Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 1168: Chapter 1167: The End of the War

Xiang’er has left, following Yuj Lin, that Starry Guide.

The matters of the Five Great Super Sects will ultimately be left for Su Han to handle personally. Perhaps, this is predestined.

Even though she is a Magic Saint, even though she has the power to destroy the Five Great Super Sects, someone still stopped her from doing so.

As for those Extraterritorial Demons, Xiang’er originally intended to strike them down, but she knows that there are far too many of them, impossible to eliminate completely.

On the Dragon Martial Continent alone, there are countless in number, and in a certain space, these Extraterritorial Demons are still arriving.

The passage Long Lie once severed seems to be reconnected at this moment, with clearly more Extraterritorial Demons than before.

...

Su Han stands still, the Phoenix Sect stands still, everyone stands still, unmoving.

They look at the vast field of corpses, at the nearly devastated land, at the rivers of flowing blood, falling silent.

In the sky, snowflakes fall, growing larger until they reach the ground, where they turn into blood-red puddles.

These puddles of blood slowly coalesce in everyone’s gaze, forming menacing figures.

”As expected...”

Su Han’s pupils constrict slightly as he watches the continuously appearing Extraterritorial Demons, murmuring to himself.

With Xiang’er’s threat gone, these Extraterritorial Demons become fearless, fixing their gaze on Su Han and others with boundless murderous intent and ferocity.

”Phoenix Sect disciples, heed my command!”

Su Han suddenly calls out, ”Bring all the bodies of the Phoenix Sect disciples back to the sect residence, and give them a proper burial!”

”Yes!!!”

Liuyun and others roar, tears streaming from their eyes.

During the battle, they forgot everything, but now that the war has stopped, they calm down, and a melancholy atmosphere spreads through the air.

Not only on the Phoenix Sect’s side, but also at One Slash Palace and the Xuanyuan Clan, they retrieve the bodies of their fallen and bring them back.

They move quickly, as the clothes they wear differ from those of the Five Great Super Sects’ disciples.

After about an hour, many people carry bodies on their shoulders.

Some hold severed limbs. According to Su Han, even if they died incomplete, he would never let their restless souls haunt the wilds.

They have a home, and that is the Phoenix Sect.

And just as they carry all the bodies away, the heavy snow in the sky finally stops, the dense and sinister figures fully coalesce.

In the void, a blood-red vortex appears, and massive figures step out from it.

They are Demon God Level, Great Demon God Level beings!

Among them, Su Han sees no fewer than ten Demon Lords, and the Demon Lord represents the Dragon Emperor Realm!

”Retreat!”

Su Han raises his head and with a swift wave of his hand, countless Phoenix Sect disciples rush towards the sect residence.

The Extraterritorial Demons follow closely, finally launching an attack, yet they fail to catch up to Su Han and the others, being halted by the Nine Clouds Immortal Illusion Formation.

This Nine Clouds Immortal Illusion Formation cannot be broken by the Dragon Emperor Realm Early Stage, not even those Mecha Divine Statues can demolish it; all the Extraterritorial Demons remain blocked outside, with fierce roars heard from within the sect residence.

...

Within the sect residence.

The ground that once belonged to the plaza is now completely overturned, pits dug out one by one.

Each body has its pit; tens of thousands of pits densely populate everyone’s sight.

”Bury them!”

Su Han shouts loudly, his voice tinged with sorrow.

Yet, no one moves.

All look at the bodies in the pits, bodies trembling, fists clenched, filled with overwhelming anger beneath their grief.

This is their first time disobeying Su Han’s order, but Su Han does not blame them.

Each corpse’s face, some with eyes wide open, some with smiles, some looking very peaceful.

Dead men hold high honor; they are the Phoenix Sect’s meritorious officials!

If not for them paving the way with their lives, the surrounding people would not survive.

If not for them paving the way with their lives, the Phoenix Sect might not have waited for Xiang’er’s breakthrough before being wiped out by the Five Great Super Sects.

If not for them paving the way with their lives, Su Han might also die at the hands of the Five Great Super Sects!

”Wooo~”

The sound of weeping arises, initially small but growing louder over time.

Raindrops fall from the sky, although under the cover of the Nine Clouds Immortal Illusion Formation, there shouldn’t be rain, yet it falls, drip-dropping on the ground.

The cries stem from the deceased’s friends, or relatives, or children’s wails.

”Bury them!”

After a long while, Su Han speaks again, and at last, the people of the Phoenix Sect move.

No matter how reluctant, no matter how often their living faces surface in their minds, at this moment, they finally must bury them.

Piles of dirt gradually cover the bodies, and those figures disappear from sight.

Once dead, they truly are never seen again.

”I once said, were you to die, I, Su Han, and all disciples of the Phoenix Sect would don mourning clothes and stand in vigil for you for a year, but...”

Su Han looks up, looking beyond the Nine Clouds Immortal Illusion Formation at the countless ominous silhouettes, sighing.

”But this promise, for now, cannot be fulfilled.”

”You have already perished, yet there are those still alive; I must bear responsibility for the Phoenix Sect, for all its members!”

”Once I have handled all matters, I will definitely stand vigil for you for a year!”

”The Five Great Super Sects, our sect will certainly annihilate them, and those who killed you, I will ensure they accompany you in death!”

As the speech ends, the eyes of the previously open-eyed corpses slowly close.

In the end, tens of thousands of bodies are buried.

Among them are those belonging to the Phoenix Sect, as well as the Xuanyuan Clan’s; as for those from One Slash Palace, they have been taken back.

One Slash Palace’s Sage’s Skull was not brought, as the battle only lasted less than a day, and for now, the Sage’s Skull is not needed.

But in the future, it will surely come into play.

This war, though only lasting a morning, claimed at least three hundred thousand Phoenix Sect disciples, with over five hundred thousand injured.

It is the largest loss the Phoenix Sect has faced since its founding.

And this war has finally made the Phoenix Sect disciples realize the harsh reality of combat.