Chapter 17: A Demon-Infested Battlefield
Q City. Steel-forged beasts were bruised and bruised, tall buildings were reduced to rubble by the sound of gunfire and artillery, and ugly figures occupied the floors.
One of the few places where demons come in a concentrated manner. It has become a battlefield for the initial confrontation between humans and demons.
The helicopter hovered in mid-air, and reporters with microphones in their hands continued to report. Keep people everywhere up to date on what's happening on the front lines. This scene is happening all over the world at the same time. Great social upheaval.
People are fully aware of the power of demons, and the fear of them is like a dark cloud that cannot be dispersed for a short time.
The armies on the front line are especially allowed to use weapons of heavy destruction in order to create a real deterrent to the demons. Surround Q City, where the demons are concentrated, and do not allow any of the demons to escape.
The sky is equipped with helicopter patrols for real-time monitoring. A mid-level demon with bone wings, unable to rise into the air for a long time, was also imprisoned in Q City.
The demons can't get out, and the human army doesn't dare to go deeper. Among the demons, there are high-level demons in charge! It can easily annihilate the human army, and its combat power is so terrifying.
In the center of the demon, on the throne made of bones, sat a humanoid black-armored demon, its whole body was wrapped in dark armor, like a dark knight. Two rounds of blood-colored eyes peeked out from the helmet, as if blood was dripping out, and wherever they looked, there were demons who surrendered on their own.
It just sat on the throne and didn't take the initiative. The invisible magic energy around imprisons the flying cannonballs, and the magic contained in them cannot be seen. The extremely terrifying high-level demons are almost the first combat power among the descending demons, and ordinary humans dare not provoke them at all!
As long as it's there, humans can't crusade deep within to defeat demons.
The two sides formed a tug-of-war, and neither wanted the other to break through the middle line. Once breached, it means that one side needs to retreat. The demon relies on its powerful body and combat power to fight with human hot weapons, and this is already a battlefield of considerable scale!
And in the outside world, in cities where humans live for a while, despite the suppression of the hidden family gods, there are still demons descending. At this time, it is the place where the magicians can play. The hermit family and the magicians without background began to become active. The relationship between hunting and being hunted is constantly changing.
Lin Cheng is also after settling his parents. Choose to go, it's time to test your mastery of magic!
S City. The roads were deserted, and the advertisements hanging in the shops were a little bleak in the wind. After the demon appeared, it was really difficult to see people on the road, except for patrolling troops.
Lin Cheng kept walking through the streets, relying on his keen spiritual sense and jade pendant to choose the direction, during which he could occasionally encounter groups of demons in groups of three or two, encircling and suppressing ordinary low-level demons with black skin and green eyes. Lin Cheng nodded, after all, they were barely among the same people.
The people living in the old street have long since evacuated, so this place is not a key patrol place for the army, and there are still demons who dare to sneak in. This is where the Magi hunt will go.
Those magicians of different ages gathered together, and they didn't work together very well, and they were rarely a fixed team. When they saw Lin Cheng, who was moving at an astonishing speed, they all cast suspicious glances, and when they saw the boots he was wearing, they were quickly relieved.
In their eyes, they obviously regarded Lin Cheng as wearing demonic equipment, and the children of a certain hidden family came out to practice. There was less awe in his eyes and more contempt and disdain. These people with no background magic, retain their prejudice against the children of the hidden family.
Lin Cheng keenly captured. Didn't care. He doesn't use his equipment right now, and his mana isn't even working. It's all in the flesh and you're in a hurry. With this speed that is not weaker than that of demons, if they knew, they would probably be so shocked that their jaws dropped.
The upper echelons took the lead in issuing a policy that demon corpses could be exchanged for material rewards, attracting many people with no background magic abilities to act independently. Although their magic awakened two years ago, they have no foundation. The combat power is not as good as those of the children of the hidden family at all, and even the magic control method is found by oneself, which is very crude. The combat power is fundamentally against the demons.
That's why they need several people to team up and hunt low-level demons together, and the material rewards in exchange for them are equally divided.
Of course, material rewards don't attract most magicians. The government took out the magic method they used to cultivate the people who directly belonged to the demons, and used them as a reward for hunting a hundred demons. This makes almost all the unbackground magicians blush.
What is lacking most without a background? It is the resources, the large number of elixirs and advanced magic skills required for cultivation. One of the most precious is the magic operation method that increases the speed of magic cultivation, and this thing is only inherited by the hidden family. Before they woke up two years ago, they were just ordinary people, where could they find a way to find it?
Undoubtedly, the government has invested a lot of money in order to give full play to the power of ordinary magicians. Although Lin Cheng didn't think that the government would come up with a more advanced magic operation method. But the low-level ones are already amazing enough.
A hundred low-level demons, or a mid-rank demon? Lin Cheng muttered to himself, waiting for his goal to be completed, and he could exchange it for a book to browse.
Roar. A shrill growl interrupted him. The ugly demon with black skin and green eyes, holding a pole in his hand, rushed violently. In its opinion, humans are insidious, crowds surround them, and once they are alone, they are not worth mentioning at all.
It's a pity that it encountered Lin Cheng, which is unreasonable. Lin Cheng did not slow down, the magic power rose and gathered his left hand, and he cut off the road pole swung by the demon with his hand, and the other punch gathered magic power and smashed out, causing the powerful demon's chest to dent. Died of a broken heart.
This method of death was thought out by Lin Cheng in advance. He didn't want the demon's green blood to stain his clothes. It's just an ordinary low-level demon, and it doesn't need to be taken seriously at all.
Regardless of the demon's corpse, Lin Cheng's figure flickered, and he left the spot in a few breaths. Soon after, several demonic beings who had encountered earlier arrived and saw the corpse of the demon not far away. They were all delighted and rushed over to check.
"Good luck. Pick up the demon corpse for nothing. The first man said.
"Will someone kill it, put it here for now. Wouldn't it be nice for us to take it away like this?" said one of the weaker boys, who was not very old. What he said didn't have much influence in the team.
"No, it won't. The demon's chest was shattered and he died. This terrifying power is not possessed by many humans. It's more likely that the devil did it. Another calmer man analyzed.
"Alright, alright. It's long-winded, and we take what others don't want, and there's no problem. The man who spoke first urged, and in his opinion, if the original owner came back to retrieve the body, the fat in his mouth would be gone. It's best to take it first.
Several people did not refute again, although the man's quality was extremely low, he was the strongest in the team. Moreover, if this demon corpse is really unclaimed, the reward will be divided equally, which is still very considerable.
Lin Cheng, who had already left, naturally didn't know about this little episode that happened behind the scenes. Of course, if he knew, he wouldn't care. The corpse of a low-level demon was really useless to him. His target was an extremely powerful demon in the lower ranks, and even a mid-level demon.
Ten minutes later, Lin Cheng turned into a no-man's land. There are few houses here, and the crowd has long since evacuated after the demon arrived. It has been reduced to a no-man's land, the main dormant place for demons. Ordinary demons dare not set foot in it, and some hermit families will send strong people here, one is to protect the city, and the other is to treasure treasure.
It's not just demons who have descended from the Demon Realm. Some spirit grasses that do not belong to this realm, magic flowers will also occasionally descend. If you get one, you can fetch a sky-high price in the present world. The hermit family that has been inherited for a hundred years is extremely greedy for these eyes, let alone others?
But that's not what Lin Cheng's purpose is. His body had already been baptized by elixir, and the magic flower of the ordinary stage was useless to him. He's here to fight, to practice his magic to his heart's content, and to squeeze his potential.
There is a danger sign in the middle of the road, and there is a dense forest not far away. The jade pendant glows with a sense of warmth. There are more than one or two demons in front.
Lin Cheng slowed down and reined in his magic and aura. After touching it closely, the magic power fluctuations came, and in addition to the demon's magic power, it also sensed the breath of a human being. And there are quite a few, it seems that they are hunting two low-level demons who are not weak.
The dense forest is spread out, and in the center of the field is a flat field. Seven humans surrounded a low-level high-level demon with bony wings. The middle-aged man led by him was dressed in black soft armor, and his strength was very strong, which made Lin Cheng feel threatened. The others were relatively young, armed with hot weapons, and wore uniforms of uniform style, with the natsu embroidery on the chest of their robes.
"See? a thermal weapon crafted with magic that pierces through the demon's bone wings and weak spots. Then the group cooperated with the bag, and it couldn't be easier to hunt down the demons below the intermediate level. The man's voice was low, leading the young people of the family to demonstrate how to encircle and suppress the demons.
Unexpectedly, the Xia family also sent someone. Lin Cheng restrained his breath and forced his breath. According to Wang Cheng, the Xia family has a lot of industries, including weapon development. The reputation is not good. At this time, it is inevitable that there will be unnecessary trouble.
Fortunately, the group disposed of the demon's corpse and quickly evacuated. No trace of him was found.
Call. It seems that we have to be cautious. He didn't want to touch the mold of the hidden family.