Great Demon Sun Wukong

Looking down at the Demon Clan soldiers who were ready for battle below, Di Jun suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Who goes there? Why do you attack my city without cause?" Although these words seemed pointless, they were a necessary step in a standoff between two armies. Unless one side was launching a surprise attack, they wouldn't just start fighting without speaking.

At that moment, the approaching armies from all sides gradually halted their advance and then lined up in a typical siege formation. Di Jun glanced around; the Three-eyed Clan within view probably numbered around one hundred and fifty thousand. Meanwhile, there were one hundred thousand capable fighters within the city.

The enemy's number exceeded his by half, but the defensive advantage of the city was much greater. Unless the besieging force outnumbered the defenders by more than three times, it would not exert too much pressure.

It seemed the Three-eyed Clan either had reinforcements on the way or some other plan up their sleeve.

During these thoughts, a figure slowly flew up from the direction of the South City Gate. When this person flew up to the same height as Di Jun, he stopped. He then saluted Di Jun with a bow and said, "I am Yang Xian, the lord of the Three-eyed Clan's Eradicating Flames City. I have long heard of the great reputation of the Demon Emperor Di Jun of Battle Demon City.

It is a great fortune to meet you today."

"I'm not worthy of such praise, Your sight reduces all to ashes, Lord Yang is the true embodiment of might. May I inquire what brings Lord Yang and so many of his people here today?"

"Heh, it's nothing serious. I heard that Donghuang Taiyi had saved two individuals in the Soul Casting Forest near Eradicating Flames City a few days ago? Is there any truth to this?"

Hearing this, Di Jun already knew what was going on. Damn it, it must have been Sun Wukong who used the World Suppressing Stele and was discovered by someone from the Three-eyed Clan. Now with their army threatening us, the Three-eyed Clan is certainly determined to take away the World Suppressing Stele. Humph, they really think my Demon Clan has no one to stand against them.

However, Di Jun didn't show his anger but chuckled instead and responded, "Lord Yang must have seen wrong. My deputy lord, Donghuang Taiyi, has been in seclusion within the city recently and has not been to the Soul Casting Forest."

Yang Xian's eyebrows twitched slightly, and then he also laughed and said, "Does Lord Di Jun truly wish to start a war with my Three-eyed Clan? All for a couple of nameless brats?"

"Oh? Brats? I am honestly unaware of any brats; please, Lord Yang, do clarify!"

"Hmph, a few months ago, a young demon of your Demon Clan, in collusion with a human youngster, murdered members of my Three-eyed Clan. They later fled to the Soul Casting Forest to evade punishment, but a few days ago, they were rescued by Donghuang Taiyi. Do you dare say this didn't happen?"

"Ha ha, I didn't realize our Demon Clan was so defiant, ha ha. To dare kill members of the Three-eyed Clan near their own city. Tsk tsk, let me inquire about this matter!"
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Then Di Jun suddenly addressed his vast army below, "Demons, heed my command! The lord of the Three-eyed City says that a few months ago, a One Pattern youngster of our Clan killed two of their Four Patterns Saints. Who has done this deed? Whoever it was, step forward!"

The Demon Clan below was taken aback, not quite understanding what Di Jun meant. But Di Jun then declared, "Whoever admits to it, quickly do so! Step forth and I will immediately promote you to Great General of our Demon Clan. Ha ha ha! Such talent is sure to greatly prosper our Clan, ha ha ha!"

"The prosperity of the Demon Clan, the mighty Demon Clan! Those who challenge our divinity shall be slain, they shall be slain!"

Initially thinking Di Jun was truly afraid, it wasn't expected that he would reverse his stance so abruptly, instantly boosting the morale of the Demon Clan to its peak, whereas the morale of the Three-eyed Clan plummeted. If a mere One Pattern youngster from their side could kill our two Four Patterns Saints, how could they hope to fight this war?

The lord of Eradicating Flames City, Yang Xian, was so vexed that his face turned green, but he managed to hold back his anger. After sneering, he flew back to his army. However, just as he turned, Di Jun suddenly lunged forward, his wrist flicking and a long sword materializing out of nowhere, and then swung the sword down.

"Since you've come up here, do not go back down." Di Jun's plan was simple: entangle Yang Xian. As long as he was occupied, the leaderless Three-eyed Clan forces trying to siege would certainly become disorganized below. Additionally, their side had a Nine Patterns Supreme. Even if the Three-eyed Clan had greater numbers, without their Nine Patterns Supreme, they could not pose a serious threat.

Clearly, the lord of the Three-eyed Clan's city had not anticipated that Di Jun would take action so directly. Thus, he was slightly caught off guard but managed not to appear too disheveled. He turned, a long spear materializing in his hand, and held it horizontally above his head, blocking Di Jun's sword strike.

However, Di Jun didn't give him much time to recover and continued to slash with his long sword ceaselessly.

Both of them were Nine Patterns Supremes, with comparable strength, which meant that if one was intent on entangling the other in combat, it would be very difficult for the latter to escape without help from others. Therefore, although Yang Xian knew that such a fight would definitely disadvantage the Three-eyed Clan, he wasn't too worried.

Instead, he took advantage of a lull to issue orders to the Demon Clan's forces: "All units, attack—we must take down Battle Demon City!"

After giving the attack order, Yang Xian turned his attention back to the fight with Di Jun, seemingly unconcerned about the lack of a commander for his forces.

At Yang Xian's command, the entire Demon Clan's army transformed into several iron torrents. The Three-eyed Clan had 160,000 warriors, perfectly suited for dividing into four directions, with 40,000 in each. The Demon Clan had 100,000 warriors, but with Donghuang Taiyi present, they left only 10,000 troops to guard him at the South Gate, with the remaining 30,000 each at the other three city gates.

The contest of 30,000 against 40,000, originally a small gap, became pronounced with the advantage of defense over attack. Despite the Three-eyed Clan charging fiercely, even to the point of disregarding their own lives, the geographical advantage of the Demon Clan was far too apparent.

Not to mention the several-hundred-meter-high mountain, the mere one-hundred-meter-high city wall was already an insurmountable obstacle for the Three-eyed Clan.

The Demon Clan's city walls were not only high but also incredibly wide, allowing for a dozen rows of soldiers to stand atop. These soldiers were divided into Shield Guards and power attackers, with Shield Guards comprising demons innately strong in defense, and power attackers being demons capable of long-range assault.

The collaboration between the two types of soldiers turned the hundred-meter-high walls into a deadly zone for the Three-eyed Clan.

Such a one-sided battle didn't even require the deployment of Sun Wukong's Demon Venerable squad. The soldiers alone were sufficient to hold their defense, and there seemed to be no Supreme or higher-level beings amongst the enemy troops.

Thus, even though they currently held the advantage, Sun Wukong and the others didn't let their guard down. If the Three-eyed Clan's lord wasn't a fool, he must have further tricks up his sleeve. It would be impossible to hope to take a city with these forces alone.

After all, it had taken Di Jun and Donghuang and a staggering 250,000 demons to capture this city, while the Taoist Race had only about 100,000 at that time. Even so, the Demon Clan suffered nearly 100,000 casualties.

Anyone with a clear vision could see that this battle was merely a warm-up.

Indeed, as soon as half of the 150,000 Three-eyed Clan warriors were lost, the entire force suddenly began to retreat. Witnessing the unanticipated retreat of the Three-eyed Clan, Sun Wukong knew that what followed would be the true great war.

These 150,000 warriors from the Three-eyed Clan were but cannon fodder, meant to drain the Demon Clan's city defense resources and carve steps in the mountain and city walls that could be used for climbing.

Indeed, as the Demon Clan soldiers watched, the Three-eyed Clan retreated to a position far behind. Subsequently, a tremendous rumble emanated from the four directions—east, south, west, and north—of Battle Demon City, as if countless warhorses were galloping. Then, all Demon Clan soldiers witnessed this scene:

Numerous near-ten-meter-tall rock giants, carrying beings almost indistinguishable from humans, were rapidly running towards Battle Demon City. Seeing this multitude of giant stone figures, Di Jun, entangled in midair with Yang Xian, and Donghuang Taiyi at the South City Gate both suddenly had their pupils constrict, as an extremely ominous feeling washed over them.

The High Mountain Giant Clan allied with the Taoist Race? How did they come together? Was this a conspiracy between three races? In fact, upon seeing the massive stone people carrying Taoist beings, Di Jun already had an inkling. It seemed they were really willing to go all out for the World Suppressing Stele. With the three races joining forces, the Demon Clan might be in danger.

And if there were three races involved, could there be more than one Nine Patterns Supreme?

Upon witnessing the stone giants thundering towards them, all the soldiers on the city walls felt their resolve waver. High Mountain Giants were known for their terrifying defensive power; a three-patterned High Mountain Giant could withstand attacks from a four-patterned Saint from other races.

With such horrifying defense coupled with the formidable Taoist Arts of the beings they carried, how could the city possibly be defended? Their attacks couldn't breach the giants' defense, and they couldn't withstand their opponents' attacks! Immediately, all Demon Clan soldiers felt their confidence falter.

Watching the huge stone giants that were closing in rapidly, some already beginning to scale the mountain, Sun Wukong, with an expressionless face, waved his hand and simultaneously said, "Demon Venerable squad, it's time for us to take the stage!"