he should not have been the first to arrive.
Lieshan was also a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and he had been patrolling the southern border. He was far closer than Haofeng.
Suddenly, a thought surfaced in Zhisheng's mind. "Haofeng, did you come all the way from Central Phoenix Mountain after hearing my bell?"
Jiang Haofeng nodded casually. Other than Xuandu, who was still cultivating on Shouyang Mountain, he was the strongest in the entire human race. There was no need to hide anything. On the contrary, the stronger he was, the more confidence the human race would have.
Lieshan instantly stared blankly. What?
Haofeng had come from Central Phoenix Mountain?
You came from such a distant place and still got here ahead of me. How did you even run that fast? They were both Grand Luo Golden Immortals, so why was the gap this huge?
Zhisheng beside him also looked at Jiang Haofeng in shock, before delight appeared on her face. As expected of Haofeng. He really was formidable!
As the two spoke, the Visible Lineage human elders arrived one after another. Before long, twenty-five Visible Lineage humans had gathered here. Including Jiang Haofeng, twenty-six of the human race's fifty elders were present.
Among the twenty-six, there were five Grand Luo Golden Immortals and twenty Grand Unity Golden Immortals. Moreover, all of them were at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. There was not even a single late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal among them.
A vast and imposing aura swept forth. Surprise flashed through the eyes of the half-dead Yellow Lion below.
The human race had some strength after all. They even had Grand Luo Golden Immortals holding the fort.
Regret immediately flashed through the Yellow Lion's eyes. Had he known the human race had Grand Luo Golden Immortals, he would not have come.
Usually, the human race was full of people who had not even become immortals. The stronger ones were only True Immortals or Mystic Immortals, and even Golden Immortals were rarely seen. Who would have expected so many peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals, not to mention Grand Luo Golden Immortals, to be stationed here!
Of the twenty-six people present, there was not one he could defeat.
At this moment, no one paid attention to the Yellow Lion below. They had the Golden Immortal clansman recount the matter once more. Combined with the fact that this demon had swallowed more than forty thousand clansmen in one go and devoured four entire tribes, everyone's expressions turned icy as they looked at the Yellow Lion.
Facing their gazes, the Yellow Lion swallowed involuntarily. "Think this through! I am a mighty Great Demon King of the demon race! Our demon race has one Emperor and three Sovereigns, Demon Master Kunpeng, the Ten Directions Demon Saints, and a thousand Demon Gods holding the fort!"
"With your little bit of strength, we can flatten the entire human race in an instant!"
"Release this king at once, and I can let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, the Demon Emperor will surely make your entire human race accompany me in death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, hesitation appeared on the faces of the human elders. They had all witnessed the demon race's power, especially the terrifying scene of heaven and earth being destroyed thirty thousand kalpas ago. Even now, it remained fresh in their memories!
The demon race was not something the current human race could afford to provoke.
Seeing their hesitation, the Yellow Lion was immediately overjoyed and began shouting arrogantly, "Why have you not released me yet? If you do not, once the experts of my demon race arrive, your entire human race will be wiped out!"
A cold glint flashed through Jiang Haofeng's eyes. With a wave of his hand, dense bolts of lightning appeared in the sky. It was a Humanity Teaching divine ability—Grand Pure Divine Thunder!
Although the Grand Pure Divine Thunder Jiang Haofeng summoned did not possess the overwhelming momentum of Zhisheng's, the lightning Dao intent and the destroying heaven and earth Dao intent it contained far surpassed Zhisheng's.
Jiang Haofeng's Grand Pure Divine Thunder was a perfected divine ability. In terms of comprehension of the divine ability, he far exceeded Zhisheng. Even though Jiang Haofeng's immortal cultivation was only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, the Grand Pure Divine Thunder he unleashed was vastly stronger than a Golden Immortal-level attack. It directly crossed realms and reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level.
Moreover, it was not weak even among Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
Jiang Haofeng pressed down with his palm, and the dense Grand Pure Divine Thunder in the sky came crashing down. The Yellow Lion's miserable screams immediately rang out below. After a long while, the entire Yellow Lion had been roasted until it was nearly done.
Jiang Haofeng temporarily withdrew the lightning and asked, "Why did you come to the human race? Whose orders were you following?"
"Tell the truth at once. Otherwise, I will suppress you in a sea of lightning for ten thousand years and punish you with lightning every day!"
The Yellow Lion's eyes widened at once. Suppressed in a sea of lightning for a hundred years?
That would be even more unbearable than death!
These humans were truly vicious!
"No one ordered me to come. I merely wanted to taste the human race. The clan's ban on humans had just been lifted, so I came to try something fresh." The Yellow Lion did not dare delay and immediately explained why he had come to the human race.
Jiang Haofeng raised an eyebrow. The ban had been lifted?
Jiang Haofeng raised his hand, and lightning filled the sky before crashing down. The Yellow Lion's miserable screams rang out again.
After a while, the lightning subsided, and the dying Yellow Lion said, "I really did not lie. No one gave the order."
Jiang Haofeng nodded slightly. There should not be a problem. "Who ordered the ban lifted?"
"Demon Master Kunpeng!"
Demon Master Kunpeng!
It was actually connected to him. In Jiang Haofeng's memories, Kunpeng had only appeared three times. The first was when he ambushed Hongyun, directly shattering Hongyun's physical body despite the protection of the Nine-Nine Scattering Soul Gourd, displaying the terrifying strength of a peak Quasi-Saint!
That established his reputation as an old powerhouse of the prehistoric world.
The second time was during the later stages of the Witch-Demon War, when he stole the River Diagram and Luo Book, causing the demon race's Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array to collapse. Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi died, and the entire demon race was destroyed!
The third time was when, under Empress Nuwa's orders, he delivered the River Diagram and Luo Book, which he had only recently acquired, into the hands of the reincarnated Fuxi, repaying the karmic debt of having harmed Fuxi.
Jiang Haofeng casually pointed, and a bolt of lightning descended from the sky. This time, he did not restrain its destructive power. The full might of the Grand Pure Divine Thunder erupted, instantly obliterating the Yellow Lion's True Spirit.
"Haofeng, you killed him. What if the demon race holds us accountable?" Suiren asked, worry flashing through his eyes.
Killing the Yellow Lion would certainly inspire the people, and Suiren himself felt a surge of satisfaction. But this was still a member of the demon race. The demon race's strength was not something the human race could withstand.
"This is no longer a matter of whether they hold us accountable. The demon race has already bullied the human race to this point. If they slaughtered forty thousand of our people and all the Visible Lineage elders gathered here still did not dare kill him, that would be the true joke!"
"Kill him, and the demon race may retaliate. But if we do not kill him, the demons will slaughter our people without restraint!"
"Whether we kill him or not, the outcome will not be much different. In that case, why keep him alive?"
"Our Human Manifest Lineage is, at the very least, under the Grand Pure Sage and disciples of the Humanity Teaching. We are disciples of the Sage. Are we supposed to fear the demon race? We cannot disgrace Senior Uncle-Master Grand Pure."
Jiang Haofeng once again invoked the Grand Pure Sage's banner.
To put it plainly, the human race's greatest foundation at present was not their eight Grand Luo Golden Immortals, nor was it the Human Hidden Lineage. What did such strength amount to in the current prehistoric world?
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