The divine manifestations began at the Gongwei Division.

Deep within the Ten Thousand Mountains, the Demon Court was in complete disarray.

The group of powerful demons looked at the corpses scattered all over the mountains and fields, their faces turning extremely grim.

Not long ago, they had just set up their formation when Zhou Heng returned to attack once again.

They had originally planned that if Zhou Heng came again, they would keep him here.

But when it came to actually implementing it, they discovered that Zhou Heng had moved too fast.

A flash of golden light, and the person had vanished without a trace.

None of their methods worked.

The result was that Zhou Heng killed another large number of monsters.

Although they had a million soldiers, they couldn't withstand Zhou Heng's slaughter.

Even if Zhou Heng killed many people once or twice, the impact on morale alone would be unbearable.

Several powerful demons have already discovered that their subordinates, Erlang, are now terrified of Zhou Heng.

If this continues, they might not dare to attack Zhou Heng in the future.

The mighty Demon Court has been bullied to this extent by a mere Guardian Division Commander. If word gets out, the Demon Court will lose all face.

If the other demon kings found out, they would definitely come to devour them.

The Demon Court is currently ruled by multiple Demon Kings, each of whom wants to absorb the power of the other Demon Kings and become the sole ruler of the Demon Court.

Their lineage is now in a very dangerous situation.

"We can't let Zhou Heng bully us like this anymore."

A fourth-rank powerful demon said in a deep voice, "We must find a way to fight back!"

"How do we retaliate?"

Another fourth-rank great demon, "He has mastered the Heavenly Gang Immortal Technique, the Golden Light that Moves Across the Earth. Unless one's cultivation is far superior to his, no one can stop him."

He comes and goes as he pleases; we can't do anything about it!

Not all monsters are ignorant.

As a fourth-rank demon, it had spent a long time mingling in human society and had naturally heard of the power of the Heavenly Gang Immortal Technique.

Those golden beams that leap from the ground were a supreme technique for escaping, and they couldn't stop Zhou Heng at all.

Their only advantage over Zhou Heng was their numbers.

However, since Zhou Heng had mastered the Heavenly Gang Immortal Technique of Golden Light Across the Earth, their advantage was completely rendered useless.

To them, Zhou Heng is now like a hot potato—something they can neither mess with nor offend.

But the other party just wouldn't let it go!

"If we can't beat him, can't we beat those ordinary people in Shu Prefecture?"

If you push us too far, we'll march on Shu Prefecture right now and turn it into a river of blood!

A fourth-rank demon gritted his teeth.

"I have a way to deal with Zhou Heng."

Suddenly, one of the monsters that had been silent spoke up.

It was a fox demon, its cultivation level was only fifth grade, but it sat among a group of fourth grade great demons, and those fourth grade great demons all treated it with great respect.

This is extremely unusual in the Demon Court, where strength is paramount.

Clearly, this fox demon must have something unusual about it.

"Brother Tushan, what's your plan?"

All the fourth-rank demons spoke up.

The little demon king is still inside the demoness's belly, and the affairs of the demon court are decided by the great demons.

As the art of war says, "Use your own spear to attack your own shield."

The fox demon said calmly, "We can't deal with Zhou Heng, but we can let the humans deal with him themselves."

"How is this possible? Zhou Heng is the Zhenfu Envoy of the Gongwei Division of the Da Yue Dynasty, holding a high position and great power."

In this Shu Prefecture, he is the ruler; who can possibly defeat him?

All the fourth-rank demons shook their heads.

"The Commander of the Imperial Guard is indeed a high-ranking and powerful official, but within the Great Yue Dynasty, there are many officials with higher ranks and greater strength than him."

The fox demon said confidently, "If the Great Yue Dynasty punishes him, do you think Zhou Heng would dare to resist?"

If he resists, it would be disobeying imperial orders, a serious crime of treason.

At that time, the Dai Viet Dynasty will have nowhere to hide.

"Brother Tushan, stop beating around the bush and just say it."

Those fourth-rank demons said impatiently.

They don't care about anything else, they only care about how things should be done.

"We can send someone to the capital of the Da Yue Dynasty to persuade the important figures there, making their emperor believe that Zhou Heng has ceded territory in Shu Prefecture and is acting as a king with his own army."

When the time comes, the emperor of the Da Yue Dynasty will surely summon Zhou Heng back to punish him.

As long as Zhou Heng is punished, then Shu Prefecture will still be our territory.

"We can take down Zhou Heng without losing a single soldier!"

The fox demon said confidently.

The four great demons exchanged glances, their faces filled with surprise and delight.

As expected, the fox demon's brain works better.

Why didn't they think of this method of using someone else to do their dirty work?

"Brother Tushan, who should we send to persuade the important figures of the Great Yue Dynasty?"

We can't go empty-handed, can we? Those important human figures are incredibly greedy, and we don't have much gold or silver on us.

"A fourth-rank demon said."

"It doesn't matter if you don't have gold and silver jewelry. Our Hundred Thousand Mountains are full of natural treasures. Just bring a few pieces, and when you arrive in the Great Yue Dynasty, you can naturally exchange them for a lot of gold and silver."

The fox demon said, "As for this persuader, I will go there myself."

"Besides me, I doubt anyone else could do this well."

"If Brother Tushan is willing to make the trip himself, that would be the best outcome!"

All the fourth-rank demons exclaimed with joy.

This fox spirit had lived in human society for many years and was once a learned and resourceful scholar.

When the Demon King Pingtian was alive, he appointed the fox demon as the strategist of the Demon Court.

Although the Demon King Pingtian is now dead, the fourth-rank demons still greatly admire the fox demon's wisdom.

"There is no time to lose. I would like to trouble you generals to prepare some rare and precious materials. I will set off tonight."

The fox demon said solemnly, "In order to prevent Zhou Heng from discovering this, after I set off, I will ask all the generals to feign an attack on Shu Prefecture to attract Zhou Heng's attention."

"That's natural."

The four great demons all spoke up.

They harbored deep hatred for Zhou Heng, and now they were generously offering their treasured rare and precious materials for the fox demon to choose from.

The fox demon unceremoniously selected more than ten rare and precious materials, then packed his bags and disappeared into the mountains under the cover of night.

As the fox demon set off, the great demons of the fourth rank also led their respective forces to attack Shu Prefecture.

When Zhou Heng saw the demon army mobilize, he couldn't help but frown.

Did we make things worse?

He wanted to use the demon soldiers of the Demon Court to farm rewards, but he ended up completely angering the Demon Court.

With that in mind, Zhou Heng did not hesitate.

After the second attack on the Demon Court, he received the same reward.

However, it wasn't the cultivation he most desired, but a sword.

With a swift movement, Zhou Heng transformed into a golden light and crashed down in front of the demon army.

He stood with his sword drawn, facing the demon army directly.

On one side were hundreds of thousands of monsters, and on the other side stood a man with a sword drawn.

But it seemed as if that one person had overpowered hundreds of thousands of monsters.

"Zhou Heng, you actually dare to show yourself?"

A fourth-rank demon wielding a spiked club stepped forward and shouted.

"You're good at running away, aren't you? Go ahead and run away again."

"You can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple. I don't believe you can abandon Shu Prefecture!"

"Are you threatening me with Shu Prefecture?"

Zhou Heng said coldly.

"So what if it's a threat?"

The monster shouted loudly.

"I don't eat beef."

Zhou Heng said.

The monster was taken aback, not understanding what it meant.

It was about to ask Zhou Heng what he meant.

Then a flash of light appeared, rapidly approaching.

Its expression changed, and it kicked its legs violently, retreating backward.

As a fourth-rank great demon, its reaction speed is already extremely fast.

But that flash of light was even faster.

No sooner said than done.

With a whoosh.

The blade flashed behind the fourth-rank demon and disappeared into the ground.

The fourth-rank demon's body suddenly stiffened in mid-air. It looked down at its chest, its face full of disbelief.

puff!

A wound appeared on its chest, and blood gushed out.

With a crash, the fourth-rank demon collapsed to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

Zhou Heng stood holding the knife, blood sliding down the blade, gathering into drops at the tip before falling to the ground with a thud.

Hundreds of thousands of monsters remained completely silent.

"You guessed right, I really can't kill you all."

Zhou Heng slowly began to speak, "I don't accept threats, but we can still talk."

All the monsters were cursing inwardly.

You'll kill me if I don't accept your threats?

Was our general threatening you? We were just trying to stall for time, not actually preparing to attack Shu Prefecture!

Our Demon Court isn't fully prepared for a full-scale war yet, is it?

Why are you killing people right off the bat? No, why are you killing demons?

Can't you just let us finish what we have to say?

"Zhou Heng, how do you want to talk?"

Another fourth-rank demon said through gritted teeth.

As it spoke, it secretly made a gesture, causing a group of monsters to block its way.

It was also afraid that Zhou Heng would make another move.

If Zhou Heng were to attack again, with his personal guards holding off the attackers, it would have a better chance of escaping.

It was already cursing under its breath.

Damn Zhou Heng, I'll let you be smug for a while longer. Before long, you'll be a corpse!

"We'll both cease hostilities. I'll stop attacking you, and you'll withdraw your troops. How about that?"

Zhou Heng looked at the flashing red light in front of him and spoke slowly.

He appeared to block the demon army, and the dangerous countdown was activated.

This was an unexpected delight.

If he can persuade the Demon Court to withdraw its troops, wouldn't the danger be averted?

Zhou Heng wasn't unwilling to fight, but even if he were to completely abandon all shame, it would be difficult for him to kill all these demon soldiers.

These demon soldiers were clearly not prepared to fight him to the death, but instead planned to attack Shu Prefecture directly.

Shuzhou is no match for this million demon soldiers.

Ultimately, the entire Shu Province is now being held up by Zhou Heng alone.

Moreover, Zhou Heng still needs to go back to refine the Heaven-Reaching Pill. If they officially start a war with the Demon Court at this time, the Heaven-Reaching Pill will definitely be destroyed, if nothing else.

The materials for refining the Heavenly Pill are extremely rare and hard to come by. Once destroyed, it will be impossible to refine the Heavenly Pill again.

Zhou Heng was unwilling to accept this loss.

He came to provoke the Demon Court just so he could refine the Heaven-Reaching Pill, right?

If this leads to the failure of refining the Heavenly Pill, then all his efforts will have been in vain.

"You've killed so many of our monsters, and we're just going to retreat like this? What about our reputation?"

A fourth-rank demon shouted.

"Then let's fight! I can't say whether I can kill all the monsters, but I will kill every single one of you!"

Zhou Heng said angrily.

The other fourth-rank demons glared angrily at the one who had spoken.

If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all!

What if this infuriates Zhou Heng?

If a fight really breaks out, Zhou Heng can start and leave whenever he wants. What are we supposed to do?

If he charges at us monsters, kills us, then runs away, then charges at us again, then runs away again...

Who could withstand that?

A third-rank martial arts master shamelessly becomes an assassin; let alone them, even a demon king couldn't withstand that.

They're just here to buy time; they're not actually going to war with Zhou Heng.

"We can withdraw our troops, but you must guarantee that you will not provoke my Demon Court again!"

Otherwise, we will fight you to the death!

Another fourth-rank demon said in a deep voice.

The other fourth-rank demons couldn't help but slap their foreheads, saying, "Just say it, why are you threatening him?"

What if he really decides to fight us to the death?

"Zhou Heng, you provoked us first. We didn't want to do this. If you're willing to stop, we certainly won't attack Shu Prefecture."

Another fourth-rank demon said.

This time, all the monsters breathed a sigh of relief; at least one of them wasn't a threat anymore.

"If you stay in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and behave yourselves, I will naturally not take action."

Zhou Heng felt a little puzzled; these monsters seemed a bit strange.

These monsters weren't always so easy to talk to.

How can they be so good-natured?

Something's not right, something's not right!

Zhou Heng squinted as he examined the monsters.

He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

No matter what these monsters are up to, as long as they retreat, that's fine.

What I need now is time. As long as I can delay until I refine the Heaven-Reaching Pill, then everything will be fine.

With the Heaven-Reaching Pill, he would have the opportunity to break through to the second rank of martial arts.

Once he achieves the second rank, he alone will be able to deter the Demon Court from launching any further military campaigns.

The difference between the third and second ranks of martial arts may seem small, but their strengths are worlds apart.

Zhou Heng didn't even know if the Great Yue Dynasty had such a powerful figure at the second rank of martial arts.

If he could reach the second rank of martial arts, he wouldn't dare say he would immediately become the number one person in the Great Yue Dynasty, but he wouldn't be too far off.

At that time, there will be very few people in the world who can mess with him.

Even the imperial court had to show him respect.

If we consider the Dai Viet Dynasty as the Heavenly Court, then he is Erlang Shen.

Obey orders, not pronouncements.

If he is unhappy, even the emperor will be uneasy.

Swish!

Zhou Heng raised his hand, and the Jinghong Blade transformed into a blade of light, slamming into the ground with a boom.

A crack over a hundred feet long suddenly appeared on the ground.

"With this as the dividing line, I will not voluntarily cross this line within the next three years."

But if you cross this line, I will kill you without mercy.

Zhou Heng said loudly.

The demons exchanged glances.

This suits them just as well.

In less than three years, or at most one year, Zhou Heng will be punished by the Great Yue Dynasty. At that time, who can stop them from occupying Shu Prefecture?

What they need now is time!

"It's a deal!"

A fourth-rank demon said in a deep voice, "If you go back on your word again like last time, don't blame me for the annihilation of all the demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains!"

Zhou Heng's expression was strange; these monsters really were suspicious.

They agreed to such harsh conditions without raising any conditions themselves.

I can kill their demon king myself.

Do they no longer want revenge?

When did the monsters become so restrained?

Zhou Heng thought it was a ghost, but the red light in front of him had quietly receded and turned into a green light.

The danger countdown has been reset to zero; the danger is over.

Are these monsters really going to withdraw their troops?