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Ji Meng hurriedly went to inform Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi.

But the moment he stepped into the hall, his steps faltered.

Because Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi had extremely gloomy expressions.

Both demon emperors turned their gazes toward the void outside the palace, which was a chaotic expanse illuminated by the blood and qi of billions of humans.

They...had already seen it.

How vast is the divine sense of a Quasi-Saint at the peak?

From the moment Xuandu swept up hundreds of millions of humans and soared into the sky, its vast and powerful momentum, defying the heavens, was impossible to miss.

Ji Meng's Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed back the words he was about to report.

He bowed silently, retreated to the shadows on one side of the hall, lowered his head, and even his breathing became barely audible.

Speaking now would be tantamount to playing with fire.

Dead silence.

Only the deep humming sound, a convergence of billions of humans, emanating from the distant void outside the palace, impacted the minds of every demon.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!!"

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried a deep and resolute quality that was unsettling.

As if declaring:

The human race has arrived.

...just a moment later.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Powerful and obscure auras surged from all directions of the Demon Court, tearing through the sky and rushing towards this place!

The first thing to arrive was a pure white, auspicious light.

As the light faded, a middle-aged man in a white robe with a refined appearance was revealed. He held a feather fan, but his brows betrayed a deep sense of gravity.

It was Bai Ze, the leader of the Ten Great Demon Gods.

He bowed slightly to Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi.

He then stood silently in the hall, his gaze sweeping over the scene outside, a trace of worry flashing deep in his pupils.

Followed by.

The ghost chariot descended, accompanied by nine heads of yin wind. The nine heads and eighteen eyes all looked out of the hall, emitting a low hiss.

Qin Yuan was surrounded by poisonous miasma, and wherever he went, even the void was corroded with tiny holes.

Feilian rides the raging wind, Shangyang walks on the waves, Jiuying has nine heads and breathes water and fire, Citie is as black as iron, Yingzhao has wings on his back, Feidan, Qinyuan... all ten demon gods have gathered together!

On everyone's face was an unprecedented solemnity and... a trace of barely perceptible fear.

Xuan Du!

A century of chaos, the sword slaying Burning Lamp, forcing Yuanshi to retreat, the North Sea capturing the Black Tortoise, recruiting Kunpeng... one thing after another, each event is subverting their understanding.

Now, this malevolent star has led billions of humans to directly surround the Demon Court?

What does he want to do?

Is it really going to ignite a full-scale war between the Holy Religion and the Demon Court?

"His Majesty."

Bai Ze finally spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse:

"Xuan Du's move...is intended to force the emperor to abdicate."

"He used his Hunyuan magic to coerce hundreds of millions of humans into besieging Nantian. If we intervene to disperse or harm his humans, he will have a legitimate excuse to openly wage war against our Demon Court as the vice leader of the Jie Sect."

"If we don't take action..."

Bai Ze paused, then gave a wry smile:

"Then this extraordinary sight of billions of humans surrounding the sky will be known throughout the prehistoric world and become an eternal shame for my Demon Court."

"At that time, not only will the Witch Clan laugh at us, but all the races of the prehistoric world will probably look down on my Demon Court."

"dilemma."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall became even more oppressive.

The nine heads of the ghost car roared simultaneously:

"Then let's fight!"

"Humans are nothing but ants!"

"No matter how strong Xuandu is, he's just one person. Do you think my Demon Court's billions of demon soldiers and the Zhou Tian Star Array are afraid of him?"

"Shut up!"

Donghuang Taiyi suddenly turned his head, his eyes almost bursting forth with the true fire of the sun:

"beat?"

"You think you can beat Xuandu?"

"Or can you withstand the Heaven-Piercing Sword?"

The ghost car froze, its nine heads shrinking back simultaneously, no longer daring to speak.

The Master of Heaven.

These four words weighed heavily on the hearts of every demon.

If that sage who wields the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, which cannot be broken by any but the Four Sages, were to descend upon the Demon Court because of the Xuandu incident... the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Big brother."

Donghuang Taiyi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging anger, and looked at Dijun:

"How do we break this deadlock?"

Di Jun remained silent.

His gaze remained fixed outside the hall, his fingertips tapping lightly on the armrest of the throne, producing a rhythmic and muffled sound.

After a long silence, he finally spoke, his voice hoarse:

"This young man, Xuandu...is meticulous in his thinking and ruthless in his methods."

"He calculated my and my second brother's temperaments, the reputation of the Demon Court, and even more accurately... the bottom line of the Sage Tongtian."

He paused, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes:

"This is an open conspiracy."

"If I were to take action, it would mean a full-scale war with the Jie Sect. At that time, the Wu Clan would reap the benefits, and the balance of power in the Great Calamity would inevitably tilt."

"If I don't take action..."

Di Jun clenched his fist tightly, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across the armrest:

"The Demon Court's prestige has been swept away, and my position as Heavenly Emperor will become a joke."

Dilemma.

Lose on both sides.

"Should we... just let him run rampant outside the Demon Court?"

The Nine-Headed Serpent couldn't help but growl, its nine heads simultaneously spewing water and fire, melting a deep crater in a golden dragon pillar beside it.

"When has my demon race ever suffered such humiliation?"

"Even when all twelve ancestral witches of the Witch Clan came together, they dared not surround my Heavenly Gate like this!"

The demon gods Feilian and Shangyang also had grim expressions, their chests heaving, and their demonic energy leaking out uncontrollably.

shame!

This is utter disgrace!

Surrounded by billions of humans, yet forced to watch helplessly?

This is even more unacceptable than the setback suffered on the shores of the East China Sea a century ago!

"Of course not."

Di Jun slowly stood up.

His body was enveloped in a surge of dark golden solar fire, which transformed into a magnificent phantom of a sun that hovered behind him, illuminating the entire hall as bright as day!

The terrifying pressure of a peak Quasi-Saint was released without reservation, causing the void inside the hall to shatter inch by inch!

"Xuandu needs a legitimate reason to attack..."

Di Jun's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he said, word by word:

"Then I will give him a name!"

He looked at Bai Ze:

"Issue my decree."

"Activate the Zhou Tian Star Array."

"Using the power of the stars, we completely sealed off the ten thousand miles of void outside the Demon Court."

"Isolate the inside from the outside, and prohibit passage."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze was taken aback at first, then a glint of light flashed in his eyes:

"Your Majesty intends to..."

"good."

Di Jun sneered:

"Xuan Du is using the human race as a shield to force me to take action."

"Then I will use the Zhou Tian Star Array as a prison to confine him and those billions of human beings... outside the Demon Court."

"I want to see whether he loses his temper first, or I lose my patience first."

Upon hearing this plan, all the demon gods were taken aback, but then they all showed expressions of sudden realization.

Wonderful!

They neither dispersed nor attacked.

They simply used the Zhou Tian Star Array to set up a blockade, trapping Xuandu and the human race in place.

In this way, neither the human race was harmed, nor was Xuandu given a pretext to start a war, and the face of the Demon Court was preserved.

After all, the Zhou Tian Star Array was originally a defensive array of the Demon Court, so activating its protective function was perfectly reasonable.

More importantly... trapping Xuandu means temporarily keeping him outside the Demon Court.

As time went on, the news spread, and all living beings in the primordial world would only think that the Demon Court had suppressed Xuandu's arrogance with its supreme formation, rather than that the Demon Court had been cowardly.

As for how Xuandu will break the formation, that's his business.

If you can't break free, you'll remain trapped and become a laughingstock.

If it's broken... then it's an active attack on the Demon Court's grand formation, giving the Demon Court a reason to retaliate!

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Bai Ze immediately bowed, his worry lessening slightly.

The other demon gods were also invigorated and responded in unison:

"We will obey Your Majesty's decree!"

Di Jun nodded slightly, his gaze returning to the outside of the hall, a cold glint in his eyes:

"Xuan Du..."

"I want to see how you, a mere Primordial Golden Immortal, will break my Zhou Tian Star Array."