Scourge Messenger

Chapter 350 The Battleground
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"Disaster Relief Guardian: Grants a puppet the [Disaster Relief Guardian Golden Bell]."

[Disaster-Averting Guardian Bell: Generates one layer of mystical guardian bell every minute, which can withstand one instance of damage and grants immunity to damage below 1000 points.]

"Heaven and Earth Unrivaled Blade: At the start of each battle, your leftmost puppet card has the characteristics of [First Strike], [Wind Fury], and [Splash Damage] on its first attack."

[First Strike: Always the first attack]

[Wind Fury: Attacks twice in succession]

[Splash Damage: Attacks deal area-of-effect damage]

"Taotie Master: Gain one [Taotie] card, and always have seven Puppet cards in your hand (automatically generated if insufficient)."

Yan Qing looked at the rewards on his bracelet, finding it difficult to make a decision. Unlike last time, when he hadn't even decided on his lineup and desperately needed a helpful accessory, now that he had already secured his position, he only needed to add the finishing touches. The three accessories dropped by the White Lion King could satisfy this requirement.

The "Disaster Averting Guardian" generates an invincible barrier every minute, seemingly endless, but they didn't even fight the White Lion King for more than a minute, and it can probably only be triggered once in a battle.

"Heaven and Earth Unparalleled Blade" is an ultimate attack enhancement. Normal attacks will first attack the "Qiongqi" which is an area attack and a double hit. Do you like it? After choosing this, the battle will be much easier. "Qiongqi" can probably kill a six-demon team with the first attack. But the problem is that it can only be triggered on the first attack. It is specially used to crush weaker opponents.

"Taotie Master" perfectly matches his current monster lineup. Taotie is a given, as it can cause all monsters to devour puppets at the end of each day. Moreover, it has a huge tactical significance that has not been written down: Yan Qing always has seven puppet cards in his hand, which means that he has an infinite number of cannon fodder in battle!
After a brief moment of thought, Yan Qing made a decision.

A phantom katana over six feet long landed on Qiongqi. Qiongqi let out a shriek, and its wings and beastly body formed many golden patterns. Upon closer inspection, they were all patterns shaped like katanas, shining brightly and exuding a majestic aura.

It's a bit downward.

Yan Qing chose the "Heaven and Earth Unparalleled Blade" not because it was better than the other two, but simply because he thought it would be easier.

In the next two days, he will most likely focus on developing his character. With this accessory, they won't need to bother protecting the puppet, as Qiongqi will crush all enemies in the first round.

In comparison, "Taotie Master" requires more skill to master, while "Disaster Averter" benefits entirely from the enemy's attack power. If the next target is the True Demon of the Heavenly Realm, Yan Qing would definitely consider these two. If the True Demon is a single-target attack type or a high-damage, low-attack-speed type, these two accessories would be perfect for countering it. However, Yan Qing's next goal is to continue developing and defeating the other eight demons. He can choose his survival accessories when defeating the last three of the eight demons, just like in Dota, where you build Battle Fury, Radiance, and Manta Style first, and then build Black King Bar for survival after you have enough damage output.

"Are you really not going to use the Heaven-Slaying Sword?"

In the Dimensional Bookstore, far from the crime scene, Ying Rushi looked at the hideous wounds on Yan Qing's arms and said while bandaging them, "Compared to the power of the token, the Blood Replenishing Pill is ultimately just an aid to healing and will leave many scars."

“No need,” Yan Qing said.

Ying hesitated for a moment, then didn't try to persuade him further.

After all, Yan Qing had already used the Bingzi Pepper Forest, and this kind of injury was not a serious one. If he used the Heaven-Slaying Sword again, they would have no way to save their lives in a short time. She understood this rationally, but when she saw Yan Qing's scarred arms, she remembered that Yan Qing had promised her that he would not let her suffer like this again when he applied the medicine. She couldn't help but feel a little bit of heartache—maybe more than a little bit, but this guy was too infuriating, so she could only feel a little bit at most.

"And isn't this a good thing?" Yan Qing suddenly asked.

Ying Ru was taken aback, not understanding what he meant. Yan Qing chuckled and placed his hand next to hers: "Now we're dressed the same, doesn't that look good?"

Ying Ru looked at him for a while, her eyebrows arched, and a gentle smile curved her lips: "Fool."

Murong Hui, who had just been studying the coffee machine in the bookstore, quietly appeared in front of them, stared at their arms pressed together, and said in a strange tone, "You two actually became a couple behind my back?"

Yan Qing didn't react at all, but Ying Rushi froze. Since they always joked around without any distance, she naturally wouldn't hold back in front of Murong Hui. Besides, if she really wanted to be shrewd, Murong Hui's standards were much higher than hers. She didn't expect that Murong Hui would see through her. Where did she reveal her flaw? I clearly called him an idiot!

"I want to join too!"

Ying stared wide-eyed.

Murong Hui sat down and stretched out her hands: "You guys actually made it look so pretty in secret, I want to wrap my hands in bandages too!"

"Right!" Yan Qing high-fived Murong Hui: "I knew everyone would like bandage outfits sooner or later!"

"Why don't we wrap our faces up too?"

"No need for that. It's understandable if one of me has my face wrapped, but if three of us have our faces wrapped together, it'll look like a gang of murderers and arsonists..." "What? Aren't we a gang of bad guys already?"

Boom!
Suddenly, a rumbling thunder sounded outside. Yan Qing and the other two immediately went into battle mode and went out to check. However, they did not see anything unusual when they looked up. They could only vaguely sense that the noise was coming from a distance through the tremors on the ground.

Murong Hui jumped to the rooftop and looked out, saying uncertainly, "There's a building collapsing in the northeast of the Demon Gathering Land. It seems a battle has taken place?"

Yan Qing hesitated. The demons in the Demon Gathering Land were not worth killing; even their corpses would turn to ashes the moment they died. Apart from Yan Qing and Ye Si, no one could benefit from killing them. Furthermore, the demons wouldn't attack unless provoked, and they would lose their aggro if they ran away. The locals had absolutely no reason to fight the demons.

Moreover, only Momobu Konoe has the ability to deal with demons and create such a commotion; even the assassin who lurked in the shadows and remained patient couldn't do it. So why would Momobu Konoe bother?

"Murong Hui!" Yan Qing suddenly thought of a possibility: "Could the location where the commotion occurred be the location of one of the eight demons!?"

Murong Hui paused, narrowed her eyes, stared for a moment, and nodded firmly: "That's right, it is indeed where the Eight Demons [Mantis General] are. Wait, could they be—"

"Hurry, we need to quicken our pace!" Yan Qing said through gritted teeth, "The Hundred Guards are busy killing the Eight Demons!"

……

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In the northeast of the Guiding Lands, a massacre is underway.

The Mantis General, wielding eight enormous scythes, had its huge, blood-red compound eyes constantly rotating as it swung its blades with an impenetrable, airtight motion. The mere swing of the blades created a shockwave that seemed to swallow the heavens and earth. Each time a scythe fell, the ground around it would crack open as smoothly as if it were tofu being sliced ​​by a hot knife, without even a single flying shard.

It is undoubtedly an extremely terrifying demon. Even though the damage from its scythes is not high, its attack speed is already overwhelming. All eight scythes will attack once per second, and it will cause large-scale damage. The scythes are engraved with blood-red patterns. Even when it attacks the ground, it can extract a trace of blood from the soil. One can imagine the scene of it executing its enemies. It must be a brutal execution that leaves thousands of wounds on its body.

We must fight to sustain our war effort, fear no large-scale battles, and believe that speed is the only way to defeat this kind of demon. There is no other way but to use the most violent and damaging tactics to kill it as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once we enter its life-sucking cycle, there is absolutely no chance of victory.

Such a terrifying demon could only rage helplessly at this moment. The ground around it had turned into a quagmire, and its four legs, all covered in spikes, offered no buoyancy in the mud. Its feet sank deep into the mud, unable to extricate itself, and it could only swat its scythes to stir up the mud.

Outside it stood 180 elite guards, their positions almost filling the surrounding rooftops, ensuring everyone had a good angle to fire. At Ying Su's command, they unleashed a volley of arrows; even though the Mantis General managed to deflect a small portion, he was still struck by over a hundred arrows.

After five volleys, the Mantis General was almost completely covered in arrows, and its sickly appearance suggested it was about to be killed. At that moment, its compound eyes flashed with a fierce light, and it suddenly vanished from the mud, flashing behind Ying Su, who was closest to it. Its eight scythes condensed into a single blood-red scythe, which it swung down, unleashing a monstrous sea of ​​blood!
If Yan Qing were here, he would definitely see that the purpose of the [Mantis General]'s move is not a surprise attack, but life steal. If hit by the Crimson Scythe, it wouldn't be surprising if it recovered to full health. This demon's attack speed and area-of-effect damage are all for the purpose of its life steal. As long as it can't be killed quickly, it's a monster with unlimited endurance!

At that very moment, four large characters of light and flame suddenly appeared on Ying Su's body:
[United We Stand]

The crimson giant scythe missed its mark. Ying Su was faster than the fifth-level demon king. When he reappeared, he was already above, piercing the narrow, slender head of the Mantis General with his spear and pinning it to the ground.

He easily pierced through the body that five rounds of arrows could not penetrate!
This is a real 'severance'. Even if the Mantis General's health is not close to the threshold, this attack alone can deal at least 20% of its maximum health as damage.

One of the Eight Demons, the Mantis General, died before he could even deal any damage!
Along with General Mantis, 180 elite guards also fell, lying on the ground like corpses with their spines removed. It took a full five minutes for them to slowly stand, but they were noticeably weaker than before. Ying Su was no exception, even more severely so; his muscles were ruptured, and many of his bones were broken. The burden of [United Hearts - One] was simply too great for a third-tier messenger.

Ying Suxu pointed four times, and the 180 men immediately split into four teams to preemptively kill the other eight demons. Based on the recent test, he had determined that 45 centurions were sufficient to handle one of the eight demons.

The moment Ying Su learned that the twenty-man squad had been wiped out, he immediately changed his strategy. He was able to adapt so quickly not only because he had seen the puppets controlled by the Yellow Dog grow stronger and stronger day by day, as documented in the skeletal documents, but also because he had never underestimated the Yellow Dog from the beginning.

That's someone who could slap his sister.

He might be the only person who ever hit his sister.

Although they didn't know why Huang Quan killed the Eight Demons, it undoubtedly exposed their objective. In any case, they couldn't possibly pursue Huang Quan and his group now. After all, if Huang Quan could kill a squad of twenty, they would need at least an eighty-man squad to have a chance of taking them down. But the Demon Gathering Land only had one hundred and eighty people, which could be split into two teams at most… Unless Huang Quan initiated a decisive battle, even the strongest Hundred Guards wouldn't be able to touch these three intruders.

However, Ying Su did have a solution.

He turned to look at the True Demon in the center of the Demon Gathering Land. Even from this distance, the True Demon's enormous black shadow and fiery body were still clearly visible.

Although there is no evidence, Ying Su is certain that after all eight demons were killed, Huang Quan's target must have been the true demon.

I will decide the battleground.

When the final battle begins, you will decide!
(End of this chapter)