
The first battle resulted in the retreat of the demon army to defend the first fortress since Xie Ruo broke through directly and opened the way for the human army to take over. The demons immediately retreated to the central region on defense orders.
Other regions also experienced substantial development after races of dragons, snakes, and sea animals that leveled the land until it destroyed the fortress. Some disciples of the Xie Clan and other clans returned to the camp to recuperate as the demons retreated to the place where the Demon God was. They should have continued the war, but conditions were not possible especially if fighting the Demon God directly.
In the end, after the days-long war, they were able to take a temporary pause to prepare for the preparations for the next war.
In the central region, representatives of the demon forces from various regions flocked to enter the palace to face the Demon God and give a report. The imperial palace has now changed completely. From what was originally a beautiful and life-filled place, it was now gloomy and full of the scent of blood. The ground in that their feet were blackened, the plants had died leaving behind darkness and middling. In fact, the demonic beast leisurely flashed to hunt.
Inside the grand and majestic palace hall, a man sat on his seat of greatness while propping up his head with one of his hands and closing his eyes. He had seen the war going on through the tower, who would have thought that the woman would come sooner than expected and make her army retreat.
The representatives of the troops were reporting to each other various situations making the Demon God on the oversized chair wrinkle his face. He opened his eyes, revealing his deep red irises, looking at the representatives unhappily.
But ... It would be strange if the woman did not show a stubborn side and made these idiots fear and retreat. This would definitely happen if Xie Ruo had come to the battlefield directly.
Beyond the estimation of the representatives, the Demon God did not seem angry and only sighed. It did not look like the Demon God they knew.
"Hundreds have been demons dead, then do you want to catch up with those who have died?" The mood of the Demon God was bad right now.
It made the representatives dance back their thoughts regarding the Demon God who was not angry. Precisely, the current Demon God looked even more sinister.
They all looked down, no one dared to answer. The Demon God caught a glimpse of it, then clucked. "It's very easy to get distracted and run away like a coward. It's not reliable." Fortunately he did not send out an entire army, or he would actually lose in such a humiliating manner because of the stupid idiots.
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to attack in quiet time and target the weakest side first. Like for example some groups of human races, or snake races."
"Right Your Majesty, servant see Tianshang Academy has the lowest troop count and lowest security, we can infiltrate secretly and settle them at once."
The Demon God snorted. "Don't the dying academy, I'd rather attack in desperation to tear down the pillars of the army."
The representatives looked at each other, not understanding what the Demon God was planning. But no one dared to ask.
The Demon God is mysterious. "Tell the Demon Emperor, the time has already begun."
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The Xie Clan was currently full of healers who were pacing around giving care. Their wounds were not small so it had to be well cared for until the camp was full of injured clan disciples.
Shi Yang was ordered by Mei Liena— who kidnapped Qiong Lin— to properly treat the wounds on Xie Wang and Su Liu'er's body. Although only minor injuries, there was still nothing light for them—members of klan—in their clan foundation injuries.
Xie Wang inside the clan tent looked glumly looking at the ground under his feet while propping up his chin. Su Liu'er who came with Shi Yang sighed.
Ever since the first war ended, Xie Wang kept moody thinking about Xie Ruo. When they found out that Xie Ruo had given birth, they were extremely shocked. The feeling they had just heard the news that Xie Ruo was pregnant. Unfortunately, they could not meet their great-grandchildren due to being in the battlefield. Xie Ruo was also a lot of affairs so he could not stay for a while in the clan camp.
That was what made Xie Wang grimly heavy. He misses his grandson a lot, but his grandson leaves after the war is over and says a lot of complicated things to him. There was no expression of longing or the like, he had no doubt whether he recognized his own grandson or not.
"Have it, there's no need to worry about it, Ruoruo will be fine out there. You see, right? His power surpasses even you." Su Liu'er spoke in an amused tone.
It made Xie Wang even more moody. "He doesn't need me anymore." The man snorted, then put on a sad face.
Su Liu'er felt guilty. "Ruoruo still needs you, you're the one who thinks too much. The proof, he entrusted the war arrangements to you completely. Ruoruo needs you as the most trusted person."
"What's that?" Xie Wang remembered Xie Ruo's flat and cold face when they met. He was even afraid.
"That's it, there's no need for children like this. You should be ashamed in front of a Yang who is far more understanding than you." Su Liu'er snorted in annoyance. Shi Yang next to him simply kept silent without saying anything.
Xie Wang looked at Shi Yang, then sighed. "Liena asked you to take care of me?"
Shi Yang nodded slowly, then smiled. "Actually, it was Master who asked Miss Mei. But Miss Mei has business to let me take care of it."
Xie Wang nodded. In his heart felt so happy his beloved grandson was still attentive.
"Do it quickly, I must have a meeting." Xie Wang pretended to be reluctant for the sake of protecting his face.
It was known to Su Liu'er and Shi Yang himself. They only secretly laughed before Shi Yang finally treated the childish old man aided by Su Liu'er.
Without feeling the time passes so quickly. Shi Yang had completed the treatment and let Xie Wang have a meeting with the clan higher-ups. Su Liu'er was certainly coming with Xie Wang, while Shi Yang and Xiao Bai were monitoring the situation outside the camp.
Despite not being able to see, his perception was extremely wide-reaching and as sharp as a white tiger by his side. The conditions of the battlefield were still just as bad, and there were still some soldiers who were still clearing the terrain from the remaining demons.
In this war, they must not lose, because this also concerns the survival of the human race.
When the middle looked around, the quiet and desolate atmosphere disturbed Shi Yang and Xiao Bai at once. Shi Yang had no idea what was going to happen, but bad premonitions continued to haunt him.
After a long moment of silence, Xiao Bai suddenly showed a strange and agitated movement. A very dense smell of blood began to appear accompanied by gusts of wind that hit Shi Yang's face.
Xiao Bai tugged at Shi Yang as if hinting at him something. Shi Yang did not understand his intention so Xiao Bai felt anxious and carried the girl to his back just like that.
"Hey!" Shi Yang was surprised. He felt his body topple over and fall into something warm and hairy.
Xiao Bai ran at high speed. Shi Yang sat down and held on tightly so as not to topple over. The smell of blood that was originally felt far away is now getting more concentrated and stinging. It was as if the blood belonged to not just one or two people, but hundreds of people like the ones on the battlefield.
Shi Yang originally thought it was the smell of blood from the battlefield, but apparently it came from the camp of the Xie Clan.
Xiao Bai stopped in an alert state, whereas Shi Yang immediately descended from his back and set foot on the wet ground of the red liquid. His feet touched a hairy thing, then he lowered his head and touched it.
It was a dead animal. But one thing that puzzled Shi Yang, the numbers were too many and were near the clan, or rather in front of the camp of the Xie Clan. It's weird ....
"Have finished? I hope you're not as intrusive as they are."
The voice distracts her. The voice of the man who was indifferent and seemed flat full of threats. Shi Yang was wary as he sensed a dense dangerous aura around the man. The man's voice .. It seems he recognized him.
Xiao Bai next to him who had originally been stirring, now shrieked in hiding behind the confused Shi Yang. After looking deeper using his perception to describe the figure of the man who was likely to make this mess, his fists clenched tightly after knowing it.
In this world, there were only a few who possessed high strength surpassing his teacher. The voice resembled that of her teacher's husband, the Celestial Emperor. But his aura was filled with a demonic aura that was thick to the point of scaring him. If it was like that, then only a Demon Emperor could match those powers and auras.
Right, he is the Demon Emperor!
Shi Yang traced further on anything that suffered the same fate as the animals nearby. When he found out, the Demon Emperor did not stop at all, but watching the anxiety was like seeing a show.
Shi Yang's face grew even paler. All of that blood belonged to a saint beast that had been keeping the Xie Clan in the shadows all along!
"What are you doing?" Shi Yang was extremely frightened and agitated, but he could not retreat. He has to find out what really happened.
The Demon Emperor shook his shoulders. "Just look at yourself" he said lightly, then remembered something. "Oh, I forgot, you can't see. So, just feel it yourself."
Xiao Bai darted towards the camp as soon as the Demon Emperor said so. Shi Yang followed with a chaotic feeling, he hoped that nothing big happened in there.
But the thought stopped until he arrived at the camp. The place that was supposed to be calm and full of vigor was now changing in one moment. He had only left the camp briefly for duty, but suddenly the clan had already changed completely.
Blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. The sparks of the battle flames smoldering so large were accompanied by dense magic that snatched from various directions. He could feel the many deaths of someone who should have returned to their family safely.
Shi Yang's fist clenched tightly. Xiao Bai roared loudly issuing a spiritual explosion that shot out like a meteor towards the female figure that was attacking Xie Wang all-out. Even Su Liu'er was already injured.
The woman was swatted away, fending off Xiao Bai's attack and returning it towards the white tiger. Shi Yang swiftly endured the backlash that turned around until the attack exploded right in front of him. Shi Yang was retreated, whereas the foreign woman only displayed a cold smile.
"Yangyang, take Liu'er away!" Xie Wang shouted loudly. The elf woman who became his opponent was now extremely strong, he could not even hold back his strength for too long. Su Liu'er was already injured and fainted, she had to protect him by restraining the fairy woman to buy time.
Shi Yang teleported towards the fainted Su Liu'er, then swept it to his feet. He was silent and pointed at Xie Wang doubtfully.
"Hurry up!" yelled Xie Wang for the umpteenth time.
Shi Yang was confused. He wanted to help, but Su Liu'ee also needed help. If only her teacher were here, or Mei Liena had not been taken by the snake woman, would everything be fine?
"Whispering," decamped the fairy lady, then unsheathed her sword towards Shi Yang.
Xie Wang and Xiao Bai quickly ran towards him to help. Just as the blade of the sword was about to land on Shi Yang's body, its form instantly disappeared with Su Liu'er. They vanished before the eyes of the fairy lady to the point of making her very upset.
At the same time, Xie Wang arrived and slashed his great spear quickly. The woman's reaction was so good that it was easy to dodge her, plus the attack of Xiao Bai that she held back and swung her sword slashed at the white tiger's body.
Xiao Bai retreated, but did not lower his killing intent to destroy the damned woman who injured his master.
"We're fighting together again at the end." Xie Wang smiled meaningfully at Xiao Bai. It feels like nostalgia. "I've been waiting for this for a long time."
Looking at his much stronger opponent, Xie Wang could only try to buy some time for Shi Yang and Su Liu'er to go as far as possible and find Xie Ruo. He will fight with his life.
"Xiao Bai, can you help me, for the last time?" Xie Wang looked towards Xiao Bai with a meaningful gaze.
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"Xie Ruo!"
Xie Ruo awoke from his daydream. He saw Zhou Kui coming at him with a happy smile. If not for Xie Ruo's brilliant idea of recommending good weapons for him and the troops, he feared this war would produce the opposite result.
Xie Ruo sighed seeing the man approaching. He frowned, then closed the military book which really made his head dizzy. He looked at Zhou Kui with his wide smile, then snorted.
"What?"
"I heard Liena went to the snake race camp, is that true?"
"You see for yourself." Xie Ruo replied lazily.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Kui looked, it seemed like Xie Ruo was in a bad mood.
"I suspect, there's something the Demon God is planning. The devil's retreat was not at all my plan, it would only make our side stretch alertness."
"Then do you intend to continue the war right now?"
"It's too late. It was better to monitor the movements of the Demon God, see what he had planned. I've already sent a satan to go to the palace, he'll be back to report before I decide what to do."
Zhou Kui nodded in agreement. "You don't live in the camp of the Xie Clan?"
Xie Ruo was silent for a while. "I'm scared ...."
This was the first time Zhou Kui heard that sentence. Despite not knowing what Xie Ruo was afraid of, he did not ask further.
Judging from Xie Ruo's look, the woman was being so moody that Zhou Kui did not know what to do. He wanted to comfort the woman, but the current war situation was not right to make a joke or something fun.
"Not to think about. Remember, nothing bad will happen." Zhou Kui tried to melt Xie Ruo's mood to become calmer.
"You know, I can't even tell who died in the war. Too much, it feels like I'm going to get swept up in it." Xie Ruo sighed. He looked at the silent Zhou Kui, then snorted. "You won't understand."
Zhou Kui smiled wryly. He was not the genius Pei Xi who was always sensitive to Xie Ruo's feelings. Unfortunately, the man was busy with the sect.
He looked at the figure present suddenly behind Xie Ruo. Seeing that look, as if casting him away. Zhou Kui could only scratch his non-itchy nape, then say goodbye away.
"I remember there was one thing to take care of, I left first!" Zhou Kui immediately ran away just like that, no matter how Xie Ruo was about to call out to him.
Xie Ruo sighed in annoyance. Previously Zhong Xiaorong and Yan Yao had met him, but the two of them had already left due to having to take care of the empire. Later Liu Chang also visited, but the man left after being called Dean Bai in person. Pei Xi's? He had just said goodbye to organizing the troops after talking about the military. Now, Zhou Kui left for no apparent reason.
"Basic!" Xie Ruo snorted in annoyance. He was left alone, no one wanted to comfort him who was this gloomy.
He was not aware, all his words were only about the war which caused all his friends to be forced busy with the war.
He opened another book to pass the time, but suddenly someone hugged him from behind making Xie Ruo slightly flinch. Now he was annoyed at being constantly startled by the same person all the time. Who else if not Qu Xuanzi? They come and go suddenly.
Unfortunately, Xie Ruo could not show his frustration as his mind was filled with mixed emotions to the point of being unfocused. He did not even know his own mood. That was why, he kept talking about war and war at all times to divert all those emotions.
"That motion affected you?" Qu Xuanzi seemed to have found out what Xie Ruo was experiencing.
Xie Ruo nodded slowly in a moody state. He is glad that someone understands his condition now.
Qu Xuanzi looked at Xie Ruo's gloomy face, then closed off some of his psychic power to temporarily shut down the emotion reader's ability with his magic. He could not close completely because it was already related to the divinity of the main goddess.
"For a while you can calm down." Qu Xuanzi knew exactly Xie Ruo's condition. The influence of the negative emotions of the battlefield for someone new to receiving psychic powers was too heavy.
It was not supposed that Xie Ruo was on the battlefield and was facing the negative emotions that were affecting his mind. It can change the personality and shut down its consciousness, completely controlled negative emotions that can harm everyone. Moreover, Xie Ruo's strength was enough to kill thousands of troops when used completely, too dangerous when negative emotions controlled it.
When in other situations, Xie Ruo might be able to calm down and be free. But the current situation, he still felt depressed and agitated. Although the burden of his mind was reduced and the emotions that were no longer terrorizing, he still felt anxious.
"I miss my grandmother and grandfather." Suddenly I thought about them.
"Want to visit?"
Xie Ruo shook his head. "I'm afraid .. My presence will put them in danger."
"They will be safe in your protection."
Xie Ruo shook his head slowly. "I don't think they should go to war. Too many people are dead. I remember how they felt - they're dead."
"They died for themselves and their families. That's a choice."
"Optional, yes ...." Xie Ruo knew it was an option, actually he did not think too much about it, but that was before he read all the emotions of the survivors on the battlefield. He was doubtful, was his choice right now wrong or right?
Qu Xuanzi sat down next to Xie Ruo and held him warmly. It used to be that Xie Ruo did not care about anyone at all because he could not read and share their emotions. But when that ability was on him, Xie Ruo became unfamiliar and often lost. Although Xie Ruo had withdrawn that ability, he could still sense some of the most powerful emotions. Unfortunately, it could only be passed by Xie Ruo himself.
"Whatever happens, you have to endure. I'll protect you."
"I know," Xie Ruo replied, hugging Qu Xuanzi tightly. "If I'm out of control, you have to remind me."
Qu Xuanzi was silent for a while, then nodded slowly. "good. I'll make sure you're okay."
Xie Ruo smiled. Even though his mind was branching off, at least he had already found a serenity within his mind and was leaning on someone right. It will not be alone, no matter how destiny goes.
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