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

"Captain Luo, what's going on here...?"

As the group entered the passage, a cultivator stationed inside greeted them. Upon seeing the deep, bone-revealing wound on Luo Jingshan's chest, he couldn't help but gasp.

"This mission, from departure to return, never stopped; it was a continuous battle."

Luo Jingshan waved his hand, but didn't say anything more to the man.

"Old Liu, I'll come get you for a drink after I finish handing over my mission."

Upon hearing Luo Jingshan's words, Lao Liu stopped trying to stop him and stepped aside to make way.

"Alright, judging by the extent of your injury, Lao Luo, you should rest and recover today. We'll meet at our usual spot tomorrow at noon."

"OK!"

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Forest of Ten Thousand Demons, Black Wind Cliff.

That is, Eagle Soar's lair.

The cave was no longer peaceful; the air was filled with a strange smell of blood and herbs.

A figure was leaning against the stone steps, his chest covered in black bloodstains, his entire chest wrapped haphazardly with several strips of burlap.

Through the strip of cloth, one could vaguely see a horrific knife wound that had almost pierced through his chest. The flesh around the wound was torn and rolled back. Although the bleeding had stopped, it was clear that it would be a long time before he was fully healed.

The beast's face was an unnatural gray, and its breath was weak, tearing at the wound on its chest with each breath. It was Ying Xiang, who had escaped from Luo Jingshan's blade.

At this point, a day had passed since he fled the battlefield. If he hadn't been worried about something unexpected happening, he would have gone straight to Monkey King's place.

His injuries had been roughly bandaged, and he was going to find Monkey Big now to tell him about Monkey Two and Monkey Three.

More than 500 li east of Black Wind Cliff lies a valley with jagged rocks and dense trees.

But the valley didn't feel eerie; on the contrary, the temperature was pleasant, though there was a bit of monkey swarming around.

The cliffs of this valley are covered with caves of varying sizes. This place is called "Ghost Howl Ravine," and it is the place where the monkey demon clan lives.

In the largest cave, you can see torches with sticks made of some kind of animal bone stuck in the walls at intervals, and they are burning.

The flickering firelight illuminated two enormous figures inside the cave.

One of them was Eagle Soaring, who was leaning against a huge stone chair. The other figure stood beside the stone chair, looking very similar to Monkey Two, only much more robust.

His muscles were like those of a sculpture, his long black hair was like steel needles, and his red eyes were full of rage and ferocity.

Monkey handed the stone bowl to Eagle Soaring; of course, the stone bowl was relative to their size. To be more precise, it was a huge stone vat.

The bowl contained a paste of dark green herbs, which Yingxiang had already removed from his bandages and was carefully applying to his wounds.

Although Yingxiang clenched his teeth, he couldn't help but twitch his lips and hiss as he inhaled with each application.

"Eagle, your injury... it's really damn serious."

The burly monkey demon opened its mouth in a buzzing voice, its sound like a broken gong.

"If it weren't for your heart being naturally an inch to the right, and your timely use of the 'Wood Shadow Escape' technique to feign death and escape, your bones would be used as torch supports in this cave right now."

Ying Xiang took a few difficult breaths, his eagle eyes filled with lingering fear.

"That human captain's final strike was far too powerful; I truly couldn't withstand it. Besides, he should have already realized I've escaped."

Yingxiang paused, adjusted his breathing, looked at Hou Da beside him, and his voice trembled slightly due to weakness.

"Brother Monkey, this grudge cannot go unavenged. Your younger brothers, Monkey Two and Monkey Three, were both killed by this human squad."

"Bang!"

Monkey took the stone bowl that Eagle had finished using and smashed it hard on the ground. The stone bowl shattered and the shards of stone flew all around.

At this moment, Monkey King's demonic aura erupted uncontrollably, causing rocks to fall continuously from the cave. His eyes turned bloodshot, his fangs protruded from his mouth, and he let out a low roar.

"That bastard second brother, I told him to go back into the cave to reflect on his actions, but he took the third brother out to find these humans and got killed by those treacherous humans. I told him not to cause trouble now, but he just wouldn't listen."

Monkey roared and paced irritably back and forth in the cave, his heavy footsteps thumping on the ground.

After a long while, he managed to suppress the boiling killing intent in his heart, turned around to look at Ying Xiang, and spoke in a voice as cold as ice.

"My two younger brothers can't have died in vain. I'll make them all pay for their lives in this Howling Abyss. By the way, which human squad is that?"

Yingxiang endured the pain in his chest and carefully recalled the events.

"I don't know which squad they are. But they are definitely from Outpost 1. Also, here is their portrait."

As Ying Xiang spoke, he used his demonic energy to simulate the appearances of everyone in the 13th squad in the air.

"These are the people, and the two weakest among them, with the lowest cultivation levels, are the most surprising."

As he spoke, under Ying Xiang's control, only the images of Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong remained in the air.

"This woman is only at the first level of the Kaiyuan Realm, yet she possesses a high-grade magic weapon. The armor she wears can even carry her flying."

After demonstrating Dongfang Jinghong's armor, Yingxiang pointed to Li Youan beside him.

"Although this kid is only at the second level of the Kaiyuan Realm, he is a formation master. He is extremely cunning. His formations are fast and tricky, and they are formations I have never seen before. Most of my men died under his formations and that woman's sword."

"At the time, I thought these two would be the easiest to deal with, but I didn't expect them to almost kill all of my men."

"Second level of the Kaiyuan Realm? And a formation master?"

Hearing what Ying Xiang said earlier, Hou Da wasn't too surprised. He had encountered some humans with high-level magic weapons before, but when he heard about Li Youan's situation, his scarlet eyes narrowed.

"Are you sure a formation master at the second level of the Kaiyuan Realm could kill your underlings? Doesn't it take him time to set up a formation of that power?"

"Absolutely true!"

Yingxiang got excited and tried to stand up, but the movement aggravated the wound on his chest, causing him to cough up several mouthfuls of black blood.

"This kid sets up the formation extremely quickly. No, you could say he sets up the formation while fighting. I hardly saw him make any movements to set up the formation before it started operating."

After pausing for a moment, his chest heaving from speaking at length, Yingxiang continued.

"This kid's formations are not only large in range and powerful, but more importantly, they are varied and very intricate. He is clearly a human with an exceptional talent for formations."

"Good brother, if we don't get rid of this kid, he will definitely become a great threat to our demon race in the future. If he grows up, he will become another master of array formations like Wei Zifei."

Upon hearing Wei Zifei's name, Monkey fell silent. Back in the Northern Frontier, he and Eagle Soar were in the same squad. It was this Wei Zifei who had slaughtered their entire squad.