Free Web NovelChapter 555: Chapter 386: Hundred Days of Black Brilliance, the Rat King Returns! (Double Chapter)
This Horned City is naturally one of the twenty-eight cities of Cui Bai Dao.
And in fact, Horned City is not the first major city to fall within these three months!
Before this, there were two other major cities that have fallen, and even now have not been reclaimed, indicating how tense the situation for the Human Race in Cui Bai Dao is!
"Is it that a Great Demon has appeared again?" Song Changming asked, furrowing his brows.
The reason for the Demon Race’s conquest of the previous two major cities was largely due to the Great Demon’s sudden emergence, forcefully breaching the cities with supreme demon power.
As for the Grandmaster Powerhouses of Cui Bai Main City, they have long been overwhelmed and isolated over these days.
Those Great Demons are formidable adversaries too; during the conflicts, Grandmaster Powerhouses from noble families suffered defeats, unable to match the Great Demons, and returned to the main city wounded to recuperate.
"No, this time it was overrun by a demon swarm." Yang Zhen shook his head.
"..." Song Changming was speechless for a moment.
Without a Great Demon intervening, a major city can still fall; this can only be blamed on the stationed troops at Horned City.
"Which army was so incompetent?" Beside him, Xing Tiexin, upon hearing this dreadful news, couldn’t help but snort angrily.
"The Twenty Ninth Army." Yang Zhen didn’t have the heart to mock or blame, but continued: "Its Grand Marshal died in battle, with less than one-tenth of the soldiers surviving..."
Upon hearing this, even Xing Tiexin’s expression changed as he fell silent.
Even the Grand Marshal died in battle, with soldiers nearly wiped out; in such circumstances, it can almost be confirmed that this army had exerted all its efforts, only the situation was truly beyond salvation.
Thus, the Twenty Ninth Army is nearly in name only now.
"If I remember correctly, this should be the first one..." Song Changming suddenly asked.
Yang Zhen nodded, "Yes, the first fallen Grand Marshal of Cuiqi Army!"
From the fall of the first city to the death of the first Grand Marshal, these news shocks their Human Race camp like repeated heavy blows—while terrifying, they feel melancholic, and the blow to morale is considerable.
How powerful a character is a Grand Marshal, yet even a Grand Marshal must fall in this war with the Demon Race, illustrating the intensity of the battle.
Even for their 41st Army, though it hasn’t yet lost any major city, the situation of soldier casualties is already quite serious.
Presently, the reserve troops have all been replenished, yet it is still difficult to reach full strength.
Although the twelve Commanders have not been lost, Vice General Level generals have already died more than one.
Losses and setbacks in the army are something almost every army faces!
"Who knows when this dark omen will end." Song Changming glanced at the unwavering Black Brilliance above his head and sighed lightly.
Though he can gather a great deal of Demon Blood Essence on the battlefield, he also hopes this invasion war can end quickly.
He wishes more that he could fight fiercely in the territory of the Demon Race, rather than as now, where the land of the Human Race is shattered, and its people are in distress.
Song Changming knows the key to the issue lies in this Black Brilliance; as long as the Celestial Fiend Devouring the Sun’s ominous sign ends, and the Black Brilliance disperses, the Demon Race will naturally retreat like the tide.
"It’s been a hundred days..." Yang Zhen sighed too.
This sigh was for the Human Race, and for himself.
Now that even a Grand Marshal has fallen, God knows whether generals like him in the army can survive in the battlefield until the end.
Meanwhile, outside of Lei City.
Amidst layers of mountains, with much rock and soil, veins abundant here also have Jade stone available for mining.
Years ago, Song Changming’s group defended the Spirit Crystal Vein in this place.
It was during this mission that he acquired his first fortune.
A troop of Human scout team landed on a barren hilltop, extending their senses and observing everywhere.
"Looks like there’s leftover Demon Qi?"
The Scout Leader glanced around and suddenly frowned.
"There’s something wrong here!"
Just as he spoke, the hill shook, and a swarm of burrowing rats suddenly emerged.
Thunder Light erupted, enveloping the Human scouts in one blow, giving them no chance to escape.
"Delicious Human Martial Artist blood!" A Kangjin Rat Demon sniffed the scent of Human blood, looking content.
"Fool, this is for the Great King to heal!" Another Kangjin Rat Demon said.
"I know, just savoring the smell, why are you in such a rush." The Kangjin Rat Demon grumbled impatiently.
"This is just Innate Martial Artists’ blood, even smelling it is so sweet; can’t help but fantasize about a taste of the legendary Grandmaster Blood that can transform demons, even just a drop..."
"Tsk, dare to dream; that Grandmaster Blood, each drop contains immense power, not for us to covet. Even for our Great King, forget it, let’s deliver this Human blood quickly..."
A group of Rat Demons talked, took away the Human scouts’ corpses, burrowed back and disappeared atop the hill.
The Rat Demons burrowed endlessly downward, with the black spikes on their heads emitting buzzing electromagnetic waves, shattering the hardstrata easily, letting them drill through the earth as if unhindered.
In no time, they reached deep underground.
There, more burrowing rats are entrenched, unknowingly emptying the terrain below—like an underground kingdom.
"Great King, we brought Innate Martial Artists’ blood." Several Kangjin Rat Demons offered up the Human scouts’ corpses like treasures.
In front of them, on a high Jade Platform, the hulking figure of the Kang Jin Rat King lay sprawling.
The spikes on its back pointed at the rock ceiling, its eyes barely open, scanning quickly.
Then it feebly extended its long tongue, swept up the Human scouts’ corpses directly into its mouth and swallowed them whole.
