The Empress has abandoned me? I'll support a new emperor and destroy your kingdom!

Su Che returned to his tent.

Yun Jin had already tidied up the tent.

She placed a small stove in the corner, on which something was simmering.

"Jin'er, what are you doing?"

"Blood Spirit Porridge. The spirit rice in the camp isn't very good, so we'll have to make do."

Su Che sat down, picked up the bowl, and took a sip.

It tasted much worse than what they make at home, but Su Che ate it with great relish.

"Jin'er, there might be a battle tomorrow."

"Sure."

"I plan to take the field myself."

"OK."

"Aren't you going to stop me?"

"You said you wanted to hone your skills, why would I stop you?"

"I want to cultivate the Bloodthirsty Demon God's bloodline, so I've sealed away most of my power. If I can't win then..."

"Don't worry, I'll be there to support my husband."

......

Su Che looked at Yun Jin, whose face was cool but not cold in the light of the tent lamp.

Her tone of voice was always so calm, but every word carried an undeniable certainty.

Su Che put down the bowl and reached out to hold Yun Jin's hand.

"Jin'er, thank you."

"My lord, what are you saying? Haven't you helped me enough before?"

"It's not thanking you for protecting me, it's thanking you for letting me do what I want to do."

Yun Jin glanced at him; the look was brief, but Su Che caught a fleeting glimpse of tenderness within it.

"My husband, do whatever you want," Yun Jin said. "I'll share the consequences."

Su Che smiled.

"The consequences could be quite severe, like me getting beaten to a pulp."

"Then I'll kill all those who hurt you!"

"What if I get killed?"

Yun Jin looked at him.

"No! With me here, my husband won't die before me!"

Yun Jin spoke with such certainty, as if she had already eliminated everything that could potentially kill Su Che.

A warm feeling welled up in Su Che's heart.

He released Yun Jin's hand and lay down on the cot.

"Go to sleep. We're going to fight tomorrow."

"good."

Yun Jin blew out the spirit lamp.

The tent was plunged into darkness.

Su Che closed his eyes. His body felt very different and uncomfortable after being sealed.

Without the continuous boost from the Emperor's Vein and the spiritual energy fluctuations from the Heavenly Calamity Ranking, his body became much calmer.

But the bloodline of the Blood Demon God pulsed slightly in the darkness, like a seed poised to sprout.

It is waiting.

Waiting for the moment to be awakened.

......

After daybreak, the demon race launched an attack.

This is not a test.

Five thousand demon soldiers surged out of the dense forests of the northern wilderness, overwhelming the vampire army camp.

The front row consisted of demon soldiers at the Spirit Sea Realm, interspersed with several demon beasts at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

At the very back, there were dozens of demon generals at the Void Breaking Realm, providing cover.

The alarms blared loudly in the military camp.

Xueyan stood on the camp wall, his face ashen.

He had only 1,500 garrison troops plus 500 elite guards brought by Su Che, for a total of 2,000 men.

But there are five thousand on the other side.

"Everyone, get on the wall!" Blood Rock roared.

Soldiers rushed up the camp wall, and archers began firing.

Spiritual arrows rained down, felling a group of front-line demon soldiers.

But the demon soldiers did not stop, continuing their charge over the corpses of their comrades.

"They're not afraid to die!" a soldier exclaimed.

Su Che stood on the high point of the camp wall, watching the demon soldiers rushing towards him.

He noticed something unusual.

The demon soldiers' eyes looked strange.

Although the demon soldiers in the Spirit Sea Realm are not very intelligent, they should have basic survival instincts.

But the eyes of these demon soldiers were empty, their pupils unfocused, like walking corpses.

"We've been manipulated," Su Che said in a low voice.

Although he no longer possessed the Dark Eye Technique, his Bloodline of the Fiend Demon God still had a certain ability to perceive anomalies at the soul level.

He sensed extremely faint fluctuations of soul energy within those demon soldiers.

It is not their own soul, but something from elsewhere.

The soul-soul technique of the demon race.

These demon soldiers were controlled by the ghost race.

This is why the demon race's attack was large in scale but lacked intensity.

The true rulers are not the demon race, but the ghost race.

The demon soldiers are merely pawns.

Su Che kept this discovery in mind.

Now is not the time for analysis; holding the fort is the priority.

"Blood Edge!" Su Che shouted.

Xuefeng ran over: "Young Clan Leader!"

"Send the elite guards to reinforce the eastern camp wall; the garrison there is the smallest."

"Yes!"

Blood Edge and his men escaped.

Su Che drew his ordinary longsword from his waist and stood on the camp wall.

A demon soldier at the Spirit Sea Realm scaled the camp wall and pounced on him.

Su Che dodged to the side and thrust his sword into the demon soldier's throat with a backhand motion.

The demon soldier screamed and fell to the ground.

This was the first time Su Che had killed an enemy after sealing all his power.

It feels very different.

Back when the Emperor's Lineage and the Cataclysmic Ranking existed, killing demon soldiers of the same level was as easy as stepping on ants.

He currently only possesses the spiritual power of the early stage of the Returning Origin Realm and the physical enhancement from the Blood Demon God's bloodline.

Killing a demon general at the Void Breaking Realm might require going all out.

The second demon soldier charged forward.

Su Che swung his sword and cut him down.

The third one, the fourth one.

He adapted as he played.

Without the support of the Nether Step technique, his movement speed decreased significantly.

Without the power boost from the Emperor's Vein, every strike he makes must be precise to inflict effective damage.

But he discovered something.

The Bloodthirsty Demon God's bloodline began to activate during the battle.

With each demon soldier he killed, he could feel his blood vessels tremble slightly.

The vibration was very subtle, like a heartbeat that skipped a beat.