Maple City.


    Gradually, reinforcements from part of Three Realms started pouring in. The demon soldiers floating in the skynded to meet them.


    The battlefield was enormous. The sky within the surrounding million square miles was filled to the brim with cavalry, blotting out the sun.


    As the leader of the demon race, ck Dragon stood at the front of the demon army.


    The Twelve Demon Sovereigns stood in a row directly behind him. They’d taken some losses before, but that didn’t imply there was no one within the demon race with sufficient strength to take over their positions.


    “I’m surprised. Has the Beast Region be the Three Realm’sckey?”


    ck Dragon’s expression was grave. The situation had changed; the iing Beast Region reinforcements were enough that he had to take them seriously.


    Even so, he didn’t fault Su Yiyun for dying things. From his point of view, Su Yiyun had only their best interests in mind.


    Besides, he probably would have waited anyway.


    “Hah....”


    Faint, jeeringughter floated through the sky. It came from Su Liu’er, who was d in blue, fur-lined robes.


    All of the demon elites hade. Although most of the higher-ups of the Three Realms had gone to participate in the Struggle, that didn’t impact a certain part of the Three Realms.


    The Beast Region. Their defenses were strong as ever.


    It wasn’t subordinate to any of the Three Realms, yet it was too powerful to overlook. Now, they hade to join the fray.


    Su Liu’er didn’t face ck Dragon on her own. Several highly-ranked figures from the various beast ns stood by her side.


    “What? Am I wrong, pretty youngdy?” ck Dragon smiled, but Su Liu’er just looked at him icily and said nothing.


    “Demon, stop talking nonsense.” Just then, Luo Wei, the city lord of Maple City, strode forth. He was d in red armor, and his thick eyebrows frowned gravely as he pointed his sword at ck Dragon. “This is no ce for you. If you retreat now, we can still spare your lives. Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”


    “Ha ha ha......” ck Dragon couldn’t help butugh in response.


    “Do you think I called up all these troops just to y around with you?”


    “It seems you’ve forgotten your prior defeat,” chided Luo Wei darkly.


    “Failure is a natural part of warfare,” said ck Dragon. “Is there any need to bring that up here?


    After being reminded of their defeat, ck Dragon no longer smiled. “Given what you said earlier, I’ll say this in turn: if youy down your weapons, I might be lenient with you.”


    “Insolent!” Before Luo Wei had a chance to speak, Su Liu’er raised a hand to cut him off. Beneath her pale blue eyshes, her eyes were terrifyingly cold.


    Medusa could turn people to stone just by looking at them. The current Su Liu’er....


    She was almost at that level. When she looked directly at you, it was as if you’d been sealed in ice.


    Seeing Su Liu’er step forth, ck dragon arched his brows, expression frivolous. “Pretty littledy, do you have something to say?”


    “You really do talk too much.”


    ck Dragon picked at his nails and said nomittally, “perhaps. I’ve always liked chatting with pretty girls. If we chatted alone for a bit, I might be even happier.”


    “Oh really?” Su Liu’er narrowed her eyes at him. Suddenly, nine snow-white tails spread out behind her.


    Instantly, her eyes turned from ck to red. Her snow-white tails were also dyed a bloody red.


    “But I dislike wasting words.


    With that, Su Liu’er no longer bothered talking to him. Without any hesitation, she rose high into the air.


    She pulled at the air in front of her and ayer of ink-dark clouds appeared above her.


    The surrounding temperature lowered rapidly. Sensing the change, ck Dragon couldn’t help but arch his brows. “You’re being awfully unfriendly.”


    With that, his face darkened. He turned and signaled to the Demon Sovereigns, whose expressions turned grim.


    Those by Luo Wei’s side were the same way, but they weren’t looking at ck Dragon, but rather the Twelve Demon Sovereigns.


    Just before Su Liu’er arrived, she’d sent them a transmission.


    Leave ck Dragon to her.


    Of those present, Su Liu’er could be considered the strongest, so none of them objected to her n.


    Although lots of people hade from the Beast Regions, the elders remained behind to protect their respective ns. They worried that the demons would use unscrupulous methods and target their ns. To prevent this sort of problem from urring, someone had to stay behind to protect them.


    Even though Su Liu’er hade, she was only willing to do because Yin Shang had stayed behind to protect the Nine-tailed Fox n.


    As for why they hadn’t attacked in full force: the battlefield was so close to their territory that there was no need. Even if their initial assault was insufficient, they’d have plenty of time to send for more reinforcements.


    Furthermore, the more people they sent, the greater the losses they would sustain.


    More people weren’t necessarily an advantage!


    “It seems that this pretty littledy’s achievements in the ice arts are quite extraordinary,” said ck Dragon. “I’d like to experience them for myself!”


    Bang.


    ck Dragon stepped fiercely into the sky. As his footnded, the space below instantly exploded, transforming him into a beam of light that shot towards Su Liu’er.


    He used the force of the blow to propel himself forward!


    Su Liu’er and ck Dragon’s fight seemed to signify the start of the battle!


    “Attack!”


    Luo Wei and the others charged forth, meeting them head on. The Demon Sovereigns understood that these were their opponents and charged forward without hesitation.


    It wasn’t just them. The soldiers to their rear received the same signal.


    “Kill!”


    There was a series of deafening roars as the two armies collided.


    Clink! Clink! Clink!


    The soldiers locked des, and their killing intent reached the heavens. It seemed that the region outside Maple City had be the primary battleground for the fight against the demons.


    Within a million square miles, the two armies formed a dense mass. Their bodies were bathed in blood, but even when they found themselves covered in countless gashes, none of them retreated so much as a single step.


    At that moment, they all felt a strong sense of honor. Embracing their own sense of justice, they charged forth to find their own glory.


    Whump.


    A warrior of the Three Realms beheaded a demon, but before he could even catch his breath or win anyone’s approval, he was greeted by a demon’s spear piercing into his side.


    Eyes wide, he coughed up blood and fell to the ground with no one to mourn his death.


    Simr scenes yed out repeatedly across the battlefield. Under such relentless ughter, the air of the Immortal region changed. It was no longer clean and fresh.


    The smell of blood assaulted the nostrils and the air was stained red with blood.


    Even so, no one even considered retreating. The people of the Three Realms wanted to hold their territory and protect their futures. The soldiers of the Demon Race wanted to take their territory and create a future of their own.


    They both had good reasons not to retreat. Both armies were ovee by killing intent.


    They each only had one goal in mind: to ughter the enemy before them.


    For the sake of....