Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division

The Zhu Yan Demon Emperor launched a fierce attack, putting the human defenses under strain and urgently requiring reinforcements from experts at the Dao Realm.

Order Liu Hongyan to set off immediately to provide support in Anxi City.

General Li Yuan handed over the order: "Teacher, when are you leaving?"

"immediately."

Liu Hongyan took the military order, glanced at it, and said without hesitation, "The situation in Anxi is not optimistic. The sooner we arrive, the sooner we can join the battle."

Li Yuan nodded: "Don't worry about the Yuezhi, I'll hold them off."

"You're the only peak Qi Condensation Realm cultivator here. What will you do if an enemy at the Demon Emperor level comes?"

Liu Hongyan looked worried.

"I have the Thunder Shield; I can always hold out until reinforcements arrive."

Li Yuan smiled fearlessly, "Besides, as long as the Crimson Flame Demon Emperor doesn't come, which other Demon Emperor would waste their energy? You can go to Anxi City with peace of mind."

"Be careful. If you encounter someone you can't defeat, don't try to fight them head-on. Preserving your life is the most important thing."

"I see."

Li Yuan smiled.

That night, Liu Hongyan rode the wind and left Yuezhi City.

Li Yuan stood on the city wall, watching her figure disappear. His expression was solemn. In Yuezhi City, he was the only one left to guard it.

Several days later, news came from Parthia that both sides had won and lost, and due to heavy casualties, a temporary ceasefire was ordered for recuperation.

The Western Regions battlefield saw a brief period of peace.

The demon soldiers stopped their attacks, and peace was temporarily restored to the border. The people who had been hiding in the mountains returned to the city and busied themselves harvesting the ripe sorghum and picking grapes.

The soldiers guarding the city wall had also shed the tension of days of fighting. They leaned against the crenellations in twos and threes, basking in the sun and chatting about things like going home to get married after the war.

Li Yuan, however, dared not let his guard down.

He would still get up before dawn, patrol the defensive line around Yuezhi City, check all the sentry posts and traps, and only return to the city to handle military affairs after confirming that nothing was missed.

The demon race is cunning, and Zhu Yan is a man who never keeps his word. It's hard to say when he might suddenly launch an attack. The longer the peaceful days last, the fiercer the next storm will be.

That morning, as usual, he went out of the city to inspect the area.

As dawn breaks, sunlight spills across the Gobi Desert, casting a warm hue over the rough yellow sand.

In the distance, the Pamir Mountains appeared and disappeared in the morning light, their snow-capped peaks reflecting a dazzling glow.

He led a few soldiers along the valley path, the only way from Yuezhi City to the pastures on the northern slopes of the Pamir Mountains. On both sides were steep, reddish-brown rock walls, and sparse red willows grew at the bottom of the valley. A stream meandered out from the depths.

After walking about five or six miles, Li Yuan suddenly stopped.

He turned his head to the side, his gaze sweeping over the rock walls on both sides, his brows furrowing.

Something is not right.

It's too quiet.

A strong sense of unease swept through him.

The premonition of crisis triggered by the Myriad Realms Palace indicates that there are powerful figures lying in ambush nearby.

These days, he had experienced too many life-or-death battles. He immediately gripped the hilt of his knife, lowered his body slightly, and assumed a defensive posture.

Suddenly, a dark shadow burst out of the sand beneath his feet and shot towards him without warning. A faint light pierced his chest, but it made no sound whatsoever.

The shadowy figure moved so fast that it didn't even make a sound, as if it had suddenly come to life.

Li Yuan's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively dodged. The shadow grazed his chest, tearing his clothes and leaving a shallow bloodstain.

If he hadn't sensed it beforehand, this blow would have pierced his heart.

Without time to think, Li Yuan retreated rapidly, his nameless blade sweeping horizontally, unleashing a continuous stream of five-colored blade light that protected him.

"when!"

A clear chirping sound rang out.

Li Yuan finally saw the attacker's appearance clearly. It was a figure shrouded in gray smoke, thin and with an indistinct face, as if moving between reality and illusion.

It held a dark blue short blade in each hand, the blades gleaming with a purplish-black luster, clearly coated with deadly poison.

It turned out to be an assassin-type demon emperor skilled in stealth.

Li Yuan gasped, and before he could adjust his posture, a terrifying force attacked him from behind.

"boom!"

Li Yuan's front was blocked by the gray-clad man, leaving him no way to avoid the attack. He was hit in the back, and his internal organs felt as if they had been shattered. He felt a sweet taste in his throat, spat out a mouthful of blood, and flew out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the rock wall.

With a crash, he smashed a large crater into the rock wall, sending rocks flying everywhere.

Li Yuan slid down the rock face, knelt on one knee, and vomited blood again.

He looked up and saw a huge figure slowly walking towards him from the other end of the valley.

The figure was nearly ten feet tall, covered in black scales, with thick limbs, resembling an upright giant lizard with a human face.

It held a huge bone hammer in each hand, the hammerheads covered in dark red stains and emitting a pungent smell of blood.

There are actually two demon emperors!

Li Yuan was stunned.

One of them was skilled in stealthy assassination, blocking his escape route, while the other launched a frontal assault. The two clearly had an extremely tacit understanding in their cooperation.

First, use the stealth creature to attract his attention, then have the powerful demon king launch a fatal attack from behind.

If he hadn't reacted quickly enough to remove part of it, he would probably be a pile of minced meat by now.

"Tsk tsk, it can run pretty fast."

The Demon Emperor, hidden in the gray mist, let out a shrill laugh. "No wonder that old bastard Chi Yan fell into your hands."

"That's interesting."

The giant demon emperor opened its blood-red maw and said in a gruff voice, "Shadow Demon, stop talking nonsense. Lord Zhu Yan's order is to finish this quickly and bring back his head to report."

"Hurry up and kill them, get back as soon as possible."

It was done by the Zhu Yan Demon Emperor.

Li Yuan's heart sank. These two demon emperors were sent by Zhu Yan.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stood up unsteadily, his gaze sweeping over the two demon emperors, his mind racing.

Shadow Demon, the demon emperor skilled in stealth assassination, possesses cultivation at the peak of the early stage of the demon emperor realm.

Judging from the aura it exuded, that giant demon emperor was also at the early stage of demon emperor cultivation, but its power was extremely strong, and if it were to take a head-on confrontation, it would have little chance of winning.

We can't fight it head-on.

He had to find a way to create distance and use the terrain to his advantage.

Moreover, Yuezhi City is too close to here. If they get too close, given their destructive power, the entire city would be razed to the ground. Those garrison troops and civilians would absolutely not be able to withstand a single attack from a demon emperor.

He had nowhere to retreat.

Li Yuan took a deep breath, suppressed the surging blood and qi within him, gripped the knife tightly, suddenly turned around, and ran wildly into the depths of the valley.

"Trying to run away?"

Shadow Fiend let out a shrill laugh, his figure transforming into a wisp of gray smoke as he vanished into the shadows of the rock wall, relentlessly pursuing him.

The colossal demon emperor strode forward, like a mobile fortress, relentlessly pursuing its target.

"Bang bang bang!"

Its footsteps cracked the ground and produced a muffled thunderous roar.

Li Yuan sped through the valley, constantly using teleportation, causing the rocks beneath his feet to scatter and fly everywhere.

He dared not walk in a straight line, constantly changing direction by using the winding rock walls in the valley, sometimes leaping onto the rock walls, sometimes squeezing into the crevices, trying to widen the distance between them.

But the Shadow Demon's tracking ability far exceeded his imagination. No matter how he changed direction, the gray smoke always hung behind him at a distance, like a maggot clinging to his bone.

Although the giant demon emperor was slightly slower, it never fell behind.

After running for more than ten miles, Li Yuan suddenly saw a valley entrance ahead, with an open area outside.

He was startled and his steps suddenly slowed down.