Ch 140: Great Victory

South of the Black Abyss.

The territory of Zhang Xingyuan and the others.

A full four hours later.

At this time.

Zhang Xingyuan and the others were standing on the open ground outside their territory.

Each of them, with a serious expression, gazed at the movements on the northern horizon.

Their respective troop types were arrayed in formation, also facing north.

At this moment, the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Even the slightest breeze could pluck at their heartstrings.

After much thought, they felt that the situation today was simply too strange.

While the forum was filled with wails of despair,

their side was calm as a millpond.

The bizarre contrast between the two sides made them increasingly uneasy.

So, they simply did nothing and waited below.

At this point, they wanted to see what kind of trouble would emerge in the end.

…

Then, another hour passed.

At that moment—

Zhang Xingyuan, who had been observing the situation with tense focus, suddenly frowned.

He solemnly shouted:

“It’s coming!”

Following his reminder, the others hurriedly looked north.

They discovered that a deep black mist was rushing towards the south!

That massive mass of mist was constantly emitting wisps of swirling Demonic Energy.

It brought with it a strong aura of the Black Abyss!

However, due to the density of the mist,

those in the distance could not clearly see what was inside.

This mass of mist was over three meters in diameter, extraordinarily large.

Inside, there might be a Demonic Creature of exaggerated size!

A Demonic Creature of such size was definitely not weak!

Everyone’s hearts tightened, and their expressions became solemn!

After waiting for so long, it was finally coming!

The Black Abyss was indeed plotting something new!

Perhaps this Demonic Creature, with its true face obscured by Demonic Energy,

was a scout for the Demonic Tide!

Indeed, what was to come

was a Demonic Tide of extremely terrifying scale!

Instantly, an unbearable despair surged into their hearts!

However, they still mustered their courage and cheered themselves on!

It turned out that there was no such thing as a lucky escape.

What was meant to happen would eventually happen.

They exchanged glances and then smiled in resignation.

If that was the case, then—

they would put in all their effort and give it their all!

The seven-lord team led by Zhang Xingyuan adjusted their state.

They prepared to face the upcoming great battle!

The mass of black mist drew closer and closer.

Before long, it was right in front of them!

With the army arrayed, no one dared to be careless!

The leading lords all raised the weapons in their hands.

They aimed at the approaching mass of black mist, preparing to defend—

until…

when the mass of black mist finally approached, the swirling Demonic Energy gradually dissipated.

Revealing what was inside.

…A round, rolling mass of flesh!

This mass of flesh was composed of viscous blood and flesh.

It moved by bouncing along the ground.

It had no facial features but possessed special vocal organs.

As it bounced forward, it emitted a string of incomprehensible sounds towards the approaching army:

“Glug glug glug doodoodoo glug…”

Its tone seemed to carry a warning, as if it were not to be trifled with.

Everyone watched as the massive black mist dissipated.

What remained was this… something whose exact nature was indiscernible, its entire body no bigger than a basket. They were all stunned.

Huh? How was this different from what they had imagined?

They pointed their weapons at what was before them while quickly exchanging information.

Zhao Xiaodong:

“What… is that thing?”

Yu Laosi:

“Ew, what is that disgusting, ugly thing??”

Zhang Xingyuan stared intently at the thing before him, saying with a hint of conjecture:

“It seems to be… a Flesh Slime?”

Jiang Tang hesitated:

“A Flesh Slime? Looking at it like that, it does seem to be…”

“But why… would they send a Flesh Slime as a vanguard? Flesh Slimes are supposed to gather in groups to exert their power, aren’t they?”

As Jiang Tang spoke, a somewhat absurd guess rose in her heart.

The Flesh Slime before them, no matter how one looked at it, seemed to be… a straggler?

It didn’t seem like it had been sent by the main force of the Demonic Tide as a vanguard.

Instead, it seemed to be… fleeing after a defeat.

As Jiang Tang thought this, her expression became strange.

At that moment, the Flesh Slime had already bounced to a position right before them!

It looked at the terrifying humans before it, forming a long line of defense, surrounding it.

It seemed to show a trace of… panic.

The next moment, it forcibly exuded a fierce aura.

It wanted to express an urgent and fierce warning.

Before it were rows of tall and sturdy armed troops.

The tips of their swords were sharp and pointed at the same spot.

And this Flesh Slime, at the focal point of those sword tips,

was less than 30 centimeters tall, bouncing on the ground, emitting various incomprehensible sounds:

“Glug glug glug doodoo glug…”

（Translation: Weak humans, I advise you to get out of here, or you will die a miserable death! My brothers and sisters are right behind me, they’ll be here soon!!）

The Flesh Slime twisted its fleshy body and “looked” behind it.

It wanted to see if the other Flesh Slimes had followed its pace.

It was a member of the Flesh Slime troop commanded by the Tier 6 Demonic Creature Flesh Moloch King on Shen Chi’s battlefield.

Unfortunately, their king had died miserably at the hands of that damned skeleton.

Seeing the situation, these small fries decisively scattered into countless small individuals.

They summoned black mist to cover their forms and fled towards the south.

They agreed to regroup in the south, and by then, after avoiding those terrifying skeletons,

they could gather together and wreak havoc on the other humans—

The Flesh Slime before Zhang Xingyuan and the others had desperately run for dozens of miles in one breath.

It ran wildly, finally getting away from that terrifying place.

Now, after running for dozens of miles through desolate lands, it had finally encountered humans!

They looked like the kind of humans that were very weak!

By eating them, it could replenish its Demonic Energy and strengthen itself!

Although there seemed to be quite a few humans before it, they had a large Flesh Slime army!

Charge ah ah ah!!

—However, when this Flesh Slime turned its head around,

wanting to see if the other Flesh Slimes had followed its pace,

it looked back and was stunned.

Huh?

Where were its brothers?

Why… had none of them followed?

Looking at the vast, empty plains, without a trace of Demonic Energy, without the shadow of a single comrade,

this Flesh Slime fell into a very human-like bewilderment.

Unfortunately, apart from this Flesh Slime successfully escaping,

all the other comrades had been intercepted by the skeleton army.

Zhang Xingyuan and the others were stunned for a moment.

Then, they made a decision:

“Perhaps the Demonic Tide isn’t coming in a predetermined order, and there might be more powerful Demonic Creatures behind, we can’t relax!”

After saying that, they stepped forward, pointing their longswords forward, gradually approaching the mass of flesh.

The… Flesh Slime, watching the terrifying humans surrounding it from three directions,

its round body began to tremble.

And it squeezed out a weak sound:

“…Glug.”

（Translation: Um, humans, listen to me first…）

On Shen Chi’s side.

It was the final moment of the skeleton army’s confrontation with the Tier 6 King-level Demonic Creature [Man-Demon. Bovanu].

Although it was only the last Tier 6 Demonic Creature,

this Demonic Creature was the most difficult to deal with.

Whenever Man-Demon. Bovanu could not withstand the attacks,

it would forcibly tear open its stomach.

It would reach into its abdomen and pull out a handful of Man-Demon Spawn!

Then, it would scatter these small Man-Demon Spawn wildly onto the battlefield.

After landing, these Man-Demon Spawn would immediately begin to grow.

In the blink of an eye, they would grow into small Man-Demon, each with considerable strength!

These Man-Demon soldiers surrounded Man-Demon. Bovanu, blocking the skeleton army’s attack!

And the weakened Man-Demon. Bovanu would directly grab a small Man-Demon and send it to its mouth, chewing incessantly.

Every time it did this,

the Man-Demon’s weakened aura would gradually recede, and it would regain more than 70% of its state.

…

In this way, with the full cooperation of the undead army,

they finally completely annihilated all the extremely disruptive small Man-Demon.

And Illya also successfully charged up [Nether Snipe]—

Finally, an arrow was shot out.

It ruthlessly pierced into Man-Demon. Bovanu’s abdomen.

Boom!

Man-Demon’s body seemed to explode, instantly becoming a bloody mess.

Its massive body swayed.

After struggling painfully for a moment, it crashed to the ground!

[Ding!]

[Your hero Skeleton Sharpshooter. Illya has successfully killed Tier 6. King-level [Man-Demon. Bovanu]!]

[……]

The familiar system prompt sounded.

This also meant that the long battle to resist the Demonic Tide

had ended!

Having concentrated his mind and tensed his nerves to a terrifying degree throughout the entire process,

at this moment,

Shen Chi was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief!

The next second, his heart faintly stirred with excitement and anticipation.

As always,

he prepared to clean up the battlefield!

Just as Shen Chi killed the Man-Demon,

the Demonic Tide completely receded.

The Demonic Energy between heaven and earth dissipated completely.

Leaving behind a battlefield riddled with holes.

On a distant hilltop,

Meng Huachun waited for a moment and then turned off the Image Recorder.

After ensuring that all the recorded images were not damaged, he prepared to withdraw.

So far, he had only seen the figure of the lord who seemed to command the skeleton army, riding a Skeletal Falcon and circling a few times before returning.

Because he was wearing armor all over his body, he couldn’t see his face clearly.

Originally, Meng Huachun had thought about casting a Detection Technique to probe his specific information.

After thinking about it, he didn’t dare.

If the other party was a big shot, as long as he dared to release the Detection Technique, the other party would immediately know his location.

If he didn’t explain his position and intentions clearly, it probably wouldn’t be easy to leave.

Therefore, he did not disturb Shen Chi. He activated the interspatial formation again and quietly left.

He held the Image Recorder close to his body, as if it were a priceless treasure!

In the sky above the southern edge of Shen Chi’s battlefield,

there was a lord wrapped in a black robe, riding a Wind Sparrow.

He looked remotely at the battlefield before Shen Chi’s territory.

His eyes were staring straight at the situation on the battlefield, his face filled with shock and blankness.

His name was Xu Yuan.

Because he possessed the Wind Sparrow, a troop type skilled in escaping and scouting, he was sent by the guild to be a scout.

In the past, before and after each Black Abyss Riot, he was the one who was sent to observe the situation near the Black Abyss.

Then, he would bring the information back.

Today was supposed to be the time for a new round of the Black Abyss Riot.

However, their guild had already deployed a line of defense, mobilizing all their troops, waiting for the Demonic Tide to invade before their territory.

It was said that the scale of this Demonic Tide had been upgraded, and the difficulty was extremely high.

But…

They, located in the southern war zone of the Black Abyss,

had waited for several hours, but they had not waited for the Demonic Tide to invade.

After waiting left and right, several guild leaders decided to send Xu Yuan to the front line of the Black Abyss to observe the situation at the risk of his life.

Then, Xu Yuan came.

As a result…

he stumbled upon an extremely incredible scene!

The outer perimeter of the Black Abyss, which was supposed to have no lords stationed, was actually…

a front-line battlefield!

Moreover…

the battlefield was full of skeletons!

Even more terrifying was that…

these skeleton legions had completely intercepted the southward Demonic Tide!!!