As the ranks of Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Vassals gradually began to develop different troop specializations, each type of warrior also started to favor different cultivation skills and equipment.
To move more easily, the scouts mainly carried and used flying spears. The skill they focused on cultivating was Flying Snake Spear.
At this moment, five hundred scout warriors had formed five squads around the Spotted Demon Snake. Following their commands, they took turns attacking to draw the demon snake's attention, constantly hurling the flying spears in their hands at it.
The Half-Dragonfolk warriors in the scout squads also cultivated Snake Barbarian Scripture and had forged Hegemonic Bodies. Each one wielded peerless strength, and their flying spears struck with tremendous force. Runes were carved into every spear, granting effects such as durability, added weight, power, and sharpness.
Perhaps the only thing lacking was damage from attributes such as poison, ice, or fire.
It wasn't that the Half-Dragonfolk Vassals' Rune Masters couldn't craft runes with those effects. Rather, the bloodline power of the Half-Dragonfolk warriors couldn't activate runes that inflicted attribute damage.
Perhaps this was one of the drawbacks of the Half-Dragonfolk cultivating Hegemonic Body.
Hegemonic Body granted them peerless strength, as well as defenses that could turn aside blades and bullets and resist all attributes. Yet because of that, they couldn't master the power of attribute damage.
At least at this stage, with their bloodlines still at the first rank, Half-Dragonfolk Vassals who had forged Hegemonic Body couldn't wield attribute powers, and naturally couldn't use runes that inflicted attribute damage.
All they could do now was break ten thousand techniques with sheer force!
Clang! Clang! Clang...
At that moment, flying spears rained down, striking the Spotted Demon Snake and ringing out like clashing metal.
These Void Demon Race creatures lived in black hole fields, feeding on starlight and the power of stars. The higher their rank, the larger their bodies grew—a sure sign of their immense physical strength.
Even this most ordinary first-rank demon, the Spotted Demon Snake, barely over ten zhang long, had spotted scales that could turn aside blades and bullets.
With the Half-Dragonfolk's peerless Hegemonic Body strength, aided by runes of power and sharpness on their spears, the scout warriors gave it everything they had. Yet their flying spears could do no more than pierce the Spotted Demon Snake's scales; they couldn't penetrate its flesh.
Hiss! Roar...
The Spotted Demon Snake had been pierced by countless flying spears. Though they hadn't gone deep, the pain all over its body was still unbearable. It hissed and roared, rolling across the ground as its tail swept wildly and its head lunged again and again, trying to drive off or kill the Half-Dragonfolk squads surrounding it.
But the Half-Dragonfolk squads had already developed mature tactics. The five teams worked together seamlessly, advancing and retreating in turn to draw the demon snake's attention. It could barely land a blow on them.
When the Spotted Demon Snake was provoked too badly, it would open its mouth and spray out great clouds of poison and poisonous mist at the scouts.
Some Half-Dragonfolk scouts couldn't dodge in time and were engulfed by the poisonous mist or splashed with venom. They found that the poison of this first-rank Spotted Demon Snake was weaker than the poison in the Myriad Poison Grotto on Dragon Soul Star.
In other words, the Hegemonic Body that Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Vassals had forged gave them enough resistance to basically ignore the Spotted Demon Snake's poison attacks.
That made the Half-Dragonfolk squads even less afraid of their foe. Like a pack of wolves hunting a beast, they struck from every direction. Their attacks might not do much damage, but if they kept up the relentless assault, they could wear the Spotted Demon Snake down like a dull knife cutting flesh.
Though the Spotted Demon Snake had little intelligence, it could tell something was wrong. After lunging once more, it ignored the flying spears from the scout squad behind it and instead chased the squad retreating ahead, jaws wide open. It seemed determined to swallow that Half-Serpentfolk squad whole.
By then, the warrior chieftain, Chi the Fourteenth, had led the main force to the battlefield. After watching for a while, he had a good grasp of the first-rank Spotted Demon Snake's abilities and strength.
He immediately ordered, "Shield squad, advance and stop the demon snake's attack!"
"Yes, sir!"
From the main force behind him, another squad of three thousand Half-Dragonfolk warriors immediately stepped forward.
These Half-Dragonfolk warriors carried specially enlarged, thickened, reinforced shields. Each was like a massive boulder, and each was carved with runes for sturdiness, hardness, defense, and weight, all to make the giant shields even tougher and stronger.
Naturally, the Half-Dragonfolk warriors in the shield squad had all focused on cultivating Bedrock Shield. Combined with their immense strength, this made them masters at wielding giant shields and holding the front line in battle.
They advanced in formation, supporting one another like several towering iron walls being pushed forward. They slammed directly into the Spotted Demon Snake, stopping its charge and nearly knocking it over.
Hiss... Roar!
The Spotted Demon Snake grew even more furious. Hissing and roaring, it thrashed and charged, trying to knock over the iron wall formed by the Half-Dragonfolk shield squad.
With its brute strength and armored scales, it crashed into the enormous, thick shields, setting off a series of clanging booms. The shield wall wavered under the impact.
But it still didn't fall, nor was it broken through.
Roar!
The Spotted Serpentfolk grew more and more frenzied. It even opened its great jaws and lunged at the iron wall of shields and the Half-Dragonfolk warriors behind them.
This time, even the enormous, sturdy rune-engraved iron shields could barely hold. The demon snake bit down on some and flung them away; its fangs even cracked others.
Even behind the giant shields, controlling them to form the iron wall, several Half-Dragonfolk warriors were injured on the spot. If their comrades hadn't protected them, they might have been swallowed by the demon snake.
"Kill!"
At that moment, Chi the Fourteenth led the battle-axe squad into the fray. Every warrior carried a rune-engraved giant axe, covered in runes of sturdiness, sharpness, and weight, unleashing the weapon's power to its utmost.
The Half-Dragonfolk warriors in the battle-axe squads had all focused on cultivating Mountain Splitting Axe, specializing in attacks with giant axes.
Under Chi the Fourteenth's leadership and command, the thousands of Half-Dragonfolk in the battle-axe squads formed several teams and attacked in rotation, their giant axes chopping into the Spotted Demon Snake.
Mountain Splitting Axe was far more powerful than Flying Snake Spear. It could not only break through the demon snake's scales but also cut into its flesh and even its sinews and bones.
In just one round of attacks, the thousands of Half-Dragonfolk warriors in the battle-axe squads hacked the Spotted Demon Snake into several pieces, killing it on the spot.
Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Vassals had won their first battle against the Void Demon Race in a resounding victory!
The entire battle had unfolded under their control. Only a few warriors were injured, and not a single Half-Dragonfolk warrior had died!
The warrior chieftain, Chi the Fourteenth, was clearly quite satisfied. He ordered his warriors to immediately dismantle the Spotted Demon Snake's corpse. Its scales, flesh, bones, venom glands, and more could all be sold as materials.
The only disappointment was that they hadn't found a Demon Core inside this first-rank Spotted Demon Snake.
Low-rank Void Demon Race creatures didn't necessarily form Demon Cores inside their bodies.
In fact, the lower the rank of a Void Demon Race creature, the lower the probability of it forming a Demon Core. The higher its rank, the greater the chance.
However, low-rank Void Demon Race creatures were far more numerous, so overall, low-rank Demon Cores were still produced in much greater quantities than high-rank ones.
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