Chapter 282: The Great Demon Army

Seeing the illusory black-robed figure disappear, Liu Qiyue said angrily, "The demon race is truly treacherous. They make it sound good, but it’s just about securing a way out for themselves and their families. If we really start colluding with the demon race, how could we possibly fight desperately to kill demon monarchs? If we kill too many, aren't we afraid of the demon race settling scores later?"

"This is a psychological warfare tactic," Meng Chuan said coldly. "It's meant to make some Godfiends lose their will to fight, which would likely reduce humanity's combat strength. They paint a grand picture... to make the war seem much easier. How wonderful, right?"

Liu Qiyue nodded. "Yes, the reason the demon race paints such a grand picture is because attacking the human world is extremely difficult for them."

"Of course it's difficult; the demon race's top-tier powers can't enter at all," Meng Chuan said. "Qiyue, I'll go to the quiet room to cultivate first."

"The Demon Slaying Saber hasn't finished absorbing that Creation realm alien corpse yet? It's been over a month," Liu Qiyue asked.

"Soon, probably within the next day or two," Meng Chuan nodded.

Inside the quiet room.

As usual, Meng Chuan brought out the three-zhang-tall Creation realm alien corpse. The corpse had shriveled considerably, but its black scales and bones were still intact, and nearly half of its muscles and tendons remained. Even after absorbing it for so long, only about a third had been absorbed. Yet Meng Chuan said it would be complete within a day or two, because the Demon Slaying Saber absorbed faster as it progressed.

"Go."

Meng Chuan drew the Demon Slaying Saber from his waist, tossed it casually, and it pierced into the alien corpse. Immediately, vital energy was absorbed by the saber, and the flesh began to slowly diminish. While the Demon Slaying Saber absorbed, Meng Chuan practiced his saber techniques nearby, performing the Heart Intent Saber without a weapon.

Nearly an hour passed.

A strange aura emanated, and Meng Chuan turned to look in confusion. He saw the blade of the Demon Slaying Saber, still embedded in the alien corpse, undergoing a transformation. A peculiar energy gathered on the blade, and gradually, complex runes began to appear on its surface.

"Godfiend runes?" Meng Chuan's eyes lit up. "Like the physical body cultivation system, the demon monarch cultivation system, the Godfiend cultivation system... in various systems, reaching a certain realm naturally leads to the manifestation of runes. For instance, Meng Chuan's 'Indestructible God-Armor' divine power also has runes manifesting externally. These represent certain rules and possess unique power."

The runes continued to extend, fully forming within a few breaths.

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh!*

Immediately after, the Demon Slaying Saber's ability to absorb vital energy surged dramatically. Large amounts of muscles, bones, and flesh began to pulverize, and golden-red vital energy continuously flowed into the Demon Slaying Saber.

"It's absorbing so fast," Meng Chuan watched as the Creation realm alien corpse was rapidly pulverized and absorbed at an astonishing speed. Even its black scales were completely crushed and transformed into black mist, merging into the Demon Slaying Saber. In just over ten breaths, the corpse was completely absorbed, leaving only the five blade-like hooks of its right claw.

"Only the right claw is left? And the Demon Slaying Saber can't absorb it at all." Meng Chuan beckoned, and the Demon Slaying Saber flew into his hand. The five blade-like claws also flew before him.

Each hook, resembling a scimitar, was about seven or eight inches long and incredibly sharp. This was likely the sharpest part of the Creation realm alien expert.

"With a little refinement, these five pieces could become divine scimitar weapons," Meng Chuan mused. "This corpse was incredibly tough; perhaps the ancestors of Yuanchu Mountain didn't study it too closely. As for the senior expert who killed this alien, they probably didn't consider the corpse important."

At such a realm, rebirth from a single drop of blood probably wouldn't be difficult. How did the Yuanchu Mountain ancestor kill it? The corpse was almost perfectly intact? Was that Yuanchu Mountain ancestor already at the Emperor realm?

"Humanity has had Emperors and cultivators of the eighth-level Primordial Spirit in its history. Our generation, I believe, can also achieve this." Meng Chuan put away the five sharp claws, intending to hand them over to Yuanchu Mountain for refinement. At the same time, he carefully examined the Demon Slaying Saber in his hand. Its blade was dark red, and the endless malevolent aura was even more intense and startling, beginning to assault Meng Chuan's consciousness.

However, with his fourth-level Primordial Spirit realm, Meng Chuan could completely withstand this assault.

"Slash!"

Meng Chuan channeled his Darkstar True Essence into the Demon Slaying Saber in his hand, activating the runes on its blade, and simply swung it downwards. As he swung with the terrifying power of his Undying realm physical body, the runes on the dark-red blade became even more dazzling. "Tear—" With a very faint sound, the void, as if made of paper, was finally sliced open, forming a finger-width crack. Through this void crack, one could see the 'darkness' within, which was a chaotic, twisted confluence of void power.

"I can actually tear open the void?" Meng Chuan was very surprised. Although he could previously collapse and distort the void, and shorten a hundred-zhang distance to one zhang, he had never been able to tear open the void.

Among King Godfiends, only those of a higher realm could tear open the void. This indicated that the concentrated power had exceeded the void's endurance limit. Meng Chuan's previous brute force and speed alone wouldn't have been enough, but now, his brute force and speed, transformed by the Demon Slaying Saber, had sliced open the void.

"If I were to spar with Senior Brother Sect Master now, he probably wouldn't have such an easy time." Meng Chuan felt a surge of confidence regarding the upcoming war. "Yuanchu Mountain has invested so much in me. My master also said that they've invested in other King Godfiends. I believe everyone's strength has improved. We will definitely win this war."

"I wonder when the demon race will start the war," Meng Chuan muttered. The initiative in the war rested with the demon race.

***

Demon Realm.

On a mountaintop, thousands of demon monarchs were densely gathered.

"We've been here for over a month now. When will the war finally begin?" Two demon monarchs on the mountainside chatted idly, drinking wine and eating meat, as they gazed at the stable world passage a hundred zhang away, which connected to the human world.

"These matters are decided by the Emperor-level beings above us. We just need to obey orders."

"I truly hope that once we enter the human world, we can win in one battle and completely crush humanity. If it drags on, we'll have to hide in the human world, and I certainly don't like living underground all the time."

"I was born to fly in the skies; I don't like burrowing either."

The two demon monarchs continued chatting and drinking. Currently, thousands of demon monarchs on the mountaintop were awaiting the Emperor-level beings' command. And there were nearly two hundred such locations across the entire Demon Realm, with over a million demon monarchs ready to invade the human world at any moment.

***

In the human world, it was May 19th.

Demon Realm.

A large ship flew through the clouds, and on its deck stood two figures, a man and a woman. The black-haired, single-horned man was Xinghe Emperor, and the woman with three white scales on her forehead was Empress Xuanyue, also one of the demon race's three Emperor-level beings.

"The Fourth-level demon monarchs had already gathered, and a million demon monarchs had arrived at various world entrances two months ago," Empress Xuanyue said softly. "Why did we wait until today to attack?"

"Sister Xuanyue, you've only just awakened, so you might not be aware," Xinghe Emperor chuckled. "Originally, we planned to gather the Fourth-level demon monarchs, spend a few days making simple arrangements, and then launch a surprise attack on the human world. Who knew that as soon as we summoned them... the news would leak? Yuanchu Mountain and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven on the human side began abandoning all prefectures and counties, and started building large cities. Since the news leaked and a surprise attack was impossible, we decided to prepare meticulously and act only when fully ready."