Chapter 28: Instantly Slay a Hundred‑Level Flame Demon Monkey! The Sky Split Open!

The defense battle of Fengdu City officially begins.

The entire city is surrounded on three sides; only the rear, backed by the war‑prep district, is free, while the other three directions suffer fierce assaults.

All third‑turn professionals have joined the fight.

A massive horde of monsters nearly blocks the three sides of the city, but the human professionals' human shield holds them at bay.

Lu Zheng, wanting to test his newly acquired gear, wields the 'Demon Dragon Breath' short sword and, using the 'Shift Form, Change Shadow' skill, quickly appears before a monster of LV. 100.

【Monster: Torch Demon Monkey】

【Quality: Boss-level】

【Level: LV. 100】

【HP: 100,000/100,000】

【MP: 20,000/20,000】

【Strength: 3000】

【Agility: 3000】

【Spirit: 5000】

【Constitution: 4000】

【Skills: Torch Jet, Meteoric Fire Rain, Mad Demon Fire Whip】

The Torch Demon Monkey is gigantic, ten meters tall; at first glance it looks like a dark‑red monkey, but its shoulders rise and each side bears a burning torch, spewing high temperature as if magma boils within.

Where it passes, the air is scorched, as if entering a volcano.

It swings its arms repeatedly; each swing gathers the shoulder flames into its hands and then blasts them outward in the direction of the swing—this is the effect of its first skill, 'Torch Jet'.

At that moment Lu Zheng reaches its side; with high agility and skill buffs he appears at the monkey's head, and before it can react, he thrusts a sword.

Although Lu Zheng is only level 54, his base Strength is 4300, the Dragon Emperor Demon Armor adds 800, and the Demon Dragon Breath short sword adds 1000, totaling 6100 Strength, yielding a base damage of 30,500.

Using the short sword's skill 'Dragon's Kiss', which doubles attack power and adds another 10,000, the damage reaches a staggering 71,000, and with the title 'Demon Slayer' effect granting 5% extra damage to this monster, the total damage spikes to 74,550.

Since Lu Zheng's sword strike targets the monkey's head, it gains an additional 20% critical damage; after calculation this attack reduces the Torch Demon Monkey's HP by a full 89,450! Lu Zheng is not fighting alone.

He had earlier used the 'Triple Clone' skill obtained from the Three‑tailed Spirit Fox, creating three clones; despite having only 50% of base attributes, even a normal attack from each deals tens of thousands of damage, so the three clones together add over 30,000 extra damage.

Thus, overall, a single attack took down a level‑100 boss monster instantly! This gave Lu Zheng a rough estimate of his own combat power, though he still needs to keep fighting to gather more dimensional data to gauge his weight and avoid capsizing in future ditches.

While slaughtering, he also did not forget to release his summoned beast.

This is a rare chance; with so many monsters clustered together, missing the opportunity to level up is unthinkable!

Lu Zheng also remembered his initial plan; he equipped the 'Demon Banner', which captures and controls many demons, making them attack surrounding monsters, directly 'defecting' a large number of demons below second turn, greatly easing the pressure on the professionals.

Accompanied by this carnage's revelry, his experience points surged and his level began to rise! His performance was not outstanding, since his summoned beasts were scattered, not gathered around him, and most operated far from the professionals, ambushing the monster tide from the rear.

Moreover, this place hosts many third‑turn, fourth‑turn, even fifth‑turn strongmen.

Those powerful fourth‑turn or fifth‑turn mages unleash a skill that wipes out a huge swath of monsters, dealing massive damage.

Flames blaze the sky, ice freezes a thousand miles, thunder strikes the heavens!

These scenes are far more spectacular than his own slaughter; people's gazes are basically drawn to them. Lu Zheng also released many spells, but being low‑level his spells—though granted by rare‑grade beasts—are limited by MP and cannot compare with those fourth‑turn and fifth‑turn masters.

He did not summon a divine beast.

Taotie still has many troubles, and Lu Zheng does not want the Nine‑headed Immortal Bird to attract attention now.

His celestial‑grade spirit pet is already shocking enough; the divine beast is the final trump card, and he will not reveal it unless absolutely necessary.

As Lu Zheng's level gradually rises to 58, the beast tide crisis also draws to a close.

The true final wave of onslaught appears, and the strongest monster reveals itself.

【Monster: War Axe Demon Bull】

【Quality: Lord-level】

【Level: LV. 350】

【HP: 15,000,000/15,000,000】

【MP: 2,000,000/2,000,000】

Just this fifteen‑million HP alone can make professionals collapse.

Lu Zheng now has multiple buffs; his skill‑burst damage only reaches about 110,000, which against such a terrifying being is like a light massage.

Of course he can land multiple hits; dealing four or five hundred thousand damage within a minute is doable.

But the premise is that he can break through its defense!

Lord‑level, sixth‑turn monsters have a base defense that reaches a terrifying tier; without breaking defense, damage cannot be dealt.

This creature is far stronger than the level‑200 Dark Dragon, which had been heavily nerfed; despite being Overlord‑level, its actual level is only 60, so Lu Zheng got a bargain.

Otherwise, even with a divine beast in hand, completing that task would likely take a long time.

Now facing such a terrifying being, Lu Zheng naturally runs as far as he can, and other professionals do the same.

Only one person remains: the sixth‑turn Saint‑grade professional stationed in Fengdu City, the level‑360 Dragon‑Blood Martial Deity, Fu Cangli!

The Daxia Alliance, one of the empire's top hundred professionals, pride of Liyang City No. 1 High School.

His portrait hangs not only throughout Liyang City No. 1 High School but also in many public places of Liyang City; after all, a mere fourth‑tier war‑prep city producing such a strongman is truly uplifting.

Lu Zheng watches Fu Cangli, single‑handed spear, clad in black armor, hovering mid‑air to duel the Lord‑level monster, and feels a surge of admiration.

A true gentleman should act thus! Fu Cangli's aura at a moment overwhelms the War Axe Demon Bull; at that instant he moves, his spear like a thunderbolt from the heavens, thrusting straight into the bull's head—so swift that without Lu Zheng's 'True Eye' one could not see it.

The War Axe Demon Bull defends in an instant.

This black demon bull, over forty‑eight meters tall, wielding a massive white‑bone axe, swings its huge axe, colliding with the thunderous spear thrust.

The massive War Axe Demon Bull steps back two paces; facing the two‑meter‑tall Fu Cangli, this small thing loses in strength! Seizing the advantage, Fu Cangli presses the attack, releasing a skill—perhaps not even a skill.

He transforms, growing into a half‑dragon with horns and scales, and the sky above his head cracks open! Please continue reading, please upvote!

(End of Chapter)