Slaying a Great Demon

"How many demons?"

Chen Xian asked expressionlessly as the cooks and soldiers rapidly approached.

"Reporting, sir, there are about five hundred demons," the cook and soldier replied, his lips trembling slightly.

Thirty-two people definitely couldn't hold off five hundred demons. This was it!

"Five hundred?"

Chen Xian's eyes flickered, and he immediately said to the soldier, "Pass down the word, there are five hundred demons coming. Have Chief Medic Wang Yan bring his men immediately!"

No matter how strong he was, he had to kill them one by one.

So if five hundred demons charged at once, thirty people wouldn't be able to stop them.

According to the war plan, when the demon numbers were large, Wang Yan would bring his men forward.

Ding Chen, Qin Fei, and the others would guard the middle of the valley, blocking any demons that broke through.

However, before Wang Yan could bring his soldiers, Chen Xian clearly saw the figures of the demons. To his surprise, the demons this time were actually wielding weapons.

The leading demon was nearly five meters tall, an ox demon, holding a large blood axe. The other demons behind it also gripped bone clubs.

"Roar!"

Upon seeing Chen Xian, the ox demon roared from over a hundred meters away. A terrifying demonic aura rolled in, causing the black wind in Black Wind Valley to press down from the sky.

Chen Xian sat motionless on his horse, feeling the surging black wind and demonic energy. His expression grew solemn.

A Great Demon!

That ox demon was definitely at the Great Demon level.

With his current Minor Success in Jade Sea, killing a Great Demon should be easy.

"Kill!"

Before the demons could charge, Chen Xian leaped forward.

With his Minor Success in Jade Sea, he could leap a hundred meters. In an instant, he reached the ox demon and thrust his spear down, aiming for the demon's massive head.

"Vile human, die!"

The ox demon roared and swung its blood axe at Chen Xian.

With one strike, the spear knocked the blood axe out of the ox demon's hand, sending the demon staggering back.

"Impossible!?"

The ox demon was filled with shock. The demons that had just retreated had said there was a Surging Origin Realm human blocking the way, preventing them from passing through Black Wind Valley.

That's why it had been sent.

However, the youth before him was terrifyingly powerful, nowhere near the Surging Origin Realm.

"Kill them!"

Xue Qishan and the others charged on horseback, cutting into the demon ranks.

Wang Yan's battle cries followed from behind.

Chen Xian didn't look back and thrust his spear at the ox demon again.

"Kill, kill the humans!"

The ox demon also roared. Even if it was no match for the youth before it, the human numbers were small; they couldn't stop them all.

"Die!"

Chen Xian's cold eyes flashed, and his spear pierced the ox demon's shoulder, flinging it away.

The ox demon tumbled, instinctively grabbed its large blood axe, steadied itself, and erupted with terrifying demonic energy before leaping up to attack Chen Xian.

At that moment, screams reached his ears; some soldiers had already been killed by demons.

Chen Xian didn't get distracted. Although he could kill a Great Demon, it wasn't as easy as he imagined.

He had to kill this ox demon first. The creature's damage output was very high, and if left unchecked, it could slaughter all the cooks and soldiers.

Pfft!

His spear moved fluidly, piercing the ox demon's chest.

Demonic blood gushed out.

A cold glint flashed in Chen Xian's eyes. Great Demon level demons had very tenacious vitality.

But he was agile, and with another thrust, he knocked the blood axe from the ox demon's grasp and pierced its head with his spear, finally killing the ox demon.

[Sacrificed the soul of a Great Demon, gained 323 experience points.]

A panel notification appeared before him. Chen Xian glanced at it briefly. The experience points for a Great Demon soul were over 300.

This was delightful!

He didn't have time to think further, hearing the occasional screams from the side.

He charged into the demon ranks with his spear.

Wang Yan rushed over from behind, but he couldn't stop the charging demons. Quite a few demons broke through into Black Wind Valley.

"Xian Ge!"

Cao Fang was sent flying by a burly wolf demon, his chest caved in slightly, and he spat blood from his mouth.

Chen Xian leaped forward, his spear thrusting out and piercing the wolf demon. He grabbed Cao Fang and tossed him to Xue Qishan.

Five or six other cooks and soldiers had also died, fighting in a bloody struggle.

Chen Xian fought with unparalleled bravery, demons falling to the ground one after another under his spear.

In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, he had killed over thirty demons, scaring the surrounding demons into retreating.

Wang Yan led his men, charging forward. His soldiers had also lost four or five men.

But the number of demons was vast.

Chen Xian could hold off a hundred demons, but he couldn't stop the others.

The battle was brutal.

"Kill!"

Seeing his soldiers being killed one by one, Chen Xian's eyes turned red again. He charged through the demon army like a whirlwind.

Wherever he passed, demons fell into pools of blood.

"Reinforcements, charge!"

At the entrance of Black Wind Valley, Ding Chen and Qin Fei blocked the demons that had broken through, then slowly advanced towards the valley entrance.

After clearly seeing the dire situation of Chen Xian and Wang Yan, Ding Chen told Qin Fei to lead ten men to guard the valley entrance, while he took the remaining men to charge over.

With Ding Chen and his men joining the fray, the situation changed again.

Coupled with Chen Xian's terrifying strength, the more than two hundred remaining demons that were still alive all retreated dozens of meters in an instant.

"Charge through!"

Chen Xian surveyed his soldiers. Fewer than twenty were still standing.

He let out an angry roar and charged into the demon horde.

Wang Yan also led the dozen or so men who could still fight and charged forward.

The demons roared in anger. They truly couldn't understand why a mere hundred or so human soldiers could hold them back, seven hundred strong.

It was that young man!

He was too strong!

Seeing Chen Xian charging towards them, the demons roared and surrounded him, attacking him.

However, it was useless. Chen Xian's spear was like an angry dragon emerging from the sea, its shadow a blur, inevitably splashing hot blood.

In an instant, fewer than two hundred demons remained.

"Retreat, quick, retreat!"

A large wolf demon roared and turned to flee.

Seeing this, the other demons also fled.

Chen Xian did not pursue them. He stood with his spear, and only after the demons had fled five hundred meters away did he turn to look behind him.

His expression froze slightly.

Apart from Wang Yan, Ding Chen, Qin Fei, Xue Qishan, Luo Ying, and a few other scattered individuals who were still standing, everyone else had fallen to the ground, either dead or severely wounded.

"This...!"

Chen Xian opened his mouth. No matter how much he could kill, the sheer number of demons made it impossible to save everyone.

However, Ding Chen and the others looked at Chen Xian as if he were a monster.

Of the five hundred-strong demon army, Chen Xian alone had killed two hundred. Was he even human?

Chen Xian ignored their gazes and quickly approached Ding Chen. "If another wave of demons comes, we won't be able to hold Black Wind Valley!"

Ding Chen snapped back to attention and scanned the surroundings.

Only seventy-four soldiers remained alive, and fewer than thirty could still fight.

If another wave of five hundred demons attacked, they, twenty-nine strong, definitely wouldn't be able to hold them off.

His face was extremely grim. Finally, he turned to Chen Xian and said bitterly, "Xian Zi, whether we can hold Black Wind Valley depends entirely on you!"

Chen Xian nodded expressionlessly.

Ding Chen began to give orders, telling the severely wounded to retreat into Black Wind Valley, and those who could still move to carry the fallen soldiers back as well.

However, the twenty-nine men sat on their horses, tending to their wounds while waiting for the next demon attack.

Chen Xian closed his eyes and looked at the experience section on his status panel:

[Experience: 20891 points]

He had killed two hundred and thirteen demons. Apart from the ox demon, which gave over three hundred experience, most other demons gave no more than two hundred, with many between one hundred and two hundred, and quite a few below one hundred.

Chen Xian said he was going to relieve himself and rode his horse away from the Black Wind Valley entrance.