Divine Seal: Infinitely stack Q, protecting light and reincarnation.

Half a month later, at dusk, on the northeast side of the southeast fortress, Qi Tian had already reverted to his true identity and arrived at the front line as a guardian knight to fight the enemy.

The Blood Blade Battalion originally wanted to change his position, but Qi Tian still planned to fight under Chen Ping's command.

Over the past two weeks, the demon race's offensive has become increasingly fierce. Qi Tian has encountered demons who are mostly at the third rank or higher, and the number of fourth and fifth rank demons has also increased significantly, putting Qi Tian in some danger.

However, he had companions to help him, so he only suffered minor injuries and nothing serious.

In the past two weeks, Qi Tian has killed hundreds of demons every day, and his reputation has spread far and wide, earning him the admiration of many.

[Slayed a Tier 3 Dual-Blade Demon, accumulating 320 kills, Inner Spirit Power +1]

[Slay 500 Tier 2 Evil Spirits, Inner Spirit Power +1]

After clearing out the demons on the city wall, Qi Tian was panting heavily, his face full of exhaustion, but he was very happy to hear the system's notification.

In the past two weeks, he has killed dozens of fourth-tier demons, hundreds of third-tier demons (of different types), and thousands of second-tier demons. His spiritual power has increased significantly, by a total of 135 points.

His inner spiritual power has increased from 523 to 658 points.

(Note: I have made some changes to the spiritual power values ​​in Chapter 4 above, because the knight's strength is mainly based on internal spiritual power, and I previously remembered it as the sum of internal and external spiritual power.)

As for external spiritual power, it also increased from 235 points to 276 points, a truly remarkable improvement.

Qi Tian speculated that if the demon race's siege lasted for half a year, he might be able to break through to the fifth rank this year.

Even if he can't reach the fifth rank this year, he believes he can break through within the next two or three years.

His inner spiritual power increased relatively quickly in the early stages, but the system provided him with less and less assistance as time went on, so he had to work even harder in the early stages.

"Qi Tian, ​​you've killed so many demons today. It won't be long before your achievements surpass mine!"

Captain Chen Ping walked out from the city wall steps, looked at the demons beside Qi Tian, ​​and joked.

"Captain, you've arrived!"

Upon hearing Chen Ping's voice, Qi Tian smiled and gave a military salute.

After seeing Qi Tian's actions, Chen Ping shook his head and said:

"Hey, why don't you think about becoming a captain? You're definitely good enough!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Tian laughed and said, "Captain, I just want to kill demons, I don't want to manage them!"

"You! You!"

"..."

Chen Ping wanted to make a few more jokes, but before he could finish speaking, something unexpected happened!

Three meters to Qi Tian's left, in the shadow of the city wall, a seemingly ordinary "city brick" suddenly burst open!

Amidst the flying debris, a turquoise figure darted out like a ghost, moving so fast that it left an afterimage on the retina!

It was a dual-wielding demon, but it was completely different from the ordinary black and gray dual-wielding demons.

Its entire body is an eerie emerald green, as if it were carved from jade.

Standing over 2.5 meters tall, half a meter taller than its kind, the bone blades evolved on its arms are no longer rough bone, but jade blades that shimmer with a metallic luster!

The blade sliced ​​through the sky, making a hissing sound.

Chen Ping recognized it at a glance: it was the Emerald Twin Blades Demon!

A mutated elite among the dual-wielding demons, possessing fifth-tier strength, speed, and defense far exceeding those of their kind. They primarily fight using external spiritual energy and are extremely formidable in close combat!

It had clearly been lying in wait for a long time, and its timing was terrifyingly precise—it was precisely the moment when Qi Tian was slightly distracted by Chen Ping's words!

The jade blade pierced straight into the heart of the Empress Qitian!

This attack was devoid of any fancy moves, consisting solely of pure speed and killing intent.

Even before the blade tip arrived, the biting cold had already made the hairs on Qi Tian's back stand on end!

"careful--!"

Chen Ping's exclamation was a beat too late.

But Qi Tian's fighting instincts were already ingrained in his bones.

Almost the instant the emerald-green twin-sword demon burst through the wall, his body reacted—

It wasn't a dodge, because there wasn't enough time.

Instead, they just tough it out!

"Buzz—!"

A burst of brilliant golden spiritual power erupted from within his body!

The fourth-tier Grand Knight released his spiritual power to form a solid protective aura. Outside the protective aura, Qi Tian also released an additional holy light shield as a precaution.

At the same time, Qi Tian stomped his right foot on the ground, using the force to lean forward, trying to shift the point of the jade blade's thrust from his back to his shoulder blade.

"laugh--!"

The jade blade pierced the protective qi, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

The fifth-tier demon's full-force attack, combined with the armor-piercing properties of the Jade Blade, actually shattered the Holy Light Shield and even pierced through two-thirds of Qi Tian's protective aura!

The tip of the blade finally pierced the outer side of the left scapula, penetrating half an inch into the flesh!

A sharp pain shot through him, and blood gushed out!

Qi Tian instantly felt numbness in his left side, and his spiritual energy flow became sluggish!

"roar--!"

The Emerald Twin Blade Demon let out an excited roar, and with the emerald blade on its left arm, it slashed horizontally, intending to cut Qi Tian in half at the waist!

A close call!

"Get the hell out of here—!"

Chen Ping's roar exploded in my ears.

The fourth-tier warrior reacted within two seconds of the sneak attack. At that moment, his muscles bulged, and his earthy-yellow spiritual power flowed into the heavy shield in his hand. He charged at the emerald-green twin-bladed demon from the side like a raging bull!

"Bang--!!!"

The heavy shield slammed into the waist of the emerald-green twin-bladed demon.

Chen Ping is a peak fourth-tier warrior with over 300 points of external spiritual power and nearly 2,000 points of internal spiritual power. The force of this collision is enough to shatter stone tablets.

The emerald-green twin-bladed demon stumbled from the impact, his horizontal slashing motion distorted, and the jade blades grazed Qi Tian's side, tearing a gash in his leather armor.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qi Tian endured the pain, stomped his right foot on the ground again, rolled forward, and created distance.

At the same time, he swung his Dawnbreaker sword backhand, unleashing a dark golden sword aura that slashed towards the Green Twin Blade Demon's knee!

"clang--!"

The jade blade slashed down to parry, the sword energy colliding with the blade's edge, sparks flying everywhere.

The emerald-green twin-bladed demon was knocked back half a step, and Chen Ping seized the opportunity to follow up with a shield bash, forcing it back again.

The two men and the demon faced off in the narrow passageway between the battlements.

"How are you?"

Chen Ping stood in front of Qi Tian with his shield, asking without turning his head.

His voice trembled slightly, not from fear, but from lingering dread—if he had been just half a second slower, Qi Tian would have been dead.

"My left side is paralyzed, and it's a little difficult to move around." Qi Tian's voice was frighteningly calm.

He hadn't expected that this emerald-green twin-bladed demon would hide behind him and launch a sneak attack, especially while he was chatting with Chen Ping; it was clear that the demon was quite intelligent.

He was already injured by the Green Twin Blade Demon's blade, but neither of them showed any fear.

They are no fledglings; they have extensive practical experience and their teamwork is very smooth.

Although they were all at the fourth rank, even if they couldn't kill the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon, they could still hold out for a while and wait for reinforcements from other human powerhouses.

Meanwhile, not far from one side of the city wall, two figures were watching the confrontation between Qi Tian and his companion and the Green Twin Blade Demon, exchanging words.