Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

The tiger demon was trying to escape quickly, but it seemed to sense something.

After taking one last look at the battlefield from afar, the tiger demon scanned the fox demon, whose body had been pierced by a long sword, and each member of the thirteenth squad.

"Captain... run! Remember to avenge me..."

Hearing the fox demon's last message, the tiger demon's eyes were filled with sorrow. He let out a roar, turned around, smashed several large trees, and disappeared into the depths of the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.

This tiger's roar was no longer mixed with rage and killing intent, but was filled with pain and sorrow, piercing through the forest and startling countless birds into flight.

Luo Jingshan did not continue the pursuit. Instead, he drew his long sword, and the fox demon lost its support and collapsed to the ground. Blood gushed from the wound on its chest, quickly staining the grass beneath it.

The light in the fox demon's eyes quickly faded, and its three severed tails drooped limply. Finally, its whole body twitched once more and then stopped moving.

Although the battle was over, no one dared to relax.

After all, we are now in the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons, where danger could strike at any moment.

All around was silent, except for the rustling of the wind through the treetops and the heavy breathing of the group.

Li Youan removed all the formations and looked at the broken formation plate in his hand, feeling a pang of heartache.

Standing to his right, Luo Hui looked at the dilapidated array plate in Li Youan's hand. Apart from a few new cracks, the previous crack had almost completely pierced through the array plate.

Seeing the array plate about to shatter, Li Youan carefully put it into his Tian Shu Ring, then turned to look at the fox demon's corpse beside him, his heart filled with doubt.

This is very wrong.

"Senior, I remember Dongfang saying that although monsters can cooperate in battle, it's mostly out of necessity. Such selfless rescues are only possible among a very small number of blood-related groups."

Upon hearing Li Youan's words, Luo Jingshan, who was further away, nodded.

"But these fox demons and tiger demons are clearly different races, and they don't seem to have a good relationship."

Moreover, their previous battles had almost no coordination, yet this final scene unfolded, which was quite a shock to Li Youan.

Wei Xiao, who was not paying attention to the conversation between the group, sat down heavily on the ground, panting heavily, his pale face covered in sweat.

"Finally...it's over. Damn it, I almost died here today."

As he spoke, Wei Xiao took out a few pills and threw them into his mouth, but his pale complexion did not improve.

This was the first time Li Youan had ever heard Wei Xiao swear.

Luo Yao leaned against a nearby tree, barely managing to stay upright. Blood was still seeping from the wound on his chest. He popped a few pills into his mouth and then took out a bottle of medicine.

He haphazardly sprinkled the powder onto the wound, which mixed with the blood into a clump. The pain was so intense that the veins on his forehead bulged, and Li Youan could even hear the grinding of his teeth.

Further away, Zhao Jing and Zheng Xuan were bandaging each other's wounds.

When Zheng Xuan attacked the fox demon earlier, her left arm was scratched by it. Although the claw marks did not expose the bone, the exposed flesh had turned black, which was obviously a symptom of poisoning.

Zhao Jing, who had been attacking from a distance, was finally struck by the fox demon's tail, and several of her ribs on the left side may have been fractured.

Excluding Li Youan, Luo Hui's injuries were the lightest; he was simply overexerted and his body was somewhat exhausted. He walked to Luo Jingshan's side.

"Captain, your injuries are quite serious."

The wound on Luo Jingshan's left shoulder was not only bleeding, but the fox demon's final attack had also injected poison into his body.

That is to say, he has a high level of cultivation and has just taken an antidote pill, which has suppressed the toxins in his body.

Luo Jingshan took out a bandage from his storage ring, bandaged the wound simply, and shook his head.

"I'm actually fine, but Luo Yao and Wei Xiao are the most seriously injured. We need to get back to the outpost as soon as possible so that Fu Ming can treat them."

As he spoke, he took out two pills and fed them to the two of them. The pills melted instantly in their mouths, and Luo Yao and Wei Xiao's complexions improved slightly.

"Clean up the battlefield and evacuate quickly."

Luo Jingshan ordered everyone that although they had won, they should still evacuate as soon as possible.

"The commotion just now was too great; it might attract other demonic beasts or demon race teams. Let's move quickly."

After quickly treating their injuries, everyone split up to clean up the battlefield, which didn't actually contain much.

Li Youan followed Luo Jingshan to the fox demon's corpse and squatted down to examine it. The fox demon had a penetrating wound in its left chest, which was fatal, but in addition to that, it had countless other wounds on its body. Half of its left claw had been cut off by an axe blade, a section of its right ear was missing, and all three of its tails were severed.

and……

Li Youan turned the fox demon's corpse over and found a strange mark on its abdomen.

This pattern is not natural; it's more likely formed later in life.

The pattern was very peculiar, resembling three overlapping rings with a twisted symbol in the very center; he had never seen such a design before.

Luo Hui, who had also come along, looked at the mark and began to ponder.

"Hmm, what is this? A clan crest? An array pattern?"

"It doesn't look like it."

Li Youan shook his head.

"I don't know about clan crests, but I've seen most array patterns before. This... I have absolutely no recollection of it."

Luo Jingshan, who had been lost in thought ever since he saw the pattern, seemed to remember something at this moment, and his expression turned serious.

"This is not an assassination squad from the demon race."

"Captain, have you met him before?" Li Youan asked.

Luo Jingshan paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then slowly spoke.

"I saw the same mark on the northern battlefield a few years ago; it belonged to a member of a demon race squad. They... were smarter than ordinary demon beasts, knew how to cooperate better, and even used simple tactical combinations."

He paused for a moment, as if recalling something.

"But they are not as good as a real demon assassination squad. They are more like they were forcibly raised to this level. But there are too many of them. In my ten-person squad, only two of them survived."

Thinking back on this, Luo Jingshan felt a pang of regret; the situation at the time was truly extremely critical.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

"Captain, do you mean that if these monster squads appear, there are a lot of them, and they are organized?"

Li Youan asked in a deep voice.

Luo Jingshan nodded and glanced around at the team members.

"It is very likely that the three-person team, consisting of a tiger demon, a fox demon, and a rabbit demon, is unusual."

As he spoke, Luo Jingshan held up one finger.

"And have you noticed that they hardly use their innate abilities or weapons in battle, relying entirely on their physical bodies and the application of their vital energy, which is very different from the two monkeys we encountered before?"

Li Youan recalled the entire battle, and it was indeed as Luo Jingshan had described.

The rabbit demon was incredibly fast and managed to devour its own formation at the last moment, yet it only used it once. The fox demon, on the other hand, never revealed its talent from beginning to end.

The tiger demon didn't even reveal its berserk state until the very end...

"Could it really have been artificially induced? That would be...!"