“Stop—”

The Purple Scale Demon King’s weak voice was infinitely amplified through the megaphone, echoing throughout Iron Bone Mountain’s skies.

For a moment, the beast horde charging forward stopped one after another, and the dozens of high-level spirit beasts fighting with the Five Absolute Evil Saint and others looked toward their King in bewilderment.

The Purple Scale Demon King lowered his head. Jun Changxiao followed by moving the megaphone downward.

After a moment.

A voice filled with unwillingness and fury was heard: “All of you, get lost!”

The beast race will never be enslaved.

But they wouldn’t make meaningless sacrifices either!

This small fifth-tier sect possessed tremendous energy, forcing the Purple Scale Demon King to abandon his offensive.

“King!”

The left-hand right-hand spirit beast called out.

It and its kind didn’t care about death. As long as they could rescue the King, even draining the last drop of blood was acceptable!

“Get lost!”

The Purple Scale Demon King’s voice was somewhat weak, but conveyed undeniable authority.

The King’s command was an imperial edict that must be obeyed. So that left-hand right-hand gritted its teeth: “Retreat!”

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

The remaining hundred-plus thousand fierce beasts wailed and howled, then turned around and retreated.

The Sect Master hadn’t given orders, so the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples didn’t pursue in victory either.

Very quickly, only countless corpses of dead beast race remained on the battlefield, along with crystal cores that hadn’t been completely trampled.

This engagement between humans and beasts began quickly and ended quickly.

Because the disparity in strength was too great.

“Ding! Side quest completed. Host receives 10,000 contribution points.”

“Ding! Contribution Points: 19,960/20,000.”

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the side quest. Received hidden reward: High-Grade Sect Master Ball ×1, Experience Talisman ×2.”

Hearing the rewards, Jun Changxiao’s eyes immediately brightened.

He had been worried about not being able to subdue the Purple Scale Demon King, and the quest immediately rewarded him with a high-grade Sect Master Ball. This was truly sending charcoal in snowy weather!

“Take him back to the sect!” Jun Changxiao shouted.

“Yes!”

Su Xiaomo and Li Fei dragged the Purple Scale Demon King away. The latter angrily said: “Detestable humans, this King will remember this grudge!”

As a noble beast, even if captured, even if his subordinates were defeated, he still had to say harsh words. Otherwise, how embarrassing would that be?

Jun Changxiao shook his head: “In a moment, I’ll make you eat fried rice.”

“Sect Master.”

Li Qingyang walked over: “Many crystal cores were trampled and broken. Only twenty to thirty thousand remain.”

“That’s fine.”

Jun Changxiao glanced at the corpse-strewn ground: “Whatever hides and bones can be stripped, strip them.”

“Yes!”

Li Qingyang was about to order his fellow disciples to take action when Xie Guangkun and others led a large number of martial artists rushing over urgently.

They were closest to the Eternal Ancient Sect, naturally arriving first to provide aid.

However, seeing the ground covered in fierce beast corpses, they stood frozen in place like wooden chickens.

“City Lord Xie.”

Jun Changxiao said: “Why have you come?”

Xie Guangkun came back to his senses: “Sect Master Jun, this Xie received news that a beast horde was attacking the Eternal Ancient Sect, so I specially brought the army to provide support.”

“You came too late. They’ve already been routed.”

Jun Changxiao spoke with his mouth, but his heart was moved. After all, this was true friendship shown in times of need.

“…”

The corner of Xie Guangkun’s mouth twitched.

From receiving the news to gathering people to provide support—it seemed less than half a shichen had passed, yet the reportedly hundreds of thousands of fierce beasts had been routed. This speed was way too fast.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Just then, Mu Changhong, Yi Tianxing, and Situ Haoyun landed on the Arena of Life and Death. Looking at the ground covered in fierce beast corpses in the distance, their expressions also became dazed.

They understood the severity of the situation even better than Xie Guangkun. So after seeing not a single living fierce beast, they cried out in unison: “Where’s the beast horde!”

“Taken care of,” Jun Changxiao said.

In his heart he wondered—Xie Guangkun and other city lords being close by and learning of the beast horde invasion was normal, but how did these powerful experts in Tianyu Royal City know about it?

“Whoosh—”

Space shook as City Lord Han appeared in a flurry, obviously prepared to fight immediately judging from the aura erupting from his entire body!

But!

When he saw Iron Bone Mountain covered in fierce beast corpses, saw not a single living fierce beast, saw the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples stripping hides and removing bones, the expression on his face gradually froze.

“City Lord Han?”

Jun Changxiao said in surprise: “You came too?”

City Lord Han, being battle-hardened after all, quickly calmed down: “Beast horde riot, bringing disaster to all living beings—Han came specially to assist!”

Jun Changxiao: “…”

They were just ragtag troops, yet even a Martial Saint was alarmed. Wasn’t this making a mountain out of a molehill?

“Sect Master Jun!”

City Lord Han said: “Where is that demon?”

As he spoke, an aura of sacrificing oneself for righteousness emanated from his entire body.

In this era where Martial Emperors no longer concerned themselves with worldly affairs, as a Martial Saint, he must shoulder responsibility!

Demon?

Did he mean the Purple Scale Demon King?

Swish! Swish!

Before long, Cangshan Sect elders led by Ma Yunteng also rushed over.

They had come with the determination to share life and death with the Eternal Ancient Sect, but seeing no beast horde, they all stood frozen in place.

Seeing so many people coming to provide support, Jun Changxiao immediately realized there must be something hidden in this. He hurriedly asked Mu Changhong in a low voice.

After learning that a very powerful relevant department in Central Venerate Continent had detected the beast horde disturbance and contacted major sects to issue first-level alert, his facial expression became spectacular.

Please!

Such a weak beast horde—was it really necessary to mobilize troops on such a scale!

Jun Changxiao couldn’t understand because he didn’t know how formidable the Purple Scale Demon King was at full strength.

Swish!

Swish!

Before long, powerful experts from Western Transit Continent and Southern Desolate Continent arrived successively. After seeing the ground covered in fierce beast corpses, they all collectively became confused.

The altar had issued the message at the fastest speed, making it seem like great disaster was imminent. They had rushed over in a panic, but the situation wasn’t as severe as imagined. Naturally they would feel devastated!

…

An hour later.

Many powerful experts had gathered at the foot of Iron Bone Mountain. It could truly be called a gathering of heroes.

However, after repeatedly confirming that the beast horde had been repelled, they stood frozen in place, disheveled in the wind.

The altar side was also depressed.

Because after the beast horde retreated, the Earth Spirit Instrument suddenly stopped trembling.

“Why did it stop?” several elders said in bewilderment.

Just then, the leading person in charge received a message from City Lord Han. The corner of his mouth twitched: “We made a mistake. It wasn’t the Purple Scale Demon King leading an army, but a small-scale beast horde disturbance that has already been annihilated by the Eternal Ancient Sect.”

“No way!” Everyone collectively broke down.

“It’s possible that last time the spatial震荡 transmitted from Great Venerate Imperial City affected the Earth Spirit Instrument, making it overly sensitive in its warnings,” the person in charge analyzed.

“That’s possible!” The others all agreed.

“Pass down orders to lift first-level alert and remind all forces that information about the Purple Scale Demon King’s emergence must not be spread casually to avoid causing panic,” the person in charge said.

“Yes!”

…

Iron Bone Mountain, Arena of Life and Death.

Looking at the various powerful experts flying in the sky and standing below, Jun Changxiao clasped his hands: “My Eternal Ancient Sect faced difficulty, and you all came from eight directions to help. This truly moves Jun to tears of gratitude.”

“…”

The experts’ mouths twitched.

Who the hell came to help you? We came to help the entire continent!

“However.”

Jun Changxiao continued: “This was indeed a small group of beast horde invaders. Their strength was also quite poor, and they’ve already been eliminated by my Eternal Ancient Sect. Please don’t be nervous, everyone.”

He wouldn’t mention the Purple Scale Demon King matter since he still needed to subdue it for his own use. So he could only minimize the problem.

“Fine.”

The Western Transit Continent Royal City’s city lord said: “Wasted trip.”

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

Since the Purple Scale Demon King wasn’t bringing disaster to the world, they naturally wouldn’t stay long.

“Hall Master Yi.”

Just as Yi Tianxing was about to leave, Jun Changxiao smiled: “The Dragon-Tiger Contest is already over. About those spirit stones, you see…”