Under the pitch-black night sky, all living things were silent. At this hour, nearly everyone was asleep.
Although the most terrifying demonic beast uprising in history had descended, because it occurred so suddenly, news could not spread throughout the entire Xia Feng Kingdom immediately. Only the major towns could learn of it quickly; some remote towns remained peaceful and unaware.
Boom—
At this moment, a brilliant streak of light swiftly traced across the night sky, flashing past as it sped toward the distance at an astonishing speed. It was the group from Xia Feng Academy.
Currently, Elder Duanmu was carrying several dozen people from Xia Feng Academy, flying through the air as they hurried toward Demon-Suppressing City.
After reaching the Martial God realm, one's spiritual power would evolve, transforming into a Primordial Spirit capable of communicating with heaven and earth, summoning vast amounts of heaven and earth energy to replenish oneself. Thus, they could travel swiftly to Demon-Suppressing City without fear of exhaustion.
Martial God experts were extremely fast. Even while carrying dozens of people, they could reach Demon-Suppressing City, located thousands of miles away, in just three hours.
But before they truly arrived, they saw from afar a dazzling divine light piercing the heavens in the distance, illuminating the sky and earth, its divine radiance blooming, startling and eye-catching.
Rumble—
Terrifying divine energy fluctuations shook heaven and earth, sweeping across dozens, even hundreds of miles. Mountains and valleys trembled, causing everyone in the group to show expressions of shock.
Because that direction was precisely Demon-Suppressing City. Such intense battle fluctuations were simply transcendent; they must have been caused by super experts at the Martial God realm engaged in fierce combat.
Even though they understood this uprising was called the most terrifying in history, they hadn't expected a Martial God-level battle to erupt so quickly. In previous demonic beast uprisings, such pinnacle battles only occurred within half a month.
Elder Duanmu's expression changed repeatedly. Sensing the ferocity of the battle, he decisively landed the group on a nearby mountaintop and instructed, "You all stay here for now. The situation ahead is unclear; we cannot rush over immediately. This old man will first observe the battle. When the time is suitable, I will naturally have you all go participate in the fight."
After leaving these words, Elder Duanmu flew away toward Demon-Suppressing City. Everyone obeyed, not daring to act rashly.
But even from dozens of miles away, they could sense the perilous aura emanating from Demon-Suppressing City, making each person's expression grave.
They were also puzzled: Hadn't the Academy Head rushed over? Why was such a Martial God-level battle still occurring?
Swish—
Ye Chen stepped on a branch, his body light as a swan's feather, gracefully landing on the highest treetop of the mountain peak. He gazed into the distance, looking toward the battle dozens of miles away.
Beside him, the Crown Prince, Thirteenth Prince, Vivian, and the other young experts did the same.
Looking into the distance, they could only see that dozens of miles away in Demon-Suppressing City, shocking, dazzling divine light was blooming, accompanied by continuous, thunderous explosions, its might immense. Clearly, a fierce battle was underway.
Unfortunately, the distance was too great. Even Ye Chen couldn't clearly see the battle situation, let alone the others. They could only vaguely sense the fluctuations of the Martial God-level battle.
But as he gazed into the distance, Ye Chen's pupils suddenly contracted to needle points. He had suddenly discovered a figure sitting cross-legged high in the sky. The distance was too great to see clearly who it was.
But Ye Chen's perception was exceptionally sharp. He distinctly sensed an immense, boundless pressure slowly emanating from this person, sweeping across the high heavens, shaking heaven and earth like a deity.
Without needing to think, he knew this person must be the Academy Head of Xia Feng Academy. At this moment, he sat unmoving in the void, steady as a mountain, divine might surging. Yet, from an even more distant direction, another terrifying pressure appeared, the two confronting each other.
Clearly, at this moment, it wasn't that the Academy Head wasn't taking action, but that he was in a standoff with another terrifying existence also at the Heavenly God realm.
Beast God!
Ye Chen immediately understood who it was.
Even the Beast God had appeared. This truly lived up to its name as the most terrifying demonic beast uprising in history.
At this moment, Elder Duanmu returned, his expression unprecedentedly grim. But he nodded to them and said, "You can all come now. It's temporarily safe."
"Elder Duanmu, what is the battle situation ahead?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"You'll know when you get there," Elder Duanmu only said this, but everyone could sense the heaviness in his tone.
The battle ahead must be extremely fierce; otherwise, Elder Duanmu wouldn't wear such a grim expression.
When they saw Demon-Suppressing City still standing ahead, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It proved the worst-case scenario hadn't happened; at least Demon-Suppressing City still existed and hadn't been completely breached.
If this ancient city blocking the front line were breached, the consequences would be unimaginable.
On the main road leading away from the city toward the rear, dense crowds were quickly leaving Demon-Suppressing City. Upon closer look, they were all city residents, but the vast majority were women, children, and the elderly. Young adults were rare; they had all gone to participate in this battle.
On another main road, columns of troops were rapidly marching, dispatched from various places, entering Demon-Suppressing City to join the fight.
From the direction facing the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, massive roars continued to sound, causing Demon-Suppressing City to tremble. Martial God existences were fighting fiercely.
Dazzling radiance illuminated the entire night sky, driving away the darkness.
Similarly, earth-shaking battle cries and demonic beast roars echoed endlessly, along with the clashing of weapons. One could imagine just how intense the battle ahead was.
After placing everyone in a safe location within the city, Elder Duanmu said, "Although I've said that to become a true expert, one must be tempered between life and death, here I must advise you: some situations are exceptions. The battle outside the city is unprecedentedly brutal. If anyone wishes to withdraw, they may say so. This will be understood and not blamed."
"If you still wish to go participate in the battle for tempering, I won't stop you. But I must remind you: you must prioritize preserving your own lives at all times. Especially Xia Yang and Ye Chen, you two are both possessors of divine qualifications, the future of our kingdom. Although you are strong, the battlefield is brutal. Even experts like you must be extremely cautious, understand?"
Elder Duanmu's grave and solemn words caused everyone's expressions to change slightly. Was the battle in Demon-Suppressing City truly so intense that even two young prodigies like Ye Chen and the Crown Prince were advised to be extremely cautious?
Instantly, everyone felt heavy pressure.
After offering a few more pointers, Elder Duanmu left the next moment, flying toward the battlefield. At a time like this, experts of his level, Martial Gods, were indispensable, especially when Heavenly Gods were tied up in confrontation.
Just as the others were hesitating, Ye Chen, the Crown Prince, Thirteenth Prince, and others quickly headed toward the city gate tower. When they ascended the tower and faced the battlefield toward the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, they were immediately stunned—
The vast plain, originally lush with green grass, with roads leading to the mountains, flat and open, where three hundred thousand troops trained day and night, guarding the mountain range.
But now, everything had undergone shocking changes. Flames soared into the sky on the plain, corpses littered the ground. Carcasses lay strewn across the cold earth—some human, some demonic beasts—with severed limbs and broken bodies, almost none intact. The scene was brutal and unbearable to behold.
The blood of humans and demonic beasts had dyed the green plain a chilling crimson, shimmering with a ghastly glow in the firelight.
A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
This phrase perfectly described the scene before them. Some timid students even vomited upon seeing this.
Vivian and the red-clad woman, though they didn't vomit, were also pale-faced, devoid of color.
Even Ye Chen's pupils contracted slightly. With each breath, he seemed to inhale the thick scent of blood and the stench of burning corpses, nauseating.
Now, an unprecedentedly brutal battle was still raging on the battlefield. From the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, demonic beasts continued to surge forth endlessly—wolves, tigers, lions, elephants, and various other mutated demonic beasts—charging toward the human army.
The three hundred thousand heavy-armored troops now numbered less than one hundred thousand, having suffered heavy casualties in the brutal battle. Troops from various regions had come to reinforce, and adventurers in the city fought desperately, forgetting life and death to protect the city.
No wonder it was said that every demonic beast uprising in history resulted in heavy casualties. Seeing this scene was proof enough.
Boom—
In the more distant mountain range, vast battle fluctuations erupted. Martial God experts were fighting, and not just one or two—there were a full eight such unprecedentedly powerful auras.
The four Martial Gods of Xia Feng Kingdom fought together, charging deep into the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, engaging in a terrifying battle with super demonic beasts. Several small mountains had already crumbled, the intensity unprecedented.
Swish—
Ye Chen, holding his demon bone spear, charged down from the hundred-meter-high city wall and plunged into the battlefield. But his gaze was clearly fixed on the depths of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range...