Chen Xian and Ding Chen exchanged glances, then spurred their horses toward the demon horde.
The demons charging at the front were either greater demons or lesser demons. Behind them came the monsters, while two Demon Men at the rear drove the demons onward.
Chen Xian and the others directly bypassed the greater and lesser demons at the front and charged toward the monsters.
Peng Lianqing and the others could not help but freeze.
"Get lost, Chen Xian, you bastard!" he roared, ordering the Demon Slayer Soldiers to hurry up and hold the front line.
The greater and lesser demons surged forward with savage brutality, smashing through the first line of defense in an instant and charging into the crowd.
Peng Lianqing's mind was in chaos as he charged toward a greater demon.
Yet there were simply too many greater demons rushing over. Three more greater demons pounced on Peng Lianqing. He blocked one, only to be sent flying by another, blood spraying from his mouth.
"Retreat, retreat now!" Peng Lianqing sprang to his feet. He did not even care about his warhorse as he turned and fled.
The Demon Slayer Soldiers were all suffering miserably. Over a hundred greater demons had charged over, along with more than three hundred lesser demons and five hundred monsters.
They were soon completely surrounded, and Peng Lianqing failed to escape as well.
"Chen Xian, you dog..." Peng Lianqing roared furiously as he charged at the greater demons.
In less than a moment, Peng Lianqing no longer had the heart to rage. Instead, he shouted, "Chen Xian, hurry, hurry and save me, hurry...!"
At that moment, Chen Xian was facing the Demon Men.
He could have killed the Demon Men with a single spear thrust, but he did not.
He dragged those two Demon Men backward all the way, killing any monsters or lesser demons they encountered along the way.
In this manner, he led Ding Chen and the others in retreat.
In any case, he was not going to save Peng Lianqing.
The group fought as they retreated, with the greater and lesser demons giving chase.
Peng Lianqing was besieged by over a dozen greater demons. Before long, he was vomiting blood without end, and even his chest had been beaten inward.
Of the three hundred Demon Slayer Soldiers under his command, more than ten had already died.
"Break out!" Peng Lianqing roared. Alone with his spear, he tore open a path through the greater demons and charged toward the outskirts.
The Demon Slayer Soldiers under his command fought alongside him and finally carved out an opening. Yet after fleeing less than three miles, they were surrounded by the Demon Army once again.
Chen Xian led Ding Chen and the others in fighting retreat until they reached the southern foot of Seven Mile Peak. The demons encircling them now included not only greater demons, but Demon Men as well.
"Keep retreating!"
Chen Xian gave Ding Chen and the others a look, then led them toward the northern side of Seven Mile Peak.
Even so, six or seven Cook Soldiers under his command had died.
Hmm?
Chen Quanwu and the others, who were building a fire to roast meat, suddenly heard battle cries erupting from the south. They all stood up and pricked up their ears.
After a moment, Chen Quanwu's expression turned grim. "Chen Xian, you useless piece of trash!"
"Mount up!" he roared.
A thousand mounted Demon Slayer Soldiers climbed onto their horses, gripping their long spears as they prepared for battle.
Before long, rolling demon aura swept in from the south.
Chen Quanwu took one look and could not help but relax.
There were not too many demons.
"Bastard, what a useless piece of trash, making me..." Chen Quanwu said coldly, then did not continue.
"Charge over there and slaughter those beasts!" He pointed with his long spear and charged out first.
As he charged, Chen Quanwu's expression changed. At first, he had seen just over three hundred demons, but their numbers gradually rose to five hundred, then a thousand...
And they were still increasing.
The three hundred Demon Slayer Soldiers who had gone to provide support were also being slaughtered into steady retreat.
"Damn it!"
Chen Quanwu's heart trembled, because the ones charging at the very front were all greater demons.
"Charge up there and hold them back for me!" he roared.
The thousand mounted Demon Slayer Soldiers could only grit their teeth and charge forward. In moments, they scattered the greater and lesser demons rushing toward them.
But there were simply too many demons, and they slaughtered wildly.
Chen Xian led his people in battle amid the demon horde. Opening his Spiritual Sense Eye, he discovered that there were no longer just fifteen hundred demons—their number had risen to three thousand. Five Demon Men had appeared, along with one Demon Lord.
"Three thousand demons, one Demon Lord, five Demon Men?" His eyes narrowed as his gaze swept over the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord had soared into the sky and already blocked Peng Lianqing.
Peng Lianqing roared again and again, constantly crying out for help.
But at that moment, battles had broken out throughout the central and eastern parts of Blood River Forest.
Who had time to save Peng Lianqing?
Chen Xian had the ability to save him, yet he deliberately watched him die.
He only protected the Cook Soldiers, and even then, Cook Soldiers were still being killed by demons.
"Chen Xian, you useless piece of trash!"
Chen Quanwu killed a lesser demon, then led the thousand mounted Demon Slayer Soldiers charging over to rescue Peng Lianqing.
Yet the Demon Lord at the rear swung his great saber and charged toward Chen Quanwu.
Man and demon quickly clashed.
Peng Lianqing was only at the Late Surging Origin Realm. Though his strength was considered formidable, he could not withstand the sheer number of Demon Men and greater demons.
More than half of the three hundred Demon Slayer Soldiers under his command were already dead or wounded. He too could only hold on bitterly, screaming again and again.
Squelch!
Before long, one of Peng Lianqing's arms was severed by a Demon Man, blood spraying everywhere.
Immediately afterward, three greater demons rushed up and tore at Peng Lianqing, ripping him alive into pieces.
"Brother Peng!"
The Demon Slayer Soldiers roared, wanting to charge over and retrieve Peng Lianqing's corpse, but they simply could not break through.
The Demon Slayer Soldiers under Chen Quanwu charged in and managed to carve out a gap, saving quite a few of them.
Only then did Chen Xian begin his counterattack. Ding Chen and the others fought with all their strength, holding the demons at the foot of Seven Mile Peak.
The battle continued from dusk until nightfall, dense bloodlust winding around Seven Mile Peak.
Far away, Chen Quanwu fought the Demon Lord alone, along with two Demon Men, and was also barely holding on.
Seeing that more than half the demons had already been slaughtered, Chen Quanwu roared, "Chen Xian, what the hell are you still waiting for?"
Chen Xian was stronger than him, yet instead of coming to kill the Demon Lord, he was killing greater and lesser demons?
Did he not know that on the battlefield, the strong fought the strong?
If the Demon Lord was not removed, the demons would not retreat.
It was also an enormous loss for the human soldiers.
Chen Xian naturally heard him. Seeing Chen Quanwu blasted away by the Demon Lord, blood pouring from his mouth, he simply refused to go over.
Just then, earthshaking sounds came from nearby.
A cavalry force was charging over.
With a sweep of his Spirit Eye, Chen Xian discovered that it was a thousand mounted Demon Slayer Soldiers. As they charged in, the remaining thousand-plus demons immediately fell into chaos.
The Demon Army retreated for the moment.
But the Demon Lord and the five Demon Men had yet to withdraw. They continued attacking Chen Quanwu with all their strength.
"Chen Xian, save, save me!"
Chen Quanwu roared. Fighting the Demon Lord alone would have been fine, but the five Demon Men were also immensely destructive, tying him down. The Demon Lord had already slashed more than ten wounds across his body, and blood flowed in streams.
Chen Xian sneered. Save you?
He would save anyone but you!
However, the lieutenants and second lieutenants under Chen Quanwu fought desperately to rescue him.
With a thousand Demon Slayer Soldiers suddenly arriving, the human side's momentum surged. They drove the demons into retreat.
Chen Xian unhurriedly led Ding Chen and the others in pursuit.
Yet he failed to notice the cold glint flashing in the eyes of a middle-aged man among the thousand mounted Demon Slayer Soldiers.
Like the other Demon Slayer Soldiers, the middle-aged soldier wore black armor. He galloped after the demons, pursuing and killing them.
He quickly arrived beside Chen Xian and the others, swinging his spear to kill demons.
Hmm?
Chen Xian speared a demon to death, then suddenly sensed an immensely dangerous aura crashing toward him.
His expression changed drastically.
"Brother Ding, watch out!"
Chen Xian let out a low roar. In a flash, he appeared before Ding Chen and swung his spear at the black-armored man seated on horseback.
Boom!
The black-armored man's seemingly ordinary spear strike had appeared to be aimed at a demon.
Yet spear radiance shot in every direction, and one strand of it was aimed directly at Ding Chen.
The man had clearly mastered his martial technique to the finest detail, and what he wielded was Origin Qi. Thus, when his spear collided with Chen Xian's, its force was incredibly powerful.
Puff, puff, puff...
The scattered spear radiance instantly killed more than ten demons. Not only that, Cook Soldiers near Ding Chen, such as Wang Yan, Qin Fei, Luo Ying, and the others, were caught in it as well, blasted dozens of meters away by the terrifying shockwave.
In an instant, within a radius of fifty meters, apart from the middle-aged soldier, Chen Xian, and Ding Chen, only thick bloodlust churned in the air.
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