Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?
Author: 宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅
Chapter 490: Countermeasures
Chapter 490: Countermeasures
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The entire hall fell into silence.
The elders suddenly understood everything.
No wonder the Ancestor could produce advanced Spirit Veins.
And not just one, but four whole veins at once.
Turns out he had raided the Demon Race's home!
They had originally been furious about the Demon Race's sudden large-scale invasion.
But now half their anger dissipated, and they even felt... the Demon Race's attack was somewhat justified.
Chen Huaian scanned the assembled elders, feeling slightly awkward, and quickly cleared his throat:
"Ahem, to deal with the Demon Race, we must first understand their characteristics."
He sat upright, with Li Qingran beside him adopting a primary school student's posture with her hands tucked in.
The elders in the hall sat cross-legged on meditation cushions, expressions serious.
"Ancestor, you're absolutely right. So what are the Demon Race's characteristics?" Su Qinian was the first to raise his hand.
"I'm asking YOU!" Chen Huaian rolled his eyes.
He'd never fought the Cangyun Realm's Demon Race - what would he know?
Only the demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains could truly be called the Demon Race - others were just monsters. It was like comparing royalty to peasants!
Ordinary cultivators could easily crush demon militia.
But they might not fare so well against the Demon Race's royal guards.
The true Demon Race had bloodline and cultivation techniques - their combat power shouldn't be underestimated.
"Ancestor, I've never fought the Hundred Thousand Mountains' Demon Race either..." Su Qinian scratched his head.
"Then who does know?"
Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes as he looked around.
The elders all lowered their heads like students about to be called on.
"Nobody knows?" Chen Huaian laughed angrily: "Then how the hell are we supposed to fight?"
"Master, don't be angry." Li Qingran secretly held Chen Huaian's hand behind her back and said softly: "Don't we have a demon disciple here? As a demon, he should know about the Demon Race. We can ask him."
Chen Huaian thought about it and agreed.
He had a disciple summon Sun Wukong.
"Ancestor!"
Sun Wukong performed a somewhat unpolished disciple's salute.
Compared to when he first joined the sect, he now carried an air of vitality. Though his Moon Shadow Sect uniform didn't fit perfectly, he wore it properly.
He still retained some macaque wildness - hunched back, hands habitually drawn to his chest - but had lost his former subservience.
"Wukong, the Hundred Thousand Mountains' Demon Race is about to attack our Moon Shadow Sect. What... do you think?" Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes.
Wukong was also a demon.
Would he feel allegiance to his fellow demons?
Sun Wukong froze momentarily upon hearing this, then became agitated: "How dare they! Anyone who touches our Moon Shadow Sect, who harms my senior brothers and sisters, will have to step over my dead body first!"
"As a demon yourself, are you truly willing to help us fight the Demon Race?"
After a brief silence, Sun Wukong answered frankly: "Ancestor, demons who eat raw flesh and drink blood exist. Demons who kill indiscriminately exist. But demons who cultivate virtue and seek the great Dao also exist. I choose to be the third kind. My path must be righteous - it shouldn't be built upon others' suffering."
"Good." Chen Huaian nodded inwardly.
This monkey's moral awareness was impressively high!
The reason the Demon Race had been driven into the Hundred Thousand Mountains by united human cultivators was precisely because their inherited bloodlines and martial arts were mostly cruel and merciless. They emphasized absolute bullying of the weak and bloodline suppression.
They knew no family bonds, no love or hate.
Their lives consisted only of domination, slaughter, and plunder.
Such savage nature made them intolerable to humans.
But heaven favors all life. At the moment when complete annihilation was possible, the united human cultivators ultimately showed mercy, designating the Hundred Thousand Mountains' depths as the Demon Race's territory.
For millennia, or even ten thousand years,
The Demon Race was forbidden from stepping beyond the Hundred Thousand Mountains' heart.
Time passed, circumstances changed.
The mighty human cultivators who had suppressed the Demon Race either ascended or died.
Now fewer than five remained, all vanished without trace.
With the Demon Army's return, who could stop their overwhelming onslaught?
"Ancestor, the Demon Race currently has five Great Sages, all at the Great Ascension Stage." Sun Wukong recalled: "Additionally there are many Demon Kings and Generals. The most terrifying aspect is their numerical advantage.
Ordinary demons usually can't match cultivators.
But demons with bloodlines and cultivation techniques can fight human cultivators two-to-one, even one-to-one. And these demons aren't necessarily in beast form - most have cultivated human forms with human characteristics."
"Sounds impressive!" Chen Huaian stroked his chin and nodded.
So the Demon Race had both swarm tactics and individual strength.
Aren't they perfect all-round warriors then?
Reality must be different.
If demons were so powerful, why cultivate human forms? There must be a reason. If they're so amazing, why not just use their original demon bodies?
The elders' expressions darkened, morale visibly plummeting.
Seeing this, Li Qingran pursed her lips and quickly asked Brother Monkey: "Does the Demon Race have any weaknesses?"
"Yes, yes they do." The monkey nodded. "Though they have cultivation techniques, they're mostly physical enhancement methods - quite primitive. Most demons can't use spells, just brute strength."
"How is that a weakness..." Li Qingran frowned.
Isn't tremendous strength an advantage?
"If I'm not mistaken," Chen Huaian interjected, shaking his head, "most demons have brute strength but no brains. So they can't craft talismans, forge Sword Spheres, refine elixirs, and they fundamentally don't understand how to break formations."
"Therefore, any formation their strength can't destroy will trap and kill them... am I right?"
"Exactly!" Sun Wukong clasped his hands admiringly. "As expected of the Ancestor, discerning deeper truths from just a few words."
"So the method to counter the invasion is obvious."
Chen Huaian stood and declared:
"Zhang Mengchu, Li Ziping, Liu Yuanqing! Immediately set up formations in the Cangbo Mountain Range. Its treacherous terrain makes it perfect for ambushing the Demon Army."
"Yes, Ancestor!" The three immediately accepted their orders.
"Xiang Tiange." Chen Huaian looked at the Artifact Pavilion elder in the crowd, then took out a long black case from his Storage Ring.
"Ancestor, what's this?" Xiang Tiange stared blankly at the black case on the floor.
"This is a machine cannon, also called the Terminator M134." Chen Huaian said calmly. "You have one day to create a Cangyun Realm version. Can you do it?"
"Oh." He tossed a bag of spirit jade onto the case: "Use this as the energy source."
He planned to keep the premium Celestial Jade Marrow in his pocket dimension - even if demons captured his Cangyun Terminator, they couldn't use it.
Heh heh heh!
Xiang Tiange's eyes lit up seeing the black case. He straightened up: "Ancestor, I guarantee completion!"
...
The entire hall fell into silence.
The elders suddenly understood everything.
No wonder the Ancestor could produce advanced Spirit Veins.
And not just one, but four whole veins at once.
Turns out he had raided the Demon Race's home!
They had originally been furious about the Demon Race's sudden large-scale invasion.
But now half their anger dissipated, and they even felt... the Demon Race's attack was somewhat justified.
Chen Huaian scanned the assembled elders, feeling slightly awkward, and quickly cleared his throat:
"Ahem, to deal with the Demon Race, we must first understand their characteristics."
He sat upright, with Li Qingran beside him adopting a primary school student's posture with her hands tucked in.
The elders in the hall sat cross-legged on meditation cushions, expressions serious.
"Ancestor, you're absolutely right. So what are the Demon Race's characteristics?" Su Qinian was the first to raise his hand.
"I'm asking YOU!" Chen Huaian rolled his eyes.
He'd never fought the Cangyun Realm's Demon Race - what would he know?
Only the demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains could truly be called the Demon Race - others were just monsters. It was like comparing royalty to peasants!
Ordinary cultivators could easily crush demon militia.
But they might not fare so well against the Demon Race's royal guards.
The true Demon Race had bloodline and cultivation techniques - their combat power shouldn't be underestimated.
"Ancestor, I've never fought the Hundred Thousand Mountains' Demon Race either..." Su Qinian scratched his head.
"Then who does know?"
Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes as he looked around.
The elders all lowered their heads like students about to be called on.
"Nobody knows?" Chen Huaian laughed angrily: "Then how the hell are we supposed to fight?"
"Master, don't be angry." Li Qingran secretly held Chen Huaian's hand behind her back and said softly: "Don't we have a demon disciple here? As a demon, he should know about the Demon Race. We can ask him."
Chen Huaian thought about it and agreed.
He had a disciple summon Sun Wukong.
"Ancestor!"
Sun Wukong performed a somewhat unpolished disciple's salute.
Compared to when he first joined the sect, he now carried an air of vitality. Though his Moon Shadow Sect uniform didn't fit perfectly, he wore it properly.
He still retained some macaque wildness - hunched back, hands habitually drawn to his chest - but had lost his former subservience.
"Wukong, the Hundred Thousand Mountains' Demon Race is about to attack our Moon Shadow Sect. What... do you think?" Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes.
Wukong was also a demon.
Would he feel allegiance to his fellow demons?
Sun Wukong froze momentarily upon hearing this, then became agitated: "How dare they! Anyone who touches our Moon Shadow Sect, who harms my senior brothers and sisters, will have to step over my dead body first!"
"As a demon yourself, are you truly willing to help us fight the Demon Race?"
After a brief silence, Sun Wukong answered frankly: "Ancestor, demons who eat raw flesh and drink blood exist. Demons who kill indiscriminately exist. But demons who cultivate virtue and seek the great Dao also exist. I choose to be the third kind. My path must be righteous - it shouldn't be built upon others' suffering."
"Good." Chen Huaian nodded inwardly.
This monkey's moral awareness was impressively high!
The reason the Demon Race had been driven into the Hundred Thousand Mountains by united human cultivators was precisely because their inherited bloodlines and martial arts were mostly cruel and merciless. They emphasized absolute bullying of the weak and bloodline suppression.
They knew no family bonds, no love or hate.
Their lives consisted only of domination, slaughter, and plunder.
Such savage nature made them intolerable to humans.
But heaven favors all life. At the moment when complete annihilation was possible, the united human cultivators ultimately showed mercy, designating the Hundred Thousand Mountains' depths as the Demon Race's territory.
For millennia, or even ten thousand years,
The Demon Race was forbidden from stepping beyond the Hundred Thousand Mountains' heart.
Time passed, circumstances changed.
The mighty human cultivators who had suppressed the Demon Race either ascended or died.
Now fewer than five remained, all vanished without trace.
With the Demon Army's return, who could stop their overwhelming onslaught?
"Ancestor, the Demon Race currently has five Great Sages, all at the Great Ascension Stage." Sun Wukong recalled: "Additionally there are many Demon Kings and Generals. The most terrifying aspect is their numerical advantage.
Ordinary demons usually can't match cultivators.
But demons with bloodlines and cultivation techniques can fight human cultivators two-to-one, even one-to-one. And these demons aren't necessarily in beast form - most have cultivated human forms with human characteristics."
"Sounds impressive!" Chen Huaian stroked his chin and nodded.
So the Demon Race had both swarm tactics and individual strength.
Aren't they perfect all-round warriors then?
Reality must be different.
If demons were so powerful, why cultivate human forms? There must be a reason. If they're so amazing, why not just use their original demon bodies?
The elders' expressions darkened, morale visibly plummeting.
Seeing this, Li Qingran pursed her lips and quickly asked Brother Monkey: "Does the Demon Race have any weaknesses?"
"Yes, yes they do." The monkey nodded. "Though they have cultivation techniques, they're mostly physical enhancement methods - quite primitive. Most demons can't use spells, just brute strength."
"How is that a weakness..." Li Qingran frowned.
Isn't tremendous strength an advantage?
"If I'm not mistaken," Chen Huaian interjected, shaking his head, "most demons have brute strength but no brains. So they can't craft talismans, forge Sword Spheres, refine elixirs, and they fundamentally don't understand how to break formations."
"Therefore, any formation their strength can't destroy will trap and kill them... am I right?"
"Exactly!" Sun Wukong clasped his hands admiringly. "As expected of the Ancestor, discerning deeper truths from just a few words."
"So the method to counter the invasion is obvious."
Chen Huaian stood and declared:
"Zhang Mengchu, Li Ziping, Liu Yuanqing! Immediately set up formations in the Cangbo Mountain Range. Its treacherous terrain makes it perfect for ambushing the Demon Army."
"Yes, Ancestor!" The three immediately accepted their orders.
"Xiang Tiange." Chen Huaian looked at the Artifact Pavilion elder in the crowd, then took out a long black case from his Storage Ring.
"Ancestor, what's this?" Xiang Tiange stared blankly at the black case on the floor.
"This is a machine cannon, also called the Terminator M134." Chen Huaian said calmly. "You have one day to create a Cangyun Realm version. Can you do it?"
"Oh." He tossed a bag of spirit jade onto the case: "Use this as the energy source."
He planned to keep the premium Celestial Jade Marrow in his pocket dimension - even if demons captured his Cangyun Terminator, they couldn't use it.
Heh heh heh!
Xiang Tiange's eyes lit up seeing the black case. He straightened up: "Ancestor, I guarantee completion!"