100-year-old foundation building, starting from the maximum level of understanding

Chapter 330 The Fall of Yuantong Pass, a Devastating Defeat
really.

In my normal state, my physical defense and strength are much weaker than when I am at my peak.

However, compared to the physical bodies of ordinary Great True Monarchs, there is a huge gap between them.

At the very least, it would take an average treasure at least 0.1 seconds to break through his physical defenses.

In a battle at the level of a Great True Lord, even a fraction of a second is enough to accomplish a great deal.

half year later.

Ji Haoyuan ended his seclusion and came outside.

Judging by the timeline, it should be around this time before our senior brother, the sect leader, officially advances to the Nascent Soul stage.

At that time, the commotion within the small grotto might very well reach the outside world.

We still need to find a way to make some arrangements in advance.

Thinking of this, Ji Haoyuan went to the back mountain alone and set up several layers of concealment and restriction at the junction of the small cave heaven.

After finishing all this, Ji Haoyuan was about to call Miao Zixi, Zhang Tianyang, and others over to inquire about the situation over the past two years.

Unexpectedly, they arrived in front of Ji Haoyuan first.

At this moment, everyone's expressions were very solemn.

This gave Ji Haoyuan an instinctive sense of foreboding.

He looked at the group and said directly:
"Did something happen to you?"

Miao Zixi, Zhang Tianyang, Beichen Zhenren, and Pei Youlan exchanged glances.

Finally, Zhang Tianyang said with an unusually solemn expression:
"Reporting to the Headmaster, we just received news not long ago."

The Yuantong Pass, which was guarded by Uncle-Master Xuanyuan and his entourage, was breached by the demon race.

"what?"

Upon hearing this news from Zhang Tianyang, even Ji Haoyuan was slightly shocked, and his pupils contracted.

Clearly, he was well aware of what the fall of Yuantong Pass meant for their human race.

You must know that Yuantong Pass is one of the most important passes for their human race.

How could it be so easily breached?

Moreover, considering the time frame, how much time has passed since the second war broke out between the human and demon races?

Most importantly, in addition to Nascent Soul cultivators from other sects, the three True Lords of the Yanfa Sect are now responsible for guarding the Yuantong Pass.

What is their current situation?

At that moment, Ji Haoyuan's expression also became very solemn.

He looked at Zhang Tianyang and the others, and said in a deep voice:
"Tell me the details of what happened."

and also.

What is the current situation of Senior Brother Xuan Yuan, Senior Brother Fu Guang, and Senior Sister Bai Hua? Is there any relevant news?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianyang dared not delay. He, along with Miao Zixi, Master Beichen, and Pei Youlan, recounted everything they knew to Ji Haoyuan.

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Since the outbreak of the second war between the human and demon races.

Yuantong Pass thus became one of the main defensive lines attacked by the demon race.

Throughout the entire battle at Yuantong Pass, the fighting was extremely tense and brutal.

original.

With the help of the fourth-grade high-level protective array at Yuantong Pass, the group was able to barely hold on.

Unexpectedly, just a few days ago, the peak demon king of the demon race, the Crimson Flood Dragon King, led a large number of demons and many fourth-order demon kings to launch a surprise attack on Yuantong Pass.

Furthermore, during this attack, the Crimson Dragon King's side also used a fourth-grade high-level barrier-breaking talisman.

This is a talisman for breaking restrictions, which is only possessed by human cultivators.

Where did these demons come from?
You should know that a fourth-grade high-quality barrier-breaking talisman is not something you can easily find.

Many Nascent Soul Grandmasters do not possess strategies and resources of this level within their sects.

The demon race has no way of purchasing this type of strategic resource. Unless, of course, they can refine it themselves.

However, according to Ji Haoyuan's understanding...

The demon race relies mostly on the innate supernatural abilities inherent in their own bloodline.

They have almost no chance of even getting started with the various arts of cultivation that humans excel at, let alone mastering them.

Strategic resources like fourth-order barrier-breaking talismans, which are extremely difficult to refine, are even more impossible to obtain.

Could it be that someone is secretly providing such resources to the demon race?

This is not entirely impossible.

No race, at any time, can be monolithic.

In order to survive, the demon king could submit to the human cultivators and become their guardian beast or even their personal mount.

Wouldn't any of the human cultivators surrender to the demon race and become traitors to humanity?
Ji Haoyuan felt that this was absolutely possible.

Moreover, there won't just be one or two.

The only thing that made him take it seriously and think about it was the person who secretly traded a fourth-grade high-level barrier-breaking talisman to the demon race. Was it just a simple transaction, or did he bring his fourth-grade high-level talisman-making skills and wholeheartedly submit to the demon race?

Logically speaking.

If the other party truly possesses the skill of crafting talismans at the fourth-tier superior level, then even within their own human race, they would undoubtedly hold a rather impressive position and status.

It might even be higher than the status of many Great True Lords.

He had absolutely no reason to betray the human race.

Unless, in the end, the demon race can offer him something more.

Or perhaps, he wanted to use the demon race to achieve some other purpose.

Ji Haoyuan didn't think about the question any further.

Because compared to that, he was more concerned about the situation of the cultivators in his own sect.

Especially Xuan Yuan Zhenjun, Fu Guang Zhenjun, and Bai Hua Zhenjun.

According to the information Zhang Tianyang and his team have received so far.

After Yuantong Pass was breached by the Red Dragon King and a group of demons.

True Lord Xuan Yuan, True Lord Fu Guang, and True Lord Bai Hua have all fled separately.

The same applies to the other True Lords present.

No one would be foolish enough to insist on fighting to the death with the demon race at that time.

That doesn't make sense.

Aside from contributing their nascent soul and physical body to the demon race, they cannot change anything in the overall course of the war.

In comparison, fleeing is the best option and the best way to preserve one's existing strength.

As for those unfortunate low-level cultivators who were abandoned...

It was truly a last resort.

Ji Haoyuan could easily imagine that after Yuantong Pass was breached by the demon race, the number of cultivators and mortals who died under the demon race's claws would probably be in the tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions.

This was the most devastating defeat for the human race since the two major wars between the two races.

Unless the three major Nascent Soul sects of the human race can gather and dispatch a large number of cultivators to reclaim the lost territory.

Otherwise, from this point on, the Yuantong Pass, a crucial pass for the human race, and the surrounding area extending for tens or even millions of miles, would become the new home and territory of the demon race.

However, based on Ji Haoyuan's understanding of the three major Nascent Soul sects...

The possibility of them sacrificing themselves, or even the foundation of their sects, to reclaim lost territory for the human race at this time is almost zero.

and so……

This fall of Yuantong Pass may be a permanent one.

For at least a very long time, the area within tens or hundreds of thousands of miles of Yuantong Pass will no longer be their human territory.

(End of this chapter)