Free Web NovelChapter 588: Chapter 402: Great Demon Ink Horn Deer, Talisman Tao’s Display of Power! (Double Chapter)
miles outside Cui Bai Main City.
Song Changming saw the originally defended fourth defense line, now both the rune stakes and the fortress watchtowers were in a state of disrepair.
The 41st Army he belonged to had long disappeared.
The air was thick with demonic aura, with bloodstains and bits of bone residue leftover on the defense line.
All signs indicated that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Yang Zhen and Song Changming exchanged looks, seeing the heaviness in each other’s hearts, both somewhat worried about the safety of the 41st Army.
"It’s okay, one can imagine the Grand Marshal has already led the troops back to the city to hold the defense," Yang Zhen reassured himself.
Song Changming nodded, not saying much.
The 41st Army might have successfully retreated to the main city, but the exact casualty situation was still unknown.
Song Changming could only hope it wasn’t too tragic.
After all, there were many familiar faces in the army, some even young soldiers he had personally recruited, and he didn’t want this group to just be sacrificed like that.
Continuing forward, the group quickly arrived at the third battle line.
This place was equally devastated, with many bloodstains and quite a few remnants of bodies not yet completely consumed.
There were both demons and human race remains.
One could see that the passing demon beasts were also hurriedly driven, not lingering around here.
Undeniably, the closer they got to the main city, the more the scenes in front of them depicted a hell-like imagery.
Buzz!
At this moment, in the originally empty air, half-real, half-illusory shadows suddenly appeared, charging straight at everyone.
The shadows resembled beasts yet also like ghosts, just a glance would inexplicably frighten one.
Their existence seemed to be born to stir up the emotions of fear in living beings.
Even someone with an ironclad mind like Song Changming felt a strange sensation upon seeing these strange things.
"It’s the ghostly apparitions of An Province, focus your mind to resist and don’t let them catch you off guard!" The Marshal’s Personal Guard Captain shouted.
The voice boomed like thunder, waking everyone up, to focus and respond.
These ghostly things from An Province were most adept at spiritual attacks.
With the slightest mistake, even powerful martial artists would be caught off guard, falling into a dangerous state of losing spiritual control.
Fortunately, these suddenly emerging ghostly apparitions weren’t strong, nor did they have any Ghost King presence, as the group’s innate qi aura could completely eliminate them.
Song Changming sliced with a blade, and the crimson blade flame transformed from gang qi instantly dissolved the ghostly apparition in front of him.
After exterminating the ghostly apparitions, just as the group was about to continue forward, a terrifying oppression suddenly appeared, causing everyone’s expressions to change.
They were not inexperienced; as soon as this unusual oppression appeared, they immediately realized that a major crisis had arrived!
"There are still some lucky escapees here."
A soft voice drifted over, making everyone feel as if an invisible hand clenched their throats, leaving them breathless.
Song Changming also knitted his brow, his heartstrings taut.
It was a cold, stern man with a tall, slender figure and fair skin.
On his head was a conspicuous ink horn.
The most critical was the immense demonic aura on him, which was by no means comparable to an ordinary demon general.
Without a doubt, this was a Great Demon!
"An ink horn on his head, a Great Demon, could it be an Ink Horn Deer?" Qian Yuan muttered to himself.
"This is trouble..."
If it were an ordinary demon race, he wouldn’t fear, after all, he had a heap of high-level talisman papers in his Heaven and Earth Ring.
But a Great Demon was a creature of a far different level than other demons, and the strength of these talisman papers might not suffice.
Thinking of this, he directly took out three smooth white chess pieces.
The chess pieces were made entirely of jade, small and exquisite.
These were, of course, not ordinary chess pieces, but a connected set of talisman equipment.
"Activate." With a single thought, Qian Yuan unhesitatingly activated the talisman equipment.
The three chess pieces immediately started spinning, disturbing the surrounding energy, buzzing loudly.
"A Talisman Master too?" The Great Demon swept over the group, quickly noticing Qian Yuan, the elder of the human race clan.
As an accomplished Great Demon, he had dealt with the human race enough to understand the various methods of high-level Talisman Masters.
In the past, many of his fellow demons were trapped by talisman arrays set by Talisman Masters, unable to escape, eventually killed by human martial artists.
Without much thought, the Great Demon swung his long arm, and a substantial demonic power swept towards Qian Yuan first.
He could see clearly that apart from Qian Yuan, the high-level Talisman Master, the other human race generals posed no threat to him.
Thus, solving Qian Yuan would leave the remaining ones as just his blood meals.
"Not good!" The Marshal’s Personal Guard Captain was the first to react, wanting to block in front of Qian Yuan and bear the brunt of the Great Demon’s attack.
He had the strength of the Innate Perfection Realm, not only a Marshal’s Personal Guard but also a Commander of the Prince’s Mansion’s imperial Army, actually extremely powerful.
At least among innate martial artists, there were rarely opponents who could match him.
Unfortunately, the current opponent was a Great Demon; strong as he was, he was still just an innate martial artist, not a grandmaster powerhouse.
Brashly enduring the Great Demon’s attack like this meant being prepared for serious injury or even death!
Fortunately, with a gesture, Qian Yuan sent the three white chess piece-shaped talisman equipment moving first.
"Go."
The talisman equipment spun, emitting a strong light, the halos connecting with each other, and when they flew out spinning, they were like triangular boomerangs, rapidly eroding away the demonic power.
"This refined talisman equipment can be used in such a way?" Song Changming was stunned, greatly surprised.
