"Jiang Yuan, let's set aside our personal grievances for now and work together to complete this main quest. What do you say?"
Aoshi Longhuang's words were no longer as confrontational as before, and his tone had softened considerably as he looked at Jiang Yuan.
"Fine!"
Jiang Yuan nodded. As long as Aoshi Longhuang didn't cause him trouble, he was willing to cooperate.
After Jiang Yuan joined the group, he specifically requested to be placed in Cangshu Buding's team, and Aoshi Longhuang immediately complied.
The group of over 140 people split into a dozen waves and entered the stone gate in an orderly manner, heading toward the Tianyao Pool. When the four-alliance team gradually approached the Feisheng Platform, they saw from a dozen meters away that the Western Demon Lord and the mysterious black-robed masked man called "Old Han" were desperately reinforcing the seal on the platform.
"Alliance leaders Wending, Aoshi, and Zhanshen, please instruct your members to focus all attacks on the seal. Ignore the Western Demon Lord. As long as we break the seal, we'll succeed!"
As they drew closer to the Feisheng Platform, Jiang Yuan quickly pointed out the most critical part of the quest to the leaders of the alliances.
"Those two big bosses aren't fools. They won't just stand by and watch us attack the seal."
Wending Cangsheng shook his head after hearing this, indicating that breaking the seal in front of two major demon realm bosses would be incredibly difficult.
"If we don't break the seal, we can't possibly defeat such terrifying demon realm bosses. But if we do break it and let the celestial realm NPCs come down to help us, our chances of winning will increase significantly!"
The leaders present all understood the terror of the Western Demon Lord and the mysterious black-robed masked man. After Jiang Yuan said this, they immediately realized it was the best plan they could think of.
"I have a great idea!"
Just then, Cangshu Buding suddenly spoke, and several pairs of eyes immediately fell on her.
"We have sharpshooters with the longest attack range. They can hit the Feisheng Platform from here. Why do we have to walk over?"
Cangshu Buding smiled brightly and addressed the leaders of the other three alliances.
"That's right! We can just use ranged attacks. Sister Buding, you're amazing!"
Wending Cangsheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately gave Cangshu Buding a thumbs-up in praise!
Thus, Aoshi Longhuang promptly ordered the sharpshooter-class players in the group.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Instantly, from a dozen meters away, countless arrows rained down like a meteor shower, crashing into the seal enveloping the entire Feisheng Platform.
Each arrow that struck the seal caused it to tremble, and black and blood-red demonic energy began to seep out.
"Kill them all!"
The Western Demon Lord, who had been reinforcing the seal alongside the Eastern Demon Lord, turned around. When he saw the human players who had just been killed reappearing, his face twisted with rage, and he immediately shouted at Feng Tai behind him.
"Charge!"
Aoshi Longhuang was about to lead the melee classes forward, but Jiang Yuan stopped him and said, "Let's stay here and wait for them to come to us."
"Fine!"
Aoshi Longhuang nodded, raised his hand to signal the melee classes to halt, and quietly waited for the demon clan to attack.
When Feng Tai led several Yajiang and Datong to approach, everyone in the four-alliance group, except for the sharpshooters, turned their attacks on Feng Tai and his group.
"Summon Longxuhu!"
"Evolve summoned beast!"
"Summon sacred beast Xuanwu!"
Jiang Yuan quickly unleashed his skills, evolving a Celestial-tier Longxuhu and then summoning the sacred beast Xuanwu to block the front of the group, launching an attack on Feng Tai and the other demons.
Yidao Powanfa, Aoshi Longhuang, Ding Ye, Chuangshi Xiaoxuanfeng, and Wending Cangsheng—the group's powerful melee fighters—all surged forward, engaging Feng Tai and the other demons in close combat.
As a general under the Western Demon Lord, Feng Tai was no pushover. Drawing on his battlefield experience from years of fighting, he quickly realized that eliminating the sharpshooters in the four alliances was the top priority. He stomped his right foot on the ground, leaped high into the air, and swung his massive blade toward the sharpshooters attacking the Feisheng Platform!
"Get over here!"
But just as Feng Tai took off, Ding Ye seized the moment and threw a taunt skill at him!
"Damn it!"
A "taunted" status suddenly appeared above Feng Tai's head. He cursed angrily, but his body involuntarily moved toward Ding Ye.
Seeing Feng Tai trying to stop their sharpshooters from breaking the seal, Jiang Yuan quickly summoned two thousand Shahe Yuan to help Ding Ye taunt the demon Datong and Yajiang.
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite monster Demon Yajiang, gaining 850,000 experience points!"
After a few minutes of battle, several notification sounds rang out in Jiang Yuan's ears. The few Yajiang besieging them were the first to fall, leaving only General Feng Tai and three demon Datong.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Just then, urgent knocking sounds came from the clouds above the Feisheng Platform. Combined with the continuous attacks from the dozen or so sharpshooters in the four alliances, a crack finally appeared on the once-sturdy seal!
"You three, charge in and stop them from breaking the seal!"
Feng Tai suddenly unleashed a "Sweeping Thousand Troops" move, killing all the Shahe Yuan blocking the three Datong, and shouted at them.
The three Datong acknowledged and had only taken a few steps when over a hundred Shahe Yuan immediately swarmed them, locking them in place with taunts.
"Sigh!"
Seeing the three Datong immobilized by taunts again, General Feng Tai let out a heavy sigh, his face filled with deep despair.
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite monster Demon Datong Yuli, gaining 850,000 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite monster Demon Datong Geha, gaining 850,000 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite monster Demon Datong Rongchang, gaining 850,000 experience points!"
The three taunted demon Datong ultimately couldn't withstand the storm of skills from the four-alliance players. With three notification sounds, they turned into pillars of light on the ground.
"The seal is about to break! Brothers, give it your all!"
After taking down the three demon Datong, Jiang Yuan looked up at the Feisheng Platform, his face beaming with joy as he shouted excitedly in the group channel.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The sharpshooters in the four alliances kept up their attacks for about ten minutes. The crack-riddled seal finally gave way and shattered. A surge of immense celestial energy slammed into the nearby Western Demon Lord and the mysterious black-robed masked man, sending them flying backward!
"Pfft!"
The mysterious black-robed masked man stumbled back a few steps, steadied himself, and seemed unharmed. But the Western Demon Lord, who had possessed a mortal body, coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
Several figures wrapped in white light slowly descended from the clouds above, landing gently on the Feisheng Platform.
The celestial realm envoy had finally arrived!