Dog Second stared blankly at the scene before him.
Firelight, figures, saber blades, powerful crossbows.
No... what the hell is going on?
According to Fox Third Mistress's plan, shouldn't they have stealthily reached the core of the Great Demon Suppression Array, then jointly destroyed it, sent a signal, and led the True Lord's army into the pass to slaughter this mighty fortress clean?
How did it suddenly turn out like this?
This woman, and this group of people behind her, why are they here?
It was as if... they had known all along that they would come out from here.
At this moment, The Effeminate Man stared fixedly at the young girl on the chair, the color slowly draining from his face.
He instantly understood something.
From the two humiliating slaps at the city gate, to the swift and decisive severed hand later, and then to this seemingly impregnable but actually defenseless prison... this woman!
She knew they were Demons from the very beginning!
"We... were played."
"What?"
Dog Second hadn't reacted yet.
"She knows! She knew we were Demons from the start!"
The Effeminate Man suddenly turned his head, "She deliberately let us in!"
As soon as these words were uttered, the dozen or so Demons behind him were all horrified.
Deliberately let in?
What does that mean?
Catching a turtle in a jar?
But... but on what grounds?
On what grounds did she think that after entering the city, she would be able to wipe out all dozen or so of them, the Demons?
One must know that most of these dozen or so Demons had already entered the Minggu Realm, and the rest were at Hearing the String Perfection.
Although within Yumen Pass, affected by the Great Demon Suppression Array, they couldn't exert even fifty percent of their full strength.
But if it came down to a life-or-death situation, a dozen Demons, regardless of the consequences, bravely fighting to the death, the destructive power unleashed in that instant would be enough to turn this mighty Tang fortress upside down!
Although there were tens of thousands of garrisoned troops in the pass, they were just ordinary Hearing the String cultivators, some even just ordinary people. Facing this group of Demons, what difference would they make compared to chickens and dogs?
And the Demon Suppression Division army was still hundreds of miles away.
In other words, right now, within Yumen Pass, the only ones who could truly pose a threat to them were these mere twenty to thirty people from the Demon Suppression Division!
Why did she dare to take this risk?
Moreover, Yumen Pass was the western gateway of the Great Tang, a crucial border stronghold with immense strategic significance, allowing for not even the slightest risk!
How could she dare to be so reckless?
What was she gambling with?
"My Lady, why waste words with them?" Chen Tong, carrying his saber, said impatiently, "Just give the order, and the brothers will kill them!"
Jiang Yuechu ignored him.
She slowly stood up from the chair.
Then, she drew the horizontal saber on her lap out by half an inch.
Buzz—
The saber hummed softly, clear and pleasant to the ear.
"Commander Zhou, have you seen clearly?"
Her words entered the ears of the dazed Commander Zhou.
Damn it, how could he not see clearly!
Under the firelight, more than a dozen "people" who had been wearing Demon Suppression Division uniforms during the day were now enveloped in Demonic Qi. It seemed they felt that since they were going to fight anyway, there was no need to maintain their disguise.
Some had fine scales growing on their faces, some had hideous bone spurs bulging from their backs, and even more, half of their bodies had transformed into wolf-headed, human-bodied monsters.
These are all Demons?!
"Oh my goodness..."
Commander Zhou felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.
He recalled being woken up in the middle of the night by Jiang Yuechu, who told him to bring people to witness something.
He thought it was Li Gui who had committed some military offense and was to be publicly punished.
But who knew, it was this kind of situation?!
He really wanted to rush over, grab Jiang Yuechu by the collar, and ask her.
If you knew they were Demons, why not just keep them out? Why go to all this trouble and let them into Yumen Pass?
And ask him to be a witness? A witness to what?!
Could it be that you still expect us ordinary soldiers guarding Yumen Pass to fight to the death with these dozen Demons?!
As if seeing through his thoughts, Jiang Yuechu slowly turned her head and smiled sweetly at him.
"Don't worry."
"In this matter, none of you need to interfere."
"Ah?"
Upon hearing this, not only Commander Zhou, but also Chen Tong, Liu Ke, and the others behind her looked puzzled.
No need to interfere?
What does that mean?
These are a dozen Demons, and among them are those in the Minggu Realm!
Although suppressed by the array, cornered beasts still fight, and once they go mad, it's no laughing matter.
Is My Lady... planning to take them all on alone?
"Roar—"
Dog Second finally recovered from his shock.
It let out an inhuman roar, and from its severed wrist, flesh squirmed, actually regenerating a hideous claw!
"Go together! Kill this bitch and break out!"
The Effeminate Man also shrieked, he knew very well that there was no room for negotiation today.
Only a fight to the death!
Boom—
More than a dozen violent Demonic Qi bursts erupted simultaneously at this instant!
The narrow open space in front of the prison gate was instantly enveloped in dense Demonic Qi, with howling winds and wailing ghosts.
Commander Zhou and his armored soldiers had never seen such a spectacle. They were so frightened that their legs turned to jelly, and they instinctively wanted to retreat.
But Jiang Yuechu, amidst this Demonic Qi frenzy, advanced instead of retreating.
She took a step forward.
Clang—
The horizontal saber was fully unsheathed.
Blood-red light swirled on the blade.
An aura even more violent and ferocious than the combined power of those dozen Demons exploded from within her!
"Today."
She raised her eyes, a hint of almost pathological excitement in her smile.
"No one is leaving."
Tiger Roar Demon Suppressing Saber!
Perfection!
"Roar—"
A tiger's roar, like a sudden clap of thunder from the Nine Heavens, exploded!
The sound seemed to come from the depths of the Nine Netherworlds, yet also to fall from the clouds, carrying endless ferocity, sweeping across the Eight Desolations!
Buzz—
The nearby buildings actually trembled slightly under this tiger's roar.
Countless dust and pebbles fell from the walls.
At first glance, it was as if an earth Dragon had turned over!
Commander Zhou and his armored soldiers felt a buzzing in their heads, a complete blank. The powerful crossbows they tightly gripped could no longer be held, clattering to the ground.
Even Chen Tong and the other Demon Suppression Guardss all turned pale, their blood and Qi surging within them. They stumbled back several steps before barely steadying themselves.
And the dozen Demons who were frantically charging towards Jiang Yuechu were struck as if by lightning!
Dog Second and The Effeminate Man, who were at the very front, had their Demonic Qi, which was about to erupt, suddenly stagnate!
And in that instant of stagnation.
A colossal, heaven-shaking tiger erupted from behind the young girl!
Its form was majestic, crouching behind the girl.
With a white forehead and piercing eyes, its fur stood on end.
Its striped kingly markings were as deep as an abyss.
It was no longer the vague phantom from before, but a manifestation of killing intent, forged with blood and Qi as its foundation, divine will as its soul, and saber momentum as its bones!