Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

The spatial crack, stretching across a large portion of the distant sky, continued to flicker with a faint white light. With each passing moment, more and more devil soldiers poured through the crack, further bolstering the strength of the devil army. 

Within the Yellow Stone City, Fu Deming and the other emperors remained vigilant while awaiting the reinforcements from the Imperial family. On the surface, devils seemed to be doing nothing other than organizing the new arrivals but behind the scenes, they were discussing an evil plan, plotting their next move against the human cultivators.

In an unremarkable corner of the devil camp, an elegant-looking devil emperor stood amidst a group of fellow devils. His sharp eyes had a strange glow as he communicated with nearby devil experts. His actions were completely hidden as he was using mental communication to talk with other devil experts.

"Zu Hao, I want you to lead your group of shadow devils and lie in wait for the human cultivators. Find a good location far from the Yellow stone city and ensure your presence remains undetected," the elegant devil emperor commanded. He sent a mental message to a scarlet haired man after talking with Zu Hao. "Leng Wei, you will follow Zu Hao and ensure nothing untoward happened."

As the elegant looking devil emperor issued his orders, he received a message from another devil expert. "Kai Zixuan, what are you planning? Is the game big enough for me to participate?", the devil expert asked. The elegant looking devil emperor unhurriedly took a glance towards a distant location and his lips curled up slightly. 'Looks like this old devil can't contain himself anymore', he mused to himself.

 "Old Ma, have some patience. It is only the beginning. I can understand your eagerness but we can't alert the experts at human side. Let the shadow devils play some tricks first. It will be enough as long as we can slaughter few of their experts", the elegant looking emperor, Kai Zixuan replied.

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Close to half an hour passed and Zhan Chen finished his cultivation. "Finally at the peak of Martial ascension realm. I just need an opportunity and I can push my cultivation to the Heavenly tribulation realm", Zhan Chen muttered to himself. He recalled the urgency on Shui Liying's face when she left earlier. So, he decided to check on her. 

Zhan Chen walked out of the small mansion and found Shui Liying standing amidst the group of emperors. There was a worried expression on each emperor's face as they looked towards the direction of the devil army.

The sky outside had already changed colour with the surging devil energy. The bright sky was slowly turning dim as the sun was covered by the surging devilish cloud. 'I should take a look at the devil army. With so much devilish energy, there must be many experts from the Abhorst empire', Zhan Chen thought to himself. He spread his soul consciousness cautiously and probed the devil army.

'So many Emperor realm experts! It is already beyond the ability of the Xuantian sect to handle such a situation', Zhan Chen thought to himself. He noticed almost twelve emperor realm experts with surging devil aura. As for the Heavenly tribulation realm experts, their number was astronomical. Zhan Chen didn't bother to take a look at the Heavenly tribulation realm experts. He took a good look at devil army's overall strength before retracting his soul consciousness.

"Husband, you have to escape as soon as you find a chance. The situation is already dire. We will fall back after the reinforcement from the Imperial family arrive", Shui Liying sent a mental message to Zhan Chen. She had been keeping an eye on the small mansion. So, she immediately noticed after Zhan Chen left his cultivation room.

"Reinforcement? Has the imperial family agreed?", Zhan Chen asked with a curious expression. He thought sage realm experts from the Xuantian sect would have to intervene to ensure the safety of human cultivators.

"There is no need to alert the Ancestoral peak. They will come to help only if it is an unsalvageable situation. As for the imperial family, they can't shrink from their responsibility. If they delay any further, no one can save the Earth province. It will be a disaster not only for our Xuantian sect but it will be also jeopardize the safety of entire Central land. The Imperial family is not willing to see such a situation. So, they have to send reinforcement even if they are not willing", Shui Liying explained.

"What should we do now?", Zhan Chen asked.

"Wait for senior brother Deming's command", Shui Liying replied.

Time lapsed at its usual speed. Nothing happened for a while as the cultivators of the Yellow stone city waited for the reinforcement from the imperial Xie family. Few cultivators in the Yellow stone city became optimistic and thought that devils were not going to attack before they completely organized the devil army.

"How naive!", Zhan Chen murmured to himself after hearing the soft murmurs around him. Instead of preparing themselves for a tough battle, few people were hoping that their luck would favour them.

He was waiting silently near the small mansion when his expression changed suddenly. He received an urgent signal from the two devil generals whom he had enslaved earlier.

"Everyone, pay attention. It is finally beginning. We need to defend the city untill reinforcement arrives", Fu Deming announced. He was quite cautious and noticed the movement of devils' just after Zhan Chen received the message from the two enslaved generals.

Ground trembled as the devil army suddenly started to move forward. They looked scattered at first but they quickly organized themselves. The devil army was led by the eighteen devil generals who had arrived earlier than the emperor realm experts.

Each devil general was leading a large group of devil warriors as they headed towards the city wall of the Yellow stone city. Upon arriving before the city wall, each devil general changed direction and encircled the Yellow stone city with their devil subordinates.

"How swift!", Zhan Chen exclaimed in surprise. Even Fu Deming, the most respected expert among the human emperors was shocked by the swift mobilization of the devil army.

"We should have expected this. With so much emperors in their side, how can they let us retreat safely", an emperor in the Yellow stone city commented.

All the emperors in the Yellow stone city were watching the movement of devil army but they couldn't prevent them from encircling them. The reason was extremely simple. They were completely outnumbered by the emperors in the devil side. In such a case, they need to tread cautiously because the devil emprors may take advantage of their supremacy in numbers and gang up on a human emperor who dare to leave the protective formation of the Yellow stone city.