"How many demons?"
Watching the cook-soldier hurry over, Chen Xian asked expressionlessly.
"Reporting, sir, around five hundred demons." The cook-soldier's lips trembled slightly as he spoke.
Thirty-two men definitely could not hold back five hundred demons. This was the end!
"Five hundred?"
Chen Xian's eyes flickered. He immediately said to the soldier, "Pass the word: five hundred demons are coming. Have Chief Medic Wang Yan bring his men here at once!"
No matter how strong he was, he still had to kill them one by one.
So if five hundred demons charged together, thirty men simply could not stop them.
According to the battle plan, when the demon numbers were overwhelming, Wang Yan would lead his men forward.
Ding Chen, Qin Fei, and the others would guard the middle of the valley, stopping any demons that broke through.
Yet before Wang Yan could lead the soldiers over,
Chen Xian had already clearly spotted the demons. What surprised him was that these demons were actually carrying weapons.
The lead demon stood nearly five meters tall. It was a bull demon, wielding a massive bloody axe, while the other demons behind it held bone clubs.
"Roar!"
When it saw Chen Xian from over a hundred meters away, the bull demon let out an enraged roar. Terrifying demonic aura rolled forth, driving black winds down over Black Wind Valley.
Chen Xian sat motionlessly atop his horse. Feeling the demonic aura and black wind sweeping toward him, his expression grew slightly grave.
A great demon!
That bull demon was absolutely at the great demon level.
With his current Minor Success in Jade Sea, killing a great demon should be effortless.
"Kill!"
Before the demons could charge over, Chen Xian leaped into the air.
With his Minor Success in Jade Sea cultivation, he crossed a hundred meters in a single leap and arrived before the bull demon in an instant. His long spear crashed down, stabbing toward the demon's enormous head.
"Lowly human, die!"
The bull demon shouted and swung its bloody axe at Chen Xian.
In a single clash, the long spear knocked the bloody axe from the bull demon's hand, sending it staggering backward again and again.
"Impossible!?"
The bull demon's face was filled with horror. The demons that had fled back said there was a Surging Origin Realm human blocking the way, making it impossible to pass through Black Wind Valley.
That was why they had sent it here.
Yet this youth before it was monstrously powerful. How could he be merely in the Surging Origin Realm?
"Kill!"
Xue Qishan and the others charged over on horseback, plunging into the demon ranks.
Immediately afterward, Wang Yan's battle cries sounded from behind.
Without looking back, Chen Xian thrust his spear at the bull demon again.
"Kill! Kill the humans!"
The bull demon roared as well. Even if it could not defeat the youth before it, the humans were few in number. How could they possibly stop them?
"Die!"
A cold gleam flashed through Chen Xian's eyes. His spear pierced the bull demon's shoulder and sent it flying with a single thrust.
The bull demon tumbled away, grabbing its huge bloody axe in the process. Once it steadied itself, it erupted with terrifying demonic aura, leaped up, and chopped down at Chen Xian.
At that moment, screams reached his ears. Some soldiers had already been beaten to death by the demons.
Chen Xian did not allow himself to be distracted. Though he could kill a great demon, it was not as easy as he had imagined.
He had to kill this bull demon first. Its destructive power was immense. If he let it run free, it could slaughter all the cook-soldiers.
Splat!
The long spear swept out, piercing through the bull demon's chest.
Demon blood surged forth.
A chill flashed through Chen Xian's eyes. Great demon-level demons truly had tenacious vitality.
But he moved with lightning speed. Another thrust knocked the bloody battle axe from the bull demon's hand, and his spear bored through its head, finally killing it.
Sacrificed the soul of a great demon. Obtained 323 Experience Points.
A panel notification appeared before his eyes. Chen Xian gave it a brief glance; the Experience Points from a great demon's soul exceeded three hundred.
What a delight!
He had no time to think further as screams continued to ring out around him.
With spear in hand, he charged into the demon ranks.
Wang Yan charged in from behind but still failed to stop the demons breaking through. Quite a few demons had rushed into Black Wind Valley.
"Brother Xian!"
Cao Fang was sent flying by a massive wolf demon. His chest had caved in slightly, and bloody foam poured from his mouth.
Chen Xian leaped over, thrusting his spear through the wolf demon. He grabbed Cao Fang and tossed him toward Xue Qishan.
Five or six more cook-soldiers had died, while the rest fought blood-soaked battles.
Chen Xian alone was incomparably fierce. One demon after another crashed to the ground beneath his long spear.
Within the time it took to drink a cup of tea, he killed over thirty demons, frightening the surrounding demons into retreating one after another.
Wang Yan led his men in a charge, but four or five of his soldiers had also died.
Yet the demons were too numerous.
Chen Xian could hold back a hundred demons, but he could not stop the others.
The battle was brutal.
"Kill!"
Watching his soldiers fall one after another, Chen Xian's eyes reddened once more. Like a violent gale, he tore through the demon army.
Wherever he passed, demons fell into pools of blood.
"Reinforcements! Kill!"
At the entrance to Black Wind Valley, after Ding Chen and Qin Fei stopped the demons that had broken through, they slowly advanced toward the mouth of the valley.
Once he saw Chen Xian and Wang Yan's miserable situation, Ding Chen ordered Qin Fei to lead ten men in guarding the valley entrance, while he led the rest into battle.
With Ding Chen and his men joining the fight, the situation changed again.
Coupled with Chen Xian's terrifying strength, the more than two hundred surviving demons retreated dozens of meters in the blink of an eye.
"Charge through!"
Chen Xian swept his gaze over his soldiers. Fewer than twenty of them could still stand.
He immediately let out an enraged roar and leaped into the demon horde.
Wang Yan also led the dozen or so men still capable of fighting and charged forward.
The demons roared again and again. They truly could not understand it: there were only around a hundred human soldiers, so why could they hold back seven hundred demons?
It was that youth!
He was too powerful!
Watching Chen Xian charge toward them, the demons roared and swarmed forward to surround and kill him.
But it was useless. The long spear in Chen Xian's hand was like an enraged dragon emerging from the sea. Spear shadows flashed in every direction, and scalding blood sprayed with every strike.
In the blink of an eye, fewer than two hundred demons remained alive.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
A great wolf demon howled, turning around and fleeing for its life.
Seeing this, the other demons fled as well.
Chen Xian did not pursue them. He stood with spear in hand and waited until the demons had fled more than five hundred meters away before turning to look behind him.
His expression stiffened slightly.
Aside from the few still standing—Wang Yan, Ding Chen, Qin Fei, Xue Qishan, Luo Ying, and the others—everyone else had fallen to the ground, either dead or gravely wounded.
"This...!"
Chen Xian opened his mouth. No matter how many he could kill, the demons were too numerous for him to save everyone.
Yet Ding Chen and the others looked at Chen Xian as if they were looking at a monster.
Out of an army of five hundred demons, Chen Xian alone had killed two hundred. Was he even human?
Ignoring their gazes, Chen Xian quickly came before Ding Chen. "If another wave of demon troops comes, we won't be able to hold Black Wind Valley!"
Ding Chen snapped back to his senses and swept his gaze around.
Only seventy-four soldiers remained alive, and fewer than thirty of them could still fight.
If another force of five hundred demons came, their twenty-nine men definitely could not stop them.
His expression turned incomparably ugly. At last, he turned toward Chen Xian and said bitterly, "Xian, whether Black Wind Valley can be held depends entirely on you!"
Chen Xian nodded expressionlessly.
Ding Chen began issuing orders, telling the severely wounded to retreat into Black Wind Valley, while those still able to move carried the fallen soldiers back into the valley as well.
The twenty-nine men sat upon their horses, circulating their blood to nurture their injuries while waiting for the demons' next attack.
Chen Xian closed his eyes and looked at the Experience section of the panel:
Experience: 20,891 points
He had killed two hundred and thirteen demons. Aside from the bull demon, which gave over three hundred Experience Points, few other demons gave more than two hundred. Most gave between one hundred and two hundred, while quite a few gave fewer than one hundred Experience Points.
Chen Xian said he needed to relieve himself, then rode away from the entrance of Black Wind Valley.
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