51: Go out of the city to kill monsters
"What? What did you say? How did the demons arrive so suddenly!"
Commandant Wang was startled when he heard the scout's report.
It wasn't his fault for being so nervous.
The Demon Slayer Division had been short-handed lately.
Furthermore, the commander of the Qingzhou Demon Slayer Division, one of the Great Qian's thirteen Demon Quelling Generals, General Yan Hong, had been transferred by the imperial court to suppress demons elsewhere.
Now, the defenses within Qingzhou City were weak.
He wondered if they could withstand this demonic invasion.
Despite his inner panic, Wang Hu did not lose his composure.
He first gave orders for all Demon Slayer Division members to assemble.
Then, he looked at Song Ming and the others, "Gentlemen, the demons are coming fiercely. I ask the three distinguished disciples of the Ten Thousand Treasures Sect to lend a hand. If we can repel the demons, my Division will surely offer a generous reward!"
Meng Li waved his hand dismissively, "No problem, no problem. We came here to slay demons and eliminate evil!"
"Very well, I will lead the three of you to the city wall to defend against the demons!"
Commandant Wang's tense expression eased considerably.
Although these three could not play a decisive role,
they could at least greatly delay the demons' assault on the city.
Once General and his men returned, slaying these demons would naturally be no problem.
After all the Demon Slayer Division members had assembled,
Song Ming and the others followed Commandant Wang, heading towards the South City Gate.
Before long,
they arrived at Qingzhou City's South City Gate.
Commandant Wang led them up onto the city wall.
Song Ming immediately noticed a cloud of dust in the distance, and a large number of strangely shaped demons charged out from it.
Roughly estimated, there were no less than eight or nine hundred demons.
Some had human heads and demonic bodies or demonic heads and human bodies, some were humanoid but covered in thick fur and ugly, and others were simply beast-like, only several times larger than ordinary animals.
There were countless creatures born from dampness and eggs, or covered in fur and scales.
As the large numbers of demons continuously approached them, the city wall beneath their feet also trembled slightly.
Below the city wall, teams of city guards in worn armor stood ready.
Seeing this scene,
Commandant Wang immediately ordered, "All Demon Slayer Division members, go out of the city and kill the demons alongside the city guard army!"
Just as he finished speaking,
the demons outside the city had already reached them and were entangled in battle with the city guards.
The black-clad members of the Demon Slayer Division also immediately exited the city and joined the fray.
Song Ming immediately unleashed an Appraisal Technique on the demons below the city.
He found that most were Level 9 or 10 demons.
Their health was also around four or five thousand.
Occasionally, a few Level 20 demons were mixed in, but they were only a minority.
With his current damage output of nearly seven hundred thousand per skill,
he could completely achieve instant harvesting.
"Junior Brother, let's go down too. I and Meng Li will be responsible for bringing those monsters to low health, and then hand them over to you for harvesting.
There are quite a few demons attacking today. If it's like this every day, you'll probably be able to complete your class change quest in ten days at most!"
Zhang Xinhua said, while taking out her weapon.
Meng Li also patted his chest, "Don't worry about us. Our efficiency is absolutely top-notch!"
Song Ming, however, shook his head and said, "You don't need to act. Just watch from the side!"
These monsters looked terrifying, but they were just low-level demons.
He could handle them all by himself.
There was no need for them to go to such trouble.
Zhang Xinhua, however, frowned and couldn't help but advise, "Song Ming, I know you are the Top National Scorer and very powerful, but there are so many demons.
There are seven or eight hundred of them. If it's just you, you won't be able to kill them all even by sunset!"
Song Ming didn't listen to her anymore and went straight outside the city.
He directly unleashed an Annihilation Aura on the group of demons that were frantically attacking the soldiers.
Immediately,
a pure black circular ripple instantly covered the heads of that group of demons.
An indescribable Aura of deathly stillness filled the entire field.
Those demons, originally ferocious and snarling, instinctively paused their movements upon seeing the Aura above their heads.
Before they could even turn to flee,
the pure black Aura suddenly pressed down.
The demons enveloped within the pure black Aura immediately began to disintegrate from their heads downwards, their bodies crumbling inch by inch.
Their Souls were also crushed into dust along with them.
A circular vacuum area instantly appeared on the battlefield.
The demons had all evaporated.
Only the soldiers who had been fighting stood stunned in place.
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All the demons in the circular area died, but damage numbers kept appearing and disappearing.
Meng Li stood rooted to the spot, like an imbecile, staring at the demons that had been instantly vaporized before his eyes.
The staff he held in his hand also crashed to the ground with a thud.
"Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, seven hundred thousand... Holy crap, over 720,000 damage! Do we even need to lead him anymore?"
Meng Li's mouth twitched as he complained weakly.
Zhang Xinhua also had an expression of disbelief.
Although she knew Song Ming was the Top National Scorer and must be very powerful,
seeing it today,
she suddenly realized her imagination was too weak.
"If I'm not mistaken, Junior Brother is only Level 20, right!"
"More than that, does the Aura Master class have such an amazing skill? Are we playing the same game!"
Meng Li recovered from his daze and said, looking at Song Ming's back.
"You ask me, who am I to ask? And don't you think that a weak class like Aura Master can be played by Song Ming into such a stat monster?
What does this show? It shows that Song Ming is the strong one."
Zhang Xinhua was silent for a long time before speaking.
Meng Li sighed.
The gap between people was indeed much larger than the gap between people and dogs.
"When Song Ming changes to the hidden class Myriad Laws Celestial Master, won't he just take off!" he said sourly.
Song Ming didn't pay attention to the reactions of others, because his eyes were only on the demons now.
As he joined the battlefield, the demons, who had initially held the advantage, immediately fell into an absolute disadvantage.
Because wherever he went, circular clearings with diameters of several hundred meters constantly appeared.
[Killed Level 9 Dog Demon, gained 150 experience]
[Killed Level 10 Wild Boar Demon, gained 210 experience]
[Killed Level 12 Centipede Demon, gained 320 experience]
[Killed Level 13 Scorpion Spirit, gained 410 experience]
......
[Excess experience stored!]
[Class Change Quest Requirement: Slay Demons (421 / 1000)]
Song Ming looked at the constant message prompts before him.
He then looked at the slightly less than half of the demons remaining in the field.
"It seems my luck is pretty good. I estimate I'll be able to complete the class change quest very soon!"
......
On the other side.
On the main road ten li outside Qingzhou City.
More than a dozen riders were galloping rapidly, heading towards Qingzhou City.
The burly man at the head was wearing a wolf-skin cloak, his Aura somewhat weak, and there was a deep, bone-visible wound on his shoulder.
He was the General of Qingzhou, Demon Quelling General Yan Hong!
Behind him followed more than a dozen subordinates, also in poor condition.
One of them looked towards Qingzhou City and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Master, it seems there's a demonic invasion over at the state city. I smell the scent of those wretches!"
Yan Hong's expression became stern, and he sharply cracked his horsewhip.
"Everyone, pick up the pace! Follow me back to reinforce Qingzhou City!"
Everyone immediately urged their warhorses faster, and soon they arrived at the South City Gate.
However, when they saw the scene unfolding on the battlefield, they all gasped in shock.
They saw Song Ming displaying Divine Might among the demon horde, moving as if no one was there.
Wherever he went, he would surely harvest the lives of demons within several hundred meters.
"This... whose subordinate is this, to be so courageous!" Yan Hong stretched out his hand, pointing at Song Ming, and said in disbelief.