The eyes of Zhenjun Mingxin and many Dongzhenzhen were all fixed on Lang Hu. With everyone's eyesight, they could naturally see Lang Hu's roots.
Seeing Lang Hu's confused and sluggish look, Zhenjun Mingxin asked thoughtfully:
"Fellow Taoist Ruyi, has this animal been interrogated before?"
Zhang Ke shook his head.
"This person's name is Lang Hu, and he is possessed by the 'Phenomenal Demon'. I have tried it with illusions, but there are restrictions and protections in his soul, so I cannot detect it."
The eyes of Zhenjun Mingxin flashed faintly.
"Can I give Pindao a try?"
"Well, it's of no use. Fellow Taoist, just try, there's no need to worry."
With Zhang Ke's consent, Mingxin Zhenjun stretched out his left hand and pressed it directly on Lang Hu's head.
A trace of green energy emerged from his fingertips, penetrating into Langhu's facial features like a thread.
At the same time, Zhenjun Mingxin's eyes flashed with colorful light, and he rotated rapidly like a kaleidoscope, while a faint murmuring sound came out of his mouth.
"Lang Hu...Lang Hu...Lang Hu..."
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Lang Hu's eyes only met with True Lord Mingxin before he was attracted by his gaze, and his expression instantly became dull.
Faintly hearing the call of the ‘Demon Lord’, I immediately spoke solemnly:
"Lang Hu is here!"
"Lang Hu, how many of your people are there in the mountains?"
Lang Hu heard the endless majestic shout echoing in his ears, a trace of struggle flashed between his brows, and he opened his mouth to answer.
At this moment, his face was suddenly enveloped by purple energy, turning into hundreds of purple hairsprings that penetrated between Lang Hu's eyebrows. A layer of green energy seeped out from his facial features and condensed into a network, blocking the purple hairsprings.
Apparently the protective restraint in Lang Hu's body was activated, but it was broken by Zhenjun Mingxin's secret method.
"explain!"
Hearing the slightly angry shouts of the 'Demon Lord' again, Lang Hu's mind collapsed and he couldn't hold on, so he immediately said:
"Demon Lord, there are three..."
"boom--!"
Before he could finish speaking, the restriction within his soul suddenly erupted, directly exploding Lang Hu's head.
The blood and remnants of Lang Hu's death spurt flew everywhere, and were burned up by a spark thrown by Zhenjun Mingxin.
True Lord Mingxin turned his head and glanced at Zhang Ke.
Lang Hu was not captured by himself, but now he was destroyed in his own hands. Although Zhang Ke once said that he should deal with it at will, he still felt a little guilty.
Zhang Ke said indifferently:
"It's just that you have the appearance of a demon. Taoist friends don't need to be like this."
True Lord Mingxin bowed his hands towards Zhang Ke, then turned to the others and said:
"This poor Taoist is a little too confident about this matter. He didn't ask anything. Can you fellow Taoists guess what the 'three' in his mouth means?"
A female True Lord hesitated and spoke.
"This area has been occupied by the 'Heavenly Demon' for many years. Judging from the human race in the 'Phaseless Peak', their number should not be small.
Could this ‘three’ refer to three thousand?”
The 'No-Phase Peak' is the peak that contains the face of 'greed, anger, and ignorance'.
There is a saying in Buddhism: 'Greed, anger, and ignorance' are the three poisons, which contain the evil of human nature and are the root of all troubles.
The ‘Heavenly Demon’ is best at provoking negative emotions in living beings, and its outward appearance is the appearance of the ‘Three Poisons’.
The so-called existence of all living beings is all false. If you see that all living things have no appearance, it means they have no appearance.
Therefore, once the 'demons' take control of a certain realm, they will establish the place where the 'three poisons have no form'.
Zhang Ke secretly shook his head when he heard the speculation of the female True Lord in front of him.
If there were only three thousand 'Heavenly Demons', they could be killed with these thousand people in front of them. After all, the disciples of Demon Dang had extremely strong restraint on the 'Heavenly Demons'.
Since Lang Hu reported the word "three" before he died, Zhang Ke had a guess that he couldn't believe.
‘Could it be that Lang Hu refers to ‘30,000’?’
If there really were thirty thousand souls and ‘celestial demons’, let alone annihilating them, it would be a question of whether they and others could escape.
As expected, someone next to me also asked the same question.
An elderly Taoist wearing a golden Bagua Taoist robe shook his head seriously and said:
"When Pindao landed in this world, he saw at least tens of thousands of streams of light descending here together.
Now we have thousands of comrades gathered here, and there are still a large number of comrades who have not come yet.
Since Tianzun went to great lengths to summon us in such large numbers, he probably wouldn't just do it to deal with a mere three thousand demons.
From a poor point of view, the 'three' mentioned by Lang Hu is probably more than the 'three thousand'!"
He didn't say the number, and he was obviously frightened by the guess.
The many True Lords present are all well-informed people, and they naturally have their own judgments as to which guess is more reliable.
‘Thirty thousand demons!!!’
Nearly Qiandong Tianzhen fell into silence, his heart slightly shaken.
Many of these people have also experienced ambushes by the 'Devils' and know how terrifying the 'Demons' are.
One-on-one is no problem, but one-on-three is a bit dangerous.
If the guess is true, then the situation we are facing now is one to thirty. Let alone killing them, it would be good if we can save our lives.
The silent atmosphere was a bit solemn.
After a while, Youdong Tianzhen said slightly hesitantly:
"If there are really 30,000 'celestial demons' in this mountain, then why don't they come to attack us?
Besides, how could the Heavenly Lord issue an order that would surely kill us?"
This is what confused everyone present.
Zhang Ke glanced around and suddenly asked:
"Fellow Taoists, how much do you know about the situation in this realm?"
True Lord Mingxin's eyes moved and he looked at Zhang Ke.
"After synthesizing the information obtained by fellow Taoists, we discovered that the 'Heavenly Demon' came to this place about six hundred years ago.
Afterwards, the 'Devil' enslaved countless indigenous humans to build the 'Phaseless Peak' here, and it has not stopped for hundreds of years.
This world is vast, with mountains and rivers, and countless rare treasures.
Due to the abundant vitality, countless 'monsters, spirits, monsters' and other creatures were born.
The human race in this world is still in a period of ignorance. There is no unified language and writing, and even the most basic commerce has not been born. The cultivation inheritance is even blank.
The human race is basically just an existence equivalent to food in this world. If the human race did not reproduce extremely quickly, it would have been extinct long ago.
In addition, with the 'Phaseless Peak' as the center, at least seven human beings within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles are controlled directly or indirectly by the 'devil'.
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The strength of the ‘Heaven Demon’ is generally above the Yuanshen realm, but fortunately, no one at the Dao Lord level has been found.
Fortunately, the strength of the human race in this world is relatively weak. Although it has infected countless human races, the core is still the group of 'celestial demons' from outside the territory."
Seventy human beings within hundreds of thousands of miles are controlled. What a terrifying number this is.
However, considering that the ‘Devil’ has been in this world for six hundred years, and with its ability to control negative emotions, it is not unusual for him to be able to do this.
In all parts of the universe, human emotions are the most complex and changeable.
Just like the temptation of honey to bees and flies, it originates from the desire deep in the origin, so the 'devil' also likes to attack human beings.
On the contrary, mountain monsters and wild monsters are not too favored by the ‘Heavenly Demon’.
The human race in this world is still in a period of ignorance, and women occupy a dominant position because they can give birth.
When Zhang Ke was staying in the "Land of Water Bay", he discovered that this tribe is still under public ownership. Except for partners, other resources are basically shared by the whole tribe.
Since there are no personal items, transactions are difficult to occur, which greatly hinders the development of civilization.
Zhenjun Mingxin paused briefly when he spoke here, collected his thoughts and then continued:
"Previously, we were preparing to gather some colleagues to launch a tentative attack on the 'Phaseless Peak' to explore the foundation of the 'Heavenly Demon'.
Fortunately, I got some information from the 'devil with a vision' brought by fellow Taoist, otherwise if I were to be surrounded by thirty thousand 'demons', I'm afraid not many people would be able to escape alive."
Many other Dong Tianjun also whispered to each other about this matter.
Zhang Ke thought for a moment and slowly said:
"This realm has many mountains and rivers. Let's temporarily name it the 'mountain and sea realm' to make it easier for us to call it.
I learned in a tribe that the humans in this world call the ‘Devils’ ‘the ones given by Heaven’, which means they are born with knowledge and know many secrets and knowledge.
As for us, under the guidance of the ‘devil’, we are called ‘extraterrestrial demons’. We come to this world to exterminate all living things.
On the day when we came to this world, the ‘Heavenly Demon’, as the ‘Heaven-given One’, also called on the human race in the world to attack and kill us!
The foundation laid over six hundred years has made many tribes of humans regard the words of the ‘Devil’ as truth, so it may be difficult for us to gain trust and help in this realm.
However, the ‘Heavenly Demon’ is cruel in nature and its enslavement of human beings is very extreme.
Every five years, it will ask the tribes to transport some human races to the outside world. These people must be enslaved here. Therefore, many tribes hate them very much.
Although my journey from that tribe to here was not at full strength, my speed was not slow either. It took two months.
But how do ordinary people get here so quickly? I suspect that the ‘Devil’ may have a unique method of moving space.
In addition, the ‘Devil’ will perform blood sacrifices in the tribe from time to time. What is the purpose of this?
Such behavior is most likely to arouse human resistance. The 'Devil' knows people's hearts well and will not fail to understand the disadvantages of this matter. Since he has done this, he must have his own purpose.
When I was ambushed by the 'Heavenly Demon', I found that it seemed to know the practitioners very well, and its attack methods were very restrained against the practitioners. If I had not been strong enough, I might not have survived.
But I asked the human race in the tribe and found out that the ‘devil’ there took control of the tribe thirty years ago.
This is a bit strange, how do the ‘devils’ in the tribe know our information.”
Zhenjun Mingxin’s expression changed, and he said thoughtfully:
"Fellow Taoist, what you mean is that the 'demons' have unique communication abilities with each other, so that they can issue orders to many human tribes at the same time?"
Zhang Ke said ‘hmm’ and said:
"More than that, I suspect that the 'Heaven Demon' has the ability to gather quickly, and its blood sacrifice may be to open up the space channel."
As he said that, he turned back to look at the ‘Phaseless Peak’, then turned back and continued:
"The 'Heavenly Demons' are very intelligent. They are willing to spend hundreds of years building the 'Phaseless Peak', not just for symbolism. This peak must have important significance and role to the 'Heavenly Demons'."
A Dong Tianjun who was proficient in summoning and in charge of the responsibilities suddenly felt his heart skip a beat and lost his voice:
"Could it be that after the completion of the 'Phaseless Peak', it can form an anchor point to summon the 'celestial demons' from outside the territory?"
As soon as these words came out, many Dong Tianjun's expressions couldn't help but change.
It’s just that the situation we know so far is already extremely unfavorable to everyone.
If it can still summon the outside world, it doesn't require too much, just a few Dao Lord-level 'celestial demons', and everyone will have no way out.
Some practitioners tried to leave this realm before, but found that this realm had been sealed by a powerful force, and the inside and outside were isolated and unable to leave.
But if the ‘Phaseless Peak’ built by the ‘Tianmo’ over hundreds of years with countless resources was not at all magical, no one would believe it.
The discussions among the many True Lords stopped immediately, and they all focused their attention on Zhang Ke and others.
Zhang Ke nodded in agreement to the person who spoke, he thought so too.
Then he looked at the crowd and said:
"I wonder if any fellow Taoists have noticed that when I landed in the void, a huge baby appeared?"
True Lord Mingxin's heart was moved, he looked at everyone a few times, and tentatively asked Zhang Ke:
"Fellow Taoist Ruyi knows the clues about the giant baby?"
Zhang Ke did not answer directly. Instead, a little light popped out from his fingertips and exploded, forming the image of an illusory giant baby.
Many True Lords saw clearly that this giant baby was no different from the virtual image they had seen in the void before.
"Fellow Taoists, please take a look inside this illusory giant baby."
True Lord Mingxin took a closer look and found that this giant baby was actually made up of hundreds of nodes outlining each other.
Thinking about what they saw that day, Ming Xin and many other True Lords had a slight understanding.
Zhang Ke continued:
"I guess these hundreds of nodes should be numerous stars like us that have descended. These hundreds of stars are connected together to form a star field. The illusory giant baby must be the outer appearance of the star field."
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Zhang Ke continued:
"If you understand it this way, this 'mountain and sea realm' should be part of this star field.
I have a guess. Suppose that six hundred years ago, a "devil" suddenly came to this world without being discovered.
When it was discovered later, the 'Heavenly Demon' had already formed its foundation in this world. In order to prevent the 'Heavenly Demon' from infecting all living beings, the Nine Heavens Demon Lord summoned us here to kill the 'Heavenly Demon'.
When I arrived before, I found that many of my colleagues were led to other astral realms, and the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' was just one of them.
The contamination and erosion of living beings by the 'Heavenly Demon' is extremely terrifying. Once it spreads, it may cause disaster to the entire star field.
This is also the reason why we cannot leave this realm after coming to it, because this realm has been imprisoned by the Heavenly Lord using his heaven-reaching means.
Until the ‘Heavenly Demon’ is exterminated, the confinement in this world will probably not be lifted.”
Many True Lords were shocked, secretly frightened by Zhang Ke's guess.
A true king couldn't help but said:
"Since we are worried that the 'Heavenly Demon' will cause disaster to the Star Territory, why doesn't the Heavenly Lord take action to kill it?
With Tianzun’s ability, this matter will not be too difficult.”
Zhang Ke pondered for a moment and guessed:
"I also have doubts about this. After thinking about it, there are only two reasons."
After a moment of pause, Zhang Ke looked at the Dong Tianjun who spoke and said:
"If one day some evil cultivators from the Xiantian realm suddenly appear in the realm where fellow Taoists are and are killing people everywhere, will fellow Taoists take action against them?"
The Lord Dong Tianzhen blurted out:
“Of course not, there are so many important things to deal with every day, how can I have the time and energy to solve these things.
Isn’t it that the sect has raised so many disciples just to...well! I understand what fellow Taoist means."
The same principle applies. With Jiutian Demon Demon Lord's level, every move he makes has huge implications. How can tens of thousands of 'demons' be worthy of his personal action?
Zhang Ke nodded and said:
"This is just a guess on my part. In addition, I am worried that so many 'demons' suddenly descended on this star field. There may be other reasons.
Perhaps Tianzun was at the beginning and end of the matter and had no time to deal with it, so he sealed this world after summoning us.
After he resolves other matters, he can naturally deal with these banned areas calmly."
True Lord Mingxin's heart was moved, and he suddenly remembered what one of the ancestors of the sect said, and said:
"Not only for these reasons, Tianzun's realm is too high, and ordinary realms cannot bear the pressure of its arrival, so Tianzun cannot easily attack the 'demons' in this world.
Since this...um...this 'mountain and sea realm' only has 'demons' of the Yuanshen realm, does that mean that beings above the Yuanshen realm cannot come to this realm."
Zhang Ke and everyone else felt a little relieved. If this is true, it would be good news for everyone.
Then Zhenjun Mingxin looked at Zhang Ke and said:
"If you have any other thoughts in your mind, fellow Taoist, you might as well tell me."
The other Dongzhenjun also saw that the Ruyi Zhenjun in front of them probably had a lot of successes, and they all looked at Zhang Ke.
Zhang Ke smiled at True Lord Mingxin, and then said solemnly:
"If the word 'three' that Lang Hu said before his death really refers to more than 30,000 words, it may refer to the total number of people who came to this star domain from outside the domain.
I have just said that when we descend, many of our colleagues will be led to other astral realms.
This means that in addition to the ‘mountain and sea realm’, there are also many astral realms where ‘demons’ exist.
In addition, if the ‘celestial demons’ want to spread out and control the human race, they will inevitably have to station themselves there.
Adding up a small amount to a large amount, controlling such a large number of human tribes will also disperse their strength.
Even if it has the ability to quickly aggregate, it will still take time to prepare.
If we speculate like this, then there may not really be too many 'demons' in this 'Phaseless Peak', otherwise it would be difficult to explain why they don't take the initiative to attack us.
Secondly, I think Tianzun will also consider this, otherwise he will let us die. How can we fight against 30,000 'demons' with our own strength.
This is still the case when the ‘Devil’ takes over the right time, right place, and best people.”
Zhang Kezhi's words relieved everyone's slightly nervous mood.
True Lord Mingxin thought for a moment, looked at Zhang Ke and said:
“Then what Taoist Ruyi means is that he agrees with the attack on ‘Phaseless Peak’?”
Zhang Ke said ‘hmm’ and said:
"Yes, and I suggest that the sooner the better. I'm worried that while we are waiting for the discussion, there will be a steady stream of 'celestial demons' returning from the human tribe in the 'Phaseless Peak'.
This place is most likely a short-selling city, and we are afraid of being bluffed by it.
Once the 'Devils' gather to a certain number, I'm afraid they will really attack us."
Many True Lords suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
True Lord Mingxin was silent for a moment and suddenly said:
"We all come from different realms. We are neither familiar with nor trust each other. If we all rush in together, it will be fine if the battle goes well. If the battle does not go well, then..."
Zhenjun Mingxin's words have stopped being pointed out, and it will be meaningless to say anything more.
But the meaning behind his words was clearly expressed.
trust!
Cooperate!
This is the biggest problem facing everyone at the moment.
This is a battle of life and death, and the ‘Devil’ is not that easy to deal with. As long as there is a fight, there will definitely be casualties.
But if we really encounter danger, no one will bear it or put their hope on others.
Once someone retreats early, the attack is likely to have extremely serious consequences, and it is even unknown how many people will die as a result.
True Lord Mingxin's words were like taking off everyone's underwear in public, leaving everyone with no room for maneuver.
No one will speak lightly when it comes to their own safety.
Zhang Ke's white foggy eyes scanned the faces of many True Lords.
Suddenly he said:
"It's a joke to talk about trust and cooperation at this moment. I have a suggestion that I don't know if you fellow Taoists agree with."
Zhenjun Mingxin and others all became energetic and looked at Zhang Ke intently.
In silence, Zhang Ke gradually left a deep impression on everyone's hearts and gradually took the lead.
"The 'Heavenly Demon' is so powerful that it is impossible to defeat them in a single battle.
There are only two purposes for this attack. First, to explore the strength and secrets of the 'Heavenly Demon', and secondly, to destroy the 'Phaseless Peak' that it is building.
As long as these two points are achieved, the mission will be completed, and the next step can be taken based on the clues obtained.
My suggestion is that we all launch an attack on the 'Phaseless Peak' at the same time, regardless of means or rules, and try our best to deal a blow to the 'Heavenly Demon' while protecting ourselves.
Once you encounter danger, you don't need to consider anyone and escape quickly.
I named this battle 'guerrilla warfare', and its essence lies in..."
A strange smile appeared on Zhang Ke's face.
"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue!"