25: The war breaks out and the vortex forest is in chaos!

What is morality?

Chen De lay on the grass, deep in thought.

In his previous life, he was the pinnacle of human morality.

Now, he had become a demon beast, and naturally, he also became the pinnacle of demon beast morality.

Heaven had made him simultaneously the moral highest point for two species, and even two worlds.

Was this some kind of arrangement?

A thick sense of confusion wrapped around Chen De's heart.

Since his transmigration, Chen De had held true to his original intentions, doing good deeds without questioning the future!

However, in a world so full of deception and peril...

Where should such a moral person as him go?

Although Chen De's every action truly embodied the meaning of morality.

And although he had indeed done some immoral things, he was forced into them!

Therefore, those actions couldn't be counted against Chen De; his morality remained completely unaffected!

He, Chen De, was still a refreshing stream in this world!

Chen De suddenly felt that he was almost evil to the point of being righteous, no, righteous to the point of being evil.

With his kind of morality, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the pinnacle of morality, would it?

Yes, just like that!

From then on, Chen De made up his mind.

His morality could no longer be limited to certain specific races.

He should remove 'human' and 'demon beast'; he would no longer be a 'certain' moral pinnacle, but the true moral pinnacle.

Only then could he better benefit all living beings!

Regardless of race, regardless of wealth or poverty, all could receive the benefits of him, Chen De.

Such actions could truly be called great love.

Therefore.

His full name would be Great Love, Moral Pinnacle, Chen De.

Thinking of this, the gloom in Chen De's heart was swept away.

Indeed, he hadn't expected that even now, Chen De was still thinking of all living beings; he was truly worthy of being the moral Chen De!

Suddenly, a loud bang erupted from the northern part of the Vortex Forest, which was the territory of the Shadow Wolf King.

No one knew what had happened there; countless demon beasts scattered and fled from it.

Hearing the commotion, Chen De immediately understood that the time had come; the great battle was about to begin.

After waiting so long, it was finally starting!

Chen De was about to take action, but before that, it was necessary to gather some intelligence.

This would make his subsequent actions more effective.

Looking at the demon beasts galloping away, Chen De decided to randomly select a lucky audience member to benefit him and all living beings.

So Chen De quickly approached a running wild boar demon beast and severed its legs with one claw.

The wild boar demon beast immediately howled and fell to the ground, its body propelled forward by inertia.

After it stopped, Chen De slowly walked up to it.

Looking at the bloody scene, a trace of unbearable emotion flashed in Chen De's eyes.

Then, without another word, he plunged a claw into the wild boar demon beast's body again.

It hurt so much that it even shed tears!

At this moment, Chen De kindly spoke, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad demon. Um, what happened up ahead?"

The wild boar demon beast was in too much pain to speak, so Chen De, to help it.

Extended the claw embedded in its body further inward and twisted it a few times.

Such pain made the wild boar demon beast even more unbearable.

So, enduring the intense pain, the wild boar demon beast told Chen De what had happened ahead.

It turned out that a large number of humans had come to attack the Vortex Forest.

Chen De nodded thoughtfully; it seemed the secret behind his sworn father, the Shadow Wolf King, was those humans!

Then, he pulled his claw out of the wild boar demon beast's body and no longer paid attention to it.

As soon as Chen De left the wild boar demon beast's side, demon beasts were about to pass by.

And seeing the large group of demon beasts about to pass by, the wild boar demon beast could only watch, wailing and crying for help madly.

Chen De was unmoved!

The demon beast horde arrived!

In an instant, the screams and wails ceased abruptly!

When he looked again, the wild boar demon beast was no longer on the ground.

Flesh and soil were mixed together, scattered all over this escape route.

Seeing this, Chen De was filled with emotion.

Today he had done two good deeds.

The first, helping the most moral existence in this world gather information.

The second, helping the wild boar demon beast, who was suffering immense pain, to end its misery quickly.

Even under such circumstances, Chen De would not forget to benefit others.

But now, it was not the time to continue reflecting on his morality.

Chen De had originally thought the final battlefield would be in the Central Vortex Forest or the southern part.

But now it seemed very likely to be in the northern part.

However, that also made sense; the northern part was the Shadow Wolf King's territory, making it much easier and more convenient to set up arrangements against the Silver Scale Rhino King there.

So Chen De wasted no more time and headed north.

Along the way, Chen De saw many demon beasts fleeing towards the outside of the northern part.

Chen De knew that this time the humans were absolutely serious; it wasn't that previous attempts weren't serious.

But this time, it was likely to be a complete reckoning with the Vortex Forest.

When Chen De arrived here, he saw countless human martial artists frantically slaughtering and clearing out demon beasts.

If they are not of our kind, their hearts must be different; eradicating the root is justifiable!

Even the very moral Chen De did the same.

After all, complete annihilation is the greatest respect for an enemy.

However, most of those who came were only Qi Gathering Realm martial artists, with very few Ning Yuan Realm ones.

But Chen De's cultivation at this time was far superior to before, allowing him to subtly sense several extremely dangerous auras.

The owners of those auras must have been at least Spirit Opening Realm existences.

Otherwise, if only a few such individuals came to attack the Vortex Forest, Chen De alone could deal with them.

Therefore, those currently present were only here to probe, to see how much strength the Vortex Forest still retained.

The real main event would probably only begin when the Silver Scale Rhino King arrived.

He just didn't know what kind of 'gifts' they had prepared for the Silver Scale Rhino King.

Chen De could detect the commotion here, and the Silver Scale Rhino King naturally also detected it.

This time, the Silver Scale Rhino King no longer needed to send demons to investigate to understand that all the schemes against him had finally come to fruition.

In that direction, it should be those human martial artists.

The Silver Scale Rhino King was not surprised that human martial artists would attack his Vortex Forest.

Or rather, those human martial artists had always coveted the resources of the Vortex Forest.

After all, compared to human territories, the environment of their demon beast territories was more conducive to producing various resources.

But their utilization rate of resources was far inferior to that of humans.

Demon beasts often simply refined and absorbed those resources, while human martial artists could refine them into pills, weapons, and so on.

This phenomenon of low resource utilization among demon beasts would only disappear at the Demon Transformation Realm, which is the Myriad Transformation Realm for humans.

Moreover, demon beasts themselves also possessed many materials useful to human martial artists.

Therefore, it was inevitable for human martial artists to attack them, and it had happened more than once.

But why did humans choose this particular time to launch a large-scale attack?

Now was the most unstable time for his Vortex Forest, and also the time when the Silver Scale Rhino King had the least power available to him.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon could not be trusted, and his subordinates could not be used, or they might turn around and stab him in the back.

The Shadow Wolf King's subordinates were the weakest in strength and also not trustworthy.

The Windtail Boa King and his subordinates were completely wiped out, also useless.

Currently, in the entire Vortex Forest, the only forces the Silver Scale Rhino King could use were his Mystic Rhinoceros Clan and the demon beasts from the Central Vortex Forest and the southern part.

However, those demon beasts had been suppressed by his Mystic Rhinoceros Clan for many years, and their cultivation levels were generally low.

Sending them all out would only be to use them as cannon fodder.

In the end, he would still have to use his Mystic Rhinoceros Clan to fill this void!

At this moment, the Silver Scale Rhino King suddenly regretted being too ruthless in eliminating those races back then!

Although unifying the Vortex Forest had indeed consolidated his rule, and there had been no internal problems for many years.

It also greatly weakened the Vortex Forest's external resistance, resulting in him having no demon beasts to use now.

It was fine without external enemies, but the moment an external enemy appeared, it plunged him into such a predicament.

However, what was done was done, and regret was the most useless emotion; the Silver Scale Rhino King would no longer think about such things.

If he could overcome this challenge, he would naturally have another chance to correct things.

If he couldn't make it through, then all these thoughts now would be useless.

It was more important to think about how to solve the human martial artists' attack on the northern part.

What puzzled the Silver Scale Rhino King was this.

These were all internal matters of his Vortex Forest; how did those humans know about them?

And they knew so quickly; this was definitely not a coincidence.

For humans to understand this situation, either one of his subordinates colluded with humans.

Or the incident in the Eastern Vortex Forest was done by the humans themselves, including framing the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon.

They played this hand well!

At least, he dared not directly send out the Shadow Wolf King and the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon to lead demon beasts anymore.

However, they could still be used as pawns or cannon fodder.

This way, by keeping them both in front of him, with their strength, any problems could be immediately crushed.

It could also reduce his own losses, and if these two guys were still alive afterward, he could just kill them then.

Then, the Silver Scale Rhino King turned his gaze to the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon and the Shadow Wolf King.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon immediately shivered all over; he felt as if something bad was about to happen.

This was an intuition, an intuition he had gained from years of escaping death.

The Shadow Wolf King, on the other hand, seemed to feel nothing at all, even displaying a fawning expression as if the Silver Scale Rhino King had looked at him, and he was very excited.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon couldn't help but sigh and shake his head inwardly, also feeling a bit proud.

No wonder this Shadow Wolf King had never been able to defeat him and the Windtail Boa King; with such a brain, it seemed he was the truly intelligent demon here!

The Silver Scale Rhino King suddenly changed his expression, revealing a satisfied smile, "Very good, I did not misjudge you two. You indeed passed my test, and I am very pleased with your performance."

Hearing this, both demons were somewhat bewildered, not knowing what tricks the Silver Scale Rhino King was up to now.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon was also full of doubts, because he had genuinely felt before that the Silver Scale Rhino King wanted to kill him.

That feeling shouldn't have been a test, right?

The Shadow Wolf King acted as if he hadn't noticed anything, still showing great excitement at the Silver Scale Rhino King's words.

He looked particularly happy to have gained the Silver Scale Rhino King's trust.

He also actively expressed his willingness to become the Silver Scale Rhino King's sworn son or something similar.

Seeing the expressions of the two demons, the Silver Scale Rhino King, however, showed a very ashamed expression, "Alas! Such an incident happened in the Vortex Forest. Although I deeply trust your loyalty, I am also in a difficult position!"

"I still hope you don't take it to heart!

Moreover, you have passed my test, and I will naturally value and trust you more in the future."

"The Windtail Boa King is dead, and I am gradually feeling overwhelmed. At that time, the Eastern Vortex Forest and the Central Vortex Forest will also be handed over to you two."

As soon as he heard about benefits, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon's eyes lit up; he had been interested in the Central Vortex Forest for a long time, but just hadn't dared to show it.

The Shadow Wolf King also showed an equally excited expression.

Of course, neither of them believed a single word.

Who was going to eat such a big pie?

If you had said you'd reward us with some spirit medicine or something, we might have actually believed you.

They had both been under the Silver Scale Rhino King for so many years.

Plus, they were both more cunning and sly than the other.

They had already deeply understood one truth: when a selfish demon suddenly talks to you about dedication, ideals, and hard work.

He either wants your resources or your life!

The Silver Scale Rhino King was going to use them until they were useless!

So, hearing this, the Shadow Wolf King was indifferent, but the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon felt as if his heart had fallen into an ice cave, though he dared not show it.

Taking in the expressions of the two demons, the Silver Scale Rhino King said earnestly again, "This time, with the human attack, you two must not be negligent!"

Saying that, he added another sentence.

"After all, this is not just my territory; it will be yours in the future."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we will do our utmost!" x2

The two demons shouted in unison!

In reality, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon certainly didn't believe it, and the Shadow Wolf King believed it even less.

But since the Silver Scale Rhino King wanted them to believe, they could only believe.

Similarly, the Silver Scale Rhino King might also know they didn't believe, but they absolutely had to believe.

Otherwise, they wouldn't leave alive today!

At this moment, the Silver Scale Rhino King suddenly looked at the two demons, "If either of you can satisfy me this time, taking him as a sworn son is not impossible."

Upon hearing this, the Shadow Wolf King immediately jumped up excitedly.

Then he prostrated himself on the ground, shouting, "This lowly one will go through fire and water for Your Majesty, and will not hesitate to sacrifice his life!"

The Silver Scale Rhino King nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon felt incredibly disgusted inside; he didn't want to be the Silver Scale Rhino King's son.

But since the Shadow Wolf King had already done so, he also had to show some expression.

So, with the same actions as the Shadow Wolf King, he shouted, "Me too!"

The Silver Scale Rhino King was even more satisfied after hearing this, "Since that's the case, let's depart!"

With that, he gave orders to gather the demon beasts from the Central Vortex Forest and the southern part.

Straight to the Eastern Vortex Forest!