"A century from now, Jiu Ying will surely present the complete Witch-Slaying Sword."
After receiving his answer and completing his task of relaying the message, Kun Peng departed.
Only Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage, remained, muttering to himself:
"The Witch-Slaying Sword? What a treasure! Truly a magnificent treasure!"
"If its forging is successful, and it can shatter the true bodies of Great Witches and Ancestral Witches, then the Demon Court's victory over the Wu Clan and its rise to become the sole overlord of the Primordial World will not be far off."
"Even better, the method for forging this Witch-Slaying Sword is extremely simple, requiring only the essence and blood of the Human Race."
"This matter is not difficult."
"Although the Human Race has a high reproduction rate and a vast population, allowing them to supply blood food for all races of the Demon Court with their numbers alone."
"Their strength is low, and they lack many powerful individuals, making them far easier to deal with than other forces."
Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage, had followed Emperor Jun in establishing the Demon Court and had fought countless battles against numerous races since the early days of the Wu-Demon era.
Over forty thousand Yuan Hui had passed.
If Emperor Jun had ordered him to attack a race guarded by a Quasi-Saint with great divine abilities, he would naturally proceed with caution, gather intelligence, and then launch a swift strike.
If Emperor Jun had ordered him to attack races without Quasi-Saints, only Great Luo Golden Immortals, then Jiu Ying would have had a much easier time, not needing any plans. He would simply deploy his subordinate forces and stand his true form within that race's territory.
As for a race like the Human Race, which ten thousand years ago was confirmed to have no Great Luo Golden Immortals, only three cultivators at the early Taiyi stage…
Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage, felt this was the easiest task he had ever received.
So easy, in fact, that Jiu Ying did not wish to personally intervene.
"Such a weak Human Race, for me, a Quasi-Saint at the early stage, to personally deal with a race not guarded by a Great Luo Golden Immortal, would truly be a loss of prestige."
"His Majesty the Demon Emperor commands all races of the Demon Court, and I, Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage, am one of the Ten Great Demon Sages. While I may not command all races, I can certainly command a thousand races."
"To use the forces of a thousand races to deal with a weak Human Race is to overestimate them too much."
"If this were to be known, all the great powers of the Primordial World would laugh at me!"
"My prestige as a Demon Sage would be utterly ruined."
"Fine, I shall let my subordinates handle it. I will select a few to invade the Human Race."
Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage, quickly summoned his subordinates.
He named several Great Luo Demon Gods in succession.
They were Qiong Qi, Ba She, and Zhu Yan.
Among them, Qiong Qi was a Demon God at the late Great Luo Golden Immortal stage.
Ba She and Zhu Yan were both at the early Great Luo stage.
In Jiu Ying's opinion, for a race as insignificant as the Human Race in the Primordial World, sending a single Demon God to slaughter them would be more than enough.
Sending three would be absolutely foolproof.
Ten thousand years ago, the Human Race had only three cultivators at the early Taiyi Golden Immortal stage.
A mere ten thousand years, which is close to one Yuan Hui, would at most result in the Human Race gaining one more Taiyi Golden Immortal. Could they truly cause a stir?
Three Great Luo Demon Gods were sufficient to handle a force of this caliber!
In Jiu Ying's estimation, let alone the Human Race, even if their strength multiplied ten thousandfold, these three Great Luo Demon Gods could still easily suppress them!
It was absolutely foolproof!
"Qiong Qi, Ba She, Zhu Yan, this matter is entrusted to you. Do you have any objections?"
The Demon Gods Qiong Qi, Ba She, and Zhu Yan bowed in unison upon hearing this.
"Reporting to the Demon Sage, we have no objections whatsoever."
"We will surely collect abundant human essence and blood for the Demon Sage to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword!"
Jiu Ying nodded and, like Emperor Jun, said to the three Demon Gods, "I trust you to handle this."
"That being said, I shall depart now. This matter is entirely in your hands."
"Do not disappoint me."
Jiu Ying then floated away.
Leaving only Qiong Qi, Ba She, and Zhu Yan, the three Demon Gods, exchanging glances.
After a while.
Ba She spoke first, "What are your plans?"
"Regarding the collection of human essence and blood, His Majesty the Demon Emperor did not wish to personally handle it, so he entrusted the entire responsibility to Lord Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage."
"Lord Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage, also did not wish to personally handle it, so he entrusted the entire responsibility to us three Great Luo Demon Gods."
"This is a case of subcontracting at every level."
"Should we outsource it further?"
Ba She's words caused the other two Great Luo Demon Gods to ponder for a moment.
Qiong Qi said, "No, we cannot outsource it further. We three are at the Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation level. If we outsource it further, it would fall to our subordinate Taiyi Golden Immortals."
"Setting aside whether they would continue to outsource it, given the strength of the Human Race, their three ancestors are already three Taiyi Golden Immortals."
"According to the intelligence of the Demon Court, ten thousand years ago, those three Human ancestors were already at the early Taiyi stage."
"Now, after ten thousand years, it is possible that the Human Race has produced another Taiyi Golden Immortal, or that the three Human ancestors have advanced to the middle Taiyi stage. This is not impossible."
"At this juncture, the Human Race may possess four Taiyi Golden Immortals, some of whom should have advanced to the middle Taiyi stage."
"With a race of this caliber, if we were to outsource this matter entirely to our subordinate Taiyi Golden Immortals."
"There is a possibility that they might be defeated by the Human Race."
"If they are defeated by the Human Race, then we will be in a difficult position with Lord Jiu Ying, the Demon Sage."
"Therefore, it is best that we three Demon Gods lead the way, gathering ten billion demon soldiers, and directly invade the Human Race."
The three Great Luo realm Demon Gods quickly reached a consensus on this matter.
That is, the three of them would lead, and the demon army of ten billion demon soldiers would provide support.
Facing the Human Race, this would be foolproof.
It could not be outsourced further.
Demon God Qiong Qi stated, "With the three of us Great Luo Golden Immortals dealing with the Human Race, there is no possibility of error."
"I feel that the focus of our expedition should not be the slaughter of the Human Race, but the forging of the Witch-Slaying Sword."
"The slaughter of the Human Race can be perfectly accomplished by three Great Luo Golden Immortals."
"However, when it comes to forging the Witch-Slaying Sword, such a treasure, how should it be forged? We probably need to research it."
Ba She heard this and went to the Demon Court, finding a Golden Immortal demon. He instructed it to retrieve a small portion of human essence and blood to test.
This Golden Immortal immediately collected the abundant human essence and blood stored in the Demon Court's treasury and presented it to the three Demon Gods.
"This human essence and blood… the quality is slightly inferior, it's not fresh, and most importantly, it lacks the instantaneous collection of primal essence during slaughter…"
Zhu Yan, in addition to being a Great Luo Demon God, was also a master craftsman.
At this moment, as he analyzed the human essence and blood before him, he directly deduced the method for forging the Witch-Slaying Sword.
Firstly, freshness must be guaranteed. It cannot be essence and blood collected tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago and stored in a blood bank.
Such essence and blood cannot be used to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.
Secondly, even if secret arts are used to restore the freshness of this human essence and blood, it still cannot be used to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.
This is because, during the forging of the Witch-Slaying Sword, the life essence of the Human Race must be captured.