Chapter 29: Fierce Battle

  More than ten miles away, in the deepest part of a huge cave, a blue figure sat on a stone bed covered with a giant tiger skin, meditating. In front of him was a huge stone table, on which dozens of wooden horns were placed. When Ptolemy cut off the second head of the man-eating demon, one of the wooden horns suddenly exploded without warning, and the horn was blown to pieces and turned into a faint blue smoke.

  The blue figure who was cultivating was startled by the explosion and suddenly stood up from bed. In the dissipating green smoke, Tolomei's motion of swinging out his fist appeared.

  Seeing Ptolemy's figure, the blue figure heavily punched a stone table, shattering one corner of it. A moment later, in another corner at the deepest part of the cave, the blue figure reappeared. In the dim yellow light of the torches inside the cave, he could vaguely be seen as a tall, two-headed cannibalistic magician.

  At this moment, four cannibal warriors sat quietly in the corner. Unlike other cannibal warriors, these four did not have big bellies, their figures were very lean and muscular, full of explosive power, more importantly, they all had only one head, not two.

  The arrival of the cannibalistic mages startled them as they sat in meditation, and one of the cannibal warriors sitting at the front chattered away to the mage, who responded in their awkward language.

  After a brief exchange, the four cannibal warriors stood up simultaneously. The wizard immediately brought in a torch from outside, and the firelight completely illuminated this corner. A huge stone appeared behind where the four warriors were sitting earlier. The four warriors joined forces to lift the huge stone directly and put it outside the corner.

  In the place where the giant stone originally was, another cave appeared. The cannibalistic magician took a torch and walked in. The four warriors did not stop him and continued to sit quietly.

  The cannibalistic magician stopped not far into the cave and stood facing forward, saying something. In front of him, a huge figure sat quietly in the darkness, just like the four warriors outside.

  The cannibalistic magician spoke to the figure for a long time, but it didn't respond. This made him somewhat anxious, he lifted his foot as if to move forward, but then put it back down, seemingly afraid of the figure in front of him and not daring to get too close.

  Just as the cannibalistic magician was about to lose his patience, a soft and gentle voice whispered in his ear, and the originally restless wizard immediately calmed down. A moment later, he walked out of the cave with an ecstatic face.

  Four warriors outside the cave got up again and blocked the entrance with a huge stone.

  On the continuous snowy mountains, Liu Yu and his party were led by several Dou Wangs to advance towards Ptolemy's destination with all their might. The rugged and complex mountain roads severely slowed down their marching speed.

  "I don't know how much longer." Although the surrounding snow was deep and the weather was still cold, Liu Yu still ran out in a big sweat.

  More than half a day later, on a small hill over a mile away from the cave of the man-eating monster, Liu Yu and other Bi Mon warriors crouched down to observe the giant boulder blocking the entrance of the cave. After running continuously for over ten miles, Liu Yu and other young Bi Mon warriors were very tired, breathing in cold air with their mouths wide open in the biting wind, their leather armor already full of sweat, this feeling of being hot inside and cold outside made Liu Yu feel very uncomfortable.

  The more this was the case, the more Liu Yu admired the adult Bamun warriors around him. Not one of the thousand regular soldiers complained of fatigue. As for those seven-stage Dou Wang, it goes without saying that their cultivation had already reached a point where they couldn't be judged by ordinary standards. But as for the other five and six-stage warriors in the team, not a few were also looking relaxed. Liu Yu himself had spent two years trekking through the Desa mountain range, but after this long run, he was still somewhat exhausted.

  "It's not easy being a regular army."

  In the front row of the team, Tolemmy, Louis Zheng and six other fighting kings were discussing something.

  "They have six sentry posts on the periphery, all hiding behind rocks. We've been here for so long and found that these sentries didn't show any unusual signs, and just now two teams of ghouls went in. This shows that those guys haven't discovered us, and they shouldn't have retreated." This time Ptolemy was clearly the commander-in-chief, with Louis in a supporting position.

  "Sir, please give the order, I am willing to take the lead." Malan seemed to have a deep hatred for these cannibal demons and volunteered.

  "No need, Louis and I will take care of the sentries. Garlin, except for two strips of hunting wolves, I've scattered the others a few miles away to monitor the surroundings. You bring a battalion to respond outside. Such a cave must have other exits. If there are many man-eating demons retreating, just hold them back and I'll arrive as soon as possible."

  "You five lead your respective troops, I'll take care of the sentry and rush up immediately. Leave the two hunting wolves behind to search the space inside the cave after we're done. As for those little ones, let them stay at the back, got it?" Ptolemy's voice suddenly rose.

  "Obey orders." Ma Lan and several Dou Wangs bowed their heads and returned to the troops behind them.

  The local Ptolemy and Louis exchanged a glance, and their figures flashed and disappeared on the spot. Soon, several large stones around the cave of the man-eating demons made a few muffled hums, but soon there was no sound.

  "Chong" attached to the mountain stone, Ma Lan saw the situation clearly, and with a loud shout, he drew out his long sword and charged towards the cave of the man-eating demon. The Bi Meng warriors behind him followed up extremely tacitly, with the strongest guard team of two troops charging at the very front, one battalion and two troops of the 10th Division closely following behind, and Liu Yu and several others charging at the back under the leadership of a sixth-level warrior.

  Jia Lin led a group of ten people to quickly disperse in all directions, and soon disappeared into the vast snowy terrain.

  "Tong" Tuo Le Mi soared high like a heavenly soldier, directly striking the giant stone at the entrance of the cave, which was over five meters high, into powder. Amidst the waves of battle cries, large numbers of Meng warriors rushed into the cave like a tidal wave.

  Liu Yu rushed into the cave and only then discovered that there were a large number of torches placed on both sides, illuminating the interior brightly. The passageway was very short, and soon a huge square with an area of hundreds of meters, capable of holding several thousand people, appeared. A large number of goblin warriors had already clashed with the vanguard of the Mongol warriors in fierce combat.

  The scene before him caused Liu Yue's brow to furrow, as he sensed that more than a hundred of the double-headed devourer warriors at the forefront and in the imperial guard had the strength of fifth-rank Dou Jiang. In all his encounters with them in the De Sa mountain range, Liu Yue had never met so many powerful devourers. As for the magic conductor-level devouring mage, he had never seen one before. Moreover, the number of devourers far exceeded their expectations, numbering several thousand. Not only did the majority of the square consist of devourers, but there were also dozens of caves leading in various directions around them, each entrance packed with devourers.

  Although the Beamon warriors had an absolute advantage in individual cultivation, the organized siege of the Ghouls made the Beamon warriors defensive. However, behind the first few rows of Beamon warriors who were fighting, Ptolemy, Louis and five other Dou Wang stood in a row without moving, staring at something in front of them.

  Following their line of sight, Liu Yue discovered that behind the strongest two-headed devouring demons, a group of sturdy single-headed devouring demon warriors surrounded more than ten devouring demons. Among them, a blue-skinned two-headed devouring demon mage was the most eye-catching, and he was undoubtedly the commander of this tribe, a magic guide-level devouring demon mage who had always been at odds with the beast tribe.

  Four single-headed troll warriors with red skin and long swords stood by, while the others were five or six blue-skinned troll mages, but their status was clearly not comparable to that of the central figure, standing behind those five.

  In front of them, Bimon was unable to break through the enemy's defense, but Ptolemy simply waved his hand and the five War Kings, including Marlan, immediately leapt into battle. Marlan first struck down a goblin warrior's wooden club with one sword strike, then with a horizontal sweep of her longsword in a "Sweeping Thousand Armies" motion, her golden aura transformed her sword into a golden blade. With a swift and powerful strike, the goblin warrior was bisected at the waist, and several other goblins nearby were also cut in two by the extending aura wave from Marlan's sword tip.

  The other four Dou Wangs were just as powerful, but they all lost their lives to the dozens of fifth-grade Demon Warriors.

  The four single-headed cannibal warriors at the back of the "Hou" Cannibal Warrior Array immediately joined the battle after seeing Ma Lan and others take action, each taking on one of the four Dou Wang. It was only then that Liu Yu discovered that these four were actually all Dou Wang.

  Although the six Bi Mong who came this time, except for Jia Lin, were single-repairing Bi Mong with the weakest strength on the same level as Di Huo, and the others were stronger than the same-level strongmen, the dual-system Huang Jin Bi Mong Dou Wang, they couldn't possibly win immediately, so the eight Dou Wang of both sides quickly became stuck together.

  There was still a 7th-stage Early Gold Rank Blademaster, and the dozen or so single-headed Troll Warriors who had been standing beside the Cannibal Magic Master quickly surrounded him. These single-headed Troll Warriors all had 6th-stage Blade Saint cultivation, which was enough to hold down this Blademaster.

  Behind them, the cannibalistic mages were also not idle, and they began to chant their spells. After a strong wave of fire elemental fluctuations, they clenched their fists and pushed forward. A large circle of red light rushed towards the front line of the cannibal warriors, who were immediately enveloped by the red glow. Soon, Liu Yue discovered that these warriors were like those who had taken stimulants, crazily charging towards the Bimon warriors. Some of them even only attacked without defending, completely disregarding their own lives.

  "The Bloodlust Technique" Liu Yu recalled the information about this technique, a secret skill of the Cannibal tribe that could drive the target into a state of frenzy, forcing out some of their hidden potential and greatly increasing their attack speed. It was one of the few frenzied techniques with almost no aftereffects. The cannibal mages behind continued to cast Bloodlust, and in just a few breaths, all the Cannibal warriors were driven mad by Bloodlust and launched a desperate attack, forcing the Mongol army to temporarily retreat.

  "Come on, don't drag it out." Louis looked at the situation in the arena and couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

  "Don't you think this man-eating demon is a bit too powerful? I've never seen a man-eating demon tribe as strong as this." Tolomy said with some hesitation.

  "What's the use of being strong, you and I joining them can still turn things around. Don't mention it, my tribe's warriors' lives can't be wasted in the hands of these barbarians." Under the goblin's frenzied attack, there were already not a few casualties among the Mongols, and Louis naturally couldn't bear to watch.

  "Good" Between breaths, Torelli had already leapt into the circle of combat, and Louis, though half a beat slower, still entered the battlefield at the same time.

  A brown Dou Qi wave several meters long flashed by, and two sixth-order Devouring Demon warriors who were besieging Bi Meng Dou Wang were directly cut into several pieces. On the other side, Rou Yi appeared behind a Devouring Demon Dou Wang in a flash of lightning, stretched out his hand and pinched that Dou Wang's neck, and with a burst of golden Dou Qi light on his hand, that Dou Wang's head was twisted to one side and his body immediately lost all movement, apparently his neck had been crushed.

  "Hmm, wow..." The cannibalistic mage behind him saw the two Dou Huang take action and quickly gave orders to the cannibalistic demons in front of him.

  The remaining two cannibalistic demon kings retreated backward, abandoning their opponents upon hearing the wizard's words.

  "Just thinking of leaving, it's too late." Louis let out a low shout, his right foot stepped forward, and without seeing any movement, he arrived beside one of the demonic kings who was at the back.

  "Ah!" Louis's lightning speed startled the Fighting King, who hastily threw a punch at Louis's face while stabbing his long sword like a dagger towards Louis's abdomen.

  "Hmm" Louis's one hand directly grasped the hilt of the sword, and the golden light reappeared. The long sword was restored, its fragments reassembled. With his other hand, he grabbed the incoming fist and gave it a forceful squeeze.

  "Ah." The cannibalistic warlord let out a pained scream, as if his hands were transmitting endless agony, but he didn't have the chance to scream for long, as Louis quickly snapped his neck too.