Infiltrating the Demon Camp (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"Why is there no movement?"

North of the Blood River Forest, Chen Quanwu's expression was grim. He looked at the Lieutenant beside him.

The Lieutenant was also bewildered. He glanced at the messenger and said, "Go quickly and see if Ding Chen and the others are still alive?"

The messenger received the order and left swiftly.

A moment later, the messenger returned like a gust of wind. "Reporting to the Captain, Ding Chen and the others are alive. The demons haven't moved. They are waiting by the Blood River."

"The demons haven't moved?" Chen Quanwu frowned.

He had received news that there were three thousand demons across the Blood River, led by a Demon Lord and over a dozen Demon Men. Even if they knew they were in the north of the forest, Ding Chen only had a hundred men in the west.

Sending just five hundred demons would have been enough to annihilate Ding Chen and his men.

Chen Quanwu snorted, "Pass down this Captain's order. Tell Ding Chen to lead his men across the Blood River and attack the demon camp. This Captain will follow with the Demon Slayer Soldiers."

"Yes, Captain!" The messenger left again.

In the west of the Blood River Forest, Ding Chen and his men were cultivating by the blood while waiting for dawn.

With Chen Xian in the forest, a Demon Man had been killed.

A group of demons became timid and dared not approach, so they were happy to have some peace.

Upon hearing the messenger's words, Ding Chen, Qin Fei, and the others' expressions turned grim.

"Cross the Blood River and attack the demon camp?" Ding Chen stared at the messenger with a furrowed brow. The messenger offered no further explanation, only urging Ding Chen to act quickly before turning to leave.

Ding Chen clenched his fists. Crossing the Blood River to attack the demon camp was clearly sending them to their deaths.

Qin Fei let out a cold snort. "Brother Ding, that Chen Quanwu is clearly trying to kill us. We can't go!"

Ding Chen knitted his brows, remaining silent. Without luring the demon army towards the Black Abyss, the demons wouldn't fall for it.

However, crossing the Blood River to attack the demon camp was the main assault, and it was an order from the Demon Suppression Captain. Refusing to go would be defying a direct order.

Ding Chen looked up at the sky. It was only the third quarter of the Chou hour, and there were still over two hours until dawn.

Chen Quanwu would surely send someone else during this time.

"You guys wait here!" Ding Chen said to Qin Fei and then galloped into the forest.

Chen Xian and the twenty-seven others were still guarding in the forest, preventing a surprise attack from the demons crossing the Blood River.

Seeing Ding Chen approaching on his horse, Chen Xian opened his eyes and looked. "Brother Ding, why have you come?"

Ding Chen relayed Chen Quanwu's order.

After hearing it, Chen Xian's expression remained unchanged. "Putting aside how powerful the leader of the demon camp across the Blood River is, just fighting the three thousand demons against us, even I might not survive."

Chen Xian could naturally survive. He said this so Ding Chen would understand that Chen Quanwu's order was to send them to their deaths. In nicer terms, it was to die valiantly fighting to protect Great Ning. In reality, it was Chen Quanwu deliberately trying to get rid of them.

Ding Chen asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Chen Xian inquired, "Did Chen Quanwu mention the rank of the leader in the enemy camp?"

Ding Chen shook his head.

Chen Xian then asked, "Did Li Sheng say something to Chen Quanwu, and Chen Quanwu deliberately wants to kill us?"

"I don't know!"

Ding Chen shook his head. Logically, Chen Quanwu, as the Captain of the vanguard Demon Suppression, held a higher rank than Li Sheng. Moreover, the vanguard looked down upon the Head Chef Army, so there shouldn't be any connection with Li Sheng.

Unless Li Sheng bribed Chen Quanwu, which was also a possibility.

Chen Xian pondered for a moment. "How about this? You bring your men to stand by the Blood River. I'll cross the Blood River alone to put on a show. That will count as crossing the Blood River. If Chen Quanwu still tries to cause trouble, then he'll have to answer to my spear!"

Chen Quanwu was only at Minor Success in Jade Sea, at most a bit stronger than that Demon Man. He probably couldn't even withstand one of my spear thrusts, yet he's hiding in the back, acting all high and mighty.

If he had brought a thousand Demon Slayer Soldiers, they would have already crossed the Blood River, stormed the demon camp, and annihilated the three thousand demons.

Unfortunately, with Ding Chen and the others behind him, annihilating three thousand demons was simply unrealistic.

Ding Chen frowned. "He's the Captain. You can't be impulsive!"

Chen Xian smiled. "Don't worry."

He wasn't an impulsive person by nature, but being constantly trampled upon and disrespected, not resisting wasn't his style.

Although his soul was thirty years old, this body was only eighteen. He was a hot-blooded youth. In his past life, he never had the chance to be impulsive. Now that he had this opportunity, what was wrong with being impulsive for once!

Besides, in a military camp, regardless of the world, it's about ability that speaks.

Ability equals fists plus brains.

His fists were stronger than Chen Quanwu's, and his brain was even better. The crystallization of five thousand years of Chinese history and wisdom, Chen Xian might not have memorized it all, but he had at least read it. He had some understanding of military strategy.

Therefore, facing someone like Chen Quanwu, Chen Xian felt no fear.

A moment later, Ding Chen brought his men and met up with Chen Xian. They arrived at the edge of the Blood River.

The Blood River was thirty feet wide. His old horse couldn't jump over it.

Chen Xian leaped across directly and headed towards the demon camp alone.

"Xianzi, be careful!" Ding Chen was very worried. The last thing he wanted was for Chen Xian to get into trouble.

Chen Xian gave Ding Chen and the others a reassuring look before quickly moving away, disappearing from their sight in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that no one could see him, Chen Xian channeled his vital energy into his legs and suddenly accelerated, covering a hundred meters in a single bound. In just a moment, he was five kilometers away.

The dense blood energy in the sky above the forest churned. As he got closer to the demon camp, the foul stench of demons also grew stronger.

Chen Xian suddenly slowed down. His Spiritual Sense Eye swept across the area, and he spotted a demon sentry in the woods. The demon was pacing back and forth among the trees.

Getting a bit closer, Chen Xian suddenly accelerated again, charging forward a hundred meters. He pierced the Wolf Demon's head with his spear. The Wolf Demon didn't even have time to let out a scream before its head split open like a watermelon.

[Sacrificed the soul of a monster, gained 93 experience points]

The system prompt appeared before his eyes. Chen Xian glanced at it briefly, propped the demon's corpse against a tree trunk, and continued deeper.

In less than fifteen minutes, Chen Xian had killed three more demon sentries. The strongest among them was a Lesser Demon.

The Lesser Demon had been sleeping against the roots of a tree. Chen Xian sliced off its head with a single strike.

After killing the last sentry demon, Chen Xian appeared three hundred meters outside the demon camp. He hid in a large tree and peered into the demon camp.

Demons were patrolling the camp. It was difficult to calculate their exact numbers, but judging by the size of the camp, there shouldn't be more than five thousand demons.

After a moment of thought, Chen Xian quietly infiltrated the demon camp, stealthily moving towards the central tent that was still lit.

"That Chen Quanwu is one of the fierce generals under Pei Menglong in the Ninth Army's Ninth Battalion of the human race. He's achieved Minor Success in Jade Sea, and even I don't have a guaranteed victory against him.

As for the strength of that young cook boy to the west, I fear it's no less than Chen Quanwu's. He's hiding among the Cook Soldiers, likely as an arrangement by Chen Quanwu to deliberately lure my kind to them, wearing down our soldiers bit by bit."

In the main camp, a man with bizarre blood-red hair sat at the head of the table. Below him, on both sides, eleven Demon Men sat cross-legged before food tables, drinking and eating heartily, indistinguishable from humans.

Chen Xian hid in the shadows. His Spiritual Sense Eye could see the situation inside the tent and hear the words of the bizarre blood-haired man.

This Lord?

Could it be a Demon Lord?

Above the Spirit Demon level was the Demon Lord rank, with strength equivalent to Minor Success in Jade Sea to the Awareness realm.

He had discovered the Demon Lord, but the Demon Lord hadn't discovered him. This meant the latter had not reached the Awareness realm.

Of course, it was also possible that the Demon Lord hadn't expected anyone to infiltrate the camp and had let his guard down, thus failing to detect him.

Chen Xian didn't get too close. Even if that Demon Lord hadn't reached Awareness, his senses of smell and hearing, as a demon, were exceptionally keen.

"Can't defeat Chen Quanwu?"

He muttered to himself, contemplating whether he should rush over and overturn the demon central tent.

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