The calamity of the demon race was a grave phenomenon across many planes of the great worlds. The demons were ruthless and cunning, shrouded in mystery and unpredictability.
Rumors about the demon race had always been plentiful. But one trait universally agreed upon was that demons were extraordinarily difficult to kill.
In truth, to exterminate the demons entirely and erase every last trace of their imprint was a task of immense difficulty.
One need only look at the Demon Tribulation in the history of the
From this, one could see that completely eliminating the demon threat was easier said than done.
If this Old Man Guangdu was indeed a demon, was he an ancient devil from beyond the realms, or had the demon bloodline assimilated a human cultivator, transforming him into a demon through corruption?
From appearances alone, there was no way to tell.
If he was merely a corrupted cultivator, that would be somewhat easier to deal with.
If he was of pure extradimensional demon bloodline, killing him would be far more difficult.
Though
The methods for destroying demons were actually quite numerous.
The most reliable approaches, first and foremost, involved powerful artifacts. Certain formidable treasures could suppress the demon race, reducing them to ashes in the span of a single breath.
Second was the use of talismans. Specific talismans designed to target demons could restrain their bloodline, drastically weakening their combat power and thus achieving the goal of their destruction.
Third was the use of formations. In any battle, formations were far more powerful than hand-to-hand combat. The strength of a formation lay in its ability to harness the might of heaven and earth, to draw upon the profound mysteries of cosmic change — ultimately far more reliable than one person fighting alone. However, using formations to destroy demons also carried many drawbacks. Formations were difficult to control, required advance preparation, and consumed enormous energy.
Fourth was the most rudimentary approach — simply overwhelming them with superior numbers. No matter how powerful a race was, one could never fight four hands with two fists alone.
If your numerical advantage was overwhelming enough, then eliminating the demons was entirely possible. At equivalent cultivation levels, one demon could certainly handle two humans without issue. But if three or five attacked at once, without any regard for fairness, and simply ganged up, then the chances of victory were considerable.
Right now, Jiang Chen's side had adopted precisely this ganging-up approach.
The unfortunate reality, however, was that not a single person among them could match Old Man Guangdu's individual combat strength. This invisibly made their task far more difficult.
After all, fighting together required coordination and cooperation. This kind of teamwork was something they had never practiced together before, and they had had no time to rehearse. As a result, their coordination was inevitably clumsy.
If they had been given time — three to five days, or even a full month of practice — then their odds against Old Man Guangdu would have improved dramatically.
At present, though they were in the midst of their collective assault, aside from the coordination between the Vermilion Bird Divine Spirit and the
Although Jiang Chen was doing his utmost to direct the overall situation, in a battle of this nature, relying on someone on the outside to give commands was clearly not fast enough.
After all, the tide of battle changed from moment to moment.
As it happened, Jiang Chen was not without demon-slaying equipment on his person. The problem was simply that these items had not yet been refined into their completed forms.