84: Demon Mirage! You don't have any anti-aircraft ability, right?

The atmosphere in the East Wu City, East China Region, responsible persons' meeting hall was solemn and tense.

Wu Ming, as the highest person in charge of the East China Region, was leading a group of elite core members to discuss the strategic deployment for the future God grade secret realm.

However, at this moment, a short alarm sound interrupted the entire meeting.

Everyone's heart tightened suddenly; such an alarm was very rare.

It signified that a city in the East China Region was facing an unprecedented huge crisis, and the situation was extremely urgent!

"Chief, Lin Yuan City's signal has disappeared!"

Hearing a secretary anxiously report, the faces of the people in the meeting changed drastically.

"Disappeared? How is that possible!"

Wu Ming's expression was exceptionally serious; he knew very well what the disappearance of this signal meant.

Each city had a permanent signal to maintain a safe status, so that they could call for help or support immediately after being attacked. This signal would only suddenly disappear if it was breached from within.

"Where is City Lord Wan?"

The seriousness of the matter made Wu Ming immediately abandon the meeting and prepare to gather personnel for support.

The secretary replied, "Three Demon Kings are attacking the border, City Lord Wan went to the Abyss Border battlefield to defend!"

"Three Demon Kings as bait..." Wu Ming's heart sank a few more points.

"Should we notify City Lord Wan to come back?"

"He can't be called back." Wu Ming was very certain. "The demons must have prepared."

"The demons haven't dispatched so many Demon Kings in recent years. This time, I'm afraid they intend to capture Lin Yuan City in one fell swoop."

A core member at the meeting worried, "Lin Yuan City is an important border defense city. If it's captured, other neighboring cities might also suffer!"

"Yes," Wu Ming sighed, "it's an important border defense city with many defensive mechanisms, which is why the demons chose to infiltrate the city to attack."

At this moment, a newly promoted female director of the finance department spoke her mind directly:

"Chief Wu, why aren't more strong individuals sent to guard such an important place?"

Wu Ming's face was originally exceptionally grim, but upon hearing this, he actually laughed in anger.

The head of the East China Region's tactical department snorted, "More strong individuals? From where?"

"There are ten sixth-rankers in total; at least half must guard the Abyss, and the rest are distributed among the five major regions. Lin Yuan City having one Hunter King is already considered special treatment for an important city!"

"Where could there be more strong individuals? Tell me!"

Not to mention the East China Region or Huaxia, even looking across the entire Blue Star, top strong individuals are extremely scarce.

But some people live too comfortably and simply don't realize this point.

The female director, who had been retorted several times, immediately lowered her head and shut her mouth.

"I only hope..."

Wu Ming said, then suddenly shook his head helplessly.

He had still held a glimmer of hope, hoping that it wasn't a Demon King who entered the city, perhaps they could still deal with it... but this was clearly impossible!

Not only was it a Demon King, but it must have been an unseen Demon King to possess new abilities to infiltrate Lin Yuan City.

"I only hope this Demon King doesn't run into Ye Ze and Liu Anran..."

Wu Ming could accept sacrifices.

But sacrificing the two most promising new students of this generation would be more painful than stabbing a knife into his heart!

The secretary spoke weakly, "Chief, Chu River and Luo Yao from the Special Training Camp are also in Lin Yuan City right now..."

"What!?"

All four genius new students were trapped in Lin Yuan City?

Wu Ming's head throbbed, "Why are they all gathering in Lin Yuan City for fun?"

He couldn't stay for another moment, couldn't even wait to gather support personnel, and set off himself:

"Go to the warehouse for me, bring all the Hui Tian Grass. Even if they have one breath left, we must save them!"

A team from East Wu City rapidly headed towards Lin Yuan City.

...

And at this moment, looking from outside inwards, Lin Yuan City seemed to be enveloped in a white, semi-circular mist barrier.

Inside the city, the mastermind had already arrived before Ye Ze.

Feeling the terrifying aura of the Demon King, everyone present felt their scalps tingle.

The Demon King was completely overwhelming to them!

At this time, perhaps because the illusion barrier began to envelop the entire Lin Yuan City, the illusions on the people inside the city dissipated instead.

Seeing this, three fourth-rank city defense soldiers charged from the flank.

"You go first, we'll deal with the demons!"

The three city defense soldiers stood side by side, blocking the Demon King with a saber, a spear, and a halberd, motioning for Ye Ze, Liu Anran, and the others to retreat.

In the eyes of the city defense soldiers, Ye Ze and the others were composed of students, young teachers, and elders, objects requiring military protection.

So, without a word, they charged over to provide cover.

As a result, they didn't even have time to realize what kind of opponent they were about to face!

"Don't go over!" Ye Ze quickly called out.

But it was still too late.

Before the three, the human-like Demon King, covered in dark purple scales, had strange light flashing in his eyes.

Immediately after, as the three city defense soldiers were about to attack.

The Demon King disappeared into thin air, leaving only a blurry mist.

"What's going on!?"

The saber, spear, and halberd struck empty air. The three city defense soldiers' scalps tingled; they had never encountered such a bizarre opponent!

However, the next moment, the Demon King, covered in dark purple scales, appeared as if illusory beside the three.

Black mist surged, and three identical misty phantoms of the Demon King appeared before him, striking like heavy hammers, instantly knocking the three city defense soldiers flying over ten meters!

The three flying individuals crashed through two walls, making a tremendous roar.

One strike, severely injuring three fourth-rank professionals!

Fourth-rankers were already at the level of city defense captain-level defensive power, yet they were still severely injured by one strike!

Liu Anran frowned deeply, while Luo Yao and Teacher Xia Qing's eyes widened, covering their mouths in disbelief.

Ye Ze sighed, having seen the opponent's attributes, he was not surprised by this combat power:

【Mirage (lv.60)】

Type: King-level Demon

Attributes: Strength 750, Constitution 840, Agility 630, Spirit 1030

Trait: Domain Skill - Mirage

Skills: Real-Virtual Shift, Illusion Break Strike, Illusion Burst, Mist Shadow Doppelganger

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A level 60 Demon King!

Even on the front lines of the Demon Suppression Army, this was an opponent that required a sixth-ranker or a fifth-rank squad to besiege!

Furthermore, this was an illusion-type Demon King!

All the previous illusions, and even the forbidden barrier covering the entire Lin Yuan City...

All came from this Demon King's domain skill - Mirage!

In addition to large-scale, super-strong illusions, Demon King Mirage could even teleport with the mist within his domain!

It could be used to dodge damage and attacks.

It was somewhat similar to Mantis's displacement skill.

However, it wasn't as casual as Mantis's Void Shuttle.

In addition, Mirage's attributes were exceptionally exaggerated; for typical fourth-rankers, it would be an instant kill.

But looking at this name, Ye Ze suddenly thought of many things:

Ancient legends say that the clam, Mirage, could exhale breath to form a mirage, creating almost real illusions!

"Could it be this ability?"

Ye Ze frowned slightly, "No wonder he could deceive everyone and sneak into the city!"

By the collapsed wall in the distance, the three city defense soldiers dragged their heavily injured bodies up.

"Damn it, what level is this..."

Then they looked at Ye Ze and the others with anxious expressions, "Hurry and leave!"

Even they, fourth-rankers, were instantly killed by one blow. If this group didn't leave, wouldn't they just be waiting for death?

With this thought, the three city defense soldiers wanted to stand up and lead them away, but their heavily injured bodies could no longer fight.

Luo Yao, who had little combat experience, immediately became somewhat flustered, quickly hiding beside Liu Anran, while the latter slowly condensed spatial power in her palm...

But Ye Ze shook his head, "You can't run."

Not only was the forbidden barrier covering the entire Lin Yuan City, but since Demon King Mirage had come, how could he let them leave?

As soon as his words fell, mist began to rise.

The next moment, Demon King Mirage, clad in dark purple scales, appeared out of thin air behind their group!

"What!?" Everyone's expressions changed in surprise.

"Vulnerable humans!"

Mirage showed a sinister grin, and the misty phantom reappeared before him, striking with a punch like a heavy hammer.

But at this moment, the Spirit Pact Cloak's skill triggered!

A light blue shield unfolded before Ye Ze, directly blocking the attack!

"Spatial Teleportation!"

Liu Anran's pupils constricted. Finally having a chance to cast, she quickly brought everyone dozens of meters away.

And Ye Ze's Spirit Pact Cloak's light shield completely shattered under this attack.

"It was shattered in one hit..."

It was, after all, a shield made from the sum of his spiritual power and summon's constitution, yet it was gone in an instant!

Seeing this situation, Luo Yao hastily reached out her small hand to touch Ye Ze's cloak...

【Ding! Due to the effect of the skill 'Again', the Spirit Pact Cloak's attached skill - 'Spirit Shield' cooldown has been reset!】

Spirit Shield's cooldown reset!?

"Holy cow, there's a skill like that!"

Ye Ze was shocked, looking at Luo Yao with some surprise.

He didn't expect Luo Yao's hidden support class to have so many tricks!

Luo Yao's small hand was almost trembling, "You have to hold on, I don't want to die..."

In the current situation, she could only place her hope on Ye Ze.

As a support character, she would be worse off than anyone without teammates!

Ye Ze asked curiously, "How many more times can you use this skill?"

Luo Yao said pitifully, "I can't use it anymore, only once a day."

This made sense; such a skill's cooldown would certainly not be short.

"Then... can we still hold on now?"

Hearing this, Ye Ze smiled, completely devoid of the fear he had shown when first facing a Demon King.

"Don't worry, we can kill him!"

"What!?" Liu Anran instantly turned her head, unable to believe her ears.

The eyes of the others also focused on him in disbelief, as if asking:

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

This was a level 60 Demon King!

Without a sixth-ranker or a five-rank squad in the city, how could they deal with a Demon King?

At this moment, facing Demon King Mirage's attacks, they could only rely on Liu Anran to teleport and dodge.

Getting touched by the Demon King meant instant death, how could they kill him!?

But even so, in just these few attacks from Mirage, Ye Ze found the key to victory!

"His skills and attack range are limited..."

"We just need to go into the sky!"

To win, they absolutely must not let the Demon King pose a threat to them directly.

While Demon King Mirage's illusions were top-notch, all four of his skills and his domain skill had no ability to attack aerial units!

Because Mirage's true form was just a large clam!

Even in human form, he still had no aerial combat ability; or rather, what could a clam use to go into the sky?

He just couldn't attack in the air!

He didn't have that ability!

But in fact, Liu Anran, as a tactician, also vaguely realized this flaw in the opponent.

Yet, there was still a problem:

"I can't teleport you all into the sky!"

If she used Spatial Teleportation to bring everyone into the sky, they would probably crash the next second!

They wouldn't even need Demon King Mirage to act; they would die on impact with the ground!

However, as soon as Liu Anran's words fell.

Ye Ze summoned a summon she had never seen before!

"Simon!"

"Roar—!"

A high-pitched dragon roar, like rolling thunder, echoed, shaking heaven and earth.

Demon Dragon Simon was not in human-dragon form, but transformed directly into his Demon Dragon True Body under Ye Ze's command!

A huge black shadow swept across the land, the fully formed Demon Dragon, over a hundred meters long, spread its wings like a sky-obscuring curtain, its might terrifyingly immense!

"Teleport onto the dragon!"

It wasn't until Ye Ze reminded her that Liu Anran reacted...

The Demon Dragon was simply too shocking. No one, including Liu Anran, expected Ye Ze to have a dragon summon!

And a Demon Dragon with such powerful aura.

The casually released aura was overwhelming, so much so that people might believe it was a second Demon King coming to attack the city!

The moment he saw the Demon Dragon, Demon King Mirage suddenly realized something and immediately launched an urgent attack, preparing to intercept Ye Ze and the others!

But Liu Anran cast in time, teleporting everyone onto the dragon's back!

"Spatial Teleportation."

The Demon Dragon carried Ye Ze and the others, soaring high above Lin Yuan City.

On the ground, Demon King Mirage gnashed his teeth, filled with indignation!

"Damn it—!"

The cooked duck had actually flown away!

That's right, he really had no aerial combat ability!

Although his attributes were high enough, his agility was too low, preventing him from flying...

Because he was just a clam!

Originally, when facing the girl who could teleport, he was already close to succeeding.

Just two or three more attacks, and the girl who could spatially teleport would definitely not be able to hold on, unable to teleport away in time, and he would capture this group.

But precisely, they were now in the sky...

"Damn it—!"

Looking at the Demon Dragon's floating figure, Demon King Mirage furiously launched several misty phantom attacks, burst attacks, and so on...

But he couldn't touch the Demon Dragon at all.

On the Demon Dragon's back, Luo Yao watched Demon King Mirage's powerless pursuit, lying down in a relaxed, spread-eagle posture, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Ah! I survived!"

Liu Anran also finally felt somewhat relieved. If not for this flying summon, she really might not have been able to hold on.

But Ye Ze stared at Demon King Mirage below, a smile playing on his lips:

"More than just surviving..."

"If I say I'll kill him, I definitely will!"

That was a Demon King!

If he killed him directly, he wondered how much experience he would get!

Liu Anran remained puzzled, "What are you planning to do?"

Then, Ye Ze summoned a Squirrel Shadow Clone, and used the Shadow Doppelganger to swap with the Panda he had lent out!

"First, swap the Panda back!"

...

City Lord's Guesthouse.

Chu River, immersed in his painting, in his focused state, paid no attention to the sounds outside the guesthouse.

Just as he was about to add a few more strokes.

He suddenly looked up, his gaze falling on the summon before him, and he was immediately stunned...

"Where did that big Panda go?"

"How did it turn into a small Squirrel!"