All Your Doing, Right?

Chen Xian was not being overconfident. With his current Spirit Sense Beginner cultivation, he could kill even a Demon Man.

Besides, he was only luring the demons away. There might not necessarily be a Demon Man leading the demons in pursuit of him.

So there was no need to worry about his own safety. The only concern was the safety of Xue Qishan, Cao Fang, and the others.

The mist and miasma in Blood River Forest were not particularly dense, merely a thin veil. With his eyesight, Chen Xian could see a hundred meters away.

The moment he charged into the forest, Chen Xian spotted a demon scout—a wolf demon.

A wolf demon's vision differed from that of humans. It saw Chen Xian and the others through a hundred meters of fog and immediately turned to flee.

But how could Chen Xian let it get away?

He sprang straight from his horse's back and caught up with the wolf demon in three breaths.

Awoo!

The wolf demon roared furiously, spun around, and lunged at Chen Xian with tearing claws.

Chen Xian pinned it to the ground with a single thrust of his spear.

Sacrificed the soul of a minor demon. Gained 128 experience points.

A panel notification appeared before his eyes.

Chen Xian grabbed his spear, landed back on his horse, and led Xue Qishan and the others deeper into the forest.

"Brother Xian, how did you spot it?" Xue Qishan was utterly astonished. He could only see a dozen meters ahead, yet Chen Xian had detected demons a hundred meters away. His eyesight was truly incredible.

Chen Xian merely smiled without answering. A moment later, they heard wave after wave of demonic roars coming from the southern side of Blood River Forest.

"They've discovered us!" Cao Fang said, his expression darkening.

Chen Xian thought for a moment. "You shout too. The louder, the better!"

At his words, Xue Qishan and the others nodded and shouted, "Kill!"

Thirty-two men shouted in unison, and their voices carried far.

They galloped wildly while shouting all the way. Before long, the demonic howls from the south of Blood River Forest became even more thunderous.

Not long after, Chen Xian and the others reached a broad river. They saw blood-red water surging eastward through the river.

"So this is the Blood River?" Chen Xian narrowed his eyes. The river gave off a foul stench of blood. It was likely stained red by the blood spilled in battles between humanity and demons.

Roar!

At that moment, an enraged roar came from the opposite bank of the Blood River, ten zhang wide.

A tiger demon charged forward first, glaring at Chen Xian. "Lowly humans, die!"

"Retreat!"

Chen Xian's eyes flickered. Behind the tiger demon, hundreds of demons were charging over, churning up the mist and miasma.

He immediately led Xue Qishan and the other thirty men in a mad dash away.

Kill!

The tiger demon roared, leaping thirty zhang in a single bound as it pursued Chen Xian's group of thirty-three.

One demon after another leaped across the Blood River behind it. Some weaker demons could not clear the river and simply jumped into the water, wading across.

North of Blood River Forest, ten li away.

Chen Quanwu led a thousand Demon Slayer Soldiers, waiting in tight formation.

Before long, a scout came to report that Ding Chen had already tied down the demon force, and a large number of demons were heading west to attack.

"Commander, should we charge in?" a lieutenant asked.

Chen Quanwu snorted coldly. "No rush. Send orders to Ding Chen. Draw the demons out west of Blood River Forest, then lure them southwest toward Black Abyss."

The lieutenant was slightly stunned. Toward Black Abyss?

Blood River Forest was over a hundred li from Black Abyss, but the closer one got to Black Abyss, the more dangerous it became. Even without demon armies, there were other terrifying Demonic Beasts staking out their territories.

Even someone in the Jade Sea Realm would be courting death by forcing their way through.

"Go. Relay the order: have Ding Chen lure the demons toward Black Abyss!" the lieutenant instructed a messenger beside him. The man accepted the order and sprinted away.

West of Blood River Forest, Ding Chen and his sixty-seven men had naturally heard Chen Xian's group shouting and fighting within the forest, as well as the demons' roars.

Everyone gripped their spears tightly, prepared for a bloody fight.

Yet after the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Chen Xian and the others still had not rushed out of Blood River Forest.

"What's going on?" Wang Yan frowned.

"They couldn't have already fought their way out, could they?" Qin Fei said as well.

Ding Chen said nothing, his gaze fixed upon the forest exit.

Just then, a fast rider came racing from the northeast like lightning. Before they could see him clearly, he had already arrived before them.

"A Wind-Thunder Steed?"

Wind-Thunder Steeds in the military camp were incredibly fast, capable of covering thirty meters in a single breath.

Aside from special soldiers, only messengers rode Wind-Thunder Steeds.

Ding Chen took one look and recognized him as the soldier who had delivered their orders earlier.

"Ding Chen, receive the order!"

"This subordinate is here!"

"The commander orders you to lead your men and lure the enemy's three thousand demons toward Black Abyss. There must be no mistake!"

The messenger came and went like the wind. The moment he finished delivering the order, he turned and left.

He did not give Ding Chen even a moment to speak.

"Three thousand demons?" Wang Yan exploded at once.

Not only him—even Qin Fei and the others were dumbfounded.

They were supposed to lure three thousand demons toward Black Abyss. Never mind whether they could even go near Black Abyss; three thousand demons would devour their hundred men so completely that not even bones would remain in the blink of an eye.

"Xian and the others...!"

Ding Chen's face changed. Even if Chen Xian would be fine, what about Cao Fang and Xue Qishan?

"Charge in!" he shouted, spurring his horse into the forest.

Inside the forest.

Chen Xian had told Cao Fang, Xue Qishan, and the others to leave first while he alone stayed behind to cover their retreat. By now, he had slaughtered to the point of madness.

Seeing Chen Xian alone cowing hundreds of demons, Cao Fang and Xue Qishan turned back one after another and charged at the demons as well.

In the blink of an eye, more than three hundred demons had been slaughtered, leaving only sixty or seventy fleeing back across the Blood River.

Of course, Chen Xian had deliberately let them go back.

Otherwise, how would he lure the other demons over?

A moment later.

Ding Chen arrived with sixty-six men. When they saw the demon corpses carpeting the ground and found that everyone was unharmed, they were utterly dumbstruck!

"Damn!"

Wang Yan cried out as he looked at Chen Xian. "You did all this, right?"

Chen Xian wiped the foul demon blood from his face and smiled as he nodded.

Ding Chen and the others were completely speechless.

"Commander Chen just sent word. He wants us to lure three thousand demons out of Blood River Forest and head toward Black Abyss," Ding Chen said, looking at Chen Xian.

"Toward Black Abyss?" Chen Xian frowned. "Isn't that a forbidden zone?"

Ding Chen nodded. "The forbidden zone cannot be entered. We're only heading in that direction. I don't know what Commander Chen means by this!"

A chill flashed through Chen Xian's eyes. "Black Abyss ahead, three thousand demons chasing from behind—he clearly wants us dead. Then Chen Quanwu can lead his men out from behind. No matter how many demons he kills, it will all be a great merit."

At that moment, Ding Chen had no idea what to do either. He looked at Chen Xian. "What do you think we should do?"

Chen Xian said calmly, "When a general is in the field, the ruler's orders need not always be obeyed. Besides, he's only a commander. He wants us to lure three thousand demons toward Black Abyss—but the demons have to be willing to go there too!"

Wang Yan nodded. "Brother Ding, Xian is right. We'll lure demons here. If thousands really come, we run outward. When the demons retreat, we kill our way back. We repeat that until sunrise, then fall back along our original route to Black Wind Valley."

Qin Fei nodded as well. "I think it'll work."

Seeing this, Ding Chen nodded. "Then that's what we'll do."

"Roar! Slaughter all the lowly humans!"

At that moment, an enraged roar came from several li away, followed by the sound of the earth shaking and mountains trembling.

Ding Chen and the others' faces darkened. Judging by the commotion, more than a thousand demons had crossed the Blood River this time.

"You fall back!"

Light blazed in Chen Xian's eyes. He waved at Ding Chen and the others, then rode forward with his spear in hand, staring ahead.

Ding Chen arranged his men in a single line. That way, if they could not win, they would not be crowded together when they turned to flee for their lives.

A moment later, a bull demon charged over, carrying a bloody axe.

When it was fifty meters from Chen Xian, it leaped high into the air and swung its bloody axe down at Chen Xian's head.

Behind it, densely packed demons snarled and roared viciously.

Yet in the next instant, every demon charging forward froze!

The red-armored youth shot into the sky, and his black spear erupted with a dark golden flame spear-shadow two zhang long. With one thrust, he pierced the roaring bull demon to death in midair, its blood spraying down like rain and splattering the demon horde across their faces.