Chapter 66: The Triumvirate of Demons!
A vast army of demons has gathered together.
Soren’s army flanks the demon forces, with a few evil spirit mercenaries appearing compared to the armies of other demon lords. The weapon trade at Gurenba Arena has begun, and through Ygoroth’s network, Soren has even established contact with a Greater Devil from the first layer of the Hell of Bartok. The equipment discarded by the Demon Legion is periodically transported to Soren’s territory by Ygoroth via the River of Underworld, then sold to other demons. This is the unspoken rule of the Bottomless Abyss; many demons’ weapons come from the factories of devils.
After getting rid of a ticking time bomb at his side, Soren felt somewhat good.
By his estimation, the probability that this ticking time bomb was the Succubus Queen herself was as high as fifty percent!
Thinking that he actually had relations with the Succubus Queen, and that he had tried various positions, upon reflection—it was quite thrilling!
Not knowing her identity was one thing, but now that he was aware of it, Soren dared not keep her by his side any longer.
In the afternoon.
According to the pact, the demon army launched an attack on the fortress occupied by the werewolves.
It was an incredibly strong Iron Fortress, its walls caked with dried bl**d, clearly indicating the heavy price the werewolves paid to take it. The werewolves stationed here numbered around twenty to thirty thousand—a number that far exceeded that of the demon army, but in terms of quality, they far surpassed the low-level demons.
Bang bang bang!
Accompanied by the silent sound of war drums, the demon army launched its first attack.
Soren stood at the back of the military formation, watching a group of Floro demons drive the advancing rank of cowardly demons forward—a tactic commonly used by demons, sending a group of low-level demons to their deaths first, trying to wear down some of the enemy’s regeneration abilities.
Undoubtedly.
This tactic was extremely effective!
As the massive wave of cowardly demons was driven to the battlefield, the werewolves inside the Iron Fortress grew nervous.
There were countless low-level demons.
Among Soren’s army of over one hundred thousand demons, nearly sixty thousand were newly summoned reincarnated demons gathered from the wilderness, serving as cannon fodder, having a chance to rise only through d*ath and slaughter.
A storm of arrows rained down.
These werewolves were completely different from those Soren had seen before; they resembled a real army. In the first wave of the werewolf attack, thousands of low-level demons fell, dying in droves like cutting wheat, and the rich smell of bl**d filled the battlefield, with many cowardly demons’ bodies trampled into pulp by their comrades.
In response.
All the high-level demons appeared utterly unconcerned, even though the losses among the cowardly demons exceeded ten thousand; they didn’t care at all.
This is the Bottomless Abyss.
To avoid entering this hellish arena, one must either not commit evil while alive, or firmly believe in a deity, or become strong enough!
In the Bottomless Abyss, life is so cheap.
As they approached the Iron Fortress, the d*ath rate of the cowardly demons shot up; suddenly, about twenty to thirty thousand cowardly demons lay dead at the walls, and the pile of corpses had already reached heights of three to five meters. Some cowardly demons attempted to flee, only to be met with the grinning Frenzied Combat Demons, who ripped apart any low-level demons trying to escape without hesitation.
Demons do not reason with you!
The tens of thousands of cowardly demons finally began to cause casualties among the werewolves, and the army of ghouls began to appear on the battlefield as reinforcements.
The werewolf god, Yenogu, had conquered the King of Ghouls, so every time such battles occurred, they had to face the disgusting undead. The courage indicated by the cowardly demons was, after all, limited; even under the supervision of mid-level demons, when casualties reached around thirty to forty thousand, large groups of cowardly demons still could not help but retreat.
Tens of thousands of cowardly demons crumbled from the front line; there was no way to stop this.
However, the other demons were not concerned, as their objective of exhausting the enemy’s strength had already been achieved. As tens of thousands of cowardly demons faltered, the mid-level demons began to gradually make their appearance.
The tough and brutal Frenzied Demons surged to the front; they were unconcerned about the arrow attacks, as long as vital points were not hit, it would not affect them.
The Floro demons and the Devious demons flitted about on the flanks. This type of demon was treacherous and cunning in life, and even more so upon reincarnation. Behind them were the Frenzied Combat Demons responsible for scaling the walls—these were the absolute main force. Generally, the Frenzied Combat Demons in life were brutal warriors, with challenge levels reaching 11, clearly suppressing the werewolves.
Further back were the Soul Judging Demons and the Wailing Demons.
These demons were few in number, approaching the power level of high-level demons, serving as support forces to exploit the weaknesses of the werewolves at any time.
At the very back were the core offensive units of the Six-armed Serpent Demons and Balroth Demons, with the elite force of the Succubus Legion also present, ready to conduct airstrikes on the Iron Fortress.
Bang bang bang!
The Frenzied Demons quickly approached the fortress walls, roaring as they climbed up. Their tenacious life forces kept them from falling easily, and once close to the walls, they could simply yank werewolves down with ease.
A brutal war of attrition began.
Though the losses among the demon army were significant, the number of fallen werewolves also increased sharply.
When the timing was right, Soren glanced at the nearby Eight-armed Serpent Demon Lord, who nodded back at him, and then dispatched the Assassination Demons and Six-armed Serpent Demons onto the battlefield.
The Six-armed Serpent Demons were born killing machines.
After they utilized High-level Teleportation to enter the fortress, the werewolf casualties began to rise sharply; Six-armed Serpent Demons excelled in group battles, as dozens of werewolves attacking one Six-armed Serpent Demon could not gain the upper hand at all and found it impossible to get close amidst the swinging gigantic swords.
The Assassination Demons were like grim reapers on the battlefield.
Whenever they appeared, a werewolf officer would inevitably fall.
In a way, mid-level demons, including the Frenzied Demons and the Frenzied Combat Demons, belonged to the cannon fodder of the demon army’s attack—they were just of a slightly higher level, while the key to deciding victory lay with these powerful high-level demons!
“That’s enough!”
Soren frowned as he looked into the distance, sensing something, and commanded, “All troops, assault!”
Accompanied by the deep sound of horns, all demons were sent into battle, and the evil spirit mercenaries also began to join in; the demon goblins were preparing spells.
Boom!
With the blaze of intense flames appearing, Soren himself directly manifested within the Iron Fortress.
He was engulfed in flames, one hand wielding a flame whip over ten meters long, and the other holding a six-meter-long gigantic execution sword. With each step he took, he left charred marks within a thirty-meter radius. Many werewolves caught near him were consumed by flames before they could even approach, screaming as they burned to d*ath.
Soren seemed to have an inherent advantage over these furry creatures!
A team of Demon Hunters guarded Soren’s side.
These Demon Hunters had only recently been transformed, originating as heroic spirits from his faith. Transformed by the genetics of Balroth Fire Demon, they inherited Soren’s curved blade skills, could use sacrificial flame abilities, and their demon wings allowed them to fly, with the only flaw being their current inability to use ‘High-level Teleportation.’
These Demon Hunters were all naturally agile, prowling around Soren to hunt down werewolves.
As the number of enemies increased, these Demon Hunters were entirely enveloped in flames, resembling smaller versions of Flame Demons, significantly enhancing their combat power.
This was the first time the Demon Hunters had seen real combat in war.
Currently, Soren had transformed a total of 12 Demon Hunters, and as the Divine Kingdom was constructed, this number would gradually increase. Soren could not rely solely on the power of the evil spirit mercenaries; if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Bottomless Abyss, even ordinary demons weren’t enough. He must have a completely loyal demon army created by him.
The Demon Hunters would be the core fighting force within the future Divine Kingdom!
What Soren needed to do now was to gradually expand the scale of transformations and figure out the missing elements of the Demon Hunters, ultimately perfectly replicating them within the Divine Kingdom.
The balance of battle began to tilt.
Large groups of werewolves perished, and ghouls turned to charcoal in Soren’s flames.
The Eight-armed Serpent Demon Lord also entered the battlefield, bowing slightly to Soren, seemingly in awe of the power of this Balroth Fire Demon Lord. The Six-armed Serpent Demons were innately inferior to Fire Demons; even the Balroth Demons held a lower status than Fire Demons, thus Soren exerted positional suppression over the Eight-armed Serpent Demon Lord.
The werewolves began to crumble.
When the casualty rate reached around fifty percent, the werewolves started to flee.
The fortress had once again fallen into the hands of the Succubus Legion, but at that moment, a howl suddenly echoed from a distance, followed by a dense mass of werewolf troops appearing before them.
The Gate of Assembly!
The second wave of troops led by the King of Werewolves, Yenogu.
If they had taken the Iron Fortress just a little later, when these reinforcements arrived, the battle would not have been so easy.
When the werewolf reinforcements appeared, the Succubus Legion urgently mobilized to defend the fortress, but surprisingly, upon seeing the fortress taken, this werewolf reinforcement actually gave up continuing forward and retreated toward the Gate of Assembly.
They temporarily abandoned their attack.
However, the werewolf god Yenogu would certainly not give up so easily.
They must be gathering more troops; when the main forces of the werewolves from the 422nd layer of the Bottomless Abyss are teleported to the 3rd layer of the Land of Forgotten, they will surely launch another fierce attack!
But this would take some time.
For Soren, this battle was already over.
According to the pact he signed with the other two demon lords, after driving back the werewolf army, all land south of the Weeping Moss Prairie would nominally belong to him, an area roughly equivalent to ten thousand Modo islands. Although all land in the Bottomless Abyss is desolate, occupying such a vast territory would ensure Soren became one of the three triumvirates among the demon lords of the 3rd layer, the Land of Forgotten!
More importantly.
This broad and desolate land is also rich in the unique mineral resources of the Bottomless Abyss!
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(PS: The overdue manuscript is finally finished. Updates for Abyss Master will start stabilizing.) (To be continued ~^~)
