Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

A one-armed veteran stands on the city wall.

The old military robe fluttered in the wind.

He only has one hand.

But when that hand grasped the broken sword at the waist, the entire Demon-Suppressing Army of the Seventh Line of Defense fell silent.

It's not because of fear.

It is reverence.

Qin Wuji stared at the veteran on the city wall, his voice low and deep:

"Chen Pojun".

"The previous commander of the Seventh Defense Line of the Demon Suppression Army."

Li Xuance's eyes flickered slightly.

"Wasn't he a war casualty?"

Chu Jinglan looked at the broken knife.

"What's gone wrong is an arm."

"It's not a knife."

The Bone Demon Giant General Bone Slaughter stopped in the center of the battlefield, his pale soul fire pulsating in his chest cavity.

"Chen Pojun".

"Twenty years ago, you killed three of my Bone Demon Clan's generals."

"You only have one arm today, and you still want to stop me?"

Chen Pojun grinned.

Even if I'm on my last breath, I can still take half your life.

The words fell.

He stepped out of the city wall.

There are no beasts to tame.

There is no glamorous realm.

There was only a broken knife.

Chen Pojun fell from the thousand-meter-high wall, his broken sword unsheathed.

In that instant, Shen Ye saw the killing intent of the entire battlefield converge on his blade.

The murderous intent of the fallen soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army.

The lingering resentment within the countless foreign corpses beneath the city walls.

The swordsmanship accumulated over twenty years of guarding the border.

All in the knife.

Bone Butcher roared and brought down his giant bone hammer.

The pale soul fire transformed into a gigantic skeletal beast, which devoured Chen Pojun.

Chen Pojun looked up.

"Demon Suppression".

"Broken Mountain".

A knife.

There was no second cut.

The blade flashed upwards, as if cleaving the entire cloud of blood in two.

The Bone Mountain Hammer cracked open.

The skeletal behemoth split open.

Even the hundred-meter-tall demonic body of the Bone Slaughterer was slashed with a huge gash from its chest to its shoulder.

Pale white soul fire erupted.

Bone Butcher staggered backward, letting out a deafening roar.

"Chen Pojun!"

Chen Pojun landed on the ground, his face instantly turning pale.

His body is no longer at its peak.

This strike was made by forcibly burning an old wound.

But he remained standing.

The broken blade pointed at Bone Butcher.

"What are you shouting for?"

"If you're still alive, come back again."

The Demon Suppression Army was in complete uproar.

"General Chen!"

"General Chen!"

"Suppress the Demon!"

"Suppress the Demon!"

Shen Ye stared intently at the knife wound.

This is not a beast-taming skill.

It's not a system reward.

It is something that human warriors have carved out on the battlefield, one sword at a time.

purely.

overbearing.

Unreasonable.

A system notification suddenly appeared.

[High-level battlefield sword intent detected: Demon-Suppressing Mountain-Splitting.]

[Do you wish to consume Sword Mastery Fragments, Gravity Control Fragments, and Berserk Vitality Fragments to perform a battle tactic analysis?]

Shen Ye did not hesitate.

"Analysis".

[Analysis in progress...]

[The host has acquired the prototype of the battle technique: Demon-Suppressing Slash.]

[Note: Requires battlefield killing intent and a high-intensity physical body; can only be used once per day.]

Shen Ye gripped the black and gold short sword tightly.

Bone Butcher was severely injured by Chen Pojun's knife.

But he didn't die.

The vitality of a mid-stage sixth-tier bone demon is too strong.

Within the knife wound on its chest, a pale, soul-fire surged continuously, slowly repairing its demonic body.

Chen Pojun wanted to strike again, but suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Old wounds flare up.

Bone Butcher grinned maliciously when he saw this.

"You're getting old."

"Chen Pojun, you've really gotten old!"

It raised the cracked bone hammer and slammed it down on Chen Pojun again.

"Then die!"

Chen Pojun raised his sword, but was noticeably a moment too slow.

Shen Ye made a move.

His shadow exploded at his feet.

Zhu Jiu sent out the last wisp of Shadow Realm power.

Shen Ye appeared in front of Chen Pojun in an instant.

A black and gold short sword was raised horizontally.

The bone hammer presses down.

boom!

Shen Ye's knees sank into the ground, and his arm bones groaned under the strain.

Chen Pojun's expression changed.

"Kid, get out of my way!"

Shen Ye gritted his teeth, forcing out the words:

"You just said that."

"Let me see."

Chen Pojun was taken aback.

Shen Ye looked up, and the Beast King's Body ignited once more.

Incomplete.

It was a very difficult task.

Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, Long Yuan, and Jie Chen have all been greatly depleted.

But Shen Ye didn't want to open the complete royal body again.

He wanted to use this power to make a decisive move.

The battlefield was thick with killing intent.

The marks left by Chen Pojun's strike still lingered in the world.

Shen Ye gripped the sword as if it were a knife.

A heavy, powerful aura of sword intent emerged from the black and gold blade.

Demon-Suppressing Slash.

The soul fire in Bone Butcher's eyes flickered.

"You can do that too?"

Shen Ye did not answer.

He took a step forward.

Blood and qi are burning.

The myriad beast divine patterns ignite.

The killing intent of the battlefield seeps into the sword.

"Demon Suppression".

"cut."

The sword light was as sharp as a knife.

It struck the old knife wound on Bone Butcher's chest.

The wound that Chen Pojun had opened was completely torn apart by Shen Ye's sword.

The pale, soul-fire exploded.

The Bone Slaughter's hundred-meter-tall demonic body suddenly stiffened.

Qin Wuji seized the opportunity and forced himself to raise the Thunder Spear.

"Give it another shot!"

Li Xuance followed with his Azure Lotus Sword Qi.

Chu Jinglan's sea tide transformed into a long spear.

Meng Qianqian's sword bone slashed into the core of the soul fire.

Night Feather unleashed its final attack, the Nether Phoenix Annihilation Feather.

Despite his severe injuries, Long Yuan punched Gu Tu in the knee.

Jie Chen raised his claws, sealing away the Bone-Slaying Soul-Burning Flame with the Eternal Seal.

All the attacks landed simultaneously on the torn gash.

Bone Butcher let out a stern roar.

"No!"

boom!

The Soulfire Core shattered.

The Bone Demon Giant's massive body collapsed with a crash.

[Together, they slayed Bone Demon Clan general Bone Butcher.]

[Gained Evolution Points: 26000.]

[Military merits earned: 60000.]

[Obtained Tier 6 material: Bone Demon Soulfire Core.]

[The Demon Suppression Pass defense mission has been updated.]

[Assisted in repelling the main force of the myriad races' siege: Progress greatly increased.]

With the death of Bone Butcher, the main force of the myriad races was completely shaken.

Yanshan died.

Bones butchered to death.

Shadow sacrifice death.

The seventh line of defense was not breached; instead, high-ranking generals from all races were killed in succession.

The battlefield situation has reversed.

In the distance, the sixth-tier human warriors finally forced back the enemy's restraints and began to counterattack the myriad races' army formation.

The main cannon of Zhenmo Pass lit up.

One after another, beams of light from the array blasted into the rear of the myriad races.

The bugle call for the retreat of all tribes sounded.

This time, it's not a tentative retreat.

It was a defeat.

The Demon Suppression Army pursued them for thirty miles.

Only when a cold snort came from the depths of the blood-red clouds from a higher-level expert of all races did the human army sound the retreat.

The seventh line of defense held.

On the battlefield, Shen Ye knelt on one knee, his black and gold short sword stuck in the ground.

The body of the King of Beasts completely dissipated.

Night Feather landed on his shoulder, its breath weak.

Zhu Jiu sank into the shadows, almost motionless.

Long Yuan sat on the ground, covered in blood, yet he was still laughing.

Jie Chen lay on the other side, already asleep.

Chen Pojun walked up to Shen Ye.

The one-armed veteran looked at him and remained silent for a long time.

Then he raised his hand and patted Shen Ye's shoulder heavily.

"You've learned well."

Shen Ye coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"good."

Chen Pojun's lips twitched.

"You're really stubborn."

A system notification appears.

[The Demon Suppression Pass defense mission is complete.]

Mission 1 Completed: Hold the Seventh Line of Defense.

[Mission Two Completed: Slay 3 generals of the fifth rank or higher from all races.]

[Mission Three Completed: Assisted in repelling the main force of the myriad races' siege.]

[Reward Issued: Host has broken through to the late stage of the fourth tier.]

[Reward: 2 clues of your choice for Tier 5 Beast Taming materials.]

[Reward: 40000 Evolution Points]

[Bonus Reward: Battle Tactics - Demon Suppression Slash - now permanent.]

[Currently available material clues: Nether Phoenix's Heart Blood, Nine Nether Shadow Marrow, War King's Heart Bone, Calamity-Destroying Thunder Embryo.]

Shen Ye glanced at the system notification, his eyes flickering slightly.

Ye Yu is already halfway to the fifth rank, only lacking the Nether Phoenix's Heart Essence.

Longyuan is the most seriously injured today and needs the War King's backbone the most.

"Choose the Blood of the Phoenix."

"Choose the King's Backbone."

[The lead has been secured.]

[Location of the Phoenix's Bloodline: Battlefield of Myriad Races, Ruins of the Black Sun.]

[War King's Core Location: Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races, Ancient Beast Arena.]

Just as Shen Ye finished reading the prompt, a military order came from deep within the Demon Suppression Pass.

"Night King Shen Ye".

"The commander-in-chief summons you."

Chen Pojun glanced into the distance.

"Wei Cang is back."

Shen Ye slowly stood up.

"What is it?"

Chen Pojun sheathed his broken sword, his voice lowering slightly.

"The battle for the Seventh Line of Defense is not just about besieging the city."

"The Shadow Demon Clan, the Flame Hell Clan, and the Bone Demon Clan are all pressing forward at the same time to cover up something else."

Shen Ye looked up.

"What is it?"

Chen Pojun looked into the depths of the battlefield of myriad races.

"The Black Sun Ruins have opened."