The numbers on both sides seemed to be about the same.

However, this ordinary small group of the Demon Race actually made the dozens of sect-level experts arranged by Yang Yan suffer defeat after defeat!

Seeing that the human race was about to be forced back into the barrier, Yang Yan couldn't help but accelerate his ascent, while shouting:

"Intercept all of them outside the barrier!"

"Yes!"

The ten swords, long prepared, responded in unison behind him.

However, the humans outside the barrier couldn't hear Yang Yan's words.

They were reduced to a ragtag force in just a face-off with the Demon Race, instinctively retreating towards the barrier.

Yang Yan, about to leap out of the barrier, watched as the last human evaded into the barrier.

The small group of victorious Demon Race rushed directly to the barrier's front.

The leader thrust a polearm straight at the space barrier.

The humans who had retreated to the Hidden World space barrier suddenly changed their expressions.

They finally reacted.

The current space barrier was no longer the one that could protect the Hidden World.

It was merely a shell.

Boom!

But it was all too late.

As the space barrier shattered, Yang Yan had just burst out of the Hidden World, reaching above the Void.

When the oppressive feeling of bursting through the barrier vanished from Yang Yan's body, he knew something had gone wrong.

This group of Demon Race was merely the scouts of the Demon Race from beyond the domain!

In truth, they were just scouts as usual, here to probe the Hidden World's situation.

If Yang Yan and his team could kill off these scouts outside the space barrier, it was expected that the Demon Race wouldn't be sure of the Hidden World's capability and wouldn't easily attack.

Now that the space barrier was broken, those Demon Race beyond the domain would certainly not let it go!

"Kill!"

At this point, Yang Yan could only grit his teeth, squeezing out a final "Kill!" from between them.

The ten swords were the first to charge forward.

Today's ten swords were not like the ten swords of before.

Under a single confrontation, the previously arrogant Demon Race fell several bodies.

Among them, Ao Tian directly rushed to the leader of the Demon Race, his stone axe turning into lightning and fiercely chopping down.

The Demon Race could only show one terrified expression before being cleaved in two by Ao Tian's axe!

This was a Demon Monarch with power comparable to Emperor-level!

This small group of Demon Race, called scouts of the Demon Race from beyond the domain, was in fact composed of elites.

The weakest of them was at least at the Demon General level.

Faced with opponents of the same tier, the sect-level human strength was clearly at a disadvantage.

Yet, in the face of the ten swords and Ao Tian, they were completely outmatched.

Instantly, outside the Hidden World, among the stars, several dozen Demon Race bodies fell.

"Trying to escape?!"

The last Demon Race, about to escape everyone's sight, was struck savagely by Ao Tian's thrown axe on his spine.

Without even a scream, it transformed into a spray of blood and fell.

"King, in this battle eight died, eleven were severely injured, others lightly injured."

Jing Hong led the ten swords to stop in front of Yang Yan, reporting the results of the battle.

Yang Yan turned his gaze to the human experts.

Upon seeing Yang Yan's gaze, everyone instinctively avoided it.

"Deserting in the face of battle, they deserve to die!!!"

Ao Tian, returning with his axe, saw those people and his eyes turned red, swinging his stone axe towards the crowd.

"Ao Tian!"

Finally, it was Yang Yan who frowned and called out to stop him:

"What has happened has happened, believe they weren't intentional."

"Now that the Hidden World is already weak, let them atone for their crimes."

Yang Yan said, shaking his head somewhat helplessly.

At this moment, his face was full of weariness.

Clearly, facing the powerful Demon Race, even Yang Yan was somewhat exhausted in heart!

"Bah! Get out! All of you, damn it, get the hell out!"

Although finally stopped by Yang Yan, Ao Tian still held a deep prejudice against these people, spat viciously towards the crowd.

The surviving human experts all bore bitter expressions.

Those lightly injured saluted Yang Yan and Ao Tian before silently leading the severely injured away.

"Forget it, they were just figureheads. Now without them, it cuts off the delusion of those people. If you want to live, you must fight desperately!"

Yang Yan sneered, leading the ten swords to charge downward.

Below was the highest mountain of the Hidden World—Xu Mountain.

It was also closest to the Heavenly Dao Barrier.

Yang Yan planned to guard here until the Demon Race army arrived, and to use this place as the first battlefield.

By then, this place would be the frontline against the Demon Race.

And he and his people would be the first barrier defending their homeland!

"Pass down the order, have those clans gather all their experts at the foot of Xu Mountain."

"Remember, all experts, those beyond sect-level strength must be present."

Upon returning to the summit of Xu Mountain, Yang Yan coldly instructed Jing Hong.

"Yes, King!" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Jing Hong took the order and rushed down the mountain.

By this time, the breaking of the Hidden World space barrier had caused such a commotion that those Hidden Clans had already sent people up Xu Mountain to see.

But all these were dismissed by a single word from Yang Yan.

"Moonlight, if worse comes to worst, abandoning the Hidden World is also fine. As the saying goes, as long as the green hills remain, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. Once we regain strength, we can fight back."

"Then, it would be a good time to break the current world's barrier, and you can also spend time with the beauties at home."

"Speaking of which, Zhou Hanyun and her two sisters, you still haven't won them over. I'm getting anxious for you."

Ao Tian walked behind Yang Yan, speaking seriously.

If Ao Tian had not mentioned it, Yang Yan would have already buried the thoughts of those beloved women deep in his heart.

No one knew how Zhou Hanyun and the others were doing right now.

Though fortunately, at least Yang Yan didn't have to worry about their safety.

Because the Eight Hundred Celestial Mist Dao were currently in the present world, ensuring the safety of the women shouldn't be a problem.

However, waiting until he has the strength to break the current world's barrier and return, who knows how many years would have passed.

"Moonlight, what's wrong? As soon as women are mentioned, you get distracted? Why, still have the ten swords beside you, don't you?"

"Whether Zhuge Wushuang or Gongsun Ruyan, or Mu Qingcheng, each one is a beauty among thousands. One shouldn't be too greedy!"

Ao Tian joked, raising his eyebrows at Yang Yan.

Yang Yan sighed, giving Ao Tian a look, then patted his shoulder and said:

"You should consider yourself instead!"

Yang Yan's words left Ao Tian stunned in place.

Why did this guy suddenly turn the subject onto him?

Once Yang Yan's orders were passed down, the Hidden Clans acted faster than usual.

In less than half a day, all experts listed, those above sect-level, gathered at the foot of Xu Mountain.

Among them, eighteen Emperor-level experts were directly kept by Yang Yan, together guarding the summit of Xu Mountain.

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Outside the Hidden World, among the stars, a great ship started to reveal the tip of its bow.

The giant sails hoisted on the ship were particularly conspicuous in the starry sky.

Large blurry characters were imprinted on them.