My stats are higher than yours!!

The team members answered with a smile.

"Ah."

The Tide Demon captain nodded slightly and then continued, "Within the human race, there are mainly two factions: warriors and mages. If you encounter a warrior, ordinary disguise is enough to deal with them."

"If we encounter a mage, their mental strength might be enough to see through our disguise, so we must be extra careful. If we are seen through, then we should take the initiative to attack."

"The quality of the Xingbei team is extremely poor, and they are not good at close combat. You must make full use of your own advantages in actual combat."

"Yes!"

"understand!"

"If I encounter a mage, I'll just kill him!"

Chapter Forty-Seven: A Mage?! This is a damn mage?!

Inside the seaside cottage

Bai Shuodong and the old village chief sat at the table, the crystal ball displaying images of the Tide Demons coming ashore on the coast, their movements clearly visible.

“It looks like the Tide Demons. These guys are very strong in naval warfare. Fighting them at the seaside will put us at a disadvantage. I suggest we wait until they come ashore and go further away before fighting them,” the old village chief said.

"Ah."

Bai Shuodong nodded slightly.

He felt that the old man was ridiculously powerful. He could understand having a crystal ball with surveillance capabilities. But to discover the Tidebringers so quickly after they came ashore, and then pinpoint their location using the crystal ball, was simply absurd.

This old guy didn't discover the demons using the crystal ball; he discovered them through his senses. The crystal ball was just a tool he used to pinpoint their location.

"Village Chief, what was your name before? Could you tell me the details?" Bai Shuodong asked curiously.

"Hmm, your real name?"

The old village chief sighed, gave him a deep look, hesitated briefly, and finally answered as if he had made up his mind: "Jack-Zeppelli."

"That's a really nice name."

"Yes, that's what my mother said back then. She believed in me so much, thinking that I would definitely be the hope of the family and that I would definitely be able to lead her to a good life..." The old village chief's eyes gradually turned sad and painful, and finally two lines of clear tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.

"Old man, do you know what the greatest art of language in the world is?" Bai Shuodong asked.

"what."

"Telling lies while telling the truth."

"..."

The old village chief remained silent.

Bai Shuodong didn't press further. He simply changed into a loose crimson robe inside the house, picked up the Crimson Heart Staff, and walked out of the small house towards the group of Tide Demons.

After he left, the old village chief looked in the direction he had gone and muttered to himself, "Indeed, how could a genius like you not have noticed?"

...

As the last wisp of twilight disappeared from the horizon, the waves surged ever higher.

The Tide Demons who came ashore had changed into human clothes. Wide robes covered their scales and skin, and huge hoods covered their faces.

The Tide Demon captain tossed four purple beads to his team members and said, "These are Concealment Beads. They can temporarily transform our appearance into that of humans. If you are discovered, use them immediately."

"However, the Concealment Magic Orb has limited energy. We should avoid using it unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, once the energy is depleted, our situation will be very dangerous. Do you all understand?"

"understand!"

"Understood, Captain!"

"Ah."

The Tide Demon captain nodded slightly. Although his team members were inexperienced, they were at least obedient. If they encountered a troublesome individual, it would be a real problem, especially on an infiltration mission like this.

The five of them set off together, heading towards the human settlement.

But soon they encountered a young man wearing a crimson robe and holding a staff inlaid with crimson magic beads.

"Are you demons?"

Bai Shuodong's gaze swept over the group, while his mental perception naturally expanded and landed on them.

During this time, he not only learned how to use psionic energy, but also the basics of mental perception and sensing. Unfortunately, his proficiency was not high enough; he learned it mainly because of his high mental attribute, so he did not develop a true mastery of the skill.

【Benbo Ba (Unranked)】

[Race: Tidebringer]

[Four-dimensional attributes: Strength: 24, Agility: 18, Constitution: 28, Spirit: 12]

【Babo Ben (Unranked)】

[Race: Tidebringer]

[Four-dimensional attributes: Strength: 19, Agility: 20, Constitution: 15, Spirit: 8]

...

"It's a monk! Spread out and rush in to kill him while he's chanting!"

"The Tide Demon captain shouted."

In an instant, the five Tide Demons quickly separated. Three of them attacked from different directions, while the other two used their innate Tide Demon talent to drive the seawater and attempt to construct a powerful water elemental magic.

Bai Shuodong raised his staff, and the magic orb shone with a crimson light, with spiritual energy pulsating in rhythm.

"Using my spirit as a guide and my will as a driver, the flames follow my will, transforming the illusory into the real... Fireball Technique!"

"Ridiculous, a mere fireball spell..."

The Tide Demon captain sneered.

He wouldn't even bother with such a low-level fire magic. True powerhouses would never use such insignificant spells in battle. If a weakling used it, he would simply ignore it and let the opponent hit him without consequence.

But then, his expression suddenly changed.

The fireball that condensed in mid-air was half a meter in diameter, burning fiercely. The terrifyingly high temperature could be felt even from a distance.

That's a fireball?!

"You bastard! You actually used the Fireball spell to unleash explosive fire magic! How can there be such a treacherous human!" The Tide Demon captain's expression changed drastically, and water vapor rose from his body, which was the effect of the Tide Protection talent being actively triggered.

A massive fireball shot out instantly. The Tide Demon captain tried to dodge, but the fireball was incredibly fast and struck him in an instant.

"Boom!!!"

The flames swept across the sand, and terrifying heat waves spread out. The Tide Demon captain at the core was sent flying out of the smoke and dust, with several charred marks on his body, clearly seriously injured.

"Is this magic?"

Bai Shuodong's heart was racing. His mental attribute was only 19, while the Tide Demon captain's physical attribute was as high as 28, and he also had the protection of the tide. However, he was still injured in one move, and it looked like he was seriously injured.

This magic is indeed very efficient at dealing damage!

In the shadows, the old village chief's lips twitched as he watched, thinking to himself: This kid's understanding of fire element is ridiculously deep, his elemental conversion efficiency is extremely high, and the strength of his fire elemental constructs is also ridiculously powerful. He's not even a normal mage anymore.

Is this what a true genius is?

I really don't know how he cultivated himself. I wish someone else could replicate his skills.

pity...

He still lost.

...

"Kill!!"

The other two Tidebringers attacked from two different directions, wielding sea spears, and their momentum was extremely fast.

They arrived so quickly!

Bai Shuodong raised his staff again and began chanting an incantation, "With my spirit as the guide..."

"Bang bang bang!"

Several water bullets shot from the distant seaside, hitting him precisely in the face. To stop him from chanting, a few drops even hit his mouth, filling it with salty seawater.

The chanting was interrupted.

"Pooh!"

Bai Shuodong spat out seawater, and the two Tide Demon warriors were already upon him. It was too late to chant now.

[Slow Burst] Activated!

He planted his staff in the ground, stepped back with one foot, and threw a punch.

That punch!

64 points of Strength!

"Bang!!"

In an instant, the Tidebringer warrior was sent flying high into the air, his body twisting unrecognizable in mid-air, his discolored blood splattering across the sky, before finally crashing into the water with a "plop," as if striking the hearts of everyone present.

Chapter Forty-Eight: Demon King: Cut the flesh slowly with a knife!

At the same time, another member of the Tidebringer team had already reached Bai Shuodong.

He watched helplessly as his comrade was punched into the air by the "mage," his fate unknown.

Aren't mages weak in melee combat?

"Wait...wait a minute!!"

He frantically slammed on the sand brakes, but the momentum from the sprint was too great to stop in a short time, and he could only watch helplessly as the distance between himself and the "mage" grew closer and closer.

That ferocious smile became even more terrifying.

Despair overwhelmed him like a tidal wave.

"No!"

"Don't come near me!"

"Bang!!"

His only response was a punch with a value of 64 points. [Slow Burst] does indeed reduce agility by 50%, making it difficult to hit the enemy under normal circumstances. However, if the power far exceeds the opponent's agility, then it is not difficult to hit.

A powerful figure once said that speed is power, and vice versa.

Power is speed.

"Don't give up!"

"You are demon warriors!!"

An inspiring voice rang out as the Tidebringer captain, whose face had been half-burned by a fireball, got up from the ground. His deep green vertical pupils stared intently at Bai Shuodong, while his consciousness briefly flashed back to the starting position.

His wife, holding their newborn child, smiled gently at him and reached out her hand.

He instinctively reached out to grab it.

Then the scene before my eyes changed drastically in an instant.

He saw the sky and clouds, and the feeling of weightlessness and lack of oxygen instantly struck him, followed by a strange sensation of his body twisting. He just stared at his outstretched hand, instinctively reaching forward to grab, but he couldn't grasp anything.

So... it's already over?

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Three huge splashes of water rose from the sea, and the sea breeze howled through the night.

"..."

The old village chief looked at everything before him and fell into a deathly silence.

Such terrifying power! Even a hero in his prime might not be as strong as him. Although those few infiltrated demons are not well-known, their true strength is definitely not weak. On the battlefield, they are capable of becoming commanders second only to the demon generals.

Even such a powerful demon was utterly powerless to resist him.

monster!

It should be noted that Bai Shuodong did not possess the holy sword that suppressed the demon race; this was true power, absolute strength that could be displayed at any moment.