Chapter 104: Demon Commander

Survivors!

Upon hearing these three words, Li Zhangsheng associated them with a brutal war, and one that would end in the defeat of the Langya Kingdom.

No one in the classroom spoke; everyone's expression was filled with gravity as they quietly listened to Instructor He Yan's account.

Instructor He Yan seemed to fall into memories, beginning to recount that battle from her own perspective at the time.

Three years ago, the Langya Kingdom predicted the location of the second Abyss Gate in advance; it was situated in the hinterland of Yuan Prefecture, a mere hundred miles from Peng City.

To minimize losses, before the Abyss Gate opened, the Yuan Prefecture Viceroy wanted to accomplish everything in one battle, so he issued a war mobilization order, calling upon the various forces in the surrounding area, including Academies, sects, families, and Gangs, as well as some experts living in seclusion in Yuan Prefecture.

As the most powerful Academy in Yuan Prefecture, Yuanling Academy naturally responded to the call, with the previous Principal leading the team in person, dispatching several Sixth-Rank Experts, dozens of instructors, and dozens of Elite Students.

At that time, Yuanling Academy was in its prime, with strength only slightly inferior to the Royal Academy, the head of the Four Great Academies.

These Elite Students could be said to be the future of Yuanling Academy; they were at least at the Third Rank, and even included several Fourth Rank students.

In addition to Yuanling Academy, the various forces in the Yuan Prefecture region also responded to the call, along with the Seventh-rank Beast Master who held down Yuan Prefecture, "King Gai"—this was what is known as an Emperor Rank!

Besides this, there were tens of thousands of troops; without a doubt, this was a very powerful force, and if it were an ordinary Abyss Gate, it would naturally be enough to suppress it, or even sound the horn for a counterattack.

Unfortunately, this was not an ordinary Abyss Gate; it not only corroded more land, but the upper limit of the power it could withstand was also stronger.

An ordinary Abyss Gate, during its opening phase, could basically only allow one Demon Commander to pass through.

This Abyss Gate, during its opening phase, allowed two Demon Commanders to pass through, because it was a special Twin Abyss Gate.

A Demon Commander is enough to be mentioned in the same breath as an Emperor Rank; their race is powerful, and they possess formidable quasi-spells, with the strong ones even capable of contending with an Eighth-tier Beast Master.

When speaking of the two Demon Commanders, there was a hint of sorrow in Instructor He Yan's tone, and her body trembled violently, whether from fear of the Demon Commanders' monstrous power or from deep hatred for them.

Demons are synonymous with cunning and cruelty, and Demon Commanders take this to the extreme.

When the Abyss Gate opened, the two Demon Commanders did not appear together; the Demon Commander skilled in concealment hid in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to ambush, while the other Demon Commander, who had goat horns, led a large army of demons to entangle with the Yuan Prefecture "Coalition Army."

Among them, the opponent of the goat-horned Demon Commander was King Gai.

The goat-horned Demon Commander was very cunning; in the battle with King Gai, it deliberately appeared to fall into a disadvantage on the surface, putting on a show of being suppressed by King Gai, and while fighting and retreating, it lured the overconfident King Gai near the Abyss Gate.

At this moment, the hidden Demon Commander seized the opportunity; its target was not King Gai, but his Life-Bound Demon Pet, and after paying a certain price, it completed a one-hit kill.

Even though King Gai was a Seventh-tier, possessing immense power, the death of his Life-Bound Demon Pet still caused him to suffer a violent backlash.

Not letting this opportunity pass, the two Demon Commanders took the chance to besiege King Gai; under their joint offensive, King Gai clearly fell into a disadvantage, and before he could suppress the backlash, another main Demon Pet died, and the rest were also not lightly injured.

King Gai forcibly suppressed the backlash, wanting to forcibly disengage from the battle, but before he could take action, the two Demon Commanders spent no small price to entangle him, and finally succeeded in killing King Gai!

The Emperor Rank falls, and the heavens mourn!

A blood rainbow appears, and blood rain falls!

The fall of King Gai triggered a heavenly phenomenon similar to the one just now!

After King Gai fell, the morale of the Yuan Prefecture "Coalition Army," which had previously held a slight advantage, dropped sharply, and there was a faint trend of collapse.

Seeing that the situation was beyond saving, the Yuan Prefecture Viceroy wanted to make a strategic retreat to preserve his effective strength, but before he could issue the order to retreat, he was powerfully killed by a Demon Commander.

With King Gai fallen and the Yuan Prefecture Viceroy dead, the leaderless Yuan Prefecture "Coalition Army" collapsed, and the demon army took the opportunity to slaughter them, leaving corpses across the fields and rivers of blood.

"After the Viceroy was killed, the two Demon Commanders began to target our human experts. In order to buy time for us and the Elite Students to escape, the previous Principal and several Academy leaders fought to the death to cover the retreat, doing their utmost to hold back the Demon Commanders!"

When saying this, Instructor He Yan's eyes were filled with sorrow, but she continued: "But in the face of absolute strength, the time they bought was extremely limited. In the end, except for a mere few people from our Yuanling Academy, the rest of the instructors and Elite Students never returned!"

After the battle failed, the Langya Kingdom used the strength of the entire nation to resist the demons' offensive, but this battle also left Yuan Prefecture severely damaged, its war potential greatly reduced, and it dragged the Langya Kingdom into the quagmire of war.

In this battle, Yuanling Academy was severely damaged; including the previous Principal, it lost a large number of instructors and Elite Students, which directly led to a decline in Yuanling Academy's ranking. It was only thanks to a few surviving Elite Students fighting to the death that they barely managed to keep the title of one of the Four Great Academies, but they still fell from the second Academy to the fourth!

Even so, Yuanling Academy was in a precarious position; any Elite Academy with ambitions for the title of "Four Great Academies" would naturally beat a dog that had fallen into the water, wishing to replace them.

In the classroom, silence fell at this moment.

Everyone's complexion was unpleasant; there was no help for it, the enemy was truly too powerful—an Emperor Rank fell, the Yuan Prefecture Viceroy fell, the previous Principal fell...

And as for them, most were still at the First Rank, with only four at the Second Rank; in such a battle, the danger could be imagined.

"Abyss! Demons!" Li Zhangsheng's chest heaved violently, feeling a bit unable to breathe. The current Langya Kingdom was precarious, and judging by the current trend, perhaps before they could grow up, they would have to go and fight the demons.

This was not a sparring match, but a matter of life and death!

No one is not afraid of death!

Everyone is afraid!

Li Zhangsheng is also afraid!

Some people would be afraid because of this, or even develop the thought of suppressing their cultivation realm, just to avoid fighting the demons, because Instructor He Yan had said that once one entered the Second Rank, there was a possibility of being sent to fight the demons.

However, Li Zhangsheng never had the thought of giving up. It was not that he was particularly noble; he was actually very afraid of death, but unlike ordinary people, he was extremely confident, certain that as long as he was given time, he would definitely be able to become a Stronger in the future. No matter how dangerous it was, he would not give up easily!

Having a powerful cheat, if he were still afraid of this and that, then what difference would that make from a salted fish!

Li Zhangsheng took a deep breath and took the initiative to ask: "Teacher, does that mean the Abyss Gates will continue to increase?"

This question caused many people's hearts to rise, and some new students even looked at Instructor He Yan with near-despairing eyes, hoping to hear the answer they wanted to hear.

Unfortunately, He Yan pondered slightly, and finally hardened her heart and said: "That's right. According to the current trend, the Abyss Gates are very likely to continue to increase. Our Langya Kingdom currently has two Abyss Gates, and in the future, there might be a third, a fourth, or even a fifth!

However, the current situation is not yet that tense, and you are not needed for the time being, so everyone does not need to worry excessively!"

Instructor He Yan said this with her mouth, but how could she not have worries in her heart? However, she did not want to show it in front of the new students; their pressure was already great enough and needed to be digested well. If she continued to increase the pressure, it would undoubtedly crush more dejected new students.

(End of chapter)