"He's not one of us..." The demon suppression general suddenly revealed a smile. At the same time, the solidified black snowflakes beside him vaporized and disappeared in a split second. At the same time, the sharp sword-like hanging pattern between his eyebrows suddenly became vivid and three-dimensional like a sword being drawn out of its sheath. It was going to fly out of his eyebrows and start a massacre, "If this person could survive the chase of demons, I would like to meet him."
"He's also a talent; however, I'm afraid that it's not easy for an earth knight to survive the chase of a shadow knight!" That person who walked out of the vapor like a reflection continued, "Do we …"
Du Guyi raised his hand as he said calmly, "Life and death are decreed by fate, wealth and honor are determined by God. Now that he's in Tiewei Mountain, life and death are as normal as breathing. We're not here to discover talents; instead, we're here to fight demons. If he's really capable, he could survive for sure even being chased by a shadow knight. If he's dead, he's just so-so. Only those who survive are qualified to be evaluated by others. If he's dead, he just fulfilled his duty as a human knight and didn't make a trip in vain..."
After over 200 years of battles in the Earth-elements Realm, this old man standing on the top of the high tower had already treated life and death as indifferent as water.
The knight standing behind the old man listened attentively without any objection. Every word of this old man was absolutely correct in the eyes of the people around him. He had never made any mistakes.
"How's Feng Yexiao of Taiyi Fantasy Sect these days?"
"Feng Yexiao and some new knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect are conducting guerrilla warfare in the periphery of the first ring of the core mountain range!" When it came to Taiyi Fantasy Sect, although the knight behind Du Guyi said in a calm tone, he still sounded a bit dissatisfied, even a bit disdainful, "Previously, Feng Yexiao wanted to lead the new knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect to kill that earth shadow demon knight in Tiewei Mountain so as to gain a bounty for Taiyi Fantasy Sect and further accumulate prestige and meritorious deeds in Taiyi Fantasy Sect. I've not imagined that the earth shadow demon knight had been killed by another earth knight only after he came to Black Armor Fortress for a few days. As a result, Feng Yexiao lost his face and was slapped imperceptibly!"
"Is the knight who killed the Earth Shadowfiend called Cui LI?"
"Yes, Cui LI entered the Earth-elements Realm 3 years ago. It's said that he had a fortuitous encounter in the wild mountain and gained the" Fire Dragon Sutra "left by Fire Dragon Hermit. 3 years ago, many knights in the Lion Fortress were exploring a hieron ruins. Due to the intervention of demon knights and knights of Three-eye Association on the way, there were many twists and turns in the process. It was said that Cui LI had died in the hieron ruins in a righteous way. I've not imagined that he could promote to an earth knight in the hieron ruins only after 2 years!" After saying this, the knight slightly paused as he continued, "Sir, do you think Cui Li will …"
The Demon-suppressing General slightly narrowed his eyes, "Has Guan Qianchong seen this person?"
"Yes, he has. Additionally, Guan Qianchong even inquired about his reward …"
The Demon-suppressing General replied with a smile, "If so, this person will be safe. Otherwise, he would not pass the test of Guan Qianchong. Guan Qianchong is equal to the gate of hell. There are so many secret methods in this world. Who dares say that they know them all? Now that Cui LI could gain the lost" Fire Dragon Sutra ", he must have a great fortune. This person might have an extraordinary fortuitous encounter in the hieron ruins and kill the Earth Shadowfiend this time. He's also a lucky general!"
"However, I'm afraid that Cui LI doesn't know that he has already offended Feng Yexiao. Feng Yexiao is arrogant. After being humiliated by Cui LI, I'm afraid that he would find trouble for Cui LI in the future!"
"Feng Yexiao could lead the knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect to conduct guerrilla warfare in Tiewei Mountain. It's always good for us to have one more shadow knight on our rear. No matter what, Feng Yexiao and Taiyi Fantasy Sect would not surrender to demons. You don't need to be too furious. Cui LI might have already made a great achievement as he could survive the hieron ruins. Feng Yexiao might show us his talent in the future!"
The simple words of the Demon-suppressing General were full of worldly wisdom.
"Xuanyuan Hill is too indulgent to sects such as Taiyi Fantasy Sect. As the holy war is already in full swing, demons are launching attacks like tides. However, these sects still want to preserve their strength at this moment. Don't they know that there would be no intact eggs when the nest is overturned? If Taixia Country was exterminated by demons, these sects would lose their foothold in this world! Is the legend true? Emperor Xuanyuan... "
The Demon-suppressing General turned around at once as he gazed at that knight behind him like lightning bolts. At the same time, a mountain-like stress collided with the invisible qi of a heavenly knight.
The knight uttered a muffled harrumph as he was forced one step backward by the qi and invisible qi of the Demon-suppressing General. Even though his mouth corners were bleeding, he still looked into the eyes of the Demon-suppressing General frankly.
After half a minute, the lightning bolts in the eyes of the Demon-suppressing General gradually faded away, "Remember, our battlefield is in the Earth-elements Realm. We can't talk about the affairs of Xuanyuan Hill. As soldiers of Taixia Country, as long as we're alive, our only task here is to kill demons. It has nothing to do with us even if the battle on the earth's surface is overturned."
"Yes, sir!" the knight replied in a muffled voice as he wiped off the blood stains at his mouth corners.
The Demon-suppressing General let out a deep sigh, "It seems that knights in the battle fortress are too idle these days. They don't bleed much. It's already been over 2 months since the last large-scale battle. Even you've started to think about something irrelevant to the battlefield. Pass my order, form up and fight in 1 hour. Our target is the demon battle fortress..."
"Yes, sir!"
The vapor appeared above the high tower once again. After receiving the order, the knight swayed for a short while like a reflection before disappearing...
Only after half a minute, the entire battle fortress had boiled like a running machine. Numerous knights in the battle fortress started to prepare for the large-scale battle at the fastest speed no matter what they were doing at the moment...
The Demon-suppressing General turned around and threw a glance at the demon battle fortress in the distance. Only when nobody else was on his side did the Demon-suppressing General reveal a faint concern.
Nobody knew what Du Guyi the Demon-suppressing General was thinking about at this moment.
As for this old man who had fought in the Earth-elements Realm for over 200 years and experienced the 2nd holy war, although this large-scale battle between human knights in Tiewei Mountain was related to the scramble for millions of precious earth-element crystals, it was not what he really cared about. To a certain degree, the outcome of this large-scale battle, the lives of over 10,000 human knights in the battle fortress, even his own life were not the most important thing for him.
The war between humans and demons or precisely between Hua people and demons was not determined by one or two large-scale battles between humans and demons, even the lives of some heavenly knights who were called old guys by others like Zhang Tie. Even the Lion Fortress which was regarded as the proof and the most powerful pass of humans in the Earth-elements Realm was not a big deal even if it was broken through by demons one day. Before the Catastrophe, humans didn't have any power in the Earth-elements Realm. Couldn't humans survive in the Earth-elements Realm?
Although they could lose this large-scale battle and all the 10,000 human knights who participated in this large-scale battle including him could die, it was not the most important thing. What counted most was that even if they lost 100 more large-scale battles like this and 100 more people like him died, the entire Hua people and Taixia Country would still be able to organize and bear the 101st failure. This was the key factor for Hua people and Taixia Country to stand firm and confront demons.
At this moment, the demon suppression general was not worried about the Earth-elements Realm, but Taixia Country.
One year before the holy war broke out, Emperor Xuanyuan had disappeared. Nobody knew where Emperor Xuanyuan was. In the beginning, Xuanyuan Hill could cover it with the excuse that Emperor Xuanyuan was in secluded cultivation; however, this excuse couldn't be covered anymore at this moment.
Class 1 officials in Taixia Country had already known the news that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing one year after Emperor Xuanyuan disappeared. In the beginning, only the powers and a few people in Taixia Country knew this news. However, as time went by, a series of chain reactions gradually appeared. Not only in Xuanyuan Hill, but also among the officialdom and commoners across Taixia Country had also heard about this news. However, nobody dared to expose it.
With the disappearance of Emperor Xuanyuan, the entire Taixia Country and Hua people became leaderless at the most critical moment. Dark currents had long been surging across the Eastern Continent. All the unpredictable factors were expanding rapidly across Taixia Country. The surging dark currents were growing more and more turbulent …
A few months ago, the surging elements tide swept over the entire Elements Realm. At that time, even Du Guyi thought that a prince of Taixia Country had formed an earth chakra and could compete with the crown prince. It was definitely not a pleasant news for a prince of Taixia Country to be able to compete with the crown prince at the critical moment when Emperor Xuanyuan disappeared.
The demon suppression general was worried about this a few months ago as he felt that nothing could be worse than this. However, these days, he realized that his judgment was wrong for the first time. What was worse than the fact that a prince of Taixia Country promoted to an earth knight using an emperor-level secret method at this moment was that it was not any prince of Taixia Country who promoted to an earth knight using an emperor-level secret method.
This news had just been confirmed yesterday. After a few months' investigation by the clan elders in the Clansmen's Mansion of Taixia Country, the shock caused by this news could almost match that of the disappearance of Emperor Xuanyuan.
If not the princes of Taixia Country promoted to earth knights with "Xuanyuan God Sutra", who else promoted to an earth knight with "Xuanyuan God Sutra" a few months ago? In this world, there was no other complete emperor-level secret method besides Xuanyuan God Sutra.
As long as he thought of this question, especially the worst possible answer, the Demon Suppression General, who had already disregarded life and death, couldn't help but feel a bone-piercing chill in his heart …
Without Emperor Xuanyuan, even the imperial court of Taixia Country could barely frighten top sects like Taiyi Fantasy Sect which had sage-level old monsters. The balance between the top seven sects of Taixia Country and the imperial court of Taixia Country for hundreds of years would be broken.
Without a leader in Xuanyuan Hill, the entire Taixia Country would be in danger. All the officials of the imperial court, the major clans in the Protectorate General's Mansion and the provinces and prefectures would have different thoughts. Additionally, the Heavens Reaching Church chose a good opportunity to launch an attack. In the holy war, Taixia Country would be involved in great chaos due to internal and external troubles. Before demons launched an attack, Taixia Country would have a big problem inside.
If there was a big problem inside Taixia Country, when Taixia Country couldn't afford to be defeated in the Earth-elements Realm, it would be the time for Taixia Country to be defeated. This was the real concern of the demon suppression general.
It seemed that such an internal trouble couldn't be solved at all.
If Emperor Xuanyuan showed up in time, it would be too late; if it was a bit late, even if Emperor Xuanyuan showed up and wanted to clean up the situation, demons would not spare Taixia Country a chance and time to do so … (To be continued)
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