Lord of the Sky City

The strength of the Bull-horned Demons was unquestionable!

Actually, this was also not surprising. When Rocky undertook the task of defending Backhill Village, in the last battle of that mission, merely five or six Bull-horned Demons dismantled the walls the village relied on for survival—just five or six! It was precisely because of this that the villagers of Backhill Village eventually came under Rocky's rule, so the current performance of the Bull-horned Demons could be said to be quite normal.

So when Caryus, piloting his Tank Armor, finally managed to kill two Bull-horned Demons, more of the beasts had already charged at the Guard Corps!

Facing this situation, Monte and Lin Feng, who had always been at the forefront of the charge, naturally met the challenge head-on.

"Roar!!!"

With an angry roar, Monte raised his Battle Axe to strike at the Bull-horned Demon rushing towards him. The axe's power surged dramatically with Mana enhancement, cleaving from the demon's shoulder straight into its chest.

If this had been a Black-eyed Demon, it would have died, but not the Bull-horned Demon!

The Bull-horned Demon that was hit with the axe did not die immediately; instead, it let out a scream and fiercely rammed its head into Monte, nearly knocking him over with its tremendous force before finally collapsing.

Compared to Monte, Lin Feng had a relatively easier time dealing with the Bull-horned Demons.

Lin Feng was accustomed to using greatswords, and Hammerfire had specially forged a giant sword for his armor as a weapon. It was also modified with Runes. Therefore, when Lin Feng swung his giant sword at a Bull-horned Demon, beautiful patterns lit up on it momentarily. These patterns were naturally composed of Rune after Rune, and with the enhancement of the Runes, the sword's power soared, able to sever a Bull-horned Demon at the waist with a single sweep. This power was said to be the strongest among all the participating Void Magic Warriors in battle, aside from Rocky—making Lin Feng the most at ease when facing Bull-horned Demons, other than Rocky himself.

On another front, as Monte and Lin Feng began to engage with the Bull-horned Demons, the Guard Corps soon encountered these fearsome creatures as well, and just as everyone had imagined, their formation was immediately scattered upon contact...

In the previous battles, although more and more Black-eyed Demons continued to assault their phalanx, the Guard Corps managed to maintain its formation. First, this was because every Guard was well-trained, and second, their weaponry and equipment played a crucial role.

In battles of this scale and intensity, had the Guards been using low-level Magic Energy Equipment or even ordinary weapons, it would not be an exaggeration to say they would have already been annihilated by now. Because facing the charge of the Demons, even if the Guards were of exceptional quality, their equipment being subpar would render their skills useless.

Take, for example, the shield. Against the claws of a Black-eyed Demon, an ordinary shield might withstand one attack, but after two or three, the sharp claws would tear it to shreds like paper—and Armor was even more so. If the quality of the Armor were insufficient, the Black-eyed Demon could gouge out a hole in the Guards' bodies with just one swipe.

Therefore, the new Three-Star Magic Armor equipped by the Guard Corps played a crucial role in the battle. With the Three-Star Magic Energy Shield in their hands and Three-Star Magic Armor on their bodies, the Guards' defensive power became much more formidable. Their shields could block the Black-eyed Demons' claws time after time, and even if they couldn't resist, their Armor could allow them to survive the blows without dying. As for the Three-Star Magic Longsword in their hands, it was even more critical.

With the support of Mana, a slash with the longsword could immediately cause massive damage to a Black-eyed Demon. Some of the older and more experienced soldiers could even pierce through the body of a Black-eyed Demon with a single stab, something unimaginable in previous battles.

However, all of that ceased to exist after the Bull-horned Demons charged over.

"Spread out! Everyone spread out! Operate in squads!"

When Monte noticed that some Bull-horned Demons had already charged toward the Guard Corps, he immediately shouted at the troops in the midst of battle.

But as he shouted, the Bull-horned Demons had already broken into the formation!

The moment the first Bull-horned Demon broke into the Guard Corps, the front row of the formation was instantly breached, and five or six Guards who were holding shields for defense were sent flying by the impact and fell heavily to the ground, two of whom died on the spot, coughing up blood.

When the Bull-horned Demons fully penetrated the formation, although the surrounding warriors immediately thrust their longswords, the swords' points had no effect on the Scale Armor. The hardened armor almost completely blocked the Guards' attacks, and when the Bull-horned Demons began to counterattack, the guards suffered terribly.

With a roar, a Bull-horned Demon lunged forward with its head, its horns instantly piercing through a Guard's shield, arm, and finally viciously stabbing into the Armor the Guard was wearing, half a horn piercing straight into the chest of the Guard. Then, with a lift of its head, the Guard, almost impaled, was flung into the air by the horn.

Finally, after the battle had been going on for so long, the Guard Corps began to suffer casualties.

More importantly, such casualties represented not just the death of one or a few Guards but also signified the complete disarray of the Guard Corps by the Demons!

In an instant, several Guards were killed as the Demon that had broken into the formation then turned and charged in other directions, but fortunately, at this time, the Guard Corps had already dispersed and began to form groups of ten as units.

Just as the Demon was preparing to continue its rampage, a red shadow suddenly descended from the sky onto it and, while dropping down, pierced the Demon's hard head with a longsword!

Liliya!

Rocky's arrangement for Liliya was for her to lead Dusa and Sandro to act freely, so she had not truly engaged in the earlier part of the battle. Instead, she was leading Dusa and Sandro to support from the air, which wasn't due to Liliya being cowardly in battle, but because her exceptionally rich combat experience made it very clear what she needed to do. Her goal wasn't to kill as many Demons as possible but to prevent Guards from being killed by the Demons.

In such a situation, when the Bull-horned Demon broke into the formation, Liliya decisively made her move. Her goal was simple, to minimize the devastating impact the Bull-horned Demon could have on the warriors—a far more critical objective than killing any number of Demons.

After piercing the head of a Bull-horned Demon with a single sword thrust, Liliya, clad in Fire Guard Type 5 Armor, stepped on the corpse of the Demon, leaped up, and then rushed toward other Bull-horned Demons that had already begun engaging with the Guards.

Meanwhile, as she flew, Sandro also joined the fight, with the two attacking different targets, one to the left and one to the right.