Seeing the pair of pupils, Ji Hongwen roared and shattered the teleportation array with all his might. With a mournful cry, a giant arm was severed by the collapsing array.
The teleportation array split inch by inch. Wu Yang's eyes bulged in disbelief. If the Demon Lord couldn't descend, what could he do against Ji Hongwen with his Nascent Soul realm cultivation?
"Demon Lord!"
"No!"
"Ji Hongwen, Huoyun Cave, Eastern Wasteland, I will return!"
As the teleportation array crumbled, those huge eyes swept over Ji Hongwen and Jiuyou Mountain. Wu Yang himself was not even glanced at, as if he didn't exist.
The skeletal teleportation array completely shattered. Wu Yang spat out a mouthful of blood and slumped to the ground, his eyes vacant.
At that moment, no one could comprehend Wu Yang's suffering and sorrow. He had planned to possess a physical body and be reborn, only to be defeated by a Human Martial Emperor. He had waited for a million years!
For a million years, apart from the top supreme powerhouses who had reached the Venerable realm, the Eastern Wasteland had undergone tremendous changes. How many generations of all living beings had come and gone!
After finally breaking free from the seal and barely refining an Emperor's corpse to survive, he was immediately hunted and blockaded by Ji Hongwen.
Until the appearance of the Jiuyou Wasteland Master, Wu Yang smiled. He felt as if the Wu Yang Venerable, who had once stood at the pinnacle of the Eastern Wasteland, had come back to life, ready to welcome the Demon Lord, crush Huoyun Cave, and conquer the Eastern Wasteland Continent!
But now...
He hated!
He hated the Human Martial Emperor. He hated why the Jiuyou Wasteland Master was born a million years too late. He hated Ji Hongwen of Huoyun Cave even more. A million years!
Even after a million years, he was still unwilling to let him go!
He also hated the Demon Lord, who, despite his painstaking efforts to construct a stable teleportation array, had disappeared without even looking at him...
Defeated!
He was utterly defeated. He hated his master, and he hated why, even though he had reached the peak Nascent Soul realm, his master had suppressed him repeatedly, still telling him, "Old man, it's all for your own good!"
For my own good!
Wu Yang blinked with great effort and looked at Ji Hongwen, who was walking towards him. He smiled. This was the person he had nurtured, the person he had once boasted about to warriors from other factions.
But now, they were drawing swords against each other, killing each other!
"Boom!"
Ji Hongwen took a step forward. The already dilapidated Jiuyou Mountain completely collapsed, and the entire land trembled. Dust billowed, and faintly, blood rain flickered within the dust.
No one knew what had happened inside. Even the Lie Tian Si Legion, led by Gao Changgong, which had approached within thirty miles of Jiuyou Mountain, could only see the collapsed Jiuyou Mountain and dust that reached ten thousand feet high.
"Wu Yang is dead!"
Gao Changgong closed his eyes and checked the concentration of demonic energy in the void. The moment the dust raged, the demonic energy weakened to an extreme.
He opened his eyes and glanced at Ying Bu, Han Shizhong, and Liang Hongyu behind him. He said calmly, "Notify the entire army. One hour from now, march east, occupy Jiuyou Mountain, and push eastward until the Myriad Beast Realm!"
"Yes, General!"
...
Three hours later, Jiuyou Mountain, which had once stood tall, had vanished, leaving behind a scarred land with flying debris.
Ji Hongwen looked at the gradually dissipating dust with a heavy expression. He turned his head slightly and saw Gao Changgong, leading an army of less than one hundred thousand troops not far away. Ying Bu, Han Shizhong, and Liang Hongyu were leading the army eastward, occupying the remaining territories.
Ji Hongwen looked at Gao Changgong and smiled, "May I ask the General's name?"
"Gao Changgong, Commander of the Great Han Dynasty's Lie Tian Si Legion, greets Senior!"
Gao Changgong said respectfully. Wu Yang was a million-year-old monster, let alone Ji Hongwen, who had been entangled with Wu Yang.
Ji Hongwen nodded with satisfaction. The Cave Master's actions were indeed good. After a million years, the formerly barren Savage Realm had finally gained some fighting strength. Although there were no warriors in the Nascent Soul realm, judging by the current strength of the Great Han Dynasty, it was considered a third-rate power in the Cangyuan World.
To reach this level of power in just a million years was already very good.
"May I meet your Human Emperor?"
"Certainly!"
Gao Changgong nodded, then hesitated slightly. "However, I am under imperial orders and must continue the eastern campaign to secure the eastern territories of Jiuyou. I cannot accompany Senior to Great Han's Chang'an!"
"Hahaha!"
"It's fine!"
Ji Hongwen chuckled, stroking his beard. "The Great Han Dynasty, the Human Race!"
"It's becoming more and more interesting!"
Just then, a violent roar suddenly came from the west in the distance, like divine thunder rolling across the land, with waves of dust approaching the ruins of Jiuyou Mountain.
A Vermilion Bird Legion banner, burning with crimson flames, appeared like a divine bird above the dust, ablaze!
"Nascent Soul?"
Ji Hongwen's expression changed instantly, followed by immense joy. "Truly remarkable! The Savage Realm has produced a powerhouse in the Nascent Soul realm. With this one Nascent Soul realm warrior alone, the Great Han Dynasty is enough to become a second-rate power in the Cangyuan World."
"The five top powers of the Eastern Wasteland Continent have remained unchanged for millions of years. Now, if the Eastern Wasteland can add one or two second-rate powers, it will undoubtedly strengthen Huoyun Cave!"
Ji Hongwen beamed with joy. Although the Savage Realm had now become independent, it was once part of the Myriad Beast Realm a million years ago, and it occupied almost half of the original Myriad Beast Realm.
However, the Cave Master's intention was that since they had separated, they were now independent. Whether the Savage Realm was willing or not, the Myriad Beast Realm would advance and retreat with the Savage Realm.
Regardless of any decisions made by the powers of the Savage Realm, the Myriad Beast Realm's Huoyun Cave, and its three Cave Masters, would support and affirm them.
Zhang Liao and Gao Changgong met from afar. With a wave of the command flag, the order was transmitted. Zhang Liao then led the Vermilion Bird Legion to march south. Since Jiuyou Mountain had been pacified and the Lie Tian Si Legion was marching east, the Vermilion Bird Legion would naturally march south to occupy the southern territories.
Ji Hongwen looked at the place where Wu Yang had fallen. "I didn't expect that after the bloody battle a million years ago, the demons are still unwilling to give up. They probably want to use the opportunity of the Cangyuan's once-in-two-million-year event to contend for天下 again."
"Hmph, what a clever plan!"
He looked at the residual demonic energy in the void, waved his hand, and dispersed it. His eyes swept in all directions, identified the direction, and then shot towards the direction of Great Han's Chang'an City.
The elimination of Wu Yang this time was merely a flick of his wrist. Seeing the growth of the Savage Realm was his greatest gain from this visit. The Myriad Beast Realm and the Savage Realm were originally one. He should indeed go and see this rising Great Han.