Chapter 150: Demonic Transformation

"Dad, what should we do now?"

Having just received the order from the minor vanguard officer, Lady Yin commanded them to break through Marquis Qiyang's camp within three days.

This time, Deng Jiu could no longer continue pretending.

Facing Deng Chan Yu's question, Deng Jiu's expression darkened, but he did not immediately reply.

He seemed to be waiting for something.

After a while, a soldier finally walked in, taking out a jade slip from his bosom and handing it to Deng Jiu.

After receiving the jade slip, Deng Jiu merely glanced at it, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Chan'er, order the army to retreat, quickly!"

Deng Jiu stood up and spoke urgently.

"Dad, what did you discover?"

Deng Chan Yu asked, bewildered: "Now, Princess Suzhi has ordered us to capture Marquis Qiyang within three days; if we retreat the army now, then..."

"Retreat! Immediately!"

Deng Jiu said without room for doubt: "The spy I placed at Marquis Qiyang's side has sent word that Marquis Qiyang's side is currently performing some kind of evil ritual, preparing to sacrifice the soldiers' souls to a certain demon god in exchange for great power!"

"What? How dare he!"

Deng Chan Yu angrily said: "Such harmful sorcery, Father, give the order; let me lead the army and kill him now!"

"It's too late!"

Deng Jiu shook his head, saying: "What we must do now is to preserve our strength as much as possible, and hand this trouble over to Princess Suzhi and Marquis Dongbo."

"Father!"

Upon hearing this, Deng Chan Yu's face showed a hint of unwillingness.

"Deng Chan Yu, hear the order!"

Deng Jiu's expression darkened, and he said: "Immediately lead the army in retreat!"

Although unwilling, having grown up in the military since childhood, Deng Chan Yu knew that everything must follow military orders.

……

"How? Are you feeling sorry for your soldiers?"

An eerie voice transmitted.

"Don't worry; soon, these soldiers under your command will receive the seeds of power and become an invincible army!"

Accompanying the eerie voice's descent, immediately after, a demonic wind blew.

Marquis Qiyang clearly saw, within this demonic wind, there were strange seeds.

The seeds drifted with the demonic wind, scattering throughout Marquis Qiyang's camp.

"Ah—"

A painful scream.

Immediately, everyone discovered that on a soldier's body appeared twisted green veins.

The green veins throbbed wildly; soon, this soldier's body began to change.

His right hand turned into a sharp sickle, his legs into two goat hooves, and his right eye also sprouted a bewitching flower.

This appearance truly frightened the surrounding soldiers.

After all, this neither-human nor-ghost appearance is truly terrifying.

But before the people nearby could approach to check the soldier's condition, screams continuously spread throughout the camp.

One soldier after another's body showed the same horrifying transformation.

Watching this scene before his eyes, Marquis Qiyang's eyes flickered with a hint of reluctance.

After all, these soldiers were once his subjects.

It was he who led his subjects to this desperate situation.

"Hehehe, you seem quite sorrowful?"

The eerie voice said: "However, you should not grieve but rejoice, for only thus can these feeble lives have a chance to advance toward eternity!"

"Hmph!"

After a cold snort, Marquis Qiyang said no more, picking up a strange wooden tablet.

"Kill!"

Accompanying Marquis Qiyang's wave of the wooden tablet, the next moment, the already demon-transformed soldiers all let out terrifying roars, then charged out of the camp, like beasts, rushing toward the Three Mountain Pass army.

The booming shockwave quickly drew the attention of the Three Mountain Pass army that was retreating.

"Quick look, what is that?"

A soldier saw the suddenly appearing eerie monster and couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

But before he could react, a sharp sickle had already pierced his chest.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers couldn't help but thrust their spears.

Green blood spattered; this scene also reassured the surrounding soldiers that these monsters seemed not invincible.

But before the soldiers could rejoice too long, suddenly, the monster they attacked had its right eye's bewitching flower bloom.

The next moment, it transformed into flying vines that swept toward the surrounding soldiers.

On the vines were ferocious barbs that deeply pierced the soldiers' bodies, devouring their blood? flesh.

In the blink of an eye, several soldiers turned into desiccated corpses.

And the monster that had devoured the soldiers' blood? flesh, its wounds also began to recover rapidly at a visible speed.

"Roar—"

The bloody slaughter seemed to arouse the monster's most primal ferocity.

This cruel scene also made the remaining soldiers of the Three Mountain Pass involuntarily feel a chill in their hearts.

At that moment, a five-colored stream of light flew over.

The next moment, the monster that terrified the soldiers had its head burst open instantly.

"Fall back quickly!"

Immediately after, a heroic female general landed, reaching out to catch a five-colored flying stone—the person was Deng Chan Yu.

At this moment, Deng Chan Yu finally understood why her father had insisted on retreating the army.

Because these monsters were now beyond what ordinary soldiers could handle.

Hearing Deng Chan Yu's words, the surrounding soldiers stopped delaying and began a frantic retreat.

Meanwhile, in place, Deng Chan Yu held a long sword, and the five-colored flying stone in her hand flew out again.

Wherever the five-colored flying stone passed, monsters were slain one by one.

But compared to the tens of thousands of monsters, Deng Chan Yu's solitary strength was still too weak.

"Chan'er, fall back quickly!"

At that moment, Deng Jiu Gong rushed over, holding a long blade, and shouted urgently.

"Father, you retreat first; I'll buy time!"

Deng Chan Yu, however, insisted stubbornly.

"You..."

Deng Jiu Gong looked helpless, but he also knew that letting his daughter abandon her soldiers and flee at this moment was utterly impossible.

While swinging his long blade and beheading monster after monster, Deng Jiu Gong's heart grew increasingly uneasy.

Because he could sense that a terrifying power was gathering in the direction of the Marquis Qiyang's camp.

"It's Deng Jiu Gong and his daughter!"

Looking at Deng Jiu Gong and Deng Chan Yu, the Marquis Qiyang furrowed his brows and said, "Their strength is extraordinary; if we cannot deal with them, our army will likely be unable to advance smoothly."

Indeed, the father-daughter duo's strength is indeed strong, especially Deng Chan Yu's five-colored flying stone, which kills on contact, yet it has caused great trouble for the army's advance.

"Then, deal with them!"

The eerie sound echoed again.

"But, my forces are not enough."

The Marquis Qiyang said in a deep voice.

"Hehe, if your strength is insufficient, I, the commander, will grant you greater power."

The eerie sound rang out.

"What? What did you do?"

The Marquis Qiyang's voice carried a hint of fear; obviously, he had seen something that frightened him.