Primordial Era: A Counterattack Against Hongjun Daozu at the Start

"Four clan-protecting formations and eight thousand Wind Forest Guards couldn't stop a few long worms?" Zhou Yi's aura surged like a tidal wave, and the palace beams creaked under the weight.

Suddenly, Emperor Sui knelt on one knee: "Please, Your Majesty, bestow upon me the Heavenly Thunder Whip." The other three knelt down as well, cold sweat trickling down their necks and into their collars.

They suddenly realized that the princess who led humanity out of the wilderness was no longer the boy who drank beast blood with them.

"Activate the Star Compass immediately." Zhou Yi flicked out a black talisman and nailed it into the ground. "Within three days, I want to see a map of the Demon Emperor's Palace laid out on this blue brick."

As the four elders bowed and withdrew, Zhou Yi squinted, gazing towards the direction of Tian Shu Star. He was well aware that the casualties this time were at a record low in a century, but what about those Night Watchmen who had passed out drunk at the victory banquet, and those rusted Demon-Slaying Crossbows?

Comfort is the greatest enemy of a people.

As the calamity of heaven and earth surged, the bronze lamp flames within the human race's sacred temple suddenly flickered. Zhou Yi stared at the cracks appearing on the tortoise shell, his knuckles slamming heavily on the black jade table. The third great calamity of the Lich King had not yet fully erupted, yet the human race had to first overcome a life-or-death crisis.

"The spies of the Twelve Demon Courts have infiltrated the Wei River basin." The bone slips that Feng Bo presented still carried the smell of blood, and contained intelligence on the attacks on seventeen tribes within three days.

Golden Dao fire rose from Zhou Yi's palm, incinerating the bone slip. His star-map-like pupils reflected the crimson of the future: if the Golden Immortal realm demons were allowed to run rampant, the foundation of the human race would be severely damaged within three months.

Nine thunderclaps suddenly resounded outside the temple, and the totem poles of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors simultaneously burst forth with brilliant light. Zhou Yi stood with his hands behind his back on the observatory, watching the Ziwei Emperor Star flicker in the night sky. The sacred artifact of humanity deep within his sea of ​​consciousness hummed and trembled—he might have less than three years left.

"Issue the decree of the Emperor Sui!" A powerful Daoist voice instantly resounded throughout the seventy-two main cities. The four major human battle camps, dormant for twenty years, were simultaneously activated:

The Heavenly Listening Camp, with its nine thousand secret guards, infiltrated the primordial world with the secret technique of "Formless Cicada Shedding." Each member's sea of ​​consciousness was imprinted with a miniature Zhou Tian Star Array, enabling them to transmit messages in real time from thousands of miles away.

The leader of the Wind Rhinoceros further refined the innate spiritual treasure "Mirror of Reflection," which can trace the residual aura of any region within the last hundred years.

The Hanyue Army, with 100,000 cultivators forming the Nine Palaces Battle Domain, used the "Eight Gates Locking Heaven Formation" built on the Hetu Luoshu as its foundation, which could trap a Daluo for three days. The Vanguard Camp's three thousand swords practiced the incomplete Zhuxian Sword Formation, which, although not even one ten-thousandth of the Tongtian Sect Master's power, could still tear open a hundred-mile-long rift in the sky on the battlefield.

The Crimson Flame Guard, consisting of five thousand Golden Immortals, was not a simple gathering. They had all tempered their bodies in the furnace of Shouyang Mountain, and each of them possessed the "Demon-Burning Karmic Fire" in their palms, which was specifically designed to counter the primordial spirit of demons.

Even more terrifying is its combined attack skill, "Fire Cloud Calamity," which burned eight hundred Xuanxian-level sea monsters during the Northern Underworld Trial.

The Xuanjia Garrison, with its 50,000 troops, relies on twenty-eight innate Bagua platforms to form a unified defensive network across the human territory. The garrison commander guarding the remnants of Buzhou Mountain controls half of the Buzhou Mountain's spiritual vein and can awaken the remnant spirit of the ancestral witch to deter enemies when necessary.

Zhou Yi stroked the Xuanyuan Sword Box, feeling the surging sword energy of the witch-slaying sword within.

If the demon race truly dares to use human essence to refine vicious weapons, the 360 ​​"Fallen Saint Talismans" he buried under the North Heavenly Gate will surely turn the Demon Master Palace to ashes.

At this moment, the sky in the east is turning a pale white, it is unclear whether it is the approach of dawn or a demon saint is manifesting his Dharma form.

Compared with the other three armies, the strength of the Mountain Guard Army is indeed slightly insufficient, and some of its soldiers have not even broken through the Sendai Secret Realm in terms of cultivation.

This was not unexpected, after all, the human race's development history is still short, and it was already quite remarkable that the four people, including Suihuang, were able to form the Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain armies in such a short time.

However, this is precisely why the demon race was able to take advantage of the situation. The Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain Armies have only been established for a limited time, and many aspects still need to be gradually improved.

Nevertheless, Zhou Yi firmly believes that given enough time, these four armies will surely become a powerful force that shakes the primordial world.

Just as Zhou Yi was pondering how to enhance the strength of the human race, the Fengbo Army successfully located the demon race's trail during a large-scale operation.

It turned out that although the Mountain Army repelled the demons' attack and caused many demon casualties, the remaining demons did not stop there.

As the overlords of the primordial world, the demon race's defeat at the hands of the human race is nothing short of a great humiliation.

Those Golden Immortal-level demons who escaped not only showed no sign of giving up, but instead recruited experts everywhere, attempting to take revenge on the human race.

The demon race looks down on the human race, so they make no attempt to conceal their intentions when planning their actions.

This is why the Storm Army was able to easily obtain this intelligence and quickly transmit it back to the human race.

Upon learning this, Zhou Yi said coldly, "Very well, very well indeed. I haven't even settled accounts with them yet, and they've already delivered themselves to my doorstep. If I don't prepare a proper 'greeting gift,' wouldn't I be letting their 'good intentions' go to waste?"

Emperor Sui, filled with worry, warned, "Ancestor of Humanity, the demon race's attack this time is quite fierce; it's probably not simple!" The human and demon races had always lived in peace, so the demon race's sudden attack was indeed suspicious. As the overlords of the primordial world, the demon race's strength far surpassed that of the human race, and Emperor Sui's concerns were not unfounded.

Zhou Yi snorted coldly and said firmly, "No matter what conspiracy the demon race has, as long as they dare to kill my human race, they are courting death."

Youchao hesitated slightly before suggesting, "Ancestor of Humanity, shouldn't we first ascertain the truth to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings?"

Zhou Yi looked at Suihuang and the other three, and saw deep worry on their faces, a fear of the demon race.

This is understandable, as the demon race is now powerful enough to easily annihilate the human race.

However, would Zhou Yi compromise on this? Would he allow the demon race to slaughter the human race, or sacrifice the minority to save the majority? No, this is by no means Zhou Yi's choice.

As long as he is alive, humanity will fight to the death with its backs straight, and will never beg for survival by kneeling.

Zhou Yi understood that if the human race wanted to establish itself in the primordial world, relying on the pity of the demon race would be meaningless.

Only by making the demon race suffer and instilling fear in them will they truly weigh the pros and cons at the crucial moment when the war between the demons and the witches is about to break out.

"Since the demon race is pressing us step by step and treating our human race like weeds, how can we allow ourselves to be slaughtered?"

"Issue my order: of the four divisions of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, the Mountain-Reliance Army will garrison the main camp, while the other three armies will be fully prepared and ready to depart." Zhou Yi issued the order decisively.

Although the four elders, including Suihuang, looked worried, they immediately carried out the command order.

The three elite legions quickly assembled, with 115,000 soldiers lined up in preparation.

Zhou Yi's gaze swept over the dark, imposing army, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips. These soldiers already knew the reason for the battle through military intelligence reports.

Facing the impending fierce battle, not a single face showed fear. Spears stood like a forest, banners fluttered in the wind, and every warrior's eyes burned with a fervent determination to defend their people to the death.

Suihuang was secretly amazed. Since Zhouyi took charge of the human race, not only has the combat power increased many times, but an unprecedented iron-blooded military spirit has also been forged.