Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 678 Avenging the Blood Vine Demon King

The Nanming Li Huo Sword transformed into a stream of dark blue light that coiled around his wrist, sometimes moving like a serpent, sometimes circling like a galaxy. Clearly, he had mastered this ancient divine weapon as if it were his own arm.

Wherever she stood, the restless gradually calmed down, and the violent instantly lost their murderous intent. This profound Buddhist power was an unparalleled weapon in the midst of chaos.

Yan Renying wore a blue robe, and the night breeze fluttered the ribbon binding his hair, revealing the clear and handsome features unique to young men.

The Galaxy Sword hovered in mid-air behind him, its ancient star patterns shimmering faintly on its scabbard. He carried on the legacy of his predecessors, traversing the world with his true heart.

Qi Jinchan stood at the back with a grin, holding a string of candied hawthorns in her hand. She seemed harmless, but in reality... she was just there to make up the numbers.

Further on, General Mud Dragon led his elite aquatic troops in formation, dozens of demon generals exuding a chilling aura that soared to the heavens. The leading General Mud Dragon was covered in scales like black iron, wielding a three-pronged halberd, the tip still bearing traces of undried blood—clearly, they had been through a fierce battle on their way here.

Behind him stood eight crocodile warriors carrying tortoise-shell shields, twelve carp elite soldiers wielding water-splitting spikes, twenty-four frog crossbowmen, and six Taihu guards standing on either side.

These aquatic creatures all had piercing eyes, their demonic aura almost tangible. Every scar on their armor was proof of their service in the battles fought alongside the Baoan Hall.

Standing silently in formation, they exuded the chilling aura of a battle-hardened army, even causing the lake surface to freeze.

At this point, almost all of the regular combat forces of the Baoan Hall had been assembled!

As they arrived, the calamity clouds above Dongting Lake suddenly churned violently, and the originally dark blue clouds gradually began to glow with a bloody light. Thunderbolts darted wildly within the clouds, and each flash of lightning illuminated a gigantic vortex that was faintly visible deep within the clouds.

"If the quality isn't good enough, we'll make up for it with quantity." Xiao Qing's lips curled into a dangerous smile, and her eyes flashed with a cold light.

Her strategy has always been simple and brutal—if you're going to fight, then just flip the table!

"Master, what do you say? Who should we kill this time?" Li Yingqi pressed his hand on the hilt of the purple and green twin swords at his waist, his black battle robe fluttering in the wind of Dongting Lake.

Behind her, three new disciples of Shushan simultaneously unleashed their sword intent, the cold light illuminating the water's surface in a ghastly white light.

The same thing happened when I took a few new talents from the new Shu Mountain out for training. No matter what the enemy was saying, we would start with a poem and begin with the Purple and Green Twin Swords. The efficiency was terrifying.

This time, they're supposedly coming to Dongting Lake to wreak havoc, which is just what Little Killer Star wants.

"This time we'll take on seven, a free-for-all," Xiaoqing said without hesitation, directly announcing the target.

The master and apprentice were not worried about losing at all; no matter how they fought, the advantage was in their hands.

Then a signal was sent into the water.

"Three days have passed, the personnel are in place, we can begin."

A cold smile flashed in Turtle's eyes. This was the moment he had been waiting for.

"Someone! Bring me the Bloodvine Token!"

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"Does the king want us to go and receive his orders?"

The commanders did not agree immediately; instead, they were somewhat wary.

After all, the Bloodvine Demon King was not an easy master to serve. His cruelty and bloodlust were not the problem; most demon kings were like that. But his capriciousness and callousness were the real issues.

Commanders are often punished, or even executed, for offending the king or saying the wrong thing. Only this tireless general before us rises with the wind amidst this storm.

Is this a case of assigning blame after the fact because we didn't come out to protect them immediately?

The old clam spirit spoke tremulously, "General, does the King truly wish us to go now?" His wrinkled face was filled with hesitation, and his clam shell opened and closed involuntarily. "The thousand-year-old pearl that I presented to you the other day..."

Suddenly, Gui Da slammed his hand on the table, causing the teacups on it to rattle loudly.

What pearls? What pearls are you talking about? Let me tell you, don't talk nonsense at a time like this! This general has confiscated some stolen goods, understand?
Green Bean's eyes flashed with a fierce light; it seemed this old bastard who talked nonsense absolutely could not be allowed to live.

He temporarily suppressed his murderous intent, and looked every bit the lackey who bullied others: "Are you disobeying orders?"

The carp leader's fins throbbed uneasily. It remembered a colleague from last month who had been torn to shreds by the Blood Vine Demon King's vines simply for being half a moment late in paying his respects.

"Your subordinate dares not!" The crab leader suddenly shuddered, all eight legs kneeling on the ground. "But...but..." It glanced at the command token, its eye stalks under its shell twitching uneasily.

The Blood Vine Demon King is notoriously capricious; perhaps this was a deliberate test of their loyalty.

Turtle sneered inwardly, but his face grew increasingly ferocious.

He grabbed the crab leader's claw: "Looks like you've forgotten how the blackfish leader died?" He then lowered his voice: "The king said that anyone who makes excuses this time..." He deliberately left a half-sentence as a threat.

The water snake leader suddenly swam forward: "General, please calm down! We will go and make preparations immediately." Its dark red forked tongue flickered rapidly, clearly indicating that it had thought of something terrible.

In an instant, all the leaders knelt down to pledge their loyalty, but Turtle Big could see clearly that beneath those lowered heads lay fear and suspicion. The old tortoise was secretly pleased; thankfully, he had taken care of the clever ones first, otherwise, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

"Hurry up and prepare the troops!" Turtle kicked over a table, his treacherous appearance making everyone's teeth itch. "In half an hour, come with me to see the King! If you keep the King waiting..."

The commanders immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

A moment later, a group of monsters followed them to the Water Palace, offering bribes along the way, hoping that General Benbo would say a few good words for them later.

Turtle King accepts all comers, which means that we demons are the most trustworthy, so you can rest assured that nothing will happen.

Boom! ! !
The loud crash of the water palace gates slamming shut behind them sent shivers down the spines of all the commanders.

The crab demon's claws clicked, and the carp leader's scales bristled. When they cautiously stepped into the inner hall, the sight before them froze all the demons in place—

On the throne, Xiaoqing, dressed in green, was casually playing with a clump of blood vine roots.

That tuft of life-giving energy, which should have been brimming with demonic power, now hung limply from her fingertips like a dead snake.

Even more horrifying, the corpses of three commanders were hanging from the palace beams; they were the very ones who had failed to keep their appointment.

"The Blood Vine colluded with foreign enemies and has been executed by the Azure Demon King on the orders of His Majesty." The tortoise announced righteously, stomping on the broken branches of the Blood Vine on the ground, the sap splashing onto the face of the nearest old clam spirit.

The commanders were all silent, trembling with fear.

Everyone knows that although the Blood Vine Demon King is not the most loyal to Lord Yunzhong, he is definitely the one who fears the Lord the most.

How could someone betray you so easily, especially after being seriously injured?

But looking at their colleagues hanging from the beam, and then at the swordsman standing beside the throne with his sword, all the demons wisely kept their mouths shut.

"Since everyone is here," Xiao Qing said with a slight smile, tapping her fingertips lightly on the armrest of the throne, "why not do me a small favor?"

A chorus of obsequious responses immediately filled the hall. The carp leader even excitedly splashed water to show his loyalty.

“Alright.” Xiaoqing suddenly smiled, her beauty breathtaking. “Then I’ll borrow your demon heads for a while.”

Before the words were even finished, blinding sword light suddenly blazed within the hall. Li Yingqi's purple and green twin swords transformed into swimming dragons, Yu Yingnan's Nanming Lihuo Sword ignited with a ghostly blue flame, and Yan Renying's Yinhe Sword scattered countless starlight—the Shushan sword cultivators attacked simultaneously, their sword light pouring down like a torrential downpour.

"Pfft!"

The troublesome leaders that Gui Da had marked didn't even have time to scream before they revealed their true forms.

The crab spirit's shell was cleaved in two by the Purple Ying Sword, the carp leader was pinned to the wall by the Milky Way Sword, and the water snake leader was burned to charcoal by the Southern Ming Fire.

The survivors knelt on the ground, trembling violently. General Mud Dragon stood with his elite aquatic warriors, halberds in hand, their sharp tips pressed against their backs.

"Isn't this too obvious?" Zhuge Yu, who was protected by the Water-Avoiding Technique, was somewhat worried.

"Who would care? Or rather, they don't have time to care." Xiaoqing chuckled, then suddenly stood up, her jade feet crushing the blood-red vines and broken branches beneath her feet, her black hair moving without wind. "Order—the entire Zijiang army to attack the Xiangjiang Tuolong!"

The surviving commanders looked up in astonishment, only to see Xiao Qing's eyes flash with a bright blue light: "Just say it's to avenge the Blood Vine Demon King."

Turtle immediately understood and took out the prepared manifesto, reading it aloud.

Yu Bai then swiftly placed restrictions on the surviving commanders—now, they had no choice but to go.

Xiaoqing, on the other hand, was playing with the two boxes.

One was the sixth box that Gui Da retrieved for the Blood Vine Demon King, and the other was the seventh box brought by Xu Xuan.

If the fight isn't intense enough, just activate the Dragon Palace.

The demon race's bestial nature, their instinct to transform into dragons, and the bloody, chaotic atmosphere that entangled the scholar and monk made them truly wicked.

However, it was I, Little Green King, who opened the curtain on this catastrophe that swept across Dongting Lake.

Thunder roared across the sky above Dongting Lake, and crimson lightning raged.

"Go, I want to see rivers of blood."

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(End of this chapter)