**Chapter 686: We Must Find a Way to Survive**
The demons from the abyss suddenly retreated, leaving the dragon race in a passive position. Although the human race did not counterattack or pursue, the dragon race also lacked the strength to continue their offensive and could only reluctantly retreat their troops.
The addition of Jiang Yi was like adding insult to injury, dealing a severe blow to the dragon race.
Outside the Demon Emperor’s palace in the depths of the abyss, the Dragon Emperor hovered in the air, roaring furiously towards the palace.
"Demon Emperor, what do you mean by retreating the troops!" The Dragon Emperor’s voice was filled with anger, causing the abyssal flames to tremble continuously.
The Demon Emperor did not appear, and its voice came from within the palace, "Our plan has failed, what else can we do but retreat?"
The Dragon Emperor angrily said, "Even if we couldn’t kill Lin Moyu, as long as we joined forces, we could at least drive the humans out of the ancient battlefield."
"Are you out of your mind? Jiang Yi has returned, didn’t you know?" The Demon Emperor sneered disdainfully.
The Dragon Emperor was slightly stunned, finally recalling Jiang Yi from its memory.
Jiang Yi had risen over 700 years ago and was once the leader of the human race.
Over 600 years ago, he was surrounded and attacked by dozens of demon kings, ultimately falling.
At that time, the dragon race was isolated from the ancient battlefield, and the Dragon Emperor had only heard of Jiang Yi’s name but was not very clear about the details.
"Jiang Yi, wasn’t he already dead?" the Dragon Emperor said.
The Demon Emperor responded, "He was dead, but not completely dead. After being dead for over 600 years, he has been revived."
"That’s impossible!" The Dragon Emperor exclaimed in shock, as even it had never heard of anyone being revived after being dead for over 600 years.
The Demon Emperor said, "Although I don’t know how Jiang Yi was revived, it definitely has something to do with that existence. If you want to know, you can go ask, it’s not hard to find it there."
It...
The Dragon Emperor shuddered violently.
What a joke, go ask Antares? How many lives did it have?
If it just stayed in the dragon realm, Antares wouldn’t bother to kill it for no reason, as there was an agreement between the parties.
But if it foolishly went to the upper realm and appeared before Antares, it would probably be killed by a dragon’s breath.
The Demon Emperor continued, "No matter the reason, Jiang Yi has been revived now. He is at the peak of level 98, a half-step supreme being. Although he is a bit weaker than you and me, the difference is not that great."
"With him present, there is no point in attacking the humans."
Indeed, as the Demon Emperor said, with a half-step supreme being guarding the humans, and the existence of Antares, the great Buddha, they could not even drive the humans out of the ancient battlefield, let alone exterminate them.
Moreover, there was also Lin Moyu, who was too abnormal.
The Dragon Emperor also understood that the situation had turned unfavorable, and there was no need to continue the attack. Retreating was the only choice.
It gritted its teeth, "I thought that without the Emperor, we could drive the humans out of the ancient battlefield and give them a good suppression, crippling them completely."
"I didn’t expect it to turn out like this."
After speaking, the Dragon Emperor left in anger, directly leaving the abyss.
The abyssal flames burned even more fiercely, and the Demon Emperor lounged on its throne, its gaze extremely complex.
"Fool, you don’t even understand your own identity, yet you want to cripple the human race."
"We are pawns, do you understand? Since we are pawns, we should just do our duty as pawns."
"We should act when it’s time to act, lie down when it’s time to lie down, and surrender when it’s time to surrender. Staying alive is more important than anything!"
"We can’t wait any longer, we must find a way to survive."
"But the hatred towards the humans can never be erased... What a headache!"
The abyssal flames grew increasingly fierce, eventually enveloping the entire Demon Emperor’s palace, and the Demon Emperor’s voice also disappeared completely.
In the royal palace, Meng Anwen directly stated his purpose.
Dong Fang Yi did not hesitate and brought out all the information about Jiang Yi and the Demon-Slaying Sword.
The royal family could be considered the longest-existing family in the Shenxia Empire since its establishment, and all records since the founding of the empire had been preserved.
Meng Anwen and Lin Moyu carefully read through the information, which contained detailed records of Jiang Yi’s life and deeds.
There was a lot of information that was not available to the public, especially regarding the origin of the Demon-Slaying Sword.
The Demon-Slaying Sword was made from a metal from outside the heavens, which Jiang Yi had obtained by chance.
According to the feedback from the detection technique, this was a top-tier mythical-grade material called "Demon Gold." In Jiang Yi’s era, there were no divine-level blacksmiths.
But the mythical-grade material could not be wasted.
So several top-tier blacksmiths joined forces and came up with a method.
They collected the essence of demon kings’ blood to refine the Demon Gold.
At that time, there were frequent battles between the demons of the abyss and the human race, so it was not difficult to obtain the blood of demon kings.
In several major battles, Jiang Yi boldly took action and collected the blood of five demon kings.
Using this blood, the blacksmiths finally refined the Demon Gold and forged it into the Demon-Slaying Sword.
Unfortunately, since it was not made by a divine-level blacksmith, and despite using a mythical-grade material, the Demon-Slaying Sword that was ultimately forged was only a top-tier legendary weapon.
Naturally, the Demon-Slaying Sword became Jiang Yi’s weapon.
Wielding the Demon-Slaying Sword, Jiang Yi’s strength greatly increased, and he dominated the battlefield.
Until he was targeted by the demons and ultimately fell in a great battle, exhausted of his strength.
But no one knew that Jiang Yi had not died completely, and over 600 years later, with Lin Moyu’s help and Antares’ power, he was revived. (0...)
However, it seemed that there was a problem after his revival, and the problem was with the Demon-Slaying Sword in Jiang Yi’s hand.
Lin Moyu knew that what Antares said could not be wrong.
"There is no specific information about the Demon Gold in the records," Lin Moyu said softly.
The records only mentioned that this mythical-grade material was called Demon Gold and came from outside the heavens.
But its specific attributes were not known.
Meng Anwen said, "Could the great one possibly know?"
Lin Moyu shook his head, "It doesn’t know."
To Antares, a mythical-grade material was nothing.
Lin Moyu pondered for a moment, "According to the records, one of the five top-tier blacksmiths who participated in the forging of the Demon-Slaying Sword was named Dong Fang Jin, and he was from the royal family, right?"
Dong Fang Yi also checked the information based on Lin Moyu’s words and immediately found the corresponding details, "That’s right, he was indeed from our royal family."
"Could you find all the information about him, including his personal diaries and such?"
The royal family had always kept records, preserving all kinds of information, whether useful or not.
This good habit ensured that they could find what they needed when necessary.
Such a request was not something Dong Fang Yi would refuse.
Moreover, these records were not precious; it was just that they were from a long time ago, so it would take some time to find them.
The royal family had plenty of people, and within half an hour, the results were ready.
Dong Fang Jin had inherited the royal family’s tradition of keeping records, and he had even recorded most of his life’s work.
He was an 88-level top-tier blacksmith, and his greatest regret in life was not becoming a divine-level blacksmith.
His greatest achievement in life was forging the Demon-Slaying Sword.
In his diary, Lin Moyu indeed found information about the Demon Gold.
"Teacher, look at this part!"
Lin Moyu handed the information to Meng Anwen.
After reading it, Meng Anwen’s expression changed slightly, "So that’s how it is."
Dong Fang Yi noticed something was amiss, "Seniors, Lin Senior, is there a problem?"
Meng Anwen’s gaze swept over Dong Fang Yi, who understood and immediately had all unrelated people withdraw.
Meng Anwen pointed with his finger and set up a simple soundproofing formation.
Meng Anwen said, "According to the records, the main material of the Demon-Slaying Sword, the mythical-grade material Demon Gold, has the ability to confuse and disturb the mind, causing people to become agitated and even bloodthirsty."
"In the past, low-level professionals who were affected by the Demon Gold even killed people."
"Even top-tier professionals need to be cautious when dealing with it."