The Demon Lineage fighters undergoing bloodline frenzy had indeed seen their combat power skyrocket. Not only was this true of Ancestor Iron Vest, but even the Demon Lineage commanders and ordinary Demon Lineage cultivators had seen their fighting strength double.
As a result, the Giant Demon Lineage immediately felt enormous pressure.
Ancestor Douhu and Ancestor Douxiong were still able to suppress the frenzied Ancestor Iron Vest, but suppressing him was one thing—actually subduing him was entirely another matter. The chances of pulling it off were slim.
If they weren't careful, they might even suffer a backlash from Ancestor Iron Vest.
This left the Giant Demon Lineage in a precarious bind. On one hand, they watched helplessly as their cultivators were besieged by the Demon Lineage fighters, suffering mounting casualties with each passing moment.
On the other hand, they still couldn't subdue Ancestor Iron Vest. He kept them pinned down, leaving them no room to break free and rescue their fellow Giant Demon Lineage cultivators.
The Giant Demon Lineage was no pushover, of course, and they weren't about to let the Demon Lineage freely harvest their lives.
As a result, the clash between the two factions only grew more vicious and more tragic.
Bloodlust had completely overtaken Ancestor Iron Vest, and the savage nature of the Demon Lineage had been fully unleashed. Knowing that fighting two opponents at once made victory through conventional means impossible, he fought with even greater ferocity.
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The spectacle of the two Demon Lineages tearing each other apart had clearly not escaped the notice of the Hundred Saints Holy Land. Everyone from top to bottom was stunned.
They had been surrounded by the two Demon Lineages and had long since fallen into complete despair. They knew that the fall of their Holy Land was only a matter of time.
Had the enemy launched a coordinated attack, seizing the Hundred Saints Holy Land would have been effortless.
But at this critical juncture, the two Demon Lineages had turned on each other—this was a lifeline for the Hundred Saints Holy Land.
"Holy Lord, the two Demon Lineages are feuding amongst themselves. This is our chance! We should seize this opportunity to send out pleas for aid and break this siege as quickly as possible," someone suggested.
"Pleas for aid, pleas for aid—who doesn't know that? In all of Wanyuan Island today, who still has the strength to come to our rescue? You lot keep thinking that boy Jiang Chen will save us. Do you really think he's that magnanimous? Our Hundred Saints Holy Land has always had a poor relationship with him. The fact that he hasn't kicked us while we're down is good enough—how can you possibly expect him to come to our aid?"
Holy Lord Gao's prejudice against Jiang Chen ran deep.
However, Master Shi Xuan took the opposing view: "Holy Lord Gao, young Jiang Chen can indeed be rather flamboyant at times, but the breadth of his character is far beyond that of a petty, grudge-holding man. In my observation, were we to truly seek his help, he might very well not leave us to die."
Master Shi Xuan's words drew a rebuttal from a young cultivator—none other than Lu Mingye, the Hundred Saints Holy Land prodigy who had suffered a bitter defeat at Jiang Chen's hands back on Pingsha Island.
Lu Mingye was seething with resentment. "Has Master Shi Xuan forgotten how Jiang Chen humiliated you back then? That guy is narrow-minded and vindictive through and through. If we go crawling to him, we'd only be inviting more humiliation."
On a personal level, Lu Mingye loathed Jiang Chen with every fiber of his being. The idea of accepting Jiang Chen's rescue was utterly unacceptable to him.
Moreover, he didn't believe Jiang Chen would rescue them in the first place. He'd sooner die than face Jiang Chen's mockery and ridicule.
Shi Qinglu, however, spoke up calmly: "Jiang Chen—I've crossed paths with him myself. As a person, he's certainly shrewd, even cunning. But there's something about him, a bearing that most people simply don't possess. The notion that he'd kick someone when they're down? I don't believe it."
Poison Consort Shi Qinglu could be considered a stepping stone Jiang Chen had used to make his name during the Grand Tournament of Geniuses. Everyone had always assumed she must hate Jiang Chen deeply.
After all, during that tournament, Jiang Chen had risen to fame entirely by riding over her.