Fire Monster

Chapter 166 Ninth Order Demon
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The wasteland at night is not silent, but rather has a different kind of eerie noise.

There was a chilly breeze blowing softly, swirling behind me, ready to serve as a stepping stone at any time.

Whenever someone passed by and raised their foot, the moment it landed, I would get under the heel and slide over them directly, cleanly and efficiently.

If it was an ordinary person, or even an ordinary martial arts apprentice, this sliding tackle would be enough to make him somersault several times, headfirst, with his soul leaving his body, his qi and blood flowing backwards, and he would no longer have the ability to resist.

The legendary boot-hanging ghost's skills are only just this good.

But tonight, this sliding tackle doesn't work.

Two layers of three-level imperial armor with imperial seals inside and outside, a brand new imperial seal helmet, and a visor that can be pulled up to be safe and comfortable.

There are also those sealed combat boots with added materials. The heels are specially decorated with a circle of fine rune nails, which are as densely packed as a shark with its mouth wide open. Hey, when you step on them, there is a "pop" and "puff", just like bursting a pig bladder filled with liquid.

What sliding tackle, what hanging boot, what tumbling, they don't exist.

"These demonic energies are really bizarre. Given a chance, they can evolve into countless possibilities."

Zhao Guanshan walked at the front of the team, feeling a little emotional. Ever since the Demon Mother's lair was destroyed, the demonic energy in this area had obviously decreased by 90%.

But precisely because of the lack of this 90%, a "colorful" wasteland has evolved.

In places with more demonic energy, third-level or fourth-level demons can evolve. They are like small bandits who rule the mountain and guard their own little piece of land. They desperately devour the passing demonic energy and weak demons, while also resisting the devouring of stronger demons. They have the style of "this mountain is owned by me".

Some evil demons, unable to compete, will transform into bandits, carrying a large mass of demonic energy as their luggage, wandering in the wilderness singing and shedding tears.

Some evil demons will be very creative and hide themselves deep in the soil and pretend to be dead, hoping that one day the evil demon that they can defeat will fall into their trap.

Some evil demons have learned to break up into pieces, some have learned to cut off their tails to survive, some are good at making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, and some like to fish in troubled waters, or simply do the mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole is behind, the clam and the crane fight, and the fisherman benefits.

The most cunning ones are the Life Devourers. They often evoke many of Zhao Guanshan's long-lost memories. They are so cunning, coming in groups of twos and threes, like mosquitoes, no, just like the Beggars' Sect, sniffing here and there, not disdaining or ignoring, full of KPIs...

Zhao Guanshan and his group felt like they were walking in a land of evil.

Anyway, that's how he feels, there's nothing he can do about it, his perception is too high.

So, while other people didn't feel anything yet, Zhao Guanshan had to take a break every half an hour or so.

Actually, it’s not that I’m tired, I just need to slow down.

"Stop, everyone move closer to me and take a break."

Following Zhao Guanshan's order, everyone immediately formed a shield formation to protect him.

Zhao Guanshan would also take this opportunity to close his eyes, visualize the Lihuo Dao Fu, and use the statue's vision to focus on finding and filling in the gaps.

It's not just the defense line in front of them, nor is it just the Linjiang Prefecture Imperial Seal Great Wall behind them, but also the defense areas that the First Development City is responsible for, and the defense areas that the Third Development City is responsible for.

Sometimes he even worried that if the Zhang family, or some other enemy belonging to the Governorate that he didn't even know about, brought in an eighth-level evil demon in advance and hid it somewhere, then all his efforts at the moment would be in vain.

This worry will turn into anxiety.

He could no longer remain calm, and could no longer maintain the optimism in his character as Master Zhao.

He really couldn't plan everything, and it was very likely that a small omission in a detail would cause him to lose everything.

Ten minutes later, Zhao Guanshan opened his eyes.

"go!"

The team set out again, it was a boring journey with no visible results.

Time passes slowly.

It was getting closer and closer to the first line of defense guarded by the Demon Suppression Division, and further and further away from the imperially-sealed Great Wall in Linjiang Prefecture.

It was almost dawn and Liu Yuwei's convoy was about to set off, but there was still no movement at the front line.

Of course, this is also normal.

"Just stay here and wait."

When they were still fifteen miles away from the front line, Zhao Guanshan stopped. After drinking more than a dozen bottles of 90th-grade marrow cleansing liquid in one breath, he began to condense the second-level forgetfulness rune under the cover of everyone.

The second-level Forgetfulness Rune can last for about three hours, which can minimize the possibility of them being discovered.

At the same time, three hours is basically the best time to start.

Because Liu Yuwei's convoy will set off in an hour, and at the speed of the trucks, it will take about two hours to reach the second pioneer city.

So if there is no movement on the defense line within three hours, it means that everything is a false alarm.

Or maybe the Zhang family has other means of dealing with the Governor.

But that has nothing to do with Zhao Guanshan.

He just wants to hold on to his base.

After that, he could condense a second-level oblivion almost every ten minutes, and gave it to Deng Jiu, Sun Zei first, then Song Erdan and Chu Feiren, and then the five main attackers.

Yu Che is second to last and Wang Chen is last.

The reason for this is that as the main force of sniping, the longer they lie dormant, the better.

As for Zhao Guanshan, don't count on his fighting ability.

Firstly, he needed to constantly open the statue's vision, and no matter how sparingly he used his mental strength, he couldn't sustain it.

Secondly, the process of condensing the second-order Oblivion Rune had already consumed too much of his innate pure yang energy. Even with the marrow cleansing spirit fluid to replenish it, the tiredness made it unsuitable for him to join in a fierce battle.

And then again, wasn't it just for this moment that he worked so hard to prepare for the war?
When Zhao Guanshan condensed nine second-level runes one after another, it was almost two hours later.

Liu Yuwei's convoy had already set out from Linjiang Prefecture an hour ago, but encountered some trouble when passing the Imperial Seal Great Wall, resulting in half an hour wasted here before they met up with the two teams led by Xiao Chengyun, Mu Mingyuan and Zhang Qian.

The convoy then moved forward at full speed and had already traveled more than thirty miles, with less than seventy miles left to reach the second pioneer city.

At the same time, the Demon Suppression Division's defense line, which had been quiet the entire night, finally changed. For unknown reasons, one or two high-level demons appeared near the defense line, bringing up a mighty tide of demonic energy and attacking the defense line with countless demons.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Guanshan was shocked, but also relieved. What was coming had finally come, and he could face it calmly.

He believed that even the Zhang family would not be able to create a second accident in such a short period of time.

Because the defense is really solid.

This line of defense is not the one formed by the Demon Suppression Division's Imperially Sealed Chariots and Martial Arts Warriors, but the Demon Suppression Net.

This Demon-Suppressing Net is really awesome. It can divide the battlefield into pieces, just like an aquaculture pond.

It was useless for those high-level demons to show their fangs and claws, and their ferocious appearance. They were like crayfish in a pond, always being suppressed.

Then, under the obstruction of the Demon-Suppressing Net, the warriors of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau could rely on the third-level sealed chariots to continuously kill the seventh-level and eighth-level evil demons, and continuously disperse the dense demonic energy through the psychic heavy crossbows.

After such a fierce battle, Zhao Guanshan realized that at this moment on the front line, the Zhang family had actually attracted a ninth-level evil demon.

Ninth level!

What the hell!
Zhao Guanshan was very panicked!

Because he saw clearly with the vision of the idol.

That ninth-order evil demon is so terrifying.

It was fine that it could come and go like the wind, and it was understandable that it could fly into the sky and hide underground, but what was really terrifying was that it could transform into a huge monster as tall as a hill in the last second, and could even knock away a third-order sealed chariot weighing hundreds of tons with just one claw.

The next second it can turn into the size of a fly and disappear.

The reason why it was unable to kill indiscriminately was that it was covered with a layer of shining demon-suppressing net, just like a tied dog.

More than a dozen level three sealed chariots surrounded it but were unable to inflict serious damage on it. When the psychic heavy crossbows hit it, it was as if its fate had been transferred, leaving it unscathed.

Because it can actually let its subordinate evil demons bear the damage for it.

Every time a fatal injury occurs, one of his subordinate evil demons can quickly help replace it.

Anyway, in Zhao Guanshan's opinion, if there was no Demon-Suppressing Net to restrain them, and no Level 3 Imperially Seal Chariot to provide a buffer, their team of ten people would not be enough to kill the ninth-order evil demon in one second.

It's not a level at all.

Of course, if nothing unexpected happens, it can still be ground to death. Under the restraint of the Demon-Suppressing Net, it is ultimately not beyond the scope of understanding.

"So, if the Zhang family wanted to create an opportunity to break through, they would most likely deliberately let an eighth-level evil demon go."

Zhao Guanshan thought quickly, a ninth-level evil demon was impossible, and even the Zhang family did not have the ability to bear the consequences.

With their family's power, the best they could do was to attract a ninth-order evil demon at the right time, and then use the ninth-order evil demon's charge to cause some damage to a part of the demon-suppressing net.

After all, this is the most common scene on the battlefield.

Just when Zhao Guanshan was paying close attention to the battlefield on the front line, the "accident" occurred as expected.

The ninth-order evil demon made a violent charge and actually tore a several-meter-long crack in the Demon-Suppressing Net. A bright light flashed, and the ninth-order evil demon suddenly shrank to the size of a fly and tried to drill through it quickly.

But the next second, a flash of inspiration appeared again, and the Demon-Suppressing Net on its body scooped it up like a crab in the water and dragged it back.

At the same time, one could see the crack in the Demon-Suppressing Net was repairing itself. Just as it was about to be repaired successfully, the ninth-level demon suddenly went berserk again, turning into a giant monster as big as a hill, and then with one claw it hit an eighth-level demon like playing golf.

Hole in one!
It all happened so quickly and so naturally that there was no trace of human intervention at all.

If Zhao Guanshan didn't have the vision of the statue, he wouldn't even know that this would happen.

But he panicked the next second, because he clearly saw through the statue's vision that the eighth-level evil demon was being hit towards him, but perhaps because the speed was too fast, it exceeded the limit of his vision. When he adjusted himself, there was no eighth-level evil demon at all.
Even the crack in the Demon-Suppressing Net was repaired at this moment.

That eighth-level evil demon is gone?

(End of this chapter)