Human Clan Defender-Chapter 476 - 223 Terrifying Guess (Seeking Monthly Pass)

Chapter 476: Chapter 223 Terrifying Guess (Seeking Monthly Pass)

In a certain dark place, it seemed to be the gathering place for the dark sides of all beings.

A stone statue stood there quietly, as if it had been there since time immemorial.

Suddenly, the statue vibrated slightly, and a crimson light burst from within it, causing the surrounding darkness to boil over.

"Divine Skills!"

"At least a middle third-grade Divine Skill!"

"This world has already declined, so why would such Divine Skills appear? It’s really strange—"

Low murmurs, like the whispers of demons, were filled with an evil aura.

The statue knew. Not just anyone could create a middle third-grade Divine Skill. It was very clear about the state of this world. Having lower third-grade Divine Skills was reasonable, but the existence of middle third-grade Divine Skills was somewhat unusual.

"Forget it."

"Let’s just wait and see. It’s only a middle third-grade Divine Skill, after all, and it won’t change the situation for now. Even if it were an upper third-grade Divine Skill, what of it? A high-level Demon Evil wielding it wouldn’t have the power to overturn the heavens."

After murmuring to this point, the voice gradually fell silent.

Divine Skills were powerful, but it also depended on whose hands they fell into. For high-level Demon Evils, even if they wielded earth-shaking Divine Skills, they posed no threat to the truly powerful.

Had it not sensed that one of its own power incarnations had been destroyed, the statue would not have bothered with so much.

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The attacks were not only against the people of the Saber Blade Sect and Dayue. Even Beiming Wang and others had been attacked.

Fortunately, the main goal of Great Zhou was to eliminate Wang Xiao, so the forces attacking Beiming Wang weren’t very strong and could mostly be dealt with when the powerhouses from the Demon-Subduing Division arrived.

Besides that, different forces were also attacked to varying extents. Some were attacked by Great Zhou and the Barbarian Clan, while others were completely due to the internal strife of the Jianghu.

As for the former, the Demon-Subduing Division would step in to resolve the issue. But for the latter, they would turn a blind eye. The Demon-Subduing Division would not easily intervene in matters of the Jianghu. As long as it did not involve the laws of Great Qin, they generally turned a blind eye.

However, the forces that had the ability to bid on Martial Arts possessed considerable strength to begin with. Even if they were ambushed, the forces that truly had their Martial Arts stolen were very few in the end.

Chaos!

The entire South Nether Prefecture was thrown into a state of disarray.

However, this chaos didn’t last long, and as the various forces left the South Nether Prefecture, peace was restored.

Inside the Demon-Subduing Division.

After Shen Changqing had executed that terrifying shadow, he had gone elsewhere to slay a few powerful Demonfolk and had since refrained from making any rash moves.

In the courtyard, Tiankui lay there, its powerful aura surging over its body like an unrelenting tide. The aura was strong, and although it had not quite reached the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, it wasn’t far off.

Shen Changqing took a glance at Tiankui, and his thoughts returned to the events that had just happened.

That powerful shadow, if I’m not wrong, must be the method of some powerful being, similar to my Essence Blood incarnation. From that, it’s clear that creating such an incarnation must have come at a hefty price.

He had been in the Demon-Subduing Division for many years and had never heard of a Demon Evil incarnation. The Yin Evil Aura in that shadow was so dense that it seemed almost tangible, and its power was clearly from a powerful Demon Evil. The strength of the incarnation was comparable to high-level Demon Evils. One could imagine that the body of that Demon Evil was definitely not something as simple as a Great Demon.

Instantly, one name surfaced in Shen Changqing’s mind.

Demon Saint!

This speculation was based on his own situation. It was simple logic. Being a Great Grandmaster whose power was comparable to the peak of high-level Demon Evils, the Essence Blood incarnation he used was only equivalent to lower-level Demon Evils.

Wrong. The power of the Essence Blood incarnation had not even entered the range of lower-level Demon Evils. In terms of power, it was just barely enough to fight a lower-level Demon Evil.

However, there was also a major issue here. That was, although Shen Changqing’s power was among the peak of high-level Demon Evils, strictly speaking, he had not truly reached the peak of the Great Grandmaster Realm.

Divine Soul, tenth level. Divine Heaven Golden Body, tenth level. Reaching the tenth level in both is the mark of the Great Grandmaster Peak. If I could truly elevate my cultivation to the peak of my current realm, then the strength of my Essence Blood incarnation should be enough to enter the category of lower-level Demon Evils.

Therefore, the Essence Blood incarnation was two levels below the actual strength. With this in mind, one could use this logic to estimate the actual strength behind that shadow. A high-level Demon Evil, raised by two levels, would then be a Demon Saint.

Moreover, the Demon Saint in question was very likely not merely an ordinary Demon Saint but a powerhouse among them.

Considering the existence of the Demon Saint, Shen Changqing’s gaze grew much more profound.

How many Demon Saints actually exist between Heaven and Earth remains a question. Moreover, whether the Demon Saint behind that shadowy figure is the same one that attacked Great Qin is also something that needs further deliberation. However, Yang Yue, as a warrior at the Grandmaster Ultimate Summit of Great Zhou, has already transformed into one of the Demonfolk. Therefore, it’s very possible that Great Zhou has truly fallen into a state governed by the Demon Evil!

Upon thinking of this possibility, he couldn’t help but inhale sharply.

Shen Changqing wasn’t certain about the population of Great Zhou, but by looking at the population of Great Qin, one could infer the population of Great Zhou. In terms of national power, Great Qin was the strongest, but Great Zhou was also not weak; its population, at the very least, numbered in the hundreds of millions.

If Great Zhou has fallen and become a Demon Evil nation, then the people of the Human Clan there might very well end up as food for the Demon Evil. Hundreds of millions of Human Clan members, all potential food for the Demon Evil.

With this thought, Shen Changqing shook his head again. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

It’s impossible; if Great Zhou really had become a Demon Evil nation, and all its citizens had fallen into their hands, then there’s no way that no news at all would have been leaked. Among the sects participating in the auction, there were also powers from the Jianghu of Great Zhou. Therefore, it’s even less likely that not a single piece of information would have leaked out.

Perhaps—Great Zhou has already been infiltrated by the Demon Evil, but it just hasn’t been fully exposed yet. More likely, the ones truly in control of the Great Zhou Imperial Court are no longer of the Human Clan...

Shen Changqing thought of many things in an instant. Any one of these speculations could have been possible.

Yang Yue, as the Commander of Imperial Guards of the Great Zhou Imperial Family and a powerhouse at the Grandmaster Ultimate Summit, had already become one of the Demonfolk. To say that the Imperial Court had not been infiltrated by the Demon Evil was impossible.

Moreover, when the Barbarian Clan attacked the Great Wilderness Prefecture, Great Zhou was also fully committed to assaulting Luo’an Prefecture. Previously, he thought that Great Zhou was cooperating with the Demon Evil or had struck some deal. But with the incident involving Yang Yue, Shen Changqing couldn’t help but suspect that Great Zhou wasn’t just cooperating with the Demon Evil or had reached some deal but had entirely sided with the Demon Evil.

Wait a minute! Shen Changqing thought of something else.

If Great Zhou has truly sided with the Demon Evil and is controlled by the Demon Evil Clan, then what about the Barbarian Clan? Is there a possibility that they have been completely swallowed by the Demon Evil? If this speculation is true, then the power of the Demon Evil Clan would be far too great!

His eyes reflected a grave intensity. The Demon Evil Clan on its own was already formidable, able to cause calamities in various nations such that the nations could only passively defend and were utterly devoid of the capacity to retaliate. In such a circumstance, if both Great Zhou and the Barbarian Clan had actually been clandestinely subsumed by the Demon Evil Clan, then—the power of the Demon Evil Clan would become terrifyingly overwhelming. At its current stage, Great Qin would stand no chance of resistance.

After all, Great Qin was powerful, but its power was limited. It could deal with Demon Evil calamities, and it could handle the Barbarian Clan and Great Zhou. On an individual basis, Great Qin could cope. But if the three united, there would be absolutely no way to deal with them. Just look at how Great Qin had to resort to seeking help from Great Liang and Dayue to hold off the advance of Great Zhou.

Moreover—if the Demon Evil Clan has truly swallowed Great Zhou and the Barbarian Clan, then what about Great Liang and Dayue? Is there a possibility that they have actually been infiltrated by the Demon Evil, and could even Great Qin itself harbor this possibility? If that is truly the case, then things are going to be troublesome!

Shen Changqing’s heart was filled with alarm. Originally, he felt that although the situation was severe, it wasn’t yet a crisis that threatened his own safety. But upon deeper consideration, the matter wasn’t so simple. If the Demon Evil had the capacity to infiltrate Great Zhou, and even take control of it, they would be capable of dominating Great Liang, Dayue, and even Great Qin.

However, this thought had barely arisen when Shen Changqing dismissed it. He couldn’t be certain of others, but at the very least, Great Qin should not have been infiltrated yet. If Great Qin had been infiltrated by the Demon Evil, then the Demon-Subduing Division should have been dissolved first and foremost. After all, the existence of the Demon-Subduing Division posed a great obstruction to the Demon Evil Clan. Over the years, countless Demon Evil members had perished at the hands of the Demon-Subduing Division. Even if the Demon Evil Clan did not care about the deaths of those weaker members, it was highly improbable that they would allow the Demon-Subduing Division to exist simply for some perverse pleasure. Therefore, this speculation lacked any solid basis.

Dongfang Zhao once said that the Demon Evil forces emerging in the world might not account for the entirety of the Demon Evil Clan. The Demon Evil came from Outer Heaven, and those that had entered this world now were likely just the vanguard. Once the restrictions of Heaven and Earth were lifted, more Demon Evil would enter this place. Such being the case, the Demon Evil definitely had their own objectives for coming here; wasting time on malicious pleasure wasn’t what they wanted.

Shen Changqing pondered deeply. From the incident of a Demon Saint attacking the Capital City a hundred years ago, one could clearly see that the Demon Evil genuinely wanted to destroy Great Qin. It was only because Emperor Qin was so powerful that the Demon Evil’s plans were thwarted.

Considering this, the likelihood of Great Qin having been infiltrated by the Demon Evil was slim, and the same was true for Dayue and Great Liang. If they had really been infiltrated, then like Great Zhou, they would have attacked Great Qin with all their might, and regardless of Great Qin’s strength, it would have had no chance of resistance.