Immortal Road.

Chapter 749: Forbidden Land to the North, See the Demon King Again

"not good!"

As soon as Master Xuanyong showed his head, he felt the sharp force coming down from the sky, and the hairs on his neck stood up in fear!
If this knife were to chop me off, my head would definitely be chopped off.

He roared, held up a sky-high curtain of fire, opened his mouth and spit out a ball of hydrangea, and a raging fire went straight up to his head.

But General Xiong was well-rested and had the advantage of being the first to strike. His vertical sword strike was unmatched, and its force and weight were so heavy that he shattered three layers of fire curtain in succession and even split the hydrangea that was rushing up into two halves!
Just as it was about to penetrate, it suddenly accelerated.

In his horrified and astonished eyes, a knife cut his neck!

"Pfft."

"Guluuluulu~"

The head fell to the ground and rolled several times.

Lin Shan, Lin Fan and Brother Ji were all stunned, their eyes following the head several times.

This was Master Xuanyong, the Nascent Soul Stage elder of the Wudao Sect. How could he be killed so simply with just one sword?
General Bear in the sky retracted his sword, and the demon soldiers behind him were well-trained and none of them made a sound.

It paused, shook its huge bear head, and looked into the depths of the white aurora sea.

"Youngster! This is a shameless sneak attack and a lack of martial ethics. Just wait for me!"

True Lord Xuanyong was indeed not dead. He left a cruel remark inside and then never showed up again.

Even if the physical body is destroyed during the Nascent Soul stage, as long as the Nascent Soul is still there, one can still be reborn in another body. Simply losing the head is not considered a fatal injury.

Lin Shan and others secretly felt regretful.

Just as they were thinking about all this, General Xiong suddenly swung his sword again!

I saw a tentacle quietly extending from the Aurora Sea, trying to take back the severed head, but it was chopped off again by General Bear.

The tentacle jumped around for a while, then disintegrated into vital energy and disappeared.

General Xiong waved his hand and sucked the head of Master Xuanyong up to the sky. This was the first Nascent Soul cultivator he had killed, and he wanted to keep it as a trophy.

Because he succeeded in his first move, he was in a good mood, and at the same time, he didn't dislike Lin Shan as much anymore.

"Lin, you are great. You reported the news in time. I will tell the king when I get back. Tell us what other external aids the Yuanlu Monster King has!"

"Uh yes, of course!"

Lin Shan stared at the Zhenjun head in its hand. He wanted it very much but couldn't speak.

"There is also Hei Xun from the Wuma tribe. He is also a Yuanying from the Yiren tribe. Like Master Xuanyong, he is good at fire-related skills. He rides a fiery horse and holds a spear."

Lin Fan and Brother Ji's faces twitched. You really dare to say anything.

Anyone who doesn't get along with you is the Yuanlu Demon King's external aid, right?
"and many more!"

General Xiong stretched out his hand to stop his description.

"Is this the person you are talking about?"

It used demonic energy to simulate and draw a portrait of a figure shrouded in black mist.

The three of them widened their eyes, it really was Heixun from the Wuma clan!

"You, you have seen it too?"

General Xiong grinned and opened his mouth with a strange expression, as if he wanted to say something but stopped, then nodded.

"Okay, I got it."

Lin Shan and others were puzzled and didn't know what was going on.

"Are you planning to meet the king this time? He is at Tianwen Terrace, 2,000 miles north of Hongya Cave, commanding his army in a fierce battle with the Yuanlu Monster King. It would be a good opportunity for you to go there and serve as his military advisor and give him advice."

"I"

To be honest, he had no interest in being a military advisor to the Kuihu Demon King or fighting against the Yuanlu Demon King.

The last victory was purely due to a combination of luck, Zhong Shenxiu and Jiuyou Shaozhu working together, plus the fact that Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou were too clever for their own good, and the fact that the major Jindan ancestors of Lu State formed a group to launch a surprise attack.
All these factors combined led to the defeat of the Yuanlu Demon King.

This kind of success cannot be replicated, and you may not win if you try again!
Originally, he came here this time to avoid being hunted down by the Wu Dao Sect's Yuanying and to seek the protection of the Kuihu Demon King.

Now Master Xuanyong is still guarding outside. Although General Xiong has blocked the entrance, he cannot get out either and is trapped inside.

Even if he wanted to go directly to his own fiefdom, Ginkgo Cave, and lie down, since he was already here, he had to go and meet the Kuihu Demon King first. This was the most basic thing.

"Do you want to come with me to meet the Kuihu Demon King first?"

Lin Shan asked Lin Fan and Brother Ji for their opinions.

“Uh, well, I’m not going.”

Lin Fan shrank his head. Apparently, after his last experience with Master Huang, he felt that Lin Shan’s connections were not very reliable, so it was better not to meet him.

"Brother, aren't you also a cave master? Lend me your token. I'll be the mountain king for a few days!"

He rubbed his hands excitedly and asked for the token with shining eyes.

"Oh oh oh!"

Brother Ji is originally the young master of the demon clan. He has no interest in becoming the king of the mountain. He is only concerned about his own Kun Sect, so he raised the question.

"So how long do we have to stay here before we can go back?"

Lin Shan hesitated and said:
"After Master Xuanyong has been outside for a while and leaves, it won't be too late for us to go out."

Brother Ji got to the bottom of it.

"How do you know he will leave? What if he stays here all the time?"

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Now General Bear interrupted and slapped Lin Shan on the shoulder with his bear paw, almost knocking him down!
"Then stay in the Forbidden Cliff to assist the king. Wait until you break through the Nascent Soul stage before leaving. It's such a simple thing."

Lin Shan gasped in pain, his shoulder burning so much that it seemed like it was about to be dislocated.

"The battle between the king and the Yuanlu Monster King depends on the clash of kings, and has little to do with the battle of soldiers and horses. After all, the Yuanlu Monster King has been operating the Cliff Forbidden Land for so long, and his power must be far inferior. It won't be of much use whether I help him or not, so I'd better go and pay him a visit first."

General Xiong did not force him, but just nodded and let him go.

The Aurora Sea still needs to be guarded to prevent the nest from being stolen.

"this is for you."

Lin Shan took out his plan for the forbidden area on the cliff and threw the token of the Ginkgo Cave Master to Lin Fan, asking him to go over there and play by himself first.

After Lin Fan took it, he turned around and left without even looking back.

"Wait, do you know where it is?"

General Xiong asked a young general to show him the way.

Lin Shan was relieved, and then he and Brother Ji flew in another direction, no longer paying attention to the Aurora Sea.

Wait until they are far away.

General Xiong then turned around, patted the head of Master Xuanyong on his waist, and looked at the vast sea of ​​aurora with a hint of strangeness in his eyes.

"The Wind Style is a bit tricky. This kid has made great progress over the years. It seems we need to take a long-term approach."

Then he slightly turned his head and secretly sent a message to his confidant:

"Go and open a small hole in the reef on the northwest side of the Aurora Sea to make some noise. You should understand what I mean."

The confidant took the order and left.

Lin Shan and Brother Ji boarded the insect boat and flew northwards across the southern part of the forbidden area. They saw many rebellions along the way.

It turned out that many tribes heard that the Yuanlu Demon King had made a comeback, and they all rose up in response, causing wars to break out everywhere in the rear.

Since most of the cave masters were called up to the front lines, the internal situation was empty, which led to many people in various places rebelling against the rules.

You can see a steady stream of soldiers and horses rushing back from the front lines, putting out fires everywhere, running around in a desperate hurry.

Lin Shan couldn't help but marvel at the influence of the Yuanlu Demon King. Even after a century, he still had such great power!
A single call will attract a crowd of responses.

Of course, it is also possible that after Mr. Bei was gone, the demon king Kuihu had no outstanding demon talent in charge of internal affairs, which led to a decline in his control over various places.

"What a troubled time"

He couldn't help but sigh. He had always felt something was not right when the Yuanlu Demon King came back this time.

Mr. Bei died at Jiuyao Peak, was unable to defeat Zhu Duiyou and fled to southeast Chu. His left and right arms were cut off. Faced with an unfavorable external situation, he actually gave up recuperation and forced his way to the forbidden area on the cliff to fight against the Kuihu Demon King. Everything about him revealed something unusual.

Coming back at this critical moment, I've walked into trouble!
"The world is changing so fast, where can we find peace? I heard that our Luosong Mountains are not peaceful either."

Brother Ji shook his head and tried to comfort him.

Lin Shan turned around:

"You still have connections with the Larch Mountains?"

"Of course I don't have any. When I was in Kun Sect a while ago, the Peacock Clan sent a demon to deliver a letter to me. The chief asked me how I was doing outside recently, if I needed anything, and if I needed any natural treasures. He also personally sealed a new demon essence and brought it to me."

Brother Ji knew everything about them and made Lin Shan very envious.

The peacock clan treats Brother Ji like their own son. The Peacock King even keeps giving him blood gift packages. There is a difference between having a background and not having a background!

Unlike him, he has no father or mother to love him, and he runs around everywhere with a lot of debts and grudges.

The two came to Hongya Cave, which was heavily guarded by security guards.

Lin Shan had the token of the demon king Kuihu. After he took it out, he had unimpeded access. All the soldiers and checkpoints along the way let him pass, and they even basically remembered him and treated him well.

North of Hongyadong, you can see traces of the war everywhere.

Apparently the two major camps have been fighting here for a long time recently.

We continued walking and arrived at Tianwen Terrace.

This is a high place among the mountains. The protruding stone platform overlooks all directions, like the Emperor of Heaven taking in everything.

The Kuihu Demon King and the Yuanlu Demon King fought for dozens of days and finally captured this place with great force. From then on, they had the upper hand and tightly controlled the entrance to Hongya Cave. They could attack and defend and take the initiative.

Looking from the sky, Lin Shan saw that surrounding the stone platform and under the cliff were large camps, covered with thorns, flags everywhere, and thousands of troops stationed there.

On the other side, behind a stone pass, there was an endless vast grassland, where an even larger number of soldiers and horses were stationed. They were under the command of the Yuanlu Demon King.

In terms of numbers, the Yuanlu Demon King has the advantage, but the Kuihu Demon King's side is full of elite troops, which are overwhelmed and make it difficult for them to breathe. They lose hills and territory every day. Now there are only a few fortresses left, and there is no place to defend further.

He landed at Tianwen Terrace, but the demon soldiers in the lookout tower had already spotted him and asked him to wait for a while while they went into the camp to report.

Not a moment later.

The hearty laughter of the Kuihu demon king came from the camp:

"My eyelids were twitching this morning, and I was thinking that either a happy event or a disaster was about to happen. It seems to be the former! Come in quickly!"

Lin Shan did not dare to delay and hurriedly walked into the central military tent.

As soon as you come in, the smell of wine and noise are everywhere.

Dozens of cave masters in the Jindan stage sat in two rows, holding jars of wine and tearing meat legs to devour them.

The Kuihu Demon King was looking at the direction from above with affection.

"Your subordinate Lin Shan pays homage to the king!"

Lin Shan bowed as soon as he arrived. After so many years, the Kuihu Demon King has basically not changed. It seems like it was just yesterday.

"Get up and take the first seat on the left."

The Kuihu Demon King smiled and pointed. That was where General Xiong originally sat. Now it was empty anyway, so he pointed it to Lin Shan and let him sit first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lin Shan sat over and greeted some of the monster generals and cave masters he was more familiar with, and felt a little like he did in the past again.

"Come on, don't just stand there, drink some wine and eat some food!"

The demon king Kuihu called on him to get along with everyone and then started reminiscing about the past with him.

"How has Military Advisor Lin been doing outside these years?"

"Thanks to the king's care before I left, I'm doing pretty well. I'm always grateful when I think about it now!"

"Well, your own talent and opportunities are also very important. You are already in the late Jindan stage. In my opinion, you are not too far away from the Yuanying stage. If you are willing to practice in seclusion for a while, you should be able to try to break through."

"No, no, I still have a long way to go. I can't let my guard down."

The two exchanged pleasantries and then talked about the current situation.

"Military Advisor Lin has arrived just in time. Please help me analyze this. Yuanlu has returned with 100,000 soldiers. What are the chances of victory and defeat?"

Lin Shan looked at the map hanging behind the Kuihu Demon King. North of Hongya Cave was just a small grassland, which was occupied by the Yuanlu Demon King, and the army was crowded together.

The densely packed mountains and steep cliffs in the south were all filled with the chess pieces of the Kuihu Demon King. They were scattered and guarding various places, strictly defending against the enemy, leaving no chance for anyone to take advantage of.

Meanwhile, on the main battlefield of Wentiantai, the Kuihu Demon King still had the upper hand, and the Yuanlu Demon King was almost unable to move.

"My lord, please forgive my poor eyesight. I see that you are sure to win. You have made every move carefully and without any mistakes. How can you not win?"

"Eh~"

The demon king Kuihu shook his head and said that this was not what he wanted.

"I have been suppressing Yuanlu the whole time. If I lead my troops to retreat now, I can still preserve most of the Fire Seed's combat power and avoid continuous consumption."

"But the weird thing is that it refuses to retreat. It insists on fighting to the death with me even if it loses soldiers and generals every day."

"I wonder what it's waiting for."

"Maybe he's waiting for the right time and place, or maybe he's waiting for foreign aid to come in, or maybe he's waiting for me to lose my composure, or maybe he's waiting for a fire to break out in my backyard."

The Kuihu Demon King was suspicious and always doubtful, so he dispatched General Bear to guard the Aurora Sea, and kept withdrawing troops from the front line to suppress resistance and disobedience in various places.

I am always worried and feel that things are not going so smoothly.

As soon as I saw Lin Shan coming, I couldn't help but ask him for his opinion.

Lin Shan thought about it carefully and felt that the action of the Yuanlu Demon King was indeed a bit wrong. He was probably waiting for some trump card. It would be meaningless to fight to the death.

However, he didn't know what was really going on and didn't dare to say anything.

"My lord, you have been cautious enough. Don't worry about it any more. Regardless of whether it can find external help, we can intercept it directly on the way."

"Now keep the front line offensive and drive them out first!"

"The Aurora Sea is guarded by General Xiong. One man can hold the pass against ten thousand. There is nothing to worry about."

When Lin Shan said this, he changed the subject and talked about himself.

"Oh, by the way, there is actually another reason why I came here."

(End of this chapter)