The remaining soldiers of each team lacked flying capabilities, and even with the quickest pace, they were unable to arrive in time.

Except for the 41st Flag Army closest to Li Mingju City, other Cuiqi Armies were farther away, and even if the Innate Realm leaders flew back, it would take longer.

Currently, the only way to defend this city is to rely on their Cuiqi Army.

Song Changming slashed down a pitch-black Demon, after death turning into a black butterfly corpse.

Seeing the demon corpse was small, Song Changming reached out and grabbed it, his Innate Qi Aura enveloping the corpse of the Demon as he held it in his hand, his other hand holding a saber.

While refining the blood qi essence to strengthen his body, he continued following the troop.

Although this Demon’s power was ordinary and the blood qi essence limited, even small benefits are valuable to Song Changming.

Opportunities to slaughter Demons as freely as today are not always available.

After all, the entire Yun Province is largely occupied by the Human Race, and the Demon Race and Foreign Race in this realm often hide and dare not reveal themselves casually.

To hunt for Demons extensively, apart from such sudden outbreaks of Demon calamities, one must go to other Six States territories dominated by the Demon Race, which are more dangerous; a Human might easily perish there without a strong backing.

After just a few steps, the demon corpse in Song Changming’s hand was drained of blood qi essence, so he discarded it casually.

As the Witch Refining Technique became increasingly skilled, Song Changming’s ability to absorb and refine energy became faster and more efficient.

In contrast, absorbing the blood qi essence from this demon corpse was much easier than absorbing high-level natural energy like moonlight.

Perceptions spreading out, currently, ten main generals were advancing with battle arrays layer by layer, getting closer to the major city.

However, correspondingly, the strength of Demons clogging the path grew stronger, and the forward progress of the battle arrays had to slow down.

Of the ten battle arrays, only two were advancing the fastest, hinting at progressing in unison, while the other eight arrays lagged behind to varying degrees.

One of the fastest-advancing battle arrays was led by Xing Tiexin.

With a Deputy General as excessively powerful as Song Changming in the team, his role was naturally greater than most Deputy Generals.

The other fast-advancing battle array was due to having a strong man in the team, Wu Feng, whose power almost rivaled that of the main commander.

It’s like others are led by a single core, whereas they are led by dual cores.

Arriving two miles from the major city, all the generals could clearly feel the decrease in low-level Demons, while the number of powerful Demon Commanders increased.

Song Changming’s gaze turned towards the city, where a great destructive force emanated, it was their main flag commander, Wang Tianshuang.

On the array’s protective light film, piles of demon corpses were swept away like snowflakes, continuously falling to the ground.

One against ten thousand Demons!

Majestic Innate Qi Aura crushes like a mountain and sea, like a natural disaster of annihilation, like a blazing sun burning away all impurity!

"This is a true strongman of the Human Race!" Song Changming’s heart and spirit trembled.

His current strength had been steadily advancing, but compared to such strongmen of the Human Race, he was still far behind.

The physique he was proud of might not withstand even a light touch from the three-pointed saber of that great figure.

Thinking of this, Song Changming shook his head internally.

"The path of cultivation is long indeed..."

Suddenly, a loud roar, Song Changming turned to look, witnessing a large bird taking advantage of the chaos to severely wound a Deputy General in a battle array, grabbing him with its beak before flying high.

Song Changming still had an impression of that Deputy General.

Young and not weak, he had performed well in military competition back then.

Yet, unexpectedly, calamity struck him today.

Being carried off by the large bird, without immediate rescue, his fate was sealed.

He was the first Deputy General to fall in this Demon disaster.

But he might not be the last!

"Fu Yuan, beware!"

Suddenly, a mud-covered beast emerged from underground, silently appearing behind Fu Yuan and wrapping around him.

Xing Tiexin swept away a Demon Commander with his spear, his heart anxious.

He couldn’t accept that a Deputy General he personally elevated was falling into peril.

Fu Yuan reacted swiftly, seeing he couldn’t retreat in time, he turned around and launched a spear strike, unleashing dozens to hundreds of spear qi.

However, the powerful spear qi only pierced holes in the mud beast without dealing much substantial damage.

"What the hell is that thing!"

Zhao Linxin nearby was also startled, hastily retreating to avoid being caught up.

As for saving Fu Yuan? How could he be expected to!?

The mud monster’s body burst with vast demon qi, about to engulf Fu Yuan when a silhouette of wind and thunder arrived in an instant, stomping down heavily.

The Small Witch Power Seal was raised at the leg bone.

Like a mountain crashing down, its massive power turned the thick mud layer into slurry, splattering all around.

Now that Song Changming’s force attributes approached four dragon power, fully activating the Small Witch Power Seal could unleash even more astonishing power, nearly six dragon power!

Never mind the mud, even steel reinforcement and concrete, copper walls, and iron barriers, under such formidable force, would be easily shattered.

"Saved!" Fu Yuan, enveloped in Innate Qi Aura, remained unharmed.

Merely moments ago, if the demon had dragged him underground, he would be in danger.

The abilities of the Demon Race vary widely, and even the strongest humans must handle Demons with caution, lest they fall into the Demon Path.

"Still trying to escape!" Seeing the mud monster attempting to flee underground, Song Changming slashed toward the ground.

In the next instant, the earth shattered, layers of rocks and soil were hurled several stories high.

From within fell a blob of mucus.

A worm.

The worm squirmed, transforming into a human child less than a meter tall.

Pale skin, devoid of blood, looked at Song Changming in fright.

"No, don’t kill me..." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Its voice carried a hint of childlike innocence, a touch of pleading, a trace of remorse.

Song Changming’s face remained cold, the saber slashed without hesitation, without a shred of doubt in his heart, cutting through.

The child’s head rolled down, separated from the body, a trace of shock still on its face.

Song Changming observed as the demon qi dissipated, thought about it, and released a flamethrower of purple-gold flame to ignite the insect corpse.

In the next moment, the originally limp insect body screeched like a boiling kettle, beginning to struggle on the ground.

Song Changming hadn’t expected his habit of finishing off enemies to prove useful.

This insect demon was playing dead.

"Insect demons are cunning, cannot measure by ordinary standards..." Song Changming mused to himself.

This Demon disaster indeed showcased a myriad of strange and peculiar Demons, with various demon techniques being truly unpredictable.

Soon, after the purple-gold flame entirely burned the insect demon to black ash, Song Changming could finally confirm that the insect demon was truly dead.

"Thank you!" Fu Yuan, with lingering fear, expressed gratitude to Song Changming.

"It was my duty." Song Changming nodded, having resolved Fu Yuan’s crisis, he quickly returned to his original position, maintaining the normal operation of the battle array.

After this incident, every general became more cautious, mind strings tightly wound, constantly on guard against possible Demon attacks.

From above and below, they needed rigorous defense.

After a while, the troops finally reached the city base.

Seeing those Demons still frantically attacking the Array Protection Light Film from all positions, there was nothing to say, only to kill!

Assist that Grand Marshal in the sky, slaughter until all Demons tremble, slaughter until they retreat!

Relentless slaughtering, Song Changming himself couldn’t recall how many demons he had killed.

Roughly estimated, if not a thousand, at least several hundred!

Killing until his hands went slightly limp, energy, stamina, Innate Qi Aura reserves under continuous consumption gradually reached the warning line.

This is the battlefield of the Demon Race!

No matter how individually brave and formidable, in the face of a large number of demons, there comes a time of exhaustion.

Even as strong as Song Changming, he could not reverse the tide, could not single-handedly save this great Human city behind him.

Fortunately, their Grand Marshal was stationed here this time; otherwise, relying solely on the generals, with this number, being overwhelmed and destroyed by the demon race would be the inevitable outcome!

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