Liu Tao took out the pill bottle from his embrace, looked at it, and then put it back carefully. Immediately, he picked up the saber he had dropped on the ground.
He hesitated no longer.
He soared into the air, reaching the sky, drawing everyone's attention.
"You cowards, idiots, you spineless worms!"
Liu Tao turned around, glared at the millions below in the city, and roared with all his might.
"Look at yourselves, look at what you are doing!
Each of you is stronger than me, has higher cultivation than me, holds a higher status than me, you are all high and mighty lords!
You shout every day about defending your homeland, defending your country!
But what are you doing now?"
Liu Tao's curses caused everyone below to frown and become furious.
What right did this brat have to stand there and insult them?
Immediately, someone could not resist and prepared to rush up to kill him.
Facing the indignant faces below, Liu Tao showed no fear. His past timidity and forbearance had vanished. He could only curse these people fiercely.
"Look up at the sky. Those outsiders, those people who have no connection to our world, are sacrificing their lives to protect us.
This is our world, yet they die while we live!
But you only stand here, under this formation, protected by them, and then when they are all dead, you will kneel on the ground, beg the demon race not to kill you, and finally, when the demon race's blades are at your necks, you won't even dare to resist.
I say this here and now, the millions in this city are all useless, mere women without balls!
Millions of people, with just one spit each, could drown the demon race. Even if they were ten million pigs, letting the demon race slaughter them would tire out a few.
Heh, killing you is much easier than killing pigs.
You're angry? What right do you have to be angry? If you're angry, take your sabers and go cut down the demon race.
I know you dare not!
You spineless wretches only know how to cry and wail, afraid to pick up your weapons and fight the enemy, only daring to place your lives in the hands of others.
If you won't,
I will go myself!!!"
After shouting with all his might, Liu Tao laughed wildly and charged towards the sky with his saber.
"General Feng, the pills I owe you, I can't repay in this life. I'll repay them in the next!"
Above, was the boundless demon race.
Below, were the humans looking up.
In between, was that moth flying into the flame without hesitation... an ant!
"Damn it, this kid's words are so harsh, yet why do I feel like he's got a point?"
"This little thief, he insulted us and now he wants to run. If you're charging into the demon race, I'll charge in too."
"A true man faces death bravely. To live a life of shame, exchanging others' deaths for one's own survival, I cannot do that. I'll fight!"
"Let's fight the demon race. Better to die than be a spineless woman!"
"Damn it, you all watch from here. I'm going to kill demons. Just remember to bury me afterwards, and don't let wild dogs gnaw on my corpse!"
"You think you're the only hero? I'm going to kill demons too, and I don't care about burying you!"
Countless people below, whether stirred by Liu Tao's shame, or awakened by his insults, all charged forward together.
Innumerable figures rose from the city, soaring towards the sky.
They included Foundation Establishment cultivators and Transcendent powerhouses.
They included the old and the young.
They included men and women.
They all charged in one direction.
They were all the weak, yet they charged fearlessly towards the powerful pressing down on them from the sky.
"Kid, if you survive this, you don't have to repay the pills."
Feng An, whose face had been solemn, finally smiled.
He donned his helmet, drew his sword, and roared,
"Soldiers of the Five Elements Hall, heed my command!"
"Here!"
"Follow me into the fray, and fight alongside our comrades!"
"Our resolve is to charge!"
"We will live or die!"
Feng An soared into the sky, and the remaining twenty thousand soldiers of the Five Elements Hall on the city wall followed him.
"General Feng, if you leave, who will protect me, your Emperor!"
The middle-aged Emperor cried out urgently.
"Then why doesn't Your Majesty join me in the battle against the demon race, to protect your country!"
"I..."
The middle-aged Emperor hesitated, yet felt that letting go now would damage his imperial authority.
A nearby minister, seeing through his thoughts, immediately provided a way out.
"Your Majesty's precious body must not be easily put at risk."
"Your Majesty's life is not your own; it belongs to the nation and its people. For the safety of the realm, you must take care of yourself. Nothing must happen to you!"
"If Your Majesty charges forward, this old minister will commit suicide before your eyes."
"Your Majesty, please reconsider. You are the Son of Heaven, how can you be like these commoners?"
Upon hearing this, the Emperor finally found an excuse and nodded.
"What all my loyal ministers say is reasonable."
They still stood on the city walls, protected by others.
With the country saved, they could still enjoy their wealth. Those who charged towards the demon army were the very commoners they spoke of.
The courage of commoners could also shake heaven and earth!
Liu Tao was the first to charge towards the demon race, but not the first to reach them.
After all, he was only a Core Formation cultivator, and his speed was limited. Many of those who charged with him had higher cultivation.
These powerhouses, one after another, surpassed Liu Tao, raising their weapons, roaring as they charged towards the demon race.
The demon race were elites of the expeditionary force, at least at the level of Wrathful Demons, with more being Demon Generals, Demon Commanders, and Demon Lords.
The strength of these demons was such that any single one of them, placed among their own kind, would be a local powerhouse capable of crushing many.
Yet, they still charged forward like moths to a flame.
They feared no death; a dozen of them would surround and kill one demon. Even with heavy casualties, they aimed to kill one demon.
If outsiders were fighting for their lives, what reason did these natives have to cower in the city, being protected by others?
Millions of humans plunged into the demon army, fighting them to the death.
The formation of the demon army was immediately disrupted.
Even millions of ants could bite an elephant to death!
"Fall back, fall back, kill all these ants, tear them to shreds!"
The demon commander, seeing his side's great advantage being ruined by these ants, jumped with anger, wishing he could devour them all.
He knew that these ants had been suppressed within the city, under the formation, unable to even move.
And now, they dared to defy the heavenly might of the demon race?!
How dare they?!
"Hahahaha, brothers, charge with me! Our compatriots have arrived! The demon race is faltering! Let's kill all these demons together!"
The commander of the fifth reinforcement corps laughed heartily, his body heavily wounded, and blew the horn of counterattack.