Chapter 705

Chapter 705: The Surrender of the Stone King

In the year 1,193 of the Xia calendar, the North Immortal Kingdom

The North Immortal Kingdom is like a juicy piece of meat now, many forces have their eyes on it, even the Ying Continent sent people to make contact, after all, the Stone King only has a public status of fifth rank, and there are not many demon tribes in the Luanshi Mountain.

Faced with the looting from various forces, the North Immortal Kingdom could not defend itself, so it had to choose to align with one of the forces, and naturally, they chose the Huaxia Federation.

Firstly, the North Immortal Kingdom’s cultural attributes lean towards the Huaxia Federation, as the North Immortal Kingdom’s ancestors were immigrants from the Datong Country, inheriting both race and culture from the Huaxia Federation.

Secondly, the Huaxia Federation is the strongest, anyway, since they will be taken advantage of, they might as well choose a stronger force, so they can feel more resigned and console themselves that if they can’t resist, they might as well enjoy it.

After negotiating a series of concessions, Cao Ying led a team to the North Immortal Kingdom. Although the Luanshi Mountain demon tribe was not numerous, she alone could not stop so many, so she had to bring people with her.

A large flying vessel landed in the North Immortal Kingdom, where most of the high-ranking officials gathered to welcome them. People now knew about the realm of cultivation, so for Cao Ying, the number one person in the cultivation world, they had to show respect.

Some golden core cultivators from the North Immortal Kingdom also wanted to get close to Cao Ying. Most of the North Immortal Kingdom’s cultivation techniques were obtained from the Huaxia side, with a few being excavated. However, most of the excavated techniques were incomplete.

As a result, they were far behind in their cultivation. When they communicated with the golden core cultivators from Huaxia, they realized how ignorant they were regarding many cultivation issues, feeling like country bumpkins. In Huaxia, these things were openly discussed, although in a limited manner, and the exchange of cultivation experiences was a means by which Huaxia controlled other forces.

Cao Ying exchanged a few pleasantries with them, then got down to business, to understand the current situation of the Stone King and their allies.

The Stone King led the monster tribe from Luanshi Mountain out of the mountain, conquered a nearby city and villages, taking over a lot of land. The Stone King also showed mercy to the ordinary people, giving them three days to escape. The people of North Immortal Kingdom were grateful for this, otherwise the whole city would have perished.

But things got out of control later on. Luanshi Mountain had three Fifth-rank Demon Kings. The other two Demon Kings started craving human blood, their savage instincts took over, and they no longer obeyed the Stone King’s orders. They led other monsters to attack everywhere, and now several cities have been captured with many casualties.

For the monsters, human blood is a great nourishment, especially the blood and flesh of cultivators, which they crave even more. Several cities have been almost wiped out, and the armies sent by North Immortal Kingdom to fight back have been defeated one after another.

"Ordinary technological weapons are ineffective against high-rank monsters, mainly due to their speed. Take missiles for example, if they are not hypersonic, they will be detonated by the monsters before hitting the ground. Spiritual energy weapons are slightly better, but we have too few of them…"

The people of North Immortal Kingdom are in a difficult situation. They dare not use biochemical weapons on their land to avoid polluting it. What will happen to the natives living on that land?

They don’t have nuclear weapons. In the entire human world, only Alliance Three Countries possess nuclear weapons. Although the Alliance has lifted military restrictions on the five nations in the agreement, they still don’t allow them to have nuclear weapons.

Under all these restrictions, North Immortal Kingdom is almost defeated and helpless against the monsters.

"I have two main concerns now. First, the approximate number of monsters. Second, the monster spies behind this event."

"The approximate number of monsters is around three million and still increasing rapidly. The consumption is lower than the increase. Several high-rank Demon Kings are constantly transforming other wild beasts into monsters and recruiting monsters from other places. As for the spy organizations, we have exposed several teams, but they are all peripheral members. The core members have all fled…"

"We will take care of the high-level monsters, you handle the low-level ones. Our spy organization will help too. We must find them."

Cao Ying said she brought along experts in criminal investigation and anti-spy tactics to deal with the spies.

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Cao Ying took action.

For the first time, the cultivators from the North Immortal Kingdom experienced what a true top expert was. The fifth-level Demon King from Luanshi Mountain seemed like an insurmountable mountain to them. Just one glance made them feel an inexplicable pressure.

Despite being a confident fifth-level Demon King, Cao Ying’s single strike overwhelmed him. With one sword strike, Cao Ying unleashed dozens of sword energies, killing the fifth-level Demon King and the surrounding fourth and third-level monsters, blood spilling everywhere.

After her strike, Cao Ying sheathed her sword and stood still. Her allies from Huaxia aggressively attacked the other monsters, cutting them down effortlessly.

The first battle took three days, and nearly a million monsters were slain. Cao Ying then led her people to the territory of another fifth-level Demon King, only to find that he had escaped, taking his third and fourth-level monsters with him.

"Clean up these monsters, they have all tasted human blood. Let none of them escape."

Cao Ying told her companions to fly with her to the territory of Stone King.

Stone Monsters are very few in number, so the territory they occupy is also small. Right now, there is a group of monsters around, some of whom just arrived yesterday to help.

As soon as Cao Ying arrived, Stone King appeared and flew in front of Cao Ying.

"The leader of the Stone clan, Shi Daredeng, greets the human, Tao Achieving."

"Shi Daredeng?"

"Yes, it’s a name given to me by a human. I found it pleasant, so I adopted it as my own name."

"I prefer calling you Stone King."

Cao Ying found it strange – the Stone King in front of her was a giant made of stone, would he not find it strange to be called Shi Daredeng?

"Human Tao Achieving, I know you have come to kill me, but I feel unjustly accused."

"What a misunderstanding!"

"I, a member of the Stone clan, am also one of the creatures of the earth. In this vast land, there should be a place for my Stone clan to live, right?"

"Yes."

"Since my Stone clan is one of the creatures of the earth, Luanshi Mountain should be my dwelling place. For decades, I have tried to avoid killing humans as much as possible. I can guarantee that unless they attack me actively, I won’t attack them."

"However, half a month ago, humans attacked our territory. They used weapons to kill our untransformed clan members and polluted our homeland. We had no choice but to seek another place to settle. Am I not being wrongly accused?"

"Indeed, it’s quite unfair, but arguing based on race is somewhat laughable."

Cao Ying said. Explaining this kind of racial conflict in terms of right or wrong is just too ridiculous.

"I am not of the demon clan."

The Stone King said, and Cao Ying, hearing this, looked meaningfully at the Stone King. It was clear that the Stone King didn’t want to fight and was seeking mercy.

"Yes, you are not from the demon tribe, you are an elf. The elf tribe was established in ancient times as a separate group. However, there are very few types of elves and not many in number, so eventually they were classified as one tribe."

Cao Ying continued his words, saying that the classification of races was done by the human tribe, and it was very rough. If one didn’t belong to the human tribe, then they were classified as part of the demon tribe, and the rest didn’t matter.

"Yes, that’s why I don’t want to be classified with the demon tribe. We are the elf tribe."

"And then?"

"You can handle those demon tribes as you like. I will not harm the human tribe in the future, but the condition is that the human tribe cannot harm us either."

"Okay, but you have to come with me. Leave a transformed one from the Stone Monster tribe to guard your people, while the rest come to Huaxia. I can ensure your safety and you will not have to fight the demon tribe."

Cao Ying said, if the Stone Monster is willing to surrender, she naturally will not act, but the Stone Monster tribe must be supervised, and they may even have to cooperate in conducting some experiments.

"Alright, but Luanshi Mountain…"

"I will handle it. Luanshi Mountain belongs to you, and I will send people to clean up the pollution there."

Cao Ying quickly said that pollution can be controlled with some technology, and Huaxia has this technology.

"Ok."

The Stone King agreed right away. He had already abandoned the demon clan behind him, and the fifth-level Demon King had abandoned him first. Once they left Luanshi Mountain, they no longer listened to him. Now that the enemies have come and want to use him as a weapon, there is no way he will comply.

"Thank you."

Cao Ying looked into the distance and decided to capture the Demon King alive and take him to the Spiritual Energy Research Institute for study.