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Chapter 63: Soloing a Demon Squad
Chapter 63: Soloing a Demon Squad
After obtaining the complete rank, the duration of Shadow Traverse directly increased from 7 seconds to 15 seconds, more than doubling its original duration.
Moreover, while in Shadow Traverse mode, his movement speed increased by 300%.
Combined with the speed boost from Gale Step, he could take off with a pair of wings strapped to his back.
Lu Heng glanced at the Source Skill's effect, waved to Su Muyu, and immediately led her out of the battle, entering the Blade Ridge Stone Forest.
In the sky above.
The Winged Demon Overlord Sagas flew to the battlefield, roaring as he led fifty elite Wyverns in a dive.
The Iron Arm Leader had already prepared for the fight, raising his war hammer and challenging Sagas with a battle cry.
The battle intensified, yet Lu Heng and Su Muyu withdrew from the fight and left.
Lin Zeyu was left bewildered, but seeing that the Iron Arm Leader didn't stop them, he continued attacking the demon minions without further concern.
...
Lu Heng and Su Muyu left the battle, entering stealth mode and disappearing into the Blade Ridge Stone Forest.
On the mountain path south of the Stone Forest, there was another demon squad.
However, it was quite a distance away, almost ten kilometers across the entire Stone Forest.
Since Sagas had already arrived at the northern battlefield, it meant that the demon squad on the southern side was without the protection of a commander-level demon.
Lu Heng's target was this demon squad.
However, speed was of the essence.
Lu Heng climbed a stone peak, leaped into the air, and grabbed the Scout Eagle's talons, allowing the eagle to carry him south.
After evolving into a Skydom Falcon, the Scout Eagle possessed a carrying capacity of 100kg.
This carrying capacity was sufficient for an adult, even a slightly heavier one.
However, it couldn't carry two people.
Therefore, only Lu Heng hung from the Scout Eagle's talons, while Su Muyu could only follow on the ground.
Although the Scout Eagle's flight speed was not as fast as the Winged Demon Overlord, it was still quite fast.
In seven or eight minutes, the Scout Eagle reached the mountain path south of the Stone Forest.
Below, a demon squad was hurrying forward.
Apparently, the battle in the north had alerted this squad, making them feel threatened and thus hastening their journey.
At this moment.
The sky began to darken, clouds gathered, and a light rain started to fall.
Lu Heng, gripping the eagle's talons, flew in the sky and saw the rain, feeling that the timing and location were perfect.
Flying above the demon squad, Lu Heng released the eagle's talons and descended, unleashing all his skills and his strongest power. He drew out the Aurora Blade and unleashed a Thunder Strike.
Boom!
Violent thunder and lightning slashed into the demon squad, and the lightning energy spread along the rainwater on the ground, doubling the thunderstorm's range.
With one strike, he achieved a large-scale control effect, paralyzing half of the squad's demons.
The two Winged Demon Sorcerers didn't have time to react and were electrocuted, their limbs convulsing. They were also affected by the Soul Sever effect, causing their mental attributes to plummet.
However, the Thunder Strike wasn't powerful enough to inflict fatal damage to the two sorcerers.
The sorcerers shouted, ordering the remaining mobile demon minions to swarm Lu Heng while casting spells in retaliation.
The difficulty of a single person taking on an entire demon squad was evident.
Seeing the demons charging with their weapons, Lu Heng took out the Thunderfire Blast Flame Bomb he had obtained from the Abyssal Fire Thief's lair and threw it into the densest part of the demon minions.
Boom!
Thunder and flames exploded among the demons, instantly flipping over seven or eight of them.
With the demon minions distracted.
The Winged Demon Sorcerers completed their spellcasting.
First, a Dark Sorcery Energy Wave flew towards Lu Heng.
Immediately after, a dark thorny trap appeared beneath Lu Heng's feet, and dark thorns grew, wrapping around his ankles.
Facing two witchcraft attacks, Lu Heng instantly activated his Source Skill, Shadow Traverse, slipping into the shadows and evading all physical collisions, dodging the witchcraft assault.
With Shadow Traverse active, his speed soared by 300%, and with the acceleration of Gale Step, he dashed forward, appearing before the first-ranked Winged Demon Sorcerer, slashing with Aurora Blade, and ending his life.
Turning back, he took a step and swung his sword, the blade's light stretching five meters like a full moon, and claiming the life of the other Winged Demon Sorcerer.
After slaying the two Winged Demon Sorcerers, Lu Heng unleashed his unmatched mode again, cutting through the demon squad seven times, entering and exiting without resistance.
Under the raging thunder, these demon minions offered no resistance.
With the death of the Winged Demon Sorcerers, the remaining demons, mere cannon fodder, scattered in panic.
Lu Heng moved like a swift current on the battlefield, each sword strike taking the life of a demon.
Kill notifications popped up one after another:
[Kill Winged Demon Sorcerer, absorb 120 Demon Energy.]
[Kill Demon Minion, absorb 80 Demon Energy.]
[Kill Demon...]
A single person cutting through a demon squad, the overwhelming demon energy surged like a tide, and Lu Heng leveled up again in the midst of battle.
[Source Energy Level increased to 14, all attributes +2, Agility attribute +0.6]
With the source energy enhancement, his five attributes rose to: Strength 27, Agility 35, Constitution 27, Psychic 28, and Sensor 27.
...
On the other side.
After Su Muyu used the Recon Eagle to transport Lu Heng to the second battlefield, she transformed the eagle's energy into invisibility.
This allowed Lu Heng to launch his attack without alerting the Winged Demon Sorcerers.
After consuming the Recon Eagle, Su Muyu immediately summoned a second one and flew towards the battlefield.
Although she rushed at top speed, by the time she arrived, the battle was almost over.
Lu Heng finished off the last demon minion, looked up, and saw Su Muyu's arrival. He pointed at the Source Essence crystallizing in the transport cart, "Quickly absorb it, and we'll leave once you're done."
Although the Iron Arm Leader promised to hold off Sagas, if Sagas chose to abandon the northern battlefield and rush here at full speed, he would likely arrive soon.
"Great!" Su Muyu jumped off the Recon Eagle and began absorbing the Source Essence.
While she absorbed the Source Essence, Lu Heng collected the dropped loot, acquiring three Crystal Cores, one of which was a Skill Crystal Core.
[Dark Thorn Trap: The caster lays a trap around themselves. Any target stepping into the trap will be entangled by dark thorns, taking 3x Psychic damage per minute. Up to 3 traps can be laid simultaneously. Skill Cost: 20 Source Energy. Skill Grade: C-Grade.]
This skill is an advanced version of Dark Witchcraft Binding Trap, a C-Grade skill that inflicts Psychic damage and allows the casting of three traps simultaneously, far superior to the D-Grade Dark Witchcraft Binding Trap.
After absorbing the last Source Essence, Su Muyu's Source Essence Fusion Rate reached 67%.
Just then, her expression turned stern, and she spoke rapidly, "Sagas is heading this way!"
She had kept the Recon Eagle hovering above, vigilant of the surroundings, and indeed spotted Sagas flying towards them.
"Let's go!"
Lu Heng grabbed her, and they both entered the Blade Ridge Stone Forest, becoming invisible.
As they entered the stone forest, Sagas flew above the battlefield.
He gazed at the slain demons below, his eyes burning with rage, but unable to find the attackers, he could only roar, shaking the very heavens.
(End of Chapter)
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