2: 59 PM in the afternoon.
The trial was about to begin.
Tens of billions of citizens of the Xing Yao Federation were paying close attention to the war trial in Verdant Tarn City through the live broadcast on the Spiritual Nexus.
In the bustling cities, the city centers, which used to be bustling with traffic, were now deserted. Everyone was hovering their flying shuttles in the air and watching the live broadcast through the holographic screens on the vehicles.
Many pedestrians were standing on the streets. They stretched their necks and opened their mouths as they stared at the huge holographic screens outside the skyscrapers.
These holographic screens, which were originally used to display advertisements, were all switched to the war court of Verdant Tarn City and aimed at the Demon King's ferocious face.
In every bustling teahouse, restaurant, and restaurant, nobody was talking loudly. Everyone was clenching their fists and holding their breath as they waited for the arrival of justice.
In the Xing Yao Federation, people only believed in one kind of justice.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and blood for blood.
Led by Demon King Bi Er, twenty commanders of the Demon Race were imprisoned in special restrictions. They slowly rose from the ground in the center of the war court and were exposed to the burning eyes of the 100,000 people.
Being condemned by thousands of people and dying without a cause, from being the high and mighty king of the Blood Demon Sector to being a prisoner, surrounded by a hundred thousand enraged humans, and soon to be punished by human law, this feeling of nothingness where one's fate was not in one's own hands was something that Demon King Bi 'e had never experienced before.
He straightened his back in the restriction and wanted to emit a huge amount of demonic energy to intimidate these insignificant ants.
Unfortunately, his demonic tendons had been cut off, and 1,800 Demon Locking Nails had been inserted into his flesh. How could he summon even the slightest bit of demonic energy?
When he discovered that a teenager sitting in the front row dared to put one hand on his waist and point at his nose with the other hand, and even dared to spit at him... This majestic and insufferably arrogant Demon King was finally shaken.
He bared his teeth at the teenager with some fear and then sat down in the center of the restriction in a daze.
He knew that his powerful, ferocious, noble, and glorious life would be ended by these insignificant ants.
At 3 PM sharp, the trial officially began.
Three war judges wearing blood-red robes sat in the courtroom. First, they pulled out the incomparably sharp longswords from their waists and gently touched their foreheads.
This was also the custom of the Xing Yao Federation.
The judges of the war court were the fiercest, most bloodthirsty, and craziest experts in the military. They wore blood-red robes without any other colors. Before the court started, they would touch their foreheads with a sharp blade. It meant that as the sharp blade of the Federation, they would enforce the harshest laws of the human civilization. Any alien species that fell into their hands would only have one ending, and that was death!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Dozens of huge screens appeared in the sky, playing the scenes of the initial Beast Tide outbreak.
In the originally quiet and peaceful city, countless citizens were working, studying, having fun, and spending money.
Mothers with babies in their arms strolled leisurely on the boulevards. In secluded places, young men and women who had secretly skipped classes to talk about love were hugging each other.
Suddenly. Countless manhole covers soared into the sky, and demonic beasts gushed out like black spring water.
And at the exit of the underground crystal train. Countless demonic beasts also rushed out and began a bloody massacre.
Although there was no sound in the video and all the details had been blurred, one could still feel the horror of doomsday.
In the middle of the screen, there was a black screen with white characters. The names of the victims were displayed like a long river. It flowed quietly without an end.
These videos infuriated the billions of human beings in the Federation.
Even Li Yao's breathing was extremely fast. He couldn't help but clench his fists. His face was burning. His chest was filled with fury that had condensed into magma.
"One day, the steel torrent of human beings will rush into the Blood Demon Sector and pay back everything you scumbags have done a hundred times over!"
Li Yao thought silently.
The war judge began to read out the crimes of the twenty commanders of the demon race, which lasted for three whole hours.
Starting from the second hour, the style of the video changed. It was switched to a video of a street fight between the military and the Cultivators.
After the entire Federation had sunk into a solemn atmosphere for an hour, the blood-boiling video of the battle restored everyone's fighting spirit.
In the streets, alleys, restaurants, and teahouses of every town, countless ordinary people were loudly cheering for the heroic performance of the military and the Cultivators.
"Long live the Union Army!"
"Long live the Cultivators!"
"Long live the Xing Yao Federation!"
"Long live the civilization of mankind!"
Li Yao's heart was also stirred. His blood was boiling.
He also saw himself in the flashing video.
It was after a fierce battle. His face was covered in dust, and only his teeth were white. He was carrying the Six Barrel Rotary Cannon and laughing like an idiot.
Hearing everyone's heartfelt cheers, Li Yao suddenly realized that among the cheers of hundreds of thousands of people that broke through the clouds, a very, very small part of it was for him.
This made him very, very, very proud.
As the video gradually went deeper into the underground, the situation of the battle began to turn bloody.
In the underground battlefield meticulously constructed by the high-level Demon Race, countless experts fell!
Especially in the final battle against Demon King Bi'e. Unexpectedly, seven Building Foundation Stage Cultivators were killed by it, and more than a dozen were seriously injured!
"Cultivators are not afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, then don't cultivate!"
This was a sentence that Yuan Manqiu often said.
It was only at this moment that Li Yao finally deeply realized how much passion and sacrifice were hidden in these simple words.
Looking at the video, one by one, the Cultivators who were in high spirits and recklessly threw themselves at the Demon King, Li Yao's heart once again surged with a deep sense of pride.
"Becoming a Cultivator and being in the company of these heroes, it's really great!"
Finally —
The trial lasted for a full five hours. The chief war judge once again drew his sharp magic sword and pointed it at Demon King Bi'e and the nineteen Demon Generals.
"The court now pronounces that Demon King Bi'e is guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass murder … He is sentenced to death and will be executed immediately. He will never be reincarnated! "
"Demon General Gu Lun is guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass murder … He is sentenced to death and will be executed immediately. He will never be reincarnated! "
"Demon General Suo Shan is guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass murder … He is sentenced to death and will be executed immediately. His demon soul will never be reincarnated!"
"Demon General Qi Tian …"
After the pronouncements, without the slightest bit of nonsense, the court instantly transformed into an execution ground. An execution platform made of crystal floated up from the ground. On top of it was a massive array constructed from hundreds of thousands of runes.
The Spirit Gathering and Demon Slaying Array could condense the spiritual energy of countless Cultivators. After compressing it to the limit, it would instantly shoot out, superimposing the strength of countless low-level Cultivators and blasting out an enormous energy comparable to a high-level Cultivator's full strength attack!
Demon King Bi'e was the first to be pushed onto the execution platform.
Up until now, it was still pretending to be calm. It shook its head as if it was disdainful of the Spirit Gathering and Demon Slaying Array.
The corners of its eyes were constantly twitching. But it had completely betrayed the struggle in the depths of its heart.
There was a crystal ball in front of each of the five hundred low-level Cultivators acting as the executioners. At this moment, it began to flicker.
Li Yao's mind was still replaying the scene of the Beast Tide charging up to the surface and wantonly slaughtering the Cultivators, as well as the scene of the Cultivators charging recklessly towards Demon King Bi'e and falling one after another in the final battle.
Without the slightest hesitation, he pressed both of his hands tightly onto the crystal ball, burning his life to the limit. Spiritual energy was like an overflowing flood, madly pouring in. It flowed along the thick crystal wires and gathered above the Spirit Gathering and Demon Slaying Array.
"Bo!"
Above the Spirit Gathering and Demon Slaying Array, a small ball of light appeared. As if it had a life of its own, it trembled slightly and constantly expanded. It became more and more dazzling, like a small sun slowly rising.
This was the enormous spiritual energy gathered by the five hundred low-level Cultivators burning their life force!
There was also a crystal ball in front of each of the five hundred ordinary people who had been selected by drawing lots. It also began to flicker, outlining the outline of a palm.
This was a special trigger system. When the five hundred ordinary people all placed their palms on the crystal ball, the enormous spiritual energy above Demon King Bi'e's head would suddenly explode, completely killing it.
This meant that the five hundred ordinary people had "personally" killed the main culprit, avenging their loved ones who had died in the Beast Tide!
At this moment, Demon King Bi'e finally screamed at the top of his lungs:
"Do you think ants like you are qualified to kill this King?"
"Just wait, Verdant Tarn City is just the beginning. There will come a day when the Demon Beast Empire will once again rise in the endless sea of stars. You ants are destined to be the Demon Race's food and slaves, slaves, slaves!"
What responded to it was a faint "Di Di" sound.
"Di Di!"
The middle-aged female worker of Verdant Tarn City's Second Wool Textile Factory, Yao Guifen, triggered the array.
"Di Di!"
The student of Verdant Tarn City's Twelfth Senior High School, Mao Xiaowei, triggered the array.
"Di Di!"
Verdant Tarn City's Yi Dong Road, Red Star Farmer's Market, Sapidity Braised Meat Shop's owner cum chef, Yang Shuigen, triggered the array.
"Di Di Di Di!"
The five hundred ordinary people all placed their palms on the crystal ball.
The Spirit Gathering and Demon Slaying Array was completely activated. The ball of light jumped and stretched into a long and narrow light arrow, piercing Demon King Bi'e's head in a flash.
Demon King Bi'e's roar came to an abrupt end and was replaced by a mournful scream. An incomparably huge amount of spiritual energy rushed left and right in its head, instantly smashing its entire skull, causing its face to become incomparably distorted.
Demon King Bi'e's body continued to expand, but under the stimulation of severe pain, it revealed its original form. It was a giant beast with a body more than ten meters long, like a cross between a flood dragon and a lizard.
No matter how it struggled and jumped, it was firmly locked in place by the restriction. Finally, its body stopped expanding, but its head was getting bigger and bigger, with strange bulges appearing one after another.
“！”
The bulges ruptured, and countless spiritual lights mixed with blood shot out. Demon King Bi'e's head exploded.
"Rumble!"
At the same time, a sudden clap of thunder exploded in the sky, and a light drizzle began to fall.
Looking at Demon King Bi'e's corpse gradually stiffening in the drizzle, Li Yao's mood was incomparably excited. His trembling hands were unable to calm down.
Before coming to Verdant Tarn City, he had never thought that he would actually have the opportunity to kill a Demon King with his own hands.
"Today, on the execution ground, I beheaded a Demon King as an executioner."
"But there will come a day when I will hold a peerless saber in my hand, and on the real battlefield, I will slaughter Demon Kings like pigs and dogs!"
"The battle of Verdant Tarn City is already over, and a new journey is just ahead. There are still more than three months left. It is not impossible to get more than ten thousand points, but I must work hard, work hard, and work even harder!"
"For the sake of my dream, I must move forward!"
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