King of Creation Chapter 2163 - 2148: A Difficult Decision

As the Three-eyed Demon Clan leaders charged recklessly towards Cairo Fortress, the middle and lower-level Demon Clans also rushed frenziedly.

Each acted with a more ferocious and crazed stance than those leaders of the Three-eyed Demon Clan, storming towards Cairo Fortress.

Of course, this wasn’t because they shared the humiliation suffered by the Three-eyed Demon Clan.

For the Demon Clans, who are inherently selfish, other clans’ honor and disgrace are mere trifles, more of a spectacle, sometimes even an opportunity for mockery.

However, the iron-blooded military rules within the Demon Clan forced them to act this way.

If the leader of any troop dies in battle, as long as the leader is a high-level demon such as the Moon Demon, Three-eyed Demon Clan, or Winged Demon, all troops under their command who aren’t high-level demons will be demoted to slaves if their leader dies but they survive!

In both Great Zhou and the Demon Clan, slaves are mere livestock that can be slaughtered at will, far from being considered living beings.

And as a noble born of the Three-eyed Demon Clan, joining the army guarantees a significant military rank, no matter how low one’s cultivation might be.

Thus, when the Three-eyed Demon Clan charged madly at Cairo Fortress, those middle and low-level Demon Clans had no choice but to rush forward frantically to share the pressure if they didn’t want their leaders to perish.

In this situation, in just an instant, the siege combat reached its peak intensity.

The intensity of the Demon Clan’s assault increased more than threefold, and the battle quickly reached a stalemate.

Amidst Gu Tieqi’s hoarse roar, spatial fluctuations appeared silently in the void five thousand miles away, each bringing with it a streak of blood light.

Twelve Commander Level Spirit Boats, shrouded in clouds, were advancing rapidly.

The Demon Clan’s vigilance this time was more thorough than Ye Zhen had imagined.

The Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunter cleared only two-thirds of the patrols before a piercing blood-colored Bone Talisman exploded in the sky.

"Grand Marshal, we’ve been exposed!" Niu Er’s face turned livid and embarrassed, "It was my mistake!"

"It’s enough! The Demon Clan’s Shadow Demons are on par with you, achieving this degree is commendable!"

"Advance at full speed!"

In an instant, the twelve Commander Level Spirit Boats pushed their speed to the extreme.

A hundred breaths later, when Cairo Fortress’s walls appeared in Ye Zhen’s view, a three thousand-strong elite Demon Clan unit flew towards the thick clouds.

"Prepare for battle!"

Almost at the same moment, while Jii Qi was attacking the fortress with all his might, he received accurate intelligence.

"Damn!"

He slammed his fist into the table, shattering it; Jii Qi stared angrily at the corpse of the Three-eyed Demon Clan suspended from Cairo Fortress’s walls and covered in urine.

This army appearing behind them was so timely that it caught them off guard, right as their furious assault had pushed the siege into a white-hot, stalemate state.

If he couldn’t understand that the Human Clan leaders on the wall were deliberately provoking him, then he would be utterly oblivious.

But the timing was too tight.

Just as the siege reached a stalemate, he knew that if he ordered a retreat now, not only would his side suffer heavy casualties, but the garrison might seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Then, under attack from both inside and outside, only heaven knows how many of his 150,000 troops would remain.

"Order the Iron-armored Demon to hold the rear and buy time for the army’s retreat."

"Judging by their ability to clear patrols, the presence of large numbers of Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters and Generals is suspected, suggesting this is likely the force led by the Blood River Fortress Marshal who previously raided Yue Dai’s army."

"Send a message to the Seventh Prince immediately, reporting a highly suspect sighting of the previously raiding enemy force."

"Order the mobile units in the rear to hold for fifteen minutes, and if they fail, come back to face me with your heads!"

Just as this command was issued, the leader of the mobile units facing Ye Zhen’s army sent a confident guarantee.

"Rest assured, Right Commander; the enemy has only about sixty thousand forces, sustaining for fifteen minutes is manageable, even an hour won’t be a problem!"

With such assurance, the Right Commander of the Crown Prince Guard, Jii Qi, felt completely reassured.

Of course, what reassured him was not only the leader’s guarantee but also the troop’s strength under his command.

Among those thirty thousand troops, one-third were Crown Prince Guard elites, while the remaining twenty thousand were elite forces under the Thirty-Six Marching Generals led by Jii Wuxin, boasting combat power double that of ordinary Demon Clan troops.

Thus, he was very confident.

However, what Jii Qi didn’t know was that the enemy they faced this time was different.

This time, among their opponents were individuals whose battlefield capabilities matched that of a hundred thousand-man army.

In typical scenarios, such a presence could alter the course of the war, even allowing the weaker to defeat the stronger.

Currently, Ye Zhen’s side had three and a half such individuals, each equivalent to a hundred-thousand-man army.

Ye Zhen’s Divine Power of the Geomagnetic Field, especially after he cultivated it via the Mirage Dragon Pearl, allowing its power to grow with his Cultivation, became incredibly terrifying in battlefield scenarios, especially in localized skirmishes.

When the Geomagnetic Field is activated, enemy soldiers turn into sitting ducks, magnifying the killing power of the Heavenly Wave Army’s cover fire from North Sea forces exponentially.

War, typically like the fight between bears, where you kill a thousand enemies but lose eight hundred yourself.

But when one bear gains the agility of a monkey, the other bear, no matter how strong, ends up being brutally toyed with.

If Ye Zhen’s Geomagnetic Field was the only factor, then the elite Demon Clan forces intercepting Ye Zhen’s sixty-thousand-strong army would only suffer moderate losses despite their powerful individual capabilities.

However, with Ye Zhen’s Mystical Mechanism Avatar’s unique Soul Demon Sovereign group Divine Soul Attack, the Nightmare Roar...

Though the Nightmare Roar isn’t overwhelmingly damaging, under Mystical Mechanism Avatar’s current Dao Realm cultivation, within its group range, the effect on Martial Artists, from Realm King Realm downwards, varies from ten breaths to just a blink of an eye depending on their Divine Soul Cultivation.

During this time affected by the Nightmare Roar, mild symptoms include slowed reactions and sluggish Spiritual Power flow, whereas severe symptoms render the victim temporarily stuck between a nightmare and reality, losing their ability to respond to incoming attacks.

This again exponentially enhances the equipment advantage of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army, especially the power of crossbow bolt coverage strikes.

Little Demon is the third individual capable of exerting power equivalent to a hundred-thousand-strong army.

Little Demon’s localized combat abilities can be divided into offensive and defensive.

Offensively, Little Demon’s capabilities are simple; various mutant vines emerging from the ground can again restrict the enemy, slow their actions, and unleash various tormenting toxins across areas.

This further exacerbates the already suffering enemy forces under the effects of Ye Zhen’s Geomagnetic Field and the Mystical Mechanism Avatar’s Nightmare Roar.

Little Demon can even conduct precise strikes across areas.

For example, if a unit remains formidable, even under combined effects of the Magnetic Field and Nightmare Roar, maintaining some combat strength.

Then, Little Demon can apply powerful localized influence on them,

and conduct interception impacts on enemy leaders within the troops.

For example, the Little Cat is dueling an enemy commander at the late stage of the Realm King Realm. As long as the Little Demon secretly mobilizes the vines at a critical moment, it can create a chance for the Little Cat to deliver a fatal blow to that commander.

This is the influence of the Little Demon on the enemy.

The benefits the Little Demon provides to our troops are even more straightforward.

The powerful healing abilities of the Yimu Spiritual Power can minimize the casualties of Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea.

The army is accompanied by Military Priests who can bestow various blessings and enhancements on the army, and also cast various curses and secret techniques, even area attacks, not to mention healing the troops.

However, over the many years of conflict between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Demon Clan, the Ancestor God Temple Priests of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the usual methods of the Demon God Palace’s Demon Masters have become well understood by both sides, with each possessing ways to counteract the other’s priests, thereby minimizing their influence.

Nevertheless, the aid and healing provided to their respective soldiers remain very powerful.

But in terms of healing, the various methods of the priests can’t compare at all to the pure Yimu Spiritual Power of the Little Fairy.

In an instant, it can save a dying soldier, turn a severe wound into a minor one, and let those with minor injuries continue fighting with virtually no impact.

This is enough to count as three individuals with the strength of a hundred thousand soldiers in Ye Zhen’s army.

As for the other half, that’s Big Ears Nie Ting.

Nie Ting’s Heavenly Sound Divine Ability can provide precise auxiliary sniping of the enemy’s senior commanders during battle.

Why is it auxiliary sniping?

Currently, the Heavenly Sound Divine Ability of Big Ears Nie Ting doesn’t possess lethal killing power.

However, when Ye Zhen engages in combat against the chief of this 30,000-strong elite unit, it can exert a huge influence.

The chief of this Demon Clan unit sent to intercept Ye Zhen’s army is also a powerful Bull Demon in the early Dao Realm.

Under normal circumstances, it’s very difficult for Ye Zhen to slay him.

Even if Ye Zhen uses all his methods and employs All Living Beings’ Will Power, it still requires some time.

To break through to the Dao Realm, isn’t everyone equipped with some life-saving methods?

Especially on the battlefield, when the mind is focused, they can exert their full strength to the utmost.

So, under normal circumstances, even if Ye Zhen wants to solve them, even using all methods, a certain amount of time is needed.

But with the auxiliary support of Big Ears Nie Ting’s Heavenly Sound Divine Ability, a fleeting moment can create a battle opportunity for Ye Zhen to kill the enemy in one blow.

If the battle opportunity created by Big Ears Nie Ting’s Heavenly Sound Divine Ability is not enough, and can’t let Ye Zhen kill the opponent in one blow, then just add in the Little Demon.

Among those in the early Dao Realm, with the combined abilities of the Little Demon, Big Ears Nie Ting, and Ye Zhen, no one is a match for Ye Zhen in a single round.

In this situation, the speed at which the 30,000-strong army sent by the Right Commander of the Crown Prince Guard, Jii Qi, to intercept Ye Zhen’s army is defeated is unimaginably fast.

Upon appearance, Ye Zhen’s Geomagnetic Field, Xuan Ji Avatar’s Nightmare Roar, and the Little Demon’s stealthy vines, combined with the Heavenly Wave Army’s crossbow bolt barrage, brought massive casualties to this troop.

Normally, organized Demon Clan elites would face very limited casualties under a barrage of crossbow bolts from the Zhou Army.

Subsequently, before all the experts in this troop could react, or even understand, their enraged chief was inexplicably killed by Ye Zhen with a single sword strike, with even the Primordial Spirit devoured by the Blood Flag fluttering in the sky.

The death of the chief brings unparalleled negative effects to a troop.

Lacking command, in chaos and fear, fighting individually, in an instant, the troops lost the last chance to salvage the situation, not to mention the ever-expanding advantage on Ye Zhen’s side.

Especially as the senior commanders are successively sniped and eliminated by Ye Zhen in coordination with the Heavenly Patrol Divine General and Big Ears Nie Ting, this elite Demon Clan troop completely lost its command.

With all these factors overlapping, the situation of this troop became catastrophic beyond measure.

After several rounds of crossbow bolt barrage, the casualties were severe, and they almost lost the ability to resist.

Thus, when the 4,000 Demon Spirit Soldiers on Ye Zhen’s side, led by Zheng Dangshi, attacked, it was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, akin to slaughter.

And these are not even the most deadly elements.

The most deadly is the death of the chief and senior commanders, leading to a temporary disconnection with the rear army.

So that when the Right Commander Jii Qi, commanding the siege forces to retreat in an orderly manner, received the news, the 30,000 troops sent to intercept Ye Zhen’s army had already suffered more than half the casualties.

And at this time, only a hundred breaths have passed, and the siege army commanded by Jii Qi had just begun to retreat.

Upon receiving the news, Jii Qi’s eyes turned red.

"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Thirty thousand elites, even if they stood still to be chopped, it’s impossible to chop them down this fast, right?" Jii Qi roared in anger.

Unfortunately, the crossbow barrage of Ye Zhen’s side isn’t cutting, it’s harvesting!

As the Right Commander of the Crown Prince Guard, Jii Qi still had some capability.

After quickly assessing the situation of the mobile army, Jii Qi’s mood reached an immeasurable low.

This is absolutely the worst situation he has ever faced.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the mindset of Yue Dai back then.

Impossible!

Things deemed absolutely impossible were happening right before his eyes.

Not only did they happen, but they also placed his army in an extremely dangerous predicament.

The 30,000 troops intercepting from the rear had already collapsed, nearing total defeat, while his siege forces could only accelerate their retreat.

Accelerating the retreat would not only greatly increase casualties.

It would also place his army in a state of encirclement, attacked from both the front and the rear.

At this moment, he could confirm that the 60,000-strong army behind him was definitely the elite army of 60,000 led by Commander Ye Zhen of the Blood River Fortress.

Combat power incredibly high!

In this instant, the prophecy of the Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong flashed through his mind, leaving him with a sense of helplessness.

With the elite led by Ye Zhen behind, and four to fifty thousand garrison troops from Cairo Fortress making a coordinated assault in the front, he was certain that a major defeat was imminent!

As for the extent of the defeat and the losses incurred, it was difficult to predict.

However, as the Right Commander of the Crown Prince Guard, Jii Qi still had some decisiveness.

Very quickly, he made an extremely difficult decision!