Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Chapter 1284: Chapter 285: Heavenly Master’s Protection

The elder rotated the miniature Star Domain, presenting the battlefield behind the Ancient Demon Tide horizontally.

Everyone present, including the elder, were seasoned in warfare. Even the just-arrived King Zhao, upon carefully observing for a moment, immediately discerned the peril and the delicate balance of the entire battlefield.

Besides the war zone where the Peacock Army was positioned, there were seven other zones, each capable of breaking this delicate balance.

However, as the fierce battle continued, the other zones were locked in stalemates, while in the Peacock Army’s area, two figures, a man and a woman, suddenly emerged.

The woman threw herself into the battlefield, assisting the Peacock Army, and unleashed formidable combat power, severely wounding the Ancient Demon of the Emperor Jiang Clan.

"Such strong Ninth Level of Immortal Monarch Realm!"

"The woman’s Immortal Law is somewhat rare, seemingly like some kind of lost ancient Immortal Technique!"

In the Star Sea Hall, everyone besides the elder focused their gaze, not expecting such a formidable expert to be hidden in this battle. The woman’s combat strength absolutely rivaled an elite unit of the Peacock Army, or even surpassed it.

Just as the balance was about to be broken, a more terrifying Ancient Demon figure suddenly charged out from the Ancient Demon Tide to subdue the woman.

Seeing this, some people’s faces changed dramatically. They had not anticipated such a thrilling twist in this battle.

The silver-haired, black-armored youth and the woman with double-pupiled peculiar eyes had already joined the battlefield. When the Ancient Demon from the Reincarnation King Clan appeared, they keenly sensed a surge of overwhelming demonic intent, so they were not overly surprised, just more solemn.

As the woman seemed about to be subdued, suddenly, she exhibited terrifying demonic qi, extending eight wings from her back.

This sudden change made many people abruptly stand up, crying out in shock.

"Ancient Demon? Royal Ancient Demon?!"

"How is this possible!"

"Are they killing each other?!"

Besides the elder, the silver-haired, black-armored youth and the other were also taken aback, somewhat confounded.

Immediately, the Ancient Demon woman with eight wings engaged in a fierce fight with the Ancient Demon from the Reincarnation King Clan, chasing and dodging each other.

Before leaving, the Ancient Demon woman manifested an object in her palm filled with swirling black qi.

Seeing the object, King Zhao, surrounded by black Dragon Qi, dramatically changed his expression. The Dragon Qi that usually drifted like clouds around him suddenly stretched taut like nine sharp spears, displaying a terrifying aura, seemingly ready to erupt at any moment.

Even when he saw the woman reveal her Royal Ancient Demon form, he was only surprised but not dismayed. Yet now he gazed intently at the Star Domain miniature.

The elder glanced at him nonchalantly but didn’t halt, allowing the miniature to quickly pass. As the Ancient Demon from the Reincarnation King Clan pursued the woman and vanished, his battle with the King Realm Ancient Demon of the Emperor Jiang Clan soon concluded as well.

With his victory, the battle also ended, suppressing the Ancient Demon Tide, the entire army pursued and slaughtered almost all of the Ancient Demons, with only a small number escaping back to the chaotic Rock Star Domain.

The Star Domain miniature gradually came to a halt, and the hall fell into silence, with no sound for a while.

King Zhao snapped back to his senses, quickly retracting the shock from his face, and the Dragon Qi continued to coil around him. He scanned the surroundings and rested his gaze on the elder, saying:

"That young man from He Sect, at the Third Level of the True Immortal Realm, actually blocked an attack from a Ninth Level of the Immortal Monarch Realm Ancient Demon as a mere casual strike, truly remarkable!"

His words broke the silence, and everyone returned to their senses.

"What is happening here?"

"That woman is an Ancient Demon, with Ancient Demons killing each other?"

"It’s said among the three major royal clans and seven king clans of the Ancient Demons, although they treat the Ten Thousand Clans with equal brutality and slaughter, there are also gaps between them. As early as ninety thousand years ago, in the fight for the Immortal Forbidden Emperor Artifact of that Immortal Emperor, two Ancient Demon King Clans killed each other, causing countless Ancient Demons to fall, which gave the Eastern Domain some breathing space."

Compared to the amazement brought by the young man, everyone was more concerned about the situation of the Ancient Demon woman at the moment.

Seeing everyone debating, King Zhao’s eyes were calm, and he didn’t speak, but he knew the answer in his heart.

The elder also remained silent until the discussion died down, and then he spoke:

"The entanglements of the Royal Ancient Demons are far-reaching, and it’s not appropriate to elaborate here. The victory in this battle was primarily thanks to that young man; otherwise, even before I finished my battle with Emperor Qiu, many more would have perished, and even if we had won in the end, it would have been a pyrrhic victory!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand, rotating the Star Domain miniature, with immortal power guiding it to project into the air, and then deducing with the laws of the Immortal Path of the military strategist.

In that deduction, at the battle’s final stages, without the young man’s or the Ancient Demon woman’s presence, the Peacock Army was destroyed by the Emperor Jiang Clan Ancient Demon, the formation breached, and nearly half of the ten thousand Peacock Army was slain. Subsequently, the Emperor Jiang Clan Ancient Demon turned to assist another battle zone, breaking the balance.

This triggered terrifying reactions, with other battle zones receiving Ancient Demon reinforcements, overwhelming the Human Race. Elders from various Immortal Sects fell one after another, devoured by the Ancient Demons, and the Tiger Lion Army was wantonly slaughtered by the high-ranking commanders of the Ancient Demons who were freed up, resulting in cries, screams, and countless casualties on the battlefield.

Seeing this scene, though everyone anticipated the deductions, they couldn’t help but change their expressions slightly.

Who could have imagined that the breach of the delicate balance would lead to such horrifying casualties!

In this projection and deduction, the Human Race suffered heavy losses, and though the elder defeated Emperor Qiu later, by the time he personally cleaned the battlefield, only a war-torn land filled with corpses remained.

Those who died at the hands of the Ancient Demons had their Primordial Spirits annihilated, with no chance of reincarnation.

The silver-haired, black-armored youth was also severely injured by the Ancient Demons, barely clinging to life.

The woman with double-pupiled peculiar eyes lost one eye forever in the battle and had to use her strongest trump card to barely save her life.