Chapter 66 – If I Can't Get In, None of You Are Getting Out!

Volume 3: Rising Winds and Clouds

"Run? Where could they possibly run to?"

A slightly savage grin tugged at Wen Yu's lips. Grabbing Zhao Mingming, he ran toward Xing in long strides.

"Come on. Boss is taking you to see the Demon City!"

Wen Yu's thinking was simple. Since they had fled back to the Demon City, he would go there and slaughter them!

It was only a matter of massacring a city. According to the Military's intelligence, there were just two Level 4 Demonic Creatures inside. Even assuming another four had escaped their notice, Wen Yu still didn't consider that an unbeatable force!

With sufficient individual power, a single person slaughtering an entire city was no joke!

…

Xing was incredibly fast. Guided by Zhao Mingming, he brought the Demon City into view in less than an hour!

"Demon City" was simply what the Military called it, just as they called their own city the Outpost. Of course, those were only names. People could call them whatever they liked!

The Demon City was roughly the same size as the Outpost, and from above, its internal layout looked much the same as well. The greatest difference was the three enormous Demon Realm Gates towering nearly fifty meters high at the rear of the city. Vast numbers of low-level Demonic Creatures poured continuously out of the Demon Realm Gates, with the occasional Level 3 Demonic Creature appearing among them!

Blackish-gray Demon Qi gushed endlessly from the three Demon Realm Gates before being drawn into a cylindrical object thirty meters tall in the center of the city.

From Wen Yu's vantage point, he could tell that the cylinder was absorbing Demon Qi at an astonishing rate. Even though the three Demon Realm Gates were spewing tremendous quantities of Demon Qi, the concentration around the Demon City had not risen in the slightest!

Countless Demonic Creatures densely packed every corner of the Demon City. Unexpectedly, however, none of them made a move. They simply stood motionless inside.

Atop the twenty-meter-high city wall, three Level 4 Demonic Creatures stared fixedly at Wen Yu, the murderous intent and wariness in their eyes plain to see.

"Three Level 4 Demonic Creatures, including one Ancient Demon…"

Wen Yu briefly assessed the quality and number of the high-level Demonic Creatures in the city, then nodded slowly.

"We can take them!"

Wen Yu tossed Zhao Mingming off Xing's back. Xing immediately opened his enormous jaws and unleashed a thunderous roar!

Then Xing plunged toward the city at breakneck speed.

With the enhancement from the Demon Dragon Armor Skill, Xing loved using the powerful body of his Divine Beast Species to simply ram his enemies to death.

As Xing rapidly closed the distance, one of the Level 4 Demonic Creatures on the wall could no longer withstand its own murderous urges or the savage pressure radiating from Xing. With a roar, it leaped from the wall and charged straight at him!

In an instant, blood and flesh sprayed everywhere!

The bizarre-looking, early-stage Level 4 Demonic Creature was killed outright by the sheer force of Xing's charge. Without slowing down, Xing continued straight toward the Ancient Demon!

As Xing's enormous form drew closer, the Ancient Demon standing atop the Demon City's wall flashed Wen Yu a vicious grin. It made no attempt to dodge, merely remaining calmly where it stood!

A terrible premonition suddenly rose in Wen Yu's heart!

And then…

"BOOM!"

A deafening crash erupted in front of Xing's head as a black Light Shield stopped him dead.

The hemispherical Light Shield completely enveloped the entire Demon City. Xing slammed into it with all his strength, only to find it as unyielding as a wall of solid steel!

The tremendous backlash shattered the scales on Xing's forehead, drawing several drops of dragon blood. Xing had no time to stop, and his immense momentum sent his entire body slamming flat against the Light Shield like a gigantic Fly!

Xing slid down the Light Shield from midair. The wound on his head was small, and an impact of this degree was naturally not enough to seriously injure him. Unfortunately, the sudden collision left him seeing stars.

"Boss… we've fallen into a trap…"

The moment the violent impact sounded, Wen Yu had already grabbed One-Eye and jumped from Xing's back. He turned his gaze toward the massive Light Shield surrounding the Demon City.

The black, translucent Light Shield shimmered beneath the white sky. Despite its dark color, it did nothing to obstruct the view into or out of the city. Judging by how it had just stopped Xing's collision, its defensive power was astonishing!

"Boss… save me… It's a trap…"

The impact had left Xing dazed and confused. In human terms, he probably had a mild concussion. He kept mumbling incoherently through the Soul Connection.

"All right, you're fine. This isn't a trap either. Hurry over here!"

"It isn't…?"

Only then did Xing come to his senses. Come to think of it, aside from the stinging pain in his forehead, no other part of his body felt as though it had been attacked.

"Oh. Oh."

Xing let out two odd cries and slowly rose to his feet. Perhaps the concussion had not completely worn off, because he was still dizzy when he stood up. He promptly headed in the wrong direction and slammed straight into the Light Shield again.

…

A while later, Wen Yu and his two Soul Pets silently studied the Demon City.

Ten minutes earlier, when the disoriented Xing had finally stumbled back to Wen Yu's side, the Protective Shield covering the entire Demon City had vanished.

Protective Shield was the name Wen Yu had given the black Light Shield.

Xing had also made a full recovery. The natural gifts of the Divine Beast Species were no joke.

As soon as his head cleared, Xing began making a tremendous racket, spewing Dragon Flame at the Demon City again and again.

Unfortunately, every blast of Dragon Flame was stopped by the Protective Shield surrounding the Demon City.

Wen Yu frowned as he studied the Ancient Demon still standing atop the city wall.

From beginning to end, even when Xing drew extremely close to the Demon City, the Ancient Demon showed no sign of launching an attack.

Judging by that, the Protective Shield might work both ways!

It defended against attacks from outside the city while also preventing the Demon Race within from attacking outward.

After thinking for a moment, Wen Yu suddenly recalled the black cylinder standing at the center of the Demon City.

"Xing, take me up so I can get a look from above."

…

High in the sky, Xing repeatedly tested the Protective Shield over the Demon City.

No matter how much force he used, the Protective Shield stopped him cold. It even blocked him when he merely tried to enter the Demon City without attacking.

Wen Yu stood on Xing's back, his eyes fixed on the black cylinder.

Whenever Xing attacked, the Black Light covering the cylinder would flare brightly. A vast amount of the Demon Qi it had absorbed would then surge out to replenish the Protective Shield's energy.

Wen Yu nodded and ordered Xing to fly back to the front of the Demon City.

He then addressed Zhao Mingming, who was waiting there.

"New intelligence. There's a cylindrical object thirty meters tall inside the Demon City. My preliminary assessment is that it's a device capable of generating a Protective Shield. Its energy source is Demon Qi. The Protective Shield is extremely durable. At the very least, I can't break through it with my current strength. Every attack it negates consumes some Demon Qi."

Seeing Zhao Mingming carefully record everything, Wen Yu continued.

"The Protective Shield appears to be bidirectional and can block attacks from either side. It stops both physical and energy-based attacks. However, while it prevents living creatures outside from entering, it doesn't stop those inside from leaving. Either the Protective Shield itself has a basic ability to distinguish friend from foe, or some living creature is controlling it."

"That's everything we know about the Protective Shield."

Zhao Mingming quickly finished recording the report and sent Wen Yu's intelligence to General Headquarters.

Then he looked at Wen Yu and asked, "Sir, if we can't get in, what should we do?"

Wen Yu gazed at the enormous Demon City and said calmly, "If I can't get in, then naturally, they can't get out. I'll wait right here. Let's see whether they can truly tolerate a single human keeping every Demonic Creature in their city trapped behind the Protective Shield."