Chapter 277: Miracles and Submission

The garrison of the Sand Ridge clan mission was not far from the Demon King's military camp, chosen in a hidden clearing in the forest, near the first stream passing through the forest, which was convenient for them to collect berries and hunt monsters in the forest.

When Luo Yan followed Thea and Nema with Sarah and Okto, more than a hundred young Sand Ridge warriors stood up one after another, curiously looking at the legendary Demon King.

"Is he that Demon King? Looks actually... quite kind?"

"Looks a bit like a human."

"Human? Haha, stop joking, he is a demon who brought down heavenly fire with one spell and destroyed thirty thousand Scale Dragon soldiers alone! How could he be a weak human?"

"That ghoul... I actually felt the aura of extraordinary power from him!"

"How strong must this guy be when he was alive?!"

"A powerful male... tsk, what a pity."

"What breed is that guy with cat ears?"

"Looks very similar to the leopard I caught when hunting yesterday... looks like a delicious appearance." A female lizardman spat out a slender tongue and licked the scales around her mouth, ambition flashing in her amber vertical pupils.

The habits of these guys are exactly the same as uncivilized primitives, the only difference is that there is less shouting.

Sarah just swept a cold glance at these lizardmen, as if looking at a group of reptiles.

As an excellent guard, she didn't take those offensive gazes to heart, just followed Luo Yan quietly.

What she wants to do is hide her breath, not show off like Alakto.

Thea turned her head, her soft and majestic gaze swept over these young clansmen, signaling them to keep quiet.

Almost in an instant, the Sand Ridge warriors immediately restrained their whispers, and the scene became quiet.

Luo Yan looked at Thea.

It seems that this guy has quite a high prestige in the Sand Ridge clan, probably a relative of that Mother of the Clan.

After getting Thea's signal, Nema stepped forward, her face still cold as ice, but her voice carried a trace of pride that couldn't be hidden.

"Respected Demon King, please allow me to show you the abilities of the Sand Ridge clan."

Luo Yan nodded, he came for this.

"Start."

"Yes!"

Nema bowed respectfully, then swept her sharp gaze behind her.

Almost the moment she signaled with her eyes, more than a hundred lizardman warriors spread out like lightning, each lying on the nearby bushes and rocks in strange postures.

I saw the color of their scales changing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they completely merged with the environment, and if it weren't for close observation, it would be almost difficult to identify!

Not bad!

Very realistic!

Luo Yan's gaze carried a trace of approval.

Just as he expected, the foundation of these lizardmen is good, better than chameleons, as long as they are trained and tuned, they can play a huge role.

Whether it is reconnaissance or assassination.

"... We Sand Ridge clan are born assassins, Mother of Earth Ataya gave us the ability to merge with the environment." Nema's tone carried a trace of faint pride, turned back to look at the Demon King, and continued, "Not only that, these hundred young talents in front of you are the best of the young generation of our Sand Ridge clan, the strongest has already possessed the strength of 'War General level'."

Luo Yan asked curiously.

"What is War General level."

Nema was speechless for a while, not knowing how to explain, so she cast a helping look at Thea who was good at talking.

Thea looked at the Demon King standing next to her and added softly.

"Your Majesty, according to the power division of our Gana Continent, there are five tiers: Soldier, Elite, War General, Saint General, and God General. 'War General level' already belongs to the absolute backbone power on our continent, and our Sand Ridge clan's Quicksand Assassins are even better at challenging levels, even if facing Saint General level, they have not tried to fight... Please believe me, we have offered the best warriors to you, and we have no reservations about you."

"It seems you have heart."

Luo Yan smiled faintly when he heard this, and said a polite sentence casually, but didn't say his real thoughts in his heart.

In fact, having experienced several battles with the Saint Scale Dragon Kingdom, he had roughly figured out that the so-called "Saint General level" here is just a match for the Steel-level strongmen on the Os Continent, and even the higher-level "God General level" is estimated to be at the Bai Yin to Gold level.

As for War General level, maybe it's Bronze?

Luo Yan saw his former self in them, thinking that he was also a Bronze-level salted fish at the beginning.

It's okay.

Although the strength of the Bronze level is slightly weaker, what he values is not the strength of these lizardmen, but the potential in them.

"I am very satisfied with your performance. Next, I will arrange for Sarah to train you... She will tell you how to hunt the enemies of the Demon King's Army in places other than the jungle and desert."

Withdrawing his gaze from Thea, Luo Yan paused for a moment, looked at Sarah standing aside, and ordered.

"Sarah, leave it to you."

"Yes, Demon King." Sarah bowed respectfully and said with a gentle face.

Just at the moment Luo Yan's words fell, a commotion sounded from the lizardmen lurking around, exchanging gazes and whispering to each other.

Training?

Let this prey train them, these battle-hardened hunters?

Stop joking!

At this time, a Sand Ridge female warrior about two meters tall climbed down from the tree and strode to the front of Luo Yan and his party.

Her pupils flickered with strange light, her voice carried a trace of hard-to-hide cold pride, and she said with a strong and flat chest.

"Demon King, we have already received rigorous training and can directly serve you. The Sand Ridge clan only obeys the strong. Rather than being trained by this cute cat lady, I would rather follow the powerful you personally."

She deliberately glanced at Sarah with a slightly contemptuous and provocative gaze, and her slender tongue gently scraped the scales on the corner of her mouth.

This young and brave Sand Ridge female warrior is named Kana, a recognized genius assassin in the clan. She is young and has already possessed the strength of the peak of War General level, only one step away from breaking through the bottleneck to reach the Saint General level!

Not only that.

As early as when she was in the middle of War General level, she had killed a Saint General level warrior of the Saint Scale Dragon Kingdom and retreated completely!

Relying on her excellent combat record in the past, she was extremely confident in her strength, and it was precisely because of this that she didn't put this guy with restrained breath in her eyes at all.

Thea's face changed slightly when she heard this, her amber vertical pupils contracted instantly, and she glared fiercely at the young clansman.

In her eyes, the warning was obvious.

However, the latter was unmoved, not only did not have any restraint, but instead looked at the Demon King with fiery and provocative eyes in front of a certain cat.

The Sand Ridge clan respects the strong, and powerful males only deserve to be owned by stronger females, so that they can give birth to stronger offspring... This is almost an instinct carved into her bloodline.

She suddenly found that this hairless monkey was quite good-looking, and there seemed to be an aura on him that made her blood boil faintly.

Looking at the ambitious gaze, Sarah frowned slightly, and the cruel aura like a beast gradually flowed out of her indifferent eyes.

At first, she didn't take the provocation of these bugs to heart, just like a lion wouldn't care about a mouse crawling through the sewer.

But this guy's eyes...

Is it a bit overstepping?

Looking at the ambitious lizard and the faintly hissing cat, Luo Yan felt unexpectedly interesting, and the smile on his face deepened a bit.

It seems these lizardmen still need some tuning.

"Your Majesty, please forgive Kana's offense, we—" Thea stepped forward to smooth things over, trying to lower the temperature of the situation, but was stopped by Luo Yan raising his hand.

"No harm, it's a good thing for young people to have ambition, I don't hate subordinates who are eager to progress."

Having said this, Luo Yan looked at the lizardman warrior named Kana and said with a smile.

"Since you are so confident, why not have a competition with Sarah. If you win, you will be the captain of this assassin troop."

As for what happens if she loses, he didn't say.

Because that was almost a certain thing, there was no need to mention it at all.

However, Kana didn't seem to think so, but grabbed this opportunity excitedly.

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely not let you down." The two-meter-tall mother lizard proudly puffed out her chest, shook her right claw, and a bronze scimitar appeared in her hand, looking at Sarah and provoking first.

"If I lose... I will be at the disposal of this Meow Meow lady."

Luo Yan smiled faintly, just treating this as ear wind.

Looking at Sarah who was successfully aroused by the desire to win, he added a sentence in a low voice.

"Stop at the point, don't hurt the harmony."

Sarah nodded lightly, just about to open her mouth, but the stupid lizard standing opposite her misunderstood the Demon King's instructions as being said to herself.

I saw her mouth slightly raised, the scimitar in her hand danced a clean and neat sword flower, and she opened her mouth first with victory in her hands.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will play with Ms. Sarah very gently, and will definitely not hurt your toy—"

Just as her words fell, a pitch-black dagger had already pointed at her throat!

The cold touch and the fear of death teased her nerves under her scales through her scales, and it was only then that she came back to her senses.

Kana's vertical pupils contracted instantly, her tightened chin subconsciously tilted backward, and a trace of fine sweat dripped onto the ground along the gaps in the scales on her forehead.

Her eyes looked straight at Sarah, who was pointing the dagger at her with an expressionless face, and the words she said halfway directly solidified in her throat.

Such fast speed!

When did this guy make a move?!

The lizardman's sweat glands are not developed, and being able to force her to sweat is more than making her bleed!

Not just Kana, Nema, who was watching the battle on the side, also widened her eyes instantly, and a trace of unbelievable climbed on her cold face.

Not to mention Kana of War General level didn't see Sarah's movements, even she, who was a Saint General level, only saw a residual image!

This guy might have reached the peak of Saint General level!

Even excluding... she has already stepped into the field of God General level!

Thea was spinning her tail anxiously, sometimes looking at Luo Yan wanting to say something, sometimes looking at Sarah and Kana who were confronting each other, fearing that swords would have no eyes and cause lives.

In fact, if it weren't for the Demon King's instruction earlier, this annoying head would have really fallen to the ground.

"Your nonsense is a bit much."

Sarah looked coldly at Kana who was frozen in place and didn't dare to move, and neatly put the dagger back into the scabbard.

"Do you want to continue?"

The winner is decided.

The strength gap between the two sides is too large, and in her opinion, there is no need to continue to humiliate the opponent.

Listening to that understatement, a trace of humiliation flashed on Kana's face, but soon it was replaced by stubbornness and anger.

This hateful... stinky cat!

Actually dared to look down on me like this!

Looking at Sarah walking towards the Demon King with her back to her, a suppressed low roar came from Kana's mouth.

Just as Sarah stopped and turned around, she jumped backward like a rabbit, and pulled a distance of more than ten meters from the former!

Sarah had no next action, just watched her continue to perform quietly.

"I haven't lost yet!" Kana said with a grin, the scales on her body suddenly began to fade, gradually merging with the surrounding environment.

"I admit you have some skills in your hands! But the battle is not over yet!"

Looking at Kana who disappeared into the bushes, Sarah laughed lightly, her voice carrying a trace of faint mockery.

Just this?

However, although she didn't take this guy's means to heart, a trace of faint respect appeared in her eyes compared to before.

That was not respect for the opponent's strength, but respect for the courage of the weak to draw their swords and face the strong.

She admitted.

This guy is a martial artist.

Just a bit weak, and a bit arrogant.

"Enough, Kana, it's already enough! Her strength is far above you, it's not shameful for you to lose to her!" Thea glared at the forest not far away and scolded anxiously.

This guy hid very well, even she couldn't find the exact location.

But it is clear—

Just this level of concealment is not enough to defeat a God General level powerhouse!

An angry roar came from the forest, the sound was like being surrounded from all directions, making it impossible to tell the specific location.

"Please allow me to refuse! You can punish me afterwards! Even if you cut off my head, I recognize it! But now, I absolutely cannot... just lose to this guy like this!"

At the same time as she said, a piece of green light flew from the nearby bushes, shooting towards Sarah who was standing on the clearing without any defense like lightning.

However—

That no defense just looked like no defense.

Sarah, who seemed to be full of flaws, had long immersed her five senses in the surroundings, her perception was like a dense big net, covering the entire area within a radius of tens of meters... the swaying of every grass and tree, and even the breathing of insects in the bushes, could not escape her intuition.

This of course also includes Kana who thought she was hiding perfectly.

Almost the moment she launched the attack, Sarah had already made a response, lightly placing the dagger in front of her.

Clang—!

The crisp sound of metal collision swung open, turning into a breeze swaying the surrounding bushes.

Kana widened her eyes and looked at the bronze scimitar broken into two pieces in her hand, and then looked at Sarah's eyes without half a look of contempt, only deep shock and submission.

There is no room for rebuttal.

If the dagger that pointed at her throat earlier could be found by sneak attack, then now she not only lost to her opponent in the power of frontal confrontation, but also surpassed her in the field she was best at—hiding traces.

"... I lost."

She knelt on the ground, picked up the broken blade, offered it with both hands, and said without any regrets.

"I, Kana... willing to listen to your disposal, let you deal with it!"

Sarah just glanced at the bronze broken knife offered by Kana with both hands, then put the dagger back into the scabbard, and said in a cold voice.

"Demon King let me not see blood, I will not deal with you, and your sword doesn't have to be offered to me, offer it to that supreme adult."

Kana raised her head in astonishment, looking at Sarah who let her go like this, her amber vertical pupils wrote a trace of astonishment, and soon that astonishment turned into emotion.

In the Sand Ridge tribe, losing a duel means losing your scales and tail.

Especially since she had provoked so much earlier, and had promised to be at the disposal of the other party, even if the other party used the most cruel torture to torture her to death, she shouldn't have any complaints.

Her throat moved, and Kana said sincerely.

"I will offer my sword to the Demon King, and I will also remember your forgiveness and mercy... I will definitely return this favor."

Sarah nodded slightly, didn't say anything more, just returned to the Demon King's side with a normal expression, and looked at him with a trace of expectation.

'Did I do it right?'

Need to ask?

Simply too right!

Luo Yan could certainly understand the expectation in Sarah's eyes, and touched her head with a smile.

"Done well."

The Sand Ridge clan is now their own person in the Demon King's Army. For the thorns who are not convinced, just beat them up... just like a TV with poor signal.

For the weight of the hand, Sarah grasped it just right.

As expected of my cat!

Feeling the warmth passing through her scalp, a faint smile gradually appeared on Sarah's silent face.

But because there were others watching, her performance was considered restrained, and she didn't make any other movements.

Thea looked at this side in surprise, and Nema's eyes looking at Sarah were even more full of obvious fear and shock.

This person's control of power is so precise, not only is the attack flowing, but she also cut off the bronze scimitar given to Kana by the Mother of the Clan with just one blow!

She is now more and more certain that this mysterious woman who always stands beside the Demon King and restrains her breath to the extreme, her strength is afraid that it far exceeds her imagination!

As for that unfathomable Demon King...

She didn't dare to think about it at all!

Not only Kana was convinced, but all the young talents of the Sand Ridge clan changed their initial views on Sarah, and no longer dared to have any doubts.

The Sand Ridge clan only submits to the true strong.

And there is no doubt that the one standing in front of them is!

Thea knelt in front of Luo Yan.

"Demon King, please calm your anger, I implore you to forgive Kana's rudeness, she was just eager to prove herself to you, and had no intention of offending you..."

"Get up, I'm not angry, where is the statement of calming anger?"

Luo Yan smiled faintly, signaled Thea to get up, then looked at the Sand Ridge warriors present, and continued in a majestic voice.

"Your courage is commendable, but your strength is a bit weak... but this is not your fault, but because you believe in Mother of Earth Ataya has left this world for too long, His power can no longer care for you, not to mention the Dragon God's barrier covering here."

This is the truth.

If the Dragon God's faith still has a place on the Os Continent, then the Mother of Earth Ataya and the Sky God Uranus and other gods of elements have long been completely abandoned by the era, and only the theory of elements remains as a consensus for everyone.

The mages of the Empire's Academy can use earth-based spells without praying to Ataya, and Ataya can no longer dominate the reincarnation of most believers' souls.

This point is also the same on the Os Continent.

Luo Yan, who said this, paused for a moment, looked at the lizardmen who lowered their heads, and suddenly changed the subject.

"However, although Mother of Earth Ataya is powerless to care for her children, you are very lucky to have met me."

"I can give you power you have never possessed, let you truly stand up, as long as you submit to me from the heart and offer me your faith and loyalty."

The scene fell silent.

The lizardmen all showed unbelievable expressions, looked at each other, and whispers came one after another.

"What is the Demon King saying? Give us power we have never possessed? Could it be that he means... he can improve our soul level?!"

"How is this possible?! Isn't the soul level innate? I have never heard of anyone who can improve it later..."

"It's not impossible, it is said that as long as you please the gods while alive..."

"You mean the chosen ones?! However... that situation is too rare!"

It was not just the young talents of the Sand Ridge clan who were discussing.

Thea, who was standing on the side, also had an unbelievable expression on her face.

Give them more powerful power?

How is this possible?!

Ordinary clansmen don't know, but Thea, as a member of the Sand Ridge tribe's Mother of the Clan line, knows very well in her heart that extraordinary power is linked to the soul level!

However, the soul is the domain of the gods. Ordinary people can't even touch the soul, let alone change the quality of the soul!

Even undead mages only indirectly drive wandering souls for their own use through nether power, and the magic that can upgrade the soul is unheard of in her knowledge reserve!

Thinking of this, a different color flashed in her eyes when looking at Luo Yan.

She didn't rule out that this Demon King was talking nonsense.

But if what he said was true, wouldn't it mean that this Lord really holds the authority comparable to the gods?!

Regardless of the stormy waves in Thea's heart, Sarah, who was standing beside Luo Yan, had an indifferent expression.

She had seen the Demon King's ability with her own eyes, so naturally she wouldn't be as surprised as this group of ignorant guys.

Seeing the surprise and unimaginability of the lizardmen present, Luo Yan didn't intend to explain, just signaled Nema to come over.

Nema hesitated slightly, but still didn't dare to neglect and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders."

Luo Yan didn't speak, just raised his index finger slightly, and a green light shot from his fingertip into Nema's forehead.

Nema couldn't react at all.

But even if she could, she probably wouldn't dare to resist, after all, this Lord not only held her destiny, but also held the destiny of the entire Sand Ridge clan.

It was precisely because of her inner submission that the dark green light passed through her scales without any hindrance, straight into the deepest part of her soul.

As the dark green light completely merged into Nema's forehead, her whole body shook, and she only felt a warm and vast power instantly surging through her whole body.

"This is..." Feeling the vast and surging power, Nema's face was full of shock, and she couldn't help but clench her claws.

For a long time, she had been trapped in the bottleneck of Saint General level, no matter how hard she practiced, she couldn't break through half a point!

And now, the shackle that had been binding her all along was easily broken by a green light!

God General level!

She broke through!

Nema was so shocked that she could hardly speak.

Her strong shoulders trembled slightly, and the whole person fell into unspeakable emotion and ecstasy, unable to extricate herself.

The next second, she knelt on the ground without hesitation, tears even sliding down her cold face due to excitement, wishing she could offer her heart on the spot.

"Thank you... Demon King! Thank you for giving me a new life!"

Her excitement was not just because of the increase in strength.

More was that she clearly knew that the promotion of the soul level would not only affect her present life, but also accompany her afterlife!

Her destiny was completely rewritten!

All the lizardmen present looked at Nema's reaction dumbfounded, and their amber vertical pupils were full of unbelievable and awe-inspiring expressions.

"Nema is... broken through?!"

"It should be true! I felt it, the aura on her body is completely different! It is clear that she has reached the God General level!"

"The Demon King actually reshaped Nema's soul?!"

"This..."

The lizardmen of the Sand Ridge clan instantly surrendered completely to this unimaginable miracle, kneeling on the ground one after another, just like worshiping gods.

Thea's heart was even more stormy, looking at Luo Yan in disbelief, the fact that shocked her echoed repeatedly in her mind.

The miracle that happened before her eyes completely confirmed her guess—

The Demon King standing in front of her at this moment is really not a mortal, but a true living god!

The words she said earlier were just polite flattery, but she didn't expect it to be right...

Thea knelt down slowly and incomparably piously, pressing her forehead to the ground, expressing her awe at this moment with the most humble posture.

"Supreme Demon King, the miracle you have shown has surpassed my cognition... Please forgive our neglect, if we had known earlier that you were a true god, we would have definitely stood with you the first time you stepped on this land."

Having said this, her voice carried a trace of solemnity.

"From now on, you are our totem... The Sand Ridge clan will follow your footsteps forever and be loyal to you forever!"

That tone was already solemn to the point of being numb.

Luo Yan nodded with a smile, and didn't say much, after all, the increase in faith value jumping on his panel had already explained everything.

It seems that obtaining the faith of this group of aborigines is even easier than he imagined... just do what he has done countless times.

Looking at Nema kneeling piously on the ground, he continued in a gentle tone.

"This is the reward I pre-paid for you, if you want more, then go to the battlefield to obtain more merits and prove yourself."

He saw it earlier, this "Saint General level" warrior had reached the bottleneck of breakthrough, but was trapped by the limitation of the soul level and delayed in breaking through.

Saint General level matches the Steel-level strongmen of the Os Continent. Upgrading the soul of a Steel-level strongman to Bai Yin level requires 100,000 faith points.

This expenditure was a huge sum for him before, but now it is only 1.5 days of faith value income. Compared to the tens of millions of faith values in his hands, it is a fraction, which is very suitable as a carrot to buy people's hearts.

Moreover, judging from Nema's reaction, this investment is still quite cost-effective.

Being pious is not only the premise of contributing faith power, but also the premise of being influenced by faith power. Being able to be influenced by his divinity at least shows that there is a trace of piety towards him in her heart.

If there was any resistance or doubt, his faith power could not penetrate her soul and complete the upgrade for her.

Withdrawing his gaze from Nema, Luo Yan swept a glance at the lizardmen kneeling on the ground, especially Kana who had just lost to Sarah. There was a burning desire and ambition for power in those eyes. As a demon wearing human skin, what he appreciates most is this naked look.

Bathing in those fanatical and pious gazes, Luo Yan continued in a gentle and majestic voice.

"You are the same."

"Everyone has a chance to become stronger... as long as you are loyal enough."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 278 =====