After receiving Long Haochen’s letter, the Temple Federation headquarters immediately began to act, issuing orders to the six major temples, commanding them to prepare for battle. Simultaneously, each temple nominated three representatives to attend a meeting at the Knight Temple in Yulongguan. All Federation Vice-Chairmen also traveled there, and the newly integrated and somewhat trained First and Second Legions of the Federation were also dispatched to Yulongguan.

On the Demon Clan’s side, all demon hunter groups received war missions, striving to gather information on the Demon Clan’s movements. According to the demon hunter groups’ reports, the Demon Clan was indeed stirring, with the most powerful dozen or so Demon Clan races mobilizing their troops. The most shocking news for the Temple Federation was that the Demon God Emperor had summoned over fifty Demon Gods, carrying their Demon God Pillars, to a meeting in the Demon Capital.

This news caused an uproar within the Temple Federation. Even during the last Holy War, the Demon Clan had never mobilized so many Demon Gods!

Of the seventy-two Demon God Pillars of the Demon Clan, two had been destroyed, and a total of nine Demon Gods had been killed. This meant that there were actually only sixty-three Demon Gods. Apart from leaving some Demon Gods to guard important provinces, the Demon God Emperor had mobilized virtually all available Demon God power. It seemed as if he was about to have a decisive battle with humanity. How could this situation not shock the Temple Federation?

No one had expected that the Demon Clan’s reaction would be so swift and resolute after the establishment of the new Federation. Only the Federation’s high-level officials knew that the Demon God Emperor’s impending Holy War was largely due to their new Federation Chairman, Long Haochen.

What could they do? Hand Long Haochen over? That was absolutely impossible. When Long Haochen’s strength was not yet strong, the Temple Alliance had withstood the pressure and was willing to engage in a Holy War with the Demon Clan. Not to mention that Long Haochen was now fully grown, not only powerful in his own right, but also the supreme ruler of the Temple Federation. Unprecedentedly, he had become the Glory and Leadership Knight of God’s Chosen of the Knight Temple, and had been recognized by the Super Divine Tool, the Eternal and Creation God’s Chosen Throne. In addition, his direct lineage, the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Group, could be said to have a strength comparable to the overall strength of the high-level officials of any of the six major temples.

Half a month later, the high-level officials of the Temple Federation gathered at Yulongguan, and the two major legions integrated by the Federation also moved in.

Just as they were about to hold the first most important meeting in the Federation’s history, bad news suddenly arrived.

“What?” All the Federation high-level officials in the conference room, including Long Haochen, stood up in shock, and a heavy atmosphere instantly permeated and surged within the room.

“The Demon God’s Fall Demon Hunter Group, the Peerless Nine Heavens Demon Hunter Group, annihilated…”

This news was too sudden and too shocking. For a moment, the entire conference room was silent, and everyone’s heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer. Long Haochen, as the Federation Chairman, turned pale.

At a time when a great war between humans and demons was imminent, this news was truly alarming and dealt a heavy blow to the Temple Federation.

The Demon God’s Fall and Peerless Nine Heavens were the only two titled demon hunter groups remaining for humanity, besides the Dawn of Light. Long Haochen wasn’t very familiar with the Peerless Nine Heavens Demon Hunter Group, but he was very familiar with the Demon God’s Fall. The legendary Chen Zidian’s various helps had allowed him to smoothly ascend to the position of Federation Chairman. But he had never imagined that after only a few months of separation, the Demon God’s Fall had been completely annihilated by the Demon Clan.

After a brief shock, Long Haochen forcibly suppressed the sadness in his heart and asked the leader of the Emperor-level demon hunter group who brought the news, “Is the news accurate?”

The Emperor-level demon hunter group leader was an elderly man of about eighty years old. He said with sorrow, “The news is accurate. Senior Chen Zidian has always had a specific way of contacting our demon hunter group. At the time of the incident, he quickly sent a message, telling us to withdraw to the Federation immediately. The Demon God Emperor personally led the Moon Demon God, Star Demon God, Death Spirit Demon God, and Hell Demon God, along with a dozen other Demon Gods, to besiege them without warning. When Senior Chen Zidian sent the message, he was already on the verge of defeat. But the Demon God’s Fall Demon Hunter Group and the Peerless Nine Heavens Demon Hunter Group also fought back desperately before collapsing, killing three Demon Gods on the other side. Senior Chen Zidian also sent an accurate number, stating that apart from the three Demon Gods who were killed, there were still fifty-four other Demon Gods gathered in the Demon Capital. Senior Chen Zidian’s last sentence confused me somewhat. He said, the Demon God Emperor hides…”

“He only said the word ‘hides’ and then there was no more, obviously he had already suffered the Demon God Emperor’s poisonous hand.”

After hearing this, the high-level officials of the Temple Federation couldn’t help but gasp. For a moment, everyone looked at each other, and everyone except Long Haochen showed shock. The atmosphere in the conference room completely became solemn.

Long Haochen’s heart was also heavy, and his eyes were full of grief. He didn’t know the strength of the Peerless Nine Heavens Demon Hunter Group, but he knew something about the Demon God’s Fall Demon Hunter Group led by Chen Zidian. All members of the Demon God’s Fall Demon Hunter Group had an average internal spiritual power exceeding 300,000, which meant they had reached the ninth rank and above, and were all domain-level powerhouses. Chen Zidian’s cultivation had even reached the ninth rank and fourth level.

Under his leadership, even if they were besieged by many strong people, they should have had a chance to escape, or at least one or two people should have escaped. But the final result was complete annihilation. If he didn’t know that it was impossible, how could Chen Zidian have only sent out a message instead of helping at least one teammate break out of the encirclement?

The fall of two titled demon hunter groups was an unparalleled blow to the Temple Federation. Especially in terms of morale, this was the heaviest blow suffered since the establishment of the new Federation.

Yang Haohan said in a deep voice: “Block the news, absolutely must not let this news spread. Chairman, I suggest immediately recalling all demon hunter groups within the Demon Clan’s territory.”

Long Haochen nodded and said: “I agree. Anyone who has a different opinion can raise it.”

This resolution was unanimously passed. Even two titled demon hunter groups had fallen in the Demon Clan, which showed how determined the Demon God Emperor was this time. If other demon hunter groups continued to stay, they would probably only become cannon fodder.

After the resolution was completed, the conference room fell into silence, and everyone was deep in thought. They all felt unprecedented pressure.

The fall of the two major titled demon hunter groups made them fully aware that this Holy War to be launched by the Demon Clan was completely different from the last one. Not only would the Heaven Defying Demon Dragon Clan, Moon Demon Clan, and Star Demon Clan inevitably participate in the war, but the Demon God Emperor had also gathered almost ninety percent of the Demon Clan’s power. This was clearly the momentum of a decisive battle! Did the Demon Clan want to destroy humanity?

Yang Haohan sighed and said: “Some forces seem to have to be used.” Speaking of this, he looked at Long Haochen and said in a deep voice: “Chairman, I propose to dispatch the power of Knight Sacred Mountain.”

Long Haochen was stunned for a moment, and didn’t understand what Yang Haohan meant. Yang Haohan’s current identity was a God’s Chosen Knight, one of the temple masters of the Knight Temple, but he wasn’t even a vice-chairman in the new Federation. But at this critical moment, the former alliance leader showed extraordinary calmness.

Hearing the words Knight Sacred Mountain, the temple masters of the six major temples all raised their heads and revealed strange light in their eyes.

Long Haochen asked: “Temple Master Yang, what power are you referring to when you say the power of Knight Sacred Mountain?” In his impression, Knight Sacred Mountain was home to various light-type magical beasts, which provided mounts for excellent young knights. At the same time, it also supported some elders of the Knight Temple who were severely injured in the war against the Demon Clan. But how could this power be mentioned to resist the Demon Clan? Yang Haohan’s words must have some reference.

Yang Haohan slowly stood up, exchanged glances with the other temple masters, and then said: “At this moment of life and death, some things must be said to everyone, and then discussed and decided by the Federation members.”

Li Zhengzhi, the temple master of the Magic Temple, nodded and said: “Only this can be done.”

Qiu Yonghao, the former temple master of the Warrior Temple, Chen Hongyu, the former temple master of the Soul Temple, Sheng Yue, the former temple master of the Assassin Temple, and Ling Xiao, the temple master of the Priest Temple, all nodded in agreement.

Seeing that all the temple masters agreed, Yang Haohan turned to face Long Haochen and said: “Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and members. The secret of Knight Sacred Mountain will be revealed by me today. Regardless of whether a resolution can be formed, please keep it a secret, because this is related to the morale of the Federation’s army. Once it leaks out, it will inevitably cause incalculable consequences.”

In this short period of time, Long Haochen had vaguely guessed that the secret of Knight Sacred Mountain that Yang Haohan was talking about should be some of the human’s trump cards against the Demon Clan. It’s just that this trump card should have something unspeakable about it, otherwise, it wouldn’t be so mysterious, and it wouldn’t have been used in the last Holy War.

Yang Haohan said: “As early as more than six thousand years ago, when the Demon Clan descended and launched an attack on us humans, the Saint Demon Continent was devastated. The population of humans, who originally ruled the continent, plummeted. Corpses were everywhere for a while, and the Demon Clan burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil.”

“In order to survive, capable compatriots could only choose to flee. Under the constant oppression of the Demon Clan, they eventually gathered within the current sphere of influence of our Temple Federation. And they formed the six major temples to fight against the Demon Clan with all their strength.”

“After decades of war, we finally gradually stabilized our position. With the help of the six fortresses where the six major temples are currently located, we finally blocked the Demon Clan’s attack. However, the Demon Clan was still strong at that time, and fought a decisive battle with the Temple Alliance at that time.”

(To be continued)