Stone Fiend Ancestor's worries were not unfounded. Even he, an old demon patriarch, had never experienced the terrifying combat power of the four Divine Beast bloodlines fighting as one.
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These four Divine Beast bloodlines — not a single one of them had reached the mid-stage of the Divine Path. Yet when they fought together, their combined strength was virtually comparable to a high-stage Divine Path powerhouse.
Look at that Stone Fiend Ancestor. His seals had been completely broken, yet with the four Divine Beast bloodlines hemming him in, he could not find the slightest route of escape.
The domain controlled by the four Divine Beasts seemed to form a world unto itself. In that world, life and death were entirely at the mercy of those four true spirits.
Jiang Chen had originally planned to step in and lend a hand, but upon seeing the four Divine Beasts' fighting prowess, he abandoned the idea.
Instead, he and Xia Tianze stood watch outside the perimeter. In case anything slipped through, they could directly block the Stone Fiend Ancestor's path.
Poor Stone Fiend Ancestor. His entire life, he had looked down on the human race. Even after Jiang Chen's appearance, he had still been dreaming of breaking free of his seal and sweeping across human territory.
Who could have imagined that in the blink of an eye, his end would come?
Indeed, the Shadow Fiend lineage and the Yin Fiend lineage — once they were stripped of their preferred fighting methods and forced into a head-on confrontation, the advantages they possessed became far less significant.
What made matters worse was that the ones besieging him were the four Divine Beast true spirits. Their bloodline power completely surpassed Stone Fiend Ancestor's own, making him feel utterly, hopelessly despairing.
He charged again and again, but could never break through the barrier the four Divine Beasts had jointly created.
In the end, the Stone Fiend Ancestor was bounced around like a ball, beaten back and forth by the four Divine Beasts, kicked around like a sandbag.
How tragic — Stone Fiend Ancestor, a demon lord of his generation, a renowned patriarch of the Yin Fiend lineage since ancient times. The ancient war had failed to kill him, yet here in human territory, he perished in such a pathetic, inglorious manner.
With the Stone Fiend Ancestor eliminated, a weight was lifted from Jiang Chen's heart.
He did not know exactly how many demons remained hidden throughout human territory, but he knew that whatever stragglers were left posed no real threat anymore.
The demon army could not support these remnants. It could not coordinate with them. Without that backing, the remaining demons here were nothing more than isolated troops.
The news that the Yin Fiend lineage's patriarch had been destroyed by Jiang Chen and his allies once again sent morale soaring across human territory. The demons' string of defeats had finally convinced people that the demon race was not, in fact, invincible.
Hidden in the shadows, the Jade-Faced Demon God trembled from head to toe upon learning that Stone Fiend Ancestor had been eliminated by Jiang Chen and his forces.
He knew now that his decision to avoid seeking out Old Ancestor Xieying had been the right call.
Stone Fiend Ancestor's fate was all the proof he needed that his fears had been anything but baseless.
Yet the Jade-Faced Demon God also came to a far more sorrowful realization — despite hiding for so long, he was still under Jiang Chen's surveillance.
This drove him to the verge of a breakdown. What manner of Divine Ability did Jiang Chen possess that allowed him to monitor someone over such prolonged periods? The Jade-Faced Demon God had scrutinized virtually every detail of himself and found absolutely nothing that suggested he was being tracked.
But he was now absolutely certain that someone was watching him.
The feeling was like that of a condemned prisoner, waiting at any moment for the execution order to come.
Even so, the Jade-Fenced Demon God held his composure. He still refused to seek out Old Ancestor Xieying. In his view, he had only so much ability — if human territory wanted to kill him, then let them come.