Chapter 374: Chapter 267 Capture Alive_2
As one can see, before the unfathomable might of Heaven and Earth, immortals, mortals, gods, and demons, all are the same, nothing but ants.
Heaven and Earth show no kindness, all creatures are straw dogs,
When a bolt of lightning strikes down, everyone is just a dog.
However, if you have cultivated, at least you can still fight for a sliver of survival, right?
Otherwise, how could he have survived and still have the leisure to sigh here?
Thus, after being shaken momentarily by the heavenly thunder, Tie Dan immediately steadied his Daoist heart and used the Blood Jade Technique to repair his Dao Body.
One has to admit, the Divine Sect surely has its methods; not only is the Blood Jade Technique a divine healing skill, but the Blood Shadow Divine Movement is also a divine escape skill, able to escape the Heavenly Thunder, truly an outstanding escape skill. No wonder no matter how you beat him, he doesn’t die, though it does hurt a bit...
At this moment, as Tie Dan regained his composure, he realized that when the lightning was upon him, he was so terrified that he fled in despair, truly like the Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, abandoning his skin sack, and could not even care about all his equipment and magic treasures.
Now, with the thick fog spreading, one cannot clearly see the situation on the lake surface, fearing that the fan and gourd and such have all sunk into the ice lake, and unsure if those Nascent Soul Treasures can withstand the residual waves of the heavenly thunder, lest they shatter soon after being repaired.
And speaking of magic treasures, that golden cymbal...
Calming down gradually, Tie Dan began to recall the origin of that golden cymbal, his heart instantly alert.
Damn! Isn’t that thing pressed under Thunder Ancestor’s foot, sealing the demons!
Hiss...this might have stirred up trouble...
Though the Great Demon surely took a hit from the heaven’s thunder as well, if it could be easily struck dead by thunder, it probably wouldn’t have been suppressed under Thunder Ancestor’s foot...
At this moment, Tie Dan could not see the heavenly mechanism at all, and upon using his Divine Sense, found demons all around him. With thick fog in front of him, chaotic and unclear, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
Retreat is the best strategy.
Earlier, that group of demons were caught unprepared, suddenly facing Wei Ji God Monarch’s tribulation, affected by heaven’s thunder, causing tens of thousands of casualties. But there are still over a million demons around.
Now the demons have responded, gathering from all directions to the lake, and the myriad Demon Gods chased away by the God Monarch are flying all over the sky, with demon light crossing, demon breath soaring, clearly heading to converge at Hanlan Palace.
Tie Dan, now alone, without even a sword, nor his skin, in this pitiful state, with even his eyelids frozen with a layer of ice crystals, has no spare strength to retrieve treasures or eliminate demons and seal them. Helpless, he can only retreat for now.
Call for help! Go back and call for help!
So taking advantage of the heavenly thunder and earthly fire, shocking the demons, with the thick fog spreading, obscuring his trail, Tie Dan wrapped in the skin of a kill for warmth, hid his aura, disguised as a yak, evaded the eyes of the Demon Gods above, and mingled within the demon horde heading south, slowly moving southward.
This time, with the heavenly thunder entering his body, Tie Dan felt all his meridians and organs were struck through by thunder light, feeling a current reversing through his meridians, occasionally jolted by static in his muscles, unable to resolve it at the moment, he can only repair the hidden dangers slowly later.
Following the boundless demon tide south, mingling within, observing the strength of the demons, Tie Dan was alarmed.
This batch is one level stronger than those at Jing Mountain, they are almost all Core Formation demon beasts, with thousands of Nascent Soul Demons at least!
With Wei Ji God Monarch’s Soldier Disintegration, Jing Mountain’s doors wide open, the Mystic Sect’s northernmost point outside the border, probably only the Sword Sect at Yan Zhi Mountain’s rangeland is left.
And this sudden assault cannot possibly halt the millions of demon’s march, not to mention everything along the way has been consumed, at most in a month, wave upon wave of demon tide will sweep down Yan Zhi Mountain.
Can Yan Zhi Mountain withstand this demon tide?
Impossible.
Geographically, it’s not possible, these demons can completely cross over Yan Zhi Mountain.
It’s impossible for the Mystic Sect to be stationed long-term in the bitterly cold land to guard your Immortal Palace, and since Emperor Wu’s time, the limit of the border guards is at the Nine Border Military Towns, any further north there are almost no dangers to guard, and the support from Central Plains cannot reach anymore.
Moreover, when Tie Dan personally surveyed a round, he understood that behind the demon’s southward march, there must be someone directing.
After all, the Great Demon God is a top predator, it’s in the demon beasts’ nature to divide territories and reign over mountains.
Yet these hundreds of Demon Gods at Beidu, are all like livestock, obediently constrained in Hanlan Palace, restraining their demon breath and demonic power. Probably afraid that the Demon Gods’ aura would frighten and scare the surrounding demon beasts, causing the demon tide and beast horde to scatter in terror.
And by the same logic, Tie Dan, wrapped in cowhide, walking with the demon tide for a while, found that each horde, about a hundred thousand in number, had four Great Demon Gods monitoring and driving them from the front, back, left, and right.
They use overwhelming demonic power to intimidate, instantly killing and devouring those unruly troublemakers, ensuring that low-level demons dare not kill each other midway, reducing the chance of dispersal along the way.
Yes, the Great Demon Gods are herding demons and driving demons, organizing and systematically driving the demons southward, making each wave of demon tide like a well-organized and trained army.
But, who exactly, or what demon, is capable of orchestrating these Great Demon Gods behind the scenes? And moreover, how exactly are they being controlled...
"Roar—!"
No knowing how long had passed, just as Tie Dan mixed within the demon horde, slowly repairing his Dao Body, suddenly he heard a demon’s roar echoing from the sky.
Turning his head to look, he saw the sky split with rays of rainbow light, multiple strands of colorful qi, clearly indicating that the Mystic Sect people and Demon Gods were fighting in the sky, with the Great Demon Gods and numerous Great Demons flying to assist.
Seeing a chance to escape, Tie Dan immediately swung out a burst of sword energy, killing more than ten demon beasts beside him, dug out their demon cores to consume on the road, and then amidst the chaos of the demons, pinched the formula to fly into the sky, circumvented the battlefield, and flew southward, continuing to fly until he had flown out of the heavens, seeing not a trace of demon qi, before stopping to catch his breath.