Chapter 667: Chopping Melons, Cutting Vegetables

In the next instant, the entire squad appeared in the Evil Beastmen settlement.

A wave of filthy stench mixed with the scent of blood pierced the nostrils, comparable to the Seven Rings' Stench Cloud technique, making everyone nearly vomit. Had Daoensosu not first cast Purification on everyone, the odor alone would have hampered the squad's combat effectiveness.

The settlement's grime and filth did not affect the Evil Beastmen's senses.

They instantly sensed the teleportation ripple, and at a glance saw the five strangers who had appeared in the settlement; their pupils dilated, then turned blood‑red, brimming with madness, bloodlust, and hunger.

Bang!

Before the Evil Beastmen could launch an attack, a blinding flash erupted in the settlement, illuminating the dim forest.

Daoensosu released a Sacred Nova.

A halo of light instantly spread outward, the holy energy scorching the Evil Beastmen as if boiling oil were poured onto their skin, sizzing and belching plumes of black smoke.

The sudden glare and burns caused most Evil Beastmen to reflexively shut their eyes, letting out painful roars.

A few of the nearest bull monsters closed their eyes and charged headlong toward the enemy.

The bull monsters stood two and a half meters tall, wielding iron axes weighing hundreds of pounds; their hooves hammered the ground like a wall barreling toward them. Even from several meters away, an aura of evil and filth slammed into them, as if it would shatter everything in its path.

"Ho!"

A clear, melodious female voice rang out, accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder.

Axi Na initiated a Thunder Charge, raising her shield to slam head‑on into the bull monster.

She was only as tall as the bull monster's chest, her size about one‑third of its, yet the outcome was a total reversal. The monster's iron axe struck her round shield, clanged back, the axe head embedding in its chest, and the following shield smashed its body to pieces, its sturdy muscles seeming more fragile than tofu.

The terrifying force kept pushing forward; in an instant, several bull monsters blocking Axi Na's charge were pierced, reduced to a heap of gory limbs.

The charge halted, and Axi Na seized the moment to stomp heavily on the ground.

Thunder Stomp!

Boom—

As if an earthquake struck, the whole settlement shuddered. Numerous massive bolts of lightning erupted from beneath Axi Na's feet, and under her deliberate control surged forward and to both sides, engulfing most of the Evil Beastmen still blinded by the stench.

The stronger the power, the greater the Thunder Stomp's force.

At this moment Axi Na wielded Level‑15 power; a single full‑strength stomp unleashed unimaginable damage. The shockwave from the stomp hurled the struck boar‑men into the air, their bodies shattered and broken, like a Seven Rings lightning bolt sweeping past, turning them to char when they hit the ground.

Some bull monsters had stronger defenses; they survived the Thunder Stomp but were gravely wounded.

The teammates behind exchanged bewildered looks.

Axi Na's single stomp eliminated over seventy percent of the enemies, tearing everything apart; trees fell one after another, revealing the sky above the forest, and half the settlement turned to ruins.

"Eluna above!"

Yizite froze in midair.

He had just transformed into a Demon, eerie green cursed tattoos surfacing on his skin, a pair of massive demon bat wings sprouting from his back as he rose into the air; two battle blades in his hands glowed green, ready to charge into the enemies and slice them apart, but in an instant he was wiped out.

Beilake and Daoensosu were also stunned into silence.

All this time, their focus had been on the inscrutable Reslin; Axi Na was merely his friend, her greatest impression being beauty. Although Reslin had said Axi Na was very powerful, calling her one of the world's best defenders, they had not taken it seriously and inevitably looked down on her.

Now that she acted, they realized she wasn't just strong—she was absurdly overpowered!

Wasn't she supposed to be a defender?

Why does her offensive power seem even scarier? That stomp must be at least Level‑14!

Is this really something only a legendary transcendent can do? What are those lightning bolts? What exactly is her class?

A series of question marks flashed through the three of them.

"Roar..."

The roar echoed through the ruins.

A massive, three‑meter‑tall sturdy bull monster swept away wood and stones from its body, its bell‑like eyes blood‑shot, its skin bearing scorch marks from lightning; in pain it bellowed, "Human! Die!"

It was the settlement's leader, a legendary Mid-stage Apocalypse Bull.

Its massive body sprinted through the ruins, charging straight at Axi Na, a rusted giant axe weighing over three thousand pounds swinging, generating a fierce wind pressure.

The giantess remained unafraid, brandishing sword and shield to meet the charge.

Behind the squad, in the direction untouched by Axi Na's Thunder Stomp, a group of Evil Beastmen surged forward, including a legendary bull monster and a Shadow Priest.

The Shadow Priest was a ram‑horned beast.

It wore a beast‑skin robe, grasped a curved wooden staff, and quietly cast from the shadows behind the Evil Beastmen, believing itself well concealed.

Reslin casually pointed at it, unleashing a Seven Rings Space-Time Shock.

The space‑time around the Shadow Priest rippled for an instant, instantly interrupting its casting. Realizing the enemy's might, it decided to flee, but a flash of light appeared in its sight.

Bang bang bang…

Beilake fired, two soul guns spewing golden flame tongues, a dozen holy light projectiles shooting out, crossing over a hundred meters in an instant to hit the Shadow Priest; two or three shots knocked it out of the shadows.

A black shield materialized around the Shadow Priest.

The holy light projectiles struck the shield, splashing violent ripples; within half a heartbeat, three consecutive shots hit the same spot, and the shield instantly collapsed.

At the instant the shield shattered, the Shadow Priest turned into black mist and vanished.

At the same moment, Reslin completed a second spell.

A virtually invisible transparent ray shot from his hand, only fingertip‑wide, almost invisible to the naked eye in the dim forest, moving a few fractions faster than lightning, flashing by in an instant, landing near where the Shadow Priest had vanished.

The ray struck the Shadow Priest, which had only fled two or three meters away, forcing it to reveal its true form.

The ugly Evil Beastmen caster stared in horrified disbelief, realizing it had lost all ability to cast spells.

Seven Rings spell—Anti-Magic Ray!

The thought flashed through the Shadow Priest's mind as gunfire roared beside its ears; fist‑sized holy light projectiles punched blood‑filled holes in it, forcing it to recoil, then a massively expanded holy light projectile filled its entire view, and darkness fell.

Pop!

The Shadow Priest's skull was blown apart by that shot.

Beilake immediately swivelled his barrels, aiming both guns at the advancing Evil Beastmen.

Yizite just sliced that legendary low‑stage Doom Bull into fragments; as his figure darted at high speed, green glints burst from his war blades. The hair‑thin green glints were like the sharpest blades in the world, easily cutting through the bodies of nearby evil‑energy beasts.

A "War Blade Frenzy" erupted, and the evil‑energy beasts around the dark elf fell like wheat being reaped.

The remaining over twenty evil beastmen were terrified, turning and fleeing into the forest.

"Want to run?"

Beilake flashed dozens of meters, instantly closing the gap to the beastmen, and shouted loudly: "Holy Spear Storm!"

The holy light within him surged, two soul spears fired fiercely, unleashing over a hundred holy light projectiles in three seconds, pouring down on the beastmen like a gale‑storm, shattering them into fragments.

When the gunfire ceased, no evil beastman within dozens of meters of Beilake was still alive.

In another direction, several wild boar men were already rushing toward the forest.

Yizite vibrated his demon wings and, like a flash, chased forward; two massive green war blades spread before him, cutting a curved blade arc over ten meters long, any wild boar man struck was instantly split in two, blood spraying out.

After slaying the fleeing enemies, the Demonic Hunter flickered back.

Then he found the battle had ended.

The settlement's leader, that legendary mid‑stage Doom Bull, had already turned into a corpse lying in the ruins, a circular shield imprint on its chest, its great axe shattered. Its head had been cut off by a sword; its copper‑bell‑like eyes retained a look of terror and despair in its final moments.

Ashina stood on the Doom Bull's corpse, unscathed, expression indifferent, as if she had done something trivial.

"Is that it?" Beilake asked in disbelief.

This beastmen settlement had fewer than two hundred people, but its overall strength was great. If only he acted alone, it wouldn't be fatal, yet it would still pose a considerable threat; it couldn't be taken down in less than half an hour, and some beastmen would escape.

The fight lasted barely half a minute and was already over.

All the beastmen of the settlement were killed; none had a chance to escape.

"It's over."

Daoensuos looked at the returning Ashina, his face showing great excitement.

He had witnessed the whole process of Ashina slaying the Doom Bull—simple and brutal: charging with a round shield, flipping it over, then cutting off its head with a single sword, as easy as killing a chicken, yet it was a genuine Doom Bull!

Daoensuos knew well the Doom Bull's power; if it were him, it would not be easy at all.

Ashina completely shattered his expectations.

He also knew that Ashina didn't rely solely on raw strength; her combat experience and technique were superb, far surpassing the Doom Bull, which is why she seemed so relaxed.

If he faced Ashina, the outcome might not be much better than against the Doom Bull.

Moreover, this was only a portion of her displayed power.

"What a terrifying woman!"

Daoensuos, Yizite, and Beilake looked at the settlement ruins; most of the beastmen had been killed by Ashina, realizing she was the most hidden teammate. It was Reslin who barely acted this time, only dealing with the Shadow Priest.

"We should destroy the Demon Nest."

The dark elf flashed and flew onto the Doom Bull's corpse; the cave beneath it was the Demon Nest.

He leapt in, hovering half‑air, curling up; the evil‑energy tattoos on his skin surged with green light, and after a few seconds his whole body expanded violently, two war blades emitting countless green glints; with a boom, the tangled roots of the Demon Nest were blown into fragments, and the cave collapsed.

An evil‑energy crystal cluster flew out of the Demon Nest, and Yizite sliced it apart with his war blade.

Daoensuos released the prepared Eight‑Ring Purification Technique; the forest instantly brightened like noon, holy light dispelling the darkness.

"Let's go!"

The dark elf flew back to Reslin's side, and the teammates gathered around.

An invisible magical aura lit up on Reslin's staff, enveloping the settlement ruins; the aura faded into the void.

This was Arcane Interference, to prevent enemies from tracing clues with light‑shadow retro‑scanning.

After releasing Arcane Interference, before its duration ended, Reslin immediately cast Group Teleportation, taking the teammates away.

After the five vanished, the Arcane Interference waves gradually faded.

A moment later.

On another peak of the Luokeqisi Mountains, an evil beastmen settlement was also attacked. Its main members were Bloodfang Werewolves, numbering nearly three hundred, overall stronger, but they were all killed within two minutes, and the Demon Nest was destroyed.

Having eliminated two evil beastmen tribes consecutively, the squad left the forest and teleported to the eastern side of Danmofo.

Here lay a flat plateau, with even more Demon Nests.

Within half a day, Reslin and his teammates destroyed seven Demon Nests, including a demon‑transformed centaur tribe of over five hundred people and two powerful Ogre tribes. The five Legendary High‑rank members teamed up; the strongest of those leaders was only a legendary mid‑stage Demon Nest, far from a match.

In fact, most enemies fell to Ashina's hand.

The tactics were the same.

The whole team teleported near a Demon Nest; Ashina charged with a thunderous thrust, stepping a thunder footfall, and the enemies were practically dead.

The remaining foes, seeing this, fled in panic.

Yizite and Beilake were in charge of chasing the fleeing enemies, almost without pressure. Occasionally an enemy caster counter‑attacked, but Reslin would first pull them out, a Anti‑Magic Ray stripping their casting ability, then they were left for slaughter.

Apart from granting teammates Divine Technique, Daoensuos hardly acted at all.

He was tasked with protecting Reslin, yet never faced danger once.

Still, the whole squad dared not relax even a bit; instead they grew more vigilant. Every Demon Nest destruction carried great risk; no one knew if a Baro Flame Demon would teleport in directly. The more nests destroyed, the greater the risk, the more battle preparation was needed.

Seven consecutive battles, intensity low, but everyone was somewhat fatigued.

Not physical fatigue, but the highly tense spirit was wearing thin, needing rest.

After night fell, Reslin performed several consecutive teleports, taking the team out of the Danmofo area, teleporting over a thousand li eastward to a forest with slightly lower evil‑energy contamination.

Yizite listened to the forest's sounds, his pale green eyes scanning, confirming no danger nearby, then said, "We'll spend the night here."

The teammates raised no objections.

The dark elf took a strip of cloth from his waist, unfolded it—only a few inches long—muted a chant, tossed the cloth to the ground where it rapidly expanded into a tent half a person's height, then its color shifted to blend with the surroundings, camouflaging as a small thicket.

"Please, come in." Yizite lifted the tent's curtain.

The teammates bent and entered; the interior opened wide, revealing a space a hundred times larger than the exterior, over two meters high, about thirty square meters, warm and bright, with food and several comfortable single beds, just like home.

Yizite entered last, lowered the curtain, instantly sealing the tent inside and out, masking all scent and light, as if in another world.

Except for Bei La Ke, everyone else was seeing it for the first time.

Reslin was also somewhat surprised.

Axina's eyes lit up slightly; this was obviously a magical marvel, perfect gear for outdoor adventure travel, and she couldn't help but curiously ask: "Yizite, what is this tent?"

The dark elf's face showed a hint of pride as he smiled and said: "This is the 'Riou Mong Shelter', a strange item I obtained by chance. Its creator was a Grand Mage named 'Riou Mong' from the Third Epoch; it has now been lost, and worldwide there should be fewer than five such portable shelters."

"What a great thing!" Axina sincerely praised.

Reslin used the All-Seeing Eye to look around inside the shelter, secretly assessing that this marvel's value was no less than that of a Legend Grade magic item.

However, he quickly withdrew his gaze, casually picked a single bed, sat down, closed his eyes, and meditated.

In the phone interface, the soul power pool's charge had already risen to half!

(End of chapter)