Void Demon Race (Seeking Support)

This time, the one leading the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk on the expedition was the newly promoted warrior leader, 'Chi the Fourteenth'. Ten thousand Half-Dragonfolk soldiers crossed the star gate and entered an unfamiliar land.

Beneath their feet was a desolate land, devoid of grass or trees, with no signs of life. The sky had no air, no sun or moon, only a sky full of stars in the darkness.

The demon den was located within a black hole field, a place not suited for the evolution of life. Even if a Star had originally harbored life, after being captured by the black hole, it would inevitably turn into a dead zone in the cosmic starry sky.

In such a place, human cultivators in their low or even mid-tiers, without special arrangements and equipment, wouldn't even be able to enter, survive, let alone fight.

However, the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk and other Star Lords' retainers, after entering this demon den Star, only experienced a brief period of weakness before quickly adapting to the environment.

The Void Demon Race bloodline they possessed played a crucial role at this time, allowing them to detach from Spirit Veins, air, sun, moon, and other environmental factors. In this void, on this Star, they could sustain their lives and combat power by relying on Star power.

Of course, the environment of the void, dead stars, and even black holes could not have no impact on them.

After all, these Star Lord retainers were only half-demons, not true Void Demon Race.

Warrior leader 'Chi the Fourteenth' led his tribesmen and warriors into this unfamiliar environment. He didn't rush into action but waited until everyone had adapted to the environment before conducting a test. This allowed them to familiarize themselves with combat methods in the strange environment and also assess their current remaining combat strength.

Liang Ji watched the entire process and found that in the environment of this black hole demon den, the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk had roughly half of their combat power remaining.

He wondered what the combat strength of the Void Demon Race in this demon den would be like.

The curriculum for the High Three Star Lord class naturally included teachings on various information and knowledge about the Void Demon Race, as they were important enemies that Star Lords would often face in the future.

In the vast sea of stars, there were myriad types of Void Demon Race. The Star Alliance couldn't even fully count them all or provide an answer.

After all, the Star Alliance did not occupy the entire sea of stars. When expanding outwards and entering new star regions, they occasionally discovered new types of Void Demon Race.

However, overall, these Void Demon Race fed on starlight, lived by devouring Star power, and had many similarities.

The most common point was that the higher the rank, the larger the body size and the stronger the Void Demon Race.

According to the Star Alliance's statistics, generally speaking, the body size of a Tier 1 Void Demon Race was mostly between ten to fifty zhang, Tier 2 between fifty to one hundred zhang, Tier 3 between one hundred to five hundred zhang, and Tier 4 between five hundred to one thousand zhang, and so on.

Depending on the specific type of Void Demon Race, there might be some variations, but this was the general rule.

For the second mock exam at Xiūshé City, according to the information left by senior students that Liang Ji had reviewed, the chosen Void Demon Race were generally serpent-like demons.

This was partly because the demon den responsible for suppression on Sky Snake Star was primarily populated by serpent-like Void Demon Race. On the other hand, it was also to benefit the participating Star Lord students.

After all, in the second mock exam, any Demon Cores or materials obtained by the Star Lord students' retainers from killing Void Demon Race belonged entirely to the Star Lord students themselves, with neither the school nor the municipal education bureau taking any share.

If a participating Star Lord student had the ability and their retainers killed a large number of demons during the exam, accumulating a hundred or more Demon Cores, their cultivation path for a Tier 1 Star would be largely paved.

In the Star demon den for the second mock exam, warrior leader 'Chi the Fourteenth' had already led his tribesmen and warriors to familiarize themselves with the environment and their combat strength, but he didn't rush to depart.

Instead, he turned to look at another tribesman standing beside him. This Half-Dragonfolk was only about 1.9 meters tall, making him quite conspicuous among the Half-Dragonfolk warriors who were generally over 2.2 meters tall.

Yet, he stood directly beside the warrior leader 'Chi the Fourteenth', clearly holding a position of importance.

This individual was one of the Rune Masters cultivated among the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk. He accompanied the army on this expedition, partly to facilitate the repair of Rune Artifact equipment damaged by the warriors in combat.

And for another reason... At this moment, the Rune Master took out a compass-like Rune Artifact. It was inscribed with special runes, and under his manipulation, it began to flicker with light, as if sensing or responding to something. After the needle on the compass spun a few times, it pointed steadily in one direction.

This compass-like Rune Artifact was made by the craftsman and Rune Master among the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk, based on a design given to Liang Ji by Peng Yue.

Its sole purpose was to guide the location of Peng Yue's Retainer Ice Soul Serpentfolk team within the assessment Star for the second mock exam.

After all, he had a deal with her. He had to go all out to help her win first place in the joint exam of the ten schools during this second mock exam. Therefore, he naturally had to rush to meet up with her team and act together as soon as possible.

"Leader Chi, this direction!"

The Rune Master immediately pointed in the direction indicated by the compass needle and shouted.

"Good!" Warrior leader 'Chi the Fourteenth' nodded slightly, then turned to the warriors behind him and ordered, "Scout team, depart immediately. Your mission is to scout ahead and search for enemies!"

"The rest will follow shortly. The rear guard, pay attention to scouting behind and around us to prevent ambushes."

"Yes!"

The ten thousand Retainer Half-Dragonfolk warriors were divided into several teams, each receiving their orders. The scout team, consisting of a thousand people, was divided into several small squads and set off immediately.

It was evident that compared to the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk team during the first mock exam, the current Half-Dragonfolk warrior team already possessed some semblance of an army. They had formations, troop classifications, and tactical arrangements.

They were no longer like during the first mock exam, where they simply charged forward like a hunt, with no formations or tactical arrangements.

Over the past month, Liang Ji's Natal Star and retainers had developed and grown significantly. He had also been continuously studying the 'Tactics Research' course and influencing the Retainer Half-Dragonfolk. Now, it seemed to be showing initial results.

Not long after the army advanced, sounds of battle came from the front. The scout team had encountered enemies: Void Demon Race!

'Chi the Fourteenth' immediately led the army forward and soon encountered the Void Demon Race fighting and clashing with the scout team.

It was a demon snake about ten zhang long, with spots all over its body. It was the provider of the common 'Spotted Snake Demon Core', an extremely common Tier 1 Spotted Demon Snake.

At this moment, out of the thousand members of the scout team, five hundred were still dispersed around to scout the environment and guard against enemies, while only five hundred formed a team to entangle and fight this Tier 1 Spotted Demon Snake.

Liang Ji finally saw the combat power of these Void Demon Race.

A common Tier 1 Spotted Demon Snake, slightly over ten zhang long, should have combat power at the bottom of the Tier 1 serpent-like Void Demon Race. Its combat relied mainly on physical strength and a bit of toxicity.

However, at this moment, Liang Ji's scout team, composed of five hundred Half-Serpentfolk warriors, equipped with rune weapons and organized into formations, was only managing to fight to a draw, unable to achieve a decisive victory while entangled with the creature.

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