Amidst the smoke and fire of the battlefield, seven or eight colossal monsters stood out from the oppressive mass of the monster army; these were the leaders responsible for planning this assault. Now, with the Demon Bird Leader yanked from the sky, these monster chieftains stared in stunned silence, their advance grinding to an immediate halt.
“H-how could a mere bird actually drag it down!” A venom-striped panther with emerald eyes and golden pupils trembled slightly, fear palpable in its stance. It knew the Demon Bird Leader's strength intimately, and witnessing its current pathetic state made it seriously consider retreat.
The other monster leaders could not conceal the horror in their eyes. Of the monstrous army, the two greatest leaders were the Demon Bird Leader and the Purple Scaled Flood Dragon; their powers were nearly equal, yet neither could subdue Ye Chen, who had instead managed to capture one of them!
Behind the lines, the usually placid eyes of the Purple Scaled Flood Dragon instantly sharpened with gravity. It fixed its gaze upon the black-haired man atop the city wall, then noticed that the roaring, charging monster horde had actually stopped!
Hundreds of thousands of monsters, halted by one man!
This soaring, world-shaking dominance, coupled with the sight of the Demon Bird's fall, seemed eternal, striking awe and dread into every monster, whether sentient or not.
A chilling killing intent flashed across the Purple Scaled Flood Dragon's eyes, and it roared sharply, “No retreat! Fail to breach the city, and all who flee will be severely punished by death!” The sound boomed across the heavens, echoing over the entire battlefield. The so-called severe punishment was being devoured as food.
The monsters who had begun to waver felt a sharp jolt in their hearts. Sensing the overwhelming malice in that voice, they vividly recalled the scene when the army was being consolidated: any monster that resisted had been instantly swallowed whole, chewed until nothing remained. A wave of icy dread washed over them, quickly followed by blazing anger!
However, none dared to rebel; the enemy’s formidable power was evident. To betray now would surely mean being the first made an example of!
Just then, the Purple Scaled Flood Dragon’s grave, cold voice sounded: “Wait for the moment. His burst phase will not last long.” Having observed the preceding fight, it had noted the ‘Superman Mode.’ Though it didn't grasp the underlying principles, it recognized the critical flaw—the duration was too short!
All the sentient monsters suddenly felt their spirits lift. They remembered other 'supermen' who had erupted with power only to quickly wither away, and a spark of hope ignited in their eyes.
At that moment, fierce winds howled above the city walls, and a sharp, lethal aura pierced the air.
Ye Chen, face contorted in savage fury, gripped the sharp talon of the Demon Bird Leader’s foot, his teeth gritted, face flushed crimson with blood. He roared as he dragged the creature toward the outer defenses, carving a massive pit with every stride. Each step covered hundreds of meters, instantly shattering any monsters in his path. Clinging desperately to the sharp claw, he ran madly!
The Demon Bird Leader was too massive. When it fell from the sky, one wing was broken. The remaining wing flapped frantically against the ground, unable to lift its body, instead crushing numerous monsters beneath it. It struggled violently against the grip on its claw, but remained utterly immovable. At this moment, it truly wished the talon would simply break off.
On the battlefield, the Demon Bird’s colossal body acted like a monstrous mop. Along its path, countless monsters were swept away, crushed, or ground into bloody pulp. The scene was chaos, and the previous waves of murderous roars vanished. Many monsters with weak sentience, seeing the giant mass approaching, scattered in terror, fleeing in a single stampede.
The once orderly formation instantly dissolved into pandemonium. Only those creatures possessing high intelligence and immense bulk dared not flee, and even then, they dared not look back, lest they meet the Purple Scaled Flood Dragon’s icy glare.
Countless onlookers were rendered speechless, watching the Demon Bird, being used like a heavy towing implement, utterly humbled now compared to its former, arrogant might.
The Demon Bird’s sleek, jet-black feathers, dragged along the ground, were now coated in fresh blood and smeared with fragments of monster remains, bone shards sticking fast. Each feather was nearly as large as Ye Chen himself. As the bird violently beat its good wing, feathers detached, falling to the earth like iron weights, pressing down so heavily that even the strongest winds could not stir them.
“Damn it! Let go, you bastard, let go!!!” the Demon Bird shrieked in enraged bellows, writhing violently, desperately trying to find purchase on the ground. But it was like being tethered to a truck operating at full throttle; no matter how it struggled, it could not break free.
Ye Chen sneered, dragging the immense body toward the area where the seven or eight monster leaders stood. Once these chieftains were defeated, the common monsters would be easy prey.
The seven or eight monster leaders jumped in alarm and immediately turned tail, fleeing wildly. Among them, the venom-striped panther, specialized in speed, shot forward, instantly covering several thousand meters—far faster than Ye Chen's current Ant Superman Mode speed. Seeing Ye Chen pursuing behind, a smug grin crossed its face as it thought, What good is strength alone if you can't hit me! Once your burst phase runs out, watch out, Leopard Lord will dismantle you!
The other monsters sprinted into the distance, quickly realizing that while Ye Chen possessed immense strength, his speed was not exceptional. A flicker of delight crossed their faces, followed by cold laughter.
Seeing the monsters scattering but refusing to leave the engagement, merely circling him, a sliver of murderous intent appeared in Ye Chen’s eyes as he calculated internally: “Ten seconds left!”
Under the potent amplification of the Superman Mode, one minute felt as long as ten. Despite the slaughter of so many creatures, only three minutes and twenty seconds had elapsed in total!
Ye Chen suddenly stopped, turned his head, and stared at the still shouting and cursing Demon Bird Leader with murderous intent. He abruptly released the talon. The Demon Bird Leader tumbled backward, catching its balance with a stumble. Instead of anger, it felt joy, immediately beating its wings to take flight. Just then, Ye Chen burst forward, charging toward the creature's belly!
His hand shot out, sinking deep into the flesh and blood beneath the feathers.
Ye Chen roared, his long black hair flying loose, appearing utterly crazed. With a mighty heave, pushing off the ground like a charging bull, he propelled the Demon Bird Leader sideways, driving it forward like a bulldozer.
The Demon Bird Leader screamed in terror, trying to throw Ye Chen off, but it couldn't budge his form. It was as if Ye Chen’s feet were rooted to the earth.
After plowing a path roughly ten miles long, crushing twenty or thirty thousand monsters beneath them, Ye Chen abruptly let go and raised his fist, aiming at a single spot and delivering a frenzied barrage of blows.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As he hammered down, his feet kept advancing. Soon, he had ripped open a section of the Demon Bird Leader’s body. He burrowed into the resulting cavity, summoning his blood-red battle blade and hacking about wildly.
The Demon Bird Leader shrieked in horror, feeling a sharp spike lodged inside it. It beat its body desperately, unable to dislodge Ye Chen. It cried out in agony, then suddenly channeled its internal energy, lashing out at Ye Chen within its own confines.
Amidst the surging blood, Ye Chen suddenly felt an intense premonition of danger. He saw the surrounding shredded blood tear open, and countless half-meter-wide wind blades erupted, swirling toward him like a vortex storm.
Ye Chen’s eyes sharpened, yet he maintained his composure. Considering the Demon Bird’s sheer size, its vital energy must be astonishing! Once its innate talent awakened, its strength level reached that of an Energy Master, and judging by the appearance, this was certainly not the first stage, but the second!
That equated to 2000 levels of damage output!
Ye Chen decisively retracted his battle blade to avoid being shredded. After a brief scan, he sensed that the Demon Bird's wind blades possessed an intense power of condensation—the Compression Talent, ranked within the top ten of the three thousand wind-element abilities!
The Compression Talent could condense one's own energy to an ultimate point, like compressing a fist-sized wad of cotton into the size of a sesame seed, resulting in an instantaneous surge in power!
Ye Chen closed his eyes, relying on the sensory input from his horns to 'see' the surroundings. He did not retreat; instead, he charged directly into the storm of wind blades. Relying on his body strength, ten thousand levels strong, these blades—capable of instantly killing 2000-level monsters by ripping clothing to shreds—merely felt like a tickle against his skin; not even a scratch was left.
Crashing wildly through the storm, Ye Chen simultaneously felt around for direction, heading toward the Demon Bird's head. He activated his Devour Talent internally, drawing in the wind-element energy that shattered upon impact with his body, forcefully consuming and refining it. This caused the energy within him, only at the second stage of an Energy Warrior, to explode upward like a rocket!
Across the vast battlefield lay mountains of limbs and torsos, rivers of blood flowing freely. A mournful wind swept the earth, and the dark clouds churned violently above. Within that eerie black canopy, it seemed two colossal eyes watched the land below.
Of the four to five hundred thousand monsters, Ye Chen had initially slain forty to fifty thousand. Then, using the Demon Bird Leader's body, he crushed another seventy to eighty thousand. Moreover, the continuous dragging and crushing had annihilated another hundred thousand, reducing the once massive, oppressive horde to less than two hundred thousand!
Now, these remaining two hundred thousand stood frozen on the battlefield, holding their breath as they watched the Demon Bird Leader. They saw it suddenly stiffen on the ground. Everyone focused intensely, their expressions taut with anxiety.
Suddenly—
BOOM!
An explosion ripped through the air. The Demon Bird Leader’s head disintegrated, and its massive body crashed down, sending violent tremors through the ground. These vibrations traveled through the earth into the claws of many monsters, causing the feet of the sentient ones to tremble uncontrollably, almost buckling their knees.
The King of the Skies, the Demon Bird, had been slaughtered!
Everyone stared in stunned silence, watching the black-haired man slowly climb out from where the Demon Bird's head had been, his entire body slick with blood, his hair whipping in the wind.
The Purple Scaled Flood Dragon, not far off, also saw his expression change. However, there was no panic; instead, a fierce glint rose in its eyes. It was still waiting for Ye Chen’s Superman Mode to subside into its inevitable period of weakness.
Just then, a regular Demon Bird swooped down from the sky, striking at Ye Chen with its talons. Ye Chen looked up, his gaze glacial, enveloping his fist in his internal energy and smashing it into the attacker.
CRACK!
A gust of wind exploded outward. This Demon Bird felt its talons go numb, and its body was hurled backward, sliding several meters before halting—but it was not dead.
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