"Are you alright?" One of the players asked as they tried to help Reign, only to be lightly pushed by him.
"I'm alright, we have to make sure the demons think I am in perfect condition, otherwise what I just did will be for naught, they still believe that their souls are getting destroyed by me after their death, which will make them much less aggressive, but if they see that I am weak, they will slowly start forgetting about it and will go back to how they were fighting before." Reign said with a slightly panting voice as he started walking back to the player army with the three teams.
The monster was still fighting against the demons, but it was now heavily injured and would only last for a bit longer. Still, Reign's previous show of force was enough to make the demons second-guess their tactic as they were selfish creatures and wouldn't sacrifice their lives for others.
They could still potentially attack Reign and kill him, thus ending the destruction of souls he was performing, but there was a high risk associated with attacking him since they were certain that their souls would immediately be destroyed by him upon their deaths, which frightened most of them.
Only a small number dared go around the monster and charge at Reign and the others, but with the large distance between them, and 3 teams guarding Reign, it would be hard for small numbers to do anything to him.
Tank's generals had already ordered a portion of their army to slowly start moving to the side to help out Reign and the three teams, but without breaking their ranks and allowing the demons to penetrate through the formation the three armies had set up.
With the immortal soldiers nearing their position, the teams knew that it would be highly unlikely for the demons to succeed in taking down Reign, but they were still keeping their vigilance up in case something unexpected was to occur.
As for Wolf and the others, they were slowly but surely winning the battle. The demons were on the back foot, with more than 10 of them being dead while Wolf and the others had only lost 6 monsters, including the one Reign had taken with him, making the difference in numbers more apparent now.
The demons had seen just what would happen to those that would try to flee, so they were forced to grit their teeth and continue fighting. With Reign being far away, it was impossible for him to take their souls, so they didn't need to fear a true death.
Laura was the only one that could heavily damage and even destroy their souls, but it was not easy for her to do so on the battlefield.
Beast was fighting against the winged demon in the air above them, the demon had turned around and was facing Beast, many times trying to get closer, but after Beast's fusion had ended and he and Blackie separated, it actually became more difficult for the demon to do so.
Beast's skills were dangerous to him even without his fused state, while Blackie was able to dish out great damage from up close, meaning that the demon now had to deal with both long-range attacks and close-ranged ones if he was to get close.
His body was injured as Beast had managed to take advantage of him when he finally decided to turn around and was able to wound him, launching an arrow that penetrated the demon from the side, passing between the ribs and dealing some damage to the demon internally as the wind mana that was imbued in the arrow tried ripping the demon apart from the inside, only being blocked by the demonic energy the demon channeled inside to block it.
Of course, doing so meant that he had given another opportunity to Beast, who used it and was able to injure the demon's left shoulder, but unfortunately, he had been aiming at his neck and the demon was able to utilize both of his arms to wield his weapons, which meant that he had only managed to make the demon's attacks a bit weaker since he couldn't use both hands to wield his spear like before and had to resort to using only his right hand as Beast's blow had shattered his shoulder and made it nearly impossible to move his arm around.
As for Wolf and Shadow, they had received some help from the others a couple of times. With the demons losing their Tier IV combatants, it made it possible for the others to help each other out during battle, and they had attacked the high-grade Tier IV from the back, either forcing him to dodge or take the attack with his body since he was also getting attacked from the front.
The demon had learned that his previous thoughts were wrong. Even though Wolf was definitely the more dangerous when it came to the raw damage he could dish out, Shadow was the tricky one that started using his darkness ability differently later on during the battle.
In the beginning, Shadow and Wolf made a plan, Shadow was only supposed to use some of his ability to make it harder for the demon to move, but they should be weak and barely any trouble for the demon. Shadow was to act as if he was also a pure damage dealer and use his corrosion and daggers to constantly attack the demon, making it seem as if he was way less dangerous than Wolf so that the demon would slowly lower his guard.
It worked, the demon thought that Shadow was an annoyance more than anything. His great speed allowed him to evade each attack from the demon while dealing low damage that would slowly build up. The demon believed that that was their tactic, have Wolf take the majority of the attacks and force the demon to fight against him while Shadow slowly started piling up the damage over time that he could deal over.
He found out he was tricked mere seconds ago. As Wolf had channeled a lot of mana to attack the demon who had just blocked multiple attacks from Shadow who quickly teleported away right before Wolf's attack, the demon was just about to dodge, only to lose his footing as numerous thick shadow tentacles appeared from below him, coiling around his legs and making him unable to dodge right away.
The tentacles also grabbed his arms, making it impossible for him to try and somehow block the attack as well.
Even though Shadow could only hold him for a brief period of time, Wolf only needed a moment to deliver his attack. With his flaming sword raised up in the air, Wolf slashed down at the demon who channeled as much demonic energy he had to his body in order to make it as powerful as possible, especially the parts that were going to be hit by Wolf.
Upon being slashed, the demon's skin was cut open as the sound of meat sizzling and the smell of cooked meat permeated the area. The demon had a large gash that was covered in flames running from right below his left trapezius all the way down to his right hip.
His skin was cut like it was paper and even his muscles were slashed open with Wolf's powerful sword. His bones suffered a bit as well as some cracked, but even after such a wound, the demon was still able to continue fighting as he ripped apart the tentacles holding his arms before twisting his hips and punching Wolf with full force.
Wolf had just finished his attack and his sword was down with his hands, making it impossible for him to block the attack that came so suddenly. Shadow tentacles appeared in front of him, but were unable to block the attack and were pulverized the moment the fist touched them before it landed on Wolf's side.
His ribs cracked from the powerful blow as Wolf was sent flying 14 meters to the side. Shadow quickly appeared right behind the demon and used his [ Darkness Implosion ] skill on him, aiming straight at his right shoulder.
The demon quickly turned his waist around and used his elbow to hit the ball of darkness while Shadow quickly escaped. The ball and elbow met and a powerful collision took place as the demon shouted loudly as he used as much demonic energy as he could reinforce his attack, as well as his elbow and the rest of his arm.
The small black hole started distorting the space around them, and the elbow suffered as it slowly started cracking, the bones in the entire arm creaking as the arm was rendered almost useless at the end.
Blood was flowing down from the elbow as one could see the torn-apart skin and flesh. Bones were protruding out as the elbow was broken, making it nearly impossible for the demon to use his right arm to attack now.
Wolf got up from the ground and coughed as some blood escaped from his mouth. The demon was able to break two of his ribs, and one more was cracked. That was not all as the powerful shock from the attack injured his insides as well, but he was still in a much better state than the demon.
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