Since Li Yuan himself had been hiding among the severely ill patients of the Demon Race, he certainly wasn’t the only powerhouse to be fully resurrected at this moment!
One powerful aura after another erupted from behind.
The sheer density of experts was enough to make Yu Wenhua Ji burst into tears on the spot.
Now, it was his turn to flee in panic.
The vast army surged forward, marching toward Jiangdu City without pause.
Even with the formations previously set up in Jing City acting as obstacles, they couldn’t buy Yu Wenhua Ji enough time to put any distance between himself and the Demon Race army.
He fled toward Jiangdu with all his might while simultaneously ordering the Jiangdu City garrison to prepare for battle.
“Demonic brothers! Our ancestors have endured humiliation for thousands of years. Now, the time for revenge has come!” Accompanied by Li Yuan’s roar, the army surged toward Jiangdu City to surround it.
“Kill! Take Jiangdu!”
Yu Wenhua Ji exhausted all his efforts to reach Jiangdu City first.
He immediately ordered the prepared Jiangdu Imperial Guard to activate the city’s defensive formation to resist the incoming assault.
As the second royal palace of the Great Sima Nation and the temporary residence of Emperor Jing, Jiangdu City was naturally not lacking in defenses.
It housed one of the strongest defensive formations in the entire nation — the Supreme Star Protection Formation!
Amidst a terrifying surge of Spiritual Power, the golden light of the protection formation rose from the ground!
Then, it flickered out.
Yu Wenhua Ji: “???”
He hurriedly pressed the activation button for the formation again.
The light of the protection formation soared into the sky once more!
Then, it died again.
He pressed it again!
*Poof*…
“Damn it, are you kidding me?!” Yu Wenhua Ji could no longer suppress his exploding temper and cursed loudly. “Where are the maintenance masters for the protection formation? What’s going on!”
“Report! The formation masters have all died from the Epidemic Poison!”
“Are there no other formation masters who can activate the formation? In a city as large as Jiangdu, is there not even one decent formation master left?” Yu Wenhua Ji was so anxious that his eyes seemed ready to burst.
“Report! We don’t know how it happened… but they are all dead!”
Yu Wenhua Ji trembled, his heart sinking to the bottom of the abyss.
“Big Brother, what’s wrong?” Prince Hao of Qin asked with concern as he arrived at the city tower, dressed in his dragon robes.
Yu Wenhua Ji had no time to explain.
He suddenly drew his sword, exuding an aura of unyielding determination. He roared at the soldiers in the city, “Human brothers! The demonic scum are causing chaos, and the Human Clan has reached a moment of unprecedented peril! The time to protect our homes and families has come!”
“Kill!” The human soldiers looked at Yu Wenhua Ji, infected by his charisma. Their blood boiled with murderous intent.
“These demons are barbaric and cruel! If we allow them to occupy the Kingdom of Dasi, our loved ones and children will surely be brutally ravaged and killed! As the last line of defense for the Human Clan, I, Yu Wenhua Ji, am willing to lead you all in a fight to the death! We will slaughter these hateful demons until none remain! Kill!”
“Kill!”
The morale of the Jiangdu City garrison reached its peak. With bloodshot eyes, they recklessly charged at the demons.
“We will not harm the innocent. We only seek to settle scores with Yu Wenhua Ji and Emperor Jing. We simply want a place to live!”
Li Yuan’s explanation was incredibly weak.
No one believed that the Demon Race would refrain from retaliating after thousands of years of hatred. Every human knew all too well what they had done to the demons over the years.
If the roles were reversed, they would only want to torture every member of the enemy race to death in the most cruel way possible.
Moreover, they had just stabbed the demons in the back while the other side was putting in every effort to help them.
How could the other party not harbor a grudge?
Because of this perspective, they found it impossible to trust the Demon Race.
They felt they had to exterminate every single demon before they could feel at ease.
“Forget it. Just kill them. They brought this on themselves,” Jiang Ke’er sighed.
“Defend Jiangdu City to the death! Kill!” Yu Wenhua Ji let out a furious roar, but his body quietly took a step back.
“Big Brother?” the current Emperor, Prince Hao of Qin, asked in confusion.
“Don’t ask questions. Come with me.” Yu Wenhua Ji grabbed Prince Hao’s sleeve and led him into the crowd, flying toward the city’s rear gate.
Yu Wenhua Ji concealed his aura and changed his appearance, fleeing toward the northwest in panic with the elites of the Jiangdu Imperial Guard and Prince Hao.
“Jiangdu City definitely can’t be held. I don’t know which godforsaken bastard broke the formation at such a critical moment.” Yu Wenhua Ji trembled with rage just thinking about it.
“We’ll return to the capital, regroup the remaining forces of the Great Sima Nation, and recover for now… I will repay today’s grudge tenfold in the future!”
“All right,” Prince Hao of Qin nodded, appearing obedient.
His gaze seemed to scan the surrounding Imperial Guard inadvertently. Feeling the powerful ripples of strength from those guards, he gave a light sigh but did nothing.
Yu Wenhua Ji thought he was sighing out of sorrow for Jiangdu City, so he comforted him, “There’s no need to be sad. Soon, the various small human nations outside of the Kingdom of Dasi will send troops to support us. Shenzhou is our Human Clan’s territory, after all. These foreign invaders won’t be able to stay for long.”
“Big Brother is right.”
Prince Hao of Qin smiled and nodded.
Without thinking further, he followed Yu Wenhua Ji and the elite Imperial Guard as they fled toward the northern capital of the Kingdom of Dasi.
The resistance of Jiangdu City was destined to be futile.
They were merely cannon fodder left behind to stall the Demon Race army.
Soon, the corpses were incinerated, and a large number of demon Cultivators flooded into Jiangdu City.
This battle was declared a total victory.
Jiang Ke’er squatted by the control panel of the Jiangdu City protection formation, repeatedly inspecting it with her Appraisal Technique.
The person who sabotaged the formation was clearly a veteran. Furthermore, they had to be an insider of the enemy army to secretly destroy the formation while it was under heavy guard.
The fact that the formation failed to activate had saved at least 99% of the Demon Race’s combat power. They wouldn’t have won so easily with almost no casualties otherwise…
If the protection formation had operated normally, the outcome would have been hard to predict.
‘It seems the underground operative Lord Li Yuan planted among the Human Clan is quite professional!’
Just as she was about to praise that operative to Li Yuan, she saw several demon soldiers running over, carrying a few large boxes.
“We don’t know what’s inside. These pitch-black boxes don’t look like anything good, so we didn’t dare to open them rashly,” a soldier said.
“It’s likely a Trap. Otherwise, there’s no reason for Yu Wenhua Ji to leave them behind,” Li Yuan thought for a moment before saying, “Take them far outside the city and blow them up. We’ll see what’s inside then.”
“Wait, where were these boxes found?” Jiang Ke’er asked quickly.
“They were in a very well-hidden underground pit not far from the Shenzhou Cup arena… Although it was supposed to be hidden, a large arrow was planted nearby, pointing toward the pit and the location of the boxes,” the soldier scratched his head, completely baffled.
“I don’t know what bored person went through the trouble of being so mysterious…”
“It’s obviously a Trap,” Li Yuan said with certainty.
“We’ll know for sure once we drag them out and blow them up.”
‘Hmm, based on Yu Wenhua Ji’s style, he shouldn’t be making traps with such a bizarre vibe…’ Jiang Ke’er felt a bit hesitant.
“Perhaps it’s reverse psychology. We cannot be careless.”
“Then let’s blow them up,” Jiang Ke’er agreed.