"A demon? What kind of demon?"
Seeing this, Xu Long simply stopped hiding it and asked very openly.
" Ghost Demons!"
When Zhang Sanfeng finished speaking, everyone else was still confused, but Xu Long understood completely.
Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao must have been powerful figures who fought against demons and Ghost Demons in ancient times.
"You knew all along!"
Neither of them spoke, but their eyes said it all.
"You may leave now. I need to speak with these two senior colleagues."
"Yes, Master!"
Although everyone was very puzzled, Xu Long now held absolute power, and no one dared to openly defy him.
"Alright, you two, please tell me the details!"
Xu Long rubbed his temples, feeling that things were getting increasingly complicated.
"Before we talk about Ghost Demons, I suggest you introduce yourself first."
Zhang Sanfeng sat in the chair and spoke.
"I come from the Great Wilderness Main World..."
Xu Long explained the situation in general terms, "I don't know where the original Zhang Wuji went either; you should ask the Main God that."
"Hmm, I'll go ask about it once this problem is resolved."
Zhang Sanfeng nodded and said, "We are brothers born of the same mother, but because he was adopted by someone else, he changed his surname to Dong. Back then, when Ghost Demons were rampant, the two of us joined forces..."
The story of Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao is similar to that of other powerful figures: they joined forces to seal away the Ghost Demons, but problems arose at the crucial moment.
The Ghost Demons broke through the seal and entered Dong Tianbao's body, beginning to assimilate his soul.
Although Zhang Sanfeng was in great pain, he had no choice but to seal Dong Tianbao away and personally guard the Great Hall of Zhenwu, as the greater good was at stake.
Time flies, and a thousand years later, Dong Tianbao still lost.
However, on the verge of death, he decided to fight desperately, assimilating the Ghost Demons in reverse and using the knowledge in Ghost Demons memories to summon the gods.
The result was gratifying; although the unknown deity had died, the remaining soul still possessed immense power.
They guided him on his next steps and helped him expel the Ghost Demons's consciousness.
"You mean Ghost Demons possessed Zhang Shicheng, which then triggered the anomalies within the Southern Allied Army?"
Xu Long asked, frowning.
"It's not necessarily Zhang Shicheng, but it's certain to be in the south."
Dong Tianbao shook his head. " Ghost Demons are the wrath of heaven and earth. Apart from the 'ultimate' power unique to the gods, no one can destroy them. The remnant soul of the god I summoned does have that ability, but I don't know why he didn't do it. Now I have absorbed the power of the Ghost Demons, but I don't know where their consciousness has gone."
"Is a mere wisp of consciousness any more difficult to deal with than a fully-fledged Ghost Demons?"
Xu Long was very puzzled.
"A mere spark of consciousness may not amount to much, but what if there's a god in this world?"
Dong Tianbao asked with a smile.
"Gods?"
Hearing his words, Xu Long was truly shocked this time.
How could there be gods in a martial arts world?
But thinking about it, it doesn't seem impossible.
Since Ghost Demons have already appeared, is it strange to add a god as well?
Deities are manifestations of the beliefs of humans or other intelligent beings, representing the thoughts of believers.
The Three Pure Ones, namely Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, Past Buddha Dīpaṃkara ) and Future Buddha Maitreya) in Buddhism, are all representatives of this tradition.
The gods in China mythology are generally without desires, the gods in Norse mythology have distinct personalities, while the gods in Greek mythology are the embodiment of desire.
These more common pantheons each have their own characteristics and are not particularly difficult to understand.
But it's troublesome for certain niche deities!
A prime example is Cthulhu.
Bizarre, chilling, unpredictable, and insane.
It's unimaginable, indescribable.
Xu Long had never encountered such a deity before and knew nothing about it; if he were to fight, problems could easily arise.
"Hmm, a very strange deity. I've never seen anything like it before, but I have a vague feeling that it seems to be related to the sea."
Xu Long was immediately shocked when Dong Tianbao said those words.
Damn it, good things don't come true, but bad things do; what you fear most comes to pass.
"That deity had been sleeping in the sea for a long time, but somehow it came out. I suspect it might be related to the consciousness of Ghost Demons."
Zhang Sanfeng frowned. His strength was immense, reaching the limits of this world.
But faced with something so bizarre and insane, they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
"That's Zhang Shicheng's situation. As for Chen Youliang, I suspect that another Reincarnation Temple like me has descended upon him. However, since it's not World Contest, there's no indication of it."
Xu Long tapped the table, his expression grave. "Without a doubt, the trouble this time stems from that unknown god, but we must also be wary of others. Reincarnation Temple are notoriously shameless; driven by sufficient profit, they'll even kill their own fathers."
"We must unite, or the world will be destroyed."
Zhang Sanfeng sighed. He sensed that the force was approaching Dadu and there was no way to avoid it.
If nothing had gone wrong, by the time they arrived in Dadu ( Dadu), the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, there might have been no living people left there.
"Please come with me to see Chen Youliang and see what they have to say."
"Alright!"
Dong Tianbao nodded, and then boarded the spaceship with Zhang Sanfeng.
At this point, there's no need to hide anything anymore.
Because those martial arts masters have become supporting characters, their only purpose being to highlight the strength of the enemy.
"This thing is truly mysterious."
On the spaceship, Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao, two old men over a thousand years old, looked around curiously.
This is a completely different system from that of their time. They simply cannot understand how such a huge thing can fly, and so smoothly at that.
"Technology and cultivation actually lead to the same goal; the foundation of this is essentially a disc being supported by an array."
Xu Long gave a brief explanation, which made the two centenarians suddenly understand.
"Now I understand. The formation dragged the disc into the air, and then other things were added to the disc, gradually forming the spaceship."
Formations are a very powerful skill system, similar to science.
Xu Long had always had ideas about formations, but unfortunately, he couldn't exchange them with the Main God, and the knowledge of formations in the Main World had been basically lost.
Including the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Xu Long experienced fourteen mission worlds, and the items he obtained related to formations were the Spirit-Gathering Array and the Azure Firmament Celestial Star Formation Diagram within his body.
We've arrived, but they don't seem to welcome us.
Xu Long's spaceship was not cloaked, so it was detected as soon as it approached.
Countless archers and crossbowmen stood ready, seemingly intending to shoot down the spaceship with these primitive weapons.