122: demon

Cultivation complete.

Lin Ye arrived in the living room.

In the living room, only Ily was training.

"Ily, where are the others?" Lin Ye asked.

"Captain, they are all still cultivating," Ily replied.

Lin Ye nodded, it seemed his teammates had also made some progress.

Lin Ye found them and asked them one by one; they weren't in isolated cultivation, just normal training.

He gathered his teammates.

"Has everyone paid attention to the official announcements?"

"Yes, most of the recent news is about recruiting people for garrison duty; there haven't been any other missions yet."

"Currently, humanity has the advantage in the first wave of the Demon Invasion; no demons have broken through the blockade yet."

Lin Ye understood the basic situation.

At present, no sudden situations had appeared.

Everything was proceeding smoothly.

"How about we take on a garrison mission? Get familiar with the demon situation," Lin Ye suggested.

"Alright, Captain."

"I've wanted to see them for a long time."

"Just what I wanted."

Everyone agreed.

After a simple arrangement of tasks, everyone acted separately.

Some took on missions, others prepared logistics.

The market for Demon-Dispelling Potion was currently booming.

The gray mist's effect on normal people exceeded imagination.

Basically, for every ten days spent in the gray mist, one bottle of a silver-grade Demon-Dispelling Potion was needed.

And the Starlight Core that Lin Ye and his team harvested naturally rose with the tide, taking off because of it.

Two three-star resource points and one four-star resource point yielded a five-star harvest.

They truly made a fortune.

However, this was a long-term endeavor, so they didn't become instantly rich.

But they basically had an income of several high-grade star stone every day.

After everything was prepared, Lin Ye led his team out.

They were to guard Town 0021.

Many people were guarding the town, but the Demon Invasion was too fierce, and they were struggling to hold on.

When Lin Ye and his team arrived, they saw blood and fire everywhere.

Three towns formed a 'pin' shape, surrounding the Demon Invasion passage.

A massive light barrier, with the combined effort of the three towns, firmly trapped the surging demons.

There were many types of demons, and the most common ones on the battlefield were Small Demons.

They had double wings on their backs, horns on their heads, ugly faces, and were bloodthirsty and insane.

Rune Cannon shells continuously spewed from the three main towns, blasting swathes of demons into bloody pulp.

But they were fearless, emerging endlessly.

"Right now, the situation looks alright; it hasn't reached the point of close combat."

Lin Ye felt it was acceptable.

The truly brutal time was when close combat began.

Reporting to 0021, the Commander arranged them properly.

"When the signal sounds, immediately gather and head to the front line. During every window of Rune Cannon firepower, the true experts among the demons will emerge, and that's when you'll be needed to resist them," the Commander instructed.

Everyone indicated they understood.

They asked around nearby to get more information.

Every two days, there would be a day-long lull in Rune Cannon firepower, and that's when it would be their turn to act.

The strength of Small Demons was not high; they were unranked demons.

Demons were divided into four ranks by bloodline: Lower, Middle, Upper, and Extreme.

The lowest-ranked Lower Demon had a strength of at least Tier 7 upon reaching adulthood.

Middle Demon could reach Star Level.

Lin Ye was secretly shocked; the Demon Realm truly lived up to its name as a realm; the strength of the races living within it was truly terrifying.

Demons and angels were mythical creatures, even more legendary than elves and dragons.

It was just that there was a huge disparity between demons.

However, Extreme and Upper-ranked demons generally wouldn't appear now.

The Demon Invasion would not occupy the Star Realm.

This place was indeed a fertile ground for them, with countless living beings waiting for them to devour.

Demon advancement was simple: continuous combat and continuous devouring could evolve their bloodline.

But in the Star Realm, they were like rootless duckweed.

The birth of demons rarely came from reproduction; although they had reproductive capabilities, their inherently brutal nature meant they would not raise offspring, leading to low birth and survival rates.

Most demons originated from the Abyss, relying on the gray mist condensed by the Abyss to continuously give birth to demon worms, which then evolved into Small Demons, and finally, step by step, evolved into top-tier demons.

Their unique reproduction mechanism ensured that their main base was always Hell.

Coming to the Star Realm was for devouring living beings to advance.

There was far more Life in the Star Realm than in the barren Hell.

Therefore, every Demon Invasion was their gluttonous feast, an opportunity to give birth to many demon lords who shook the land.

And the strength of demons naturally varied with the strength of the invaded region.

A place with a maximum of Tier 9 could not attract demon lords at all.

Demons were profit-seeking and risk-averse; places demon lords went were destined to be prosperous, with many high-level living beings.

So the highest Lin Ye and his team encountered were Star Level, which were Middle Demon.

After resting for a day, the Rune Cannon stopped firing.

Lin Ye and his team had already arrived at the front line according to the command.

Dense masses of demons surged forward like a tidal wave, wanting to break through the barrier and hunt for flesh.

Lin Ye and his team naturally wouldn't let them.

Which profession was the strongest in group battles? Without a doubt, mages.

Royal Dynasty Song waved his staff, and terrifying gravity appeared, pressing down the weaker Small Demons to the ground, crushing them into meat patties.

Only the Lower Demon who were struggling to resist remained.

Lin Ye secretly praised, what a divine skill for clearing mobs.

He, Gu Qingzhu, and Ily attacked, easily dealing with the remaining Lower Demon.

These Lower Demon were common strength demons, not very strong.

Lin Ye and his team easily held their ground.

"Demons are nothing more than this," Ily said disdainfully, crushing a strength demon.

"Right now, they're all just cannon fodder. When our strength is almost depleted, stronger demons will definitely arrive."

Lin Ye understood the demons' tactics.

Or rather, this wasn't just the demons' tactic, but the tactic of all invaders across the myriad realms.

"Be careful to conserve your strength, always keep your Star Power reserves above 80%, especially Chao Ge, you're the trash clearer, clearing mobs depends entirely on you," Lin Ye instructed.

"Alright."

"Understood."

"Mm."

"Got it."

Receiving affirmative replies from his teammates, Lin Ye nodded.

The next wave of demon army arrived.

After continuously experiencing ten waves of demon armies, Lin Ye and his team finally felt the atmosphere of the battlefield change.

From that endless black passage, a more terrifying aura than any previous Demon Invasion emanated.

"Everyone be careful, the last wave is here."

The first to rush out was a handsome and extraordinary male demon.

The higher the rank of the demon, the more handsome their appearance.

Middle Demon!

Lin Ye's heart trembled; he didn't dare to act.

Fortunately, their side also had Star Level individuals.

Three Star Level individuals attacked together, intercepting this Middle Demon.

Human Star Level individuals were completely inferior to demon Star Level individuals.

Or rather, the average combat power of humans at the same level was far inferior to demons.

Demons came from the Abyss, their combat power was terrifying, and every demon was battle-hardened.

Moreover, they advanced by bloodline; the strength of the bloodline path was its stability, stably producing strong individuals.