The divine manifestations began at the Gongwei Division.

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

The Qingyang Mountain Lord is so powerful that even the sound of torrential rain cannot drown it out.

The roaring countdown echoed far and wide, clearly audible within a radius of several miles.

With a wave of his hand, Lord Qingyang sent a person flying into the air.

Just then.

suddenly.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

The raindrops seemed to come alive, transforming into sharp arrows that shot towards Lord Qingyang Mountain.

The figure that Qingyang Mountain Lord had captured from the city fell down.

A water rope appeared out of thin air, tethered the man, and then lowered him back to the ground.

outside the city.

Zhou Heng appeared a hundred feet away from Qingyang Mountain Lord.

Awoo!

Lord Qingyang let out a roar.

Suddenly, a strong mountain wind arose, even blowing away the dark clouds in the sky.

The heavy rain stopped instantly.

The moment Lord Qingyang made his move, he revealed his formidable strength.

Although both are fourth-rank great demons, the Qingyang Mountain Lord is much stronger than the Little Demon King and the Blood Ape General.

Zhou Heng stared at the flashing danger countdown in front of him.

The countdown is an unprecedented month.

Based on Zhou Heng's experience, this means that with his current strength, it would take him a month to resolve the immediate danger.

The greater the danger, the longer the countdown time.

Did the Lord of Qingyang Mountain bring him unprecedented danger?

The countdown to danger wasn't this long when I was caught in the chaos of war in Qizhou.

Back then, his strength was far less than it is now.

However, upon further reflection, Zhou Heng realized the source of the danger.

This danger comes not only from Lord Qingyang Mountain, but also from the two thousand demons under his command, and the ever-watchful Demon Court.

Lord Qingyang has occupied Jiangyang County. If the Demon Court gets wind of this, they might coordinate with Lord Qingyang from within and without to completely seize Shu Prefecture.

Although Zhou Heng had sent Chen Zhaowu and Xie Baiwei to guard against the Demon Court, the military strength of Shu Prefecture was limited and they certainly couldn't stop it.

To resolve this danger, Zhou Heng must kill Qingyang Mountain Lord as quickly as possible and then go to help them resist the Demon Court.

"Lord Qingyang Mountain, do you dare to fight me?"

Zhou Heng declared loudly, "If you defeat me, the Demon Saint Bone will be yours."

"Ha ha."

Lord Qingyang laughed loudly, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

I have the advantage today, so why should I fight you one-on-one?

"Zhou Heng, right? There are hundreds of thousands of people in this city. Guess how long it would take me to kill them all?"

A fierce glint flashed in Qingyang Mountain Lord's eyes.

"My two thousand brothers, it won't take three days to wipe them all out!"

Lord Qingyang did not expect to hear Zhou Heng's reply, and instead spoke to himself.

"If you don't want to see them all die, then send over the Demon Saint Bone."

"A single demon saint's bone, exchanged for hundreds of thousands of lives—you've made a profit."

Lord Qingyang laughed heartily.

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly; the worst had happened.

If Lord Qingyang dares to fight him one-on-one, he is 70% confident that he can kill Lord Qingyang.

Once the Lord of Qingyang Mountain is killed, the monsters in the city will be leaderless and will naturally disperse.

But now, Lord Qingyang doesn't fight him one-on-one at all.

Moreover, judging from Qingyang Mountain Lord's appearance, if I make the first move, the other party is very likely to hide in the city and use the city's hundreds of thousands of people as a shield.

Even if Zhou Heng possessed extraordinary abilities, it would be impossible for him to kill more than two thousand monsters in the entire city in one fell swoop.

To hesitate to act for fear of breaking the law.

Zhou Heng could not possibly ignore the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

"Lord Qingyang, you can give it a try."

Zhou Heng said coldly, "Go ahead and kill. Kill everyone in this city, and I guarantee that you, and none of the monsters under your command, will escape."

"Trying to scare me?"

Lord Qingyang said disdainfully, "When I was roaming the world, you hadn't even grown your first hair yet."

Do I not know you people from the Imperial Guard?

With these people under my control, what can you do to me?

"Don't test my patience. From now on, I will kill one hundred people every hour until you deliver the Demon Saint Bone to me."

"Don't tell me you don't have the Demon Saint Bone. You're going to use it to refine the Heaven-Reaching Pill. What are you going to do without it?"

Lord Qingyang spoke in a chilling tone.

Before it could finish speaking...

Cries and screams could be heard throughout Jiangyang County.

One hundred monsters dragged one hundred people out of their homes and onto the city wall.

They held the hundred people hostage with ferocious expressions, waiting for Qingyang Mountain Lord's order to bite off their heads.

Zhou Heng's face was gloomy.

As expected of a monster that has been active for so many years, no wonder the Guardian Division failed to capture it in several previous attempts.

This Lord Qingyang is indeed difficult to deal with.

This was the first time Zhou Heng had encountered such a troublesome monster.

The other party really had him completely under their thumb.

Even with his strength, it's impossible for him to save a hundred people from a hundred monsters at the same time.

"Lord Qingyang Mountain, the Demon Saint Bone is in my hands."

Zhou Heng raised his hand, revealing a square box. He called out, "Take this and leave Shu Prefecture."

Before I change my mind.

With a flick of his wrist, the square wooden box flew out and landed with a thud on the city wall of Jiangyang County.

The city wall shook twice with a loud rumble, and all the monsters on the city wall lost their footing, some even falling to the ground.

Their faces all showed expressions of horror.

The commander of this Imperial Guard is really quite powerful.

"Whoosh!"

Lord Qingyang snorted disdainfully, "So what if you're strong?"

Isn't it still under its control?

In the world of business, ability is important, but strategy is even more important.

Why should I risk my life for you if I can solve a problem with my brain?

With a single gesture, it snatched the wooden box.

Click.

Lord Qingyang crushed the wooden box.

boom.

As it moved, a cloud of white smoke suddenly billowed out from inside the wooden box.

Caught off guard, Lord Qingyang inhaled a wisp of the smoke and dust.

The smoke and dust spread rapidly, drifting into the nostrils of the monsters on the city wall.

The monsters' nostrils were already large, and the smoke spread so quickly that the monsters didn't even have time to react before they had inhaled all the smoke.

Lord Qingyang's hands were covered in wood chips, and his face instantly darkened.

"You dare to play me?"

It roared angrily.

"Kill them all—"

I advise you to reconsider.

Zhou Heng said calmly, "What you just inhaled was the Demon-Slaying Powder personally refined by Lin Hanyuan, the King of Southern Medicine."

It contains a mixture of 360 kinds of poisons. Even a third-rank demon king would be doomed if poisoned without an antidote.

By the way, it also contains some powder scraped from the bones of a demon saint, so don't expect to expel the poison yourself unless your strength surpasses that of a demon saint.

"Lord Qingyang Mountain, how many lives do you think you can exchange your own?"

Zhou Heng's eyes sharpened, and he said coldly.