High Above

Golden plain, Kama knight collar.

There are many monsters on the Golden Plains, and there are a large number of monster lairs that only settle in the local Abyss Cave ecosystem. Because the terrain is complex and large-scale development is difficult, most resource extraction is done by small unit towns like Knight Manor.

The Kama Knights Territory is one of the oldest knight estates in the Golden Plains. In the past, it was glorious because two mithril mines were mined in the surrounding caves. It is one of the richest knights' territories in this area.

Knight Kama himself is quite powerful. His personal armed force is no less than that of the official imperial nobles, and they are all veterans who have fought against monsters in the golden plains. His castle is even a small fortress, which is recognized by passers-by. 'Safe' road sign.

But now, this fortress has faced an enemy that it cannot resist.

The demon army in the Flying Flame Land.

"Hold the wall! Use artillery!"

"The artillery doesn't work!"

"Help! These monsters can teleport! They appeared behind us?!"

"The teleportation distance does not exceed 500 meters. The reserve team is on top! Guards, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Brutal cries of killing echoed around this small fortress. If faced with common attacks by monsters or robbers, they would definitely be able to easily resist counterattacks.

But in the face of the demon army that could easily bypass the defense line, ignore ordinary artillery attacks, be extremely fast, and even cross the city wall through the virtual realm, this elite town guard was almost destroyed like the ebbing tide.

Their firepower is considerable: in addition to their own alchemy artillery, the Kama Territory also has various new weapons supported by the Silver Peak Territory. Melt beams and magnetic storm mines are triggered one after another, shining around the city walls.

However, the armed forces supported by the Silver Peak Leader network and the armed forces that refused the Silver Peak Leader's assistance are completely two levels of weapons.

Although beams of light flew across the sky and electromagnetic sparks exploded in mid-air, only a few demons were truly damaged - the demons were so fast that they couldn't even keep up with their eyes, let alone aim and shoot?

On the contrary, the guards of the Kama Territory either went crazy suddenly, broke away from the formation, rushed into the demon group alone and were crushed - literally crushed - or were easily wiped out by the firepower of Feiyandi.

They were disturbed by the spiritual power of the devil and went completely crazy.

Not long after, the entire fortress was captured, and the towns around the fortress were massacred. Some local residents who wanted to stay in their homes were all killed or injured.

They died miserably, and most of them suffered great pain before they died. Some had their arms and legs twisted off alive, and died of blood loss like wrung rags. Some saw their relatives die tragically with their own eyes, and they themselves In the end, he shed tears of blood and was beheaded.

Only then did they understand that the power of the demon army was far beyond their imagination. The reason why they staged this 'defensive battle' instead of completely annihilating them in an instant was simply because the demons needed their despair and needed them. The feeling of having hope but falling into an abyss.

The leader, Knight Kama, is still alive... He leads the last remnant of the soldiers to stand at the bottom of the fortress.

This was the original warehouse. After the transformation, it became the last bastion of resistance. The strong iron door of the warehouse can even block artillery. The spiritual magic circle that protects mithril can also block the demon's virtual jump.

However, being trapped here is no different from waiting to die.

Several soldiers who followed Kama Knight were now desperate and on the verge of collapse. They could faintly hear the screams coming from the surroundings. They almost fell into chaos. If Kama Knight was not still fighting hard to maintain order, there might not be a need for demon attacks. , they themselves will completely destroy themselves.

"If I had known it, I would have agreed to the Silver Peak Leader's request no matter what I said..."

To be honest, Knight Kama really regrets it. He actually had the opportunity to follow the advice of the Silver Peak Leader and evacuate the Golden Plains, but he believed too much in the strength of his fortress and felt that the demons' goal must be Silver Peak. What does claiming a piece of land have to do with a small manor in a remote area like theirs, so he refused to leave.

But who knows, the demons are coming all the way, even if they are passing by plains wolves, they will go over and kick them to death. These monsters don't care about remoteness at all. What they want is blood flowing into rivers, and those who see them can breathe. Yes, they will all be killed.

All flesh, blood, souls and curses will become fertilizer for the cursed soil.

From this point of view alone, they are extremely fair.

"Ha, is this a dying memory?"

With some random thoughts, Knight Kama smiled sadly. He knew that he would definitely die this time. The demon army outside had already begun to destroy the iron gate.

boom! boom! boom!

The demons began to attack. The iron door had been raised, and a bull lemure was slamming into the door.

Knight Kama raised the sword in his hand. Even if he was about to die, he hoped to die holding the sword. He must not despair and become the nourishment of the demons.

As for those people who died because of their own choices...

"I was wrong. I'm sorry..."

The moment the iron door was broken open, the knight roared and drew his sword forward: "Die, devil!"

What greeted him were countless sharp claws and eyes poking out from the darkness.

Just when the battle whose outcome was already determined began and ended.

The fused demon officers and lemures who were collecting curses around the manor fortress heard an extremely terrifying explosion in the distance, as well as a sharp roar that seemed to tear the sky apart.

Immediately afterwards, the demon army that had just captured a fortress paused for a while.

Because in their souls and wills came the furious roar of their general: "Damn the leader of Silver Peak!"

And the leader of Silver Peak whom he said was damned was running away quickly.

After a week of continuous harassment, the Demon Legion finally chose a large force to clean up the Golden Plains, killing all the Imperials who stayed on the Golden Plains, and recovering as much of the curse as possible.

They fought steadily, leaving no opportunity for Nanling to make a sneak attack.

However, since a sneak attack fails, let’s attack by force!

Taking advantage of the demon army's annihilation of small and remote territories like the Kama Knights, Ian mobilized an extremely elite armored force to attack the rear of the demon army!

The team led by Qingchao collected armor information in recent days. Under the protection of the Heart of Terra, the twelve elite armors modified by Ian personally escaped the perception of most demons.

And all they had to do was throw the cloud explosive bombs that Ian had rubbed into his hands, as well as the thermite and white phosphorus bombs produced by the Nauman City Military Factory, into the devil's camp.

No matter how tough the demons themselves are, their camp will definitely be razed to the ground.

This move is undoubtedly to use the Imperial Knights who stayed on the Golden Plain as bait, and they have absolutely no reinforcements, so they will definitely die.

But Ian had already reminded them that good words can never persuade a damned person. If they want to die, Ian will make their death worthwhile.

This is indeed the case.

Under the cover of the Heart of Terra, they moved all the way from the long grass in the Golden Plains, which was the most difficult to monitor. It was not until the last few kilometers that they exploded with full force. Twelve armors full of explosives headed straight towards the cursed earth altar at the rear of the devil. Charge - and then throw!

No, not throwing.

Whoosh whoosh, the rockets ignited and started!

As a rocket engineer back then, although Ian could not build a space rocket with his bare hands, he had no problem creating some long-range rockets that did not require guidance.

Each of the twelve armors participating in the raid were equipped with thirty-six honeycomb-like rocket launchers on each shoulder, and these rockets were all launched in just two seconds, pouring at a super saturation level.

For a moment, it was like fire rain falling.

The Cursed Earth Altar, which was slowly operating to correct the surrounding psychic fields and resist interference from the Heart of Terra, was bombarded by more than seventy rockets in just one second.

Then, there was an explosion that shook the world, and a rain of white phosphorus fire that spread like fireworks.

For a moment, the demon camp was in chaos. Even though the demons were not afraid of flames, some of these ammunition actually contained psychic interference potions. This immediately made many attackers who wanted to pursue the demons unstable and unable to attack with all their strength. .

[Quick, quick, return at full speed! 】

At this moment, Qingchao, as the captain of the aircraft, directed all the pilots who ran away after throwing the bombs to retreat at full speed, and all armors returned at full speed in a U-shaped route.

He knew very well that after making this move, he would definitely be greeted by a furious counterattack from the demon army - even if the lemure demons were temporarily unable to pursue them because they came into contact with the interference potion unpreparedly, those powerful demons who were not affected would definitely pursue them. come out!

He was absolutely right.

【die! 】

Just three seconds after Qingchao and others quickly escaped after dropping the bomb, Qingchao and all the other pilots heard a loud thunderous sound containing fierce anger - and with this loud noise, all the people in the sky All the clouds were shaken away and turned into mist all over the sky.

Then, these ultra-high hot water vapors that were vaporized due to extreme shocks fell from the sky like cannonballs and bombarded Qingchao and others!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qing Chao immediately connected to the armored alchemy furnace and used all his strength to activate the second level of Tide Messenger's ability to deflect the falling water vapor bombs.

A layer of blue water waves emerges on the surface of all armors. These soft water wave shields can push away those water vapor bombs and absorb the impact. If it is on the battlefield, these water wave shields can even help a company of people escape from artillery fire. Survive the bombing.

But even so, the terrifying shock wave still blew these armors, which were five or six meters high, flying up and down. If it weren't for these pilots, they were all elites carefully selected by the Marquis of Barton from the 19th Army of the South Ridge. , I am afraid that it will be directly shocked and lose the ability to fight.

The water wave shield quickly evaporated and disintegrated under the shock wave, but so much time was enough for these armors to escape from the cloud cover.

The spiritual power of Demon General Deathstroke is "sound wave vibration". Before becoming a demon, his spiritual power was nothing more than close-range destruction. However, after becoming a demon, his spiritual power became more arbitrary. , can use sound to vibrate any object, and regard any object as a carrier to carry terrifying destructive power.

But without a carrier, the sound wave energy decays very quickly, and without clouds, it would be difficult for him to use psychic energy to destroy the armored team that had fled far away.

But, he also has special weapons!

[How can I let you escape! 】

An angry voice came from high in the sky and echoed on the plains: [Do you only know these sneaky attack tactics? 】

High in the sky, Deathstroke has taken action himself.

Large liquid metal particles rose up from a metal box on his waist. These silver metal particles have now been transformed into golden-red metal gas under the blessing of the death knell's terrifying psychic shock, like a corona in it. Surrounded.

The demon general raised his hand, raised two fingers, and pointed directly at the armored team in the distance.

The golden-red light shot out straight with an ear-piercing roar, like a stream of flames cutting through the sky.

At this moment, Qingchao's crisis instinct warned frantically, but in the end, he could only shout: "Disperse!"

The armored team dispersed immediately, but how could someone who didn't even have the third level be able to withstand Deathstroke's angry blow?

The flames that shattered everything penetrated the armor in an instant, and the trembling ripples visible to the naked eye caused the entire metal giant to disintegrate in the next second, melting into a ball of golden molten iron, and a huge explosion occurred later, and the strong wind swept through, revealing it again The area is a destruction area nearly the size of a stadium.

No one could survive this blow.

But no one is afraid.

Some fanatical pilots even began to chant in a low voice, reciting the 'prophecy' that has been widely circulated in Nanling in recent times.

"The prophet predicts that the dark disaster is coming, and the cursed evil spirits will come like a tide, carrying pain, despair and sadness."

"But there is no need to be afraid, because of the fierce wrath of the sky, the thunder and fire from high in the sky will mix with hail and iron to bombard them - in the name of holy war, we will surely win!"

"All those who died in the jihad will find eternal rest in Hades!"

In this prophetic eulogy, before the soul of the dead driver had time to perceive it, the silver light enveloped it - faster than the devil, the pull of the soul brought him back to his resting place quickly.

And this also means one thing.

Ian is here too.

Deathstroke was naturally unable to sense the almost fanatical praise in the distant armored channel, as well as the fact that the driver's soul had been recovered.

If he could know, he would probably feel that something was wrong - this time, the enemies and people he had to face were not afraid of them, the embodiment of fear, nor were they afraid of demons at all.

Because the terrifying religious fanaticism and personality worship, as well as the sense of glory brought by the holy war, have overwhelmed all the vanguard troops in Nanling.

It is no longer possible for them to rely on massacre and destruction to create despair in Nanling.

But this did not prevent him from launching a second blow - and this blow, he had already calibrated, was enough to completely wipe out those annoying mosquito-like armored troops in an instant!

boom!

A scarlet flaming sword was shaped by the death knell, and then flew rapidly in the direction of Qingchao and others.

This blow passed through the atmosphere, and the atmosphere exploded and vibrated. Wherever it passed, rocks disintegrated and vegetation burned. The incredible power of the sound wave cluster was enough to split a small mountain.

The Wutai Armor with Qingchao as its core was unable to hide. Their speed could not match the speed of Deathstroke's psychic creations, and they would be overtaken in an instant.

However, an invisible group of ice flowers bloomed out of thin air, and layers of ice and snowflake-like crystal flakes condensed in mid-air, quickly turning into a huge shield.

This is not so much a shield as it is a giant frost shield on a city wall blocking the back of the fleeing armored troops, firmly blocking Deathstroke's killing sword.

Wow! The next moment, the frost shield completely collapsed and disintegrated, and the golden-red flames also penetrated it - but the power and accuracy of the flaming sword were also greatly reduced, and it fell crookedly on the hillside.

Along with a thunder, the soil on the top of this small hill surged like a tide. After a while, it collapsed completely and turned into a crater.

If this blow hits, the result of the armored troops may be similar to that of ants run over by human shoes.

This is the strength of Deathstroke.

Although he doesn't have any true form of bloodline, he is a great demon who can exert the power of the fourth level just by relying on spiritual energy and demonic power!

But now, the great demon looked solemnly towards the direction where the ice crystal shield had condensed: [Earl of Silver Peak? 】

Just now, he could have continued to control his psychic energy to pursue the armored team, but he sensed that his psychic energy was cut off by another force, so he moved aside.

No one answered, but Deathstroke suddenly turned around, looked behind him, and shouted: [Sneak attack? ! 】

With a loud roar, huge power erupted like a torrential wave. At this moment, the demon general used his true strength, and a malicious shock wave burst out from the virtual realm and seemed to be carrying the heaven and earth.

In an instant, everything turned pale.

The dark cloud of curses was churning endlessly, and even affected the real world for a while. The terrifying sense of decay and heat spread in all directions, and the materialized shock wave blew away all the surrounding trees, and even the rock shells were blown away. It was directly shattered and turned into powder.

A small-scale subspace maze centered on the death knell instantly covered the real world. It was filled with thunder, shock waves and extreme heat, and a small elf figure had to escape from the virtual realm.

That was naturally Ian in fairy form.

"Interestingly, the devil itself is a spiritual energy aggregate similar to the mind-light body. Therefore, when you reach the third and fourth energy levels, you do not have such a thing as the etheric true body. Instead, you use your own virtual entity to influence the material world, forming a similar The domain is like an inherent barrier, a subspace maze controlled by you."

The Ice Demon Elf, who used the cross-star flying wings, cleverly avoided all the shock waves and the angry attacks of Deathstroke. He turned over and was already several kilometers away.

But Ian's voice can still echo in Deathstroke's ears: "I originally thought that with this series of sneak attacks, I could get rid of this general, and then destroy the demon army in one fell swoop. I didn't expect you to be so sharp. It seems that I still have to see you on the battlefield. ."

【you】

Deathstroke was extremely shocked at this moment. He had just noticed a trace of disharmony behind him. This disharmony was extremely small and could theoretically be ignored. However, he subconsciously launched a counterattack because of his excessive nervousness.

If he hadn't, he wouldn't have been able to shake out the hidden Ian, and he would have been sneak-attacked by Ian in his goblin body. If he didn't use his 'trump card' and die on the spot, he wouldn't be able to recover for at least ten days and a half.

By then, without him as a strong man, the demon army might really have to leave Nanling in despair without fighting a single battle!

But if they use their trump card, they may not be able to achieve their strategic goals... and the result will still be just as bad.

【Want to run? It's not that simple! 】

So at this moment, Deathstroke took action again, and from the thunder hell surrounding him, streaks of golden-red thunder shot out, hitting directly in the direction where Ian was before - but the goblin also disappeared at this moment.

Goblins, like demons, have the ability to enter and exit the virtual realm at will. Ian can use the silver sun to suppress the speed of the demons entering and exiting the virtual realm, but he is not hindered by the cursed soil.

The blow missed, and there was another burst of light in the golden plain, and a mushroom cloud slowly rose amidst the roar.

But when the smoke dissipated, the place was empty, leaving only a piece of charred earth.

Ian has left, and the armored team has gone far.

Under the illumination of the light, Deathstroke's expression was uncertain. He took deep breaths several times before suppressing the violence and madness brought about by his demonic power and calming down.

[...Intelligence was completely suppressed] He whispered to himself, with caution in his tone: [It seems that the original strategy didn't work at all. Nanling... is completely different from the Western Region]

[What skills does this Count Yinfeng master? 】

At this moment, the armored troops had completely withdrawn, and Ian also got the information he wanted and left.

All that was left was the army of demons that had been raided into their lair.

[General, although the altar was destroyed, we have wiped out all the knight lords in the Golden Plains. With their flesh and blood resentment, we can completely rebuild the altar]

After reporting the losses, the fused demon officer reported to Deathstroke: [Nanling seems to have been delaying our actions, and our enemy's reinforcements may arrive in the near future! 】

【Not procrastination】

At this moment, Deathstroke, who had calmed down, looked towards the south, his eyes as deep as lava: [They are forcing us to fight]

[Whether it is those self-destructing armors that do not seem to be exhausted, or today's elite armored teams, it means that the imperial army in Nanling has completely crushed us in terms of intelligence-all our spies and spies are on the front line Time, captured and executed by some network of Count Yinfeng】

[As of now, only Rong Ying, who is inside the Silver Peak Territory and has obtained legal status early, still barely exists and can provide us with some key information]

[I don’t know why, but they seem to know everything about our actions... Those drones, as well as the unmanned observation lenses that may exist in the surroundings, can avoid our ‘life perception’ and obtain our intelligence]

Before becoming a fusion demon, Deathstroke was also an elite commander in the Flying Fire Land. After being attacked one after another, he also saw through Ian's true purpose: [The longer we delay, the deeper we go into the quagmire, because the enemy is attacking us. The information will only become more and more]

[But we don’t need to care about what the enemy thinks. We are stronger than the opponent and can directly attack and crush them]

[But, but] Hearing this, the fused demon officer was confused: [General, they want to force us to fight, so we will fight. Doesn’t this conform to their wishes? 】

Deathstroke didn't speak, just stared at the subordinate coldly, and the officer knew he had made a mistake and immediately kept silent.

When the demon officer finished reporting his work and left quickly, Deathstroke narrowed his eyes and looked to the south: [Nanling is testing our intelligence, so why am I testing Nanling's intelligence...]

[It seems that the entire power of Nanling has been integrated by the Silver Peak Lord, and even the Nineteenth Legion is in his hands, armed with new weapons... But it takes time for the entire army to change, so he is delaying, waiting for the entire army Renovation completed. Of course, reinforcements are also possible, but other demon legions are still wreaking havoc in the Western Territory, and the reinforcements in Nanling are not many even if there are any, so they are not a cause for concern]

[However, if I launch a decisive battle rashly, I will also fall into their trap... The giant of light is a representative. If you are not fully prepared and launch an attack at will, you will only be severely damaged by the opponent's trump card]

The Demon General said to himself, he had already made up his mind: [So... I have to reveal a trump card]

He disappeared. Deathstroke entered the void.

In the virtual realm, Deathstroke looked to the northwest of the virtual realm. The virtual space had turned into pitch black and was completely eroded by the cursed soil.

Sensing the huge power contained in that piece of time and space, the Demon General smiled: [The Demon Army is just a pre-test product of the Immortal Legion]

[The real power of the ‘Kingdom of the Abyss’ is beyond their imagination! 】