My Misfortune Crushed Instances

"How is your cultivation going?"

Li Rui asked, leaning on the edge of the basket.

The Herculean Warrior had obtained many treasures suitable for the Demon Race’s cultivation in Ghost City, and spent all his time cultivating except when traveling.

The taciturn great ape replied, "Sir, I’m making progress."

Li Rui said, "That’s good. Take your time, don’t rush. Also, keep an eye out. If there are any mystical treasures there that Yuan Erliang can use for enlightenment, let him try them as well."

At that time, whatever was in Ghost City, he took everything out without carefully reviewing them, and handed it all to the Herculean Warrior.

However, every demon’s cultivation is different, and he can’t use all those items. So Li Rui thought, if it could incidentally help Yuan Erliang, who had no cultivation yet, embark on the path, at least it would make up for his translation labor.

The Herculean Warrior said, "I am keeping an eye out."

Being of the Ape Race, he would surely better recognize the benefits of those various treasures.

After about two or three hours of trekking, a Demon Race camp appeared ahead. Li Rui asked the Herculean Warrior to stop, to avoid the massive creature being perceived as a threat, while he carried Yuan Erliang forward to chat.

The demons here all had a thick ring of feathered mane on their necks, vaguely gleaming with a metallic shine, appearing very sturdy, perhaps able to protect vital neck areas.

Seeing the strangers approach, they didn’t show much hostility, only a slight wariness as they asked for their identity.

"I’m here to see Yi Xin," Li Rui said.

"State your identification number, and we’ll report it."

"0109."

"Please wait a moment." The attitude of the opponents became slightly more courteous.

Li Rui wasn’t bothered by their vigilance, as he knew the situation here wasn’t good.

These demons with long neck manes were from the Maned Lion Race, residing east of a river named Grainwater,

And west beyond the river lay the Western Kingdom’s Vanguard Camp, where another demon race, called Howling Moon Race, resided. These two tribes have been enemies for generations, with hatred deepening. Now, they each stand behind Dragon Country and the Western Kingdom, escalating the intensity of the war manifold.

Li Rui waited at the entrance with Yuan Erliang, but received no reply for a long time.

"What’s happening? Why does reporting take so long?"

The left-behind guard shook his head, indicating his ignorance.

After waiting a while, another demon raced over, saying, "It’s bad. Trouble. The Howling Moon Race launched an offensive; there’s an outsider with exceedingly high cultivation, and Yi the warrior and others can’t hold them off."

"What?!"

The remaining guard asked, "Where’s Zongyin?"

He was referring to the Maned Lion who went to report earlier.

"He’s fighting. You should go too. I’ll handle guarding this gate."

Hence, the other guard went too.

Clearly, this replacement demon wasn’t strong, lacking much cultivation, so he couldn’t participate in frontal combat, only remaining as a gatekeeper.

After finishing talking with the previous guard, the demon turned around, wanting to ask what was happening with the outsider here, but was dismayed to find that person gone.

"Hmm? Where did they go?"

With Li Rui’s skill, it was too easy to silently bypass a demon with little cultivation, especially when that demon was distracted.

He caught up with the guard planning to support the battlefield from a blind spot.

"Wait, take me along."

The Maned Lion was startled: "Why are you here? Yi the warrior said no strangers should enter."

"But you didn’t go to report."

"Sorry, but because a battle occurred...but wait, you can’t follow."

Since Yuan Erliang needed to translate while they talked, they already covered a long distance during the dialogue.

"In urgent situations like this, I’m part of our team. Don’t waste time delaying. Let’s quickly go help. If the front can’t hold, won’t your people be in danger?"

The Maned Lion fell silent, externally hesitating yet not stopping his steps, evidently roughly believing Li Rui.

"You must stay close to me, within my sight."

"As you command."

Li Rui chuckled and ran ahead with him.

Though the front seemed quite some distance from the camp, after running for a while, the demon couldn’t hold back and said, "I need to revert to my original form to travel, speed will be much faster, you better keep up."

Li Rui responded, just as he saw the demon’s body suddenly change, reverting to a lion form.

Yet this lion was unlike one in the real world, with scale armor on its legs and a stinger-like tail segment, resembling a meteor hammer.

After reverting to four-legged running, its speed abruptly increased by more than double.

However, Li Rui didn’t even want to use the Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture. Their strength gap was too wide. Unless this demon used some secret technique, based merely on physique, he wasn’t faster than Li Rui.

After a few paces, the demon noticed the outsider’s astonishing speed behind him.

So fast?

And he’s still carrying a monkey.

The two demons and the human passed through a slope, finally seeing the shadows of the battle area ahead.

Spells’ light flashed chaotically above, the nearby mountains and forests already igniting, indicating fierce combat.

At this point, Li Rui no longer needed guidance and greeted the Maned Lion before activating the Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture and darting out.

The latter couldn’t comprehend what happened, only saw a flash of golden light and the person vanished.

.....

When Li Rui arrived at the combat location, the first thing he saw was a mess of a battlefield, with over twenty Dragon Country Extraordinaries, half of the personnel with the ’04’ identifier present.

However, their condition wasn’t good, even somewhat dire, most carrying injuries, only one Rain Summoner undertaking healing work.

Li Rui quickly went forward asking, "I’m 0109, where’s Yi Xin? Who’s leading here now?"

While speaking, he directly cast Reviving Peach Mist, allowing the mist to drift throughout the grounds with visible healing effects, comparable with the professional Rain Summoner.

This was due to Li Rui’s high attributes, so even though the Rain Summoner was specialized in support with several auxiliary healing skills and talents, it didn’t quite match his healing effectiveness.

The crowd initially feeling downhearted, upon hearing the number 0109, immediately regained morale.

"Captain Yi is battling below."

Someone pointed to the burning woodland below the slope, "Facing Farah Land, a high-risk target, which we can’t defeat."

Li Rui frowned, "Just her alone?"

"Plus some Western Alliance Extraordinaries, Captain Yi and Maned Lion clan are below delaying them. Once we’re healed, we can support them."

Li Rui frowned, "Wait, someone spend a few minutes briefing me on the battlefield situation."

An eldest, mature middle-aged man said, "I’ll explain, you guys go help."

He walked to Li Rui and said, "This is a strategic spot, we can advance to attack or retreat to defend. Losing it would affect our move north, to explore a large treasure production site."

"About an hour ago, the Western Kingdom launched an offensive, seemingly intent on capturing this position."

The opponent smiled, "But it’s good you came, with your support, Yi Xin might have a chance against that woman. Um, you do support, right?"

He calculated wisely, ’01’ identifier, capable of healing, no need to think more, definitely a top-tier healer!