Category: Small Fiend
Level: Zero Order
Race: Demon
Trait: Fire Resistance
Description: Small Fiend is one of the most important members of the demon race. They are the origin of demons and almost all demons evolve from Small Fiends. Although Small Fiends play a significant role in the demon race, their status is very low, basically at the level of slaves and food.
- Excerpt from "Demons and Humans"
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"Where were you just now?"
Facing my question, Scarface smiled mysteriously without realizing it, "I know you're in trouble, so let me take down this level for you."
After speaking, without waiting for my response, Scarface waved his hand, "Follow me!"
"Oh!"
Countless demons responded loudly in my ears, Scarface took the lead and rushed up the stairs, followed by around sixty or seventy Big Fiends and at least seven hundred Small Fiends...
What's going on? How did Scarface suddenly have more underlings... So that's why he disappeared, because he recruited new underlings during the time I was fighting. No wonder he was nowhere to be seen before the battle, this guy wouldn't be planning to profit from the fisherman's gains, would he?
The addition of Scarface's fresh reinforcements instantly changed the situation on the fifth level. Little Five's squad slowly retreated, completely handing over the battlefield to Scarface.
Scarface's fighting style is extremely fierce, kicking, punching, clawing, biting, using every possible means. His demons also launched a crazy attack without regard for their own lives. In no time, they suppressed the guarding demons on the fifth level. If this trend continues, the fifth level won't last much longer.
I took a moment to look back at Little Three. The group of Small Fiends led by Little Three is the most likely group to evolve among my subordinates. After replenishing their food supplies on the first four levels, nearly twenty of the over six hundred Small Fiends have already evolved. If this progress continues, there will probably be over a hundred Small Fiends evolving into Big Fiends before we reach the thirteenth level.
Among the imps, the group led by Little Four suffered the most casualties, with over half of them dead or injured. Next is Little Five, with nearly two hundred dead or injured. Little Two hasn't entered the battlefield yet, and Little Three is on standby. The Big Fiend legion led by Cyclops is still without casualties, although there are a few lightly injured.
Scarface, disregarding the casualties, charged toward the fifth level. He soon broke through the enemy's defense line and launched a fierce assault toward the sixth level. Although Scarface was aggressive, nearly two layers worth of his underlings were dead or injured. I immediately had him stay in place to resist the enemy while sending Little Five and Cyclops to lead the attack on the sixth level...
The battlefield was extremely brutal, with demons dying every minute and second. When we reached the thirteenth level, the combined forces of Little Two, Little Four, and Little Five amounted to just over a hundred Small Fiends. They were on the brink of being wiped out. The Small Fiend legion only had Little Three's squad remaining intact. Cyclops' Big Fiend legion also lost almost half, with seventy-two remaining. As for Scarface, he had suffered even worse casualties, his imps were wiped out, and he had twenty-six Big Fiends left.
We had reached the final level, and I stood on the edge of the stairs, looking down. Below was an endless sea of blood, almost engulfing all the land below the entrance on the upper levels.
The entrance on the upper levels was like a giant mouth embedded in a cliff. To come up, one would first have to climb several hundred meters up a steep slope, but now, the slope is almost out of sight. Waves of blood surged, and the bodies floated up and down in the blood. This scene reminded me of the flood in the Gold Mountain Monastery in "The Legend of the White Snake," how similar it was!
The thirteenth level was a huge platform. Previously, when looking up from below, it was hard to see anything, which was the reason I miscalculated the enemy's numbers. Now that I had reached the platform, I realized that the enemy's hidden forces were even greater than I had imagined.
Twenty to a hundred powerful Big Fiends stood in front of the entrance on the upper levels, behind them were a thousand Small Fiends baring their fangs and brandishing their claws. The demon leading this terrifying and massive force was a Big Fiend with a pair of shepherd's horns on its head. Wait, a Big Fiend?
No, that creature definitely wasn't a Big Fiend. Its body was taller and larger than the strongest Big Fiend, with the average Big Fiend standing around 150 centimeters tall, and the tallest only around 170 centimeters, and Big Fiends don't have horns on their heads.The demon in front of me is different. It stands at least 180 centimeters tall and has a pair of curved, shepherd-like horns growing out of its head, with the tips pointing backward. It is not just a regular Fiend; it is definitely a higher-ranking Fiend, a leader of the second tier!
"You've finally arrived," the Fiend leader's voice is sinister, a sound that immediately grates on one's nerves. Ever since I appeared, its blood-red eyes have never left me.
Suppressing my discomfort at being mistaken for a female demon, I furrowed my brows and asked, "Why block our way here? Wouldn't it be better to let us leave? If we start fighting now, when the Blood Sea rises, we might not be able to escape at all."
"It's you who won't be able to escape," the Fiend leader laughed wickedly. "Of course, if you're afraid, you can agree to a condition from me, and then I might spare you."
"I refuse."
"Don't refuse so quickly, you might actually like this condition."
"I don't need to guess. I'm sure the condition involves me sacrificing myself... For the chance to survive. It's impossible. I'd rather die."
My swift and resolute rejection enraged the Fiend leader, who shouted in frustration, "What's wrong with attaching yourself to me? A weak demon like you should be attached to someone stronger!"
"That's just your opinion. Besides, in my eyes, you're just a piece of trash," I sent a disdainful glance his way and waved my hand. "Let's fight!"
"Fight, fight! For our master!"
With the command to fight, the enthusiastic and masochistic one-eyed Fiend led the charge. Following behind were the surviving powerful Fiends and the few remaining small Fiends, whose numbers had been greatly reduced due to the previous battles.
The scarred face glanced at me deeply, as if there were many things he wanted to say, but in the end, all he said was a short sentence, "I will be free after this battle."
"Yes," I replied.
"I won't give up on you," the scarred face said without waiting for my response, then led his remnants to charge at the Fiend leader.
I was speechless... Why spout nonsense at such a critical moment! Can't these blind guys see clearly? Where did I appear weak?! I've always been a tough guy!
The one-eyed Fiend, along with the scarred face, led nearly a hundred powerful Fiends and a few small Fiends. Unfortunately, this force was completely insufficient in the face of the enemy. The enemy not only had the Fiend leader as their commander, but also had 120 powerful Fiends and over a thousand small Fiends. No matter how you looked at it, we were bound to lose.
Was that really the case?
Don't forget, I still had a fresh force that hadn't been deployed, the small Fiend legion led by Xiao San!
I didn't move this team since the battle began. Instead, I fed them almost all the bodies of the other demons. It was precisely because of this that over a hundred of Xiao San's six hundred small Fiends evolved into powerful Fiends!
The one-eyed Fiend and his group had already clashed with the enemy. At first, our demons, armed with bone clubs, managed to gain an advantage, but soon, they encountered difficulties. After all, the one-eyed Fiend and his group had been fighting for a long time, and even with a little rest, they were still extremely exhausted. So, I issued the order for Xiao San to join the battle: "Xiao San, it's your turn. Go around from the right side, a small portion will assist the one-eyed Fiend, and the rest should focus on wiping out the enemy's small Fiend legion."
"Yes, master."
Finally, it was Xiao San's turn to take the stage. This guy, who had evolved into a powerful Fiend in just two days, couldn't contain his desire for battle. Trembling with excitement for the approaching battle, he brandished his bone club. The overly energetic Xiao San howled, "Follow me, kill all those who stand in our way! For our master!"
"For our master!"
Under Xiao San's leadership, the demons charged into the battlefield, bypassing our forces and attacking the enemy from the right side. This fresh force immediately caught the enemy off guard. These demons were not like the tired troops led by the one-eyed Fiend; they were full of energy and just needed an outlet.
Swinging their bone clubs, the demons struck the enemy with a surprise attack, and in an instant, the enemy's small Fiends fell like wheat, dropping in large numbers. With powerful Fiends leading the way, our side held a considerable advantage. The strength of powerful Fiends was at least twice that of small Fiends, and the enemy's positioning on the battlefield was extremely dense. With every swing of the bone club, two or three Fiends would fall.All the little Fiends under me are equipped with bone staffs as weapons. After the newly promoted Great Fiend led by Xiao San broke the enemy's formation, some of the Great Fiends went to surround the enemy's Great Ghost, while the remaining Great Fiends, along with the little Fiends, were responsible for dealing with the remaining eight hundred little ghosts of the enemy.
Although the Great Fiends and the little Fiends of the enemy were separated, the battlefield situation did not look so smooth. Although Xiao San helped the One-eyed Fiends lift the siege, they still lacked time to rest and their stamina was somewhat insufficient. They were being pressed by the leader of the Fiends and his Great Ghosts. Even with Xiao San's assistance, the battle was at most in a stalemate.
The leader of the Fiends had an additional weapon compared to the Great Fiends, and that was the horn on his head. Although the horn was pointing backward, its hardness was no joke. While fighting, he suddenly used his mouth to bite. If he couldn't bite, he would lower his head and ram, and the Nine Fingers would be sent flying by the leader of the Fiends with his horn.
Scarface kicked away a Great Fiend that was protecting the leader of the Fiends, then immediately used an elbow strike to sneak attack the leader of the Fiends. The leader of the Fiends was hit in the back with an elbow strike, but only took two steps back and stood steady, without suffering any injuries. The leader of the Fiends turned his head and saw Scarface still stunned because his attack didn't knock down the opponent. The leader of the Fiends turned around and threw a punch. Scarface only had time to use both hands to block, but unfortunately, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. Scarface was knocked to the ground by this punch, and the bones of his hands and arms were probably fractured.
The leader of the Fiends was about to pursue his victory and kill Scarface when a black arrow suddenly hit his shoulder like lightning, causing him to grimace in pain. Scarface was quick-witted and, seeing the leader of the Fiends being attacked, he quickly stood up and escaped a distance.
Scarface successfully escaped, and the leader of the Fiends, who had lost his target, turned around ferociously and saw me, who was condensing shadow arrows not far away.
After successfully evolving, strange knowledge appeared in my mind, allowing me to quickly master some special skills, such as shadow arrows.
Controlling the dark elements to condense into an arrow, the more solid the shadow arrow, the stronger its power. This skill is very similar to the Shadow Bolt skill of the Warlock in "World of Warcraft." Condensing a shadow arrow requires concentration and control of the internal magic to condense the dark elements into the shape of an arrow, and then target and shoot it out with my gaze.
Because I am not proficient, each shadow arrow takes about 5 seconds to cast.
The shadow arrow that was just shot at the leader of the Fiends only burst open the flesh on its shoulder. It seemed a bit bloody, but it didn't actually cause any serious injuries.
And the 5-second casting time is too long. During the casting, I cannot move my legs. If the leader of the Fiends charges at me during this time, I will only become a target.
Oh no, it's coming...
