97: Thousand-Mile Travel Talisman, Flame Demon Beast

Lieyang Desert.

Blazing Demon Sect headquarters.

The Old Ancestor Yanmo sat high on the main seat, listening to the reports from the Sect Disciples, his face showing anger, and the flames burning behind him distorted the air in the main hall.

“Those nine Peak Divine Dharma Aspect old demons in Burial Soil Desert couldn't even stop the Wu Dynasty army for the time it takes an incense stick to burn?”

“Old Ancestor, please calm your anger. The army that passed through Burial Soil Desert must be the most elite main force of the Wu Dynasty, with Divine Extreme Realm experts or multiple Divine Artifacts suppressing them.”

The Blazing Demon Sect Sect Master suddenly said, “Old Ancestor, we have slaughtered seven cities and seized seven ley lines. The Blazing Crystal Stones refined are enough to awaken the Sacred Beast guarding the Sect.

Next, should we awaken the Sacred Beast to directly attack the Wu Dynasty's main force, or should we first clip their wings and strengthen the Sacred Beast's power?”

“How many routes did the Wu Dynasty army split into?”

The Old Ancestor Yanmo frowned and asked.

“Four routes.”

The Blazing Demon Sect Sect Master replied, “This time, the Xuan Emperor did not personally lead the Wu Dynasty army's attack on the Western Desert.

Initially, the million-strong army split into two routes, one entering our Blazing Demon Sect territory, and the other entering the Blood Fiend Sect territory.

Now, that silver-armored army within the Blood Fiend Sect territory has split off another route, intending to strike directly at the Yellow Springs.

The five hundred thousand strong army within our Blazing Demon Sect territory also split before the wolf cavalry entered Burial Soil Desert.

Among them, the main force of the Wu Dynasty suppressing the nine demons of the Yellow Sand Sect was unstoppable, sweeping across the various deserts, but it seems they did not take our Blazing Demon Sect seriously.

They only sent the twenty thousand strong army that had split off earlier to slowly advance, surrounding the Lieyang Desert.”

“Could it be a trap, deliberately splitting their forces to lure us into an ambush?”

The Blazing Demon Sect Vice Sect Master hesitated.

“Hmph, on our territory, what tricks can they still play?”

The Old Ancestor Yanmo spewed flames from his mouth and nose, “Army Martial Artists are skilled at forming military formations for combat, but our Blazing Demon Sect Disciples completely crush them in one-on-one combat. There’s no need for a direct confrontation. First, issue a mission to decapitate all the military commanders of that two hundred thousand strong Wu Dynasty army.

Then, release the Sacred Beast guarding the Sect, kill all those defeated soldiers, use their lives as sacrifices to unleash the Sacred Beast's ferocity, charge into the Wu Dynasty Imperial City, abandon the Blood Fiend, capture the Xuan Emperor, and strike first!”

“Old Ancestor is brilliant!”

Everyone in the hall flattered him and then left.

The Blazing Demon Sect's mountain gate, similar to the Artifact Refining Sect, was built on a volcanic mountain range.

Orange-red magma flowed, and with the release of the highest-level Sect decree, pillars of flame shot into the sky from the Lieyang Desert.

Countless old monsters and Disciples who had been in seclusion emerged one after another, launching a decapitation operation against the commanders of the Wu Dynasty's Hundred Battles Camp.

“Has our Blazing Demon Sect been secluded for too long? An Imperial Dynasty without a Spirit-Sealing Battle Banner dares to let mortal armored soldiers offend our Sect. This is truly plucking whiskers from the King of Hell's mouth, seeking death.”

Blazing Demon Sect Disciples, riding various Demonic Path Magical Artifacts, flew wantonly over the Lieyang Desert, heading towards the Hundred Battles Camp's position.

Half a day later.

The Blazing Demon Sect Sect Master stood in the Sect's secret ground, looking at the continuously shattering Soul tablets, feeling an extreme chill run down his spine to his scalp.

“They… they all died!?”

In half a day, at least five thousand elite Blazing Demon Sect Disciples and Elders were dispatched. This force, not to mention single-handedly annihilating a hundred thousand strong army.

Just gathered in any one place, it would definitely be an existence that would give various Imperial Dynasties headaches.

“Sect Master, it's not good, the Wu Dynasty army has suddenly accelerated its advance, and it won't be long before they reach the mountain gate.”

The Disciple delivering the message burst into the secret ground, panting as he reported.

“How did those who carried out the decapitation mission die?”

The Blazing Demon Sect Sect Master questioned coldly.

“From the scattered messages sent by those deceased Senior Brothers, among the two hundred thousand strong Wu Dynasty army, there is an unparalleled fiend named Lü Bu, born with Divine Power, powerful cultivation, and unmatched combat strength. Almost every Senior Brother and Elder lost contact after encountering him.”

The Disciple delivering the message answered fearfully.

“Notify the Old Ancestor, activate the Sect-protecting formation, and recall everyone to defend!”

The Blazing Demon Sect Sect Master gritted his teeth and ordered... Lieyang Desert, three hundred miles outside the Blazing Demon Sect.

Lü Lingqi led two hundred thousand Hundred Battles Camp soldiers to station there.

Beside her, Lü Bu's doppelganger held a corpse, slightly raised his head, gazed towards the Blazing Demon Sect, and a smile revealed his chilling white teeth:

“Young Lord, no one should come to their deaths anymore. The surrounding Demonic Sect minions have also been cleared.”

Lü Lingqi nodded slightly and commanded, “All troops, change armor and prepare for battle.”

“Yes!” The Hundred Battles Camp soldiers were invigorated by the command and immediately changed into armor inscribed with special Spirit Talismans.

Lü Lingqi raised her hand and activated a Spirit Talisman given by Xia Xuan.

The next moment, vast Heaven and Earth Origin Qi surged.

The figures of the Hundred Battles Camp soldiers transformed into beams of light and disappeared.

Blazing Demon Sect mountain gate.

Outside the Sect-protecting formation, a sudden roar echoed.

Ten thousand beams of light descended, and the Hundred Battles Camp soldiers stepped out from them, surrounding the mountain gate.

The Blazing Demon Sect Disciples responsible for arranging the formation were all stunned, looking back with bone-chilling dread.

The monstrous Evil Qi, as if materialized, condensed into a Blood Asura, clinging to the Sect-protecting formation, making people tremble with fear.

These fierce soldiers, who had killed countless people, were the true Demonic Path, weren't they?

A ridiculous thought arose in the minds of the Blazing Demon Sect Disciples.

Most of them had followed the Sect into seclusion, and their demonic nature had long been worn away.

It seemed that none of the Disciples and Elders who truly walked outside and left behind fearsome reputations had managed to return alive.

“Thousand Mile Divine Traveling Talisman, the Wu Dynasty actually has a Dao Great Grandmaster who deduced the method of making such Spirit Talismans from basic rune magic. This is truly damnable!”

The Old Ancestor Yanmo soared into the air, his fiery red hair burning brightly, his eagle eyes sharp, and his expression filled with rage.

He cast a downward glance, then pressed his hand down.

The flame palm, manifested by the Divine Dharma Aspect, squeezed the Void Realm, triggering numerous Restrictions within the great formation.

Immediately, the bodies of the Demonic Sect Disciples below exploded one after another.

Screams rose and fell.

“Old Ancestor!!!”

“Old geezer, we'll wait for you in the Yellow Springs!”

“Old Ancestor, why go to such lengths!”

The Blazing Demon Sect Sect Master was grief-stricken, watching the remaining Blazing Demon Sect Disciples being killed by the Old Ancestor himself. He felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

“At a time of Sect crisis, these wastes dying like this can still serve some purpose.”

The Old Ancestor Yanmo's gaze was indifferent.

With a “boom” sound.

The Blazing Demon Sect mountain gate collapsed, the palaces turned into ruins, and the ley lines fractured.

The Souls, cultivation, and bones and blood of tens of thousands of Blazing Demon Sect Disciples all transformed into fiery light, pouring into the ground.

“Roar!!!”

The next moment, the ground sank a hundred zhang, and magma erupted.

The Sect-protecting formation shattered.

A giant rock demon, taller than a mountain, with fiery red magma patterns flowing all over its body, crawled out from underground.

It had six vertical flame pupils, its entire body seemed cast from obsidian, hard and cold, and the flowing magma patterns, like Divine Runes, emitted a heart-palpitating fluctuation.

Underground, magma churned, engulfing the remnants of the Blazing Demon Sect Disciples' bodies.

As the death toll climbed, this Blazing Demon giant beast roared with increasing excitement.

“Kill, slaughter them all!”

The Old Ancestor Yanmo roared, eleven Divine rings appearing behind him. Borrowing the might of the Blazing Demon, his power surged by a large margin, and he charged directly at Lü Lingqi, who was at the forefront of the Hundred Battles Camp.

The Blood Flame Dragon Lion let out whimpering growls of fear.

Lü Lingqi's face remained cold. She raised her square halberd, left the battle formation, and stepped into the air to meet the Old Ancestor Yanmo.