Li Jing promptly issued orders to quickly gather the wounded and seek reinforcements from the Heavenly Court, while he himself led the remaining Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to be on alert all around.

"Are the cannons almost ready?" Li Jing asked.

"Marshal, just one more quarter of an hour!"

"In a quarter of an hour, fire towards the enemy’s position," Li Jing said through clenched teeth.

"Can we pinpoint the location of their gunfire?"

The person replying hesitated and couldn’t articulate an answer; to be honest, they hadn’t even figured out how the other side was using the cannons, let alone ascertain their position.

Seeing this, Li Jing said no more. He knew that at a time like this, it wasn’t about placing blame; rather, it was about stabilizing the morale of the troops and figuring out how to turn the tables.

A quarter of an hour passed, and from the Treasure Ship, tens of thousands of cannons fired at once, blazing the sky with light, yet there was not a single person at the demon’s position now.

The Shituo King had already led his group of monsters away from the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and arrived at the location of the cannons. At the moment, he was looking towards the direction of the valley and saw flames soaring into the sky, with huge sounds that could be clearly heard even from here.

"Goodness, lucky we left early, or we’d be getting bombed right now," one Demon King said, still scared.

"No matter, we will bomb them as well in a while," the Shituo King said unconcernedly.

In this war, he had already done his utmost to inflict heavy damage on the Heavenly Army. After several charges, his demon side had also suffered heavy casualties. If they continued to tangle with the enemy, the odds were not in their favor. Fortunately, he had previously received orders from the Demon Court that he could retreat at any time.

"Bomb them one more round?" the Shituo King asked the monster in charge of the cannons.

"No problem, but this time the enemy is prepared, and the defenses of the Treasure Ship have been activated, so we probably won’t be able to cause much damage!"

"It doesn’t matter, scaring them is good enough!" the Shituo King laughed heartily.

After all, they had already gained much this time; the Heavenly Court’s ambition to swallow Luzhou in the North had become a joke.

"Great!"

When another quarter of an hour passed, the Demon Clan’s counterattack began. Cannons roared, the earth trembled, and the cannons’ fury signaled a new war situation had arisen on this land.

A Demon King, experiencing the roar of the cannons up close, could hardly contain his amazement.

Another Demon King, after the cannonfire ended, couldn’t help but touch the cannons and murmured to himself, "Such a treasure indeed; with this, we can even attack the Gate of the Southern Heavens."

The scorching cannon barrel made him withdraw his hand involuntarily, but his eyes still held an eager glow.

"Don’t fantasize, don’t forget this thing was invented by the Heavenly Court. Who knows how many cannons have been installed on the Gate of the Southern Heavens, we’ll be obliterated by their gunfire before we even get close," another Demon King said, dampening his spirits.

Everyone had a heated discussion, marveling at the magic and power of the cannons, reflecting that if they hadn’t had such divine weapons on their side, things might have gone very poorly for them this time.

"Great Saint, what should we do next, take back the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons?"

"It’s pointless to try, the Heavenly Court is coming with overwhelming force. Don’t be fooled by our previous victories; it hasn’t really hurt the Heavenly Court. If we keep entangled here, our only fate is to die on this battlefield," the Great Sage who moves mountains said with a soft sigh.

Although he was reluctant, he had to admit that there was still a significant gap between the Demon Court and the Heavenly Court.

Fortunately, the Demon Court had now embarked on the right path of development, and it would not be long before they could stand on equal footing with the Heavenly Court.

"Pack up, we’re retreating. The Great Sage who Overturns the Seas and the others have already prepared the defenses in the back, where we will continue the battle against the Heavenly Court," the Shituo King commanded his horde of monsters to start the withdrawal.

Li Jing had been waiting in his own camp for a long time without seeing the monsters’ assault and finally sighed, "Let the brothers rest, these monsters probably won’t come."

He had already set traps here, and had the monsters charged in heedlessly, they would have been doomed to a one-way trip.

Yet, unexpectedly, these monsters were so cunning that they didn’t fall for it at all, merely bombarding with cannons for a round and then vanishing without a trace.

Such an elusive opponent was a first for this battle-hardened Commander, giving him quite a headache.

"It seems a capable person has emerged in the Demon Court. This skill is not something that the Great Sages of the Demon Race possess," Li Jing muttered to himself while seated at his spot.

In front of him was a massive map clearly marked with the landscapes of Luzhou in the North, which had been surveyed by the Heavenly Court over countless years. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Meanwhile, as the first major battle between the Demon Court and the Heavenly Court came to a close, the news quickly spread to the Heavenly Court.

The Jade Emperor opened Li Jing’s memorial with some disbelief and after reading its contents with a furrowed brow, he sighed, "It seems We have underestimated this Demon Emperor, he has indeed changed from before."

The former Demon Court did not possess such cunning tactics.

He handed the memorial to the Divine Exorcist Great Sage beside him, speaking softly, "Take a look at Li Jing’s memorial, it seems there’s an extraordinary person in the Demon Court."

Upon hearing this, a hint of doubt flashed in the Divine Exorcist Great Sage’s eyes. He slowly opened the memorial and began to peruse the information within. What he didn’t expect was such a shock.

Who could have imagined that the mighty Heavenly Army led by Li Jing, along with the Treasure Ship and cannons, would end up in such a state?

Especially since according to Li Jing, the Demon Race had constructed fortifications in advance that could withstand cannon fire, catching the Heavenly Court by surprise by using this information to their advantage.

The subsequent cannon attacks were even more baffling to him, as he had no idea when the Demon Race learned to manufacture cannons.

Like the Jade Emperor’s deduction, the Divine Exorcist Great Sage also immediately guessed that there was someone in the Demon Court whom he was unaware of.

This person must be able to influence the Demon Emperor’s judgment and is very cunning; the Demon Race’s current tactics are likely his handiwork.

"I shall send someone to uncover his identity!" the Divine Exorcist Great Sage said with a grave tone.

"Will there be difficulties?" asked the Jade Emperor, aware that since the Divine Exorcist’s identity was exposed, his arrangements in Luzhou in the North had been uprooted, and since then he had been focusing on the Buddhist Sect without enough time to restore the spy network, making it no easy task to investigate secrets within the Demon Court.

"There are some difficulties, but nothing too severe. I still have some contingency plans left in Luzhou in the North, and now is the time to make use of them. Hopefully, we can dig out the identity of this Mysterious Person," the Divine Exorcist Great Sage replied somberly.

And with Li Jing’s memorial, the circumstances of the battle between the Demon Court and the Heavenly Court also became known to many in the Three Realms.

After all, this massive war had attracted the attention of countless people from the beginning.