CHAPTER 186 THE TWO ARMIES CONFRONT EACH OTHER

A huge number of demonic monsters covered the sky. Down on the ground, the human martial artists

released their combined auras which were as powerful as the demonic monsters'.

Because Darren and Bruce were hiding among the demonic monsters, they were affected by the

humans' aura as well. An unnerving feeling washed over them and they almost couldn't breathe.

Several level one and level two demonic monsters beside them dropped to the ground and started

vomiting blood. The weaker demonic monsters who could fly also started falling down.

Darren used his demonic internal force to resist the strong aura and make himself immune to its

effects. Up ahead, below the black mountains, he saw people who were dressed very differently. He

was surprised to discover that he was able to distinctly detect two strong sources even from that

distance. It was coming from two young men who looked no more than thirty.

'They might be two of the first one hundred martial artists on the Talent Roll!' Thinking of this possibility,

Darren couldn't help but feel surprised.

"North Monster King! Are you really going to break the agreement and continue this attack on us? "

One of the humans bellowed, emitting a strong aura.

"Humph! You went into my territory. Tell me why I can't kill you all. As for the agreement, I have never

heard of it," replied the demonic monster who stood at the very front of the rest of the demonic

monsters, also emitting an even stronger aura.

"North Monster King, you demonic monsters lost a fight against us many years ago and had signed an

agreement. We can come here as we want. It's you who broke the agreement. Aren't you afraid of

suffering another defeat against our army? If you really want to get on our bad side and make your

people suffer, I hope you know what you're going against!" An old martial artist spoke for the human

side.

"Divine Crane Fighter, who is that old bastard? His aura is no weaker than mine. And he seems to

know much," the North Monster King asked while glaring at the old martial artist.

"My king, the old man is probably an elder of the Heavenly Palace Sect. He should be a powerful

cultivator of the Wonder Realm. He might even be very close to the Grand Realm." The Divine Crane

Fighter was very familiar with different forces of the human martial artists. His informers were all over

the south of the human territory.

"According to what you know, if I were to fight him, how will it end?" The North Monster King had no

idea how powerful the martial artist was. Before anything else, he wanted to know as much as he could

about the old man.

"You are a level nine king, and you have also mastered the inheritance skill. Therefore, if you start a

fight with him, of course you will win," the Divine Crane Fighter answered. The North Monster King was

pleased to hear the delightful information. However, the Divine Crane Fighter added, "But we can't

overlook the fact that there are a few good martial artists over there aside from that old geezer. I'm

detecting a few strong sources of the aura. If we were to engage in a fight with them, the most likely

outcome would be nobody wins and both sides suffer equal losses. And if we fight for a very long time,

we will ruin the Dragon King's big plan. The result will not be desirable."

Hearing this, the North Monster King fell silent. He had expected that the human trespassers would be

weaklings. He could kill them and eat them. What he didn't expect was that there would be a great

number of strong martial artists among them. He couldn't start a fight because he wouldn't want to

make the Dragon King angry.

Even though Darren was far from where North Monster King and the Divine Crane Fighter stood, he

still clearly heard what the two said. But right now was not the time for him to think much, he could

sense that Bruce wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

'We can't stay here anymore. As soon as Bruce turns back to his human form, we'll both be killed.

There's no doubt about it, ' Darren anxiously thought.

After contemplating for a short moment, he walked up to Bruce and quietly whispered behind his ear.

He then slapped Bruce's back, and Bruce fell down to the ground with blood coming out of his mouth.

"What happened?" The commotion drew several demonic monsters' attentions, including the level six

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"What's going on?" The patterns on the demonic monster's face incessantly changed colors, an

indication that he was about to get very angry.

"My Lord, he wasn't able to endure the aura of the human martial artists and fainted," Darren calmly

said.

The level six demonic monster guffawed. Several of the other powerful demonic monsters also burst

into a chorus of howling laughter. It was normal for weaker demonic monsters to throw up blood when

faced with such a strong aura, but fainting was too excessive. 'Just how weak was that demonic

monster?' they all thought.

"Get out of here!" The level six demonic monster was flustered. He really wanted to kill the stupid ape

himself. But right now, the real enemy was in front of them, and the North Monster King was present,

so he refrained himself from doing so.

"Yes, sir," Darren shakily said, pretending to be afraid of the demonic monster, and dragged Bruce to

the end of the line.

"My king, do we fight or not?" the Divine Crane Fighter asked.

Before the North Monster King could answer, the powerful monsters behind him started to shout and

yell; the thirst for blood, evident in their eyes. They were desperately hungry for a fight.

"We will not fight," the North Monster King calmly responded. The fighters collectively let out indignant

sighs, disappointed at the king's decision.

"Then, are we retreating, my king? If we retreat, what about the Holy Cave? There are so many strong

human martial artists, so there must be some extremely rare treasures in the Holy Cave. Even if those

treasures are of no use to us, I don't want the humans to get a hold of them," the Divine Crane Fighter

appealed.

"We will not retreat either," the North Monster King announced, the corners of his lips lifting into a

smirk.

The Divine Crane Fighter's broke into an impish grin as he came to understand the North Monster

King's plan.

"You want to strand them here and see what happens next. That's a brilliant idea, my king."

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, a small number of strong martial artists stood beside the old man. "Elder

Star, what do you think? There are so many of them here, some of them are quite powerful. We can't

enter the Fire Cave. Are we just going to stay put?" one of them asked.

The old martial artist pondered over the question for a short moment before answering, "My disciples

have entered the Fire Cave. I don't know whether they are dead or not. I believe many of your relatives

also got into the Fire Cave, am I correct? We certainly can't retreat, so we'll have to wait here and see.

Besides, I heard that a Holy Lord of the Holy Land also got in. The only thing we can do right now is to

wait."

"Elder Star, what if the North Monster King commands his people to attack us? Though we can protect

ourselves, there are a great deal of cultivators among us who are still below the Wonder Realm. They

will surely die if a fight breaks out. It's not worth it," a cultivator who was at the middle stage of the

Wonder Realm apprehensively said.

"Bah!" Elder Star dismissively exclaimed. "If the North Monster King dared to start a fight, he will be

breaking the agreement that was signed years ago. We can use this chance to kill them all. Do you

really think he would dare to do so? If he starts the fight, even if I don't tell my sect the news, the top

leader of the demonic monsters won't let him off so easily."

Silence fell over the rest of the martial artists. After a few moments, one of them curiously prodded,

"Can you tell us what the agreement was, Elder Star? Is it really so powerful that the North Monster

King wouldn't dare break it?"

"The agreement was enacted shortly after we, the Heavenly Palace Sect, won the war against the

demonic monsters years ago. You don't need to know the details," the old man indifferently answered.

He was very powerful and he was also an important man of the Heavenly Palace Sect, so the others

didn't risk asking more questions.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to both the two conflicting sides, something was happening under their

noses.

Darren dragged Bruce, who was pretending to be unconscious, as he slowly trudged towards the end

of the demonic monster army. They were both still demonic monsters in appearance, thus they wouldn't

be able to cross to the human side. The best course of action they could take was to get out in secret.

However, right before they got to a spot where the demonic monsters wouldn't see them, Bruce's

bloodline force started acting up.

His whole body began to convulse and his face contorted in pain. His body was shrinking at a rapid

pace.

"Damn it! Come on Bruce, hold it just a little bit longer!" Darren grew more and more agitated and his

pace quickened with every step he took.

Within a few seconds, the bloodline force had completely worn off; Bruce appeared as a human once

again.

All of it was seen by a demonic monster who was standing by the edge of the monster army. The worst

part was that the demonic monster was a level five demonic monster. Darren and Bruce were now

completely exposed.

"You two!" the demonic monster roared out as it opened its red bloody mouth.