Those two old ancestors truly felt an urge to cough up blood at this moment.
They hadn't been entirely without suspicion that the place might be a trap from the very start. But their instinctive greed, their instinctive arrogance, had made them dismiss the danger entirely.
In their minds, this was territory under their control. In a region where fire elemental energy ran rampant, they had absolutely no reason to fear anyone.
Who could have guessed that the surging fire elemental energy in this entire area had been deliberately created by the enemy — that the whole thing had been a trap from beginning to end?
And yet, they had charged in with the utmost stupidity.
Once they charged in, they sank deep into the mire, utterly unable to extricate themselves.
"Everyone, the longer we wait the more things could go wrong. Let's finish this quickly."
In his plan, he had never intended for this to drag into a drawn-out battle. After all, this was territory controlled by the Demon Lineage, and the cultivators of the Winged Demon clan weren't exactly far away.
If the Winged Demon ancestors caught wind and came rushing over, attacking from the outside while the trapped ones fought from within, their entire plan would fall apart.
Jiang Chen's group could currently handle two or three Demon Lineage ancestors without much trouble. But going up against four or five would start to become a real strain.
If they could pin down four or five ancestors together in the trap, that would still be manageable.
But if four or five ancestors attacked from both inside and outside simultaneously, then who would win and who would lose became anyone's guess. At the very least, Jiang Chen had no absolute guarantee of victory.
Right now, his goal was to inflict as many casualties on the Demon Lineage's Divine Dao ancestors as possible. So he had to wipe out these two Fire Demon ancestors before the Winged Demon clan's ancestors arrived.
Once these two Fire Demon ancestors were eliminated, the remaining Fire Demon cultivators in the Blazing Sun Holy Land would pose no significant threat. Fire Demon cultivators without leaders might still be a troublesome menace for other human cultivators, but for Jiang Chen, they presented absolutely no pressure.
The Four Divine Beast spirits combined with the Gold-Munching Mouse clan would have more than enough capability to slaughter the entire Fire Demon lineage to the last.
The Four Divine Beast spirits understood the significance of this battle perfectly well. So none of them held back, channeling every ounce of their strength.
They were genuinely fired up as well. Battles like these tempered them and honed their combat experience, which was equally valuable for advancing their cultivation.
Most importantly, in this kind of fight they consistently held the initiative, with almost minimal danger. Even if danger arose, Jiang Chen had numerous contingency plans for withdrawal.
One could say that the Four Divine Beast spirits thoroughly enjoyed this style of guerrilla warfare.
Jiang Chen watched the two Fire Demon ancestors. Like the other Demon Lineage branches, these two fought with an extraordinarily ferocious and brutal style.
It was precisely this fearlessly reckless manner of combat that had made the Demon Lineage virtually unstoppable.
However, what they were facing this time were the Four Divine Beast spirits. The power of the Divine Beast bloodlines surpassed even that of the Fire Demon lineage.
Their fearless fighting style simply couldn't intimidate the Four Divine Beast spirits.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of reflection. He finally understood why, even during the ancient era when humanity had been so prosperous, they still hadn't been able to achieve a complete victory over the Demon Lineage.
The individual combat prowess of the Demon race was simply too ferocious.
If not for the Four Divine Beast spirits — if instead you swapped in four ancient human cultivators, each at the sixth level of the Divine Dao — the battle could absolutely never have gone as perfectly as this.