Chapter 41: Dark Clouds Over the City, Pressing to Destroy
"Ridiculous, something that deceives children, could anyone really take it seriously?" East Qi Demon Lord glanced over the two words "this oath" at the end, still dismissive.
He didn't know that there were indeed many who believed in such things.
For example, the Sword Cultivators of the South Sword Pavilion who defended the southern city wall last night, fighting without retreat.
Or the three Honorable Realm cultivators who inflicted heavy damage on the Demon Race by self-destructing at the final moment.
Or those low-level cultivators of the Rinsing Spirit Sect who chose to perish with Dragon City Pass despite high-level cultivator betrayal...
They are among them, but definitely not all.
The Demon Race, born in the Demon Domain, in an Abyss of survival of the fittest, where hierarchy is severe and immensely cold, simply cannot imagine, something they see as mere formality, something fundamentally unbelievable, is truly held as a lifelong ideal and faith for some, even sacrificing for it.
They cannot comprehend, nor will they understand.
This is why the Human Race remains the Human Race, and not the Demon Race.
In the next moment, East Qi Demon Lord lightly waved his hand.
Immediately, billowing demonic qi surged out, completely enveloping the entire stele.
With a bang.
The oath stele, bearing a history of ten thousand years, witnessing one generation of Human Cultivators after another entering the pass, thus turned into dust, drifting away.
Just like Dragon City Pass.
However, the oath stele may be destroyed, Dragon City Pass may fall, but the belief and faith deeply rooted in people's hearts will never be destroyed.
"Prepare slightly, assess the losses, and then formally invade the Central Spirit Domain; it won't be long before our Demon Race's cultivators will completely occupy the Central Spirit Domain...." Xuanwu Sovereign glanced nonchalantly at the oath stele that turned to ash and scattered, speaking casually.
"Rest assured, Soul Venerable, I understand," East Qi Demon Lord replied respectfully.
In his mouth, Xuanwu Sovereign was called Soul Venerable.
The Heart Demon Clan of the Incessant Domain has two top-tier demon lords, Soul Venerable and Yu Venerable.
Compared to the other Seven Great Holy Demon Clans, their numbers are not many.
It is known that the Giant Spirit Clan, at its peak, even had four top-tier Demon Lords.
Even if Xuan Venerable fell in the Human Realm, the Giant Spirit Demon Clan still had one more top-tier Demon Lord than the Heart Demon Clan.
But it was these two top-tier Demon Lords that achieved something the other Seven Great Holy Demon Clans dared not even think about.
"We paid a great price to capture Dragon City Pass." Beside him, the face of the White Tiger Sovereign was still somewhat gloomy.
To completely annihilate the Dragon City Pass Guard Army, their sacrifices were not small from the start.
The final self-destruction of Li Xing Taoist Master, Nine Lotus Spirit Venerable, and Qingfeng Martial Emperor almost swept away the surrounding region of a thousand miles.
Considering this, although possessing immense advantages, in the end, their casualties reached eighty percent of the Dragon City Pass cultivators.
"I can disregard everything else, but one of my three souls was extinguished by that damn Northern Rainbow Sword Master." This was the main reason why the White Tiger Sovereign's mood had not recovered.
"Necessary sacrifices are inevitable, besides, among your three souls from Yu Venerable, the Vermilion Bird Sovereign soul is not particularly significant," Xuanwu Sovereign comforted.
"As you say, but after all, it is one of my three souls, it's still hard to bear losing it without reason," the White Tiger Sovereign felt no gratitude for Xuanwu Sovereign's effortless comfort.
Xuanwu Sovereign was not embarrassed, smiling without a word.
In the Abyss, not only are the various Holy Demon Clans at odds, but even the rulers within the same clan are not very close.
In such a ruthless place as the Demon Domain, unity is an extremely extravagant term.
"How are things on your side?" White Tiger Sovereign changed the topic, asking Xuanwu Sovereign.
Xuanwu Sovereign nodded, "Rest assured, it's a sure thing, no surprises will occur."
"After all, it is an indispensable segment in the Soul Snatching," he said soberly, his gaze deep.
This Soul Snatching Battle they were plotting had two crucial phases, neither could tolerate mishaps, or else it might lead to failure at the final hurdle.
The first phase, of course, was to capture Dragon City Pass.
As for the second phase...
.......
During the massacre war against Dragon City Pass, the Demon Race did not block the information.
First, it was unnecessary.
After capturing Dragon City Pass, their Incessant Domain demonic cultivators would immediately move the army into the Central Spirit Domain.
What significance would there be in expending effort to block information?
Without Dragon City Pass, the strength of Incessant Domain's Demon Race already crushed the Human Race of Central Spirit Domain, the Demon Race was extremely confident.
Second, it was impossible.
Although unnecessary, if they could temporarily block the information, by then deploying the army into the Human Realm and catching the Human Race off guard, it might somewhat reduce the Demon Race's casualties.
If truly feasible, they could do it conveniently.
The problem was that it was unfeasible.
There were too many means of communication among cultivators, and Dragon City Pass was such an important place, plus it was a massive battle involving so many people, no matter how much it was blocked, breaches were unavoidable.
Therefore, the Demon Race's goal has always been singularly to capture Dragon City Pass and eliminate as much of the Human Race's resistance force as possible.
When the Demon Race entered the pass and the Bright Moon Great Formation turned against its own, various messages from Dragon City Pass raced towards the major forces of Central Spirit Domain like a meteor shower.
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In the Dragon City Pass battle, the most elite group among the Central Spirit Domain's cultivators was annihilated.