Chapter 747 - 672: Ascend to the Peak 71 (4,000 characters)
After Shuangshuang killed the demon that launched a sneak attack, she no longer attacked those low-level demons. Instead, she moved at lightning speed across the battlefield, finding it far more useful to kill demons targeting the army’s cultivators than to take out a few low-level demons.
After Shuangshuang killed the demon, the other high-level cultivators who were used to fighting on the battlefield also noticed the situation. In looking around, they discovered high-level demons attacking low-level cultivators.
The Demon Clan, used to freely coming and going in the army, became somewhat arrogant. Even when several high-level cultivators discovered them, they didn’t flee but instead continued killing people brazenly right under their noses.
The demon’s audacious behavior immediately infuriated everyone. However, the demons were too fast—only a few high-level cultivators skilled in wind combat from the Wind Control Sect could barely catch up and fight them briefly. Others could only watch helplessly as the demons killed, unable to even touch the hem of their clothing.
However, these arrogant demons were unlucky when they encountered Shuangshuang. Her Thousand Silk Entanglement attack was much faster than their escape speed, and the attack range was longer.
Often, as they arrogantly watched Shuangshuang approach, they would find their necks silently entangled by Thousand Silk Entanglement, and in an instant, they were decapitated.
Shuangshuang’s combat power was undoubtedly formidable. The high-level demon cultivators were no match for her at all.
Seeing that Shuangshuang was a bane for these demons, everyone who was infuriated by them came to their senses. They no longer attacked the enemy’s strengths with their weaknesses but instead surrounded these demons conducting assassinations, forcing them in front of Shuangshuang, who would then kill them.
With this strategy, the efficiency of exterminating these high-level demons immediately increased significantly. The high-level demons that came to conduct assassinations were quickly killed. With fewer assassins among the enemies, the morale of the large number of low-level cultivators soared, and they crushed the low-level demons with overwhelming force.
The cultivators had strong physical constitutions, and the Demon Clan was also a fearless race. Moreover, the Demon Clan had a disgusting habit—they would eat the corpses of their enemies after killing them.
Sometimes, when they got hungry during battle, the demons would directly tear apart the corpses of already killed human cultivators, eating and fighting at the same time. This scene of bloodily chewing human flesh was both nauseating and infuriating.
Seeing this, everyone was driven to a frenzy of killing—their comrades had died and were then devoured, leaving no corpse. This provocation drove the cultivators mad, and their attacks became more deadly and desperate.
While the low-level cultivators were fighting for their lives, Shuangshuang and the other high-level cultivators were not having it easy. They pursued and blocked these high-level demons conducting assassinations. Initially, the high-level demons tried to gather and resist, but they couldn’t withstand Shuangshuang’s high combat power. Her Thousand Silk Entanglement attacks had bizarre angles and extreme speed, making her the bane of these speed-focused demons, who were skilled at assassination but not at frontal combat.
The Demon Clan were not idiots. Initially relying on their speed, they began to avoid Shuangshuang after losing a wave of their own. In such circumstances, even with other cultivators helping to trap them, Shuangshuang had to exert extra effort to kill these high-level demons conducting assassinations.
This battle dragged on for two days and nights. If not for their cultivation, this kind of prolonged battle would have been unsustainable. Even so, when both sides finally sounded the retreat, ordinary low-level cultivator soldiers were so exhausted that they fell asleep without even eating upon reaching the camp.
Even Shuangshuang and the other high-level cultivators, after a single battle, didn’t want to move a single finger, feeling only one thing throughout their bodies—exhaustion!
The Demon Clan attacked frequently, leaving no time for rest. Less than a day later, the demons launched another attack, and everyone had to rush back to the battlefield.
Previously, Shuangshuang and the others had already reported to the General about high-level demons intentionally slaying low-level cultivator leaders in the army. Now, Shuangshuang and her team’s primary task was to maneuver on the battlefield of low-level cultivators, responsible for clearing out these high-level demons that came for assassination.
The Demon Clan were not fools, standing idly by to be slaughtered. After being frightened by Shuangshuang, it became increasingly difficult to kill these sneaky high-level demons conducting assassinations on the battlefield. Often, they would flee as soon as they saw a shadow, not giving anyone a chance to get close.