The fall of Venerable Yunlong dealt a severe blow to the Dragon Clan's high-tier combat strength!
The Dragon Clan of today is no longer the peak power of ancient times. Such a loss is a devastating blow!
"Aaaargh!"
"Humans! How dare you kill our Dragon Clan's Great Luo Elder!"
"This enrages me!"
"Today, this Emperor will slaughter all of you humans, leaving none alive!"
The Dragon Emperor was furious!
Seeing the Dragon Clan's strength severely weakened, he was incandescent with rage.
In his desperation, he uttered these words.
And what greeted him were three figures.
Suirenshi!
Youchaoshi!
Ziyishi!
Three beings who had reached the sixth heaven of the Immortal Platform, comparable to Great Luo Golden Immortals!
"Dragon Emperor, it seems the Dragon Clan invaded the Human Clan first. Why can't we kill Dragon Clan Great Luo?"
Youchaoshi asked.
He wielded a cauldron-shaped Quasi-Emperor weapon, a gift from Fang Ming after he broke through to the Great Sage realm.
With this weapon in hand, Youchaoshi's combat power soared. Even though his cultivation was only comparable to the early stage of Great Luo, he could contend with those in the late stage of Great Luo.
"This is obvious. The Dragon Clan has always been arrogant and considers their slaughter of humans to be justifiable."
"Yet, they deem the Human Clan's killing of dragons to be unreasonable."
Ziyishi seemed to be answering Youchaoshi, and also mocking the Dragon Emperor.
"One standard for others, and another for themselves."
"It's hypocrisy!"
Like Youchaoshi, Ziyishi also wielded a Quasi-Emperor weapon.
His combat power was no less than Youchaoshi's.
"Dragon Emperor, the Dragon Clan of today has long since declined."
"You are merely an outdated race, yet you dare to be so overbearing?"
"Let us, the Human Clan, show you whether the Dragon Clan is still qualified to maintain double standards!"
As Suirenshi spoke, he did not hesitate.
He directly wielded his Quasi-Emperor weapon and launched an attack at the Dragon Emperor.
The might of an attack from a Great Sage wielding a Quasi-Emperor weapon, how terrifying was it?
In the void, countless spatial rifts seemed to be torn open by this strike.
It was as if countless worlds were created within the rifts, only to be quickly annihilated.
The immense power of this strike made the Dragon Emperor, who was at the peak of the Great Luo realm, extremely solemn.
"Well done, Suirenshi! To launch a sneak attack directly!"
"Despicable and shameless!"
Suirenshi's voice seemed to echo through the air.
"Against a race that is inherently hypocritical, why should we adhere to morality?"
A great battle had begun anew.
This was the battle of the three Human Ancestors, supported by numerous Human Clan legions, against over twenty Dragon Clan elders!
...
From the highest vantage point, Fang Ming watched the war between the Human Clan and the Dragon Clan.
At the lower and middle tiers of combat, the Sea Clan legions, led by the Dragon Clan, had already suffered a crushing defeat. There was no need to elaborate.
However, in terms of high-tier combat, over the past two thousand years, besides the three Human Ancestors who were comparable to Great Luo, the Human Clan had only produced two more cultivators at the sixth heaven of the Immortal Platform due to the limited time.
The Human Clan had only five powerhouses comparable to Great Luo, with their cultivation only at the early stage of Great Luo.
In contrast, the Dragon Clan had over twenty Great Luo powerhouses, including those in the late and peak stages of Great Luo.
Even though the Human Clan's Great Luo-level combatants were wielding the Quasi-Emperor weapons bestowed by Fang Ming, it was still difficult to defeat these Dragon Clan elders.
After all, the Dragon Clan possessed many treasures, and the Dragon Palace was filled with them. While the Human Clan had Quasi-Emperor weapons, the Dragon Clan elders also possessed high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
In terms of combat, the Human Clan was at a distinct disadvantage.
However, Fang Ming saw clearly that the Human Clan legions had already defeated the Sea Clan legions. With so many Taiyi Golden Immortals, Profound Immortals, and Heavenly Immortals forming battle formations, they were able to support the three Human Ancestors.
Relying on the sheer numbers of the Human Clan legions, the vast quantity of Heavenly Immortals and Profound Immortals, and the Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals holding the line, they had managed to turn the disadvantage in high-tier combat into a stalemate.
The two sides were now evenly matched.
Furthermore, with the participation of numerous "God-level" and "Heavenly God-level" puppets produced by the Human Clan's puppet manufacturing chain, the tide of the war was shifting in favor of the Human Clan.
According to Fang Ming's estimation, even if he did not intervene, the Human Clan had an eighty percent chance of victory in this battle.
"The current Human Clan legions can now slay Great Luo."
"My previous act of killing Great Luo demon gods is no longer unique to me."
"This is truly wonderful."
Fang Ming's heart was filled with excitement as he observed the Human Clan's strength.
This was the result of his efforts over the past two thousand years!
The Human Clan of today, even without him, was capable of contending with powerful races like the Dragon Clan, which belonged to the second tier of the Primordial era.
Even if a full-scale war were to break out, there was an eighty percent chance of victory.
This was a scenario that the oppressed and slaughtered humans of two thousand years ago could not have imagined.
To develop humans, who once built tribes and wore animal skins, to their current level of strength, Fang Ming felt an overwhelming sense of pride.
This was the Human Clan of today!
Because of my arrival, the Human Clan has achieved this prosperity!
"However, I must still intervene personally."
After his emotions subsided, Fang Ming fell into contemplation.
"Although the Human Clan today is confident of engaging in a full-scale war with the Dragon Clan and achieving victory."
"Firstly, an eighty percent chance of victory still leaves a twenty percent chance of failure. The outcome of the war is not yet decided, so we cannot be careless."
"Secondly, the current strength of the Human Clan is only slightly superior to the Dragon Clan, not by much. Even if they win, it will be a pyrrhic victory, causing immense losses to the Human Clan's overall strength."
"Such a pyrrhic victory is unacceptable."
Fang Ming allowed the Human Clan to hone their military spirit and combat experience, but the premise was to ensure the overall strength of the Human Clan remained intact.
This was a tactic Fang Ming employed because he did not want to be a babysitter to the Human Clan, but rather to instill a sense of courage and resilience in them.
It was akin to the purpose of sect elders sending their disciples out for training.
However, just as sect elders sending disciples out for training would not allow all their disciples to perish, if Fang Ming did not intervene in the current invasion by the Dragon Clan, countless humans would die, and even a few of the three Human Ancestors might not survive.
As the Human Emperor, Fang Ming naturally did not desire such an outcome.
This was not like the situation in the past when the Xuanyang Tribe cleared out surrounding races.
In that situation, Fang Ming did not intervene because the Human Clan was not at risk of being overthrown.
The Dragon Clan, as the overlord of ancient times, had survived to this day, albeit with greatly diminished strength, and were still a second-tier powerful race. Fang Ming could not afford to stand idly by.
"The Wushi Bell... If I were to wield an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon against these Great Luo dragons, how many could I annihilate?"
Fang Ming mused with a smile.
However, without hesitation, he launched a sneak attack on the Dragon Clan elders.
Like Suirenshi, Fang Ming did not adhere to any notions of chivalry when dealing with enemies; his sole objective was to annihilate them.
...
On the battlefield.
The Dragon Emperor, with his peak Great Luo cultivation, was fighting two opponents, Suirenshi and Youchaoshi, and was not at a disadvantage.
As he displayed his might, he suddenly heard a "clang" resonate through heaven and earth.
A bell chime, as if from the distant past, pierced through time and space!
Space trembled, star fields perished, and billions of immortal lights erupted, enveloping the numerous Dragon Clan Great Luo.