"So did you get to the bottom of it? What exactly caused this?" Flame Seizing Demon King asked again.
"It should be something wrong with the water source," another Oblivion River Demon King said, "All the demon beasts who drank from the mountain spring water, without exception, have encountered this situation!"
"The water source?"
"How could something be wrong with the water source?"
Flame Seizing Demon King became even more solemn. Although they had cultivated into demons, they still could not live without water. Something wrong with the water source was tantamount to destroying their roots.
"I see, this has to do with Bo Gu's territory!"
At this point, Oblivion River Demon King's pupils shrank as he solemnly said, "Ever since something happened in Bo Gu's territory, this mountain has become restless."
"But didn't we and all the demons in the entire Demon Council issue a kill-on-sight order? Could it be that things in Bo Gu's place have still not been settled?" Flame Seizing Demon King asked again.
His question was immediately met with eye rolls from the other Demon Kings.
"You're really behind on news. Bo Gu's territory, apart from some lesser demons, has become a dead land. Not only is Bo Gu missing, even his eighteen Demon Overlords have disappeared without a trace. But according to the news our territory Demon Overlords brought back, those eighteen Demon Overlords were most likely killed off, probably even without a chance to resist!" Another Flowing Sun Demon King frowned and said solemnly.
"What?!"
Flame Seizing Demon King was greatly shocked, involuntarily breaking out in a cold sweat on his back.
He absolutely did not expect that Bo Gu's territory, which was adjacent to his, would just be wiped out like this out of the blue.
"Could it be that humans made a move on us?" Flame Seizing Demon King swallowed and boldly asked.
"Unlikely."
Flowing Sun Demon King shook his head, "The great war between my demonkind and humans has stopped for many years. We also established a long time ago the agreement to mind our own business. Although there are some minor frictions normally, and humans have always wanted to wipe us out, they absolutely don't have the guts to actually do it. After all, if real war broke out, humans absolutely could not bear the consequences."
"And if this matter was truly done by humans, and they wiped out the territory of a Demon King in broad daylight, it would undoubtedly be declaring war on our entire South Sha Demon Realm."
"So they definitely don't dare!"
Upon hearing this, the demon kings all nodded.
After all, no one dared to provoke matters concerning racial wars.
Even when they, as Demon Kings, wanted to collect heads for worshipping their teeth, they only dared to steal a couple heads from human villages, absolutely not daring to wage large-scale offensives.
But just then, a lesser demon from Flame Seizing's territory hurriedly rolled over twice on the ground as he rushed over.
"Milord, milord, bad news! A great human army has appeared in our territory, and there are also many human Spirit Masters and Spirit Kings in the sky!"
"What?!"
The news brought by the lesser demon greatly shocked all the Demon Kings present.
While they were still in disbelief, several more lesser demons hurriedly ran over and hastily reported kneeling on the ground.
"Report! Chang Gen Demon King, large numbers of human sect disciples have also been discovered in our territory!"
"Report! Flowing Sun Demon King, human sect disciples have also appeared in our territory, likely over a hundred thousand, not only human demon spirits and demon kings, our side has also discovered fluctuations of Spirit Emperor powerhouses."
"Report! Oblivion River Demon King, same with us, and the lesser demons in our territory have already engaged in small-scale battles with them."
As these voices sounded, the demon kings were completely shocked pale-faced.
"The world is changing."
"Humans!"
"They truly declared war on our South Sha Demon Realm!"
The demon kings looked at each other, all with solemn expressions.
With human armies, sect disciples, Spirit Masters, Spirit Kings, and even Spirit Emperors comparable to them Demon Kings taking action, this was nothing less than a declaration of war.
"Damn humans, so sinister, first they suddenly wiped out Bo Gu's territory, then they sabotaged our council's water source, and now when we're unprepared they sent human armies to invade, such great tactics!"
"Truly sinister, fortunately we discovered this early, otherwise with them already at our doorsteps we wouldn't even know."
"Right, if we discovered this a bit later, we would be the next Bo Gu territory!"
Involuntarily, cold sweat broke out all over the demon kings' bodies.
"What should we do?"
"Let's figure out a plan!"
The demon kings looked at each other.
"Humph, so what if there are human Spirit Emperors, just a hundred thousand human army, wipe them out!"
"Right, wipe them out! Simply too presumptuous!"
"That's right, this is our land, what do we have to fear from them?"
For a time, indignant voices sounded from the demon kings.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
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] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
