At that moment, deep within the boundless Desert North Grassland.

The Demon Lord Chi You and four other great demons, oh no, it should be said, three and a half lesser demons, were arranging their troops.

Feilian, Xingtian, Gonggong, and Kua Fu, originally each guarding large historical slices of Sheng, Qi, Liang, and Chu respectively, together controlled an amount of Demonic Qi that was even slightly higher than that of Demon Lord Chi You himself.

Of course, each of these four great demons, when taken individually, was far inferior to Chi You and it was almost impossible for them to cooperate; therefore, banding together to eliminate Chi You was out of the question.

Now, the power of these great demons was severely damaged, making it even more impossible for them to pose any threat to Chi You.

Among these four great demons, the order of strength from highest to lowest was approximately Kua Fu, Feilian, Xingtian, and Gonggong.

Among them, Xingtian and Gonggong had it the worst, each guarding the essential historical slices of Qi and Liang and fighting until the very last moment.

As a result, their avatars, which held the majority of their power, were completely annihilated by the players, leaving them with only about twenty to thirty percent of their original power.

Although Kua Fu also suffered heavy losses in the previous slice of the Liang Dynasty, it initially guarded the slice of the Chu Dynasty, so the power it divided out was not significant.

At this time, it still retained about fifty to sixty percent of its power.

As for Feilian, although it was the first demon to face the rise of the Restorers, it managed to save most of its power by sensing the direction of the wind and fleeing in time.

At this moment, it retained about forty percent of its power.

Originally, of the four great demons, apart from Kua Fu who could still barely be considered a half, the other three could only be considered lesser demons.

Of course, even so, they were still much stronger than ordinary demons.

Demon Lord Chi You's figure was immensely massive, with sideburns sharp as spears and two horns growing on his head.

His upper body was bare, his muscles twisted like ropes, shimmering with a metallic luster, while his lower body was wrapped in beast skins, exuding a wild and powerful aura.

Not only that, but around him were dozens of faint shadows similar to him, those were the legendary eighty-one brothers of Chi You.

Chi You, in legend, was considered the maker of weapons, also viewed as one of the earliest tribes to use bronze tools, and named among the three ancestors of Huaxia alongside Emperor Huang and Emperor Yan.

This Demon Lord was, of course, not Chi You himself; like the other four great demons, he was a demon inhabiting an ancient historical slice after seizing and occupying the form of these ancient deities.

The sky was filled with pervasive dark energy, as more demons continued to gather.

The main camp of Demon Lord Chi You was not here. His actions, similar to the previous Kua Fu, involved crossing his historical slice for an expedition, trying to concentrate as much power as possible, but ultimately unable to bring all his strength.

However, this time Demon Lord Chi You also brought about seventy percent of his power, leaving only thirty percent to guard the ancient historical slice.

This could be considered as tossing the base camp to the winds.

The battle that was supposed to take place in the ancient historical slice came earlier, as Chi You was aware that if he did nothing, the Restorers capturing Chu Dynasty's slice was highly likely.

At that time, if the Restorers absorbed Kua Fu's power and then went to the ancient slice to battle against him, it would be very disadvantageous for the demons.

While taking advantage of the Restorers still not being strong enough, directly deploying all the power he could muster into avatars and gathering the remaining power of the other four great demons was theoretically the most likely winning strategy.

Looking back at these four great demons, Chi You was utterly exasperated.

Previously, the avatars of these four great demons had successively returned to the ancient historical slice to complain in front of Chi You.

Feilian arrived first, knowing well that its behavior of fleeing the battlefield would surely be condemned by the other two, especially since Xingtian was still harboring resentment against him, so it had already prepared its excuses while fleeing.

"Lord Demon Lord! The other three great demons are simply too foolish; I couldn't possibly cooperate with them!"

Feilian took the initiative to report its own actions, of course, embellishing and using evasive descriptions.

Including how the other two were lured into separate battles by the Restorers and held up, while it faced the fierce main attack of the Restorers. Facing near-certain death, and about to be surrounded by the Restorers, it escaped just a second before encirclement thanks to its keen sense of smell and formidable wisdom.

While it was gradually overwhelmed by the Restorer's attack, the other two demons remained indifferent; looking at the situation, those two brainless creatures were definitely going to be divided and conquered by the cunning and demon-close Restorers, and it certainly would not take the blame.

Not long after, the remaining avatars of the other two great demons also arrived.

Gonggong had a fiery temper, coming up wanting to fight Feilian to the death immediately, yet its strength was so severely weakened by its fragment that it couldn't beat Feilian, so it ultimately could only complain to the Demon Lord.

The situation with Kua Fu was similar, and their mutual complaints revived painful memories for Xingtian, resulting in the rare spectacle of three great demons jointly denouncing Feilian.

But Feilian, far from being at a disadvantage due to this, was citing examples left and right, analyzing in detail in front of Demon Lord Chi You, making the situation increasingly chaotic.

After all, Feilian was the smartest among the three great demons, meaning he also possessed the strongest ability to muddle through and twist right and wrong.

Even when combined, the other three great demons couldn't outtalk him, so even with the upper hand, they could not make much use of it, and both parties ended up in a stalemate in public opinion.

In the end, Chi You couldn't stand it anymore and stopped them in a fit of rage.

"Enough! Stop arguing!

"The reason you failed is that each of you had your own ideas, lacking understanding and unity! Now that it has come to this, stop causing trouble among yourselves!

"From now on, you will all follow my command, and if there is any shirking like today after the battle begins, I will execute you without mercy!"

Under Chi You's fury, the differences among the four great demons were temporarily suppressed.

The "execute without mercy" of the demons is different from that of humans, it's more akin to "a whale falls, countless lives thrive." When a great demon is thoroughly killed, the demonic Qi it gathered slowly disperses, becoming various weaker demons, and in the process of distorting more historical slices, new great demons are bred.

For Chi You, facing such a situation, it was also difficult to deal with it completely fairly.

He was not completely clear about the specifics of the great battle, whether it was Feilian who deserted during the battle or if the other three great demons were too rash and sent themselves to death?

It was probably very difficult to clarify now.

Moreover, with a great battle imminent, bringing up old grievances would affect the current fight. No matter the result, the next battle would inevitably lean towards the strategy of the winning side.

If they believed Feilian was right, then the next battles would definitely lean towards being conservative; if they believed Gonggong was right, then the fights would lean towards being aggressive.

Thus, Chi You simply suppressed the dispute among the four great demons directly, asking them to set aside their disagreements and focus their energy on the upcoming decisive battle.

However, this result was completely acceptable to Feilian, he even felt somewhat smug, but for the other three great demons, it was unacceptable and even made it easier for their prior grievances to erupt.

Feilian promptly came before Chi You, and sycophantically said, "Lord Demon Lord! How should we then deal with this Regulator?"

Chi You snorted coldly, "Simple, show our forces and confront them head-on!"

With a casual wave of his hand, a vast battlefield constructed of demonic Qi appeared on the empty plain in front of him, showing the entire expansive battlefield at a glance.

The battlefield this time was the desolate Desert North, and even though Chi You had hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers, they still seemed minuscule due to the scale of the space.

However, the demons held the home-field advantage since they had possessed the bodies of the Beidi people in this slice of history.

The Beidi people were a nomadic tribe, originally scattered across richly watered and grassy areas in the Desert North, and they could easily muster a strong cavalry, moving freely.

Demons didn't need to, nor did they intend to take complete control over all Beidi people, as Chi You saw that many among the Beidi were weak in combat.

Just as the Regulator chose native helpers, prioritizing those who were strong, leaving the average natives to fate.

The demons did likewise; since they were within this historical slice, they certainly needed to utilize the strength of the Barbarians within it. Some of the stronger individuals could be directly transformed into demon soldiers, but the weaker Beidi people could only serve as part of the "Demon Auxiliary Army."

Chi You's gaze swept over the four great demons, and he said coldly, "The biggest problem with you four is that you always try to be cunning with the Regulator!

"If it were before, that might have worked, but this Regulator is clearly different from the previous ones, wiser and closer to a demon, and your schemes are clearly far inferior to his!

"While it's understandable for Feilian, who is known for his intellect, to try to outsmart the Regulator, do the three of you not know your own limitations? Not only did you underestimate the Regulator, but you also didn't heed Feilian's warnings! How could you not fail?"

The other three great demons all looked unconvinced but dared not say anything.

Chi You then looked at Feilian: "Feilian! You are also at fault! Since cunning didn't work, you should have immediately focused our forces to eradicate the Regulator! But you always think of self-preservation, never truly concentrating our strengths!"

Feilian hastily responded, "Lord Demon Lord has taught me well!"

Chi You proudly looked into the distance, "So, this king will never make the mistakes you made! The reason I chose here for the decisive battle is to concentrate our forces and openly engage the Regulator in a fight to the death!

"We will fight face-to-face, giving the Regulator no chance to use any schemes!"

Feilian quickly praised, "Lord Demon Lord is brilliant!"

Yet in his heart, he disagreed.

Do you think I never considered concentrating our forces for a decisive battle? But every time, the Regulator comes up with a solution I never even considered!

Was I trying to outwit him? No, I was simply outsmarted!

But he couldn't say this. With Chi You so full of pride, now was not the time to speak out of turn; he could easily become the first of the four great demons to be executed.

Since Chi You had personally taken action, the four great demons could only silently comply with the arrangement.

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