Chapter 424: Chapter 178: Three Months’ Time—The Demon Hunting Department Shakes Tongye, the Sophora Chess Match, and Jixia Reaches the Peak of the Primordial Pill!
The passage of time, like a white horse flashing by, in the blink of an eye, three months have passed.
In these three months.
The Jing River Dragon Court’s ’Jing River Dragon King’, forming clouds and bringing rain, swallowed up the two prefectures west of Tongye, and completely took over ’east of the Wei River, Longxiang Prefecture City’ serving as the border between the two states.
The Great Yin’s Tiger Minister ’Marquis Hu Wei’ from the Celestial Prison Pass set out from two prefectures in the eastern region of Tongye State, marched all the way to the doorstep of the Tongye Duke’s Manor ’Tongye Mansion’.
For a moment, in the looming storm, Tongye Duke Li Shen Yao, who could not break through the fourth stage ’True Master Barrier’, was left with only two prefectures.
If he were to lose a few more cities, he would become the first ’Duke’ to be eliminated in this yet-to-begin era.
The situation was changing rapidly, as it was for the state’s administration, so too was it for the sects of Jianghu.
The Puppet Hall, Flying Curse Sect, and now scattered only leaving a few remaining branches of Maoshan, all eliminated by the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect, are long past.
Natural Technique Sect fell within the two prefectures conquered by Marquis Hu Wei and was coerced under military pressure to temporarily submit to the command of the Great Yin army and Tiger Wei Cavalry.
And located in the Western Region, Danxia Mountain and the Sword Immortal Temple.
Upon witnessing the Wei River’s tsunami, engulfing cities, countless lives being submerged by the ocean, their disciples’ families and relatives affected, even their sects threatened and overtaken by demons.
Ultimately couldn’t withstand it, choosing to personally intervene, assisting the Prefecture Venerable of the two prefectures against the demon calamities.
But alone, it was difficult to reverse the heavens’ dire inclination.
As the two prefectures successively fell, and the Tongye Duke’s assistance was weak, the two sects also suffered severe losses.
Even the sect leaders of both factions met unfortunate ends.
The pharmacist of Danxia Mountain was severely wounded.
The Sword Immortal Temple master, challenging the ’Jing River Dragon King’ who reached the level of a True Master, was defeated and died on the spot.
Leaving only their true inheritance, Li Chengzhen of Danxia Mountain, Meng Ke of the Sword Immortal Temple, were entrusted with perilous duties inheriting the title of Mountain Master ’Pharmacist’, and Sword Immortal Temple Master.
Turning to lead the remaining disciples, wandering within the lands of the two prefectures, skirting between mountains and forests, amidst layers of siege, engaged in fierce battles against the demon’s ’Three Ancestral Courts’.
Furthermore, the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect unveiled the first ’Grotto Heaven’, causing them to close off the mountain in Nirvana, and Tongye State’s sole True Master ’Master Zuo’ hasn’t been called down by Tongye Mansion, resisting demons in the west, fighting against Great Yin in the east, and already it is difficult to find their sect.
Now, of the vast Tongye State, the so-called ’Sixteen Strong Sects’, fully preserved in strength...
Only remains the one sect that cast its lot with one of the Six Pillars of Great Yin Divine Blood, aligning with the Half-Demon faction under Marquis Hu Wei’s banner, the Natural Technique Sect.
Considered scarce and withered.
However!
With the demise of the former Western Region’s Dharma Lineage and the seven strong sects, a mysterious and powerful organization suddenly emerged out of nowhere, rising throughout ’Tongye State’!
Its name is ’Demon Hunting Department’!
Rumor has it, the Demon Hunting Department contains an existence of supreme ’Great Demon Hunter Master’, overseeing everything, with six ’Demon Hunter Generals’, each possessing inheritance comparable to the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill’ level of Primordial Pill Masters.
They are enigmatic and incredibly formidable, adhering to the philosophy of saving the world and capturing hordes of demons—
As numerous strong sects and Dharma lineages withered away, even after giving rise to the world’s first True Master, once again suppressing the northern and southern Dharma lineages and strong sects, the renowned ’Magic Dao Alliance Master’ Master Zuo vanished.
They roamed the cities of numerous prefectures, establishing branches, widely recruiting disciples, granting inheritance...
In less than three months.
They have gathered a group of former ’Martial Arts Masters’, ’Strong Sect Members’ dissatisfied with the demonic rule, acclaimed for demon hunting and evil slaying, martial dominance over the realm.
Moreover, as the demon side repeatedly besieged the ’Demon Hunting Department’.
The leading figures among demons were shocked to discover this Demon Hunting Department to be incredibly fearsome, possessing six distinct Martial Dao True Arts!
Under the same level, regardless of physical form or True Qi!
As long as they engage in the cultivation techniques of the Demon Hunting Department.
In this era of fast cultivation...
They prove to be even more formidable than the bloodline divine techniques of demons!
In past eras, which sect did not carefully guard their teachings, viewing inheritance as the ultimate mystery, never easily granting it to outsiders for true transmission?
But in this Demon Hunting Department, as long as one joins, they can receive personal guidance from a Demon Hunter General with profound mastery of cultivation techniques, comparable to an ’Innovative Grandmaster’, just like it costs nothing!
Under these conditions, even faced with scarcity of resources and the perilous situation of demon siege, there remains a group of ambitious heroes unwilling to settle, competing to follow along!
Consequently, amid small-scale sieges and intercepts.
The Demon Hunting Department crossed the Wei River four times, lurking back and forth within the lands of the two prefectures, joining forces with the remnants of Danxia Mountain and Sword Immortal Temple, withstanding repeated waves of attacks from the Jing River Dragon Court!
They even caused several Primordial Pill level Flood Dragon species to perish, making the Old Dragon King, who calls the wind and summons rain, suffer a huge setback.
Even if he flew into rage every day, he could only make the skies over Longxiang Prefecture shrouded in dark clouds, pouring heavy rain.
But facing the dispersed and entrenched Demon Hunting Department, it was like punching cotton, without any good way of handling them.
Because whenever he personally acted, utilizing True Master strength to forcibly block and annihilate one side.
There would invariably be Demon Hunting Department members to launch surprise attacks on his prefecture or city, even daring to infiltrate Baoping and seize his lair!!
