Three Demon Venerables walked up to Li Xuanxiao and bowed respectfully: "Esteemed Sir, we have come..."
Li Xuanxiao waved his hand, indicating he understood: "Take the corpses of these ten Demon Venerables and figure out how to carry them away yourselves!"
The three Demon Venerables exchanged glances and immediately expressed their deepest gratitude: "Thank you for your generosity, Sir! We will take the corpses and leave immediately!"
Saying this, they immediately began to act, as if afraid Li Xuanxiao would change his mind.
These were ten Demon Venerables from the Origin Realm Middle Stage!
Although their true essence dissipated after death, making the effects of consumption greatly reduced.
They were still not comparable to ordinary Origin Realm First or Second Layer Demon Venerables.
If they completely consumed these ten Demon Venerables, not only would their injuries fully recover, but their Realms would also significantly increase.
Increasing one Realm was not an issue!
The three Demon Venerables acted frantically and soon stored the ten Demon Venerable corpses in their respective storage spaces.
They dared not flee directly, but instead walked up to Li Xuanxiao and greeted him again.
Only after receiving Li Xuanxiao's request did they bow respectfully and depart.
The numerous Martial Artists were dumbfounded, utterly surprised by what they had just witnessed.
"What is going on? Are these three Demon Venerables helpers Li Sir called over?"
"Their behavior earlier was indeed strange, attacking their own kind. I was wondering why, but now I understand."
"So, does this mean Li Sir can even summon Demon Venerables to help?"
"This network of connections is a bit too wild..."
The Martial Artists chattered amongst themselves, though some also began to question Li Xuanxiao's stance.
But when they recalled that he had just slain ten Demon Venerables, and that the appearance of these three Demon Venerables had indeed delayed the offensive of the Myriad Demon Nation's Demon Venerables,
They started to understand.
Li Xuanxiao took out a sound transmission jade talisman: "The transaction is complete, but I have a new proposal."
Soon, the jade talisman vibrated, and the Southern Demon's voice was noticeably much more respectful.
It seemed the Demon Venerables had already informed the Southern Demon of the events here.
The Southern Demon might not know that the ruthless figure was him, but it knew he was qualified to speak with the ruthless figure: "Pleasure cooperating with you, Sir. Please speak."
Li Xuanxiao told the Southern Demon about the situation at the two passes he had gone through earlier.
"You can go to those two passes to clear the battlefield. You understand what I mean, right? The condition is that for the next ten years, the demons of the Three Kingdoms shall not attack humans again! Tell the Three Kingdoms Demon Venerables, if they agree, let them take the local demons there."
The Southern Demon's face showed extreme joy. If the ten Demon Venerables were a transaction limited to the Demon Venerable level, where the benefits were mostly taken by the Demon Venerables, then the corpses of the demons on those passes would be a veritable feast for the demons below the Origin Realm!
This would greatly benefit their progress.
"If you agree, contact me, and I will help you contact the Martial Artists at the passes."
The Southern Demon said with excitement: "I understand, Sir! I will contact the Demon Venerable Sirs right now!"
As expected, within a few minutes, a voice came through the jade talisman again.
The new transaction was concluded, and the local demons began to rush towards the front line passes.
Li Xuanxiao, as promised, found the Governor of the Three Kingdoms, borrowed his military token, and contacted the front-line camp where Ming Yanxia and Si Yiwu were located.
Si Yiwu and Ming Yanxia were first astonished upon hearing the news: "You can actually mobilize local demons?"
Li Xuanxiao explained briefly. Although the two still found it hard to believe, they eventually nodded in agreement.
The Martial Armies at these two passes began to march towards the other three passes to provide support.
After settling everything, Li Xuanxiao opened his System Panel:
[Host: Li Xuanxiao]
[Realm: Source Realm Seventh Layer]
[Cultivation Techniques:
Origin - Origin Tracing Martial Art (Major Achievement), Mahayana Origin Scripture (Perfection)]
[Martial Arts:
Origin - Zen Sea Thunder Sound (Major Achievement)
Mystic - Mirage Shadow Blade (Minor Achievement), Star Falling Shadow Chasing Blade (Transcendent), Universal Salvation (Transcendent), Star-Chasing Moon-Pursuing (Transcendent), Myriad Moon Shadows (Transcendent), Great Thousand Reflection (Transcendent), Stream-Severing Breath-Cutting Slash (Transcendent)]
[Demon value Points: 750000]
The ten Demon Venerables from the Myriad Demon Nation provided him with a total of 480,000 Demon value Points.
Ten yielded 480,000, whereas killing several thousand on the battlefield only yielded a little over one million previously.
He needed to kill more Origin Realm Demon Venerables for the Demon value Points to accumulate faster!
"Not enough... Still not enough..."
Li Xuanxiao had an intense craving for Demon value Points; he had to become stronger!
After the matter with the Myriad Demon Nation concluded, he would not stay in the Dayu for too long.
The qilin mark was one factor, but the main reason was that at his current Realm, relying on the demons near the Dayu would definitely not be enough for further advancement.
Given his terrifying demand for Demon value Points, only a larger area could provide him with sufficient space for growth.
Therefore, for both reason and sentiment, he almost had to leave the Dayu.
As for where to go, his tentative target was the so-called "Upper Kingdom" mentioned by the Qilin.
This was just a preliminary plan, as he didn't even know where the Upper Kingdom was.
Besides the Dayu and the two neighboring countries, anywhere further away was a complete mystery to him.
He would probably have to wander around randomly!
And wandering randomly required a very high level of strength.
Otherwise, if he failed to find the Upper Kingdom, he might lose his life halfway there.
Li Xuanxiao's thoughts raced. It was a pity that there weren't many Origin Realm Demon Venerables left for him to kill...
Besides the remaining three passes, which might still hold six Demon Venerables, the rest would have to make up for quality with quantity.
Li Xuanxiao sent greetings to a few familiar people and immediately set off to support the remaining passes.
He didn't want to let go of the remaining demons either!
He didn't know when the next opportunity to crazily harvest Demon value Points would arise.
The main force of the Demon Army had not yet arrived; this was just his own speculation.
Who knew if a main army would actually show up?
If not, then these remaining three Demon Armies would be his last chance to harvest.
He had to cherish it!
He must not conserve his true essence!
Being one minute late might mean many demons died, and much Demon value Points was lost for nothing.
Thus, even though Li Xuanxiao's true essence reserves were only half full, he still ran the 'Star-Chasing Moon-Pursuing' at its highest efficiency.
All for the sake of arriving at the remaining three passes as quickly as possible.
...
Zhangchuan Pass, Yungang Pass, Shu Pass.
Astonishing battles were erupting within these three passes!
Human Martial Artists were locked in fierce combat with all kinds of demons, the sounds of killing deafening.
The situation appeared to have victories on both sides, but in reality, the demons still held the overall advantage.
In a situation where neither side's top-tier combatants had made a move, the outcome of the war was being decided by these ordinary Martial Artists and demons sacrificing their lives.
However, the demons clearly had many more tricks than humans.
Breathing fire, releasing poison, sneak attacks from underground, driving swarms of insects to harass, and so on—these were all specialties of the demons.
These tactics did not have much effect on Martial Artists who had reached a certain Realm, but they were significantly effective against the majority of Extreme Realm and Xuan Realm Martial Artists!
They could greatly weaken the actual power human Martial Artists could exert.
With this imbalance, the human Martial Artists were suffering greatly.
However, the supreme commanders of the Demon Army received news almost simultaneously.
They somewhat doubtfully took out their sound transmission jade talismans, and a voice was transmitted from within.
After listening to the news, their expressions changed drastically, faintly revealing shades of terror.
The Beast Bone Horn was immediately sounded, echoing across the entire battlefield.
Although the demons were confused, they obeyed the command instantly and began to retreat.