The arrogant True Demon, who had always dismissed everything with disdain, suddenly changed his expression. His eyes, fixed on Gu Junshi, seemed as if they wanted to devour her.
The colossal shadow of power that materialized behind the True Demon finally broke its silence. It ferociously swung a fist, its wind splitting the clouds and rivers, generating a powerful gust that nearly overturned both banks.
Gu Junshi, facing this soul-stirring disturbance, chose to stand still. Instead, over a dozen dark lights behind her charged forward to meet the punch.
It was seen that more than ten high-level humanoid demonic beasts valiantly blocked the True Demon's attack. At this moment, a deer-like great demon from behind tore through space with decisive speed.
"Watching the show, are you unwilling to leave? Know that when gods fight, minor deities suffer. If you don't want to die, hurry and leave."
These words were directed at the immortal sect disciples. The demonic creatures naturally wouldn't be so kind as to save human cultivators, but this was the monarch's command. He had no choice but to obey.
Yan Tianjiao and the others looked up. The shocking, explosive combat was entirely beyond their ability to intervene. Remaining here would be futile; it was better to quickly inform the supervising elders of the dire situation.
Gu Junshi has become so powerful now… sending her to deal with the True Demon should be no problem, right?
He hesitated for a moment before leaping into the space, instantly teleported elsewhere. Fu Wanyan, walking last, had been momentarily lost in a daze the moment she saw Gu Junshi.
Her mind was a jumbled mess, filled with everything. She couldn't comprehend what was happening.
It was as if she were in a beautiful dream. In this dream, if Liu Jiangfusheng was the protagonist of the story, then she was meant to be the heroine. The male and female protagonists were destined to be together forever after experiencing all hardships and trials.
But upon waking, the reality before her turned all her perceived illusion and beauty to naught.
Why did a person who should have vanished suddenly appear? In her dream, Gu Junshi should not have existed, nor should the True Demon have ever appeared in Fengdu… Why were all the things she was supposed to experience with Liu Jiangfusheng gone?
Gu Yi was merely a stepping stone set by the Heavenly Dao for Liu Jiangfusheng to become powerful. She should have died long ago, but how could she now be so eye-catching, so radiant?
Fu Wanyan's thoughts were chaotic and complex. Suddenly, a halo burst forth in her mind, and her consciousness gradually faded. When she opened her eyes again, her gaze was as if she were a different person, devoid of all emotion, filling the heavens and earth with only all things.
"She" gazed at Gu Junshi above and murmured, "Gu Junshi, you are indeed the only variable. You can no longer be allowed to remain."
"She" swept a glance, then looked at the True Demon, and followed Yan Tianjiao and the others as they departed.
After sending them away, and after absorbing the surging ghost energy above the Black River, Kaishan Ghost transformed into a blue flame stone giant and stood behind Gu Junshi in a protective stance.
To the upper left was the fully demonized Cangyu Demon, his wings darkly beautiful, obscuring the sky, his tail feathers a deep purplish-blue and red, indicating extreme toxicity and ferocity.
Meanwhile, Jidu Demon led a host of lesser demons, their eyes purple and hair black. Demonic patterns stretched from their faces to their necks, exuding a captivating arrogance. Beneath them were various high-level demonic beasts, resembling tigers and leopards, with bull horns and serpentine bodies, some like ghosts and some like specters.
At this moment, a hundred vengeful spirits, transformed into malevolent energy, besieged the True Demon.
The True Demon surveyed its surroundings. It had stood imposingly and fierce when it first appeared, but now, surrounded by these ravenous demons, monsters, ghosts, and fiends, it felt humiliated and enraged.
A bunch of overestimating creatures, did they think that by gathering together they could inflict any harm upon him?
"The spiritual energy of the twenty-eighth heaven has long been unable to support so many beings. Regardless of the beings from any heaven, their realms and cultivation have always been suppressed. So where did these… creatures come from?"
A pair of wing-like sharp blades flashed behind the True Demon. With a "swish," they unfurled, forming a screen.
The feathers on the fan surface were lifelike metal blades. With a swing of its wings, it retracted, then swept forward, sending a shower of "feather blades" towards Gu Junshi.
Jidu Demon, leading the lesser demons, flew up and lined up in front of Gu Junshi, their demonic energy forming a black armored shield. The "feather blades" collided with it, causing demonic energy to disperse, and thunderous explosions echoed incessantly.
"You are of the demon race, yet you willingly debase yourselves to serve a human cultivator, utterly disgr teacing our demon race. The demon race has no need for traitors!"
The wing blades behind the True Demon extended with a "creak," like thick chains, and swayed and contracted like articulated limbs. They swept towards the demons.
The violent air currents churned the clouds, and Jidu Demon and the others' expressions changed, their minds racing to dodge. At this moment, Kaishan Ghost roared with a spirit that shook the mountains and charged forward.
He grabbed the tip of the wing blades with his palm, like a fan, and held on tightly. His muscles bulged, veins protruded, and with his full strength, he actually grasped the swinging wing blades, preventing them from extending freely.
At this time, Cangyu Demon also seized the opportunity. The demonic energy from their bodies transformed into threads, wrapping around the wing blades in circles.
Then, dozens of demon heads lifted, wings spread soaring into the sky. With full force pulling upwards, they forcefully tore the True Demon's wing blades into countless strips.
The True Demon had underestimated the cooperative power of these beings, thus losing a pair of wing blades.
He did not know that these were not the beings he perceived them to be. They were transformed from the most humble and desperate circumstances by a single person, becoming what the True Demon called demons and great demons…
If he had seen them before, he probably wouldn't even have bothered to glance at such lowly, dirty creatures.
These half-demons, mixed-blood mongrels, outcasts of everyone, if not for Gu Junshi's "inhumanly generous" transformation, their fate would likely have been to have their vital essence drained in the Poisoned Thorn Forest and become fertilizer.
But these monsters, whose consciences had long been extinguished, naturally felt no gratitude. Even if she had become their savior, they would still have devoured her out of resentment.
They understood no gratitude, cared nothing for humanity, and felt no loyalty.
But they yearned for the strong and would prostrate themselves at her feet, entirely because she had tamed them.
Not relying on the dominion of ethereal emotions, but through domestication, their souls and bodies were bound to her command. They could not resist, nor dare to defy.
Therefore, no matter what the True Demon said, they remained unmoved.
Race? Faith?
Do these things… do these monsters possess them?
Gu Junshi, upon hearing the True Demon's words, pondered, "True Demon, the twenty-eighth heaven's spiritual energy naturally leads to the rise and fall of all things, with its own laws and heavenly principles. Why do you feel that the Heavenly Dao is hindering the consumption of spiritual energy by living beings? Could it be that your demon race has done something to cause this?"