Free Web NovelChapter 554: Chapter 385: The Great Demon Emerges, Chaos Has Arrived! (Double Chapter)_2
[First-Grade Red Cloud Saber Technique: Basic Level (1/50000)]
Song Changming retracted his saber, exhaled a breath of hot air, and looked at the changes on the panel with satisfaction at the speed of mastering this saber technique.
"Not bad, to learn the Red Cloud Saber so quickly."
Unexpectedly, a voice drifted over, and upon hearing it, Song Changming looked towards the sky.
Hu Tomb had arrived at some point, observing him executing this saber strike.
Just now, Song Changming’s heart and spirit were wholly immersed in the saber, so he hadn’t noticed the other’s arrival.
"Greetings, Grand Marshal." Song Changming sheathed his saber and saluted.
"Hmm, no need for formalities." Hu Tomb’s tone was fairly gentle, nodding as he spoke.
Although he had anticipated the approximate time it would take Song Changming to master the Red Cloud Saber, he was still not stingy with praise when Song Changming mastered it so swiftly.
"Grand Marshal, you returned this time for?" Song Changming couldn’t help but ask.
Through imparting the blade technique these past few days, the relationship between the two had become quite close.
In front of Song Changming, Hu Tomb, the Grand Marshal, was quite amicable.
In conversation, Song Changming could let go of some reservations and boldly ask questions.
"Not long ago, I noticed the aura of that Rat Demon who hadn’t yet left Cui Bai Dao, so I set an ambush to catch it, but unfortunately, the Rat Demon was cunning and tunneled away again..."
Hu Tomb mentioned this matter, visibly displeased.
Initially, they thought that after previously injuring the Kang Jin Rat King severely, it wouldn’t return.
Who would have thought the Rat King really wasn’t afraid of death and kept making rash maneuvers on Cui Bai Dao?
What was more infuriating was that the Rat King managed to escape again.
Its burrowing skills were on par with its signature Thunder Magic Demon Technique, making its survival tactics endless.
Song Changming, hearing this, had no means of offering help.
When even a Grandmaster powerhouse like Hu Tomb couldn’t catch the Kang Jin Rat King, what could he do?
What puzzled him was the Rat King’s constant reckless endangerment of its own life—what was the purpose?
If it was for invading the Human Race to seize benefits, having been severely injured once wasn’t enough, it insisted on dragging its wounded body back to attack, seemingly not wise.
Or perhaps, it was purely to vent, not accepting being chased off in such shame as the Rat King?
Song Changming didn’t understand the thoughts of the Kang Jin Rat King.
But regardless, this time at least Hu Tomb detected it in time, preventing the Kang Jin Rat King from causing havoc again, nipping its invasive intentions in the bud.
If Hu Tomb had not told him in person, Song Changming wouldn’t have known that the Rat King was hiding in Cui Bai Dao, attempting to stage a comeback.
The situation was more dire for the other major cities, whereas Minggu City where Song Changming resided was still holding firm for now.
Afterwards, Hu Tomb simply returned to Minggu City in these days to oversee, trying to hunt down the reckless Rat King and kill it.
During this time, he was generous with teaching Song Changming the Red Cloud Saber, occasionally answering his doubts and providing guidance.
However, Hu Tomb didn’t stay long this time either, soon learning from other sources the whereabouts of other Great Demons, and had to leave again.
Meanwhile, the 41st Army where Song Changming was stationed received orders once more to head for the support battlefield.
In the blink of an eye, this ominous sign known as the Celestial Fiend Devouring the Sun persisted for a hundred days.
During these hundred days, across the lands of the Human Race’s Three States, and the original main battlefields of Thunder Rock Two States, battles occurred frequently, with the intensity of killings between humans and the Demon Race reaching the highest peak in a century.
Outside Lei City, under a dim sky, droplets of rain fell onto the ancient city-states and scorched earth below, extinguishing the remaining war flames.
The soldiers stood amidst corpses and seas of blood, their bodies covered in blood and grime.
Their long knives were nicked, battle spears broken, yet the flag of the Human Race still flew high, fluttering in the wind.
Some soldiers’ faces were filled with murderous aura, their eyes blood-red, while others had solemn expressions, gazing at the sky with closed eyes.
Others appeared bewildered, as if just climbing out of a mountain of corpses, unable to recover from the recently concluded war.
"Is it over?"
"It’s over, we won."
In the distance, the remaining Demon swarm retreated, no longer daring to invade the major human cities behind the soldiers.
Song Changming floated above the soldiers’ heads, in the dim light, holding a saber in one hand and grasping a demon corpse a hundred times larger than himself in the other.
The demon corpse had lost its Blood Qi Essence, quickly becoming shriveled and discarded by Song Changming.
With a slight sensation of the heart and spirit, the Demon Blood Essence stored within him was again full and could no longer hold more.
Looking at the fields of demon corpses below, there had never been such a sense of abundance in the past.
During the hundred days of ominous signs, the Demon Blood Essence was inexhaustible and endless for him!
As a result, his physical body’s vitality and strength increased rapidly.
Every now and again, he felt like he was reborn.
On the city walls, a dull horn sounded the withdrawal of troops, spreading across the scorched earth of the battlefield outside the city.
Amid the cheers of the many soldiers and civilians, Song Changming returned to the military camp inside the city.
"Same old rule, if nothing major happens, do not call me." Before entering the room, Song Changming instructed his Personal Guard, Rongjiang.
"Understood." Rongjiang replied, having already become accustomed to it.
Whenever a battle with the Demon Race concluded, regardless of fatigue or injury, the first thing Song Changming always did was to go into seclusion.
And each session of seclusion typically lasted at least three to five days.
Rongjiang knew this habit of his General very well.
Others in the army who had interactions with Song Changming were also aware of it, so usually, even Grand Marshal Wang Tianshuang didn’t disturb Song Changming at this time.
After Song Changming went in, Rongjiang, as always, assumed the role of a Door God.
Inside the room, Song Changming sat cross-legged, his body emitted the varied and mixed Blood Qi of the Demon Race, transforming into the forms of Evil Beasts.
They wanted to counterattack Song Changming who was cultivating cross-legged, but each time when a beast’s Blood Qi lashed out, it got strangled by an invisible large hand, forcibly pulled into Song Changming’s body, and skillfully refined to nothing.
Transforming into the purest essence of energy, part nourished the entire body, strengthening him.
The other part was injected into a segment of Song Changming’s leg bone, used to slowly sketch out a brand new Witch Seal.
Having successfully refined a Witch Soldier Seal and experienced its powerful might, naturally, this time, Song Changming wouldn’t be refining a Small Witch Seal again, instead focusing on his second Witch Soldier Seal.
With experience from the first refinement of the Witch Soldier Seal, coupled with the endless large Blood Qi Essence supply from the Demon Race, Song Changming’s refinement speed this time was much faster.
In merely three months, he already saw some signs of progress.
Once the refinement is completed, he will gain another powerful fighting card!
Song Changming was also looking forward to seeing the effects of his second Witch Soldier Seal.
Five days later, the Demon Blood Essence stored within Song Changming was completely refined.
Song Changming squeezed his palms, the surging power transferred to the palms, and the terrifying Power swirled within.
"Almost twelve Paths of Dragon Power now!"
The growth in physical strength that came with the growth of his physique rapidly increased, and compared to three months ago, his normal physical strength undoubtedly had another significant boost.
To be able to steadily increase by tens of thousands of pounds of force each month is undoubtedly quite exaggerated.
Even during the development phase, a Demon Beast relying on Bloodline Strength could hardly grow at such a rapid rate.
With twelve Paths of Dragon Power by his side now, if he were to summon the Demon Ape Witch Soldier Seal again, the force impact he could unleash should easily exceed five million pounds, maybe even reaching six million pounds of force!
He knew very well that a powerful physique can better unleash the might of this Witch Soldier Seal.
And if the Demon Slayer trait effect were to be added, in a berserk state, the power he possessed would exceed anyone’s expectations.
If he were to encounter the Thunder Wheel Tiger Demon again now, he should be able to defeat it much more easily.
Releasing his palm, the newfound power quickly dissipated throughout his limbs, and his surging Qi Blood also subsided.
His breath steadied, and breathing became calm.
Once initial stabilization was complete, Song Changming finally stood up and walked out of the room.
"Changming, bad news, Horned City fell yesterday..."
Song Changming met Yang Zhen in the military camp and learned the bad news from him.
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