Chapter 161: Dark Currents Bloodletting

**Author: I Eat Tomatoes**

"Allow demon monarchs to enter the human world?" Venerable Qin Wu and Venerable Bai Yaoyue's expressions changed.

The ethereal Xu Yingwu glanced at the two venerable figures before him and calmly said, "Before the demon race invaded, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven constantly hunted down my Two World Island, and Yuanchu Mountain secretly fanned the flames, hoping to use the opportunity to completely wipe out my Two World Island."

"We didn't take action," Venerable Qin Wu said with a faint smile.

"For the past eight hundred years, my Black Sand Grotto-Heaven hasn't pursued you," Venerable Bai Yaoyue said. "Early on, the demon invasion wasn't strong, and your Two World Island had already recovered."

"Yes, we recovered," Xu Yingwu nodded and sneered. "But look at the territories my Two World Island governs. They are jungles dense with miasma, endless mountain ranges, and countless islands. Your two great sects, however, occupy vast tracts of densely populated land! Expanses of fertile plains, with populations far greater than those under Two World Island's governance."

"In terms of territory, Two World Island governs a much larger area," Venerable Bai Yaoyue scoffed.

Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and Two World Island shared a blood feud, an irreconcilable hatred.

More precisely...

Black Sand Grotto-Heaven once had the ambition to unify the world. At that time, Emperor Black Sand was the strongest human, with five Creation Realm Venerables following him. Only Yuanchu Mountain barely managed to hold on, forced to retreat and rely on ancestral defenses, hoping to endure until Emperor Black Sand's death and the decline of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven.

At this crucial moment, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven suffered an internal split.

The split itself was one thing, but at a critical juncture, Old Man Yin Yang betrayed Emperor Black Sand! Old Man Yin Yang was a trusted general under Emperor Black Sand, the strongest human, and the Creation Realm Venerable Emperor Black Sand trusted most. Yet, it was Old Man Yin Yang who ambushed Emperor Black Sand, severely wounding him and forcing him to face internal divisions, ultimately leading to his death.

Old Man Yin Yang led a group of people away and established Two World Island.

The internal schism within Black Sand Grotto-Heaven continued for over a hundred years before complete reunification, with Emperor Black Sand's lineage emerging victorious. This lineage harbored an intense hatred for Two World Island! They relentlessly pursued Two World Island on all fronts. Although Black Sand Grotto-Heaven was a shadow of its former self, it was still a formidable power that had nearly unified the world. Even with only a fraction of its strength, it continued to hunt Two World Island.

Since its inception, Two World Island had constantly resisted and fled for its life, suffering terribly.

It was only when the demon race invaded that the three great sects cast aside their animosities and ceased their internal conflicts. Only then did Two World Island seize the opportunity to recover its strength.

"Yes, Two World Island governs the largest territory, but it's all jungles, mountains, and islands," Xu Yingwu stated. "We have the smallest population and the largest territory. Within Two World Island's domain, there is one super-large city pass, just like yours. But we have far more medium and small city passes than either of your sects."

"Yet, our gods and demons on Two World Island are fewer than both of yours!"

Xu Yingwu shook his head and sneered, "Small city passes are fine; they're easy to defend. But for 'medium city passes,' over the years, our gods and demons on Two World Island have fought to the death defending them. Yet, we have far fewer gods and demons than you. What can we do? We throw our lives into the defense!"

"You, Yuanchu Mountain, and you, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, feel pained if twenty disciples die in a year. What about our Two World Island? Last year, sixty-one disciples died!" Xu Yingwu stared at Qin Wu and Bai Yaoyue. "Ten years ago, we lost only twenty disciples a year. Last year, it exceeded sixty. If this continues, in just ten years, all the Great Sun Realm gods and demons of my Two World Island will be wiped out!!!"

Qin Wu and Bai Yaoyue fell silent.

Two World Island was the weakest, yet it protected the broadest territory and had the most world entrances within its domain.

"If all the Great Sun Realm gods and demons are wiped out, what good is it for us to live?" Xu Yingwu sneered. "No weaker gods and demons will be able to grow. The human race will face a complete generational gap! In a few hundred years, Marquis and King Realm gods and demons will die of old age! Can just a few of us Venerables defend the entire human world? With countless demon creatures, like locusts, entering the human world, how many legs and arms do you have? Your killing speed won't even keep up with the demon race's reproduction rate!"

"Therefore, we cannot allow the Great Sun Realm gods and demons to be depleted this way," Xu Yingwu said. "Let them retreat and allow the demon monarchs to enter."

"Only abandon medium and small city passes."

"Those that enter will at most be Third-Heaven demon monarchs! Even if they break through, they'll only be Fourth-Heaven demon monarchs. Once they're inside, our Marquis and King Realm gods and demons, and even Venerables, can act directly to slaughter them!" Xu Yingwu continued. "We'll establish an intelligence network, secretly monitoring demon monarchs as soon as they enter through world entrances. We'll dispatch powerful gods and demons to eliminate them."

"What about countless demon creatures entering?" Bai Yaoyue asked.

"The demon race, being numerous, is easiest to monitor," Xu Yingwu replied. "Any Marquis Realm god and demon can easily slaughter a large group of demon creatures."

"Demon monarchs, I fear, will scatter and hide as soon as they enter," Bai Yaoyue sneered.

"What if they hide? Unless they never show themselves, as long as they appear in the human world, we have the advantage in strength! We can use our strength to eliminate the weak, wiping out these demon monarchs," Xu Yingwu stated. "We only need to defend important cities; if they attack, we can kill them. Moreover, we can use our intelligence network to track them everywhere. The more demon monarchs that enter, the easier it will be to trace them. Once traced, we can dispatch powerful gods and demons to wipe them all out! That's how we can kill effectively; letting Great Sun Realm gods and demons be slowly depleted is truly not worth it."

Venerable Qin Wu sighed, "Gods and demons considered your method long ago, but have you thought about this? Large numbers of demon creatures and demon monarchs would pour in from various world entrances, scattering across the entire world! How great a threat would they pose to the prefectural and county cities, and the countless fortresses and villages throughout the land? How many people would die then?"

"Large numbers of gods and demons can guard various locations," Xu Yingwu said coldly. "Furthermore, we can use our intelligence network to track and try to hunt down every single demon monarch."

"Most of the human population lives in those fortresses and villages. How do we defend them?" Venerable Qin Wu pressed.

"Even if gods and demons are fearless and foolishly continue to defend, within ten years, all the Great Sun Realm gods and demons on my Two World Island will be wiped out! Then, the ninety-three medium world entrances within Two World Island's territory will need to be defended by you. Can your two sects hold them?" Xu Yingwu asked. "Even if you can, your annual casualties will drastically increase, losing forty or fifty disciples each year, and that number will keep growing. How long can you sustain that?"

"Twenty years!"

Xu Yingwu sneered as he looked at them, "With less than half of your Great Sun Realm gods and demons remaining, how will you defend?"

"Now is a critical moment; if we abandon them immediately, we can preserve our vitality," Xu Yingwu said. "We should prioritize defending prefectural and county cities, and try to protect some fortresses and villages as well. And repeatedly hunt down demon monarchs! Mortals can hide in tunnels, and a single demon monarch's killing speed won't be too exaggerated."

"Abandoning medium and small city passes would allow thousands of demon monarchs to pour in." Venerable Qin Wu closed his eyes, knowing that even with further defense, the outcome would be dire.

"You should also understand," Xu Yingwu sneered. "The demon race is clearly so much stronger than us, yet for every medium city pass, they deploy forces just equivalent to ours. Why don't they send double the elite demon monarchs? For example, send twenty elite demon monarchs? Or thirty elite demon monarchs to attack?"

"Because the demon race knows! If it's absolutely impossible to defend, we humans will abandon it," Xu Yingwu sneered. "The demon race wants us to defend, to constantly deplete our strength. For them, such losses actually reduce their internal attrition. As more medium city passes come under attack, their offensives will naturally intensify, causing our losses to grow even larger."

"Eventually, our Great Sun Realm gods and demons will be pitifully few. Large numbers of Third-Heaven demon monarchs will invade, spreading throughout the land. Can a mere handful of Marquis and King Realm gods and demons and Venerables possibly defend the entire world?" Xu Yingwu said. "The result will be the annihilation of the human race!"

"They are bleeding us dry, bleeding the human race," Xu Yingwu stated. "Eventually, we'll be unable to resist."

"Your two great sects have deeper foundations than my Two World Island; perhaps you have a better method," Xu Yingwu sneered. "However, my Two World Island definitely cannot hold out. I'll give you half a month to discuss. If there's no other way after half a month, our Two World Island will proceed with its plan to abandon all medium and small city passes."

Having said that, Xu Yingwu's ethereal figure vanished.