There were not many warriors of the Blood Evil Island, only 6000. At the beginning, many of these 6000 warriors had not even reached the Xuan Wu Realm.
With the cultivation of countless resources, the number of warriors of the Blood Evil Island had increased at a horrifying speed.
There were more than 3,000 warriors at the peak of the Xuan Wu Realm, nearly 100 warriors at the Spirit Sea Realm, and 12 warriors at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.
After the battle at the Blood Evil Island, there were only a few warriors of the Spirit Sea Realm left in the Liu Family. It was all thanks to Lu Li that they could cultivate so many powerful warriors in such a short time.
Without animal teeth, there would be no high-quality Blood Caterpillar Grass, Netherworld Roots, and Fire Fairy Ganoderma, and there would be no large amount of Mystic Crystals.
After occupying the Blood Evil Island, the Liu Family had made at least tens of millions of Xuan Crystals. Almost all of them were spent.
That was why so many warriors were produced. It was a pity that no warrior of the Soul Pond Realm could be found. It was evident how difficult it was to cultivate at the Soul Pond Realm.
Of course, some of these warriors at the Spirit Sea Realm came because they heard of Su Ping's fame.
Lu Li's reputation was so resounding that many wandering warriors were attracted to seek shelter.
Even though there were no warriors of the Soul Pond Realm, the Liu Family had 20 Green Dwarfs.
Last time when Lu Li took eight Green Dwarfs to the small world, Patriarch Seven bought some more. In the end, the number of Green Dwarfs was limited to 20.
The Green Dwarfs could be compared to warriors of the Soul Pond Realm. They were not afraid of death and their joint attacks were ferocious.
"Report, the Black Demon Army is 60 miles away!"
"Report, the Black Demon Army is thirty miles away ~"
"Report, the Black Demon Army will arrive at the pier in the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn..."
One message after another came in. The entire Blood Evil Island was in a state of war preparation. All the civilians were gathered near the Blood Evil Fortress.
Apart from the Seventh Elder and Elder Lu, the other ten experts at the peak of the Divine Sea Realm led their respective teams to hide and wait for the Black Demon Army to come ashore.
The Black Demon Army was indeed a group of lake bandits. They were the largest one at the northwest of the Thousand-island Lake and they were somewhat famous.
No one knew where the encampment of the Black Demon Army was. This army would appear from time to time like ghosts. They only robbed and rarely killed, so their reputation was not too bad.
The Black Demon Army never robbed anyone from the Xu family or the Sunset Island. They only robbed small forces and rarely robbed third-class islands.
Thus, even though the Xu Clan would occasionally send out troops to suppress the bandits, they would only chase them for a short distance before the bandits would scatter and flee.
In fact!
Many people guessed that the Black Demon Army was actually a secret force of the Xu family. Otherwise, it would be too easy for the Xu family to exterminate the lake bandits.
Sending a Fate Wheel Realm warrior to their base could destroy them in an instant.
This time, the Black Demon Army's attack indirectly proved that the lake bandits were indeed controlled by the Xu Clan. Even if they weren't from the Xu Clan, they must be secretly related to the Xu Clan.
Liu Yi had secretly gone to the Earth Dragon Island, and Hunchback Tian had arrived at the Blood Evil Fortress. Patriarch Seven had calmed down and became calm and unruffled in his command.
After the time it took for two incense sticks to burn, seven huge battleships arrived at the dock of the Blood Evil Island. All the battleships were packed with warriors. There were at least thousands of them.
Every warship had a huge golden flag with the words' Black Devil 'written on it.
The Black Devil Island didn't attack immediately. Instead, they sent a messenger to deliver a letter.
There were some messy words written on it — Mo Xi, leader of the Black Demon Army, wants to see Lu Li and borrow one million Xuan Crystals.
Patriarch Seven sent a reply in a polite tone. Lu Li was cultivating and wouldn't see any guests. As for the loan of Xuan Crystals, Patriarch Seven said that the island had been spending a lot of money recently so he couldn't lend any.
Mo Xi sent another letter saying that the Black Demon Army was tired and wanted to take a rest at the Blood Evil Island.
Before the letter was delivered to Patriarch Seven, the Black Demon Army had gone ashore and marched towards the Blood Evil Fortress in strides.
The first batch consisted of 1000 warriors. They swaggered towards the Blood Evil Fortress.
"Activate the Inhibition Formation!"
Patriarch Nine asked someone to activate the Inhibition Formation without waiting for Patriarch Seven's order.
The Inhibition Formation was built by Xue Chou and the others. Thick smoke billowed on the road. It was filled with poisonous fog. Many people would be poisoned to death if they forced their way in.
"Go in from both sides and cut down trees!"
The leader of the Soul Pond Realm ordered. The 1000 warriors split into two teams and went into the woods on the left and right respectively.
At the same time, they took out their weapons and started to cut down trees to clear a path.
"Swish, swish ~"
When they cleared a path and all entered the woods, white fog suddenly spread out.
Hunchback Tian helped build many Inhibition Formations after he joined the Blood Evil Island. Now, the Inhibition Formation was working.
"Go in ~"
The leader of the Soul Pond Realm made up his mind and ordered. Teams after teams of warriors entered the misty area and moved forward carefully.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Ballista after ballista filled the sky, piercing through a large group of people.
What was more, the crossbows were still shooting. Warriors of the Black Demon Army were dying even though they took out their shields to defend.
"Boom!"
A small thunderbolt struck down. A warrior of the Spirit Sea Realm was burnt black. He was badly wounded.
"Ah ~"
A warrior of the Black Demon Army on the right was pierced through by a spike from the ground. He screamed and died a violent death.
There were too many Inhibition Formations in the two woods. Two teams of 500 warriors wanted to go through the woods and reach the Blood Evil Fortress. At most, only dozens would survive …
"Report. Mo Xi came ashore from the south with more than 1000 warriors. Another warrior of the Soul Pond Realm came ashore from the north with 1000 warriors."
Patriarch Seven was in charge of the Blood Evil Fortress. Patriarch Lu was in charge of collecting information. Many scouts would send information over at any time.
Patriarch Seven was not surprised when he received the information. The 1000 warriors at the front were obviously distracting. Patriarch Seven didn't care about the 1000 warriors at all.
Patriarch Seven didn't send Hunchback Tian out after he got the information. He just waved his hand and said, "Stick to the original plan."
The thousands of warriors of the Black Demon Army were just appetizers. For the Blood Evil Island, there was no pressure. This was the first wave of lake bandits. They were probably here to test the strength of the Blood Evil Island.
Soon, the battles on the three sides began. The Inhibition Formations of the Blood Evil Island were horrifying. Before the warriors of the Blood Evil Island made a move, more than half of the 3000 warriors of the Black Demon Army had been killed or wounded.
Patriarch Seven didn't need to give the order. The leading patriarchs took action one after another. They each led several Green Dwarfs and started to attack.
Hunchback Tian finally made his move. He went to Mo Xi in person.
The battle had been going on for a long time. Patriarch Lu had been scouting outside the island in person. He didn't find any warriors of the Fate Wheel Realm hiding. Patriarch Seven was relieved and let Hunchback Tian take action.
As soon as Hunchback Tian took action, Mo Xi was killed in an instant. The Black Demon Army on the other side fled in disorder.
By the time Hunchback Tian arrived at the other two sides, the Black Demon Army on the other side had been utterly defeated and had started to retreat.
The 3000 warriors entered the island. They only fought for over four hours, but there were already 2000 dead bodies. They had to retreat in defeat.
The Blood Evil Island didn't suffer a great loss this time. Only hundreds died, most of them were warriors of the Xuan Wu Realm.
However, many Inhibition Formations were damaged. Without supplies, it would be difficult to repair the Inhibition Formations.
Everyone of the Blood Evil Island was excited. They held a celebration party that night. Many people drank themselves to death.
The biggest lake bandits on the west side of the Thousand-island Lake were utterly defeated, which excited the warriors of the Blood Evil Island.
However, Patriarch Seven and the others didn't feel too happy. They didn't even drink much.
Because they knew that it wouldn't be long before the real battle arrived.
As they expected!
At dawn, Patriarch Lu sent someone back with news — three groups of enemies were heading toward the Blood Evil Island from three directions. There were at least 10,000 of them.
Patriarch Lu didn't dare to go closer to check. He estimated that there was a warrior of the Fate Wheel Realm leading the team.
"We are in big trouble …"
The second group of enemies came faster than Patriarch Seven had expected. Lu Li should be at the critical moment of trying to reach the Soul Pond Realm. If he were called out to fight, all his previous efforts would be in vain.
The thing was … without Lu Li, could they survive the second wave of attacks?
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PS: I have been on the bus for a whole day and only got home at night. I am exhausted. I stayed up until 4 o 'clock and wrote three chapters. I really can't stand it anymore. I won't do it today.