Chapter 109 – Road to Survival (Part ①⑧)

Volume 2: Battlefield Between Two Worlds

The battle ended quickly.

Not every Demonic Creature possessed the power of an Ancient Demon or a Stone Demon.

Most were just weaklings who had barely reached Level 3.

After digging out the Magic Crystals from the heads of the Demonic Creatures, Wen Yu absorbed them directly.

Successive battles had significantly increased the Physical Attributes of the Level 3 Class Holders.

Wen Yu's Physical Attribute remained at 61.5 Points. He gave all the spoils to the Little Soul Beast, bringing its Physical Attribute up to 60 Points.

As for One-Eye, after devouring a large number of Demonic Creature corpses, its Physical Attribute had risen to 93 Points.

This was the advantage of Mutant Beasts.

Their method of evolution didn't require Magic Crystals, only corpses.

While Demonic Creature corpses were highly toxic to humans, Mutant Beasts welcomed them all!

Nearby, Jiang Wentao, William, and Chu Ziling were also absorbing Magic Crystals.

It was only a pity for Monkey and Sun Ruixing; having entered the final stage of the Trial, their strength hadn't increased at all.

Once they finished processing the spoils of battle, the group quickly left the area and headed toward the location marked on the Radar.

…

Under the shroud of yellow sand, Shimmer Blue Star was cold and cruel.

As black demonic blood sprayed everywhere, Wen Yu coldly tore the Demonic Creature before him in half, and then…

He vented his depression… and his fear… upon the creature beneath him to his heart's content.

"Alright, Wen Yu, the battle is over!"

Jiang Wentao wiped the blood from his face and stepped forward to grab Wen Yu.

"Huff… huff!"

Wen Yu panted heavily, gave the mangled flesh on the ground a few forceful kicks, and turned back to look at the others.

Seven people and one dog-all present!

After five days of non-stop combat, this was nothing short of a miracle.

However, everyone was now forced to face a grim reality.

Their supply of Healing Potions had been completely exhausted.

One only had to look at the bandages covering everyone to see the state they were in.

"Let's keep moving."

Wen Yu nodded to the group and took the lead, heading east.

Since Basong had lost his life in the battle five days ago, the group had been traveling in a straight line toward their destination.

Under these circumstances, the encounters with Demonic Creatures were constant.

Over the past five days, the intensity of the fighting had been so high that even Wen Yu felt a sense of suffocation.

But it wasn't over yet.

In the distance, accompanied by an unintelligible roar, nearly ten Demonic Creatures charged toward them at high speed!

"I have a feeling we're going to die here!"

Facing the Demonic Creatures of varying strengths, Chu Ziling gave a bitter laugh.

At a time like this, only Chu Ziling would blurt out such thoughtless words.

"Fight!"

With Wen Yu's roar, William tightly held the Fourth Prince in his arms and followed closely behind the others.

A tragic battle commenced once again!

Wen Yu tore through the Demonic Creature in front of him, which had a Physical Attribute of just over 50 Points. Demonic blood sprayed, obscuring his vision.

Hearing the sound of wind rushing beside him, Wen Yu immediately activated his Phasing ability, tearing apart the Demonic Creature attacking from his flank.

After killing the two Demonic Creatures, the battle was already over.

This was mainly because One-Eye's power was too great; the dog had killed more than half of the Demonic Creatures on its own!

"Something's wrong, Wen Yu. This isn't right. These Demonic Creatures didn't give any Points!"

Hearing Jiang Wentao's nervous voice, Wen Yu's heart sank!

What did it mean if there were no Points?

Before Wen Yu could find an answer, the corpses of the Demonic Creatures on the ground began to change!

Like sand, the dead bodies crumbled and scattered across the ground, no longer retaining their original, hideous forms!

These things weren't Demonic Creatures!

In the distance, two figures-one tall and one short-slowly approached!

The tall one was a four-meter-high giant Bone Demon. The terrifying bone spikes covering its body undoubtedly signaled the creature's lethality to everyone present.

The smaller one was a Silver Skeleton.

It was devoid of flesh, its skeletal frame shimmering with a faint Silver Light. Inside its hideous skull, a ball of black flame flickered constantly.

"Awoo…"

A terrifying howl echoed from behind the group.

Immediately following that, a series of violent booming sounds rang out!

From the rear, a Salamander Demonic Creature, a Spider Demon, and a Bull Demon slowly closed in on them.

Wen Yu and his team were being surrounded!

Looking at the five Demonic Creatures surrounding them, Wen Yu's heart sank deep into his chest.

He could sense from their auras alone that these five were far stronger than the trash they had encountered over the past few days.

This meant that the upcoming battle would be extremely brutal.

"Monkey, Chu Ziling, Jiang Wentao-you three hold off the ones in the back. One-Eye and I will handle the ones in front."

After Wen Yu finished speaking, he looked seriously at William and Sun Ruixing.

"You two are responsible for protecting the Fourth Prince. This time, no matter who dies, the Fourth Prince must survive!"

William nodded solemnly, securing the Fourth Prince to his body while raising his greatsword.

"Then…"

Before Wen Yu could finish his sentence, the Silver Skeleton in front launched the first attack!

As the skeleton gently raised its hands, the ground made of condensed yellow sand began to tremble violently!

Material Conjuration (S-Rank, Active Ability): A mysterious power controls surrounding matter to condense into biological forms according to the Host's will to attack enemies!

With the activation of Material Conjuration, the sand on the ground condensed at an incredible speed. Then, nearly a hundred Puppets-each four meters tall and identical to the Bone Demon standing beside the Silver Skeleton-rose to their feet!

"Jie jie jie jie…"

The Bone Demon let out a strange laugh and walked directly into the crowd of Puppets created by Material Conjuration.

They were identical!

It was like a drop of water falling into the ocean; it was impossible to distinguish one from the others!

Wen Yu's expression changed instantly!

The strength of the Puppets themselves wasn't much to fear. What was terrifying was that somewhere among them was a Bone Demon with a Physical Attribute of at least 150 Points.

Nearly a hundred Puppets provided the perfect cover for that Bone Demon.

But that wasn't all. With another wave of the Silver Skeleton's hand, a magic circle glowing with Black Light appeared out of thin air!

A terrifying roar erupted from the circle, followed by the emergence of a massive claw!

Contract Summoning (A-Rank, Active Ability): Sign a contract with a creature to summon it at any time. The Contract Creature remains for 10 minutes. Upon summoning, the Host's Physical Attribute decreases by 90%!

As the creature struggled to crawl out of the magic circle, a sense of deep dread washed over everyone present.

Standing nearly ten meters tall with razor-sharp claws, its deep black fur shimmered with faint demonic runes.

Three hideous dog heads roared frantically, and a foul, stinking breath blew toward them.

Even more terrifying was that this was a Level 4 creature!