The First Immortal of Destiny-Chapter 532: Turning the Tide of Battle_1
The Ghost Bride and ten other Class IV Demon Soul Generals led over five hundred Class II and III Soul Generals. They swept out in all directions with Shen Mo at the center, forming ten terrifying torrents!
Wherever the Demon Soul Generals went, they stirred up cries of ghosts and howls of wolves, whipping up storms of blood and violence.
Whether evil cultivators or Outer Zone Demons, they began to fall in large numbers and flee.
They originally thought they could use their superior numbers to jointly kill these Soul Generals, just as before.
However, after devouring a large amount of blood, the Demon Soul Generals’ overall strength had greatly increased. Additionally, among the ordinary Soul Generals—those not yet Demon-corrupted and crafted by powerful Outer Zone Demons—there were over one hundred and fifty at Class III. Many of these possessed late-stage Class III or even peak strength.
Moreover, over the years, Shen Mo had meticulously selected every Soul General recruited into his Soul Refining Flag. Heavenly Demons, evil cultivators, and Outer Zone Demons possessing only average skills and Talent were unqualified to be refined by him; those he chose were considered outstanding even among their demonic kin.
Now, their Realm had risen, and their combat power had become terrifying. Coupled with their fearlessness of death and their ability to re-form from the blood flag after dying, they could take on two or even three opponents of the same Class.
The Class II and III Soul Generals alone were enough to give the Evil Demons of Golden Light Ridge a hard time.
Unfortunately, they were also led by a Class IV Demon Soul General. If they encountered tough opponents among the Evil Demons, those opponents would be annihilated and directly devoured by the Ghost Bride and the others.
Before the Ten Thousand Eyes Demon Turi Ke came to kill Shen Mo, many evil cultivators and Outer Zone Demons had already perished. They either died at the hands of the Demon Soul Generals or were slain by other cultivators of the righteous path or Outer Zone powerhouses. Their numbers had dwindled by seventy to eighty thousand. Now, with the return of the Soul Generals, tens of thousands more Evil Demons met their doom!
Under these circumstances, the hundreds of thousands of Evil Demons spread over a thousand miles around Golden Light Ridge began to disintegrate at an alarming rate. Those who were a little slow to escape would become blood food for the Demon Soul Generals.
Truthfully, this group of Evil Demons had held on far longer than Shen Mo had anticipated.
Outer Zone Demons had the edicts of their respective forbidden land Protectors. Additionally, the Class IV powerhouses within their clans were still fighting in the sky, so it was not surprising they could endure such heavy casualties.
But they were few in number; the majority of the Class II and III Evil Demons were still human evil cultivators.
Shen Mo knew these kinds of evil cultivators all too well—they were twisted, cruel, and bloodthirsty, yet at the same time, they cherished their lives above all else.
Without tangible benefits, a mere promise of a "Demon Kingdom" would not be enough to make them fearlessly throw their lives away like mad dogs to fulfill such a wild ambition!
However, as he extended his sense to probe in all directions, Shen Mo gradually began to understand something.
Most of the evil cultivators fighting in Golden Light Ridge had fallen into a state of madness. Their continuous killing had only further fueled their cruel hearts. Clearly, the Smoke Demon had played some tricks when it announced its decree earlier.
At first, there was no noticeable impact. Even Shen Mo found it hard to sense anything wrong.
But once the killing started, it drove the evil cultivators who had heard its Divine Sense transmission further down a path of increasing mental distortion!
Of course, this method could only be used against evil cultivators. Since these cultivators were already abnormal in nature, it wasn’t hard to add another rotten leaf to a stinking swamp. For disciples of the Immortal Sect like Shen Mo, who practiced righteous path cultivation methods, any such outside influence would be swept away like dust or random thoughts.
And now, even the most twisted and cruel evil cultivators would come to their senses in the face of the Demon Soul Generals’ bloody slaughter.
As a result, the battle had gradually progressed to its current state.
As for the righteous path forces, including cultivators from all over and creatures of the moderate faction from the Outer Zone, they had previously witnessed scenes of Soul Generals. These beings, though appearing like Evil Demons, were slaughtering and devouring other Evil Demons on a large scale!
From their behavior, they could infer that the master of these Imperial Souls was a powerhouse from the righteous path.
So, when they saw the Demon Soul Generals’ power skyrocketing and overwhelming the Evil Demon forces on the battlefield, they couldn’t help but cheer and applaud. Their own attacks also became even more fierce.
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The deteriorating battlefield scenario within this realm soon caught the attention of the great Demons soaring above Golden Light Ridge.
The middle-stage Class IV Thousand-eyed Demon that had been pushed into prominence noted the demise of its kin and the individual who instigated it under the great tree, dangerous light flashing in each of its eyes. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
It immediately diverted from the target it had been closing in on, summoned a gust of demonic wind, and descended from the cloud cover.
With it, seven Demons of various races from the Outer Zone materialized one after another in the sky, roughly a hundred miles from the large tree!
"It’s a Spell of the Class V Flower Fairy!"
"The leaves of their Mother Tree, always considered a treasure by them, how could they easily entrust them into the hands of a Class III Flower Fairy?"
"Could their clan’s Protector have foreseen this situation long ago and set this up as a countermeasure?"
"Regardless, we should first try to break this Spell and kill this child. Otherwise, if the situation continues to degenerate, it will be hard for us to explain to our clan’s Protector!"
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Lines of sense interweaved in the void, conveying the thoughts of the eight great Demons.
After a brief communication amongst themselves, they all deployed their respective Spells and Skills, trying to break through the defense of the towering tree. All manners of tactics intertwined into a brilliant and multi-colored torrent of Spells, surging towards the tree!
SWISH!
SWISH! SWISH!
The tree, birthed from the green leaves of the Flower Fairy Mother Tree, swayed in the raging storm, quickly nullifying various attacks and sheltering the individuals beneath it.
Simultaneously, it transformed this terrifying, murderous torrent of Spells into nourishment for its own growth, visibly bulking up at a remarkable speed.
At this sight, the faces of the eight great Demons, including the middle-stage Class IV Thousand-eyed Demon, turned unsightly.
Shen Mo, beneath the tree, let out a slight breath of relief.
This body-protecting treasure bestowed by a Class V Flower Fairy is truly marvelous! he thought. The defensive-type Spells it contains can dissipate the combined onslaught of several great Demons! If the Flower Fairy clan were to produce more leaves from the Mother Tree, would the Evil Demons of Golden Light Ridge still dare to be so arrogant?
Shen Mo also knew the Mother Tree leaves must be exceedingly precious, but he didn’t realize to what extent. In the entire forbidden land of the Flower Fairy clan, there were only a dozen or so similar leaves.
To the Flower Fairy clan, the Mother Tree was their mother. Every leaf plucked caused irreparable harm to the Mother Tree. How could they recklessly harvest its leaves?
Moreover, engraving a Class V technique into a Mother Tree leaf was not an easy task; the Protector would have to pay a considerable price.
Had he known this, he would understand why these attacking great Demons did not possess similar treasures.
Simultaneously, the same doubts as theirs would have begun to stir in his heart.
Why would they so easily entrust such a precious Mother Tree leaf to Mi? If it was merely a safeguard during the trading process, they could have given Mi a somewhat weaker protective treasure!
Of course, now is not the time to dwell on these matters, Shen Mo thought, then seized the opportunity. He shook the Soul Refining Flag, commanding the Ghost Bride and other Soul Generals to strike back.
