In addition to increasing the number and combat strength of the Red Flame Army, the expansion of Jianye Prefecture City is also necessary.

Just Jianye Prefecture City alone, which originally had over ten million citizens, now suddenly crammed with 17 million allied troops, has become a military city. Despite Hou Yuduan's efforts to expand, the total population exceeding 30 million makes the congestion of Jianye Prefecture City far beyond imagination.

The advantage at this time is that they lack everything except people.

Thousands of Martial Artists were all engaged in the expansion work of the city. In just six months, Jianye Prefecture City was expanded by more than double its original size, allowing the over 30 million residents to finally take a sigh of relief.

...

The World waited for the treasury to reopen, preparing for the next phase of their conquest. Amidst this long wait, a disturbance finally arose in Zhongzhou, the heartland of the World.

This disturbance is quite extraordinary.

On the eighth day of the sixth month in the year 1334 of the New Yu Era, Hou Yucheng was training soldiers in the camp, Hou Yujie leading the Martial Artists of the Upper Hou Gate to clear around the city prefecture, Hou Yuling was listening to reports from various heads of the Lower Hou Sect, while Hou Yuduan was stationed in the city, pondering something.

Boom...…

A tremendous sound spread, and the four of them almost simultaneously looked towards the north, expressions of shock appearing on their faces. Without a trace of hesitation, they quickly put down what they were doing and vanished, converging above Jianye Prefecture City.

Actually, not only the four of them, but all Martial Artists with cultivation above the Broken Realm across the World reacted the same way after hearing that sound. They all seemed to sense something extremely terrifying, all looking towards the north — more accurately, the location of the Zhongzhou Divine Capital.

Above Jianye Prefecture City, Hou Yucheng and the two others arrived later, seeing Hou Yuduan already standing in the air, with a heavy expression staring towards Zhongzhou in the north.

"Old Fifth, what's the situation?"

"This aura is something entirely unprecedented."

"It seems like Demon Qi, but how could there be such a vast and intense Demon Qi? Previously, when the River Lord led ten thousand demons to appear at Tongtian River to confront Leiyin Temple, the Demon Qi was nowhere near this magnitude."

"It's not just far off; compared to now, the River Lord's Demon Qi back then was as if a minor wizard saw the great sorcerer, completely not in the same league!"

The three of Hou Yucheng spoke out, while Hou Yuduan said nothing, only slowly raising his hand, gently pointing toward the north...

The three of them, puzzled, raised their heads to look in the direction he pointed. Upon seeing it, their bodies trembled in unison, and endless shock and fear surged in their eyes:

In the distant north, whose location was unknown many miles away, a dense black fog rose straight into the sky, piercing the space. Its terrifying impact punched a huge hole in the sky.

...…

"Demons... demons... just how many...?

"Fourth-rank, third-rank... No, even second-rank exist!"

"This...…"

The four, including Hou Yuduan, sensed the demonic aura in the black fog, their faces instantly pale. Only Hou Yuduan could maintain some composure; the other three began to stammer.

Fourth-Rank Senluo Realm demons, comparable to the Broken Realm

Third-Rank Undying Realm demons, comparable to the Sub-Saint of Martial Dao

Second rank Undying Realm demons, equivalent to the Martial Dao Saint

Just based on their perception, there must be at least hundreds of thousands, if not more, of such high-rank demons within the black fog. So many Fourth-Rank and above demons descending upon Shenzhou — what a scene would that be?

"The demons are dispersing...…"

Hou Yuling's slightly panicked voice immediately awakened the other three, all of whom raised their heads to look towards the direction of the black fog, their pupils tightened, and their faces unanimously showed panic.

After breaking through the sky, the black fog suddenly surged, as if heaven and earth were overturned. A massive mushroom cloud burst in the air, with endless dark qi pervading the entire sky. All clouds were stained black; the originally clear sky suddenly darkened, and it accelerated continuously, within just over a hundred breaths, the entire land was shrouded in darkness.

"Roar..."

"Hahaha, hahahaha...…"

"Jie jie... jie jie jie...…"

"It's the scent of human flesh! It's the scent of human flesh!"

"The blood Qi here is very rich, there are Martial Warriors... there are Martial Warriors."

...

Inside the black clouds, countless demon roars, mocking laughs, and rampant words continuously emanated. Hou Yucheng clearly sensed that not only were they here, but probably the entire Shenzhou was filled with these demonic voices. Just because of the sheer number of demons within the black fog, simply too many existed!

This disturbance was simply too great, and countless commoners of Jianye Prefecture City had already taken to the streets, looking up at the black clouds in the sky. They, too, heard the demonic voices within the black clouds distinctly.

Ordinary citizens couldn't feel much, only faintly guessing that something terrifying was about to occur, with a slight look of fear on their faces. But Martial Artists were different, especially those who had dealt with demons before; they clearly sensed the black clouds were filled with Demon Qi. The owners of the sinister voices in the clouds were terrifying demons, causing their hairs to stand on end with panic.

"Demons! There are demons, there are supreme demons!"

"It's not just one, there are so many. It's over, how could this be...?"

Splatter

In Jianye Prefecture City, two Yuan Dan Realm Martial Artists, overcome by panic and fear, spoke out. Unfortunately, they hadn't finished their words when a Sword Qi descended from the sky, cutting them off.