Chapter 451
“Yes.” Everyone replied.
The four wings on Long Haochen’s back slowly spread out, and everyone
released their wings, arranging in the formation he instructed.
An orange glow shone on his left arm, once again raising the Divine Snail
Shield of Sun and Light. In his right hand appeared the Aria of the Goddess
of Light. This was the most powerful set of equipment Long Haochen had ever
possessed.
A golden ring of light rapidly came out of Long Haochen’s body. That was
Faith Halo, accompanied with Guardian’s Favor, Angel’s Blessings, Toughness
Halo, enveloping the whole group.
The Aria of the Goddess of Light held high above his head, started letting
out white heat. His crystal clear eyes shone with a sacred aura. From the
Aria of the Goddess of Light, the white heat came out bursting in a flash.
Flapping the wings on his back with force, Long Haochen suddenly rose to the
air, spreading it into the air.
These weren’t exactly flames, but holy power, taking shape all around him.
Releasing it like surges of flames in this way, even if it was through the
use of a godly sword such as the Aria of the Goddess of Light, it was bound
to take a huge toll on Long Haochen’s spiritual energy.
But the result was as expected. With his holy power spreading out in such a
way, all poisonous fog within a range of a hundred meters disappeared.
“Go!” Long Haochen let out a loud shout, that the others didn’t dare
neglect. Following him closely, while preserving the formation, their
spiritual wings soared in the air.
Long Haochen’s flying speed was really fast, and almost instantly, he
reached an altitude of over a hundred meters. Then, taking a slight pause,
he waited for his mates to catch up. Meanwhile, the radiance from his holy
power kept gaining in intensity, breaking up a large portion of the
surrounding poison.
Very rapidly, everyone gathered to his side, elevating at a rapid speed. At
this time, Long Haochen realized that when spreading out his senses, his
perception of the surroundings had become a lot stronger than before.
As expected, the poisonous fog in these Swamps of Gloom was really thick.
Even after rising above five hundred meters from ground, they still had yet
to leave the range of the poison, with the dark green color still present as
far as eye could see. If not for the illumination from Long Haochen’s holy
power, their line of sight would be pitch black.
“Be careful everyone.” Long Haochen gave a sudden shout, before immediately
letting out an orange radiance from his left hand. All everyone got to see
was a wide expanse of orange light sprinkling from Long Haochen’s hand,
enveloping the whole group, before their surroundings turned into an orange
world.
What’s this? The Shield Wall Technique used by Guardian Knights? It can’t
be? Everyone was filled with curiosity and shock. Right, what Long Haochen
just used was the Shield Wall Technique used by Guardian Knights.
To say nothing of his comrades, even the man himself didn’t expect the power
of Shield Wall to reach such a level.
Ordinarily, a Guardian Knight’s Shield Wall would form a defense only in one
direction, protecting the whole body, but that area wouldn’t exceed ten
square meters, making it a powerful unidirectional defensive skill.
At the time when Long Haochen’s Shield Wall, his thoughts were only at
forming a defense above them. But who could have expected that after his
spiritual energy was injected into the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon,
it would suddenly let out its orange light. Long Haochen felt as if his
senses were attached onto that shield, before the Divine Snail Shield of Sun
and Moon expanded by itself
This gave him a mysteriously reassuring feeling.
“Pop, pop, pop…” A series of knocks could be heard, but inside the Shield
Wall, no change could be seen. Even its user Long Haochen didn’t feel any
impact.
More shockingly, the orange colored Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon
suddenly became transparent, like an orange ice crystal, making them able to
see through the shell.
With the help of the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon, Long Haochen saw
that as the surrounding poisonous fog kept getting dispersed by his holy
power at an increasingly faster speed, the danger that his instincts
suddenly felt was a group of ten centimeters long winged insects. These
flying insects had very fierce looks, large heads. Half of their head
consisted of a large mouth and the fierce teeth on it. On their backs were
wings, that kept letting out green poisonous fog, as they attempted to bite
through the defense of the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon.
Individually these flying insects would be nothing more than a joke for Long
Haochen’s group, as these looked to be at most magical beasts of the second
or the third rank.
But in spite of their size, their numbers were really terrifying. The whole
outside of the Shield Wall was completely filled with these insects. Even if
their attacks were repelled one after another by the Divine Snail Shield of
Sun and Moon, their numbers were enough to make the external poisonous fog
be blotted out. This was terrifyingly a group of at least a billion Poison
Flying Insect.
Long Haochen’s group then understood what was the most terrifying species in
these Swamps of Gloom. When numbers reached a certain threshold, it was
bound to produce a qualitative difference. To say nothing of Long Haochen’s
group, even if the Devil Snake Demon God Andromalius was here, his only
possible way out would be to escape back to the ground.
In this situation, the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon showed an
incredible toughness. In itself, it didn’t have any offensive ability that
could be of harm to the enemy, but was able to rebound the flies, and spread
out soft light fluctuation. Every time these fluctuation spread out, a large
amount of these flying ants would get shot back, and none of them ended up
able to bite at its main part.
At the same time, Long Haochen found out that the spiritual energy consumed
by the Shield Wall was in the contrary really tiny. Even when the Divine
Snail Shield of Sun and Moon covered such a large area, the consumption of
Long Haochen’s spiritual energy was only at five percent. Considering his
total spiritual energy was a bit more than 14,000 units, this little
consumption was almost nothing. It would take only a few breaths for him to
recover it through his three spiritual cavities.
“Fly at full speed to rush out of here!” Even if the poisonous fog was even
wider, it still had an end. It wouldn’t make sense if flying out of it was
impossible.
Under the protection of that orange brilliance, Long Haochen’s group flew
for over a thousand meters, before finally seeing the light again.
As they rushed out of this encirclement, the Poison Flying Insects that were
surrounding the Shield Wall finally disappeared. However, everyone inside
the Shield Wall was still drenched in cold sweat.
The number of flying bugs was really terrifying. So they were actually the
origin of all that poisonous fog. In over a kilometer of poisonous fog, all
the space was occupied by those flying insects. There had to be millions and
millions of them for that! Without an incredible piece of omnidirectional
defensive equipment such as the Divine Snail Shield of Sun
and Moon, even if a powerhouse of the ninth step stepped in it, he would
hardly meet another end than that of food for the Poison Flying Bugs.
As they dashed out, upon reaching the end, the outside Divine Snail Shield
of Sun and Moon darkened by a lot, visibly from the corrosion caused by the
poison fog. Had they remained in this poisonous fog any longer, Long Haochen
wouldn’t dare be certain that the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon would
have lasted.
And furthermore, the most terrifying thing was that, in the poison, no other
elemental existence could be transferred. At the later stages of his flight,
Long Haochen had to rely on his own reserves of spiritual energy, without a
way to recover spiritual energy.
It was already the evening. Twilight was shining upon the Divine Snail
Shield of Sun and Moon, making its orange glint milder, and remarkable.
Long Haochen stopped Shield Wall, taking a breath at the direction of the
setting sun. A large amount of light essence immediately flew towards him,
replenishing his previous consumption.
Right at this time, Long Haochen suddenly felt a burst of heat from the
Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon. Looking at it, it had a somewhat
transparent look. In a flash of light, the shield vanished gradually into
his left hand, causing him to lose control over it.
How could this be? Long Haochen was stunned. Was the Divine Snail Shield of
Sun and Moon unable to bear the previous corrosion?
Attempting a few times, he was unable to summon the Divine Snail Shield of
Sun and Moon back. It looked that he was yet far from having discovered the
mysteries behind that piece of Epic Equipment.
A fresh and clean air filling them, everyone took calm breaths just like
Long Haochen, letting the lingering fears still filling them go away.
Lin Xin laughed out, “Boss, now that we did destroy a demon god pillar,
can’t we call ourselves heroes of the Alliance, of humanity?”
Seeing his excited look, Long Haochen couldn’t help but let out a laugh, but
didn’t utter a word in response.
On the side, Han Yu responded, “You are right, but we were heroes from the
beginning. The instant we became Demon Hunters, it was already the case.
Demon Hunter is a lifelong occupation. This duty may end in three
circumstances. The first is by a decision of the Alliance, the second is the
case that we aren’t able to keep fighting. But the most possible one is by
death in the battlefield. As long as the demon side doesn’t go extinct, we,
Demon Hunters will have to keep contending against them. For the sake of the
Alliance, we cannot care about our own lives, and for the humanity, we have
to be willing to sacrifice our own lives. How couldn’t we be heroes?”
Lin Xin extraordinarily became silent. His boast stopped, but it still
didn’t change the fact that on the faces of every Demon Hunter from the 64th
squad appeared smiles in spite of themselves.
To fight for the sake of the people, for the sake of humanity. To them, this
was only natural.
Chapter 452
“We are leaving.” Making use of the light coming from the setting sun, Long
Haochen pointed a direction, bringing his comrades there by flight. The
group of seven people and four holy guards took the shape of eleven glows of
lights, and as they flew at an altitude of two kilometers, the horizon
rapidly disappeared from their sight.
At the time they took sixteen Slaughter Missions, Long Haochen made this
choice in view of an extensive trip, planning on expending at least one year
to complete these missions, without necessarily ending up completing them
all.
And on this day, several months later, they didn’t only complete all the
missions, but even managed to destroy a demon god pillar, and gained a lot
treasures from the trip.
Of course, over these few months, the cost they paid was similarly high.
Having paced back and forth a few times between life and death, Long Haochen
and Cai’er narrowly died in the hands of demons, and the final result was
Cai’er’s loss of memories.
These last few months felt like years to them, and everyone seemed to have
matured a lot from the experiences they had during this time.
It was not for no reason that Long Haochen led his group north. By heading
in this direction to leave the Andro Province, they could keep themselves
away from the main demon forces. That was because the Central Demon Province
was at the south. If the Demon God Emperor or another demon god were to
sense the death of Andromalius or the
destruction of his demon god pillar, they would be bound to send powerhouses
from the south. For this reason, leaving from the south or the west could
lead to a direct encounter with these powerhouses, among whom there could be
very possibly extremely powerful enemies. Only by heading all the way north
could they keep away from these enemies.
Before entering the Swamps of Gloom, Long Haochen took good care in choosing
their path of retreat. First they would head north, before proceeding to the
west after reaching the cold regions of the north. This time, their
destination of retreat was the Exorcist Mountain Path. Wasn’t it right at
the north of the Temple Alliance? Thus it couldn’t be considered so long a
detour, yet the safest path.
Of course, they couldn’t keep traveling by flight for too long. First, it
comes with a too huge consumption of spiritual energy, and then demons also
have abilities of detection. Of course, at present they were in the most
inner part of the demon territory, almost at the east coast of the
continent. The surveillance of this area was a lot laxer, and in particular,
no one would possibly be monitoring the area above the Swamps of Gloom.
Going by flight at full speed, Long Haochen’s comrades of the sixth step
started to reach their limits after half an hour of flight. Fortunately,
this time was enough for them to leave the range of the swamps.
By the time they set down, it was already deep into the night, but Long
Haochen didn’t give his comrades a very long break. Only letting them the
time to recover some spiritual energy, even making use of some of the pills
prepared beforehand by Lin Xin. Then everyone immediately hastened on their
journey, speeding towards north.
After landing back on the ground, Long Haochen called back the four holy
guards, and had everyone disguise themselves back into Moon Demons,
travelling day and night at rushed speed.
The defenses on the eastern territory were indeed lax. Han Yu summoned his
Demonic Eye, and used the Scouting Technique with Eyes of Truth to scan
their way, and everyone tried the utmost to avoid areas inhabited by demons,
and like that, the trip went on smoothly.
They headed north for about five days, and as time passed, the temperature
kept going down. The 64th c
On the following trip of half a month, everything extraordinarily went
smoothly, even if they encountered two relatively densely populated demon
provinces in their path. To their great luck, they didn’t run into any
inconvenience, and didn’t discover any large demon armies.
Nightfall. Everyone was seated across a bonfire, roasting provisions.
Long Haochen sat there, wrinkling his brows, seemingly preoccupied by some
thoughts.
Sima Xian chuckled, “Boss, what’s up? Our way back is going so smoothly:
what could you be worried about? According to the map, we will reach the
frontier between the human and the demon territory approximately tomorrow at
noon. As long as we pass the demon frontier, we will be able reach our
destination, the Exorcist Mountain Pass.”
Long Haochen shook his head, and replied, “Don’t you all find that quite
strange? On our way back, we certainly intently took a remote and round-
about path, but isn’t it going excessively smoothly? The demon population is
so astonishing, but we didn’t even run into a single demon army. This is
really abnormal. In fact, we have already crossed many frontiers of
provinces on our way.
And as we keep getting closer, we instead keep encountering more and more
food transport. Although the demons are stationing large armies here, aren’t
these numbers of rations too much?
Han Yu’s line of thinking being the closest of Long Haochen, he immediately
reacted to his remark, “Captain, are you saying that the demons are very
possibly plotting something of large scale against humans?”
Long Haochen nodded, “It is highly possible. Although I still don’t know how
much rations they have brought here, such a high concentration of provision
is rarely seen. The armies they are transferring
this time must be really considerable, and may even surpass the ones we
encountered at the time of our first trial in that same place.”
Sima Xian revealed an angry smile, “Isn’t this an ideal encounter? Since we
happen to be encountering them, how about getting rid of some little demons?
Speaking of it, War Missions are still in the end the best ones out there.
With our abundant rear support, and friendly help in the battlefield, we can
go all out in the battlefield without worries.”
Times could be said to have changed for the 64th commander grade Demon Hunt
Squad, compared to their first excursion in Exorcist Mountain Pass. They
were now a lot stronger. Sima Xian’s words raised the spirits of the whole
group.
After continuous experience of death and life, trials of iron and blood,
while maturing, their strength also increased. The battlefield was not only
the best place to hone their skills and experience, but also a place where
they would gain many rewards.
Long Haochen ordered, “Han Yu, from today on, you will have the Demonic Eye
keep its Hawk’s Eye and Eyes of the Truth activated. And maintain your
vigilance everyone. We will have some rest here this evening and tomorrow as
well. After days’ of rushed travelling, everyone must be quite tired. Since
the Exorcist’s Mountain Pass can possibly get attacked by the demons, we
shall rest here until getting back to our peak state. I reckon that crossing
the frontier won’t be easy.”
Indeed, they didn’t waste any time ever since leaving the Swamps of Gloom.
Although everyone still had some energy left, after having travelled at full
speed every day, the group was in the end very tired. In particular, the
main point was that they were still in demon territory, and thus had to
always remain on high alert, so everyone was somewhat tired.
After taking warm provisions, Long Haochen gave a gentle look to the nearby
Cai’er, feeling at peace.
Over the past few days, Cai’er attitude towards him had gotten a lot better.
At least she didn’t remain as vigilant as when she had just lost her
memories. And gradually, she had also gotten more familiar with the others.
What made Long Haochen most delighted was that her grasp over her abilities
was gradually coming back, her control already being at least back to eighty
percent of her original level. Her development seemed to continue smoothly.
Long Haochen also believed that meeting her parents and relatives would help
greatly in recovering her memories back.
Ever since his baptism by the Divine Snail of Sun and Moon, Long Haochen’s
mind seemed a lot more stable. The negative feelings he had accumulated
through so many years of self discipline ended up being cleansed thoroughly,
his pure heart as a Scion of Light was completely back. This made not only
his thinking all the more thorough, and his maturity reinforced but also
affected his attitude, resolution and calm.
Cai’er seemed to be sensing Long Haochen gaze. Right after she raised her
head at him, the two of them looked at each other. The corners of Cai’er’s
mouth raised slightly, she revealed a moving smile.
Long Haochen was stupefied, suddenly realizing that Cai’er’s current
predicament wasn’t bad either. Although she lost all her memories, it also
released her from all the painful memories from her childhood. It was only
that he didn’t know when he would be able to regain his past intimacy with
her. How he wanted to hug her in his embrace!
After resting for one night and a whole day, everyone in the 64th commander
grade Demon Hunt Squad felt in high spirits. Ever since the day they had
arrived in demon territory, aside from the period of time they spent at the
team section in the Jacques City, this was the first time they were able to
get such peaceful rest.
The day was coming to an end, and night fell gradually. Long Haochen chose
this timing to set out with his comrades again, heading for the frontier.
With the help of the Demonic Eye serving as their main scout, they advanced
with utter care. Far ahead, the demon camps were already in their view. At
the time everyone was close enough to survey the scene from above, they
couldn’t help but shiver.
The faces of every one of them instantly looked unsightly.
Compared to the last time they saw it, these demon camps were at least three
times greater scope. In fact, among demons, only middle and high ranked
demons would be able to reside in camps, whereas lower ranked ones like Dual
Bladed Demon would only be able to reside in the wilderness.
The camps near the Exorcist Mountain Pass were originally not small at all,
but with its size shooting up by threefolds, the size of their army ought to
exceed a million men. In fact, even if the demons were to bring their entire
race to arms, an army gathering a million of them was an incomparably
terrifying sight. These were incomparable numbers already.
And atop of that, the most shocking wasn’t these numbers. What shocked them
the most was that when surveying the camp from afar, they could clearly see
that eight glows of different colors were shooting up, faintly lighting up
the area of the camps like rays shot at the sky.
Demon god pillars! These were actually eight of them, meaning that eight
demon gods were keeping watch. And furthermore, the light spreading from two
of them was really intense, making it clear that these ones weren’t
ordinary, belonging to mighty demon gods of the top ten.
Just what are demons up to? Are they planning to launch a full scale attack?
Everyone in Long Haochen’s group had these same thoughts.
At the sight of these seemingly endless camps, Long Haochen pondered. The
others remained silent, and all were waiting for his verdict calmly. An army
of a million demons, with eight demon gods overseeing it. Can one really
describe it otherwise than overbearing?
Chapter 453
“We are making a detour.” Long Haochen decided after pondering for a short
time.
“The Exorcist Mountain Pass is close to the middle of the Demon Resisting
Mountain Range, stretching a kilometer. Even if these demon armies numbered
even more than we are expecting, they can’t possibly cover the whole
mountain range. We will just take the long route, looking for a location
with smaller defenses to breach our way out. As long as we pass through the
Demon Resisting Mountain Range, there will naturally be no issue for us to
return to Exorcist City.”
After planning this out, everyone immediately set out, while keeping enough
distance with the demon army, travelling on a curved trajectory to the
north. Because the demon base camps were in the southeast, by passing
through north, they would avoid the majority of the demon army and wouldn’t
easily run across demon reinforcements.
The demon camps turned out to be even larger than they imagined. The main
force’s army extended over fifty kilometers, and a large amount of
subsidiary soldiers and patrols were scouting on the border.
Aside from the area right in front of the Exorcist Mountain Pass, at regular
intervals, demon beacons and garrison stood in guard. And some were placed
at most spots at the edge of the mountain range, so as to prevent being
caught in a surprise attack from the Alliance. After all, given the length
of the frontiers, the demons couldn’t possibly encircle the whole Temple
Alliance either. Which was why Long Haochen chose to take a detour.
Of course, this wasn’t a method Long Haochen alone thought about. Almost all
Demon Hunt Squads whose members are over the sixth step would choose to
break through the frontier from a rather weakly defended place, crossing it
this way.
For the sake of safety, Long Haochen’s group kept going north for a hundred
more kilometers before stopping. At that very moment, the sky was greatly
lit, and the afternoon would soon start.
After finding a rather scarce shrubbery area, Long Haochen led his comrades
to take a rest here. Night was the best timing to operate in secret, and
tonight was the day they chose to return to the Alliance.
In Long Haochen’s opinion, dawn was the best timing, because that time,
humans as well as demons would all be a lot more lax. But one factor
determined his choice of time, and that was the Divine Snail Shield of Sun
and Moon.
After attempting these few days, he figured that using the Divine Snail
Shield of Sun and Moon at dawn and dusk was impossible for him.
Without question, this Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon was of epic tier,
and a really powerful item for the protection of the group. The Shield Wall
ability enabled to fully utilize the power of this shield, with the
potential of even delaying a powerhouse of the ninth step. A powerhouse of
the eighth step could forget about breaking its defense easily. Although the
danger of breaking out from here wasn’t high, for the sake of safety, Long
Haochen still preferred that the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon be
functional when attacking the demon scouts.
Everyone was recovering in these shrubs, and didn’t light up a fire to
remain inconspicuous, during their wait for the night time.
Han Yu’s Demonic Eye stealthily floated over the shrubs. The gigantic eye
would occasionally let out a flash of bright light, scouting the
surroundings.
At this time, they were at about ten kilometers from the frontier, right at
the limit of the range of their scouting mages. And furthermore, it was
right in front of the Exorcist Mountain Range.
In the sixty fourth Demon Hunt Squad, aside from the fastest cultivators
being Long Haochen and Cai’er, the cultivation speed of the ot
Along with the increase of Han Yu’s strength, his magical beast companion
the Demonic Eye also evolved to commander level, barely attaining the power
of a human powerhouse of the sixth step. The diameter of that eye was
already half a meter, with four six meters long tentacles circling along.
Although its utility to the team was mainly to do scouting, its fighting
strength was still not to be underestimated.
The sky gradually darkening, the demon armies on the frontier set up a
bonfire.
A group consisting of fifty Dual Bladed Demons was making a tour there. The
Dual Bladed Demons formed the largest part of the demons in quantity, so
this kind of hard labor was naturally given to them.
Aside from Dual Bladed Demons, their ranks also contained a Demon Eye
soldier, in charge of communication.
As they were advancing, that Demon Eye soldier suddenly let out a shriek,
stopping his advance. The Dual Bladed Demons hurried to stop and gathered
around it. These lower ranked demons were unable to speak any language, and
were relying on their instincts to communicate.
The six eyes of the Demon Eye soldier were staring at one direction. But the
next instant, those demons all fell to the ground intuitively.
A black clad person was walking rapidly towards their direction. Not human
shaped, but a Black Gigantic Dragon of colossal size. Its eyes glinting red,
coldly sweeping through the Demon Eye Soldier and the Dual Bladed Demons,
making them almost limp.
On the back of the Black Gigantic Dragon were a total of nine black gowned
people, among whom the one at the lead had an extremely handsome face. As he
showed a tile to the Demon Eye and Dual Bladed Demons, they didn’t stop over
at all, simple striding forward as they passed by.
Let alone stopping them to ask about their identity, the Demon Eye and Dual
Bladed Demons didn’t even have the courage to stand up, in front of the
Devil Dragon’s might. All they could do was to follow them with their eyes,
full of reverence, as these “peak demon powerhouses” drifted away, gradually
disappearing in the night scene. The direction they were heading was toward
the Demon Resisting Mountain Range.
Until their sense of the dragon’s might disappeared totally, this patrol was
groveling on the ground, taking visibly rough breaths. Given that it was the
first time they saw peak powerhouses up close, seeing them act undisturbed
would be the stranger thing.
Similar situations happened twice or thrice in the frontier, and at least
four patrols turned limp on the ground in front of them. If this was just a
human shaped demon powerhouse, perhaps would they have dared to inquire
them, but the issue was that they were led by a genuine Devil Dragon!
The Demon Dragons amounted only two hundreds in total, being the genuine
descendants of the Demon God Emperor. Even a rather low ranked demon god
would act cautiously in front of one of them, to say nothing of these low
grade demons in charge for patrolling.
“McDull is becoming more and more awe-inspiring.” Concealed behind a black
gown, a voice suddenly said in a low voice.
The black gowned man leading them turned his head back, coldly glaring at
the speaker. Then the black gowned person suddenly shut his mouth, losing
the courage to talk any more.
Right, this black gowned team was precisely Long Haochen’s group. For the
sake of pretending to be a Demon Hunter Remover Squad, Long
Haochen summoned the Eleventh and Twelfth holy guards, and had everyone be
clad in black gown, while McDull directly take the shape of a Devil Dragon.
Although he only had the mighty presence and aura, without the actual
fighting strength, this was sufficient to scare the lower ranked demons.
In their way, it turned out to be even more successful than they expected.
Until arriving at the Demon Resisting Mountain Range, McDull had to consume
five demon crystals of the sixth step to maintain the appearance of a Devil
Dragon without issue.
Actually, with their current disguise, being trouble free was a given. With
the shape of a Demon Hunter Remover Squad, led by a Devil Dragon, to say
nothing of an ordinary patrolling team, even demons of the seventh or the
eighth step wouldn’t necessarily have dared stepping forward for an
examination. A dragon-team Demon Hunter Removal, that was a core formidable
existence.
Simply because of the excessive amount of danger they experienced in demon
territory, Long Haochen acted extremely cautiously. Only when finally
entering the Demon Resisting Mountain Range, everyone started to relax. At
this point only, they could be considered to have returned to the human
domain.
McDull turned back in his shape of pig, at last falling asleep in Chen
Ying’er’s arms. He obviously progressed well. In the past, even after taking
enough magical crystal as supply, he couldn’t possibly transform himself
into a demon of the ninth step for so long. At least until Chen Ying’er
reached the seventh step, this was still too much for him to handle through
normal means.
After changing clothes from the black gowns, removing the magical eyes, and
recalling the two holy guards, Long Haochen’s group immediately changed back
into the shape of a Demon Hunt Squad. Under their black gowns, everyone was
fully equipped. After exposing themselves, they naturally let out a powerful
presence.
Murderous spirit was cultivated in them through trials of life or death.
They didn’t realize it themselves, but in reality, the continuous act of
tempering themselves had changed their manners enormously.
There was nowhere to stop by, so the group immediately headed for the peak
of the Demon Resisting Mountain Range.
The Demon Resisting Mountain Range was the largest region of influence of
the Temple Alliance, extending over five hundred kilometers, with a width
close to five hundred kilometers. Without travelling by flight, at least two
days would be required to travel through these mountain ranges.
For the sake of prudence, and to avoid the possibility of getting found out
by the enemies lying in patrol in the mountain range, Long Haochen naturally
had them travel by walk. To them, climbing the mountains wasn’t so much of
an effort either. Wang Yuanyuan was here to give Chen Ying’er some help, and
the same went for Sima Xian and Lin Xin. This way, their climbing speed
improved significantly.
The night gradually deepened. Nearly one hour after entering the Demon
Resisting Mountain Range, Long Haochen’s group finally reached the first
summit. This mountain peak was over two kilometers high, filled with the
cold of the north. The peak was completely covered in ice and snow. The
mountain’s wind was cold enough to give everyone chills.
“Something seems to have happened in the south.” Han Yu suddenly told Long
Haochen in a low voice.
Long Haochen looked at a certain direction, at a point faintly discernible
through the fog behind the hilltop. With the absence of light in the night,
even his eyesight didn’t manage to see discern anything in that direction.
Han Yu continued, “The Demonic Eye discovered it. Seems that there are quite
a few people present. But it is rather far from here, making it impossible
to determine whether it is people from our side or demons.”
After pondering for a short time, Long Haochen responded, “Have the Demonic
Eye act as scout. We have at least to find out whether they are
trying to infiltrate the mountain, or heading out from it.”
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Han Yu’s eyes lit up, immediately seeing through Long Haochen’s intention.
Clearly, if this group was heading out from the mountain, they would most
likely be humans. But if they were headed for the mountain, the probability
of them being demons would be much higher. Humans would after all rarely set
defenses in this area. For this reason, regardless of whether these sudden
troops are humans or demons, they were probably headed for a raid.
The Demonic Eye lightly swayed its tentacles. Being a mental type magical
beast, its utility could sometimes be even greater than higher ranked
magical beasts. Being able to float, it simply flew without a care towards
the place where he detected some presences. If one paid careful attention,
he would realize that a slightly distorted area surrounding the body of the
Demonic Eye. That was its mental fluctuations. With these, any scouting
spell in contact with the area would react as if it was air, unable to
register the slightest reaction, especially the ones launched from a
distance.
The Demonic Eye just returned. The whole process of scouting the whole area
only took him only about a quarter of an hour. On his return, without need
for Han Yu to say anything, it’s huge eye let out a silver white luster.
Immediately, brilliant rays were shot in front of the group, revealing a
scene in front of everyone’s eyes.
Seeing the scene, Han Yu was greatly startled, “Oh, so you gained yet
another ability upon evolving. It’s actually able to store images. How
great!”
The others couldn’t help but sigh in awe before that sight, staring at it.
Immediately, serious expressions appeared on their faces.
The ones that appeared in the scene were demons. They were silently riding
over the mountain, climbing over the Demon Resisting Mountain Range.
One could clearly see that among these demons, some were floating and
dispersing distorted light waves all around them. They belonged to a small
demon clan, called Demon Envoys. They specialized in mental attribute, but
still couldn’t compare to a commander ranked Demonic Eye. Their cultivation,
roughly, at the fourth step, made them capable of using a mental protective
screen like Demonic Eye.
Because, the Demonic Eye surpassed them in cultivation by a great margin,
despite both being mental attribute magical beast, he still discerned their
presence clearly .
The Demon Envoys numbered at least thirty. Having fierce-looking ugly faces,
they were about the size of human infants. Their mental fluctuation covered
the entirety of the demon armies.
These demon troops weren’t huge, only roughly five thousand in number.
However, from Long Haochen’s understanding of them, these were definitely
elite troops.
Aside from Demon Envoy, in the sky were Demon Carriers, sharp tongued with
large hollow bellies. Although they don’t have many abilities for combat,
their strength in restricting others was something Long Haochen’s group saw
and experienced personally. Back then, it was because of those that Tian
Qing’s king grade Demon Hunt Squad they had encountered nearly died when
surrounded by the Jacques Demons. Among the ground troops, roughly a
thousand Berserk Demons were standing at the front. From the Demonic Eye’s
record, one could clearly see that this thousand Berserk Demons were clearly
elites, among which over a hundred Scarlet Blooded Berserk Demons stood as
leaders, each one of them leading nine ordinary Berserk Demon.
Scarlet Blooded Berserk Demons have strength at the sixth step, and the most
powerful of them can reach the seventh step. As for the elite Berserk
Demons, they ought to be roughly at the fifth step of cultivation.
In fact, Berserk Demons are an elite
The thousand plus Berserk Demons aside, the real main force of these elite
troops consisted some true powerhouses. First were the five hundred Demonic
Bears, of tremendous build, extraordinary strength and unpierceable defense.
Even the most ordinary Demonic Bear was at the sixth step. To an army,
having existences such as Demonic Bears was like equipping an extremely
solid independant shield to its troops.
Behind the Demonic Bears came five hundred demons of a kind Long Haochen’s
group had never seen. These demons let out specks of light from their
bodies, looked humanoid at first, but if one took special care, they would
notice that their bodies were actually floating in midair, above the ground.
Clad in cloaks, all their hands were grasping staves flickering in the same
light as their bodies.
“What kind of demons are these?” Wang Yuanyuan asked in puzzlement, “They
shouldn’t be Star Demons right? They are all supposed to be clad in orange
color, making them very easy to identify.”
Long Haochen’s face became serious, “These should be Hell Demons, experts in
darkness magic. Among demons, the two pure magic focused demon races are
really powerful. The first is naturally the Star Demon Clan hailed as the
most powerful clan of magic users. Relying on the Great Prophecy Technique,
their position among demons has never been swayed. But another powerful kind
of magic focused demons exists, and it’s the Hell Demons, from the pure
magic clan of the same name, that we are seeing before our eyes. Their chief
is the fifth demon god currently, Hell Demon God Marbas, of majestic
position within demons. In fact among demon gods, one could say that the
ones with real influence could be said to be the Moon Demon God Agares, the
Star Demon God Vassago, the Demon God of Death Saminaga and this Hell Demon
God Marbas. I didn’t expect this group of Hell Demons to show, and actually
have over five hundred members. They should be at least at the sixth step of
cultivation, and there is bound to be some over this level among their
ranks.”
A thousand Berserk Demons, five hundred Demonic Bears, Hell Demons and then,
three thousand Grand Fiends, led by another Fiend, reaching eight meters in
height, with blood colored wings on its black. At the time this powerful
Grand Fiend appeared in the Demonic Eye’s image, it stopped a second later.
Clearly, the Demonic Eye feared getting discovered by him.
“Could that be a Demon King ranked Fiend?” Han Yu let out a gasp. Long
Haochen silently nodded, “Should be the case. Some say that the
Death Demon God Saminaga has under his lead four Grand Fiend Demon Kings,
while some say that there are six of them. All are powerhouses of the ninth
step, treated as brothers by Saminaga. This troop is really too fearful. I
cannot say whether we are lucky or not.”
Everyone naturally understood what Long Haochen’s words meant. Their luck
could be said to be good because they discovered this demon troop. At least
they would have the opportunity to send a warning sign to the Templa
Alliance. But what was there to warn them about? In front of this elite
corps they only felt helpless, what could they do? The level of danger was
as one might well imagine, far surpassing their whole encounter in the
Swamps of Gloom.
The greatest danger in the Swamps of Gloom was the unknown. But the demons
before their eyes were a real crushing threat. To say nothing about them,
even a Titled Demon Hunt Squad would definitely not confront such a powerful
and fearful demon troop head on.
Even with the strength of the demons, they would certainly at most be able
to dispatch ten elites troops of such scale. This was five thousand of them,
among whom both the long distance attackers and close quarters soldiers are
from high standing races! Even if their equipment could not compare to
humans, their individual strength could only be described as terrifying,
being an army reaching at least the sixth step. In fact, the humans could
not possibly even gather two teams of this scale.
Lin Xin wrinkled his brows, “Are they looking to raid the Alliance from
inside? If this army manages to enter the Alliance, I don’t even dare
imagine the consequences.”
Long Haochen nodded in silence.
Han Yu informed Long Haochen, “Captain, I have the information. This army is
trying to avoid getting detected as they advance. I can certainly go faster
by myself. I will be bringing the Demonic Eye with me. With his mental
screen, I can surely reach the Exorcist Mountain Pass before them to call
for reinforcements. At least, I will be able to inform the people defending
the Demon Resisting Mountain Range. I believe that they will have their own
ways to inform the troops on the side of the Exorcist Mountain Pass. “
Long Haochen blinked, and replied after pondering for a short time, “Okay.
Then thanks for your trouble. Be extremely careful. We will be trying our
utmost to buy you some time.” Since such a powerful team already entered the
Demon Resisting Mountain Range, they could absolutely not waste any time.
The earlier they informed the Demon Resisting Mountain Range, the more
favourable the situation would be for them. Thus, he made the prompt
decision to immediately go with Han Yu’s suggestion.
Originally, the best candidate to go inform them should be Cai’er.
Being an assassin, she certainly surpassed Han Yu in speed as well as
concealing abilities. But the issue was that now that she hadn’t her
memories, the degree of uncertainty of letting her do this job was just too
great. Long Haochen really didn’t dare let her handle this task. Everything
aside, what if she lost her way in the Demon Resisting Mountain Range?
Immediately after summoning the Demonic Eye, Han Yu immediately descended
the mountain from the other side. Before he left, Lin Xin specially pressed
him to accept a few bottle of spiritual energy recovering pills. It was very
clear that Han Yu had to head for the Demon Resisting Mountain Range at his
fastest speed. This without a doubt would come with an enormous consumption
to him.
After Han Yu left, Long Haochen formed a circle with the others, “This demon
troop isn’t anything we can possibly contend against. Not only us, but even
the Demon Resisting Mountain Range can honestly not. We are not experts in
the aspects of military affairs or reinforcement transfers, so all we can do
is to let the Demon Resisting Mountain Range know about this attack as soon
as possible. Han Yu will need time, so we will have to attack this problem
from two angles at the same time. First, we have to force them to expose
their whereabouts, and also delay them as much as we can. But this is
without doubt extremely dangerous. Ying’er, you will stay here and not
participate in this operation. Lin Xin, the same goes for you, the two of
you are mages, for whom escaping will be too hard. Cai’er, will remain here
to protect you two. Yuanyuan, and Sima Xian, you two will be covering the
left and the right side, heading for high mountains on both sides. Take them
by surprise, using your strength to cut through the mountain. Then with the
rocks in the mountain, make some noise. The noisier the better. Then come
back, and regroup with Ying’er and Lin Xin. I will be attacking them in
close range, and see whether I can find the chance to kill these Envoy
Demons.”
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“That won’t do. Boss, it’s too dangerous.” Lin Xin said with almost no
hesitation. Long Haochen’s battle plans were spoken nonchalantly, but in
fact, coming in close range to grab the attention of this demon army was no
trivial matter! In fact, among their ranks were Demon Carriers. Their mucus
fluid affected a large area, in case one gets hit, even with Long Haochen’s
cultivation, escape would be almost impossible.
Hearing Lin Xin’s words, Long Haochen’s tone became strict, “We are Demon
Hunters, so braving danger is natural to us. And no one is more fitting than
me for this task. Be at ease, I will have the help from the four holy guards
and Yating. Haoyue’s strength is also back to eighty percent, and with the
concealment from the Tower of Eternity, there’s no way I’d be unable to
escape. Furthermore, if I am only by myself, escaping will be even easier.
So having me charge is the best option. I cannot let these demons enter the
range of the Alliance no matter what. Otherwise, many people will surely be
put in a terrible situation. Who knows how many of our compatriots will be
harmed by these demons. Time is precious, we have to act with haste.”
Saying these words, Long Haochen took the initiative to press his way
forward, only stepping on the rocks with the tip of his feet. As if he was
gliding downward, his body remained in midair, with his spiritual energy
restrained.
Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian glanced at each other, immediately heading down.
Although they weren’t as strong as Long Haochen, their speed was still a lot
faster than when going up.
Chen Ying’er gloomily commented, “And yet again I’ve no part to play in. I
really feel more and more useless.”
Cai’er sat down beside her, and also started complaining, “Aren’t I the
same? He never brings me when doing these kind of things! He clearly thinks
he’s strong enough by himself.”
Seeing Cai’er throwing a tantrum of sorts, Chen Ying’er anger suddenly
disappeared. Raising the corners of her mouth, she let out a laugh, “Cai’er,
I like seeing you like this. You’re so cute. If I was a man, I would
definitely go after you.”
Cai’er blinked her big eyes, looking at the direction where Long Haochen
left, answering the point, “He’s really not going to be in danger right?”
Lin Xin let out a mischievous laughter, “Be at ease; it won’t be the case.
As Boss said, having him go by himself is really going to be the safest.
Vice-captain, I am realizing that you are showing more and more concern for
him. Is it that your memories are resurfacing?”
Cai’er shook her head, “I still can’t remember. I just have the feeling that
I somehow know him. And also, he’s treating me so well. Being with him make
me feel safe.”
Chen Ying’er exclaimed lightly, “I’m envy you. Compared to a certain
someone, Boss is really so much stronger. If I got to know him a bit
younger, maybe I would have snatched him from you.”
Cai’er winked once more, “You don’t seem so capable of it though.” “Puhuhu”
Lin Xin had difficulty containing his laughter, Chen Ying’er
was staring with some surprise at Cai’er. However, seeing her pure beauty,
she finally ended up discouraged. Right! Who could possibly snatch Long
Haochen from Cai’er’s hands.
Travelling from peak to peak, Long Haochen only felt as if he had become
wind at this point, despite having not released his spiritual wings.
Because the rays of light released from his spiritual wings were extremely
bright, he would very easil
Over ten thousand units of spiritual energy was transferred at every breath
Long Haochen took breath. As the three spiritual cavities in his body were
absorbing light essence in the air, his body felt a lot lighter. But under
the effects of the biting cold, his descent wasn’t so fast, as he seemed to
stick to the ground.
A faint twisting light appeared on Long Haochen’s forehead, looking close to
the anti probing protective barrier ability of the Demonic Eye.
Long Haochen obviously didn’t use any ability of mental type, but never
forget about his exceptional mental force.
Although he wasn’t a powerhouse of mental type, thus making him unable to
directly use mental force, given the extreme heights reached by his mental
capacity, even a direct attack of the Demonic Eye’s Mental Shock would not
show much effect. Long Haochen wasn’t able to use related techniques, but
had the ability to transfer his powerful mental capacity, concentrating it
all around his body, to form a layer of mental barrier. This was a different
approach leading to the same result as the Demonic Eye’s technique.
However, as his mental capacity was entirely being used and covered the
surroundings of his body, he was unable to use it to cover his surroundings.
For this reason, this kind of method for using mental force could only be
used to conceal himself when far away.
Being a Templar Knight of the seventh step, being able to move unhindered in
this mountain was naturally no issue to Long Haochen. Making sure to follow
the path shown previously by the Demonic Eye, he pressed his way forward.
Of course, going alone was a lot faster than when he was accompanied by a
crew. As this short trip went on, the distance separating him and the demons
gradually shrank.
Because it was in the south, the vegetations present here was lesser, only
composed of some low height trees.
Concealing only Long Haochen was perhaps feasible, but concealing an army of
several thousand demons here would really be difficult.
For this reason, when Long Haochen went through the third mountain, he was
already able to see the path the demons were taking with his exceptional
eyesight.
Looking from afar, these demon powerhouses seemed to be forming a locust
shape, as they advanced at flying speed towards the Demon Resisting Mountain
Range.
They really deserved being called demon elites. Their travelling speed was
incredibly fast, also, they were extremely calm, not making any superfluous
noise, nor any fluctuations from their spiritual energy, as they climbed by
relying solely on their tyrannical physical constitutions.
Without a doubt, the weakest in physical abilities within these demons were
the Hell Demons, so they were carried and defended on the backs of the
Demonic Bears, placed in the middle of their formation. However, in contrast
with their weak physical constitutions, they had very powerful magic.
Although he had never crossed swords with one before, Long Haochen was able
to imagine the terrifying sight that would arise from a joint attack of this
whole group of Hell Demons. Even if they were to attack the Demon Resisting
Mountain Range from the front, that would still cause terrible losses on the
material defenses of the Exorcist Mountain Pass, or even damage the soldiers
themselves.
In grouped battle or city defense, mages would have the greatest impact. So
among the fortifications of the Six Great Temples, the Mage Temple’s is
known as the hardest to break through.
Fixing his eyes on the army’s rapid advance, Long Haochen sunk into thought
for a short time, before making his resolve very quickly.
At least for the moment, he couldn’t act yet. Seeing the demon army in such
a neat formation, if he were to choose this time for a surprise attack, the
Demon Carrier’s mucus would perhaps instantly come. And that time, his only
means of escape would be to borrow power from either Haoyue or the Tower of
Eternity. Unless left without other options, causing a commotion in such a
situation was out of question.
So he had to wait for this elite army’s formation to start becoming
disorderly. That would be the time to strike.
Of course, he wouldn’t foolishly aim for those heavily protected Hell
Demons. That would be making a huge overestimation of his own capabilities.
The envoys and carriers in the sky were his targets.
The fact that both were specialized at support was no reason to
underestimate their utility. With their presence, the human mage scouts
would be blinded, making them invisible to the human armies until reaching
the point of contact.
I need a plan. Long Haochen preserved a certain distance from the demon
armies, while following them from behind. Like that, they advanced together
towards the Demon Resisting Mountain Range.
At the moment, they were already in the second half of the night. At most in
two hours, the sun would start setting. But the night was moonless. This was
the period right before dawn, which would often be the darkest of the day.
As the sky was pitch-black, it made it hard for them to find their way.
Right at this time, a faint purple glint suddenly shone from afar. Long
Haochen unconsciously gazed up to the sky, a smile drawn on his face. He
knew that the opportunity he was waiting had come.
This purple light caught the attention of the large demon army. This army of
elites was extremely united, actually instantly coming to a total stop,
immobilizing themselves. All the demons kept watch, and a moment later,
dense smell of darkness filled the air thoroughly.
Right at this moment, in the region lit up in purple, a loud band sounded
out, seemingly swaying the whole Demon Resisting Mountain Range. Immediately
, series of rumbling bangs followed tightly, violently shaking the
surroundings from that particular peak.
In those faintly discernible glint of gold and purple color, one could see
traces of great amount of rock dropping from the sky, falling down at mad
speed towards the bottom of the mountains.
Meanwhile, another mountain peak started to produce the same loud rumbling
sounds, with a large amount of rocks falling down from the mountain.
At this time, the demon armies were passing through a mountain cavity, so
the falling stones were descending from peaks from both sides. Being just
halfway through the path, they couldn’t make it in time for escape. This was
a situation where they could neither advance nor retreat.
Although this was in the midst of the mountain, the peak and the bottom were
separated by over one kilometer. The sudden appearance of these falling
stones and their speed made their terrible power not the slightest inferior
to the spell of the sixth step Falling Stones Rain.
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However, this army of demon was really well trained. When suddenly targeted
by such an attack, they still didn’t show any signs of panic. All the Hell
Demons gathered together, guarded singularly by all the Demonic Bears,
making their pairings a good match. The Berserk Demons and Fiends also
showed response from their own sides. More precisely, a half of the Fiends
flew to the sky, intercepting the falling stones in the sky. At least with
their act of smashing the rocks to pieces, their volume lessened.
Also, another portion of the demons headed to the offense, directly flying
to the two sides, at a very rapid speed.
Without a doubt, it was Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian that appeared on the two
sides. They found it very difficult to find such a fitting location to get
in move.
Long Haochen didn’t worry for their safety at all. Everyone having fought
demons for so long together, obviously knew what to do. The Demon Resisting
Mountain Range was the best place possible to conceal themselves, relying on
their spiritual stoves, equipment, and abilities. If the demons wanted to
ambush them, things would be easier said than done. By retreating right
after the moments of action, they wouldn’t give the enemy any chance to
surround them. Long Haochen also took advantage of the chance and closed the
little gap behind. Swiftly summoning the four holy guards along, explaining
to them the situation before their eyes as well as his objective.
“Try your best to make the enemy conspicuous, while delaying their advance.”
Among the four holy guards, the three last ranked all looked at the Ninth
Holy Guard, who looked back at the other three holy guards, before looking
at Long Haochen, “Master, what level of importance shall we attach to the
task of delaying or killing these enemies?”
Long Haochen replied without hesitation, “Very, very important.” The Ninth
Holy Guard nodded in response to him, before looking at the other three holy
guards, saying in a heavy voice, “Then please let me borrow your strengths.”
Then he looked at Long Haochen once again, “Master, this time, after helping
you settling this issue, we will need to lie dormant for over a month, to
recover from the consumption of soul force.”
Long Haochen had a great surprise. Right when he wanted to inquire about
that, the other three holy guards started speaking in a sort of special
language. Their movements were very organized. As soon as they started to
surround the ninth holy guard, their bodies shivered violently, then the
soulfire in their eyes pulsed intensely.
With shock, Long Haochen saw creamy white color separate from their eyes and
transfer into the Ninth Holy Guard’s body.
The aura of the three holy guards weakened at an alarming speed, but
conversely, the body of the Ninth Holy Guard enlarged at a monstrous speed,
almost taking a mere instant to break through from the peak of the seventh
step to the eighth step, without stopping at all.
This is…
After a short time of shock, Long Haochen realized that the three Great Holy
Guards were transferring their soul force to the Ninth Holy Guard.
And that wasn’t an ordinary soul force, but the soul force in their very
root. Otherwise, why would they weaken to such extent?
Swish–
A red glow of light took the initiative to return in the Eternal Melody.
That was the Twelfth Holy Guard. Long Haochen immediately lost sight of his
existence. It appeared to be as he said, he went in profound sleep. The
Eleventh Holy Guard lasted only a little longer than the Twelfth, and then
the Tenth followed.
The whole transfer took them only ten seconds and no more. When the three
Great Holy Guards all disappeared, look Haochen found to his s
Although he had no idea what the Ninth Holy Guard was planning, Long Haochen
had absolute belief in these holy guard’s loyalty. Moreover, the Ninth Holy
Guard’s action of drawing support from the other three holy guards’ soul
force couldn’t possibly be a common technique. In a flash of light, Long
Haochen summoned Yating to his side. Meanwhile, the falling stones finished
falling from the sky, and Sima Xian as well as Wang Yuanyuan already
withdrew. After finding out about the disappearance of the danger, this army
of demons was bound to continue advancing. To them, this was nothing more
than having gotten caught by the Temple Alliance. But since they were
already so deep inside the Demon Resisting Mountain Range, they couldn’t
retreat as if nothing happened. After all, even if these elites couldn’t
surprise the Exorcist Mountain Pass with their attack, the Alliance would
definitely not be able to block their advance easily. . It was for this
reason that Long Haochen wanted to delay them, and for that, he had to make
these demons feel they are under threat. Only this way would he be able to
force them into a defensive formation. After exchanging a few simple words
with Yating, Long Haochen disappeared in a flash, appearing behind Yating.
Placing his hands on her back, he poured his extremely pure light elemental
spiritual energy into her body.
This was Brilliant World, an ability that not only Yating could use, but
Long Haochen too. Long Haochen was a knight, not a mage, and although he was
able to use light magic, most of them were support oriented. Even if these
could be of use in battle, it would only be magic targeted at influencing
himself, and couldn’t be long ranged attacks. Otherwise, wouldn’t knights
just be strong in every era?
But Yating wasn’t the same. Being a light fairy, she was a light mage
through and through. Her affinity to light far surpassed a human mage’s.
And from the large amount of vitality she absorbed in the Illusory Paradise,
plus her fusion with Long Haochen’s Saint Spiritual Stove, Yating already
evolved close to the level of an advanced fairy. Her strength kept
increasing along with Long Haochen’s cultivation, because she lived in Long
Haochen’s spiritual cavities.
And she could also be said to be half the reason for Long Haochen’s speed of
cultivation.
Just like Yating reached the seventh step of cultivation because of Long
Haochen’s help, her ability of condensing light essence went into a whole
new level.
Slowly lifting her staff, she caused the surroundings to lit up. Resonant
chants were let out from her mouth, like a carefree and relaxed touching
music.
The fluctuations of Long Haochen’s and Yating’s spiritual energies rapidly
gained in intensity. His golden eyes also became more and more brilliant,
the four wings on his back spreading out. At this time, he didn’t have any
more need to conceal himself. His spiritual wings and Yating’s lightly
flapped, and in this state, their absorption speed of the light essence
reached a colossal level.
How could the gathering of an incomparable amount of intense light essence
not attract the attention of the demons? Almost immediately, the Carriers
and the Envoys in the sky discovered the activity going on there.
The Envoys let out sharp hisses as warning, and immediately, a group of
twenty Grand Fiends led by a Fiend Commander of the eighth step came by
flight in their direction.
With a Fiend Commander of the eighth step as commander, the group of Grand
Fiends of the fifth step was no weaker than the one Long Haochen’s group
encountered in the Desolate Hissing Cavern, and moreover, they had plenty of
room to get reinforcement.
The enemy’s actions were naturally perceived by Long Haochen, but he didn’t
show the slightest reaction. Remaining inattentive to the enemy, he poured
his spiritual energy into Yating’s body. Now, what he had to do was to do
everything to support Yating in completing this spell.
The current Yating looked ethereal, like a bottomless pit, and even Long
Haochen was totally unaware of what her fairy language incantation was for.
But he was certain that this was a spell Yating had never used before. As
for its level of power, there was no way to know before Yating completes it.
But his confidence toward the holy guards as well as her was absolute. .
Long Haochen’s location was about two thousand meters away from the Fiend
Army. Although this wasn’t a very close distance, the flying Fiends didn’t
need much time to cover it.
And furthermore, the Fiends weren’t the only one to come by flight. They
were followed by a Demon Carrier, to restrict Long Haochen.
After all, Long Haochen was at the ground level. Unlike Wang Yuanyuan and
Sima Xian who had it really easy to escape atop the mountain, and only had
to pierce through the rocks in their way while borrowing power from their
spiritual wings to make themselves very hard to pursue. The Demon Carriers’
speed was also limited.
Visibly, the enemy had already gotten quite close. Long Haochen narrowed his
eyes, showing the qualities of a Templar Knight as well as the calm of a
Demon Hunt Squad Captain.
At this very moment, in Long Haochen’s senses the location of every single
demon appeared very clearly. Even the way they were prepared to attack
appeared very clear to him.
While lifting up his two hands concentrating the power from Brilliant Body,
a dense orange glow rushed forth before him, almost instantly covering
Yating and him in its scope. That was the powerful Guard Knight defensive
skill, Shield Wall.
Despite being the same skill, the defense this time was not the same as the
time Long Haochen used it for the first time in the Swamps of Gloom.
The time they were there, he had to protect the whole team, but now, the
only ones he had to defend were Yating and himself.
The orange shield seemed to appear only on two sides, just like an immense
shell, protecting the two of them. An orange luster came out from its
center, and if one looked by afar, he would feel that the current Divine
Snail Shield of Sun and Moon felt as if an orange color was inlaid within.
The first attacks to reach weren’t the Fiends’, but the Demon Carriers’
mucus. Bringing about a strong stench of green mucus in large scale, which
rapidly covered a thousand meters range.
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But unfortunately, the Demon Carrier’s ability had found the wrong target.
If Long Haochen was instead using his former Glorious Holy Shield, its
powerful ability would immediately show weakness. But what kind of existence
was the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon? Even a powerhouse of the ninth
step would have difficulty in piercing its defense.
And in fact, as a god’s chosen one, and a Templar Knight, Long Haochen’s
most powerful abilities weren’t offense oriented but defense oriented.
The green mucus descended, immediately encountering the soft rebound of the
shield. Despite its viscosity, the area of ten meters surrounding Long
Haochen and Yating didn’t get covered in any of the mucus, all of which were
repelled by Shield Wall.
This was the first time Long Haochen brought out the Divine Snail Shield of
Sun and Moon in real battle, and undoubtedly, the results were top notch.
Right at this moment, under the lead of the Fiend Commander of the eighth
step, the Fiend Team also arrived.
The purity and the force of the light essence released from Yating’s body
shocked all the demons present, or rather birthed fear. This total
accumulation of spiritual energy produced terrible fluctuations that could
burst at any time, making all the demons with least bit of intelligence to
feel its threat.
For this reason, a Fiend Commander of the eighth step was dispatched.
After all, the Fiend King at the ninth step wouldn’t go act personally.
The Fiend Commander didn’t have his brothers launch a probing attack first.
His perception being the greatest, his sense of urgency was just as great.
The dark red heavy sword in his hand drew a large curve, aiming straight at
Long Haochen’s Shield Wall.
Bang! With a dark red light flowing all over the place, terrible
fluctuations of spiritual energy burst out, crushing all the vegetation in
the surrounding hundred square meters, as the terrible darkness element
energy even made it so that those Grand Fiends didn’t dare get close.
However, the Fiend Commander’s attacks were futile. Inside the Shield Wall,
Long Haochen was entirely covered in golden, and the spiritual energy
released by Yating instead became even more fragrant, this being precisely
the Bright Vengeance following Divine Obstruction.
The combination of Shield Wall with Divine Obstruction formed the most
complete defense for a Guardian Knight to protect his comrades and himself.
Moreover, Long Haochen was using the Epic Tier Equipment Divine Snail Shield
of Sun and Moon.
Long Haochen was now already at the seventh step of cultivation, but when
fighting head on, he had the strength to confront a powerhouse of the eighth
step. Originally, the reason why the battle that he fought with Ah’Bao was
so disadvantageous was that his cultivation was really too inferior, thus
why he suffered such a loss.
At the time the Fiend Commander’s attack clashed against the shield, Long
Haochen realized clearly that his fighting strength had been increased by
the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon. An originally single point attack
was spread all over the shield.
That rebound of the shield kept repeating itself sixteen times. At every
quiver, a massive dispel of attack power came. This way, the trembling that
finally reached Long Haochen’s hand was negligible. In other words, even if
Long Haochen hadn’t used Divine Obstruction, the mere Shield Wall
would have been enough to resist the attack from the Fiend Commander,
something Long Haochen didn’t even expect.
Of course, it wasn’t like the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon could be
used by anybody to counteract opposing attacks. Wouldn’t that simply be
defying the natural order? First of all, Divine Snail of
Secondly, a certain strength was also necessary for the god’s chosen one who
gained its approval. Long Haochen happened to be at the seventh step of
cultivation, which was just enough to be qualified. And even so, he had yet
to reach the level of strength to unleash its full might.
In other words, the seventh step of strength was the bottom line.
To another powerhouse of the seventh step with a shield at Epic Tier,
blocking the attack of a powerhouse of the eighth step wouldn’t be anything
of a surprise. But one shouldn’t forget that the attributes of the shield
and Long Haochen concorded, making them even more likely to resist the
attack.
Since he acquired the shield, except from being unusable at certain times of
the day, Long Haochen didn’t find any issue regarding the shield. On the
contrary, he kept finding it more and more formidable. Its size was
malleable, going up to a limit of a hundred meters in length, from the size
of a palm. The most remarkable aspect however was that even when enlarged to
its limit, the decrease in defense wasn’t significant, but when shrinking to
the minimal size, its defense was comparable to a divine tool.
The Fiend Commander’s attack being parried, his body was repelled before
falling to the ground. The shield’s repelling force wasn’t so great, but it
still astonished him, letting him feel the great defensive strength of the
item.
At this time, the Grand Fiends were already surrounding him, and without
need for any order, they jointly attacked him from all directions. The
Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon started to look like a lofty mountain,
unyielding no matter which attack came.
Of course, Long Haochen’s spiritual energy was still consumed to some extent
against such series of attacks; but Epic Tier equipment nonetheless deserved
their reputation. The Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon had only one
ability, and that was defense. Its consumption of Long Haochen’s spiritual
energy was especially negligible. If the situation remained this way,
resisting the attacks of these Grand Fiends for several hours was no issue.
The Fiend Commander snarled to the sky, directing his heavy sword at the
direction of the sky. Letting out glints of red light, it reverberated with
a loud sound. The red light rose up, and in the process, rapidly raged
toward the opposite direction. This was a signal to the rest of the army,
that the enemy they encountered was hard to handle.
Immediately, the Fiend Commander started to wield his sword with two hands,
letting a strong darkness attribute spread out from it. Then his underlings
Grand Fiends gathered behind him, forming a row, one after another. This
seemed like… the Cojoined Spiritual Gathering ability prided by the Fiend
Clan! In fact, it was originally by researching the crystals from the Fiend
Clan that Lin Xin had created the Cojoined Spiritual Pills.
Immediately, the strength of the Fiend Commander started increasing
several-fold. Waves of darkness spiritual energy bubbled forth, and the
darkness sword in his hands glowed in an increasingly intense light,
gradually becoming covered in dark flames, extending over thirty meters in
range. A really terrible sight.
Long Haochen was extremely calm. He understood clearly that even if this
Fiend Commander had the cojoined boost from his underlings, his total
cultivation won’t possibly be boosted break through the ninth step from
that. The ninth step is after all a massive bottleneck, that even
Andromalius couldn’t pass even through the means of something as majestic as
a demon god pillar. Therefore, his next attack would at most reach the
boundary of the eighth step.
The Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon combined both Shield Wall and Divine
Obstruction, giving Long Haochen the certainty of being able to block the
next strike.
During this entanglement, Long Haochen could clearly sense that Yating’s
spell was about to be complete.
A dark red fire suddenly lit up, taking the shape of a gigantic edge of
blade, rushing over while producing thundering blast sounds. Tearing up a
large area of air, it’s terrible fluctuations of spiritual energy caused the
ground under Long Haochen and Yating to sink.
Rumble.
A gigantic dark red blade of light ferociously struck that orange colored
shield, letting place to a shocking scene. An orange and dark red ring
spread out, and a languid dragon cry could be heard from the sky.
All the Fiends behind the Fiend Commander instantly fell on the ground, from
the massive shock that spread from his attack. The Fiend Commander was also
blown seven steps back. His two hands holding his sword were also numb.
No matter what, he was unable to imagine how it could be that his attack
that reached the peak of the eighth step was still be unable to break
through the opponent’s defense. And the next instant, he found out that
brilliant fireworks were starting to soar.
Series of golden light were surging, bringing about a dazzling and
incomparably thick light element in the air. Every bolt of golden light that
ascended expanded at monstrous speed, to the extent that even as it gained
altitude very quickly, it didn’t seem any smaller.
With a flash of golden light, Yating disappeared in Long Haochen’s chest,
her spell having finished, without even the energy left to witness the
results of her magic.
The orange colored light vanished, as Long Haochen swept a cold glance at
that Fiend Commander. Flapping the four wings on his back, his figure
flashed, immediately fleeing afar.
The Fiend Commander obviously was unwilling to let go of him like that. With
a hiss, he promptly chased after him using his enormous fiendish wings.
Although Long Haochen had repelled the opponent with his previous attack, he
wasn’t any better off either. After all, that blow was at the peak of the
eighth step. But still, thanks to the toughness of the Divine Snail Shield
of Sun and Moon and its joint use with Divine Obstruction, Long Haochen
didn’t receive much damage.
However, this consumed a good amount of his spiritual energy. The previous
attack caused the remaining amount of Long Haochen’s spiritual energy to
plummet abruptly.
As the time he spent using it increased, Long Haochen’s understanding of the
shield also went up. He also came to grasp the ability of this shield. Even
if his spiritual energy was nearly exhausted at this point, the enemy could
not inflict him the slightest bit of damage.
However, the current situation meant he was clearly not fit to go handle
that Fiend Commander. He still had to provide support to the Ninth Holy
Guard, and don’t forget that a large portion of his spiritual energy had
already been consumed by Yating’s spell. Choosing to face the enemy in such
circumstances, when considering that their reinforcements weren’t present
nearby, would simply be stupid.
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Having a total of four wings made him only faster. Although his cultivation
didn’t match the enemy, Long Haochen was surprisingly not an easy prey for
that Fiend Commander of the eighth step to catch up. In the field of flight,
Long Haochen was a proud disciple of the Tenth Holy Guard. The use of
special maneuvers, using some very difficult movements, enabled by sudden
accelerations was effective enough to outspeed the other party. On the other
hand, the use of his four wings and his breathing enabled him to absorb some
of the light essence disseminated in the air and recover spiritual energy.
During the time the Fiend Commander chased after Long Haochen, Yating’s
spell started to show its might.
Immense balls of light appeared one after another from the sky, heading
straight for the core of the demons. Their aim was the group of Hell Demons.
The suddenness of the spell, along with its power that reached the peak of
the eighth step, both proved out their utilities. At the time it started to
descend, even the Fiend King commanding the group looked shocked.
Magic was not the same as other battle methods. It required chanting, be it
for humans or demons. He never expected to be confronted so suddenly by a
spell even Fiend Commanders of the eighth step couldn’t do anything against,
nor to be the aim of such a powerful spell.
This time, the strength of a powerhouse of the ninth step was thoroughly
displayed. Although the Fiend King was aware of the fact that if the Hell
Demons worked together, resisting this spell would be no issue, he didn’t
want to take risks. In case these meteors of light reached their ranks, the
damage would be catastrophic. So he immediately intervened, planning to
intercept the powerful spell himself.
Although the meteors of light had a restricted range, its was not limited by
direction.
This was a strengthened version of the spell Light Meteor used by Yating
before, or rather an area-restricted version.
All nine meteors were singularly smaller than the original Light Meteor, but
added up together, their explosive force was a lot greater, and their area
of effect became massive. With the support from Long Haochen’s spiritual
energy, Yating used this offensive light spell with huge area effect
exceeding her own rank.
The Fiend King rushed there. The instant his body started to make its way,
it lit up in a dark golden light, and the massive wings on his back spread
out, flapped violently. Immediately, a huge dark golden sword appeared in
his hands. This huge sword was glinting with an orange luster, unexpectedly
showing its identity of darkness elemental Epic Tier equipment.
Among demons, this kind of equipment would not even be necessarily be
available to demon gods! From this, the status of this Fiend King could be
deduced.
The dark golden glint flashed in the air like a ray of light, and despite
the massive build of the Fiend King, his movement was instantaneous, not
restricted by his volume.
Immediately, the first meteor falling down came to a stop, abruptly blowing
up, splashing in all direction like a rain of light.
But this was merely the beginning. The demons behind him only saw a figure
full of awe, suddenly moving from one point to another in the air, totally
unhindered. Each move of his produced a flicker of light, causing a
golden meteor to come to a stop and explode. Although the air was still
filled with an intense breath of light, the light essence didn’t come into
contact with any of the demons below.
At the time the Fiend King slashed onto the last golden meteor, the whole
sky was glinting in gold colour. Golden Meteors Formation was a genuine
Great Spell, aimed at a large area. Even though the Fiend King, in his
capacity as powerhouse of the ninth step, managed to bl
Indeed, the Golden Meteors Formation was broken, none of it having reached
their aim. But from the successive explosions from the meteors, each of them
carrying a huge amount of light essence, how could the fluctuations
disseminated not be extremely intense?
Light Meteor wasn’t so simple as a spell carrying Yating’s power. It
absorbed a large amount of light essence from the area, before letting it
burst in the form ofto a tyrannical attack. It borrowed power from the might
of heavens!
A spell of this level would normally be likely to fail from the frantic
accumulation of light energy, to say nothing about a situation where it was
fired in such a short span.
In other words, even if the Fiend King caused the meteors to explode, they
were still not neutralized .
A strong light essence surged in the sky, fluctuating, descending in
magnificent shapes of microscopic specks of lights. This was an extremely
destructive sea of specks of light.
Of course, the Fiend King of the ninth step didn’t feel any danger, but some
weaker demons certainly felt the threat.
At the time the storm of light essence appeared, the demons in the sky were
few, but mainly composed of two groups, Demon Carriers and Demon Envoys.
At the beginning, when Long Haochen and Yating were discussing this spell,
they didn’t actually expect it to bring much damage to the demons. His main
plan was to delay the demons from crossing the mountain. With his
understanding and trust in Ninth Holy Guard, he believed that he would
definitely show an even more earth shaking display than Yating afterwards,
inevitably resulting in stalling for a great amount of time. Therefore, he
thought of Yating’s spell as a way to annihilate as many as possible of
their support forces composed of the Demon Envoys and Demon Carriers.
How could this be accomplished? That was the role of the Golden Meteors
Formation. If Long Haochen was the Fiend King in charge of the group, what
would he do? It was after putting himself in his shoes that this plan came
to him.
As a matter of fact, it turned out to be successful. The Fiend King really
intercepted the Light Meteors, to prevent the Hell Demons below from
suffering damage. But he lost in the process two thirds of the Demon Envoys
and Demon Carriers. In such a chaos formed from light essence, even the
surviving Demon Envoys were mostly greatly wounded. And this was for the
luckiest of them, who were in the periphery of the area.
Propelled by the four wings on his back, Long Haochen made a turn, suddenly
heading upwards, before sweeping across the Fiend Commander at his back.
Immediately, his body flickered four times in a row, changing direction in
midair every time, rendering the attacks of the Fiend Commander at his
tracks unsuccessful.
The next instant, the wings on his left side suddenly vanished, and both
wings on his right side flapped with great force. It was as if Long
Haochen’s body went out of control, spinning round and round in the air. In
the meantime as he spinned, Aria of the Goddess of Light appeared in his
hand, sweeping horizontally to stab at the Fiend Commander.
Don’t attach too much importance to the difference of strength between the
two sides. In fact the Fiend Commander didn’t have any means to catch up to
Long Haochen. In the aspect of flying ability, he was lacking by a mile
compared to Long Haochen.
In speed of straight flight, Long Haochen’s four wings didn’t make him any
inferior. And that was to say nothing of the fact Long Haochen had his
numerous flying techniques.
At the current time, the Fiend Commander following Long Haochen was already
at the lateral side of one of the two mountains they were circling around,
increasing their distance from the demon army. Of course, Long Haochen had
been keeping tabs to the changes of the army located there. In case the
demons sent powerful reinforcement against him, he would immediately prepare
to return through the Tower of Eternity.
However, they were obviously more preoccupied by the previous fall of
meteors. The good news was that at least that for a moment, no reinforcement
would come after him. As for these Grand Fiends, they were far from having
caught up with Long Haochen and the Fiend Commander yet.
Seeing the sudden attack from Long Haochen, who had been fleeing all this
time, the Fiend Commander unconsciously used the heavy sword in his hand to
parry Long Haochen’s horizontal blow.
With a tingling sound, Long Haochen changed trajectory once again in midair.
From his previous spinning state, he actually borrowed force from the last
block of the Fiend Commander, making his body stagnate in midair. Then a
golden and a blue glow shone, resounding with a dragon cry was aimed
straight at the Fiend Commander.
That was one of the supreme skills Long Haochen was most proficient in, the
Dual Dragons of Light and Rain, powerful offensive technique combining both
offense and control in one.
Long Haochen’s counterattack was very sudden, at least fast enough to catch
the Fiend Commander unprepared. But the Fiend Commander still deserved this
title; after the first clash against the Aria of the Goddess of Light, his
body came to a stop, and the heavy sword in his hand drew a circular
trajectory. Accompanied with ear-splitting sounds, the sky was lit in bloody
light, clashing head-on against Long Haochen’s Dual Dragon Binding of Light
and Rain.
If Cai’er had retained her memories and was present, she’d definitely
identify that this Fiend Commander of the eighth step Long Haochen was
confronted to was even more powerful than the one she killed before.
The might of this Fiend’s Bloody Moon was enormous. The instant the two
techniques clashed, the dragon cry from Dual Dragons of Light and Rain faded
away, but that bloody moon was also crushed.
Both Long Haochen and the Fiend Commander were astonished, because they were
both confident in their techniques. The difference between the two was that
Long Haochen had a backup plan.
In the short instant following the launch of Dual Dragons of Light and Rain,
Long Haochen who was in a standstill entered into the boundary of the
sword’s transparent heart. In his right hand, the Aria of the Goddess of
Light shifted and aimed a chop at the sky.
From the significant time they spent flying, a great part of his spiritual
energy was back. In particular, from the burst of Dual Dragons of Light and
Rain burst, the light essence in the air increased. This was naturally a
good opportunity Long Haochen wouldn’t let go of. And that source of the
spell being the spiritual energies of both Yating and him, the absorption
was a lot faster for him. So his current spiritual energy was already half
back. This was a display of the dominance of a god’s chosen one. With the
fact he took a few Great Spiritual Recovery Pills in addition, Long Haochen
had recovered the ability to fight. After all, not many of his abilities
needed him to have over ten thousand units of spiritual energy available for
launch.
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Long Haochen’s hollow strike was extremely inconvenient for the Fiend
Commander who was in the midst of his offense. His sword that was in an
offensive flow was forcibly retracted in midair. He did so because he
realized that if he kept his attack going, Long Haochen’s divine sword would
undoubtedly strike him first. Therefore, he could only change plans.
This was the use of the ‘sword’s transparent heart’. The next instant, Long
Haochen could be viewed as a part of the Aria of the Goddess of Light,
observing the enemy from the point of view of the sword. The reason for his
last strike to be so aggressive was not because he predicted the enemy’s
next move, but because he completely saw through his sword’s intent. This
attack looked as light as a feather, but was something that opponent had to
block no matter what, since it was in the way of his only escape route. This
was how he gained the upper hand in a mere instant.
Back then, even Ah’Bao whose strength was far above this Fiend Commander
suffered a huge loss against Long Haochen’s unified sword intent. And that
was against the old Long Haochen, the current him being even more proficient
in his understanding regarding sword intent.
After that, Long Haochen executed a series of seven sword strikes, each one
carrying the same hollow feeling, while being filled with boundless
spiritual energy. These seven sword strikes forced the Fiend Commander to
draw back seven times. When he stumbled from the last attack, a mouthful of
black blood spilled from his mouth. Just think, for a powerhouse of the
eighth step who had to resist seven attacks in a row, leaving him with no
choice but to draw power from his inner reserves, what would be the backlash
inflicted? In fact, Long Haochen could be said to have made use
of his technique in the sword to have compelled the Fiend Commander into
wounding himself.
And at this moment, the Fiend Commander finally realized the extent of Long
Haochen’s strength. This human who looked like someone who had at most
reached the seventh step of cultivation was a threat to his life. Thus, he
even considered retreat. That was a high level demon, not one that would be
fearless before death such as Dual Bladed Demons or Berserk Demons.
Unfortunately, Long Haochen wouldn’t let him go. After the seven sword
strikes in succession, he not only forced the enemy to draw back without
pause, and caused him to wound himself in the process, but also caused his
own vigor to grow to its peak. Now, one could clearly see that Long
Haochen’s whole body was glinting with a white glint.
The ability Holy Sword was originally could only be used on one’s weapon,
but at this moment, Long Haochen made use of his comprehension toward sword
intent and control over the light element as a god’s chosen one, to turn his
whole body into the Holy Sword state. At the same time, his right hand and
right arm were glinting in incomparable transparence, precisely from
Brilliant Body.
In simple words, those seven strikes from before were simply a way for him
to charge energy. After this sequence, blasting the Fiend Commander away,
wounded, Long Haochen came to a slight pause, not to recover his strength,
but quite the opposite, because his bearing was close to its peak, and that
now was the time to get the opponent locked.
His both hands grasping the handle of the Aria of the Goddess of Light, at
the time Long Haochen’s divine sword was once again raised up, the Fiend
Commander suddenly felt as if the sun was about to pass through his body. A
sharp sword intent was locked onto him completely, to the extent that he
didn’t even dare consider escaping anymore.
Even a strong existence such as the Fiend Commander of the eighth step felt
his mind going
However, he had like every living being a survival instinct. When sensing
that his life was insignificant in front of the enemy, this Fiend Commander
of the eighth step came to a prompt decision. Abruptly biting his tongue,
and forcefully cutting off its upper part, he spouted a mouthful of blood,
lit up in a scarlet color. This was the Demonic Collapse Technique only
possessed by high ranked demons, that Long Haochen had encountered once
against the Snake Devil Demon God Andromalius.
Merely, this Demonic Collapse Technique felt different from the version used
by the Snake Devil Demon God Andromalius. Andromalius used the demon god
class version, conferring a great boost, while making the side effects
slightly smaller. But after this Fiend Commander would be done using the
Demonic Collapse Technique, even if he didn’t die from that, his cultivation
would at least be forcibly dropped to the sixth step. Of course, compared to
death, the cost of a loss of cultivation wasn’t much.
The light fluctuations from this side attracted the attention of the demon
army at the other side, resulting in the Fiend King giving the order to head
there, at his best prudent state. That was because he didn’t know how many
enemies there were. Ever since seeing the previous crowd spell of the eighth
step, he came to believe the human force that came to intercept them was
considerably strong. As the commander of this elite army, he didn’t dare
become careless.
At this time, dark purple glints of light kept bubbling up from the five
hundred Hell Demons. They were chanting at rapid speed, and in each of their
hands were purplish red crystals, acting as their staves. The dark purple
glints took the shape of an immense barrier, covering the whole demon army
inside. This was their best defensive formation. With five hundred Hell
Demons acting jointly in defense, even a powerhouse of the ninth step
wouldn’t possibly be able to break it without an especially powerful weapon.
Now that the Fiend King sensed powerful fluctuations of light essence coming
from the other side of the mountain, he couldn’t care about the life or
death of his underlings on that side, compared to the defense of the whole
army.
A bloody red light shone on his chest, before scarlet bloody fog spread out
from his body, covering the whole army. This was element control was
close to the level of the domain of a ninth step user.
From the other mountain, the incomparably sharp sword intent could already
be sensed, causing the Fiend King to feel a chill. It was no wonder that his
estimation was so high, since sword intent didn’t have a direct conversion
into grade. Through the sword intent spread out from the Aria of the Goddess
of Light, Long Haochen reached a level of comprehension extremely close to
the divine sword wielder Ye Wushang from past. How could this level be no
threat for the Fiend King?
There’s no way he could have expected the team he brought in the Demon
Resisting Mountain Pass to be in trouble so quickly. At this moment, even
without these human powerhouses here to block them, because of the loss of
the Demon Envoys, they would very rapidly get exposed. At this pôint, the
Fiend King already started to consider retreat. It wasn’t for the lack of
courage, but because demons couldn’t afford losing so much of their elites.
Among this demon army, powerhouses of the eighth step numbered at least
three hundred. In fact, aside from the top five clans, no force among the
demons could possibly assemble such an army. If the losses kept growing, the
rage of the Death Demon God Saminaga would surely be awaiting him. Perhaps
he would be directly punished by the Demon God Emperor.
A sparkling and translucent white light formed a light blade in the air,
leaving a trail of flames in the air.
This light appeared in a flash, before vanishing completely. In the air,
Long Haochen’s figure dazzled, before the Aria of the Goddess of Light
returned in his body.
His current face was extremely pale, clearly a result of massive consumption
of spiritual energy. And in truth, his spiritual energy was barely enough to
keep him floating. But his opponent was clearly a lot worse off. Although
the Fiend Commander managed to keep himself floating, one could clearly see
that on his face was a dead person’s
expression. Letting out a trail of blood from his head to his toes, his
whole body was totally split by Long Haochen’s previous strike.
This was strength, absolute strength. His sword intent combined with the
Aria of the Goddess of Light caused Long Haochen’s imposing manner to
transcend its peak. Without sufficiently good equipment, even a powerhouse
of the eighth step would hardly be able to resist him. And the most fearful
thing was Long Haochen’s battle experience. Before, he made himself seem
weak and escaped so brazenly to attract the enemy into pursuing him. And
from his counteroffensive to the death of the Fiend Commander, only a few
breaths of time had passed. The whole battle was within his grasp, and he
didn’t give the Fiend Commander the slightest opportunity to display his
real strength.
Long Haochen was certainly very young, but his experience was a lot richer
than other people of his age. Just how many times did he risk his life in
battle? How many desperate crises did he overcome up to now? Each of these
experience became a part of his strength, transforming him. In merely a few
years, he could already be compared with many of his precursors in terms of
attitude and battle experience, and this was without mentioning all the
powerful skills he acquired from the Holy Guards in the Tower of Eternity.
Flapping his wings with difficulty, he took advantage of the instant before
the death of the Fiend Commander to absorb him in the Eternal Melody. Then
Long Haochen changed his stance, facing the mountain peaks. From what he
remembered, the Ninth Holy Guard flew over from there just before. But why
was it that no fluctuation of spiritual energy could be sensed from there up
to now?
Having borrowed strength from the souls of the other three holy guards, the
Ninth Holy Guard’s magic could be said to have reached the peak of the
eighth step already.
While watching attentively the mountain in front of his eyes, Long Haochen
rapidly returned to the ground, taking a new Great Recovery Pill, recovering
his spiritual energy rapidly . In the meantime, he changed into a black
gown, taking advantage of the night to conceal his figure.
At least up to now, the plan had been going smoothly! Now, all depended on
how the Ninth Holy Guard would fare. Ninth, you have to be faster,
otherwise, we won’t be able to intimidate these demons.
That’s just the way it is! Demons aren’t fools either; and after this short
moment of caution, they would soon notice no further movement from the other
side, as well as the disappearance of the fluctuation of light elemental
spiritual energy, it would the same as if they were back in the original
situation.
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However, this deathly stillness increased the sense of fright engraved in
the demons. After all, after crossing the Demon Resisting Mountain Pass,
they will be in human territory, where they have no way to predict what they
will encounter. They had originally thought they had concealed themselves
pretty well, and didn’t expect the enemies to find out about them so
rapidly. This feeling of being under attack was really hard to bear. They
would prefer to confront the armies of the Temple Alliance head on, rather
than being confronted to some unknown enemies watching over them and that
could attack at anytime.
The Fiend King was very calm, showing his worth as a good commander for this
army. This was a role that only strength wouldn’t suffice to bear,
especially knowing that on the demon side, powerhouses of the ninth step are
definitely not few. This Fiend King didn’t show signs of his anger, only
calmly observing the surroundings, keeping the rest of the group in his
sight. He was the commander of these troops, their brain.
In fact, in cases of large scale battle, his presence would affect the
efficiency of the team by at least three times .
At least the time to pour out a small cup of tea passed, while no signs of
movement occurred except for the sudden arrival of the previous ambush.
An ice-cold chill hit the face of the Fiend King, who finally guessed what
they were up to. Although he wasn’t certain that those who attacked them
were a Demon Hunt Squad, scouts with such individual strength were
definitely not numerous. And the people from the other side were definitely
a small number, trying to stall for time, for the Exorcist Mountain Pass and
the Demon Resisting Mountain Range to prepare to some extent.
“Stop defending, and march forward at full speed.” The Fiend King gave this
next order with conviction. Then the remaining scouts also returned,
bringing news that no large group of humans was found.
Without the cloaking ability of the Demon Envoys, they had no more
obligation to keep advancing slowly. The wisest remaining choice would be
for them to pass through the mountain at the fastest speed possible. As long
as his group manages to inflict a serious blow to Temple Alliance by
annihilating Exorcist City, the Demon Resisting Mountain Pass would be
unable to stop the advance of the rest of the demon army.
The purplish black radiance serving as magical defense was slowly revoked,
for the sake of preserving spiritual energy. But the Hell Demons and the
nearby Demonic Bears once again showed their amazing coordination. After
terminating the spell, each of the Hell Demons went straight on the shoulder
of a Demonic Bear, letting them proceed forward to easily pass through the
ravine in the depths of the mountain range.
Right at this time, the Fiend King suddenly had a bad premonition. This was
his natural instinct, which grew with his increase in rank. This was
unrelated to one’s race, nor to one’s strength.
Despite not sensing any fluctuation of spiritual energy, this was the first
time for him to sense such a fatal danger. Abruptly, he howled, “Stop there
and focus all of your energies towards defending!”
At the same time his shout came out, the scene changed entirely.
The demon powerhouses who all heard this order from their commander couldn’t
help but be puzzled. But before they could react, a massive oppressive force
appeared in front of them. Just like a tall mountain wrapping their
thoughts, it appeared to push them down under its control.
They were all standing on the side of a mountain, which unexpectedly slowly
shifted to their direction without any omen.
Because that shift started slowly, they didn’t realize that phenomenon until
a large amount of crushed r
Dawn was still nearing, but the sky remained just as dark. Under the
pitch-black curtain of the night, an even darker large mountain peak fell at
startling speed, coming with irresistible force despite its slow speed. And
this whole process only took a few minutes.
If their few powerhouses were to put their whole energy into fleeing they
would certainly be able to escape this. But this was an army, and not a
small Demon Hunter Remover Squad.
The soldiers numbered five thousand, and a large mountain peak over two
kilometers long was pressuring them down. This was even more frightful than
some existing forbidden spells of ninth step.
The expressionless face of the Fiend King immediately became pale. He never
expected these humans to employ such means. They had actually toppled over a
mountain, turning it into a terrifying weapon.
No matter what degree his strength reached, he couldn’t possibly withstand a
whole mountain! Among all demonkind, the only one who could accomplish that
was perhaps the Demon God Emperor.
Therefore, he could only give the order to retreat, sparing no cost to step
back from this hurdle.
The Berserk Demons standing in the front fled at frantic speed, heading
back, followed by the Grand Fiends that also showed no hesitation to use
their wings to escape the danger zone.
But what about the Demonic Bears and Hell Demons in the middle of the
formation? Hell Demons could perhaps rely on magic boost to gain some speed,
but the Demonic Bears, demons with ultra powerful defenses, clearly lacked
speed. Without need to even precise that their two sides were filled with
other friendly forces, they couldn’t possibly withdraw rapidly.
The mountain falling from the sky would not wait for them, and kept falling
down regardless of their reaction! At the time its massive body fell, the
Fiend King of the ninth step who relied on his superior spiritual energy to
bring a few dozens Demonic Bear outside.
That loud explosion nearly shook the whole Demon Resisting Mountain. Without
regard to their demon race, all the demons in the range of the terrible
seismic waves were sent flying. Under the raging seismic waves, although
they were all elites of the demons, such terrible seismic waves were in no
way easy to bear for them. Only the Grand Fiends, gifted with the ability of
flight, were better off. But they were only better off for a short instant.
The toppling of a mountain peak, how frightful was that? The violent
explosion coming along, with the massive weight, caused landslides in the
seven surroundings mountains. Who knows how many stones of over three meters
diameters fell as a result, as if this was the reaction of the god of the
mountain, frantically smashing these debris over the demon army.
At the time of the mountain’s crumble, a golden glint was soaring in the
sky, floating in midair helped by the four wings on his back.
On the toppled mountain underneath, a yellow flow of light surged, flashing
back to its chest, and its aura disappeared instantly.
This was a genuine landslide! This was the first time for Long Haochen to
see such a awe-inspiring scene. Although his trust in the capabilities of
the Ninth Holy Guard was high, he wasn’t quite expecting that he would be
given such a pleasant surprise.
He actually made a whole mountain fall? To the demons, this was no less than
a fatal blow.
While evading the huge rocks in the air, Long Haochen’s face was brimming
with an uncontrollable smile. No matter how steady he is as a person, not
showing excitement in such a time was inconceivable. At least two thirds of
the Demonic Bears and Hell Demons were crushed under the
rocks, and even those who could escape this fate by a fluke would simply be
subject to the most terrible and direct impact from the seismic waves.
The loud explosion even propelled the distant Long Haochen away, to say
nothing about those bearing the impact at close range. The demon elites from
this army ought to be all crippled.
“Haha…” Long Haochen laughed heartily, before suddenly coming to a stop.
With a flash of golden light, his figure then disappeared in the sky,
heading for the Tower of Eternity.
Almost at the same instant as he disappeared, a dark golden glint flashed
through, the next instant the loathing and enraged Fiend King appeared.
A human? Could this human have come alone? No, this can’t be!
The damage that occurred just now was catastrophic in the eyes of this Fiend
King. His troops were simply sent to death before the main assault even
started. The damage caused by that great mountain to his army was simply
indescribable. Of such a massive mountain peak, although half was sent
straight in the ravine, the remaining amount actually propelled to its
sides. If it was him alone, perhaps he could drill a cave in the mountain
using his domineering spiritual energy, but only he was at the ninth step.
That wasn’t the case for his subordinates.
Ever since this army was set up, it was under his control. All the
powerhouses forming it were selected very carefully, and went through a
strict training. The only one in control of them was the Demon God Emperor,
but at the time he integrated it, he wasn’t a mere Fiend King anymore,
instead becoming the second legion corps chief subordinated to the Demon God
Emperor. But these absolute elites commanded by him were inflicted fatal
losses without even spotting the slightest human force. This was beyond a
mere disgrace. This was an incomparable failure. The guilt from such a loss
was simply unbearable!
Who was that enemy in the end? How did he disappear without a trace? What
kind of ability could that be? His fluctuations of spiritual energy were
visibly weak. Could he have made use of a forbidden spell scroll? But he’s
a light element user! To cause the collapse of such a large mountain, at
least a magic scroll of the earth element at the ninth step would be needed.
At the time Long Haochen disappeared, he clearly had a burning hot sensation
over his chest. This signified the absorption of powerful souls into the
Tower of Eternity through the Eternal Melody. And they were naturally from
the army of demons…
After appearing without any trace in the first floor of the Tower of
Eternity, he couldn’t refrain from bursting out in loud laughter.
No matter how strong you Fiend King are, and how valiant your elite army is,
let’s see how you will keep launching your attack on humans.