136: Stalemate

Lin Ye stared at this terrifying scene in shock.

The might of top-tier powerhouses was truly terrifying.

When the aftershocks subsided, all that remained on the battlefield were five piles of minced meat.

"Humans!" The enraged Balu instantly appeared.

Controlling his twin blades, he charged towards Lin Zhenyue.

"Hmph."

Lin Zhenyue showed no fear of Balu.

His hands transformed into a myriad of afterimages, engaging Balu in battle.

Lin Ye found an opportunity and attacked again.

This time, he wasn't looking for Middle Demons.

Middle Demons were much stronger than human Star Level individuals.

A single ordinary Blade Demon had caused him such heavy damage; he couldn't even imagine the power of other Demons.

He secretly wondered how he had managed to withstand the Succubus's attack back then.

Although the Succubus had used a charm skill at the time, it shouldn't have been something he could resist, right?

It seemed that after this, he needed to thoroughly test the strength of his Soul.

Lin Ye had just killed a few Lower Demons and wiped out a group of Small Demonss when he was entangled by someone.

"Human, your opponent is me."

This was a Cunning Demon.

Cunning Demons were similar to assassins among humans, excelling in various forms of assassination.

The reason he targeted Lin Ye this time was naturally because Lin Ye had targeted skills.

"Demon Gods Phantom ~ Cunning Villain."

A sinister laughing demon phantom appeared behind the Cunning Demon, and the surrounding space was instantly sealed.

Unlucky.

Lin Ye sighed inwardly.

However, he wasn't flustered facing an assassin-type Demon; his evasion was maxed out, so he didn't fear it.

Donning his gold-grade armor, the thin armor didn't give Lin Ye the same strong sense of security as 'B'.

One had invincible speed, the other had maxed-out defense; they chased each other.

The two seemed to have become slacking monsters, fighting for a long time without inflicting any damage.

"Damn it, do you only know how to hide? You're as disgusting as an Abyssal Worm."

The Cunning Demon, Urs, was so angry his teeth itched.

"If you're so capable, don't use Cunning Villain!" Lin Ye taunted while dodging.

In his heart, he was secretly shocked by the Demon Clan's absurdity.

Space-sealing skills were as common as dirt; he had already encountered two.

"You just wait, don't let me catch you, or I'll make you experience 36 ways of being eaten! I'll deep-fry your heart, roast your liver, make a cold dish of your kidneys..."

Lin Ye listened, feeling utterly disgusted.

When a race treats you as food, there's no room for reconciliation between the two sides.

"Shut up!" Three consecutive Cannon Fists made Urs scramble to defend.

"Lin Ye, retreat." Yu Xuan's voice came through the mental imprint.

Lin Ye didn't hesitate, seizing the moment while the opponent was flustered, he flashed a few times and returned inside the protective barrier.

In a stalemate, there would clearly be no further progress, and both humans and Demons tacitly chose to retreat.

...

"Damn it!" Balu vented his fury.

The surrounding Middle Demons also looked displeased.

"Balu, we lost." A Middle Demon said with difficulty.

This battle lasted for a long time, and besides figuring out the humans' strength, it had no effect whatsoever.

The Demon side suffered huge losses; the important siege weapon War Beasts were completely annihilated, and while there were still many Acid Demons left, they couldn't play any role.

With the Iron Blood War Souls, which were like an impenetrable wall, all theirEvil methods were ineffective.

The Iron Blood War Souls' ability was too much of a counter to Acid Demons.

Even among the Middle Demons, only ninety remained.

The human side, however, only lost a dozen Star Level individuals.

The Demons below suffered even more severe losses, but they simply didn't care.

"Damn it, those 'Nong Nong Duo' actually died at the hands of an eighth-rank kid, it's a disgrace to Demons!"

"It's truly outrageous; a mere eighth-ranker is actually so powerful."

"That strongest human is terrifying; he can actually fight Balu."

"Their coordination is too good; we suffered because of their coordination."

"Exactly, exactly! We were fighting our own battles perfectly fine, then suddenly the opponent's attacks would hit you. Once or twice is fine, but it happened every time. They definitely have some coordinated power at work in secret."

"It should be a command-type profession. My great-great-great-great-grandfather invaded the Star Realm ten thousand years ago and fought invaders from the cosmic dimension. His notes mentioned this type of profession."

"Kaka, your ancestors are actually so prominent! I evolved from a Demon worm."

"Kaka, you're actually a bloodline passed down through generations, a distinguished family!"

"Ka..."

Seeing the conversation veer further and further off topic, Balu slammed the table.

"Silence."

The pitiful table instantly turned to ash.

The Demons stopped speaking.

But they glanced around, disregarding Balu.

Balu was exhausted.

If there were no oaths binding Demons, even if you were his father, he wouldn't listen to you.

As a temporary commander, Balu, despite being the strongest, had little deterrent power.

"The humans in this city are too strong; I'm afraid we can't take it." Balu said with difficulty.

"Balu, are you giving up? Badar won't let us off then."

"What else can we do if we don't give up? Can you fulfill Badar's request within ten days?" Balu said irritably.

None of the Demons responded.

"For now, let's just go through the motions and prioritize saving our own lives. So what if Badar scolds us? He can't take our lives." Balu suggested.

Fighting humans was too dangerous; slacking off was more comfortable.

The profit-driven Demons all agreed.

Only a foolish Demon would do something without benefit.

"To prevent betrayal among us, let's sign the oath first." Balu cautiously took out his long-cherished oath scroll.

"First, let's be clear, everyone must sign this oath scroll, and you'll have to compensate me for the magic crystals for the oath scroll in the end."

The Demons verbally agreed, "Alright," but were already planning to renege.

However, seeing that Balu had even written down the matter of compensating for the magic crystals in the oath, they secretly cursed Balu's shrewdness.

The oath was signed, the aura of an ancient Demon God emanated, and the oath scroll turned into nothingness, disappearing into the void.

Since they were all in the same boat, they naturally decided to slack off together.

In the subsequent sieges, the Demons put in effort but no strength.

Gray Mist City was bewildered.

What was wrong with these Demons?

They looked incredibly formidable, yet they only used flashy, ineffective moves, severely slacking off.

However, the Demon army below suffered significant casualties, making this slacking appear very strange.

Incomprehensible.

Unimaginable.

This was unreasonable.

The high-ranking officials of Gray Mist City were also completely baffled.

"Xiao Long, Xiao Hu, what do you think?" Lin Zhenyue asked.

"These Demons are very strange; I believe there's a trick involved." Qin Long was cautious.

"What trick? They definitely just want to slack off." Qin Hu said.

Lin Zhenyue stroked his chin. Although Xiao Long's judgment was usually more accurate, why did he feel that Xiao Hu's was correct this time?

"No matter what, necessary defenses cannot be relaxed. Xiao Long, you go arrange the watch. Xiao Hu, you go to Blue Star for resources. We'll drag this out with them to the end."