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Chapter 286 Abyss Aura VS Heroic Banner
Chapter 286 Abyss Aura VS Heroic Banner
The reason these ranged demons were surrounding a flaming demon leader cloaked in flames was that the leader was preparing to lead them forward to cast a spell, crushing any enemy who dared to resist.
In front of them was a guard of more than a dozen horned demons, led by an exceptionally tall horned demon overseer.
These horned demons are all robust and have skin as hard as iron. Even when facing the most valiant cavalry charge from humans, they can remain as steady as a rock for a short time, buying precious time for other demons.
According to the original plan of the Demon Slayer Commander, once the cavalry were entangled by the Horned Demons, the human soldiers, having lost their speed advantage, would be unable to escape the siege of the Lesser Demons and other demon forces.
These demons are so numerous that they can overwhelm any who dare to resist through sheer numbers, thus ensuring victory for the demons.
However, all of this vanished when that silver light appeared.
The Flame Demon leader, being the most proficient in fire power among the low-level demons, could easily annihilate a long formation of over a hundred people if given enough space to unleash its power with its continuous bursts of fireballs.
However, in contrast to its powerful magical attack, its body is exceptionally fragile, even weaker than its weaker counterparts.
The silver light was actually a sharp skeletal spear.
It first pierced the seemingly indestructible chest of the Horned Demon Overlord who stood in its way, and then, with incredible precision, struck the head of the Flame Demon Leader.
The blow was so deadly that the ferocious head instantly shattered into pieces, turning into a blurry mass of flesh and blood.
The uncontrolled fire elementals immediately descended into chaos, scattering wildly and distorting the surrounding air, thus sealing the victory of the surprise attack.
To ensure the initial ranged magical attack would be devastating, more than half of the Flame Demons and almost all of the Flame Children huddled around the Flame Demon leader.
It possesses unparalleled fire manipulation capabilities and is the soul of this joint spellcasting operation.
With the help of the Flame Demon Leader's flame-gathering effect, the magical attacks of other Flame Demons and Flame Children will also be multiplied accordingly.
However, when the leader of the Flame Demons suddenly died, many of the Flame Demons let out a terrible scream.
As demons who also mastered the laws of fire, they knew better than anyone what losing their leader meant.
That means losing control of the fire element.
Thanks to the Flame Demon leader's innate abilities, the gathered fire elements have been compressed to an astonishing degree.
The moment the leader fell, the carefully guided and compressed fire elements immediately lost their order, turning into a violent force that ran rampant in all directions.
The fire demons tried to join forces to stabilize the situation, but it was too late. Without their leader's extraordinary talent and abilities, these raging fire elements were far beyond the control of ordinary fire demons.
So when the compressed fire element finally found an outlet, the entire battlefield seemed to be illuminated by a small sun.
A dazzling light suddenly burst forth, followed by a deafening roar, and then an enormous fireball, billowing with thick smoke, shot straight into the sky.
The shockwave from the explosion swept across the surroundings, tearing everything within reach to shreds, not even sturdy rocks were spared.
A horned demon's severed limb was thrown by a powerful gust of air to the side of a nearby savage demon, creating an extremely bloody scene.
Without a doubt, this was a perfect result achieved by Ark's decisive action.
Using a pre-prepared charging scroll, he hurled a reinforced bone spear at the Flame Demon leader, who was concentrating on casting a spell. The result of this bone spear throw was astonishing.
The most elite ranged forces under the Demon Slaughter instantly lost their leader and more than half of their numbers.
However, this is not the end of the disaster, but only the beginning.
The same silver light flashed again in the next instant.
This time, there were even more, piercing through the bodies of four Flame Demons.
Although the scale of these four explosions was not as shocking as the previous one, the almost simultaneous loud noise still made all the demons tremble. The four Flame Demons were reduced to ashes in the silver light, and the aftershocks of the explosions also affected the Flame Child and the lesser demons around them, causing more casualties.
Amidst flames and smoke, the demons' mournful cries echoed across the entire battlefield.
"Ark Master!"
"What incredible timing! What precise bone spears!"
From the spear formations and cavalry, shouts of amazement and praise rang out simultaneously.
Lu Renjia couldn't help but slap his thigh hard, his face showing a mixture of surprise and delight.
No wonder the Ark boss hadn't been unleashing his full power; he was hiding his strength to save for this crucial moment!
At this moment, the ranged attack power of the Abyss Demon Legion had suffered unprecedented damage. The flames and spells that were once feared were now scattered and broken, as if they had lost their former sharpness.
However, the demon's rage was not extinguished; instead, it burned even more fiercely.
After letting out a venting roar, the Demon of Slaughter's eyes shot out a fierce light.
It stretched its massive arm, covered in cold metal armor, backward, and with a powerful surge of magic, a chilling force condensed in the air.
Suddenly, a greatsword radiating crimson light appeared out of thin air, its blade intertwined with flames and blood, resembling a dark abyss capable of devouring all living beings.
The Demon Slayer raised the flaming greatsword above his head, and ominous shrieks echoed through the sky.
More than a dozen dinosaurs flapped their jet-black wings and took off from the depths of the dense forest.
Their wings drew black and red trails in the air at an astonishing speed, almost comparable to lightning, heading straight for the spear formation.
These hordeids gripped stones engulfed in abyssal flames, which in their hands seemed to transform into deadly weapons, unleashing suffocating heat and corrosive power.
The Dreadwings, however, seemed completely unconcerned. Their fire resistance was strong enough to withstand the terrifying flames. When the demon army attacked human settlements, these Dreadwings, who could hurl burning stones from the sky, were a very troublesome enemy.
When dozens of burning stones fall from the sky at the same time, the power is comparable to a small meteor shower.
However, when the leading Dreadwing swooped down on the spear formation, the skeleton archers summoned by the Ark once again displayed an amazing performance.
Lu Yiyi and her hunters and scouts were also mixed in with the skeleton archers' positions, causing heavy casualties to the Abyss, the demon's living force.
A streak of silver light ripped through the sky, cutting off the path of the descent of the Terrorwing Demon.
A short, mournful cry echoed through the air as the black figure of the Terrorwing Demon spun and plummeted down.
A chorus of screams erupted from the lesser demons on the ground as red figures surged, trying to escape from where the Dreadwing Demon had fallen.
However, the surrounding crowd was already so dense that the little demons found themselves squeezed together by their companions, with nowhere to escape. In despair, they could only wrestle and struggle with each other.
With a deafening crash, the Dreadwing Demon slammed heavily to the ground, and several lesser demons, unable to react in time, unfortunately became its stepping stones, crushed beneath it.
Immediately afterwards, a blinding flash of light was accompanied by a violent explosion. The Dreadwing Demon transformed into a blazing fireball the moment it touched the ground, and the raging flames instantly engulfed everything.
Seeing the fate of the first direwing, the remaining direwing no longer had the courage to swoop down and attack.
They flapped their wings in terror, frantically climbing upwards in an attempt to escape this land of death. Two of the Terrorwings even collided in mid-air due to their panic, almost losing their ability to fly.
At the same time, burning stones began to fall sporadically from high above.
However, due to the excessively high launch altitude and lack of precise aiming, the stones landed in extremely scattered locations, with most of them hitting the demons' own camp, thus exacerbating the chaos on their side.
Only a few stones managed to land within the spear formation's range, but the well-prepared giant shield skeletons steadily caught these attacks with their heavy shields.
Each time a burning stone strikes the shield, it is accompanied by a faint flash of necromantic energy.
The formidable power of the Ark Demon was fully revealed in that instant.
This light seemed to grant the skeleton warriors an extraordinary level of defense; even the fiercest impacts could only be deflected helplessly before their shields, without being shaken in the slightest.
The Terrorwings' originally menacing aerial attack ended in a disgraceful failure.
The demon who witnessed all of this had reached the height of his rage.
Unable to bear the humiliation of repeated failures any longer, it finally snapped and spewed a blazing flame from its fanged mouth.
The Demon of Slaughter stomped forward, and the earth suddenly trembled.
Cracks, accompanied by a red glow, spread outwards from its feet in all directions, spewing flames and large plumes of sulfurous fumes from the cracks.
Under the red light, all the demons seemed to be reborn.
Their eyes became more ferocious, and their bodies grew larger and larger with violent expansion, their muscles bulging, and their skin turning an unhealthy dark red.
Whether they were small, thin lesser demons or strong, powerful horned demons, their strength and speed had been greatly enhanced, and their already ferocious nature had been amplified to the extreme.
They roared and howled, as if the gates of the abyss had been opened and countless demons were about to pour out.
"Damn it, this is the Abyss Domain, which can greatly enhance the power of demons."
A flicker of fear flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged warrior NPC, and he almost instinctively uttered the word.
He knew what this meant!
This is a terrifying skill that can greatly enhance the power of demons, enough to instill fear in any brave warrior.
However, the next moment, something even more surprising happened.
At the center of the spear formation, a refreshing azure light, like the first rays of dawn, slowly rose from a tattered battle flag.
Although the battle flag showed signs of age, it exuded an indescribable sacred aura.
The azure light gradually spread out, like the brightest star in the night sky, illuminating the hearts of every soldier.
Bathed in this light, every soldier felt an unprecedented surge of courage coursing through their bodies.
A resolute expression appeared on their faces, and the tension and deep-seated fear they had felt when facing the demon army were gradually melted away by this power.
Even Ark itself was no exception.
A surge of passion and heroism, long dormant for a long time, welled up in the necromancer apprentice's chest, causing the veins on his large hand, gripping the Heroic Spirit Battle Banner, to bulge.
That true heart of a warrior yearns to charge into the demon army, to fiercely strike down those dark and evil creatures.
"My God, could this be the Heroic Spirit Banner that the Ark boss obtained from the site of General Ning Feihu's sacrifice?"
Lu Renjia felt his hands trembling slightly.
His eyes blazed with an unprecedented light as he stared intently at the source of light standing amidst the array of spears.
At this moment, the Demon of Slaughter roared and strode towards the human forces, each step sinking deep into the earth and leaving deep footprints.
Around the footprints, the grass and soil were scorched by the high temperature, turning into a charred black, as if the earth itself was also groaning, unable to withstand this brutality from the abyss.
Unable to dodge in time, the lesser demons could only scream in despair as their commander, the Slaughter Demon, approached.
Under the heavy footsteps of the Cruel Demon, they were easily trampled like fragile scarecrows, the sounds of flesh and bone being torn apart rising and falling, like a symphony of death, echoing throughout the entire battlefield.
The terrifying sound of flesh and bone shattering was like a death knell, driving the demon army, already nearly berserk due to the stimulation of the abyss, even more insane.
Although the militiamen were armed with spears, they still felt unprecedented pressure when facing these lesser demons who had been driven to the brink of madness by the abyss.
Their bodies seemed to be strengthened by some dark force, becoming exceptionally tough.
Spears can often only pierce the flesh, but rarely kill with a single blow.
Only those spear-wielding skeletons, with their powerful combat abilities derived from the Ark and their precise marksmanship, can move with ease on the battlefield and kill with every shot.
The sheer number of lesser demons was so great that they practically filled the entire battlefield.
They huddled together, pressed tightly against each other, their sulfurous and bloody odors mingling to create a suffocating stench.
When the spear pierces their bodies, some die instantly, but many more let out a mournful scream and struggle in agony while hanging from the spear tip.
The cry was sharp and piercing, like the weeping of an abyss, sending chills down one's spine and filling one with dread.