Chapter 61: The Demon Bat II
"That's right," Li Wenxin said, "in the current situation, with their level of spiritual power, ordinary weapons can only cause very little damage to them. You'd better retreat one after the other, or you'll only add senseless casualties. β
"I see, honorable oracles. β
The regimental commander wiped the blood from the scar on his forehead and licked his lips vigorously. As a spirit master, the commander of an integrated infantry regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he knew that the official title of the personal disciple of the Twelve Spirit Generals was the Twelve Spirit Messengers. However, this title is relatively rare, and few people use it except in some official occasions and a few official and military documents.
"The first battalion commander, the third battalion commander, lead all the ordinary soldiers to retreat!"
"Sir, ...... you" Xue Mengyi wanted to say something.
"Miss Bright Spirit Envoy," the head of the regiment raised his empty left hand, wiped the corners of his mouth, raised his head, and looked at the five demon sound demon bats floating in the sky, "I understand what you mean. I can make ordinary soldiers retreat, but we spirit masters won't retreat. We will never retreat without receiving a formal order to retreat. We are the Cangling Army. β
Xue Mengyi endured the discomfort in her heart and stomach, reluctantly looked down at the corpses of soldiers and the gradually coagulated plasma around her, and nodded.
Ye Hengyuan also lowered his head and glanced at it. The body of a soldier killed in battle lay a few steps away at his feet, with three long fatal wounds in his neck and chest. The blood from the wound had completely clotted and turned into a disgusting, unclear color. If it was a year ago, he would definitely be so frightened that he fell to the ground and couldn't get up for half a day. But now he is no longer the little chef who had nothing. Although he was just as disgusted, it was nothing. He raised Fang Tian's halberd and pointed the tip of the halberd at the head of the strongest Demon Sound Demon Bat in the middle. The dragon pattern on the halberd began to glow, emitting circles of rippling blue light.
He knew that the reason why the Demon Sound Demon Bat was powerful was not only because of their ability to control sound waves and wind elements, but also because they had a part of the dragon blood in their bodies. If you look at the genetics of the spirit beasts on the Cangling Continent, the genes of bats, pterodactyl nocturnal mammals, will not be stronger than those of dragons of the same attribute. Generally speaking, for many kinds of spirit beasts, the species with the bloodline of the dragon, phoenix, or unicorn are slightly stronger than the others, either in a certain aspect or in the whole. It is precisely because of the dragon bloodline that the Demon Sound Demon Bat has the ability to haunt during the day and is not affected by sunlight, and has more powerful sonic control* than other bat-like spirit beasts. Unleashing the power of the dragon pattern will definitely suppress them to a certain extent, or at least weaken them to a certain extent.
The four micro-spirit cores rose above Ye Hengyuan and the four at the same time, and began to rotate at the same time, releasing four different spiritual power fluctuations. The four momentum condensed together, converging into a relatively powerful momentum, pushing back all the momentum of the five demonic sound demon bats, and oppressing them so that none of the low-level spirit beasts under them and behind them dared to attack rashly. This momentum then changed from invisible to tangible, expanding to both sides, turning into a long strip of defensive wall like a city wall.
The commander of the first and third battalions immediately ordered the ordinary soldiers to retreat. All the remaining hoplites rearranged themselves into a fragmented battle formation, covering the musketeers in the rear, and slowly retreated. Only the regiment commander, the second battalion commander, and more than a dozen low-level spirit masters remained, forming a goose wing-shaped battle formation behind Ye Hengyuan's four people.
None of the five Demon Sound Demon Bats immediately attacked. All of them could sense that these humans were a deadly threat to them. The wind suddenly changed to a southeast wind, which became more and more violent. The snowflakes also became like blunt blades, slowly slicing through their large wings and the thin bodies sandwiched between them.
"Humβ"
The largest demon bat raised its head and opened its mouth. A circle of blue-gray spiritual power waves spread out from its mouth, enveloping the four of Ye Hengyuan and the dozen or so spirit masters behind them. This blue-gray wave is not only a spiritual wave, but also a circle of sound waves. The piercing sound like a knife scraping iron enters everyone's eardrums, stimulating everyone's auditory nerves.
Li Wenxin's eyes widened suddenly, and his arms pushed into the air. A dark gray spiritual power fluctuation like a burning flame rose from his body, and two different spiritual power balls, one black and one white, appeared in the palms of his hands.
"Do it!"
A huge round cover-shaped gray spiritual power curtain suddenly appeared above the five demonic sound demon bats. It looks like a pot lid used in the army to make a big pot of rice, and it is unremarkable. But the moment it appeared, the five Demon Sound Demon Bats fell from the sky as if they had lost their bones.
Ye Hengyuan and Lei Xi rose into the air at the same time, rushing towards the two Demon Sound Demon Bat with the weakest cultivation on the far left and right. Pillars of cyan and purple light enveloped their bodies, stirring up two waves of qi that scattered the snowflakes and sand on the ground. The micro-spirit core on the top of the two of their heads and the spirit circle on their bodies glowed at the same time. The lightning elemental and the wind elemental frantically converged between the two.
Xue Mengyi also rose into the air, spread her arms, and drew a cross-shaped pattern on her chest. The Colorful Bright Stone shot out seven rays of light in seven directions, inserting them into the gap between the five Demon Sound Demon Bats, naturally separating them and disrupting the momentum that combined them. Several spirit masters who were good at long-range attacks immediately opened fire, releasing more than a dozen energy rays and attacking the three demon sound demon bats in the middle.
The left and right sides of the Demon Sound Demon Bat simultaneously glowed with a burst of blue light, shrinking its body and curling up into an oval-shaped sphere, using its wings to resist the attack. The tip of the phoenix thunderbolt flashed with a crackling purple-red electric light, and in one fell swoop, it pierced through the two wings of the demon bat on the left, and lifted it directly into the air. And although the tip of the halberd and the crescent blade of the dragon-patterned celestial halberd also pierced the wings of the demon sound demon bat on the right, they failed to completely penetrate the wings, but only left three deep marks on them. The Demon Bat on the right was also in a slightly better condition than its companion, but it was knocked backwards.
The demon bat in the center emitted a low sound wave again, and waved its wings twice in succession. Dozens of small wing-like wind blades appeared around it, scattering towards Ye Hengyuan and the four of them. The other two Demon Sound Demon Bat also waved their wings, spreading their claws wide to disperse the light energy fluctuations that separated them.
"Protection!"
Li Wenxin also rose into the air, his left hand was raised upward, and the black energy ball in his hand suddenly cracked. Dozens of gray energy balls appeared around the three demonic sound demon bats, turning into spiritual power curtains, blocking all the cyan light blades one by one.
The sky and the angry thunder two micro-spirit cores flickered at the same time. Ye Hengyuan and Lei Xi spun around in the air at the same time, throwing Fang Tian's halberd and thunder spear towards the two demonic sound demon bats. The Colorful Bright Light Stones flickered alternately, shooting dozens of fist-sized golden balls of light towards the three Demon Sound Demon Bat in the center. Another huge gray spiritual power curtain appeared behind the three demonic demon bats, intercepting the ranged attacks from dozens of spirit beasts behind them and sucking them in.
Hearing a huge explosion, the phoenix pattern thunder spear penetrated the body of the demon sound demon bat on the far left, and then turned into pure thunder and lightning attribute spiritual power, exploding in its body, instantly turning it into ashes. And the right wing of the Demon Sound Demon Bat on the far right was also pierced by the dragon pattern Fang Tian Halberd, and large drops of blue-gray blood dripped from the hole-like wound. It let out two feeble screams and fell downward.
A loud roar came from the depths of the forest. More and more mixed spiritual power fluctuations were approaching the direction of Ye Hengyuan and the four of them.
"Roarβ"
The demon sound demon bat in the middle let out a solemn roar like a dragon's roar. Powerful tangible sound waves violently vibrated in the air, scattering the gray spiritual power curtain, golden light balls, and the attacks of several remote spirit masters. The claws on the wings of the other two Demon Sound Demon Bat all turned iron gray, and with the power of the boss in the middle, they pounced on Ye Hengyuan and Lei Xi left and right.
Li Wenxin flashed and rushed upwards again. The white energy ball in his right palm also cracked, turning into a milky white spiritual power fluctuation like milk, covering his hand. He raised his right palm high and slapped it right in the middle of the largest demonic sound demon bat in the middle. The cyan wind attribute spiritual power condensed into a protective wall to resist his attacks. The blue and gray two-color spiritual power collided fiercely in the air. The man and the bat retreated several meters away at the same time.
Lei Xi's delicate body turned, and purple-red thunder and lightning light condensed on his white and slender palms, and slapped the iron-gray claws of the Demon Sound Demon Bat head-on. Just as her palm and claw were about to touch, her right wrist suddenly flipped downward, changing the beat to pick, hitting the junction between the left claw and the wings of the Demon Sound Demon Bat, causing it to flip upwards. Two bolts of blue-purple lightning shot out of her eyes, striking its chest with unmistakable accuracy, stirring up two streams of black smoke that sent it diagonally backwards.
Ye Hengyuan's body also spun rapidly, and his whole person was shrouded in a cyan whirlwind. The whirlwind was not an ordinary cylindrical shape, but a shape similar to the back armor of a hedgehog, with sharp blades on each side, cutting together with the two sharp claws of the Demon Sound Demon Bat, bursting out with several screeching sounds. Neither the man nor the bats retreated, and neither one had the upper hand.
"Ding, ding, ding!"
The Commander's Cross Sword suddenly made four crisp sounds. Four extremely small white points of light flew out from the tip of the sword he held high above his head and merged into the bodies of Ye Hengyuan and the four of them. They are so small that they are barely visible or felt under the cover of the wind and snow