"Take up the butcher's knife, and instantly become a demon.Take up the butcher's knife, and instantly become a demon..."
The demonic chanting echoed across the battlefield, a soul-snaring, life-seizing incantation.As the black Buddhist light spread, it seeped into the bodies of countless insectoid troops.Countless black Swastika Buddha Seals drilled into their flesh, coating them in layers of black Buddhist light, releasing dense demonic energy.
Their aura surged instantly—strength multiplied—beasts maddened with ferocity.They had succumbed utterly to the demon's influence, becoming puppets of the Demon Buddha Wuxin's army.
Countless waves of demonic chanting rolled like a tide toward White Crow City, attempting to convert all Great Yi soldiers into Demon Buddha followers—traitors to their own side.
"How dare they!"Yi Tianxing's face darkened. Without hesitation, the Innocent Heavenly Sound Treasure Tree materialized in the void.Countless instruments blossomed on the tree, releasing profound heavenly sounds that merged into countless white divine lights, naturally sweeping over the soul-snaring demon chants.
This was the clash between salvation and damnation—heavenly sounds battling demonic chants.
The void echoed with this struggle.Sometimes the demonic chants surged with overwhelming force; at other times, the purifying heavenly sounds pushed back.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
On the battlefield, swarms of insectoid troops were caught in a violent tug-of-war—waves of demonic energy surged over them, then were swept away by the heavenly sounds.Their eyes flickered between madness and clarity.
The heavenly sound treasure sought to save them, but the torture was unbearable.
Many insectoids erupted in agonized screams, exploding violently from the mental torment—madness and self-destruction.
This cycle repeated across the battlefield, a chain reaction of elite insectoid troops dying in gruesome fashion.
These were only the aftershocks of the battle between Yi Tianxing and Wuxin, collateral damage enough to cover the battlefield with corpses.
"Kill!"
Without hesitation, Yi Tianxing stepped into the void, delivering a backward palm strike amid the sound clash.
"Heaven's Will Blade, slay the Demon Buddha!"
The Heavenly Emperor's Creation Hand—Heaven's Will Blade!
This blade embodied Heaven's Will: To replace heaven's will with one's own,To make one's will the will of heaven.
If heaven wills your death, you cannot avoid it.This slash was unavoidable.
"No limit Demon Buddha, Our Demon Compassion, Golden Peak Demon Lamp!"
Wuxin did not retreat. Palms clasped, chanting a sutra, black Buddhist light exploded forth, and a jet-black demon lamp appeared above his head.
One demon lamp could convert all sentient beings into demons.Wuxin's compassion was a curse.His demonic aura was boundless.
Time passed silently.
Two months had slipped by since the Heavenly Dao's broadcast closed the Divine Demon Battlefield after three months of warfare.
During those two months, the battlefield entered a strange state.The Eternal Night demon armies ceased their assaults and ceased pouring forces into the border cities. Instead, an eerie silence blanketed the field, as if waiting for something. Or perhaps Eternal Night's attention had shifted elsewhere.
The Divine Demon Battlefield was waiting too—not for the war's end, but for a message, a result.
"Emperor Yi, can you still survive? Please don't die, or else where will we find such a worthy opponent again?"On a spiritual mountain, the Stone Emperor sat, holding a flask of spirit wine, muttering to himself.
"Twenty years fighting Eternal Night, blocking the enemy—what heroic ambition! This is a hero of the Eternal World. If he cannot return, it will be our greatest regret."
The Carefree Wanderer murmured his feelings, and all awaited news of Yi Tianxing's fate.
If he had fallen, the Eternal Night would surely trumpet the victory loudly, but no such news came.Thus, hope remained—he still lived.But Eternal Night was undoubtedly still blocking his return.
The truth of the battle was unknown.If conflict resumed, the carnage would be unimaginable.Worse still, if Eternal Night's strongest powers intervened openly, the threat would multiply exponentially.
Many on the battlefield fretted at the possibility.
The human factions and Great Yi Empire had long stood as humanity's front line.If Yi Tianxing did not return, it would be a crushing blow—the loss of a leader, a spearhead.
"May Emperor Yi return safely, or humanity will lose a pillar,"Lü Bu stood atop the city walls, speaking solemnly.
Though proud and strong, Lü Bu respected Yi Tianxing.He had achieved what Lü Bu could not—worthy of admiration.
None wished to perish in Eternal Night's war.
Spacetime Forbidden Zone—Well of Gods and Demons!
Countless streaks of light flashed within.Suddenly, a shattered war city burst from the well.
"We're back. We finally returned!"The soldiers atop the city walls shouted from their hearts.
The city was none other than White Crow City.
Its walls were scarred, many sections collapsed.The Nether Crow Emperor beneath the city was badly wounded, bearing horrific scars from countless attacks—blood stained the walls, corpses littered everywhere.
The battle's brutality was plain to see.
The returning soldiers were mostly injured, their Primal Phantom Armor damaged to varying degrees.
They had barely made it back.
"Hubby, we're finally back,"Yaoyue said beside Yi Tianxing, breathing deeply, her brow shadowed with lingering killing intent.
"So brutal… Brother, was it worth it?"Zhao Ziyan's face was full of complex emotions.
The battle's horrors were beyond measure.
For two whole months, Eternal Night's massive armies had launched relentless, day-and-night assaults on White Crow City. Every meter forward was soaked in mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Despite Great Yi's strongest war machines, mighty armor, seven-colored sky ships, and battle formations, the city's defenses were nearly impregnable.
Yet Eternal Night's attacks repeatedly breached the walls.Fierce battles raged constantly, with many Great Yi soldiers falling heroically.
Slowly, White Crow City crept toward the Wasteland Forbidden Zone.
The women warriors fought relentlessly, contending with Eternal Night's top prodigies.
Using the Blood Spirit Beast Drum, they boosted Great Yi soldiers' strength enough to challenge Eternal Night's elites.
Kunlun Gao, continuously beating the Blood Spirit Beast Drum for two months straight, was almost exhausted.
Great Yi's casualties numbered over ten million, all slain on the spot.
Without medical units tending the wounded with divine healing arts, losses would have been even worse.
Eternal Night's fallen elites numbered in the hundreds or thousands.
The war dyed the sky red with blood.
Most terrifying was the battle between Yi Tianxing and Demon Buddha Wuxin.
That fight was even more brutal than the Fallen Sacred Son's battle.
Wuxin was fearsome, having refined the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Demon Heart into his lifebound treasure, perfectly fused with his being.
Every movement of his unleashed power rivaling an Innate Spirit Treasure.
Within the worlds created by the demon heart lay his demon kingdom, filled with countless believers, all adding to his strength.
His Demonic Tathāgata Palm was terrifying, with tremendous combat amplification, and his demonic aura was as vast as an ocean.
His physical body was also formidable, forged into an invincible golden demon Buddha body, rivaling even the strongest body cultivators.
Almost no flaws could be found in him.
This was a Monster-level powerhouse.
To reach such a level, one must have no obvious weaknesses or flaws.
Demon Buddha Wuxin was terrifying—but that alone could be faced by Yi Tianxing's foundation.
What was worse was that Eternal Night had apparently abandoned all rules.
Another Half-Monster-level Eternal Night warrior, a Cursed Sorceress, joined the battle.
Her true terror was not just power, but her relentless curses, causing endless trouble even for Yi Tianxing.
The battle dragged on endlessly.
It lasted two full months.
Only at the critical moment did the Green Emperor intervene, biting the Cursed Sorceress, turning the tide.
Yi Tianxing then forced Wuxin's defeat.
The Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower smashed Wuxin's demon Buddha golden body, leaving it riddled with cracks.
Wuxin had to retreat severely wounded.
Only then could White Crow City enter the Wasteland Forbidden Zone and return to the Well of Gods and Demons.
Only then could they rejoin the Divine Demon Battlefield.
"Was it worth it?Those who survived are Great Yi's future elite.There is no war without death.Dying on the battlefield is still living.This war forged our souls, tempered our wills, and built immortal resolve.Nothing was wasted."
Yi Tianxing took a deep breath and declared firmly.