The deeper this slaughter went, the more their eyes turned red with bloodlust.
In the beginning, it was just the clash between Ancestor Douxiong and Ancestor Shixin. Both fought with tremendous fury, holding nothing back—every strike was a do-or-die gambit, aimed squarely at ending the other's life.
That kind of fighting was tailor-made for stoking rage. Before long, cultivators from the Giant Demon faction kept pouring into the fray, and the Monster Demon faction naturally refused to show weakness.
The Monster Demon faction already held a numerical advantage, and they joined the battle in droves.
An all-out melee erupted in an instant.
Ancestor Shixin and Ancestor Douxiong were closely matched. Though the battle between them was brutal, casualties on that front hadn't materialized so quickly.
But once the large-scale fighting broke out, each faction's respective strengths became painfully apparent—the Monster Demon faction's numbers, and the Giant Demon faction's superior combat prowess.
The fighting turned ferocious almost immediately. Deaths and injuries appeared from the very first exchanges.
Blood flowed. Lives were lost. Heads rolled. Limbs flew through the air.
The Giant Demon faction was formidable—their combat power was explosive, and their defenses were only marginally inferior to the Metal Demon faction. In terms of sheer offensive might, they were even more domineering.
The Monster Demon faction's individual fighters were somewhat weaker, but they were infamous for their savagery. Once a fight started, they would stop at nothing.
Biting with their teeth, slashing with their claws—any tactic that looked underhanded, the Monster Demon faction had no qualms about using. Their battle creed was simple: kill the opponent, by any means necessary.
This bloody and primal fighting style put the Giant Demon faction in a difficult position.
Two completely different combat philosophies collided with savage intensity.
Ancestor Douhu and Ancestor Tieyi wore increasingly grim expressions on their faces. It was plain to see—they were watching their own warriors fall one after another, and the fury in their hearts burned ever hotter.
"Old freak Tieyi, you openly defy the Heavenly Demon's orders and stir up internal strife—don't blame me for showing no mercy!" Ancestor Douhu bellowed. His massive demon arm swept through the void, and a colossal hammer materialized in his grip.
The great hammer spun at furious speed in his enormous palm, trailing streaks of devastating light.
"Take this!"
Ancestor Douhu's hammer descended like five mountains toppling over, crashing down toward Ancestor Tieyi with crushing force. The void instantly rippled with layers of violent shockwaves—the fabric of space fracturing under the impact, sending rings of displaced air expanding outward in every direction. The Monster Demon cultivators near Ancestor Tieyi were sent tumbling helplessly in every direction.
Ancestor Tieyi's expression turned cold and solemn. He knew that Ancestor Douhu's strength was subtly above his own. Meeting that hammer head-on would be anything but wise.
His dharma body coiled, and a flash of cold light erupted from his armor. In the next instant, Ancestor Tieyi vanished into the void like a streak of frost.
Ancestor Douhu's hammer smashed through empty air.
But Ancestor Douhu had clearly anticipated this. A savage grin spread across his face. "You think you can hide from my Giant Spirit Hammer?"
Before the words had even faded, his hammer struck the void like a nail being hammered—eighteen consecutive blows. Eighteen pillars of violent air erupted on all sides, sealing off that entire region of space.
And the Giant Spirit Hammer in Ancestor Douhu's hand, as though possessed of infinite demonic power, transformed into a bizarre, mountain-like mass that hurtled through the air at tremendous speed, as if hunting for the target to suppress.
This Giant Spirit Hammer possessed an extraordinarily keen sense of detection. The moment it caught the slightest fluctuation, it would transform into a sealing mountain and crush its quarry beneath it.