From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 359 Shadow Demon Movement

With the source energy level raised to level 45, Lu Heng's various attributes have been greatly improved.

【Name: Lu Heng】

[Level: Level 45]

[Qi and blood: 1120/1350]

[Source energy: 900/1400]

【属性：力量135、敏捷174、体质135、精神140、感知135】

[Talent: Agile as a Dragon, Divine Evolution, Demon Hunter]

[Combat Class: Void Swordsman (Level 3)]

[Source Abilities: Shadow Walk, Rift Slash, Void Flash]

[Number of skill slots: 6]

[Skills: Thunder Force Field, Divine Incarnation, Wind God Step, Bullet Time, Damage Retracement, Mental Control]

[Martial Arts: Swordsmanship (artistic level), Fighting (subtle level), Body Movement (artistic level)]

[Martial Arts: Wind Dragon Absolute Slash LV2, Soaring Dragon Tracer LV1]

The agility attribute soared to 174 points, and with the blessing of the Wind God Step, the movement speed was greatly improved.

When the core of the Firelord Gross exploded and his body split apart, it was doomed to be unable to resist the joint siege of the Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves.

Therefore, the Abyss Summoners, who were originally assisting the Fire Demon Gross, withdrew from the battlefield as soon as possible.

The Shadow Clan Archdemon Helmer is the strongest among the Abyss Summoners this time and is also the Archdemon in charge of leading the team.

The recruited shadow demons are not the same as humans.

Due to the social structure of humans, human recruits usually act in small groups after being teleported to the abyss battlefield.

Unless they were like the Daxia military, they would gather all the recruited supernatural warriors from the major war zones as soon as the conscription countdown appeared, and then select a leader.

Only in this way can we form a larger team.

Even so, this time the call-up only formed a team of thirteen people.

The Daxia military had no way of asking conscripts from other countries to cooperate with the operation.

There may even be hostility between human recruits.

For example, the Lionheart Empire team led by Gilbert Occam, in order to seize the Poseidon Gem, seriously injured the Siren Clan's Tidecaller Elder Celian.

Such behavior is contrary to the goals of the conscripts.

However, the real world is helpless. According to the social moral system, selfish people will be rewarded.

That’s right, selfish people can often get more, and if they are selfish people who walk on the edge of the law, they can get even more.

This is the case with people like Gilbert Occam. After being summoned into the abyss world, he puts his own interests first.

If we don't consider the final direction of the world, or whether the human world will be swallowed by the abyss, they will indeed gain more benefits than Lu Heng.

Take the [Heart of the Tide] for example.

In order to stop the Firelord Gross and save the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom, Lu Heng must send the Heart of the Tide back to Sona, the High Priestess of the Siren Clan.

Because Sona is the only one in this world who has the power to fight against the fire demon Groth.

However, if you think about it, you will know how much benefit Lu Heng gave up in this process.

Lu Heng had grasped the [Heart of the Tide] twice. If he had been greedy and taken this sea god gem for himself, he would have obtained a treasure of the Siren clan that was inestimable in value.

However, in this case, without Sona to stop the Firelord Groth, the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom would inevitably be destroyed.

This was something Lu Heng didn't want to see, but to Gilbert Occam, it was nothing.

Certain groups of people are born without considering the future of mankind or the fate of the country, and only know how to plunder.

In fact.

No intelligent life is born with a sense of mission and honor.

A sense of mission and honor are acquired and are formed by a country's cultural accumulation.

Daxia has the longest history and the deepest cultural heritage among human beings, so this ethnic group will continue to produce great men and giants.

The progress of civilization is always carried out by giants who carry heavy burdens.

It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and it is unlikely to change in the future.

Sometimes, having too strong a sense of mission, honor, and morality can be a burden.

Lu Heng understood this truth very early on, and he also knew that being greedy once would allow him to gain more, but there was a voice in his heart that did not allow him to do so.

After careful consideration, Lu Heng was still determined to save the Dark Iron Dwarves.

After all, these are Gollum's people, and preserving the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom is also an explanation to Gollum.

……

In comparison, the social structure of the Shadow Demons is much simpler.

Like most demons, there is a strict hierarchical structure.

Among the shadow demons, the great demons have unlimited control over the lower-level demons.

This social structure is peculiar to humans, but normal to demons.

That is to say, among the shadow demons, low-level demons must unconditionally obey the orders issued by the great demon, and they will be killed if they show any resistance.

Yes, if low-level demons dare to resist, they will be killed by the big demons and swallowed up the shadow energy.

This kind of extreme social structure is unimaginable in human society.

However, this extreme hierarchical structure has unique advantages in the abyss battlefield.

Let the Shadow Demons form a complete team, led by the Archdemon, and all the Shadow Demons will obey orders.

In comparison, humans teleported into the abyss battlefield are like a pile of loose sand, while the Shadow Demons are a whole.

……

As soon as the Firelord Gross showed signs of defeat, the Shadow Clan Archdemon Helmer ordered a retreat. All the Shadow Demons who attacked the Dark Iron Dwarves and human conscripts withdrew from the battlefield at the same time and disappeared into the sea in the blink of an eye.

They come and go quickly, enforce discipline and appear and disappear like ghosts.

When Lu Heng dealt with the fire demon Gross and turned around to look for the shadow demon, there was no one left.

Su Muyu reported: "The Shadow Demons retreated two minutes ago, not a single one is left."

After Lu Heng's source energy level broke through to level 45, his agility attribute increased greatly, and his movement speed and nerve reaction speed also increased. He originally wanted to find the shadow clan demon to fight, but he didn't expect that he would leave so easily.

At this moment.

Lin Zeyu suddenly said: "I saw that team of shadow demons."

"Where?" Lu Heng was a little curious.

Lin Zeyu pointed to an island in the southeast and said, "Gather over there, they should be observing the situation. When I passed by there before, I left a Void Eye, and this group of shadow demons happened to be within my sight."

After Lin Zeyu's skill is upgraded to [Eye of the Void], he can place the energy eye into the void, which is very concealed.

The only downside is that it can't be moved.

Therefore, this skill requires some skills and strategies when used. Lin Zeyu has developed a habit of choosing a suitable location to place the Eye of the Void as a reconnaissance point along the way.

The battle lasted all the way from the Deep Frozen Trench to the west coast. Along the way, Lin Zeyu placed down many Eyes of the Void, and he needed to give up a few every once in a while.

There happened to be an Eye of the Void on an island reef 20 kilometers away in the southeast direction, and unfortunately, I saw the Shadow Demons gathering there.

……

at the same time.

On an island reef 20 kilometers to the southeast, the Shadow Clan's great demon Helmer gathered all the Shadow Clan members to discuss the next course of action.

When the Shadow Clan communicate, they use a very special way of exchanging energy, so humans cannot eavesdrop on the content of the Shadow Clan's communication without special means of detection.

This time the Abyss Battlefield is a multi-camp melee mode, and the Shadow Clan is the Abyss Summoners of this Abyss Battlefield.

The Abyss's recruitment of the Shadow Clan is similar to the situation in which humans are recruited.

The Shadow Clan's recruitment goal is to speed up the speed at which the Abyss devours the Dragon Sleeping World. The purpose of humans being recruited is naturally to prevent the Abyss from devouring the Tidal Sea and to eliminate the source of pollution in the Abyss.

Therefore, the Shadow Clan's initial goal was to break the seal of the Deep Frozen Trench and release the Fire Demon Gross who was contaminated by the abyss.

Onatu was bewitched and rebelled to seize power, using the Scepter of Poseidon to break the seal. The whole thing was planned by the Shadow Clan behind the scenes.

Onatu itself was not contaminated by the Abyss, but multiple factors combined to cause this to happen.

Without the Scepter of Poseidon to unlock the top seal, even if the Shadow Clan attacks the seal of the Deep Frozen Trench with all their might, it would be impossible to break the seal.

The whole thing was a chain of events that eventually led to the current situation.

In fact, after the Fire Demon Gross broke the seal and came out, the Shadow Clan's mission was completed.

The mission given to the Shadow Clan by the Abyss is to release the Fire Demon Gross. As for the final defeat of the Fire Demon Gross, it has little to do with the Shadow Clan.

The Shadow Clan does not need to be held responsible for this, and the reward for them completing the task will not change.

Of course, as the great demon of the Shadow Clan, Helmer’s initial goal was not just to release the Fire Demon Gross.

He has a bigger goal, which is to destroy the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom and get the world quest reward.

If human recruits make events that can change the world situation, they will receive world mission rewards.

The same goes for the Abyss Summoner.

The Shadow Clan's recruitment mission is to release the Fire Demon Gross, but if you want to obtain the world mission rewards, you need to make greater efforts and influence the pattern of this world.

Then, destroying the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom is the key to obtaining the world quest rewards.

Helmer analyzed a method to obtain the world quest rewards, so after the appearance of the Firelord Gross, he has been leading the Shadow Demons to escort the Firelord Gross ashore.

During this period, shadow demons were also sent out to intercept Celian and prevent the Siren High Priest from escaping.

It can be said that his arrangement was the best strategy and it almost succeeded.

But he didn't expect that the Fire Demon Gross would die ten kilometers away from the coastline. It was such a short distance that he couldn't even cross it.

This also caused him to lose the opportunity to obtain world quest rewards.

Helmer had a keen sense of the situation. When the Fire Demon Gross split into two bodies, he knew that the operation had failed.

In order to reduce losses, he immediately ordered a retreat and retreated to the islands and reefs to rest and prepare to gain maximum benefits from this conscription.

The Fire Demon Gross has been defeated, and this operation has been considered a failure.

However, since we have been called up, we must maximize our benefits.

Therefore, Helmer planned to obtain as many resources as possible in the last three days.

After the communication, the shadow demon began to glide along the sea surface towards the east at a very fast speed.

After the Shadow Demon is dispatched.

Lin Zeyu reported immediately: "The shadow demon has moved and is heading east. It is moving very fast. It doesn't look like it is retreating. It seems to have a purpose."

When Lu Heng heard this information, his eyes fixed and he immediately realized something.

Now the Sirens' high priests and elders are all on the west coast, which means that the Sirens' territory defenses are empty.

The Shadow Demon went east, which was the territory of the Sirens.

The Temple of Vashj is also there.

Lu Heng immediately recalled a piece of information. In his memory, the Sirens' territory had been raided by the Shadow Demons. The statue of Poseidon in Vashj's Temple was smashed, causing the Sirens to suffer heavy losses.

Combining the two pieces of information, it can be basically confirmed that the Shadow Demon's target is the Siren's territory, which is now undefended.

What's more troublesome is that even if we tell Sona this information now, it will be too late for her to come to our rescue.

The Sirens’ territory is more than 300 kilometers away from the west coast.

With the Shadow Demon's flying speed, it will arrive in half an hour at most.

The Sirens swam back from the middle of the river at a much slower speed.

This is the difference between sky power and sea power.

Sky units have faster transfer capabilities, while sea units can use sea water as a medium to block the enemy.

The two advantages are different, but now the movements of the shadow demons have brought out their flying advantage.

Lu Heng thought about this and quickly looked at the High Priest Sona and reminded her: "The Shadow Demon went east, and the target is likely the Siren's territory."

As soon as these words came out.

The Siren priests and elders present all showed expressions of panic.

The strongest fighting forces of the Sirens have gathered here. Most of those left in the territory are women and children of the Sirens, as well as a small number of guards.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible to stop the surprise attack led by the Shadow Clan Demon.

Sona's expression suddenly became very solemn, and she shouted, "Quick! All priests, follow me back to the territory."

Even if I'm not as fast as the Shadow Demon, I must rush back as soon as possible.

However, she felt very uneasy. She had a premonition that with the speed of her Sirens, when they returned to the territory, they would probably only see corpses all over the ground and collapsed temples.

All the Siren priests, elders, and warriors swam towards the territory like crazy.

Sona looked at Lu Heng for help.

Without saying a word, Lu Heng raised his hand to summon the mechanical tiger, grabbed her wrist and jumped up into the sky.

"Everyone else follow up, Mu Yu finds a way to intercept the Shadow Demon."

"Okay, the Chongming Bird is on the way." Su Muyu released the Chongming Bird as soon as he learned about the Shadow Demon's movements, and it followed the Shadow Demon team from a distance.

She spread her Sky Lord wings, followed the mechanical tiger, and reported the movements of the Shadow Demon team: "The Shadow Demon is still flying eastward at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour. The Double-Minded Bird is already following at an altitude of meters and can be intercepted at any time."

The Chongming Bird has a skill that allows it to be much faster than the Shadow Demon when it is unloaded.

[Light Shuttle: When unloaded, the Chongming Bird can turn into a light shuttle, with a speed of X meters per second. Speed ​​coefficient = 10 × mental strength.]

Su Muyu's current source energy level has risen to level 43, and his mental strength has reached 148 points, which can allow the Chongming Bird's light shuttle speed to reach 1480 meters per second, which is 10 times the flying speed of the Shadow Demon.

Therefore, when the Chongming Bird is unloaded, it is not difficult for it to track the Shadow Demon and it can intercept it at any time.

However, once the Chongming Bird launches an interception, it will not be able to hold out for long under the attack of the Shadow Clan's Great Demon Helmer, so it is necessary to grasp the timing of the interception.

(End of this chapter)