The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

Hou Cang looked at Lin Du's strange behavior with suspicion. "Junior Sister, what's wrong? Did you hurt your back when you were dodging?"

He asked why Lin Du only moved his head and not his waist when he drew his sword.

Lin Du: ...

Chu Guanmeng explained for her, "Is it possible that Lin Du just wants to steal someone's kidneys?"

Hou Cang didn't understand. "Huh?"

He looked at his junior sister, "Are you so tired you're delirious? You can't even accurately remove the demonic fetus, yet you're trying to dissect someone's kidneys?"

Lin Du had nothing to say to this senior brother. He flew to the foot of the city wall, confirmed that the group was in good spirits, had abundant spiritual energy, and were basically unharmed, and said, "Mo Lin and Yan Qing, set up camp outside the city. The Supreme Sect will not return to the city today."

Ju Yuan, who landed right after her, rubbed his hands together. "Hehe, junior sister, you also feel like you didn't get enough of a warm-up, right?"

Lin Du felt he really had nothing to say to his senior brothers, so he began to set up an array on the spot.

Yan Qing took out a mobile cave dwelling made by his master, fixed it on the spot, and a small dwelling quickly appeared in front of the city gate.

Lin Du set up a defensive array, threw a spirit-gathering array inside, and stuffed a few spirit crystals inside. "Go in and rest."

Yuan Ye exclaimed in surprise. The previous actions were nothing compared to the fact that his junior uncle had actually taken out spirit crystals for them to absorb spiritual energy. This was quite a generous gesture.

"You're really not going back to the city? Why?"

Lin Du glanced at Qi Zhen, a half-smile playing on his lips, "Isn't it better outside?"

She looked at Qi Zhen, "Your junior apprentice can handle it too, right?"

Qi Zhen smiled and said, "I will naturally follow my master."

Lin Du was very satisfied. He patted him on the shoulder and led his men into the temporary encampment. As they flew upwards, someone paused for a moment and asked, "Master, aren't you going back to the city to rest?"

"We're not going back! We'll stay down here and watch. Not a single demon will pass through this gate today!" Ju Yuan said, brandishing his spear. "You go up, we'll be here all along."

Yan Qing was pushed forward by Lin Du to give an official speech, "If any of you are seriously injured and cannot fly to the city wall for the time being, you can come here to rest. If there are any willing medical practitioners, you can also come and stay here. The defensive array was set up by my Uncle Lin Du, so it should be able to protect you to some extent."

Although Xia Tianwu is a medical cultivator, she is not considered part of the logistics force. Her strange fire is extremely harmful to demons, and she can easily take on a hundred of them. She is a major fighting force of the Supreme Sect.

There wasn't a single one of them who couldn't fight.

As the next wave of demonic tide approached, several people sat inside, removed their masks, and had their pulses checked by Xia Tianwu. After confirming that they were alright, they swallowed several recovery pills with spiritual liquid and neatly took out their fur—to begin polishing their precious weapons.

The demonic blood is thick and sticky, and cannot be wiped off with ordinary cleaning techniques. It requires the application of spiritual power and external force to dissolve it.

This filth remaining on their own spiritual treasures and the precious things they created with their own hands is unbearable, utterly unbearable.

Some were wiping swords, some were wiping knives, some were wiping whips, some were wiping iron-eating beasts, and some were wiping cold moon spirits...

Lin Du pinched Chu Guanmeng, looking disgusted, "Why are you still spitting out dirty things?"

"It's the blood moon's fault!" Chu Guanmeng cursed. "Who would have thought that the blood moon's radiance would also be corrupted, moon..."

Lin Du sighed, "That's why I told you not to eat random things. Now you regret it, don't you?"

Ni Jinxuan moved closer to Lin Du and used her divine sense to communicate with him, "Didn't Junior Uncle originally disagree with not returning to the city?"

"Hmm, I'm worried about bringing dirty things back to the city." Lin Du said, glancing at Qi Zhen. "Has Qi Zhen acted strangely today?"

"It seems not. I just suffered some internal injuries and vomited some blood when I encountered a demon." Ni Jinxuan's eyes revealed some doubt.

Lin Du nodded. "Your martial uncle trusts you, so keep an eye on him and also take care of yourself."

"Don't worry, Yuan Ye's mechanical puppets are very effective in defense!" Ni Jinxuan nodded vigorously, then glanced at Lin Du's hair and blindfold, "But Junior Uncle, you..."

"I'm fine, it's just more convenient this way." Lin Du felt that being blind could avoid many problems.

such as……

"Fellow Daoist Yuan! Fellow Daoist Lin! Is there anything I can help you with?" A strong voice rang out from outside the tent.

Lin Du thought that deaf people were better than blind people.

Yi Zhen poked his head in, his voice a little softer, "Fellow Daoist Lin?"

"My master is calling me from up there, I have to go up. Do you need any medicine or if you still have any of those sachets? Can I bring you some new ones?"

Lin Du suddenly remembered something, stood up, and said, "Yes."

Yi Zhen's eyes lit up. "Oh, you said it!"

She stood up, still clutching the dumpling she'd been spitting out, and said, "Go help me..."

The next instant, the curtain fell behind them, silencing their voices.

Lin Du finished setting up the soundproof barrier. "Go and have the city lord allocate some reserve cultivators to patrol the city. They should wear the Mirror of Insight to ensure that no evil spirits can sneak into the city."

"But isn't this demonic tide supposed to mean that demons' minds are only capable of devouring and destruction...? How come there are still demons mixed in with the city?" Yi Zhen was puzzled, but chose to obey. "But don't worry, fellow Daoist, I'll speak to the city lord!"

"It's just to make sure there's no fire behind us. Patrolling isn't too much trouble." Lin Du kneaded the white dough with one hand.

"That's true! As expected of Fellow Daoist Lin, you are indeed meticulous!" Yi Zhen nodded vigorously. "Then let's not delay, I'll take my leave first."

He nimbly leaped upwards and quickly flew onto the city wall.

Lin Du stood still, unconsciously kneading the dough in his hands, his gray eyes swirling with emotion beneath the white veil.

"Hey, that's enough, I've already thrown up, and you're still taking advantage of me!" Chu Guanmeng bit Lin Du's index finger.

"I understand." Lin Du came back to his senses.

Countless beams of light descended from the city wall, spreading like wildfire across the night sky.

A new wave of demonic energy has arrived.

This wave of demonic forces is far more ferocious than before.

The heavy curtain behind her was lifted by a long spear, and Ju Yuan stepped out. "Junior Sister, I'm going to kill the evil spirits first... Hey, don't pull me."

He turned around innocently. "What?"

Lin Du put on a mask. "This wave of demons includes many mid-level and even high-level demons. The demonic energy is so strong. Please take good care of your disciple and the younger generation."

"Jinxuan and Molin are such good fighters... just call me and I'll come."

Lin Du shook his head. "With such a large-scale demonic tide, it would be difficult to accurately locate even several people if they were submerged, let alone one. Therefore, the best approach is to avoid splitting up."

She directed, "You are at the front, Mo Lin and Tian Wu are on either side of you, Yuan Ye and Yan Qing are responsible for the flank defense, Jin Xuan and Qi Zhen are inside, and my fourth senior brother and I will stay behind to defend."

"Keep an eye on your apprentice," Lin Du warned as a final warning.

Ju Yuan's expression turned solemn. "Junior Sister, have you noticed something amiss?"

"I'm not afraid of conspiracies, I'm only afraid that they won't happen." Lin Du smiled. "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I'll take care of the work of reporting to Senior Sister from now on."

Ju Yuan chuckled for a moment, then quickly recovered, "Don't hide anything from me if there's any danger. I'm still stronger than you."

"Okay, okay." Lin Du smiled.

The people behind him came out one after another, and followed Lin Du's instructions without acting separately.

Thus, the Supreme Sect forcibly broke open a huge, visible vacuum zone within the demonic tide, truly demonstrating what it means for even irrational demons to yield under absolute power.

Lin Du stayed at the back of the line until Ju Yuan called out, "What's that up ahead???"

Upon hearing this, Hou Cang and Lin Du simultaneously leaped to their feet and saw a massive, high-level demon, as large as a mountain, approaching from afar amidst the surging demonic tide.

Calling it a mountain range isn't quite accurate. When Lin Du looked with his divine sense, he saw countless tangled and intertwined demonic vines binding together various evil spirits, transforming them into a walking mountain of flesh.

Even though the creature's limbs were clearly visible and thick, its fleshy wings pointed skyward, and its head and body were perfectly clear, Lin Du firmly believed that this was not a single creature, but rather "a group".

Lin Du raised his hand and tore off the white veil over his eyes, suddenly wishing he were blind.

The demon had nearly a hundred pairs of scarlet eyes arranged in a staggered pattern, its entire body covered like scales, and its bluish-black limbs extended out like fleshy spikes. It was more sinister and disgusting than all the strange demons that had been killed before.

Hou Cang raised his hand and made a hand seal, opening his Dharma Eye. He discovered that countless demonic embryos within that thing were glowing with a dim red light, making it impossible to attack. Even he, a cultivator at the early stage of the sixth rank, felt extremely oppressed and couldn't muster much fighting spirit.

A true, troublesome, high-ranking demon with a destructive power that devours everything.

Extremely ominous.

"My goodness, this little thing looks absolutely inhuman!"

Guiyuan Sect was incredibly powerful. Although the first wave of demons was numerous, their quality wasn't as monstrous. With the Wushang Sect at full strength to guarantee their survival, they chose to engage in the second wave.

At this moment, Pei Qin's uninhibited voice entered the ears of the Wushang Sect members, temporarily easing their shock and discomfort.

"Isn't it said that the higher the level of a demon, the more human-like they are? What's going on here?"

Pei Qinxuan moved to Lin Du's side, glanced back at Ju Yuan, and said, "Junior Sister, your senior brother says you're the smartest person in the world, and you've read a lot of books. Tell me?"

Lin Du smiled and said, "The true form of a demon is easy to expose its weaknesses, so it often likes to take on a human form. The stronger the form, the more attractive it is. However, due to the influence of the demon tide, most of the demons that came out of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave did not have any consciousness, so they did not take on any human form."

"Perhaps this ugly, high-ranking demon is the Demon Lord?"

Chu Guanmeng felt that if Yin Yang Wei Qi had a realm, then Lin Du was already invincible in the world, and there would be few match for him in the entire Dongming Realm.

Yuan Ye was the first to respond to his junior uncle, "I think that makes sense, absolutely right."

"Maybe the Demon Lord's original form is even uglier?" Ni Jinxuan blurted out.

Lin Du looked at Qi Zhen with satisfaction. "What do you think, Qi Zhen?"

A strange, dark, and twisted look appeared on Qi Zhen's bewitching face. He gritted his teeth and said, word by word, "But didn't Martial Uncle say that the Demon Tide comes from the Ten Thousand Demon Cave and has no mind? How could the Demon Lord be in the Demon Tide?"

Lin Du smiled and said, "Yes, if the Demon Lord had any brains, he wouldn't have been the first to charge into the enemy's camp."

Qi Zhen gripped his sword tightly. Amidst the chaos, his hands trembled slightly, veins bulging, as he endured the pain. "This demon is so powerful, it looks incredibly dangerous. What if we can't defeat it, what if we can't stop this demonic tide? Do we even have a way out?"

To everyone's surprise, the expressions of the people around them all changed, their faces filled with disbelief. "What did you say?"

"What are you worried about?"

The members of the Supreme Sect all looked at Qi Zhen in unison. "As long as our Supreme Sect exists, this possibility will never occur."

Pei Qin touched his nose, unable to understand why this group of people, the number one sect in Zhongzhou, had suddenly gone mad and kept spouting these simple and unadorned truths.

Ju Yuan looked ahead. "Fourth brother, we're going to have to go together today. You haven't lost your skills over the years, have you?"

"Slightly better than you," Hou Cang said coldly.

Just as Lin Du was about to step forward, she was neatly blocked by Ju Yuan and Hou Cang's spear and sword. She met two pairs of equally clear and firm eyes under the blood moon.

"Junior sister, you protect the junior. Leave this big guy to us."

"Hey, hey, hey, it's not like we're never coming back! Hurry up, stop dawdling, let's go!" Pei Qin broke the silence. "Let's show these newbies what real fighting is!"