In an instant, chaos erupted across the scene.
Those two Yin Demon Ancestors were comparatively lucky, having managed to escape the core battlefield.
The Celestial Demon Ancestor, upon being berated to his face by Blood Pu Ancestor, wore a livid expression. At this moment, a crack had finally appeared in his heart.
Could his judgment truly have been wrong? Had the Celestial Demon Sound Domain really failed to destroy the internal structure of Dongyan Island? Failed to annihilate those human cultivators?
But then what about the zither music? Was that not Jiang Chen playing? If it was Jiang Chen playing, then who had ambushed the four Blood Demon Ancestors?
Countless doubts swirled in his mind, and he could provide no answers. For a moment, he was consumed by confusion.
"Ancestor, it seems we have been outwitted by the humans once again!" the Third Celestial Demon Ancestor sighed softly. He was the strategist of the Celestial Demon lineage, and indeed the strategist of the entire Demon Race.
Among the Seven Celestial Demon Ancestors, his status was in truth second only to the Celestial Demon Ancestor himself—even the Second Celestial Demon Ancestor's standing fell slightly short of his.
As such, he had a certain right to speak.
"Third Brother, our Celestial Demon Sound Domain—in the ancient era, which of the human race's leading sects did not fear it like a tiger? Wherever it went, was it not unstoppable? Could it really be that this mere Dongyan Island, these mere juniors, could defy the heavens?"
The Celestial Demon Ancestor felt that his understanding of the Divine Abyss Continent was being upended by Jiang Chen.
"Ancestor, from the way things look on Dongyan Island, our Celestial Demon Sound Domain has truly been neutralized by the opponent's zither music," the Third Celestial Demon Ancestor was forced to admit.
"Impossible!" The Celestial Demon Ancestor still could not accept this reality.
"Six of us Ancestors channeled the Celestial Demon Sound Domain—its offensive power is something no lineage within our Demon Race could withstand. Even if some of it was blocked by that formation, which human could possibly neutralize the Celestial Demon Sound Domain?"
"Others may not be able to, but perhaps that Jiang Chen can," the Third Celestial Demon Ancestor lamented.
"If it was that brat Jiang Chen, then who attacked the four Blood Demon Ancestors? Can he split himself into multiple bodies?" The Celestial Demon Ancestor was on the verge of losing his mind.
The Third Ancestor shook his head in silence—he had not figured this out either.
"Ancestor, we cannot hesitate any longer. We must reorganize, or the trouble will be enormous. Things below have descended into chaos, and someone must step forward to take command," the Third Celestial Demon Ancestor urged.
The Celestial Demon Ancestor let out a long sigh, his expression twisted with fury and unwillingness. But he had no choice but to accept reality.
"Follow me." The Celestial Demon Ancestor manifested his Celestial Demon avatar, transforming into a streak of light and charging toward the Four Great True Spirits. If he could seize those Four Great True Spirits, today's battle would still have been worthwhile.
However, the Four Great True Spirits were obviously not that foolish. Seeing six Celestial Demon Ancestors charging down together, they had long since activated their escape light and returned to Dongyan Island.
Xia Tianze, meanwhile, slipped away in silence without a word. He was the type to quietly line his pockets—in a single battle, he had slain three Blood Demon Ancestors and left Blood Pu Ancestor gravely wounded. That was truly satisfying.
The Gold-Munching Mouse clan was similarly brisk in their movements—ready to fight when it was time to fight, ready to leave when it was time to leave.
The moment the Celestial Demon lineage launched their attack, the Gold-Munching Mouse clan, under the leadership of the Gold-Munching Mouse King, also withdrew from the battlefield one after another, receding like an ebbing tide, and in the blink of an eye had pulled out completely clean.