From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 73: The Sorrow of the Demon (Please Subscribe)

The sky was overcast with dark clouds, as if shrouded by twilight haze, making the air oppressively heavy.

Brave warriors from the Bansel Clan, clad in iron battle armor and wielding warhammers and round shields, guarded the catapults steadfastly against the Winged Demon Air Force led by Sagers, refusing to take a single step back, their eyes gleaming with an unyielding light.

Winged Demon Commander Sagers, leading the Winged Demon Air Force, circled the skies, considering himself the ruler of this realm. In his eyes, the lesser beings on the ground were no different from crawling reptiles.

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He treated the sky as his stage, ignoring the attacks from the ground, his eyes shimmering with a layer of thunderous light, leading the winged demon troops to dive bomb the Bansel Tribe's formation time after time.

In the air, the winged demon troops' thunder spears drew streaks of blue light, plunging into the defenses of the Bansel Clan.

With each dive, wherever the spears pointed, they gouged long furrows through the Bansel Clan's defense line.

The Bansel warriors raised their shields high, constructing an iron wall with their flesh and blood, blocking the onslaught of the winged demon army.

Rows of Bansel warriors were lifted off their feet and thrown, yet they rallied back with warcries, clutching their shields and stubbornly maintaining their defense.

When dealing with the winged demon army's dive bombs, the Bansel warriors had ample experience.

Each time the winged demons charged, five-meter-long spears would be raised diagonally within the ranks of the Bansel Clan.

Their tactics closely resembled those of cavalry spears.

As winged demons plunged down, they would strike the pointed array of long spears and receive a chilling welcome.

While halting the winged demons' charge, the Bansel warriors continued to operate the catapults, hurling bombs, and once they ran out of bombs, they threw rocks instead.

Bombarding the demon camp and Barton Temple with booming impacts, the battle reached a fever pitch, the battlefield resounding with the war song crafted from iron and blood.

...

At that moment,

Barton Temple collapsed inward due to the explosions below, its upper structures toppling and crushing countless low-rank demons that had been prostrating outside the temple in worship.

However, the main structure of the great hall was extremely sturdy and did not fully collapse, though many of its supporting pillars broke.

The resurrection ceremony was at its critical juncture, and even with the temple's collapse, the ritual did not stop.

Of the two commander-level demons, only Winged Demon Commander Sagers emerged, while the Fiery Flame Horned Demon Commander oversaw the resurrection ceremony inside the great hall.

The horned demon troops guarded the temple's perimeter, preventing the Bansel Tribe's army from entering.

To halt the ceremony, the Bansel Tribe sent their elite soldiers in two charges against the temple but failed to break through the horned demon army's defenses.

The battle stalemated.

Meanwhile,

On a hillside outside Barton Temple, Lei Jinhao and his subordinates coldly observed the battle unfolding below.

A member of the Thunder team asked, "Captain, are we not going to join the fight?"

Lei Jinhao glanced at him indifferently and countered, "No rush."

"But the task we're doing..." the member frowned, clearly puzzled.

He meant to reference the "Traitor Task," but calling themselves traitors did not seem quite right in this context.

The mission they had triggered was actually labeled as a "Hidden Task."

Lei Jinhao said mockingly, "Doing tasks is just for gaining strength, as for the Evil God... a dead Evil God is the best kind."

His thought process was crystal clear.

He indeed undertook the "Traitor Task," but he did not see himself as having joined the demon camp.

He completed the "Traitor Task" only to obtain the Energy Blessing, which did not mean he intended to help the Evil God Barton resurrect.

Once the Evil God Barton resurrected, they, the human superpower users, might face a grim fate of the hunting hound being boiled after the hare is caught.

So, for Lei Jinhao, it was best if the Evil God Barton remained dead, continuously granting him Energy Blessing without limiting his actions.

However, could an Evil God fail to consider what humans could think of?

Was it the humans outwitting the Evil God, or the Evil God playing humans like pawns?

This was, in fact, an unequal game, but those deeply embroiled could never see the truth.

...

Lu Heng emerged from the temple's explosion, deactivating the effect of the Illusion Pearl, and met up with Su Muyu.

Su Muyu quickly reported the situation, "The Bansel Tribe has blocked the Winged Demon Commander's three dive bomb attacks. There are three superpower user teams appearing around the temple. I have communicated with two of them, and they've agreed to join the fight.

"The third team is Lei Jinhao's; they have been watching from the sidelines on the northwestern hillside. Should we try to persuade them to join the battle?"

Since Su Muyu had not witnessed what happened inside the temple, she was unaware that Lei Jinhao's team were "Traitors," nor did she know that the Holy Artifact of the Bansel Tribe was stolen by Lei Jinhao.

In her straightforward worldview, at a moment of life and death, humans should set aside prejudices and unite against demons.

This was why she proposed what seemed to be a naïve idea.

Lu Heng immediately vetoed her suggestion, "Lei Jinhao is a Traitor; they are the ones who stole the Holy Artifact."

Su Muyu's brows shot up, her face flashing with surprise.

This was her first encounter with a "Traitor."

She quickly asked, "Then why hasn't Lei Jinhao joined the fight as part of the demon camp?"

Actually,

Among human superpower users, those who became traitors did not necessarily wish to betray humanity; they simply desired power.

Having encountered similar "Traitors" before, Lu Heng understood their mindset well.

"He wants the reward from the Traitor Task, but he doesn't want to help the Evil God Barton resurrect. You could think of it as being duplicitous."

"Actually, this is what most Traitors really think.

"Unless they harbor anti-human personalities, Traitors wouldn't choose to join the Demon Camp from the start."

This was not hard to understand. Su Muyu got it after a moment's thought and nodded, saying,

"Does this mean Lei Jinhao may not join the battle?"

Lu Heng shook his head again, "No, as long as we breach the Temple, he will receive new Traitor Tasks and will definitely join the battle. Therefore, you must keep an eye on their movements at all times."

Su Muyu nodded solemnly, "Okay, I understand."

During their conversation,

the two quickly arrived at the Bansel Clan's position.

Winged Demon Commander Sagers led the Winged Demon Air Force, circling in the air, preparing to launch the fourth dive.

The first three dives resulted in injuries on both sides without a clear victor.

The battle had reached a stalemate.

Lu Heng glanced at the battlefield and said gravely, "The Resurrection Ceremony is still ongoing. If we drag this out, the ceremony will be completed. We must quickly take care of Sagers and have the Bansel Clan's army storm the Temple."

"What should I do?" asked Su Muyu.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, then whispered in her ear, setting the tactics.

Meanwhile,

Winged Demon Commander Sagers roared to the sky, raising his War Spear high, gathering the frenzied Power of thunder and lightning, leading the elite Winged Demons in the fourth dive towards the Bansel Clan's position.

Iron Arm stood at the forefront of the position, pounding his Warhammer against his shield to produce a booming "bang bang bang," shouting, "Compact the formation! Spears up!"

The Bansel Clan warriors gathered tightly together, each row of warriors raising a five-meter-long Long Spear.

The tips of the spears were raised high while the other ends were planted firmly in the ground to meet the Winged Demons' dive.

In the sky above,

under the lead of Winged Demon Commander Sagers, groups of elite Winged Demons, wielding long spears, dove down from above the Bansel Clan's lines. Wherever the spears pointed, they sent rows of Bansel Clan warriors flying.

Some Winged Demons collided with the Long Spears, their bodies impaled and crashing to the ground to then be chopped into mincemeat by the encircling Bansel Clan warriors.

Iron Arm faced off against Sagers, who was diving toward him, clashing head-on with a forceful strike, their weapons colliding, bursting with a deafening sound.

Sagers swept past, pulling up to gain altitude, preparing to return to the sky.

As Winged Demons, their greatest advantage was having the initiative in attack; they could dive to attack at any time they wished, and if they didn't want to fight, they could withdraw at will.

The Bansel Clan had no way to intercept these flying demons.

Just as Sagers flapped his wings to climb higher,

suddenly, a sky hunter falcon appeared above, with a person dangling from it.

The sky hunter falcon dove down swiftly, using its high dive speed to intercept Sagers.

Sagers, upon noticing the interceptor in the sky, his eyes immediately flashed with intensity.

As the Winged Demon Commander, the sky was his domain, the reason he stood undefeated.

And now, an opponent sought to challenge him in the air.

Sagers snorted coldly, raising his palm to gather a Lightning Spear and hurled it towards the sky hunter falcon.

Boom!

The violent thunder and lightning struck, instantly blowing apart the sky hunter falcon.

The moment Sagers unleashed his attack, Lu Heng released the talons of the sky hunter falcon, plummeting down, using the inertia of the dive to quickly approach Sagers, while drawing the Aurora Blade from the void.

In this instant.

Sagers had just finished his dive and was during the climb, which was when his speed was at its slowest.

And Lu Heng, carried by the sky hunter falcon from the dive, was at his fastest speed.

In aerial combat, speed was everything.

Sagers, the sovereign of the sky, saw a human, devoid of the power of flight, daring to challenge his dignity, and snorted coldly. Wielding the Thunder Spear, he stabbed at Lu Heng.

Lu Heng, wingless, couldn't change direction in mid-air, so he could only collide with the Thunder Spear under inertia's push.

Right at the moment the Thunder Spear was about to pierce his body, Lu Heng activated the Essential Skill "Shadow Traversal," evading into the shadows, exempting him from any physical collision.

The Thunder Spear stabbed into Lu Heng's body, but touched nothing.

Lu Heng slid past the Thunder Spear, crashing into Sagers's arms, then passing through his body.

For an instant, as he passed through Sagers, Lu Heng deactivated the "Shadow Traversal" state. His body made an electrifying spin, executing the Returning Sword Style of the Step Sword Seven Styles, slashing out a spinning blade of light.

The blade of light entered Sagers's back, severing his wings at the root.

Sagers let out a roar, his back hit hard, and his wings broken; he plummeted from the sky.

Lu Heng fell towards the ground at a speed of hundred meters per second and, when almost becoming a smashed mess, the second sky hunter falcon spread its wings and lifted, allowing Lu Heng a steady landing.

On the other side,

Sagers, having lost his wings, crashed to the ground but immediately got up, howling in anger, waving the Thunder Spear, seeking to kill the lowly creature that injured him.

Lu Heng drew his sword to meet him, fighting him head-on.

Sagers, three meters tall and incredibly strong, brandished his Thunder Spear with war-god-like ferocity.

Lu Heng, employing his Micro-level Body Technique, with 45 points of super-high Agility, moved like a dragon among the spear strikes, dodging and weaving in combat.

Sword and spear collided, emitting clang after clang of resonating metal.