Online: I Can See Health Bars-Chapter 1181 - 519: Utter Collapse
"I was quite weak, so I hid far away, only daring to watch from a distance. I saw that human fighting recklessly, exchanging wounds for wounds, fearlessly killing several Lords in succession. In the end, even Lord White Crane Lightning Demon... White Crane Lightning Demon was also..."
The Obscure Sight Demon choked up as they spoke.
Demons also have feelings. She was originally a subordinate of the White Crane Lightning Demon’s faction, and now that the White Crane Lightning Demon was dead, she was suddenly at a loss about her future path.
So, she secretly took White Crane Lightning Demon’s head back, just to show loyalty to the Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend, hoping to switch factions and just get by.
But the current Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend couldn’t care less about faction struggles; even Lord Silver Lion King Demon was gone, and White Crane Lightning Demon was dead.
The entire Demon Army’s world had collapsed, and what use were the remaining minions now?
"Retreat."
The Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend clenched their fist and suddenly made a decision.
"What?!"
The Obscure Sight Demon almost thought they heard it wrong.
There were so many demons surrounding the human army; they could just drag this out and wear these people down.
And now, because of a single human breakthrough, the entire army had to retreat?
What about Qingling Taoist’s side? If there were still other Demon Lords alive and they came back to blame them, who would take responsibility?
All of a sudden, the Obscure Sight Demon thought about many things.
And as though penetrating her thoughts, the Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend merely gave her a cold look and said.
"Lord Silver Lion King Demon has already fallen, and the demons are leaderless. We can no longer stop the humans from escaping back to Sunset City. We’ve failed the mission, and Qingling Taoist won’t let us off easily. This area near Sunset City won’t be easy to live in for a while. I don’t care what you think, but for now, I’m taking my people to retreat and go into hiding for a while."
After speaking, he swept his gaze over all the demons present.
"Whoever wants to leave with me, come now. Otherwise, you should be aware of what you might face next."
All demons were silent.
Anyone could see that the situation had taken a sudden downturn.
Just over ten minutes ago, everyone was besieging the humans, mocking them for being at the end of their rope and making a last, futile stand.
Now, suddenly it was the demons who had to think about how to retreat and flee.
The reversal happened so quickly that even these demons found it hard to accept.
"Clearly... it was just a powerful human martial artist!"
"Then you go and take him down, huh?"
No one dared to speak up after that.
Even the White Crane Lightning Demon, who was part of the second echelon in the Demon Army, had been eliminated; how could these little fish and shrimps be a match for that human?
The Demon’s leader and physical form were in a league of their own, with elite officers like the Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend being in the second tier, and below them were the captains and sub-captains, representing the backbone strength of the demons.
The Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend knew he was no match for the Demon Lords, so naturally, he was planning his escape.
The Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend fled, and other demons dared not linger.
The Demon Army had many low-level combatants, but as for the second echelon of elite cadres, there weren’t that many.
Lose one demon of this tier, and their combat power dwindles.
Even if all demons worked together, they would only be delaying the human alliance’s breakthrough speed.
If the Pale-Faced Dual Essence Fiend left with his forces, who could still stop the human alliance? The situation might even flip to where the human alliance would counter-attack and clean them out!
"..."
The demons exchanged looks, and each made their decision.
...
The retreat happened.
Hou Xingchao obviously noticed the change in the movement of the entire Demon Army.
From initially fighting fiercely to gradually appearing as if they were hesitating, and now, watching as a large group of demons withdrew from the Demon Army, pulling away.
Hou Xingchao originally thought those demons were leaving the Demon Army to handle the commotion at the rear or that they believed the siege here had no pressure and wanted to divert forces to execute some other task.
But upon closer inspection, the group of demons pulling away was clearly fleeing in panic, even being scorned and cursed by some within the Demon Army.
But quickly, another batch of demons emerged, taking different demon troops with them, also withdrawing from the Demon Army.
Then more and more demons, in groups or alone, kept peeling away from the Demon Army.
The scene was like defeated soldiers, now scurrying away to save their own lives.
Though Hou Xingchao did not know what had occurred within the Demon Army, it was evident that the Demon Army had retreated; they dared not continue the siege.
And all of this change was evidently triggered by some massive disturbance at the back.
"Did you find out what happened at the back?"
Hou Xingchao asked those around him.
"We found out."
Zhou Changqing’s expression was complex when he said this.
Because...
"The disturbance at the back was all because someone charged into the Demon Army, rampaging and killing demons relentlessly. Later, even a Great Demon besieged this person, but they too were slain one after another."
"Now it’s... wherever this person appears, the demons flee in that direction. No demon dares to fight this person anymore..."
That’s right.
No demon dared to fight that person.
Seeing them meant running away, just like mice seeing a cat.
Zhou Changqing had lived long enough to have seen many things.
But a human charging into the heart of the Demon Army, chopping down demons left and right, entering and exiting as easily as if there was no one there, he’d never seen before.
What a madman!
For a moment, even someone like Zhou Changqing, an old man, felt excitement boiling in his veins, feeling youthful impulsiveness.
Who doesn’t wish to wield a sword and roam the world, who wouldn’t want to charge into the heart of the Demon Army and slay the demons they encounter?
But humans have their limits.
Even someone as strong as him, charging into the vast Demon Army, could potentially be worn down and killed.
Slaying one chicken is easy, but slaying ten thousand chickens, even if they stand still, is quite the exhausting task, not to mention that within the Demon Army, there were not only these little demons but also powerful demon elites, each formidable, entities not easily defeated in one-on-one combat, especially when surrounded by the Demon Army, which would mean certain death.
So, Zhou Changqing dared not act recklessly or foolishly.
He had to lead the Zhou Family’s juniors, and this Demon Extermination Team, to break through and survive, to return to Sunset City alive together.
The burden on his shoulders prevented him from indulging himself and made him one of the backbones of the team after the loss of the Hai Family Elder.
"Good news, definitely good news, that expert can drive back the Demon Army, then we’re safe. By the way, who is that person, did you see clearly?" Hou Xingchao asked excitedly.
To that, Zhou Changqing simply looked at him with a complex expression.
"I saw clearly, that guy seems to be... the Hai Family’s Retainer, Diao Deyi."
What?!
Hou Xingchao’s eyes widened on the spot.
Everyone from the Hai Family who was still alive was also stunned in shock.
"That new retainer who just joined our Hai Family not long ago??"
"Thousand-mile Wolf??"
"Wasn’t he dead??"
"Yes, I saw with my own eyes Qingling Taoist point at him across the air and pierce through him..."
Everyone was astonished, shocked, puzzled, bewildered.
But Hou Xingchao and Zhou Changqing were just as confused as them, for they too didn’t understand what had happened to this resurrected Believer.
But since the rescuer was someone on their side, everything was fine.
"Break through to the rear! Join with Mr. Diao!"
