Not only in the northwest, but alarm beacon fires were lit in the other four directions as well.
Guangyou Island was under siege!
Yang Hong didn't move, standing still and observing his surroundings with his divine sense.
"Guangyou Island is quite impressive. From four directions, there are as many as 13 types of demon races attacking."
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the demon races outside had already assembled,
all gathered before the 360 islands surrounding the main island of Guangyou Island.
The colorful magical lights bombarded these 360 islands fiercely,
but because of the protective formation, the intense explosions did not reach Guangyou Island.
At the same time, Yang Hong saw that on each of these islands, thousands of Qi Condensation cultivators were throwing Guangyou Gourd seeds.
When humans and demons go to war, it is a fierce, all-out battle, each side wanting to annihilate the other without holding back.
...
Liu Xiaoer was a native of Guangyou Island. Since childhood, he had been indoctrinated with the idea that demons were the natural enemies of humans.
His parents were eaten in a demon attack, and he personally witnessed his sister being offered to the demons by the island master.
Therefore, as soon as Liu Xiaoer was found to have spiritual roots, he began to cultivate desperately.
Others cultivated, and he cultivated;
Others rested, and he cultivated;
Others ate, and he cultivated;
Others slept, and he cultivated.
He had one belief: to become strong as quickly as possible, strong enough to wipe out all demons.
Thus, in just seven years, he, who was once a mortal without cultivation, reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation.
Seven years of cultivation, and today he could finally go to the battlefield. His heart was filled with excitement.
On Island Bingliu One, Liu Xiaoer approached the formation's protective shield and desperately activated a Grade 2 Guangyou seed, throwing it with all his might.
"Boom~"
More than ten Tier 1 and Tier 2 demon beasts were directly blown to pieces, and several Tier 3 demon beasts were sent flying, but they quickly regrouped.
It wasn't that Liu Xiaoer's throws were imprecise; it was simply that the demon beasts outside were too numerous. A single seed bomb, covering a radius of eighteen zhang, could directly kill more than a dozen demon beasts.
"Kill~
Come on, you beasts."
Liu Xiaoer roared, his voice excited and hoarse, his hands never stopping, throwing one Guangyou Gourd seed bomb after another,
continuously killing and injuring the approaching demon beasts.
And Liu Xiaoer was not an exception. There were tens of thousands of such humans on the 360 islands.
However, Yang Hong, observing from the center of the island, found that more Qi Condensation cultivators were flustered and extremely inefficient.
Yang Hong even saw that on some islands, after activating seed bombs, some human cultivators failed to throw them in time and ended up blowing themselves and their comrades to death.
It was unbearable to watch.
"The efficiency is a bit low."
"It seems the demon races are intentionally depleting their numbers of demon beasts."
"Not only that~ they are also depleting the protective formation of Guangyou Island."
As his observation continued, Yang Hong discovered that although Tier 4 demon beasts appeared on the battlefield to command the fighting,
all the transformed demon races hid more than 200 li away from the formation's light shield.
It seemed that 200 li was a safe distance.
"Woohoo~"
The battle continued for an hour, and a sharp roar came from the demon forces in the southwest.
"Aow~~~ Aong~ Roar."
Immediately, responding cries came from the other three directions.
All the attacking demon beasts retreated like a tide.
The demon race's attack seemed to have paused.
Just as Yang Hong thought the demon race would come out to utter some threats or offer terms of surrender.
"Ding~ ding~ ding~"
However, urgent gongs sounded on Guangyou Island.
On the 360 small islands, all the Qi Condensation realm cultivators immediately flew up on their swords, rushing towards Guangyou Island as if their lives depended on it.
They looked less like a retreat and more like an escape.
"What is this?"
Yang Hong was somewhat confused and then expanded his divine sense.
"Huh~ It's a combined spell again!"
Within a 210 li radius outside Guangyou Island's formation shield, tens of thousands of Tier 4 lesser demons, under the command of over a hundred greater demons, formed 100 teams and were casting spells in unison.
"The power of this..."
Yang Hong sensed it carefully and revealed a look of shock.
A spell formed by 100 Tier 4 lesser demons and 1 Tier 5 greater demon actually possessed the attack power of a nascent stage Tier 6 cultivator.
"This combined spell is quite formidable. Does the demon race have such intelligent demons who have started researching combined spells?"
In Yang Hong's known history, demon races always fought alone; there had never been a situation of combined spells.
Combined spells were only researched by humans due to their relatively weaker individual strength.
Have the demon races become smarter now?
"Aong~ Rumble~"
100 pillars of water shot up into the sky, and after a magical transformation, 100 hundred-zhang long, water-blue dragons appeared on the sea surface.
"Hiss~ The power of the spell has increased again, reaching mid-stage Tier 6?"
As the dragons appeared, Yang Hong was shocked again. The power of this combined spell could actually increase further!
Not only Yang Hong was shocked, but even the Nascent Soul old monsters like Ni Zhennan, who were in charge of the formation, were so scared that their faces turned pale.
"How is this possible~ How can this be~ When did these foolish demons become so smart?
Have they attacked and destroyed other human islands again?"
"Island Master, abandon the outer affiliated islands."
"Yes, Island Master, quickly retract the island-protecting formation."
"Island Master, these are 100 attacks of mid-stage Tier 6 power. If we don't retract the formation soon, our island-protecting formation will be broken."
Several Nascent Soul old monsters shouted with trembling voices, but Ni Zhennan did not immediately retract the formation.
"Wait, wait a moment longer. There are still people who haven't returned."
Ni Zhennan was also extremely nervous, but his conscience was not corrupted. He wanted to protect the more than 300,000 Qi Condensation cultivators who had entered the affiliated islands and protected Guangyou Island before.
Since these young cultivators trusted him and entered the dangerous front lines, he could not let these compatriots and juniors down.
"Island Master~ Forget about those juniors!
If the island-protecting formation is broken, we will all die!"
"Island Master..."
"Stop talking. If you have time to persuade me, you might as well use your strength to bring back those who haven't returned."
Ni Zhennan's resolve was firm, and he loudly silenced the persuading Nascent Soul old monsters.
"..."
Those old fellows looked at each other, and in the end, not a single one dared to leave the formation control hall.
"Alas~ It's all Yang Hong's fault. If he hadn't wasted so much formation spiritual energy before, our island-protecting formation wouldn't be so fragile."
"Yes, it's this scoundrel's fault.
If he hadn't come, we wouldn't have had to activate the island-protecting formation twice in a short period and be in such a passive situation."
"And that scoundrel, who could have broken through the formation quickly, but lingered in the formation for so long, wasting the formation's spiritual energy."
"Hmph~ I suspect he's a demon spy. He's only been here for a day, and the demon army arrived right after him.
He must be the spy who guided them."
"Yes, I think so too..."
As this group of Nascent Soul old monsters discussed, they became more agitated, occasionally cursing angrily, as if Yang Hong was a conclusively proven demon spy.
They had completely lost the subservience they had shown to Yang Hong before, replaced by distorted faces filled with anger.
Ni Zhennan also began to doubt this judgment.
Before, they didn't invite Yang Hong to prepare for battle, which was partly due to their suspicion of Yang Hong's identity.
Now, with the discussion among the Nascent Soul old monsters, it seemed Yang Hong was an unforgivable demon spy.