My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 263: So the Middle Route Is the Main Attack

"Report—"

"Epic Level Demon Kings! The military situation at Stone Ridge is urgent, Ya Zheng's command unit has been repelled by enemy forces, Liangting's army has experts, even General Rift Fire is no match for them. It's estimated that they'll press on soon, and General Bai has specially sent me to request reinforcements."

There are two Epic Level Demon Kings stationed at Cyan Cloud Plateau, one is Douqing Demon King, whose true form is a giant forest python named Ranli, and the other is Douyuan Demon King, whose true form is a mighty giant elephant, invincible against a thousand men, named Xiang Hun.

Both of these demons possess powerful mana, and with them overseeing the area, it's supposed to be foolproof.

But now, all the demons at Cyan Cloud Plateau are flustered mainly due to the enemy forces' rapid offensive.

Only during the day, they pulled down the pass guarded by General Rift Fire, and by night, they'd already reached Stone Ridge, and even annihilated the ambushing Black Crow Demon Race at Crow Forest.

"Understood, you may leave now."

Xiang Hun calmly waved away the reporting little demon, then turned to ask, "Brother Ran, the enemy's forces are strong, what should we do?"

Ranli pondered and said: "At dusk, there was a report from Soul-Loss Cliff, saying that the Viper Abyss unit lost contact. I thought it was a feigned attack by Kaiping Path, but didn't expect Liangting's people to fool us."

Xiang Hun said, "How about recalling the outer defense troops, and we'll firmly guard Cyan Cloud Plateau, waiting for the front-line troops to flank them."

"Absolutely not."

Ranli urgently replied, "By then, we'll be besieged from three sides, and if we're not careful and they destroy the granary, even if we wipe out Liangting's army, you and I won't escape responsibility."

"Indeed."

Xiang Hun said, "In that case, we should withdraw defenses from Heroic Ridge, what do you think?"

"Hmm, though there are small contingents of Liangting troops sneaking there, they haven't made progress for a long time, it's likely a feigned attack, we can mobilize some to support the main offensive at Kaiping Path."

After speaking, Ranli muttered angrily under his breath, "Barbaric Beasts are truly brainless, if it weren't for that Barbarian General running off, we wouldn't be so passive."

After cursing, he called a little demon to send a message to Heroic Ridge, mobilizing the troops.

....

The troop at Soul-Loss Cliff has already reached the second checkpoint, but this path is treacherous, impossible for large forces to advance, hence the demon beasts have only set up a small number of sentinels here.

This left Nan Jiumei quite dissatisfied.

He enjoys blasting more enemies to the sky, and there's evidently not enough here.

Being a superstar, even if not the top competitor, dealing with a minor boss was still easy for him. He first ordered the most powerful Soldier Cultivator in the troop to guard all directions, preventing the harpies stationed here from escaping.

Then he took the lead as the main attack force.

"Hahaha! Come on! Don't run, little bird!"

A thunderous explosion echoed through the mountains.

He chased relentlessly after the harpies, continuously unleashing the epic skill targeted blast, high-intensity explosions one after another left the minor boss-level Demon General with no choice but to dodge, not even daring to turn its head.

Actually, relying on a single epic skill would struggle to achieve this effect, but his various attributes are also formidable. Most importantly, he has another cooperative epic state skill, rapid blast.

Once this ability is activated, the original 5-second cooldown of high-damage targeted blast is canceled within 30 seconds.

Time after time in the past, he relied on the combination of these two skills to defeat bosses in the High-Star Secret Realm.

Now was no exception. After a few probes, he gauged the strength of the harpies, and proceeded with a carpet bombing.

The monster initially thought to withstand it, but with this move unleashed, it could only flee in terror.

"You'll be turned to ashes in the flames! At least the ash is beautiful."

Whenever he started fighting, Nan Jiumei's chuunibyou soul began to blaze fiercely.

Boom boom boom!

While chasing the harpies, he casually used minor skills to eliminate the remaining ordinary demon barbarian beasts who were still alive and whose leader abandoned them to escape alone.

Lastly, the harpies realized the terrifying explosions were getting closer, and in desperation, could only reveal its true form to escape to the skies.

Flying beasts generally avoid revealing their true forms before powerful enemies, as the original bird form is very fragile, making them more prone to death in this state.

However, harpies were fortunate, once transformed, the duration of rapid blast ended, allowing it to ascend high into the sky successfully escaping.

Everyone used their spell skills to intercept, all failed to succeed.

As they expressed their disappointment, they heard Nan Jiumei shout: "The show isn't over yet, please look up!"

Snap.

A finger snap.

Boom!!

A brilliant light exploded across the sky, it was his second deadly combo: covert-controlled explosives and innate charge critical strike.

[Side quest complete: Harpies commander has died, settling results.....]

Qian Yi and Li Ding were more astounded than Ning Huchen.

The latter only thought of the person as highly skilled, worthy of admiration.

But Qian and Li were different, they knew the Secret Realm had a level matching mechanism, this youth was at most level 40 upon entering.

Judging by just now when he fought the harpies alone, a minor boss seemed powerless before him.

No doubt, a superstar indeed.

Truly, four epic skills or talents, plus four epic-level equipment on him as well as surplus attribute points, were what set his strength above others.

"Let's go, we'll take advantage of the chaos to attack Cyan Cloud Plateau, Li Rui surely has held back the enemy's main force for us."

What puzzled the trio more was why this superstar, as powerful as rumored, always viewed a Rain Summoner favorably, it was hard to comprehend.

They could only think that the Rain Summoner might have some other skills, and his strength is close to superstar level.

Of course, if Zhao Jia were present, he'd definitely argue because he knew fully well that Li Rui's strength wasn't close to superstar level, he was a superstar!

Now, the central army is engaging in an assault, once the order for a charge is given, all the soldiers rushed forth eagerly, shouting as they launched an assault against the enemy camp.

Li Rui didn't initially intend to compete for military honors with the locals, but after the assault began, he changed his mind because alongside the side quest of killing General Bai Fei came another prompt.

[Side quest update: Capture the Flag.]

[Quest objective: Seize the command flag before enemy casualties reach 5%.]

[Quest reward: Experience points +380000, skill point +1.]

[Casualty rate: 0%]

This quest is intriguing, it's essentially a fake-time-limit quest, not only demanding swift action but also requiring restraint from killing all the way in.

Otherwise, if Li Rui casts a Great Fire Bell Spell resulting in excessive casualties, the quest fails directly.

This quest is challenging or simple; it demands flag-capturing techniques and outstanding courage.

Coincidentally, Li Rui had both.

When the leading Soldier Cultivators approached the enemy's fortified defenses, he activated Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture.

Swish!

A flash of golden light vanished, crashing into the vast army of demon beasts.