"Since we know that we're falling into the Demons' trap, why don't we give up on those small city passes instead of retreating?" Someone asked the most important question, which was also the question on the minds of most of the cultivators present.
"Because we can't give them up. The human race must have small city passes to provide a place for cultivators to rest and recuperate." The scarred cultivator sighed. "If we give up on all the small city passes, the cultivators will truly be a lone army in the Extraterritorial Battlefield."
A lone army was never a good word. Cutting off all means of retreat could only be a strange strategy, not the norm.
"There are two choices. One is to give up on all the small city passes, but you can imagine how tragic our human cultivators will be in the Extraterritorial Battlefield then.
Especially you young cultivators. Without the city passes as your rear wall and as your logistical support, your casualty rate in the Extraterritorial Battlefield will be ten times or even a hundred times higher than now. "
"The other is to follow the Demons' will and defend those dozens of city passes." The scarred cultivator's gaze was deep as he looked at the blood-colored land. "We chose the latter because you young cultivators are the hope of the human race's future.
If most of you die in the Extraterritorial Battlefield and are unable to grow, the human race will be cut off.
In another few thousand years, when the human cultivators are nearing the end of their lifespans and are about to die of old age, the human race will be finished. "
"Unless one has reached the realm of Dao Ancestor Xia, not many people can defend Firmament Heaven." The scarred cultivator shook his head and sighed.
It was obvious that the Demons were using their power to suppress the humans. It was an open and aboveboard scheme.
The Hades was the Demons' scheme.
There were both schemes and schemes. This was the ruthlessness of the Demons.
Faced with such a situation, the human race could only use the lives of the elderly in exchange for the space for the newcomers to grow.
The war between races was so cruel. There was no perfect solution. There was only choice and sacrifice. It was bloody.
.....
"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's go." The scarred cultivator regained his spirit and led the newcomers away from the city wall and into the Jade Gate Pass.
Inside the city gate, there was a square closest to the towering city wall.
The square occupied a vast area. The ground was carved with formation patterns.
If human cultivators wanted to leave or enter the Jade Gate Pass, they would have to undergo a second inspection by the formation to ensure the safety of the Jade Gate Pass.
A wide path extended from the square to the depths of the Jade Gate Pass. Looking from afar, one could see numerous ancient palaces standing on both sides of the path.
The knife-scarred cultivator led the thousand newcomers all the way down the main road.
Along the way, they could see cultivators in black armor or Daoist robes flying by. Rows of flying magic boats were parked on both sides of the road. The number of flying magic boats was enough to make one's scalp tingle.
The giant palaces that stood on both sides of the road were all different in style. Some of them were so ancient that they seemed to have existed since ancient times. They were hidden in the array formation, appearing hazy and indistinct.
"These gigantic palaces are the seclusion grounds of our human race's mighty cultivators. Most of these seniors preside over Jade Gate Pass all year round. There are even some mighty cultivators who came to Jade Gate Pass more than ten thousand years ago and have never left." The scarred man introduced to the newcomers.
The interior of the Jade Gate Pass was unimaginably vast.
After flying for two hours, a huge hall appeared in front of them.
Beacon Hall.
"This is your last stop, the Beacon Fire Hall.
In this hall, you will understand more things. You can enter by yourselves. "The knife-scarred cultivator turned around and looked at the newcomers in front of him. He said with a smile," I hope that I can still see all of you in a hundred years.
When the time comes, I will definitely have a toast with all of you. "
The newcomers cupped their fists in unison and bowed to the knife-scarred cultivator to express their gratitude. All the newcomers could clearly feel the care he had shown them along the way.
This was a very sincere and pure concern from an old man to a newcomer.
Under the knife-scarred cultivator's gaze, the crowd walked towards Beacon Hall.
A cultivator stood at the entrance of Beacon Hall and handed out a jade slip to every newcomer who walked over.
Lu Qingshan also received a jade slip.
The jade slip recorded in detail all the Demons that the human cultivators had encountered in the extraterritorial battlefield in Jade Gate Pass, as well as their unique abilities, weaknesses, strengths, and other information.
Apart from that, there was also an introduction to the extraterritorial battlefield in Jade Gate Pass. It pointed out which regions were dangerous and had killed countless human cultivators, and which regions were relatively safe …
This was all information that the human cultivators had obtained at the cost of their lives.
It was obvious that this was very important information. It was something that the cultivators had to remember if they wanted to survive in the cruel extraterritorial battlefield.
However, the process of giving out the jade slip seemed to be somewhat understated and too casual. The cultivator who gave out the jade slip did not even emphasize the importance of the information in the jade slip to the newcomers.
This was because the cultivators who could enter Jade Gate Pass, even if they were newcomers, were at least Nascent Soul cultivators. They were not children and knew what was more important.
As long as they were not blind, everyone could see that this information was related to their lives. No one would be stupid enough to ignore it.
If someone was really so careless, others would have nothing to say. If they did not care about their own lives, what could others do to them?
After receiving the jade slip, everyone officially stepped through the gate of Beacon Hall.
At first, it was dark in front of them, but then it suddenly lit up.
The inside of the hall was full of scenes.
The first thing that entered their eyes was a huge gilded three-dimensional picture scroll that was floating in the center of the hall.
The scenery on the picture scroll was detailed and small. It completely restored the mountains and rivers of the extraterritorial battlefield in Jade Gate Pass.
However, on the scroll, there were still large areas covered in a dense fog.
This represented an area that the human race had yet to explore clearly. It was best not to enter without permission.
Apart from that, there were seventeen human city passes shrouded in yellow light on the picture scroll. There were also nearly a hundred cities shrouded in scarlet light that represented the strongholds of the Demons.
From this, it could be seen that the difference in strength between the Demons and the human race was huge.
At the two ends of the picture scroll, one was the human race's Jade Gate Pass, and the other was the spatial passage that led to the Abyss and the Soldiers and Demons' territory.
Lu Qingshan looked to the left and saw a huge jade tablet.
At the top of the jade tablet, at the most conspicuous position, there were three large golden words that were engraved in flamboyant calligraphy.
"Jade Gate Pass"!
Below the three words "Jade Gate Pass", there was a line of slightly smaller words written in the same golden font: "My cold star doesn't notice, I sacrifice my blood to the heavens!"
"These words were personally inscribed by the Sword Sect's Senior Green Cloud Sword Immortal," a cultivator in the crowd said softly.
Just from this line of poetry, everyone could feel a bit of the so-called "Sword Immortal's bearing".
Looking down, there were many battle reports displayed on the jade tablet.
These battle reports were constantly changing, constantly updated, and then arranged in order of importance.
For example, right now, at the most important position of the jade tablet, there was a battle report that read: "Traces of large-scale Demons activity have appeared near Luoyan Pass. Cultivators are urgently needed to head over and suppress them!"
This was an urgent battle report, which was why it was placed at the most important position.
The next battle report read: "Sword Sect's Xia Daoyun has killed the Three-Eyed Demon King at Lion Ridge!"
When he saw his master's name, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but take a second look at the details of the battle report.
In the nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy seventh year of Chang 'an, Sword Sect's Xia Daoyun was ambushed by the Demons' Three-Eyed Demon King at Lion Ridge. In the end, she relied on the sword in her hand to successfully kill him.
…
This matter happened during the Chang 'an era, and forty years had already passed since then. However, it was still hanging high up in the second most important position on the jade tablet.
From this, one could see just how big of a commotion killing the Three-Eyed Demon King was.
However, after thinking about it, it was understandable.
Demon Kings were all eighth rank existences, equivalent to human cultivators of the eighth level.
An eighth rank Demon King ambushed Xia Daoyun, but instead delivered himself to her. This kind of victory was indeed rarely seen even in a hundred years, and was worthy of praise.
Lu Qingshan continued reading. The battle reports began to become more and more complicated.
However, any battle report that could appear on the jade tablet could definitely be considered a major event.
In addition, the human race didn't have the concept of reporting only good news and not bad news. Even though those great victories could indeed make many cultivators' blood boil and raise their morale, in a war between two races, in the end, wouldn't victory and defeat still depend on strength? What was the use of deceiving oneself and numbing oneself?
That was why Lu Qingshan quickly saw some shocking battle reports.
[Broad Imperial Sect's Great Elder, Body Integration Stage cultivator, Kunde Great Cultivator, was surrounded by Demons at Seven Stars Slope and unfortunately fell!]
[Jade Deity Pass was ambushed by Demons and suffered disastrous losses. The cultivators sacrificed are as follows …]
After quickly skimming through it, Lu Qingshan roughly estimated that it couldn't even be considered half happy and half worried. It was roughly thirty percent happy and seventy percent worried.
The human race had always been in an extremely difficult situation.
And near the end of the jade tablet, Lu Qingshan saw a piece of information related to himself — [The latest batch of a thousand cultivators entered the Jade Gate Pass today.]
…
Finally, on the left side of the main hall, there was a path leading to a side hall.
That was the place where the cultivators of the Jade Gate Pass used their battle merits to exchange for spiritual materials.
As newcomers, their battle merits were now zero. Naturally, there was no need for them to know more about this place. After a brief understanding of this place, they left.
.....
Not long after Lu Qingshan entered the Jade Gate Pass, outside the Changfeng Grand Formation of Heavenly Mountain.
Two streaks of light suddenly appeared and quickly stopped.
Two male cultivators, one tall and one short, appeared from the streaks of light and gradually became clearer.
They floated in the sky and looked at the layer of water curtain that enveloped Heavenly Mountain not far away.
"Is it here?" The shorter male cultivator asked in a gloomy voice.
On his shoulder, there was a large, translucent butterfly flapping its wings.
"It should be. The Hundred Illusionary Butterfly sensed his aura in the area ahead, which is in the Heavenly Mountain Range."
The taller man looked at the water curtain in the distance, his eyes full of darkness. He slowly nodded. "I didn't expect that bastard to have entered the Jade Gate Pass.
If we were to do what we did before and spread a net to search for him in the Seven Regions, we wouldn't be able to find him even if we turned the Seven Regions upside down. Our efforts would have been in vain.
This sword cultivator may be a sword cultivator, but he isn't one at all. He's so sinister that he wants to toy with us Hades in the palm of his hand! "
"As the saying goes, the devil rises ten," the shorter male cultivator said sinisterly. "In the end, didn't we still toy with him in the palm of our hand?
What's the use of him hiding? Under the tracking ability of the Hundred Illusionary Butterfly, there's nowhere for him to hide. "
"The Hundred Illusionary Butterfly is a neo-demon that was accidentally cultivated by the headquarters. As long as it smells a cultivator's aura, it can lock onto that cultivator and track him for thousands of miles.
It's a pity that the Hundred Illusionary Butterfly can only use this innate ability once in its life. The headquarters has never been able to cultivate a second Hundred Illusionary Butterfly.
He's only a Realm Five cultivator, yet he forced us to use our only Hundred Illusionary Butterfly. Even if he dies, he won't have lived in vain. "The taller cultivator said in a muffled voice.
"The Hundred Illusionary Butterfly's ability can be said to be useful, but also of little value. It's not a waste to use it on him, but it's just right.
I just don't know how this guy knows so much about us Hades. He's even more exaggerated than those old farts from the Heavenly Secrets Temple. "The shorter cultivator said hatefully.
"After this bastard's ruckus, many of our plans have been disrupted ….
If we let him continue like this, who knows what else he'll do. You're right. As the saying goes, a long night is fraught with dreams. Using the Hundred Illusionary Butterfly on him is definitely worth it. "
"It's just that it's not easy for the two of us to sneak into this Jade Gate Pass. It's too conspicuous …."
"Isn't that easy to deal with? Find someone to bring the Hundred Illusionary Butterfly into Jade Gate Pass, then hand it over to Lord Devil Marshal. Just report Lu Qingshan's situation to him in detail.
We have to be careful when we're in the human territory, but we Demons don't have so many scruples in the Extraterritorial Battlefield. Under these circumstances, how can Lu Qingshan not die? "
"You're right!"
The two people from Hades quickly came to a decision. Then, with a flash of light, they quickly left Heavenly Mountain.
.....
Lu Qingshan had only stayed in Jade Gate Pass for less than half a day. While the other cultivators who entered Jade Gate Pass with him were still familiarizing themselves with the environment, he chose to leave the city.
This wasn't because he was arrogant. Although he had never been to the Eastern Domain's Jade Gate Pass in his previous life, he was very familiar with the Southern Domain's Bauhinia Pass.
In terms of structure, the two were almost identical. The biggest difference was the geographical environment, and the bloodlines of the Demons he would encounter were different.
However, if he wanted to quickly understand these things, he would have to familiarize himself with them through actual combat. There wasn't much point in staying in Jade Gate Pass.
After making a trip to the Beacon Fire Hall, he already had a plan for which city pass to go to ….
Luoyan Pass!
It was the Luoyan Pass where large-scale Demons had appeared recently.
He had come to Jade Gate Pass to slay Demons. Naturally, he would go where there were more Demons.
As for danger, which part of the Extraterritorial Battlefield didn't have it?
Even in the human territory, it wasn't safe.
Running away would never solve the problem.
He wasn't the only one who thought this way. Just like those old men who guarded the small city passes, how could they not know about the danger?
However, they still chose to guard the city passes.
.....
After passing through the formation's test, a spiritual light enveloped Lu Qingshan and disappeared in a flash. In the next moment, he was teleported outside Jade Gate Pass.
"Let's go."
With a whoosh, the peach blossom left his body.
Lu Qingshan's heart skipped a beat. He rose on his sword, turned into a sword light, and quickly flew in the direction of Luoyan Pass.
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