Huan Ji held the jade bottle in her hand. Nine people from the Charm Sect and the Mirage Sect guarded her.
On Li Mu's side, four Imperial Consecrators and five Fu-lu School disciples had already surrounded the two sides. After the Five Sect Elders looked at each other, they quickly made a decision and looked at Huan Ji. Huan Ji's side felt the pressure increase.
Including Huan Ji herself, they only had ten people here.
On the other side, there were 35 people including the Consecrators from the Great Zhou. The difference in strength between the two sides was too great. They couldn't even fight.
Li Mu looked at Huan Ji and comforted her, "Look, we have more people than you. If we really fight, some of you will die. At that time, you won't be able to keep the item in your hand. Why don't you give it to me now? We won't have to fight. Wouldn't you be wasting your lives?"
The nine people from the Charm Sect and the Mirage Sect hesitated. Although Li Mu's words were shameless, they were the truth.
If they gave it to him, the jade bottle would fall into his hands.
If they didn't give it to him, after these people killed them, the jade bottle would still fall into his hands.
Since the outcome was already decided, why not just give it to him?
Huan Ji's face darkened. She threw the jade bottle to Li Mu and gritted her teeth. She said hatefully, "You're not human!"
Li Mu kept the jade bottle and looked at her. He shook his head and said, "Between the two of us, I don't know who's not human. Don't you know?"
Huan Ji was furious. She didn't want to talk to Li Mu. She gritted her teeth and said, "Call those brainless people up!"
The two went down the first level. Soon, the Demon Sect and Demon King's subordinates flew up.
When they saw the Realm Breaker Pill, they were like cats that smelled blood. They forgot their real purpose in entering the Demon Emperor's cave.
That one page of the Heavenly Book was much more important than the Realm Breaker Pill.
At this moment, they were in a worse state than when they were attacked by the Demon Corpse.
One of the three Demon Wolves had lost its body. Only its Demon Soul was left. One of the three Demon Leopards had lost its body.
Unlike humans who cultivated their Primordial Spirit, demons' strength would be greatly reduced if they lost their physical bodies. They were basically crippled.
Of the four snake demons, two of them were beaten back to their original forms. Their tails couldn't transform into legs. Of the five bear demons, two of them could only exist as giant bears. As for the four demons of the Demon Sect, one of them had turned into a white tiger. The other three were covered in wounds and their auras were weak.
All the demons told themselves in their hearts that the Heavenly Tomes were more important than the Realm Breaker Pill. When they looked around and saw the Dharma treasures on the second level of the Demon Imperial Palace, their eyes lit up and they were eager to try …
Li Mu shook his head. No wonder the Monster Sect was the one that was looked down upon the most amongst the ten demonic path sects. After all, they weren't humans. Sometimes, when they did things, they had to rely on their beastly instincts.
If he interacted more with humans, this situation might change. If he stayed in the Demon Kingdom and lived with the thoughts of beasts and demons, compared to a cunning fox like Phantom Princess, he was indeed lacking in wisdom …
Phantom Princess looked at the green eyes of the demons with a helpless expression. She then said, "Stop looking, let's go to the third level!"
If not for Li Mu and the Six Sects of Daoism, it would be easy to obtain the treasures from these demons.
Now, she had to borrow their strength to fight against Li Mu and the Six Sects of Daoism.
Her words awakened the demons in their dreams. All the demons were awakened by Phantom Princess and followed her to the third level of the Demon Imperial Palace.
The third level was the top level of the Demon Imperial Palace. This should be the place that Fu-lu was referring to.
Different from the first two levels, the third level of the Demon Imperial Palace only had a platform made of white jade.
The jade platform was half the height of a person. A page that Li Mu was familiar with floated on top of the jade platform.
The moment they saw the page, many of them revealed a look of desire. However, none of them made a move.
Everyone's goal was this page of the Heavenly Tomes. The first to make a move would definitely become the target of everyone.
Therefore, the moment they saw the treasure, everyone quietened down.
After a short moment of silence, Phantom Princess suddenly looked at the demons and said, "Everyone, this is the Demon Emperor's cave residence. This Heavenly Tomes are also the Heavenly Tomes of the demons. We cannot let it fall into the hands of humans. After we obtain this page of the Heavenly Tomes, we can comprehend it together."
After Phantom Princess finished speaking, the demons fell into deep thought.
With the Six Sects of Daoism around, it was impossible for them to obtain the Heavenly Tomes.
If the Demon Sect obtained it, they might have a chance to comprehend it. If it fell into the hands of humans, they would lose this page of the Heavenly Tomes forever.
At this moment, the forces that represented different interests came to an agreement without any discussion.
From then on, the Demon Imperial Palace was completely divided into two forces.
One was the Six Sects of Daoism led by Li Mu. The other was the alliance of the Four Sects of Demonic Dao and the Four Great Demon Kings.
Originally, the two forces were evenly matched. The Elders of the Six Sects of Daoism were individually strong while the alliance of the Demonic Dao and the Demon Kings had more people.
However, after the attacks of the demonic corpses, their strength was greatly reduced. If they were to fight to the death, they might not be a match for Li Mu.
However, at this point, they had no other choice.
The fact that these demons would form an alliance was not out of Li Mu's expectations. After all, the Demon Emperor was the Emperor of the Demon Race. What was recorded on the Dao page was also the cultivation path of the Demon Race.
To them, the imperial court and the Daoist sects were robbers who came to snatch what belonged to the Demon Race.
However, this time, Li Mu did not want to be a robber. He had no choice.
After all, if the Dao page was obtained by the Demon Race or fell into the hands of the Demon Sect, they would be able to cultivate more powerful cultivators for them. In the near future, they would become a major threat to the Great Zhou.
In that case, Li Mu's dream of conquering the Demon Nation and destroying the Demon Sect would be delayed indefinitely.
The Demon Race and the Demon Sect did not want them to obtain the Heavenly Tomes. They also did not want the Demon Race and the Demon Sect to obtain the Dao page.
On the third floor of the Demon Imperial Palace, the atmosphere was extremely tense. A great battle was about to break out.
After a long period of silence, a figure shot out from the Demon Sect's position and headed in the direction of the Heavenly Tomes.
At the South Sect's position, an Elder's body turned into an afterimage as he tried to stop the demon.
In the next moment, everyone moved.
The entire third floor of the Demon Imperial Palace erupted with dozens of waves of Dharmic power at the same time.
After dealing with the countless demon corpses, the Fu-lu, elixirs, formation flags, and one-time use Dharmic treasures in everyone's hands were all used up. Even the Zero Jade was not much left.
Among the Six Daoist Sects, the Fu-lu School, the Elixir Cauldron Sect, and the Spirit Array Sect needed to rely on external items. Their strength was greatly reduced and they could only deal with the slightly weaker subordinates of the Demon King.
Elder Xuanzong used his own Dharmic powers to cast Dharmic powers. The South Sect used their Dharmic powers for close combat. The North Sect relied on the defense of their treasured robes and Dharmic treasures to suppress the Four Demonic Sects.
Holding two short swords in her hands, Huan Ji gritted her teeth and flew towards Li Mu alone.
When he was still in the Fourth Realm, Li Mu was already able to suppress Huan Ji. Now, his cultivation was not much weaker than Huan Ji's. However, in a space without Spiritual Qi and without the power of Heaven and Earth, he could not use his Dao techniques and his strength was also reduced.
Even so, he could deal with Huan Ji with ease.
The Consecrators and the Elders of the Six Sects were also suppressing their opponents. They were originally senior Elders carefully selected by the various sects and their strength was at the peak of the Fifth Realm. The Consecrators of the Imperial Court were also the elites of the elites that Li Mu picked out from the Consecrators Department. On the other hand, although the demons and Demonic Sects were also in the Fifth Realm, most of them were not at the peak.
If this continued, it was only a matter of time before his side won.
What worried Li Mu was that everyone's Fu-lu and elixirs had long been used up. There were not many Spiritual Jades left.
Right now, the battle was using up the Spiritual Energy in their bodies. If their Spiritual Energy was used up, they would not be much stronger than normal people and would not be able to deal with any other changes.
For the demons, even if their Spiritual Energy was used up, they still had their bodies.
Their super recovery ability and endurance were one of the advantages of monsters in the first place.
The subordinates of the Demon King were already heavily injured and their wounds were still bleeding. However, they were still able to fight back and forth with the Elders. Although these demons were not very intelligent, when they fought with their lives on the line, it was still a headache.
Huan Ji was also fighting with her life on the line.
She held two short swords and attacked Li Mu without any regard for her life. Her face was filled with hatred. Those who did not know would think that Li Mu had abandoned her.
Although Li Mu could easily deal with Huan Ji, he could not withstand her desperate attacks and his Spiritual Energy was quickly depleting.
This could not go on. Li Mu was thinking of a solution. He looked around and when he saw a battle, his eyes narrowed.
It was this moment of absent-mindedness that allowed Huan Ji to find his weakness.
She stabbed her sword towards Li Mu's chest. However, she hesitated for a moment before stabbing towards his shoulder.
Li Mu came back to his senses and stretched out his right hand. He grabbed her wrist that was holding the sword and frowned: "Something is wrong …"
Huan Ji flung his hand away and stabbed her sword again. She said angrily: "You can get distracted during a battle. Damn it, you actually look down on me …"
Li Mu grabbed her wrist again and used his other hand to hit her head. He said in a low voice: "Stupid fox, haven't you noticed that something is wrong?"
Huan Ji's other hand held her sword and slashed towards Li Mu's neck. She was extremely angry: "You dare to call me a stupid fox, I will kill you …"
Li Mu grabbed her other wrist and said in a low voice: "Look …"
Huan Ji's face was filled with anger. She struggled a few times and inadvertently looked into Li Mu's eyes. She saw the seriousness in his eyes and was shocked. She asked: "What are you looking at?"
Li Mu looked at the white jade ground and muttered: "Where is the blood?"
Huan Ji followed his gaze and saw a bear demon fighting with a Fu-lu School elder. He had lost an arm earlier and blood was still flowing out from his broken arm. However, when the blood fell on the ground, it immediately seeped into the ground and disappeared without a trace …
This strange situation caused Huan Ji's body to tremble. She said with a trembling voice: "Why, why is it like this …"
Li Mu also did not know the reason. However, his intuition told him that he could not stay here for long. He flew down and said: "Leave this place!"
Rumble …
Li Mu, who had just flown to the first floor of the Demon Emperor Palace, raised his head and saw the door of the Demon Emperor Palace close.
[PS: Recently, I have been writing until night time. My fingers are in pain as if they are being pricked by needles. I couldn't bear writing half of this chapter. I used my phone to type in the other half. There might be mistakes.
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