The Gods and Devils Battlefield Falls!
Countless red threads were wrapped around her pale, slender fingers.
Red lines and white skin—these two colors should be beautiful in anyone's eyes, but when the Patriarch Xuan saw them, he couldn't help but feel a chill.
Suddenly, several red threads on that jade-like hand snapped.
One, two, and soon most of them broke off.
The Patriarch Xuan was horrified, but dared not utter a single word.
Yu Bai raised her hand, and its owner sighed softly, "Oh dear, we've been discovered. It seems there are some clever people among the Dragon Race."
The Patriarch Xuan heard it clearly; there wasn't a trace of regret or fear in the man's tone. It seemed he had already anticipated this outcome.
"Jialan City is definitely beyond our reach. So what are your plans?" the Patriarch Xuan asked cautiously.
He dared not look up at Heaven Swallower, for the other party now possessed a new form, precisely the one he hated and feared most.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yi's face curved into a slight smile, "It's alright. Jialan City wasn't my original goal. I just wanted to distract them from the Gods and Devils Battlefield."
The Patriarch Xuan was taken aback, and his doubts deepened.
This madman retrieved Bai Yi's corpse, which had been thrown into the Devil Race Realm's rift, and then possessed Bai Yi's body directly.
This has caused him to feel, whenever Heaven Swallower into the eyes of the Devourer, that Bai Yi has come back to life.
"This place is full of life, just the food we demons need. Your Dragon Race has occupied this place for too long. I think it's time for this land to change its master!" On his upright and resolute face, a few more sinister thoughts appeared. When Heaven Swallower's words fell into the ears of the Patriarch Xuan, he was startled.
"You promised me you wouldn't do anything to my son, you promised me!" No longer caring about fear, the Patriarch Xuan suddenly stood up and pounced on Heaven Swallower.
Before they could even touch each other, their hands and feet were tightly bound by invisible threads.
Looking at his disheveled state, Heaven Swallower sighed, "After dealing with me for so long, how can you still not understand? We demons are a race that doesn't keep its promises!"
The red threads slowly climbed up the neck of the Patriarch Xuan, and Bai Yi's smile became the last thing he saw in his life.
If only he hadn't released that Devil Creature, if only Bai Yi were still alive.
Perhaps the Patriarch Xuan never imagined that, on his deathbed, the person he was so concerned about would be his former mortal enemy.
Jialan City, all was desolate.
The monsters disguised as Black Dragon Clan were all slain before the city gates, but the field that had been devoured of life would probably not recover in the short term.
Although they suffered heavy losses in this battle, they ultimately won.
The group cheered as they returned to the city, their relaxed demeanor suggesting they had already defeated the Devil Creature Heaven Swallower.
Unlike their relaxed demeanor, Sang Ying, who was walking at the back, felt for some reason that something was amiss.
Seeing this, Hong Yan stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, Miss? Aren't you happy after winning the battle?"
Upon seeing him, Sang Ying's attitude softened slightly. "I always felt it shouldn't have been so easy. If the crisis in Jialan City had been resolved so easily, then what was the reason that Heaven Swallower sent these monsters?"
"Who knows? Maybe he just wants to harass us, or maybe he wants to announce his existence?" Hong Yan speculated. "Who can understand the mind of a demon? Anyway, as long as Jialan City and the Gods and Devils Battlefield don't fall, that's fine."
Sang Ying paused, her fear deepening. "But what if he's just using this to stall us so that the Gods and Devils Battlefield will fall?"
Hong Yan's expression changed instantly.
Without a second thought, the two immediately ran towards the clan chief's residence.
They hurried into the clan chief's mansion and saw the Patriarch Qing and the old man sitting listlessly at the table, not saying a word.
Patriarch Qing looked up at them, his face filled with undisguised sorrow. "You've returned. We just received news that many cracks have suddenly appeared on the Gods and Devils Battlefield, and Devil Creature are pouring out in droves. The warriors stationed there couldn't hold them off. The Gods and Devils Battlefield has fallen."
The joy of the initial victory was instantly overshadowed, and before they could even rest, they quickly assembled and headed to the Gods and Devils Battlefield.
This time, almost the entire Dragon Race mobilized. Even the White Dragon Tribe, which had just repelled the monsters of the Black Dragon Clan and suffered heavy losses, rushed to the front line under the leadership of their chieftain.
That day was a nightmare for the Dragon Race.
Countless Devil Creature surged out of the cracks like a tide.
The crimson Sha Qi that originally belonged only to the Gods and Devils Battlefield quickly covered the entire sky.
Sang Ying watched helplessly as every familiar blade of grass and tree was corrupted by Demonic Qi and turned into a desolate wasteland. She didn't even have the strength to grieve; she could only fight relentlessly on the battlefield.
But the number of Devil Creature was far greater than they had imagined. After days and nights of fighting, no one had even had a moment's rest, yet the Devil Creature showed no signs of diminishing.
If this continues, even if the Heaven Swallower can eventually be resealed, this land will be eroded by Demonic Qi and will no longer be able to be used as the clan's territory.
"This won't do!" the old man, who had stepped back to rest due to his injuries, couldn't help but speak up. "The Heaven Swallower is trying to exhaust all of our clansmen!"
Equally anxious as him was Old Patriarch Bai, who had been forced to stay and recuperate by Sang Ying: "Didn't you say that a war god once sealed away the Heaven Swallower? What was the method for sealing him? Let's try again; maybe we can resolve the great calamity of the Dragon Race?"
Old Patriarch Bai couldn't bear to see his granddaughter's exhausted face; if he could, he would gladly take her place.
"I have already instructed Qing Zhou to investigate. That child has some talent in formations, so he should be able to gain something from it." The "Qing Zhou" mentioned by the old man is none other than the young master of the Azure Dragon Clan.
Not long ago, the old man handed him all the books and scrolls that recorded the details of that year, hoping that Qing Zhou could find clues about the sealing formation from them.
Fortunately, their efforts paid off. Just as the two were talking about it, Qing Zhou came running towards them carrying books.
"Found it! Found a way!" The young man swept aside the clutter on the table and placed the books and his own drawings in front of the two men. He pointed to the densely drawn array diagram and said, "This is the Devil-Sealing Formation that sealed the Heaven Swallower."
Upon seeing this, the Patriarch Bai was overjoyed. "Now that we've found it, let's hurry up and start making arrangements!"
Upon hearing this, Qing Zhou shook his head. "Although we've found the formation, I haven't found the most crucial link that can seal the Heaven Swallower."
"What is it?" the two old men asked in unison.
Qing Zhou: "He is like the former God of War, born at the hour of Yang All-Yang Fate. Only with his divine soul suppressing the formation can he be completely sealed!"
"Yang Shi Yang Ke? When is that?" Old Patriarch Bai didn't quite understand.
Qing Zhou hurriedly replied, "I've already calculated it. The only time in the past ten thousand years that was a Yang hour (3:45 PM) was the tenth day of the ninth month five hundred years ago."
Old Patriarch Bai's gaze froze. Five hundred years ago, on the tenth day of the ninth lunar month, at three-quarters past noon?
Isn't that the day Sang Ying was born?
A note from the author:
This dungeon is almost over. Once it's finished, we'll have to go back and break ties with our master, and then we'll enter the countdown to being expelled from the sect, as mentioned in the introduction!
Thank you everyone for your support. Although I've been quite busy these days, I'll try my best to adjust and write well!
Love you all~